I have a web app that I need to tweak for Chrome on a tablet. I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab for testing. I'm trying to follow these famous instructions to use developer tools with Chrome for Android. I have downloaded and installed the Samsung USB driver from here, and it has sprayed 25 folders in C:\Program Files\SAMSUNG\USB Drivers. If there are further steps to identify and use the drivers in these folders, I haven't followed them.
My problem is that chrome:inspect is not finding my device. The device manager shows the device properly installed, but the driver tab says it's running a microsoft driver from 2006! All attempts to update the driver finish with "The best driver is already installed." I can browse the device in Windows explorer. What am I missing?
Chrome on my desktop: Version 36.0.1942.0 canary
Chrome on device: Version 34.0.1847.114
Galaxy Tab: GT-P7510
Android Version: 4.0.4
Thanks in advance :-)
For me (developing on windows 8, samsung S4 connected via USB ) chrome://inspect works, but only if I have adb running in the background. This was not mentioned in the documentation last time I checked.
Get android platform tools if you don't already have it. Then, from a command prompt in android-sdk/platform-tools > adb start-server.
You can do this as often as you like, and may need to do it every time you reconnect your phone, or wake your machine.
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I want to be able to run android apps I am developing in eclipse on my Samsung Galaxy S4. I followed the steps here... http://developer.android.com/tools/extras/oem-usb.html and when I get to this part...
Click Browse and locate the USB driver folder. (The Google USB Driver is located in \extras\google\usb_driver.)
I get the following error message...
The folder you specified does not contain compatible driver software for your devise.
If the folder contains a driver make sure it is designed to work with windows x64-based systems.
I am running 64bit Windows 7 on a Lenovo thinkpad. I recently installed the eclipse-ADK bundle.
you must just download samsung usb driver and instal it on device then restart adb and eclipse.
you can download samsung usb driver from below link
http://developer.samsung.com/android/tools-sdks/Samsung-Andorid-USB-Driver-for-Windows
good luck
The Google driver is for Google devices, like the Nexus.
Galaxy S4 is not a Google device, it's a Samsung device. Therefore, you must download the Samsung driver: http://developer.samsung.com/android/tools-
sdks/Samsung-Android-USB-Driver-for-Windows
Please do your research next time :)
I already restarted server in the console, and I installed all SDK tools packages.
It just doesn't detect the phone.
It says:
C:\Program Files <x86>\Android\plataform tools>adb devices
List of devices attached. (there's nothing here)
Oh, BTW, I'm using Windows 7 64 bit Premiun
UPDATE 1: Installing kies and the usb drivers from samsung. Thanks for the reccommendation
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UDATE 2: Finished installing and started running adb console and detected the device. Apparently, it detected SOMETHING at least, because now it says :
0123456789ABCDEF device.
Well step one is downloading the driver for your device which can be found here samsung.com/sg/support/model/… then see if adb is picking up your device
I think I had this same issue earlier today with my Nexus 7. I had to download a specific driver for it. Here is the website that should guide you in the right direction.
http://developer.android.com/tools/extras/oem-usb.html#InstallingDriver
There is also a special note for Galaxy devices on the site:
Note: If your device is one of the Android Developer Phones (ADP), a Nexus One, or a Nexus S, then you need the Google USB Driver, instead of an OEM driver. The Galaxy Nexus driver, however, is distributed by Samsung (listed as model SCH-I515).
Hopefully this helps.
Edit:
Also, if you are using a Google device on Windows, this page is where you might want to start.
http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html
I am using the following tutorial to remote debug web pages on android chrome browser.
http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/developertools/mobile/
For Galaxy Nexus I have installed,
http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SCH-I515MSAVZW
When I connect my mobile device on Windows 7 via USB cable and then navigate to,
chrome://inspect/#devices
No device is shown
do you have android ADB in your system? if not install it.
if you have ADB, then in command prompt run adb devices and make sure that your device is listed. if its not listed u have to install the device dirver. Also enable usb debugging on your device.
I know this is an older question, but I thought I would post my resolution - I had to enable Developer mode on my Galaxy Note tablet.
Open Settings, then go to About Device (where you see Kernel, Android-version etc) then tap your Build number 7 times.
