Android Studio doesn t see device

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The AVD Manager in Android Studio doesn t show my device but adb devices does show it  Am I missing something obvious here

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When I faced this problem I was on Android Studio 3.1 version. I tried a lot of approach above, nothing worked for me ( Don't know why :/ ). Finally I tried something different by my own. My approach was:

Before going to bellow steps make sure

*Your "Google USB Driver" package is installed ("Tools" -> "SDK Manager" -> Check "Google USB Driver" -> "Apply" -> "Ok").

*If you are trying to access with emulator then check "Intel x86 Emulator Accelarator(HAXM installer)" is instaled. ("Tools" -> "SDK Manager" -> Check "Intel x86 Emulator Accelarator(HAXM installer)"" -> "Apply" -> "Ok")

Goto Tools.
Then goto SDK Manager.
Open SDK tools.
Uncheck "Android SDK Platform-Tools" (On my case it was checked).
press apply then ok.
Again goto Tools.
Then goto SDK Manager.
Open SDK tools.
check "Android SDK Platform-Tools"
Restart Android Studio :)

Hope this will help somebody like me.

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If every configuration is sorted  what worked for me was to switch the device to be connected at PTP and then back to MTP

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To change what your application defaults to when you click run or debug in Android Studio  follow these steps   1  go to Run   2  Click on Edit Configurations   3  Select the project  4  find the Target Device section under the General tab on the Android Application page    That seems to be where you toggle what the project builds to  If you re importing a project it actually defaults to Emulator  not sure why  You can also select  Open Select Deployment Target Dialog  to list both connected as well as emulated devices

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I plugged my phone in and it was detected fine  no need for device manager or anything like that    but Android Studio wasn t seeing it   I found it takes two requirements to be met  - PTP  not MTP  - USB Debugging mode on   For PTP   go to settings  storage  usb connection  PTP   For MTP PTP   maybe on my nexus it s there  but on my doogee I see it under  developer options     then under networking   above input  it says  select usb configuration    For USB debugging  settings  about  tap build about 7 times  then a new option appears for usb debugging and you can turn it on   Added  this is also relevant for USB debugging or MTP PTP being moved https   android stackexchange com questions 213059 where-is-the-mtp-and-ptp-option-in-android-9

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I was facing the same issue  Turned out to be a faulty data cable  The device would start charging but would not show up in connected devices in Android Studio   Trying another cable worked fine   Try another cable first if you have been using your current one for a while

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So I am using Android Studio 3 1 and nothing above worked  The only thing that fixed the problem is enabling the checkbox of  Use libusb backend  See attached

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try the following command and reconnect your device  it will show up   x000D   x000D  adb kill-server x000D   x000D   x000D

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In my case There was multiple instance of adb got created  Unplug device from system  Open Task Monitor  Activity Monitor  and check for adb instances  Kill all adb processes  Try to connect device again  It might work

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Update last usb driver  Install the Google USB Driver   In Android Studio  click Tools   Android   SDK Manager  Click the SDK Tools tab  Select Google USB Driver package and click Install  Proceed to install the package  When done  the driver files are downloaded into the  extras google usb driver  directory

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I know it sounds crazy but i just reboot my phone while was connected and it appears

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In my case   android studio suddenly stop seeing my device    I fix it by change USB option  to Media device  MTP   how to get USB option from storage USB Computer Connection    check Debugging from developer options   try re-run on device   it should work      issue   USB option was charge only   UPDATE ANSWER 26 7 2016  there many reasons like not enabling developer mode --  USB debugging if you dont see developer option click 7 times at build number    but I face another issue every thing was works just fine suddenly android studio cant see my device   to fix this issue you need to restart adb   from terminal    adb kill-server adb start-server   or from ddms  in devices section --  click at small arrow down --  restart adb

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I have been troubleshotting same problem   I have tried all the tips in this topic in posts above me   My situation was  - computer have seen my tablet - had debug usb options in developer mode on - adb in sdk was not seeing my device  killing  amp  start didnt help  The problem was I had Samsung Galaxy drivers on my win8  When I went to devices manager  there was Lenovo A7600 Tablet with yellow marking  Settings -  actualize drivers -  choose from existing ones and i hooked up the Samsung drivers to this one   It worked like charm

