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I am just getting started in Android development, and am trying to get Eclipse (running on Windows 7) to recognise my phone so that I can use it for debugging. However, my phone does not seem to be recongised by Eclipse or by running "adb devices" from a command line.
Here's what I've tried:
I've tried both MTP (media device) and PTP (camera) transfer modes (similar questions on Stack Overflow have been resolved by using PTP).
I've ensured that USB debugging is turned on in my phone's settings.
I've manually installed a driver in Device Manager, by choosing "Update Driver Software" and selecting the .inf file in sdk\extras\google\usb_driver (which I had to modify by hand to include my device).
I've tried a Nexus 4 phone, a Nexus 7 tablet, and a Motorola Moto G phone. Behaviour is identical for all three devices.
I've tried the "Universal ADB driver", in case it behaves differently to the Google driver, but it doesn't behave any differently.
I've rebooted, I've reinstalled drivers, I've tried adb kill-server followed by adb start-server, etc.
No matter what combinations of the above I try, "adb devices" lists nothing. When I look in the Windows Device Manager, I can see "Android Composite ADB Interface" listed under the "Android Device" node, so I believe I have installed the driver correctly. I am logged in as an Administrator, so it's not a permissions thing either. I've tried every answer to every single similar question on Stack Overflow, but nothing works. I've been pulling my hair out all day and am close to running out of hair... any ideas appreciated.
EDIT: It just occurred to me what could be causing this. I am running 64-bit Windows 7, but 32-bit Java. Because I have 32-bit Java installed on my PC, I installed the 32-bit SDK. Would that explain this behaviour? Should I be running 64-bit Java? The only reason why I didn't is because 32-bit Java is installed by my company's group policy...
EDIT2: I have now noticed that when I plug an Android device in, and look at its Device ID in Device Manager, the device ID does not end in "&MI_01". When I plug the device into another Windows 7 PC, the device ID does end in "&MI_01". I believe this is why "adb devices" is not able to detect the device. Any idea why one PC would see a different device ID to another, with the only difference being the "&MI_01"?
Did you install your phone USB-driver?
and can you check it on device manager is installed or not? you can download your usb driver from yur phone company website.
After you install your phone usb driver , I think the problem is solved
I think the main reason is because the computer does not recognize your phone as below 1 device used to debug code, even usb device.
You can try to do the following:
- Turn up the window update
- Uninstall driver for usb connection from your phone to your computer
- Go to the homepage of the mobile device, download driver for usb connection to the computer and then reinstall the driver
Try Universal Naked Driver. This is to allow ADB, Fastboot & APX interfaces to work without installing any package much less multiples packages for users with multiple devices.
Download
After downloading extract .rar file into a folder.
Go to Device Manager, right click on Android phone and click to update driver. On next screen , give path of extracted folder and install it.
You can install with msi file also. Download .msi
Finally found the answer. I was missing a file called usb.inf from C:\Windows\inf. Not sure how on earth files just go missing from yours Windows directory...
I am trying to debug my application using a real device instead on the emulator. When I try to connect, it gives me the message:
USB device not found
I tried to unplug and plug it again, but it did not work. And I have also enabled USB debugging and unknown sources options in my device.
Any help is appreciated!
Thanks!
I had this problem with a Nexus 7 - it appeared in Device Manager fine but wasn't recognised by Android Studio. The device had USB debugging turned on. Eventually I noticed an icon in the top left hand corner that said "Connected as a media device. Touch for other USB options." When I selected this I was able to change from Media Device (MTP) to Camera (PTP) and then it started working.
If you are on windows, many times it will not recognize the device fully and because of driver issues, the device won't show up.
go to settings
control panel
hardware and sound
device manager
And look for any devices showing an error.
Many androids will show as an unknown USB device.
Select that device and try to update the drivers for it.
This solution works for every unrecognized android device... mostly general brands don´t come with usb debugging drivers...
go to settings
control panel
hardware and sound
device manager
And look for any devices showing an error. Many androids will show as
an unknown USB device or just Android
First thing you need will be your device IDs. You can get them opening up the device manager and finding the "Unknown Device" with a yellow exclamation point. Right click on it and select 'Properties', and then go to the 'Details' tab. Under the 'Property' drop down menu, select hardware IDs. There should be two strings:
USB\VID_2207&PID_0011&REV_0222&MI_01
USB\VID_2207&PID_0011&MI_01
Copy those strings somewhere and then navigate to where you downloaded the Google USB driver. Then you need to open up the file 'android_winusb.inf' in a text editor. I would recommend using Notepad++.
