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Leoma Cianchetti

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Aug 3, 2024, 5:48:37 PM8/3/24

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During a Windows Update this week I was presented with an optional patch titled "Other hardware - ACER Composite ADB Interface". This was part of a larger patch update, and I wrongly ticked and installed the patch. I do not own any Acer kit, but I do use ADB in wider Android development.

When I connect my tablet to the PC now it shows up in Device Manager inside a container named "ACER Device" with the title "ACER Composite ADB Interface". It is not visible to either the PC or ADB. Previously it appeared in a container called "Android Device" and worked fine. The device is a Google Nexus 7.

Annoyingly the patch is not listed in installed programs or installed updates, and I am struggling to try and remove it. I've already tried to uninstall the device (and drivers), but these just get reloaded when the device is plugged back in.

Open 'ACER Composite ADB Interface' and select 'Update Driver...', inthe opened window select 'Browse my computer for driver software' then'Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer' in the listselect 'MTP USB Device' and click on Next button.

Or... Open 'ACER Composite ADB Interface' and select 'Update Driver...', in the opened window select 'Browse my computer for driver software' then 'Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer' in the list select 'MTP USB Device' and click on Next button.

If the problem persists, right-click the ACER ADB Interface and select 'Update driver...', then 'Browse my computer...' then 'Let me pick from a list...' and you should see two options for the Nexus, Google Nexus ADB Interface and another called MTP USB Device. Choose MTP and hit 'Next' to install the driver, then it should show up as a portable device on your computer.

Right-click the entry and select "Properties." Under the "Driver" tab, select the last entry, "Uninstall." In the new dialog window that appears, check "Delete the driver software for this device." Click OK to uninstall the ACER driver and remove the driver files.

Choose "Browse my computer for driver software." Browse to the location of the "usb_driver" folder on your desktop and check "include subfolders." Then click OK. The current Google Nexus Driver will now be installed.

Note: If the Hardware Wizard reports that "the best driver software is already installed," simply repeat the steps to uninstall the current driver for the Nexus 7 as described above, then try and install the current Google Nexus driver again.

My Windows 8.1 PC did the automatic update which included the "ACER ADB Interface update for Windows 8.1" drivers. This happened while I was away and this afternoon when I came home I was asked to re-boot the PC to enable updates to be applied.

I then checked for Windows Updates but carefully looked at what was being updated. The ACER ADB update was listed as an "additional update". I have marked it to be forgotten and then applied the other updates. So far so good.

In my case, rolling back the driver for "ACER Composite ADB Interface" (which appeared under something like "ACER device") did the job. Right after rollback, without reboot, Nexus 7 appeared both in Device Manager and in File Explorer as Nexus 7.

In my case, neither updating the driver nor a windows system restore help. When I tried with a different USB cable, the system detected my Nexus 5 device. For some reason the other USB cable while charging the phone does NOT show the device at all even now.

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