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I also had this problem  After looking though my edge 6 the enable usb debugging was greyed out and unable to be turned on  Quick google search showed it was the myKnox security program that was stopping this from being used  all you need to do is uninstall myKnox and you can then allow usb debugging  This solved my problem with the choose device dialog now showing my connected phone

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Surprisingly enough  what worked for me on Debian Linux was ONLY   adb kill-server   WITHOUT STARTING IT AGAIN     The device appeared in the Android Studio as soon as I killed the server  The only reason I spotted this was that my terminal emulator window was transparent   D

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It s my first time running Android project today through Android Studio since its 2 x version  and I have the same problem  However  this is with the Flutter plugin  I have a workaround for people with similar setup   My setup    macOS Mojave on MacBook with Type-C-to-USB dongle Android 6 0 Android Studio 3 4 1  Android SDK 9    6 0 On Mac  ANDROID HOME is defined  PATH includes all the required tool paths   Observation   adb devices gives the correct device info  flutter devices shows correct device info with more details  Android Studio s Connection Assistant shows Android as detected USB device  Toolbar shows  lt no devices gt   AVD manager shows no such a device    My workaround   Open Terminal and cd to my project root  Run flutter run and the app is correctly deployed and runs fine    After that  my observation   Toolbar shows my device name  I can then run everything from toolbar directly  including Hot Reload  USB config on my device automatically switches to PTP from the default MTP  AVD Manager still does not show my device  Shame    But at least I m no longer blocked    Reference    https   github com flutter flutter-intellij issues 1525

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In my case  I had to set up my android to enable USB debugging   https   developer android com studio run device setting-up

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Please see http   visualgdb com KB usbdebug-manual  as this worked well for me  Had to download and install the USB drivers inside Android studio then actually install the drivers via device manager  in windows 8 1

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Turn on USB debugging and connect the device to PC  Wait until the device gets detected by PC  While connected  turn off USB debugging and turn on it again

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UPDATE 2020 Nov 27 One more reason is your cable which might be broken  only charging is available but not debugging   Hence  buy a new one      Known that  quot Can t connect a device with Android Studio quot  is such an annoying issue to newbies  but I m kind of an old hand at Android for a quite long time  Most of the common methods have been tried   How to turn on developer mode  Forgot to enable USB debugging  Sometimes need to switch USB configuration to Transfer Files  Some subliminal guides on adb commands  which I ve never tried  though  Try a new cable       HOWEVER  what works for me is to REVOKE ACCESS again for the computer your device will connect to  namely   Go to Developer options  Revoke USB debugging authorization  Wait a bit for a dialogue to show up and ask your access consent  Bang  there you go  your device is listed in Android Studio

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If your phone was working previously Before you do anything complicated  this might be a simple problem  Just unplug and plug back in  If there are additional issues You also might want to check that your configuration is set up to launch to your phone  run -- gt  edit configurations  And make sure that you either default to the USB device or the chooser dialog if you are going to be switching between devices on your emulator as well

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In case anyone having problem with Samsung GT-I9060 I followed this answer on SO      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    I uninstalled the device  unplug the device and plug it again  This time Windows properly installed the driver  What a bummer

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My setup   Android Studio 3 5 3 macOS 10 14 6 Android 9 device is connected to Mac with a Belkin USB hub    When running a Kotlin sample project from Google s Android github repo  there is no configuration  nor devices showing up in the UI   Solution   File  gt  Sync Project with Gradle Files But my internet connection needs a fix  so I had to go to Preferences  gt  System Settings  gt  HTTP Proxy to specify a working proxy  Make sure buildscript  ext kotlin version   runs a more recent version  I had to upgrade it from 1 2 xx to 1 3 xx   Now the project appears to be ready to build  the default emulator Nexus config is now enabled   Rebuild the project for the emulator just to make sure   Then I had to unplug my device from the USB hub and connect it to Mac directly  Now Android Studio sees my device  Plug the device again into the USB hub  Now Android Studio sees my device with the hub  too

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This is what worked for me   windows 10  Android Studio 4 1   Samsung galaxy a50   In Android Studio do this  File     settings     languages and frameworks     flutter   Then point to the spot in your computer where you flutter is stored at  like  C  Desktop Flutter for example  Hope it helps    D

