0fce:0172 — Xperia P
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
- Vendor ID
- 0fce
- Product ID
- 0172
- Combined
- 0fce:0172
- Decimal
- 4046:370
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a Xperia P manufactured by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB. The vendor ID 0fce is registered to Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0172 is the product ID that Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0fce:0172 Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB Xperia P.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0fce:0172 Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB Xperia P
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0fce:0172, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0fce:0172. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0fce, idProduct=0172.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_0FCE&PID_0172 USB\VID_0FCE&PID_0172&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0FCE&PID_0172"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
Xperia P:
Product ID: 0x0172
Vendor ID: 0x0fce (Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB)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:
0fce Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB 0172 Xperia P