My question was stupid : you have a problem, and it could be related to a driver issue,
So it is…
if you have selected a “special” driver for the OS install, try to select another for daily use… or is it time to update android driver in Windows device manager ?
are you really sure of the cable ?
When using Windows and you are unsure if drivers are an issue you can open a Windows device manager window before you connect your device. Now connect the device. you will be looking for the device appear “healthy” or with a indicating drivers required.
Update with device attached should fix this for you.
AFAIK willow is similar to ginkgo but with NFC. Although the hardware is nearly the same, it has its own name and different ROMs for most OS. Personally, I would not flash a ginkgo rom to a willow device - you might get away with it … but at the very least NFC won’t work, and I don’t know what writing a ginkgo image would do… hopefully not brick it.
Hoping for a RN8T (willow) version in 2022. my RN4 (mido) install is good, but that hardware is old now.
Thanks for the reply. Not seen it before but reading it seems to suggest (or at least some posters are asking) for a build specific to their device … though in the linked thread the ROM was willow and the other posters were asking for ginkgo.
Some other ROMs on XDA do claim to be unified (i.e. both willow and ginkgo) but other XDA posts state “Do not flash ginkgo builds on willow and vice versa as they include firmware inline and will brick your device”
You might notice, I was uncertain about this device when I answered the OP! I certainly agree, “do not flash on a device with different device code”.
When it comes to building /e/, a builder will look for the correct device tree. What is still uncertain to me … do these two devices share the same device tree?