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I use the Android version of Nougat API 24  I solved a device problem not detected by replacing the USB cable

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Be sure that you have downloaded the correct API for the version you device is using  After updating your device s Android version or switching to a different device you may not have the correct API downloaded on Android Studio  To do this    Check your devices Android OS version by going to Settings About Phone Android Version Make sure you have the correct API installed in Android Studio in the SDK Manager

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The AVD Manager is for emulator images  It never shows hardware  This is true for any usage of the AVD Manager  Eclipse  Android Studio  etc

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After u turn on debug mode open settings Developer options Update config same image

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I have faced same problem in windows 8 and found the solution   1  Right click on My Computer  2  Click on manager  3  Go to Device Manager  4  Right click on device name  Which below on Other devices   5  Click on Update Driver  6  Click on next  7  Click on Let me know    label   Driver will be installed automatically   Its works fine for me

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It works for me by following steps below -   If you using Windows  the device won t show up because of driver issue   Go to device manager  just search it using Start  and look for any devices showing an error  Many androids will show as an unknown USB device and comes with exclamation mark  Select that device and try to update the drivers for it  for update part follow the link universal adb  But before that  you have to update your sdk manager and make sure Google USB Driver package is installed    When done  the driver files are downloaded into the  extras google usb driver  directory  Hints  Search  android winusb inf  under Windows Start and Open File Location to get the directory mentioned   Open up your device manager  navigate to your android device  right click on it and select Update Driver Software then select Browse driver software  Follow the file location path previously to install Google USB Driver   Restart Android Studio and Developer Options in your android device and reconnect USB   Cheers

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Env - AS 3 3 2        Linux 4  ubuntu   in AS used menu Tools  gt  Create desktop entry    Desktop file content -    note the path does NOT include Platform-tools     Desktop Entry  Encoding UTF-8 Version 1 0 Type Application Name Android Studio Icon jetbrains-studio png Path  home rob android-studio Exec sh -c    home rob android-studio bin studio sh   StartupNotify false StartupWMClass jetbrains-studio OnlyShowIn Unity  X-UnityGenerated true   Note that the location of SDK platform-tools  adb  below will not be found by desktop PATH above      which adb  usr local src android-sdk-linux platform-tools adb   On my setup  my symptom was that any terminal would list the device OK but the toolbar button in AS would never show a connected device      no devices  is all i would ever see when my phone was connected via USB cable    SOLUTION for me was adding the correct PATH near the top of the file      AS HOME  bin studio sh      PATH  PATH  usr local src android-sdk-linux platform-tools  usr local src android-sdk-linux tools

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After updating to Android Studio 3 1  it stopped seeing my devices  but adb saw them fine   To resolve this  you need to start debugging with an emulator once and after that switch back to USB Device in Run -  Edit configurations    -  Target  This time it should work   There are a lot of changes in Android Studio 3 1 vs its previous versions  so you have to kinda reset debug target in order to make your devices work

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For Samsung Galaxy s4 i resolved issue by instaling Kies software  after that everything works like a charm

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Switching to PTP USP Option instead of MTP is the solution

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If you still have this problem  later than summer 2015  maybe you should    Go here  http   developer android com sdk win-usb html top Download the driver Reinstall it   I recently installed Windows 10  not an upgrade  a clean installation  and I forgot the ADB USB driver

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Do the following steps to solve above issue    Right click on Project select  Create Run Configurations   All tests   second option  in General Tab --  Target device

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Try changing mode of usb connection to midi devices  Thats what worked for me

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There are many reasons why Android Studio doesn t see mobile phone   One of them is a problem with ADB Interface driver  You can check it in your Device Manager     If you don t have ADB Interface driver  then use this guide to install it for Intel chipset  Installing the Android Debug Bridge  ADB  USB Driver on a Windows Computer   If you have other  but not Intel  then try to search for the driver on manufacture s web-site   For Xiaomi phones  turn off MIUI optimization in the very bottom of Developers mode menu

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In my case  and I know this is dumb  but here s what I had to do   I had tried all the solutions above and none worked  A good key to t-shooting is when adb devices won t list the device  then you know you aren t cooking with gas yet   Switching between USB modes won t have an effect until the device registers as a device over adb  You ll know when that happens because you ll get a prompt about an RSA key   It was a relatively new install of Windows 7  Under USB in my phone s notification area  I switched to Install Driver and let it install my adb driver  In my case I was never going to get anything legit over the internet   Once I saw that successfully install  I switched to PTP and it all just worked

