chrome://inspect detects device but doesn't show pages or apps - android

I am trying to debug an app on android but found out that my chrome://inspect doesn't show any apps or pages anymore for my device despite showing the device itself.
I followed multiple tutorials, search for my problem on the internet but nothing came in useful and as it used to work I don't really know where to start with this issue. I will try to give you as much informations as possible:
I tested my build on emulator and on another phone (ungoogled rom, android 11.0) and everything worked just fine, I could see and debug the app
USB debugging is enabled in my developer options on the phone
my android version is 11.0
my webview version is 92.0.4515.131.
my build is a debug one (not production)
I recently changed my rom (from paranoid quartz 5 to ArrowOs 11.0) but I didn't use the inspector for a while before changing, so I suspect I affects the issue but I don't know how much
I tested it on MacOS Big Sur and ArchLinux, as well as with multiple chrome versions (eloston chromium, chrome, brave)
When trying to inspect other pages from just chrome from my phone, nothing appears either
The app runs with cordova
What am I missing here and is there a solution for my problem other than change rom again ?
Thank you very much for your answers

First, try to restart adb server. It can be done with these commands on unix if adb command is available to you in terminal. If not, then on unix instead of adb, type path (absolute to be sure) to adb executable.
adb kill-server
adb start-server
adb devices
If you can see your device in output of adb devices (only device ID will be visible), then try to disable ipv6 for your network. Adb server might not work properly when ipv6 is enabled on your computer. In my case, disabling ipv6 have fixed that issue and I could see 'Remote target' section (which was not visible when ipv6 was enabled) and my devices once connected.

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ADB devices stuck authorizing

I'm stuck in "authorizing" status on ADB. I can't bring the "USB debug authorization view" back. On the other hand my phone does says "USB debugging connected. Tap to turn off USB debugging".
❯ adb devices
List of devices attached
xxxxxxxx authorizing
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❯ adb --version
Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.41
Version 31.0.3-7562133
❯ sw_vers
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I've tried several things:
unplug/replug the USB cable (changing cable/port)
restart both my machine and mobile
quit/join again the developper mode on my mobile
revoking USB authorizations on my mobile
removing private/public ADB keys on my laptop (I also tried completely recreating ~/.android)
uninstalling/reinstalling all android build/platform tools (in android studio)
updating one plus' Oxygen OS
None of these allowed me to show the prompt asking for the USB debug authorization on my phone.
EDIT
We've also tried connecting another phone to my laptop (it didn't work either). We tried connecting my phone to another laptop and it worked as expected (I also was able to check "always allow", then I successfully revoked this authorization). So it's definitively a problem on my laptop side.
I found something weird too, I have two ADB installed, one in ${ANDROID_HOME}/platform-tools/adb and another in /usr/local/bin/adb. I tried repeating all above tests using explicitly ${ANDROID_HOME}/platform-tools/adb, yielding the same results.
One thing that worked for me was to change the USB hub I was connecting to on my MacBook M1. I had daisy chained two hubs and the device was connected to the second one.
So if your issue is with a USB hub, you can troubleshoot here as well.
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The LG is running Android 5.0 Kernel-Version 3.4.0
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The strange thing about the LGs behaviour is, that in the Notification Area it says, that USB Debugging is enabled but it never asked for authorization. Even when I clear all authorizations it does not ask me for it.
And a "adb devices" does not show the LGs as unauthorized but instead does not show the at all.
That is something all other Smartphones of different brands I tested did consistently.
Accessing the LGs via MTP does work.
I currently do not have an idea how to analyze this any further. I would appreciate any suggestion directing me towards a solution.
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Edit: This solution (activate USB Tethering) made it better, but this is disabled every time the usb connection is removed and I need a permanent solution working without user interaction.
See LG Device Not Listed in ADB Devices.
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http://www.lg.com/us/support-mobile/lg-LGD850
But I need to get it working on ubuntu 17.04
Thank you very much!
I had this kind of smart phone. I changed the cable and it worked.
(use a thicker cable)
I found the solution myself to get it working on Ubuntu 17.04. It is necessary, that you select PTP instead of MTP. This seems to be an specific issue when the LG USB Drivers are not installed, which is never the case in Linux because there LG does not provide any drivers.

