adb doesn t show nexus 5 device

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Android Studio 0 3 6 Fedora 18 3 11 7-100 fc18 x86 64 Nexus 5 Kitkat   Hello   I have been using my Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7 0 running Android 4 1 2 everything works fine with adb   However  I have just bought a new Nexus 5 device  and when I do the following command adb devices it doesn t show my Nexus 5   Under Android SDK Manager   Extras   Google USB Driver   status  Not compatiable with Linux   Because I am running Fedora 18 if I need drivers what drivers for the USB do I need   Because the Samsung works fine and I can deploy and run my apps  I think my setup is correct  So I am wondering if there is something wrong with my Nexus 5   I have tried the following   adb kill-server adb start-server   Setting the Nexus 5 Camera PTP and media device MTP didn t work   Many thanks for any suggestions

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For those trying to connect their android phone in adb with no luck and have tried every USB configuration (MTP, PTP, RNDIS). It is worthing noting that in my case with my Nexus 5X on Windows 7 I successfully connected the phone to adb only by choosing the Charging USB Configuration. With any other configuration (MTP, PTP, ...) it doesn't work.

USB Driver: Google USB Driver v11

ADB Version: Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.39

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Something nobody has mentioned yet   Some cables do NOT support data  I was sitting here wondering why my Nexus 5 was refusing to show up on OSX  It turned out I was using a cable that didn t support data    I swapped to a different cable which did support it  and suddenly I was able to use USB debugging

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I had a similar problem with my Nexus 4 Android version 4 4 2   it wasn t listed in adb devices   Make sure USB debugging is enabled from device  and do the following on your PC    Update Android SDK  Google USB Driver  From PC Control Panel  System -  Device manager -  Right click Nexus 4 -  Update driver  Set android-sdk-folder extras google usb driver as path to search  include subfolders checked    If windows tells you that the driver is up to date  just uninstall the driver  right click on nexu4 -  uninstall driver  and start from step 2 again   After that  open a cmd and type adb kill-server and then a adb devices  now it will include your device   https   developer android com studio run oem-usb html

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My windows solution   Go here and download and unzip to an easy location    http   developer android com sdk win-usb html top   Right click  My Computer  or  Computer  Select properties Select Device manager Look for your device  It should have a yellow mark above it   Click  update driver software    select browse my computer for driver software   select the usb driver folder you saved earlier   install it   and wala  magic

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For those who are still frustrated  if you are using the experimental ART runtime  try switching back to dalvik  in developer options on device

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Try executing    sudo   adb kill-server  sudo   adb start-server  sudo   adb devices

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After doing all steps like enable debug      I had to put a sim card and reboot the phone

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Solution for Windows 7 and Nexus 5  should be applicable for any Nexus device    I figured out that my system was installing the Nexus 5 default driver for windows automatically the moment I was connecting my Nexus 5 to my system through USB  So uninstalling the default driver was in vain and it gets installed automatically anyways Moreover if you uninstall the default driver  you won t be able to locate Nexus 5 under Devices in Computer Management  So here is what i did and worked for me    Computer-- right Click-- Manage-- Device Manager-- Portable Device-- Nexus 5-- Update Driver Software Choose  Browse my computer for driver software  1 Make sure to give this location   APPDATA  Local Android sdk extras google usb driver Click Next and you are done

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Oh boy  I spent 3 hours for this simple thing and tried combination of above instructions If it doesnt work for you  just try several combinations of above instructions and it will  I am on windows 7 and nexus 5   Issue I had was when I try to install driver from the google usb folder  windows 7 fails to install  Here are my steps   -first uninstall all nexus drivers on windows 7  connect with USB cable  go to device manager and uninstall the driver  unplug the cable and repeat until no drivers are found and nexus shows up under  other devices  in device manager  I also configured nexus device as camera  PTP   -follow  Dharani Kumar instructions  They make appropriate configuration changes for nexus device   -follow  Harshit Rathi instructions  They will ensure eclipse can show the device when windows detects the device  -unplug and replug the USB cable after a minute  Now you should see a pop up on nexus device  click it so that windows 7 will allow installing the driver from your local system  if you dont see this  restart your device or pc  -follow  Rick s instructions you can download USB driver as listed by  jimbob  If you still have a problem  re read this entire thread and go from there  I spent hours on other web sites  those bits and pieces didnt help

