Trouble installing drivers for root

[Roberts.Tyler3289]

I have read several posts on rooting the epic and have tried several usb driver downloads and none of them will work. I am running windows 7 home premium 64 bit, and though maybe that was the problem so i tried on a 64 bit version of vista and on xp. I tried downloading the drivers through sdk but after i plug in my device and delect the usb_drivers folder it says no drivers were found. so i tried downloading the 64 bit vista drivers but it only installs three of the 5 drivers and when i search for adb devices
cd c:\
cd android-sdk-windows\tools
ad devices

it says

list of devices attached. but nothing shows up. Then when i try to access shell i get an error no devices found. Bottom line seems to be that my drivers are not installed correctly. Anybody else haing this issue or know how I can fix it?

Thank you!!!!

BTW: I am currently working on vista ultimate 64bit, but have access to windows cp 32 bit if needed!

 

[ragnarokx]

Where did you get the drivers? Some people have had trouble with the ones on Samsung's website. These are confirmed as working: Confirmed working Drivers

 

[Roberts.Tyler3289]

Thanks man. I'm pretty sure that was the link that i downloaded but this time i unzipped it to my desktop, plugged in my phone, and now i'm at least getting the device to show up. i appreciate your help!

 

[nmoreman]

Be sure you delete old ones, look thru Device Manager. I had fits, actually had to use a different computer, and it took forever to download them. I have a feeling some remnants were left in first computer and confused it.

Not technical enough to help past that, but they are finicky.

 

[liquidxit2]

I used the drivers in my adb shell thread and they worked pretty well. But apparently there have been known issues with 64bit OS installs of the drivers, acm, and adb.

 

[_Bak_]

Acm was a big problem for me and it now says there isn't a usb driver installed for me anymore. Not too sure where to go with this right now. I'll have to leave it till after work I guess...