0bb4:0cab — Desire / Desire HD / Hero / Thunderbolt (HTC Sync Mode)
HTC (High Tech Computer Corp.)
- Vendor ID
- 0bb4
- Product ID
- 0cab
- Combined
- 0bb4:0cab
- Decimal
- 2996:3243
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a Desire / Desire HD / Hero / Thunderbolt (HTC Sync Mode) manufactured by HTC (High Tech Computer Corp.). The vendor ID 0bb4 is registered to HTC (High Tech Computer Corp.) with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0cab is the product ID that HTC (High Tech Computer Corp.) assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0bb4:0cab HTC (High Tech Computer Corp.) Desire / Desire HD / Hero / Thunderbolt (HTC Sync Mode).
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bb4:0cab HTC (High Tech Computer Corp.) Desire / Desire HD / Hero / Thunderbolt (HTC Sync Mode)
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0bb4:0cab, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0bb4:0cab. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0bb4, idProduct=0cab.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0CAB USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0CAB&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0BB4&PID_0CAB"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
Desire / Desire HD / Hero / Thunderbolt (HTC Sync Mode):
Product ID: 0x0cab
Vendor ID: 0x0bb4 (HTC (High Tech Computer Corp.))Driver help
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.
Raw usb.ids entry
The exact lines this page is generated from, in the upstream source file:
0bb4 HTC (High Tech Computer Corp.) 0cab Desire / Desire HD / Hero / Thunderbolt (HTC Sync Mode)