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Also try uncheck  Tools  -  Android  -  Enable ADB Integration    This is work for me after update Windows to 10

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I tried all the suggested solutions  but nothing worked  However  this solution worked   In the developer options  of your phone s settings  You have to enable the USB debugging option under the Debugging section and accept all the permission requests that popup on your phone screen    Now my phone is recognized in android studio    If you don t see Developer Options displayed in your phone s settings  go to  About Phone  in phone settings - gt  tap  Software Information  - gt  tap  Build Number  multiple times until you see a message stating that developer options is enabled

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Since no-one else seems to have mentioned this  I had this problem on Windows 10 and fixed it    by ensuring that ANDROID HOME was set in the system environments variables and then restarting Android Studio  you may have to log out and log in again   restart explorer exe   possibly unrelated  but on Windows 10 ensure that the telnet client via Start -   features

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On your device      Go to settings  developer settings  allow USB debug mode   If  allow USB debug mode  option is disabled  Then you might have the device currently connected to your PC  Disconnect the device and the option should now be available   Note  On Android 4 2 and newer  Developer options is hidden by default  To make it available  go to Settings   About phone and tap Build number seven times  Return to the previous screen to find Developer options   If it still doesn t help  you can google it with this expression      How to enable developer options on YOUR PHONE TYPE

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Check device driver if your device is Galaxy install Kise will search your driver

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I had to killall adb because somehow  Android Studio managed to crash and did not want to communicate with adb anymore  Thus  my device did not show up   So quitting Android Studio  terminating all adb instances in Terminal and starting Android Studio again  should ask if it should enable debugging then  worked

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I m sure this might be useful for someone out there   In my case I am running Android Studio in a mac and also trying Visual Studio Xamarin  Having both of them opened at the same time was creating this conflict  So closing Visual was enough

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After spending some time I found the problem was to enable USB debugging option to on  Just find in your mobile Settings- Developer Option- USB debugging  Just enable it and it works  It might help someone

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not sure if this question is still open  But I solved the issue by switching to a different usb cable  hopefully  this can save you a couple hours  lol

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Many answers already but I had just downloaded a simulator running O  and after that no device ever worked again  I deleted the emulator from AVD manager killed adb and then restarted Android studio  Moved the USB to another port and the device was there again

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while doing all this don t forget to increase the sleep time  so that if the device prompts for authentication on the mobile device you know that the connection is succeeded  Try 1   Install  quot microsoft universal c runtime quot   Download the file as per your OS  operating system   https   support microsoft com en-in help 2999226 update-for-universal-c-runtime-in-windows  Installing Google USB Driver from Developersdeveloper android com didn t work for me   Try 2   search  quot androidmtk quot  and install driver installer   restart pc   check whether device is showing  Else search  quot adbdriver quot  and install driver installer   restart pc   check whether device is showing    Try 3   Check out whether in Android studio s status bar  displayed at the very bottom of window   any message has been shown  Do the changes suggested in the message    Try 4   Check whether device is shown after changing the connection type  mostly shown on dragging the top bar on home screen   i e   quot Charging only quot    quot Transfer files quot    quot Transfer photos PTP or MTP quot    Try 5   Go to Android  quot Tools menu quot - gt  quot SDK manager quot - gt  Below  quot Android SDK location quot  you will see 3 tabs  Out of it click on  quot SDK tools quot  and in the list find and tick-mark  quot Google USB drivers quot  and install the package  Restart the computer

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Especially if you had a connection previously  if you are using some other application that used ADB connection to your phone - close that application  I have Total Commander that has plugin for ADB connection to mobile phone  and that solved my problem

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if your device version in 9 then   Go to SDK Tools and Update Sdk same Version and Intstall Google USB Driver

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Thing which worked for me is is to uncheck the usb debug mode under your mobile setting  developer option  and allow again it will show the my device option