First, create a sub-section for your device. I called mine ';RCA 6378W2' but it doesn't really matter what you call it. Then, under the sub-section you created paste the Device ID strings you copied from the Device Manager, preceded by '%SingleAdbInterface%'. If you need help, look at this screenshot.
NOTE:
If you are using Windows 8 or 8.1, you will need to disable device driver signature checks before you'll be able to install the modified driver. Here's a quick video on how to disable device driver checks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM1MN8QZhnk. Ignore the part at the beginning about 64 bit, your computer architecture doesn't matter.
Please look at this article, for more information and MacOS instructions.
Try a different cable, ideally an official Samsung one.
I had tried a crappy USB cable I had lying around and then tried another which was Samsung and works perfectly now.
Not sure why they would be different though but worked for me.
Found out for Samsung, Installing Kies also update the usb driver which solve my problem with connecting my Samsung Galaxy S Advance with Android 4.1.2 to Android Studio on Windows 7 64bit.
In this case the devise manager shows device driver is updated and working, but when I connect my phone Android Studio does not recognize my device.
I had the same problem with connecting my Galaxy Nexus to win7 x64. I solved it by getting drivers, they can be downloaded from here or also via Android SDK manager.
After you put your phone on developer mode, restart it. That worked for me, maybe it will work for you also. After restarting it, the phone was recognized, drivers were automatically installed. Note - I'm running on Windows 7.
I've been having this issue on Mac OSX Mavericks using Android Studio, using my Samsung Galaxy Express , I did a little trick, Run -> Edit Configurations - > Run -> Show chooser dialog. When I "play" and the dialog appeared, I connected my device and it did appear. ;)
You need to install the driver first. Follow the instructions on the Android's developers website:
http://developer.android.com/tools/extras/oem-usb.html
I had the same problem with a Samsung galaxy note 2. It was recognized on one pc but not on another one (both running windows 7 64b). After hours of struggling, I installed Kies (from the Samsung website) on the pc where Android Studio was unable to detect the smartphone (Kies was installed on the other one).
Like magic, Android Studio detected the phone !!! I noticed that the Kies installer installed some driver for the phone.
Consequently, for those meeting the same detection problem, I would strongly advise to first install Kies.
Galaxy S7, I had to go to Settings, Developer Options and allow USB Debugging. This asked to approve computer it was attached to and it showed up instantly.
I had tried restart the device, and it's work, popup and ask want to trust the mac for debug mode.
I am using Samung S8, I tried to install:
Intel Android Driver
Samsung USB driver
But the adb bridge driver was still missing.
I finally got it to work by installing the Samsung Smart Switch application which is a media manager application.
Updated at 2018-04-20: If you are struggle with the driver, just use http://adbdriver.com/downloads/
If you're using a USB Type-C cable, check if it has the charging and data transfer capability. Many USB Type-C cables are for charging only, and are not recognized by Android Studio.
Check installed drivers. If drivers ok, check device usb-port it could be damaged.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S4. Although visible from Devices, my phone was not listed as connected from Android Studio. I tried a few things independently, and then together, and found that only a combination of steps fixed the issue, so this is for you if measures listed above or on another site did not work on their own.
Enable USB debugging from "Developer Options"
Download Kies from Samsung. I believe Samsung US has replaced Kies with a new software called Smart Switch, but this did not resolve anything for me. I found a Samsung UK download of Kies that worked fine.
After connecting your phone to your PC via USB, go to your phone notifications and click on USB settings at the top. Switch it to Camera mode.
I repeat, only all 3 of these together fixed the issue, so if some fixes you have tried haven't worked, use these 3 and it could fix the problem for you. Best of luck.
Restart Android Studio Worked in my case
For me, this simple trick worked:
I actually enabled and disabled the listed USB Adapter for android in the device manager (Control Panel -> Hardware & Sound -> Device Manager). And holy moly it's working! :D
The solution for me was following the instructions at https://developer.android.com/studio/run/oem-usb.html#InstallingDriver. Specifically, the key part from that link that helped me to find the solution was this: "Install a USB Driver. First, find the appropriate driver for your device from the OEM drivers table below." This means that you cannot find a single link that applies to everyone as the solution. It will depend on your device! "So I visited the page to get OEM Drivers at https://developer.android.com/studio/run/oem-usb.html#Drivers. In my case, the device I was using was an LG K8 LTE. I had to go to http://www.lg.com/us/support/software-firmware-drivers#, Browse by product and I found the driver I needed under the Model Number "LGAS375 KG K8 ACG - AS375", Cell Phone Product. From http://www.lg.com/us/support-mobile/lg-LGAS375 I used the "Install the USB DRIVER" for Windows (http://tool.lime.gdms.lge.com/dn/downloader.dev?fileKey=UW00120120425).
