0bb4:0ff8 — Desire HD (Tethering Mode)
HTC (High Tech Computer Corp.)
- Vendor ID
- 0bb4
- Product ID
- 0ff8
- Combined
- 0bb4:0ff8
- Decimal
- 2996:4088
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a Desire HD (Tethering 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 0ff8 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 0bb4:0ff8 HTC (High Tech Computer Corp.) Desire HD (Tethering Mode).
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bb4:0ff8 HTC (High Tech Computer Corp.) Desire HD (Tethering Mode)
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0bb4:0ff8, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0bb4:0ff8. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0bb4, idProduct=0ff8.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0FF8 USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0FF8&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0BB4&PID_0FF8"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
Desire HD (Tethering Mode):
Product ID: 0x0ff8
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.) 0ff8 Desire HD (Tethering Mode)