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I have suffered the same issue and was able to solve it by simply changing on my Android device  Nexus 5X  in Developer options   Select USB Configuration to RNDIS  USB Ethernet

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What you need to do is this   Settings   About Phone   Scroll to the bottom to build number  Tap on build number about 7 times  Each time you will get a popup message saying you are x steps away from being a developer  When you get to the final step you will get a message saying now you are a developer  Go back into settings and you will see a new setting Developer options there you will see a lot of options for developers  Enable USB debugging  Re-connect you phone to the usb  and you should see you device under adb devices   I hope this answer helps someone else

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In my case    The phone was connected as a media device  Clicked on that message and got a menu   USB computer connection  In that menu chose to connect it as a camera    for devices that do not support MTP     And then it worked

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Follow these steps    Enable Developer options in your device  To enable the developer mode  Settings- About phone  tap Build number option 7 times continuously Go to Settings-  Developer options and Turn on USB debugging  Make sure you reconnected the device via USB and grant permission on the dialog that appears  From the above steps it didn t work try this step  Go to Settings- Security and turn on Unknown Sources

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Here is simple solution for Windows 7 and Nexus 5 on Android 5    Download the Nexus 5 Drivers from http   androidhost org jelry Extract the zip contents and place all files in a single folder on your desktop  Connect your device to your computer  Launch the Device Manager on your PC  Now you should see the Nexus 5 listed in the hardware list  Right-click the    Nexus 5  line and then click on Update Driver Software  Next  click the    browse my computer    option  In the new window click on    Browse       button  Go to folder unzipped at step 2  Select the folder where you extract the USB Drivers  Click Next      make sure to tick the subfolder box too  Now  the Windows installer will search for Nexus 5 drivers  click Install when asked for permission  Wait for the process to complete and then check the Device Manager list to confirm that the installation was successful    Original  http   www android gs download-and-install-google-nexus-5-usb-drivers-adb-fastboot   Note  do not forget to enable USB debugging on your device

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The communication with the emulator or your Android device might have problems  This communication is handled by the Android Debug Bridge  adb    Eclipse allows you to reset the adb in case this causes problems  Select therefore the DDMS perspective via Window   Open Perspective   Other      DDMS  To restart the adb  select the  Reset adb  in the Device View

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If anyone is trying to connect Nexus 5 to a formatted Windows XP then follow these steps    Download and install media transfer protocol porting kit  MTP porting kit Download and install WMFDistributable-11 for XP  WMFDist-11 XP Download and install LG United Mobile Driver v3 10 1  stackoverflow is not allowing to share more than 2 links  please google this  Connect your device  Go to Device Management Right click on Nexus 5 and click Update Driver Select Yes this time only Select Install Software Automatically Wait for sometime   and enjoy transferring files

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Go here and download and unzip to an easy location   http   developer android com sdk win-usb html top Download and install