Depending on the device model you are using, you will need to find the specific drivers that work for your phone, and that should work.
How to get connection to device working using adb command line:
USB debugging enabled on phone and phone connected.
I am exercising these commands on linux(redhat and ubuntu) but same commands work under the hood on windows. The device manager runs adb commands. You can find a console in your device manager or regular command-line works if you set up your paths to SDK.
If you can run adb and see something like ???????? in devices list ..
$ android-studio/sdk/platform-tools/adb devices
List of devices attached
???????????? no permissions
You might be running the adb server as a regular user.
You might have to run the adb server as root.
So kill the server as regular user and start it as root.
$ adb kill-server
$ which adb
$ sudo <fullpath>/android-studio/sdk/platform-tools/adb start-server
Now look at adb devices list, if it is first time this machine connects to this phone you will see "unauthorized".
$ adb devices
List of devices attached
MWS0216A31xxxxxx unauthorized
At this point on phone you should have dialog popped up and you can tap ok to authorize. Then you should see "device" in the devices list and commands like shell/push/pull/sync/backup... should work.
$ adb devices
List of devices attached
MWS0216A31xxxxxx device
$ adb shell "uname -a; df; ls /storage/sdcard0/Download"
Linux localhost 3.10.90-g2ff1b22 #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Dec 27 17:12:50 CST 2016 aarch64
Filesystem Size Used Free Blksize
/dev 1.3G 108.0K 1.3G 4096
/sys/fs/cgroup 1.3G 12.0K 1.3G 4096
/mnt 1.3G 0.0K 1.3G 4096
/sys/fs/cgroup/pids: Permission denied
/system 2.4G 2.3G 106.8M 4096
/cust 492.0M 327.7M 164.3M 4096
/cache 248.0M 160.0K 247.8M 4096
/splash2: Permission denied
/3rdmodem 59.0M 4.9M 54.1M 1024
/3rdmodemnvm: Permission denied
. .
/storage 1.3G 0.0K 1.3G 4096
/data 25.1G 10.9G 14.2G 4096
/mnt/runtime/default/emulated: Permission denied
/storage/emulated 25.1G 11.2G 13.8G 4096
/mnt/runtime/read/emulated: Permission denied
/mnt/runtime/write/emulated: Permission denied
.
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Lovely jubly. Hopefully.
For example:
My file path:
C:\...\sdk\extras\google\usb_driver\android_winusb.inf
My data to paste:
;Tablet PC
%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_18D1&PID_0003&MI_01
%CompositeADBInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_18D1&PID_0003&REV_0230&MI_01
Well, in my case updating drivers, restarting Android Studio, restarting my phone, changing the USB mode or unplugging USB did not help.
Then I went to the dev settings in my phone, toggled the Dev. Mode off and back on, and it worked. AS was open and phone was plugged at the moment.
I had this problem occurring suddenly in Dell Ubuntu linux machine with Android Developer Studio. I did the following steps
1. I opened "System Settings"
2. Select the listed item "Software and Updates"
3. Click on the tab "Additional Drivers"
4. There was a mention about "Dell Inc: Unknown" and the option "Do not use use the device" selected. I selected the alternate driver mentioned and did an "Apply the Changes".
It started working.
I just ran adb command prompt and hit 'adb devices' and it showed daemon was not running. It installed itself and now i can able to see android devices there.
C:\...\...\source\repos\ABC\ABC\Ex.Android>adb devices
List of devices attached
* daemon not running; starting now at tcp:5037
* daemon started successfully
ZF22Q3T unauthorized
and Reload the project
Windows, many times it will not recognize the device fully and because of driver issues, the device won't show up.
1).go to settings
2).control panel
3).hardware and sound
4).device manager
Restarted my PC and worked in my case.
I am attempting to install an Android app on my brand new Nexus 10. I have a .apk file. I have downloaded the Android SDK, installed "Android SDK Tools", "Android SDK Platform-tools", and Google USB Driver. I have checked the setting on my Nexus 10 for "Unknown Sources".
When I run "adb devices" from the command terminal, it doesn't list any devices. I attempted to follow this recommendation, because it was identical to a suggestion I had previously found here on Stack Overflow. After following those steps, "adb devices" still returns an empty list and to make it worse, when I connect my Nexus 10 to my PC, Windows doesn't show any folders within the device.
I have undone the steps in that link, along with everything else I have done so far, as well as uninstalling my Nexus 10 from Device Manager and reinstalling it, but I am still not seeing any folders in the device.