Android Device Chooser: Cannot Detect Device

I am trying to use my Nexus 4 to run a hello world app. I'm using the Java ADT with Eclipse.
I cannot detect the device.
Nexus 4: Android 4.4.2
Java ADT: build v22.3.0-887826
Windows 7 Professional x64
Java JDK: jdk-7u51-windows-x64
ADB v1.0.31
Project build target is 4.4.2 (API 19). Minimum required version is API 8.
./adb devices shows no devices.
I am in USB debugging mode on the device. I have allowed installation of non-play-store apps.
My computer detects the phone as a media device (MTP), not as a camera (PTP).
I do not get a prompt asking me if I accept an RSA key.
Things I have tried:
Download USB drivers from here: http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html#top then:
Start > Properties > Device Manager > Portable Devices > Nexus 4 > Properties > Update Driver > Browse > {Download Folder}
I get a popup telling me that the drivers are up to date.
Changing the cable
Changing the USB port
Restarting Eclipse
Restarting the adb server (kill-server > start-server > devices)
Restarting the phone
Restarting the computer
Editing android_winusb.inf, as described here: USB driving on Android - new devices
I have tried everything I've seen on these pages:
http://developer.android.com/tools/device.html
http://androidsecurity.wordpress.com/2013/06/05/install-google-nexus-4-adb-usb-drivers-on-windows-android-studio/
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I would suggest investigating WiFi ADB. If it works with your device (not all devices support it) then it'll save you a lot of time in the long term:
Install one of the various WiFi debug apps from the market
Run it and note the IP address and port it gives you
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Type adb connect [ipaddress]:[portno] (ex adb connect 192.168.1.100:5555)
If your device supports wifi debugging, it should show up in Eclipse within a couple of seconds, and you never need to do the plug in/unplug/restart shuffle again!
You don't need any third-party application. See this answer and set-up WiFi debugging with ADB.
EDIT:
You don't need root also.
Check my answer here: You should install the correct drivers its really easy by following the steps from the video
Hope that helps! :)

Native USB Debugging on Chrome 32 doesn't detect device

I have a Samsung Galaxy S3. With the release of Chrome 32, I wanted to try the native usb debugging so I could work with my phonegap apps while they're on my phone (rather than browser testing then transferring). I turned on USB debugging and downloaded the appropriate driver. My phone shows up in device manager but it doesn't show up under about:inspect on chrome. How do I get my device to show up?
I had a similar issue. I was previously able to inspect my phone using DevTools and the ADB extension. After the Chrome update where the ADB extension was deprecated my phone would no longer appear in chrome://inspect/ not matter what I tried.
What fixed the issue for me:
Download the Android SDK
Locate ADB.exe, found in the platform-tools folder.
Open the file using command prompt
cd c:\path\to\platform-tools\adb.exe
Make sure your phone is disconnected from USB
Type the following commands
adb devices
adb kill-server
adb start-server
Reconnect your phone, authorise your PC and enjoy the USB debugging
Hopefully that helps someone else.
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From the command line I ran, adb devices. Got the message "daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037". Once it started, my device showed up in Chrome! If you haven't downloaded the android dev kit you may have to do that first.
You need Chrome on Android Beta (v32) to do this without ADB.

unable to debug android/chrome remotely from ubuntu/linux

I'm an android newbie. I've got a an android with chrome v30 installed. I enabled USB debugging on it. On my ubuntu linux I've installed ADB extension for chrome v27. I plug usb cable, so the connection is established automatically (ubuntu recognizes android as "camera"). On my laptop chrome I've got an android icon (ADB icon), I turn it on (start ADB). Then a number "1" shows up in a rectangle - yes, a device has been recognized (hurray!). But I'm unable to debug my mobile gmail. Either there is something wrong or I don't know how to access ADB. I've got following sections in the View inspection targets:
Pages - these are just my laptop tabs
Extensions - chrome laptop extensions, such as JSONView
shared workers - empty
other - with one element: chrome-devtools://devtools/devtools.html?dockSide=bottom&toolbarColor=rgba(223,223,223,1)&textColor=…
Does anyone know what did I do wrong? The chrome version on mobile is ok (should be 24+, it's 30), the USB debug permission is set to true, USB cable is plugged both ways, ADB icon shows 1.
Besides, the official chrome ADB page says that I should run command adb devices, but I don't know where to execute it. I didn't install android SDK, since ADB is supposed to run without full android SDK installation. What is this command and how should I execute it?
I have the same problem with you, you can follow the steps: http://developer.android.com/tools/device.html#setting-up
you can type
lsusb
in your terminal to find your deveice's vendor id,
then follow the steps above, finally, you may
sudo service udev restart
then restart adb , and you will see the device
follow steps on https://developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/docs/remote-debugging#remote-debugging
make sure USB debugging is enabled in Chrome as well (required before Chrome 32 ships)
reconnect the device to see auth message on the device screen and accept it (Chrome 32 or Chrome Canary would list your device as pending auth unless you accept it)
Try enabling "PTP" mode on your device
On the device, in the notification for the cable connection, hit "Tap for more options" and select the "PTP" option.
This page specifically suggests this as one tip: https://developers.google.com/web/tools/chrome-devtools/remote-debugging/
More context:
Initially, connecting my USB cable, and refreshing chrome://inspect, I got no prompt on the device or any changes in the PC browser.
Fresh install of Ubuntu 20.04
Pixel 2 with latest Android OS I did not install any extra software
(ADB or anything related to Android dev)
Device was already working
for remote dev on other systems (Macos)

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