Then check USB debugging under the now displayed Developer options menu item.
I know this is an older question, but I thought I would also post my solution:
Update your Chrome on your phone and on your PC.
Even if it says you have the latest driver for your device inside Device Manager, you may need an alternative. I went here and got the latest for my Samsung: Latest USB Drivers
I recently upgraded my (Windows 7) development environment to Eclipse 3.7.1 (Indigo). I have an HTC Magic (Rogers) running Android 2.1upd8.1, a Kobo Vox running 2.3.3 and a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 running 3.1. Only the Galaxy is visible as a USB connected device. [Previously, under helios and Ganymede, I had no problem finding and testing on the HTC! Also, I have no problem executing on any compliant virtual device under the current indigo setup.]
Does anyone have any ideas what the problem might be with the HTC and/or the Kobo Vox?
If you're using Windows, while your device is plugged in:
click Start > Right-click My Computer > Manage
It will open Computer Management.
Click on System Tools > Device Manager.
Expand the Universal Serial Bus controllers node from the center frame.
Identify your android device:
Look for yellow-exclamation-mark icons or a name like Android device/HTC something;
Right-click > Uninstall.
The drivers will be uninstalled and the device will be unrecognised again.
Take out the wire and reconnect it; This time Windows will look for the drivers again (as if it were new) and then it should be installed correctly once again.
The reason it should work in another USB port but not the original one is because the drivers were installed for that port only; if the drivers move, change or go missing it corrupts the installation; but the installation is only remembered on that USB port anyway.
I recently had a problem with my computer detecting my HTC Desire after upgrading. I switched USB ports and now it detects it.
You can also try to update the software on your pc.
Unlike some others, my Android SDK setup went smoothly on my new Windows 7 Pro 64 bit machine. However, I am currently hung up on installing the android usb drivers. What is the current state of this issue? There has been some discussion of this problem on the web but no consensus is immediately apparent.
The Android USB driver page for Windows is very misleading, IMHO. It doesn't mention that it doesn't work for all Android devices. It turns out that for certain devices you need to go to the manufacturer's website for the USB drivers, NOT use the generic Android USB driver.
For example, in my case the generic Android USB driver would not work for my Sony Ericsson X10a. I forget the exact error message, but the Windows Device Manager would not recognize the driver software as being valid for the device. But after I downloaded the X10a USB driver from the Sony Ericsson developer website, the Windows Device Manager was happy with it. Then I was able to install my Android development apps on the device and debug via Eclipse/DDMS.
BTW, I too am using 64-bit Windows 7 (which is not the real source of the problem).
I had the same problem - with OEM drives and Android SDK drivers too. Finally what helped me was:
Device Manager - Update Drives Software - Browse my computer for driver software - Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer - Have Disk - Browse for file android_winusb.inf (in sdk folder) - Android ADB
Windows was not able to find drives in folder automatically :-/
I hope it helps to someone...
I tried all this solutions but nothing worked. Finally i found that i need to connect my device as camera and not as media device in phone under "USB PC Connection" in settings and i got it worked. But really it is a long struggle... :) For more details, see this link..
http://junefabrics.com/android/driver.php
I hope this will help someone with the same problem.
Tried this driver from Intel (after checking all kind of drivers (asus, google, samsung kies etc).
https://software.intel.com/en-us/android/articles/intel-usb-driver-for-android-devices
and it worked like a charm (after unplugging and replugging the usb from my Nexus 7 and enabling MTP)
The Android Drivers Installation has download package and installation instruction.
If you have installed the driver and it doesn't load... you can try this :
In windows 7,
Go to Computer Management , then Device Manager
Locate your device...
Right-click, and Uninstall... (make sure your device is unplugged)
Then Reinstall it again. (run the driver setup)
This works for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36523572
Try the above link. its an Universal Android USB Driver. Worked on windows 7!
Long story short: downloaded DROID and HTC Hero USB drivers, installed them. Now its all good.
Softpedia's Galaxy S USB Driver worked on win7 x64 for me. Galaxy S Phones. Vibrant / Captivate
just install the oem android driver. pretty simple to do. unless if they dont have one you have to do it manually.