Is there anything I am missing to get my device to show up in ADB devices?
What can I do to get Windows to see the folders within the device?
Windows 8 wouldn't recognize my Nexus 10 device. Fixed by Setting the transfer mode to Camera (PTP) through the settings dialogue on the device.
Settings > Storage > Menu > USB Computer connection to "Camera (PTP)"
For Windows 8 users:
After trying every solution given here, with no success, I found this:
Go to Device Manager
Browse my computer for drivers -> Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer
Choose Android Device and then Android ADB Interface.
Now I have my devices listed at adb devices.
This situation seems to arise with some ADB drivers. I have encountered the same thing with a couple of Google devices and installing the Universal ADB windows driver has fixed it for me every time.
Use another cable.
Just found out that one of my regular charging cables had Vcc, Gnd pairs, but no Data+, Data-.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB#Pinouts
Make sure to Enable USB debugging in Settings -> Developer options
Also, run "adb devices" after getting into the platform tools folder in the Android SDK (unless you have that folder on your system path already), otherwise the command won't be found.
The device may not be visible for debugging if it is in MTP mode. Some devices only work in PTP mode (or even in "charging only" mode).
This can be changed in Settings > Developer Options > Networking > Default USB configuration > PTP.
Also, you'll get a notification on your android device asking you for confirmation about USB configuration setting change and to allow it.
Note: You can turn on developer options by following the link below:
enable developer options
I have found a solution (for Windows 7):
Connect your Nexus 10 to PC
Go to Windows Device Manager
RClick on ADB Interface -> properties
Details -> Hardware Ids.
You will see two records like these:
USB\VID_18D1&PID_4EE2
USB\VID_18D1&PID_4EE2&MI_01
5 Open the android_winusb.inf file (I have it in "C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\extras\google\usb_driver" directory)
6 Create such records in [Google.NTx86] and [Google.NTamd64] sections using Hardware Ids from properties of ADB interface:
;Google Nexus 10
%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_18D1&PID_4EE2
%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_18D1&PID_4EE2&MI_01
7 Save the file, and update driver for ADB Interface with showing the path to "C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\extras\google\usb_driver" directory
Sometimes ADB loses connection to the device, and needs to be reset. If you have everything else working (ie USB driver installed, Developer settings enabled on the device), and still can't see your device, you need to reset the ADB process.
This is available in the DDMS Perspective (from within Eclipse), Devices tab (the triangle on the far right includes a menu item to perform the reset).
Otherwise from the command line, you can reset it with the following 2 commands:
adb kill-server
then
adb start-server
Enable Developer options in your device. To enable the developer mode, setting->About phone, tap Build number option 8 times continuously
Go to Settings-> Developer options and Turn on USB debugging
From the above steps it didn't work try this step, Go to Settings->Security and turn on Allow Unknown Resources
You have to download the drivers from the SDK manager (extras → Google USB Driver)
Then you have to install the USB driver in Windows (it works for me in Windows 8.1):
(Copy and paste from http://developer.android.com/tools/extras/oem-usb.html#InstallingDriver:)
Connect your Android-powered device to your computer's USB port.
Right-click on "Computer" from your desktop or Windows Explorer, and select "Manage".
Select "Devices" in the left pane.
Locate and expand "Other device" in the right pane.
Right-click the device name (such as Nexus S) and select "Update Driver Software." This will launch the "Hardware Update Wizard".
Select "Browse my computer for driver software" and click "Next."
Click "Browse" and locate the USB driver folder. (The Google USB Driver is located in <sdk>\extras\google\usb_driver\.)
Click "Next" to install the driver.
After downloading the Google drivers via Android SDK Manager (available via Eclipse, Intellij or Android Studio), I had to update the driver in Computer Management > Device Manager > Other Devices > ADB - right clicking and clicking on update driver and browsing for updated driver finally did the trick.
BTW, a total nightmare for me as well. I continue to be bewildered that setting up a dev environment should be the most difficult task imaginable, with each new inexplicable failure leading to another one. Jeesh! Good luck.
On my Windows 8.1 64bit (Nexus 5 did not show up), only manually installing the USB driver fixed it:
http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html
The "Google USB Driver" in "Android SDK Manager" was installed already.
I still get this once in a while and it usually works if I unplug it and plug it back in a different port. I'm on Linux but had the same thing happen on Windows before.
Installing Samsung Kies and using their tool to reinstall device drivers, is what finally worked for me with my Galaxy S3 and Tab S 8.4
Normally SDB will download the driver in the **android-sdk-windows\extras\google\usb_driver** path
Here are the steps that worked for me:
Enable USB debugging.
