04e8:685c — GT-I9250 Phone [Galaxy Nexus] (Mass storage mode)

This is the USB identifier for a GT-I9250 Phone [Galaxy Nexus] (Mass storage mode) manufactured by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. The vendor ID 04e8 is registered to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd with the USB Implementers Forum, and 685c is the product ID that Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 04e8:685c Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd GT-I9250 Phone [Galaxy Nexus] (Mass storage mode).

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04e8:685c Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd GT-I9250 Phone [Galaxy Nexus] (Mass storage mode)

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 04e8:685c, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 04e8:685c. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=04e8, idProduct=685c.

Windows

In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:

USB\VID_04E8&PID_685C
USB\VID_04E8&PID_685C&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_04E8&PID_685C"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    GT-I9250 Phone [Galaxy Nexus] (Mass storage mode):
      Product ID: 0x685c
      Vendor ID: 0x04e8  (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd)

Having driver issues with this device? Most USB devices are handled by a generic class driver; if yours shows up as an unknown device, confirm the ID above first, then check the manufacturer's downloads page. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd official support →

The exact lines this page is generated from, in the upstream source file:

04e8  Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
	685c  GT-I9250 Phone [Galaxy Nexus] (Mass storage mode)

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