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ADB and driver versions matter  The newer the device  the lower the chances of an older version ADB to work correctly   Apps using their own ADB copy need to be updated or at least have their ADB updated manually   When installing Helium   Carbon for instance  it uses an old   incomplete ADB  Newer devices might not link to the ADB server for this very reason   What I m writing here should work for any future devices on Windows and possibly  nix OSes   First the systems must be prepared  on Android   activate developer mode  either from an app  like Helium  when prompted  or by accessing the about phone section  taping build number until the developer mode unlocks in developer settings enable USB debugging in security settings allow unknown sources  when connected with USB cable  set USB connectivity to PTP mode  camera device  if so labeled   in Windows   uninstall older USB driver  with file removal  if there is one  but only when the device is connected and in developer mode  otherwise that particular device won t be listed install latest USB driver after the device has been plugged in and developer mode is active  the device will be listed as unknown or other in Device Manager  the drivers can be downloaded separately from Google Android support site  these are the same as vendor drivers  with only fewer ID s in inf file making the driver not being recognized for all Android devices if the driver does not recognise the device  no problem  install it generically  Manual Install   Show All Devices   Have Disk   pick inf location of the Android USB driver and from the list select Android ADB Interface  there s not need to edit the inf by adding hardware ids  the end result is the same each of the modes  PTP and MTP will have their own driver entry  so if the device asks for MTP  the same driver installation procedure must be followed  again  Once these steps are were previously done correctly  adb must be tested  If Android SDK was installed previously  open a command prompt where adb exe is and test the listing of the device   adb start-server IMPORTANT NOTE  This command will prompt the device to allow the communication between the computer it s been linked to on the first run  The prompt will also list an RSA key specific to the PC in question  Without this prompt on start-server  ADB will NOT work  Nor will any application relying on ADB   adb devices Must list the device s   If the list is empty  and most likely the RSA prompt did not occur  then no communication will work  If the list is empty the current ADB  and SDK  must be updated or installed fresh  in the case of apps bringing in their own ADB runtime  like Helium   Carbon    In the case of applications that do bring their own ADB  if the version is old  and these apps insist in using it instead of the SDK one  these files need to be replaced with the latest ones from Android SDK  Plain and simple copy  amp  paste   As for Android SDK  the only required packages to be installed are SDK Tools and Platform-tools  There  ADB exe will need some support libraries  on Windows these files are AdbWinApi dll and AdbWinUsbApi dll  After all is done  the SDK can be uninstalled from SDK Manager while being able to retain the ADB tool if this is the only runtime used  depending on the case in question

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This simple steps worked for me  I debug on my Nexus 5 and 5X devices on Windows 8 1   The steps to follow are these   1  Enable from Developers Options the Debug USB Mode  2  Unplug the device from the computer  3 1  Go to Settings   Storage  in the ActionBar  click the option menu and choose USB computer connection   3 2  If you didn t find the 3 1  option then go to Settings   Developers Options   Select USB Configuration   4  Select Camera  PTP  connection   5  Plug the device and you should have a popup on the device allowing you to accept the computer s incoming connection  or something like that   6  If it doesn t work try to toggle the Debug USB Mode in the Developers Options Finally  you should see it now in the DDMS and voil

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Answer by Rick and MadX is the right way to do the steps  Thumbs Up for the answer   In my case I am using  Akcess USB Type C Data Sync Cable For Nexus 5x  5P - White As Nexus 5x do not supply type C to usb cable I purchased it from some vendor   Having the same issue  What I am doing stupidly is -  I am connecting the cable in wrong way  After I reconnect it from upside down its working for me    I might think that some of the Cables do not support debuggable  But its in my case   This Image  is my case the Type C should be as USB side symbol  A stupid solution  but work for me

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I had the same problem  USB debugging enabled  device showing up in windows but I never got the question about RSA fingerprint when I connected my Nexus  6  device  nor did it show up in the Android Device Manager   BUT In the windows device manager I did have an entry saying it was an android device and Composite ADB interface etc  Still didn t work  When I tried the previous tips about manually updating the drivers  Windows 8 1 just responded that  Windows has determined that the driver software for your device is up to date  this was not true  Looking at the driver details I saw that the driver was published by  ClockworkMod   I realized this must be because I had installed the Helium app sometime last year  So I uninstalled that  still had the same problem  Checked again  this time it was indeed google drivers  but version 7 published in 2012  and not version 11 published 2014   I uninstalled these AS WELL and then tried the trick of reinstalling the driver from the SDK located in   localappdata  Android sdk extras google usb driver  Now when I replugged my device it finally works and can be debugged with Android Studio  Indeed a driver problem

[android] adb doesn't show nexus 5 device

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