Do to device manager, right click on ADB device and click update driver software.
Select "Browse my computer for Driver Software"
Select "Let me pick from list of Device drivers on my computer"
Click on "Have Disk" option.
Select the driver path **android-sdk-windows\extras\google\usb_driver** (path of sdk)
7.Select 1st driver out of list of drivers shown.
And hopefully, it will work.
Edit: I recommend you DO NOT run ADB under VirtualBox if you are using a Windows Host. Somehow I got VirtualBox to lock the device drivers on the host, eventually making it so that the ADB wouldn't work on the client nor the host for any device I plugged in. To fix, I removed VirtualBox extensions on the host and ran http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html to delete the incorrect drivers. I could not get the correct drivers to load while VirtualBox extensions were installed, and this problem was a complete bastard to diagnose and fix.
Edit 2: Also the following is probably out of date, now that Google have released an integrated ADB extension for Chrome.
What an installation nightmare... Here are the steps I needed to get my Nexus 10 recognised on an XP virtual machine running under VirtualBox:
If you get asked to install Nexus 10 drivers, make sure to untick "don't ask again" (you WANT to be asked again!).
Plug in the Nexus 10 USB connection
Turn on debugging in the Nexus 10 settings Developer menu (tap "About Tablet" 7 times to get that menu).
In your virtual machine settings (host), add the samsung Nexus 10 device to the USB Device Filters (important - selecting it from the devices menu didn't seem to work).
In guest install java jre (if you don't have java installed). In Control Panel, change Java settings so that java doesn't run in the browser (to help prevent security issues).
In guest get the adk zip file and put it somewhere permanent. I needed to delete the .android config directory from the user directory because I moved the directory.
Run the SDK Manager.exe - if it doesn't work, try running sdk\tools\android.bat which seems to give better error reporting.
From SDK Manager install the Google USB driver package.
Unplug the Nexus 10 and plug it in again, and install the Google USB driver package.
Restart the guest.
running c:>[...]\sdk\platformtools> adb devices finally shows me the device...
For the Blu Studio 5.5s ADB drivers, you have to go through this hoop. I am certain it is the same with all Blu phones or maybe for all non-Google mfg phones, I am not sure. First of all if you connect the Blu device with USB cable and USB Debuggin off, you will see that Windows 7 loads a generic driver for you to copy on/off files to the phone and SD storage. This will appear when the USB cable is first plugged in and appears as a device icon under Control Panel, Device Manager, Portable Devices, BLU STUDIO 5.5 S (or the device you are working with). Do not bother getting the hardware ID yet - just observe that this happens (which indicates you are good so far and don't have a bad cable or something).
Go to the phone and switch on USB Debugging in the Developer section of your phone. Notice that an additional item appears as an undefined device now in the device manager list, it will have the yellow exclamation mark and it may have the same name of the phone listed as you saw under Portable Devices. Ignore this item for the moment. Now, without doing anything to the phone (it should be already in USB debug mode) go back to the Portable Devices in Device Manager and right-click the BLU STUDIO 5.5 S or whatever phone you are working with that is listed there without the exclamation mark (listed under Portable Devices). Right click on the icon under Portable Devices, in this example the name that appears is BLU STUDIO 5.5 S. On that icon select Properties, Details, and under the pull down, select Hardware IDs and copy down what you see.
For BLU STUDIO 5.5 S I get:
USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C02&REV_0216&MI_00
USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C02&MI_00
(Note if you do this out of turn, the HW ID will be different with the phone USB debugging turned off. You want to copy the value that it changes to when the USB debugging is ON)
Now do as the instructions say above, of course customizing the lines you add the the INF file with those relating to your own phone, not the Nexus 10. Here is what to customize; when you downloaded the SDK you should have a file structure expanded from the ZIP such as this:
\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140321\sdk\extras\google\usb_driver
Find the file named: android_winusb.inf in the usb_driver folder
Make a copy of it and name it anything, such as myname.inf
Edit the myname.inf and add the lines as instructed above only modified for your particular phone. For example, for the BLU STUDIO 5.5 S, I added the following 2 lines as instructed in the 2 locations as instructed.
;BLU STUDIO 5.5 S
%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C02&REV_0216&MI_00
%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C02&MI_00
Note that you add these lines to both the 32 and 64 bit sections, matching how the example in the tutorial reads.
