18d1:4e21 — Nexus S

This is the USB identifier for a Nexus S manufactured by Google Inc.. The vendor ID 18d1 is registered to Google Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 4e21 is the product ID that Google Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 18d1:4e21 Google Inc. Nexus S.

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 18d1:4e21 Google Inc. Nexus S

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 18d1:4e21, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 18d1:4e21. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=18d1, idProduct=4e21.

Windows

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

USB\VID_18D1&PID_4E21
USB\VID_18D1&PID_4E21&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_18D1&PID_4E21"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    Nexus S:
      Product ID: 0x4e21
      Vendor ID: 0x18d1  (Google Inc.)

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.

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

18d1  Google Inc.
	4e21  Nexus S

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• 18d1:4e13 Nexus One (tether)
• 18d1:4e20 Nexus S (fastboot)
• 18d1:4e22 Nexus S (debug)
• 18d1:4e24 Nexus S (tether)
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