Now go back up to the unknown device that appeared in Device Manager when you switched on device USB debugging and right click on this item (has yellow exclamation mark), right click on it and then select Update Driver Software, and then Browse My Computer, Let Me Pick, click on the Have Disk button and browse to find the myname.inf. Continue to agree to all the prompts warning you it might not be the right driver. As the final step, Windows should have identified the device as Android ADB Interface and once that is done, you should be able to go back, open your CMD window and run the command "adb devices" as instructed in this tutorial and now you should see that the phone is now discovered and communicating.
Now you can go have fun with the adb command.
At first Thanks #rmsyk's post.
For my issue and after long time suffering with Meizu C9 Pro witch require just android ADB drivers (no special drivers) referring to manufacturer and it solved in my Windows 7 PC by the bellow steps.
Make Sure to
Install latest version of ADB & Fastboot with the needed drivers.
Enable Developer options & USB Debugging.
Enable Media File Transfer (MTP Mode).
Manually replace C:\Users\USERNAME\.android with the folder included here ,Then kill process 'adb.exe' if found from Windows Task Manager and use adb devices and finally my device listed successfully and just confirm the PC as trusted.
Notes:
Android Studio was uninstalled in earlier time and also i tried to reinstall but was not a solution at all.
Tried adb kill-server & adb start-server but was not a solution too.
As well as the usual settings (enable USB debugging) I also had to select Enable OEM unlock in the Developer options.
This supposedly makes the device less secure, but it's your device and you know what you want to do.
Once checked the device behaved as expected and appears in the adb devices list.
You can always reverse all these settings once you're finished.
Confirm you have the correct platform SDK tools
For Windows 10, had to manually download the latest platform SDK tools from Android as the version supplied through Visual Studio 2017 EMDK for Xamarin was not sufficient. Everything else except adb.exe devices worked.
https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools
After the platform tools were manually downloaded, device showed up regardless of USB configuration (charging, MTP, etc.)
Installing an emulator device at this stage is also helpful to see whether the problem is with adb or your physical device.
List of devices attached
12345D1234 device
emulator-5554 device
There could be two reasons why adb devices command is not working for you. Either your phones USB drivers are not installed properly or you have not enabled USB debugging mode.
I created a tool that makes installing USB drivers a one click thing.
Just connect your phone in USB debugging mode to PC.
Run my tool
It will detect and install drivers specific to your phone and also install the latest ADB & Fastboot binaries with it.
The tool is available at my GitHub Repo
It's so easy, just turn off your Android device, and then hold down both "Volume Down" key and "Power" at the same time. Wait a few seconds till it start in recovery mode, done.
Now type adb devices, and you'll see your device.
I had the same problem with my Windows 8. The Android/SDK USB driver was installed correctly, but I forgot to install the USB driver from my phone. After installing the phone USB driver ADB works fine.
I hope this will help.
Turn on debugging in the Nexus settings Developer menu (tap "About Tablet" 7 times to get that menu).
Freaking Google tricks!
Have you had an android update recently? I updated to Lollipop and all the sudden I had no adb devices. Boo! I spent awhile trying a few things to no avail. Then I went into my developer options and lo and behold, "USB debugging" had been turned off. Silly Google. After turning it back on, it immediately showed up and I'm back in business!
GoTo DeviceManager, then right click on the android device and click uninstall driver.
Unplug and plug the device back...then a pop will come on your device while your pc installs the required drivers. Click "allow" on the popup.
You can see your device when you type "adb devices" in command prompt.
For Windows, just end all the processes related to Blue stacks or any such emulator if you are using.
Worked for me.
There's obviously a ton of different problems that could be causing this (and a ton of different solutions to go along with those problems). So think about all the solutions!
If you've gotten this phone and computer pair to work together before, but they aren't working any more, it might be a specific program on your computer rather than a problem on your phone. Some programs install/use their own adb, and only one of these can connect to your phone at a time. I think this makes a race condition, so sometimes it'll connect fine.
Some programs that run adb:
HTC Sync Manager - uninstall this.
chrome://inspect - lets you view localhost on your phone. Just close the window when you're done with it.
To have ADB in MTP mode
If you don't find any ADB device (nothing with exclamation mark) in the device manager (with all developers settings on phone checked), do this:
In Device Manager :
UpdateDriver->Manuel Install->Search on my computer->Select from installed driver list -> then select the one with the word usb in it (not MTP).
Edit: after that, you'll then have 2 or 3 peripheral, one for USB and one for ADB, install adb driver using usual method (see first answers)
For my Nexus 6P downloading drivers from Google helped resolved the issue. Here is the URL with documentation. And here you can download the driver itself.
P.S. I saw some people advice to download some drivers from random places on internet. While this might help it's too dangerous in my mind to download unknown drivers from unofficial places. So the one from Google worked well for me :)
With the new update to 4.2.2 to my Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 7, I can't find both my devices under adb.
These are the steps I took:
Updated to 4.2.2
Updated ADT and SDK through the SDK Manager
Checked ADB version, it's at 1.0.31
Restarted PC and Tablet and Phone numerous times
When I run adb devices, it's just blank. I have the same issue on Windows 8 and on Ubuntu 12.10, but on Ubuntu it shows my device and it says offline.
Are there any other steps I can take?
From the adb docs
When you connect a device running Android 4.2.2 or higher to your
computer, the system shows a dialog asking whether to accept an RSA
key that allows debugging through this computer. This security
mechanism protects user devices because it ensures that USB debugging
and other adb commands cannot be executed unless you're able to unlock
the device and acknowledge the dialog. This requires that you have adb
version 1.0.31 (available with SDK Platform-tools r16.0.1 and higher)
in order to debug on a device running Android 4.2.2 or higher
So, unplug, wait, replug in the cable, and hit ok (on modal dialog that appears on your device)
If you hit cancel, the device will show up as offline via adb devices
Try pre-installing the drivers for your devices. Make sure, under Windows, that your device is recognized in the System control panel first.
I use Windows 7 and my Galaxy Nexus wouldn't be recognized by the system until I installed the device drivers before plugging them in. From the comments, this works on Windows 8 as well.
Galaxy Nexus drivers
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SCH-I515MSAVZW#
Goto Manual & Drivers > Software
Nexus 7
http://support.asus.com/Download.aspx?SLanguage=en&m=Nexus+7&p=28&s=2
Just though Id share my experience, I had -
Unplugged and re plugged in the device
Installed the correct platform tools
Installed the correct Android bridge Turned USB debugging on and off
and on and off an...
Tried WiFi but it said it was offline
etc. etc.
What fixed it for me was changing the device connection from Mass Storage to MTP. To do so, with the phone unplugged you go into -
"Settings" -> "Storage" -> Click the menu Button -> "USB computer
connection" -> "Media device (MTP)"
Hope this helps some one from going crazy!
Thanks,
Ash.
I tried everything mentioned here and in other posts. It wasn't the cable, the USB port, rebooting the PC or Nexus 7, killing and starting adb or enabling/disabling USB Debugging.
It was due to the 4.2.2 OTA update, I simply replaced the \platform-tools\ folder, as described here: Android ADB device offline, can't issue commands
Download the updated platform-tools: http://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools_r16.0.1-windows.zip
adb wait-for-device
works for me. Just unplug your usb device, run this command, and while it's waiting, plug your device in, then it will just work. :)
Here is what I did (Galaxy S4 4.2.2):
go to Settings => about this device => click several times on "Version number", that is to say something like "JDQ39.I9505XXBHYTGKDD" (not android version or anything else) ; here you will see that Google or Samsung have a lot of humour as you have to click until multiple times until having a toast displaying "You are at few clicks from being a developer" ; after something like 10 clicks, you have a toast "You are a developer"
Go "Development options" (in the "More" tab (rigjt tab of settings menu)) ; be sure that "USB debugging" is checked.
And it works ! Eclipse can see your S4(or any other device) 4.2.2 !
I had this problem today and fixed it by rebooting the Tab2 while leaving it plugged into the laptop/eclipse
Check if you have installed android-adb-tools in Ubuntu. If you do, the adb tool may be old. Uninstall and make an alias to the latest adb tool you download with the ADB plugin. To check the adb version do "adb version" if it's 1.0.29 is the old, the latest and working for Android 4.2.2 is 1.0.31.
I made a lot of stuff until i realized this.
going to Developer Options and checking USB Debugging solved it for me
My solution used on cm10.1 nightly build on droid bionic, was after updating the newest usb drivers, using the Mass storage option (instead of the MTP option for USB computer connection), then unchecking and rechecking in developer options, "ADB over network" option. Then it did the RSA pop up dialog.
For me the best solution was:
Update the Android SDK via the SDK-Manager. Removing the '.android' folder in my usr directory ( Windows 7 ) and re-plugging the device back in. Worked flawlessly due to the ADB RSA key issue. I had an older version of ADB that I stashed into c:\windows\system32\ due to not wanting to install an entire freakin SDK when all I wanted was a command prompt. Good ol' Google, the new Microsoft.
You may use an old version of adb.exe. Update platform-tools.
You may have to set a new path to adb.exe as well.
In case it helps someone else arriving here, I had this problem with a ZTE phone.
I tried installing the driver based on the offical list here but in Device Manager the driver was marked as not installed correctly.
In the end I found the way to make this work was:
Press Menu Button
Choose "Connect to PC"
Choose "Default connect type"
Choose "Install Driver"
Plug in phone and on PC select option to install the driver
Then change "Default connect type" to "PC software"
After doing this I was able to do:
adb kill-server
adb start-server
adb devices
and view my device.
It's working on windows 8 using Android 4.4.2
Reset your phone,
go to setting->about phone-> seven time click on build number.
go to back and go to developer options check USB debugging.
go to windows 8 start menu click on profile picture and click change profile picture.
Select devices and on Download over metered connections.
Connect your phone via cable your PC and wait.
adb doesn't recognize my Nexus 10 on Windows 7. Here's what I've done:
Installed the SDK and USB driver from Google. Windows 7 sees the tablet as an 'Android ADB Interface.'
Put the tablet in developer mode by clicking on 'About tablet' and clicking the build number seven times
Put the tablet in Camera (PTP) mode by going to Storage > USB Computer Connection.
Started and restarted the tablet, my computer, and the adb server repeatedly.
None of this helps. When I run 'adb devices,' it gives me an empty list. What else can I do?
Thanks.
I had the same problem on Windows 7.
First make sure the Nexus 10 developer mode and USB debugging is on ( if you dont see developer options, tap on About Settings -> Tablet -> Build Number a several time and it should activate developer mode)
Check if your ADB driver is in good shape by going into the Device Manager. If not un-install the ADB device manager and re-install it by pointing Windows to Android SDK location (It should pick up the driver automatically).
Once it is installed and still it does not work. Go into Settings-> Storage -> USB Computer Connection and select PTP option. Reconnect tablet to the USB.
Hope it helps!.
I had some problems with this as well. I was on win 8.
Install the SDK and USB driver from Google. USB driver is available in 'Android SDK Manager' in eclipse.
Put the tablet in developer mode by clicking on 'About tablet' and clicking the build number seven times (crazy)
Open Windows Device Manager and right click 'Android ADB Interface'
Click Properties
Driver Tab
Update Driver
Select 'Browse my computer for driver software' Select the 'sdk' folder under the location you installed your sdk in step 1 (e.g. D:\Dev\Software\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130219\sdk)
Not sure why windows didn't auto-detect it but it didn't. Could have been because google doesn't actually 'install' the driver into windows or perhaps it was because I had the HTC USB drivers installed because of my old phone.
I started with the same problem as you, but managed to get my adb connection working on a Fedora 16 system as follows:
Inserted 0x18d1 into adb_usb.ini (I do not bother with the device ID)
Inserted the following extra line into 99-android.rules. It's not the quite the same as yours but I leave you to experiment.
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="18d1", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev", OWNER="johnp"
Pressed the settings->about->version number 7 times.
Rebooted tablet and noticed that a new section is created in settings called "developer options".
Enabled USB debugging in settings->about->developer options.
On Fedora performed adb kill-server.
On Fedora performed adb start-server.
On Fedora performed adb devices.
I now see a new USB device in the list. When I go to my development environment (Eclipse) I see the device there as well.
For those who are still stuck after following the other good answers, try a different USB port ...plus adb restarts just to make sure. That had me stalled for ages.
I had the same issue, but I downloaded the drivers from this application and it started working. I used this same technique on Windows 7 and Windows 8
Followed these instruction installed the correct ADB-drivers for me on Windows 7 http://developer.android.com/tools/extras/oem-usb.html
I have been struggling with the same problem for a month. I tried other Nexus 10's, other ports, other computers ... everything. I thought I tried other USB cables too, but maybe not enough, as when a friend gave me yet another cable debugging worked.
It turns out the problem for me was that the EMI protection of the PC fires off when Nexus 10 is connected via a bad cable to a bad (front-case) port. It is a big tablet, so my guess is it draws a lot of current, and this combined with a badly shielded cable makes the PC freak out.
So my suggestion to people who couldn't solve the problem in any other way is: get a good USB cable (one where the connectors are bulky - means better shielding), rather than a cheap one.
On the picture: the red cable is bad, the black one is good.
Have fun,
-Stan
All I had to do was restart the tablet.
You should have done at least two things to get your device recognized on Linux:
specify USB manufacturer and device ID in your hot-plug manager
add an entry to ~/.android/adb_usb.ini using USB manuacturer ID
You may find manufacturer and device IDs with 'lsusb' command (that's LSUSB in lower case).
As strange as it sounds, try switching the tablet between media device and camera mode. On the 10 ADB only works for me in camera mode, while on the 7 it only works in media device mode.
Try a different usb port. Worked for me on windows 8.1 with Nexus5/10.