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In my case the following steps helped to resolve the issue   1  Ensure the package  Google USB Driver  is installed in Android SDK Manager  2  Download  ADB Driver Installer 2 0  from here  3  Run the tool downloaded and connect your smartphone  in my case it showed that the driver had been installed incorrectly and suggested to fix it  After those steps my Android Studio instantly recognised the device  Both MTP and PTP started to work     Tested for Samsung  Android 4 1 2  and Xiaomi MI4W  Android 4 4 4

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The idea is to fix USB driver on your computer  Start -  Device Manger -  Other devices  Right click on the USB device then Update Driver Software -  Browse my Computer   -  Let me pick    -  Android device -  Next

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My Nexus 5 phone did not have developer options in the settings menu  I had to do the following   On Android 4 2 and newer  Developer options is hidden by default  To make it available  go to Settings   About phone and tap Build number seven times  Return to the previous screen to find Developer options

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Some cables can not been used for developer mode or transfer file  A solution would be change your cable and don t waste time  Trendblog post Edited Some USB3 ports are causing issues too  Not sure if there is a way to check if the cable usb works  But there is a way to detect the USB type USB2 or USB3    If you are using USB3 could be a port issue too

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If you use Samsung you can download and install the device driver from Samsung    Note   You need to enable ADB mode Like the eleventh comment  You need to set Target in Android Studio to  Open Select Deployment Target  Dialog  To set Target   Run   Edit Configurations   Targets   Open Select Deployment Target Dialog

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In my case the solution was to close to restart Android Studio

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As driver was unable to load  I was unable to connect to my device on windows 7   I followed the steps below    Download Android USB driver from Intel site Install the driver and reboot your system Connect your device and it worked

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I had usb to usbc hub on my macbook pro which was blocking the device somehow  it worked when I connected it directly with the apple usbc to usb dongle

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I recently had trouble with this  and regardless of what I did restart adb  edit adb usb ini  restart computer device swap usb port  reinstall studio etc  etc   I just couldnt get it to work  and could not even detect my device using  adb devices   Finally after about 2  hours of googling and testing  someone suggested switching to PTP instead of MTP on my device  When I did this I got a popup on my device asking me to allow my mac access and suddenly everything worked had to restart studio for it to show up there as well though    I might be bumping this thread now  but it is the first result on google search  and I had a lot of trouble finding an answer for this problem  so I thought this should be added as a solution

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if your Windows cannot even install the driver  you should go to Device Manager and get the Device ID  right click on your device- Properties- Details- Hardware Ids  in Property   Install the Google USB drivers from Android Studio  Go to android winusb inf file  under ANDROID SDK DIR extras google usb driver   and add your Device ID according to the file format  Run  adb devices  again and everything works fine

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I have found that what works for me is    CD to your sdk platform-tools folder Check if adb sees your device    adb devices  If it displays  List of devices attached  and a blank line below  then restart adb as follows     adb kill-server   adb start-server   then re-run   adb devices and see if it picks up the device  eg as follows      List of devices attached   015d2bc285601c0a device

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Try the following solutions  for Windows     Go to your sdk tool installation path  and under  sdk platform-tools folder and run this command   adb devices   If your device it listed it should show something like this   C  android sdk platform-tools gt adb devices List of devices attached 081e96500591f039        device   If not  follow this    Try these commands   adb kill-server  adb start-server Make sure your phone has Developer Options in Settings  if not  go to Settings  About phone  or device   click on Android Version multiple times until you see a message   Make sure USB debugging on your phone is enabled  go to Developer Options in Settings and turn it on  Make sure you have Select USB Configuration set to MTP  this is also in Developer Options   Make sure you can see your files in your device in Windows Explorer when you connect via USB  Make sure you have the driver for your device properly installed  most of the time  this happens when you first plug in your USB cable   In Windows  right click on Computer  and go to Device Manager  check if you have Android Device right on the root folder and under it should be Android Composite ADB Interface  If you don t have this  you have to download the Google USB Driver  Get it here    http   developer android com sdk win-usb html   In Device Manager  find your device  should have yellow Exclamation point   right click  and update driver  open the folder with the driver you just downloaded  If this doesn t work  try restarting Android Studio or plugging your device back in again    Some cheap devices  some  30 tablets  don t provide the USB drivers to connect in Device Manager  so in this case you are out of luck

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I have done numerous ways of handling that issue  Here is the flavor of what you need to follow step by step  I hope it would help you out   Step 1  Make sure your device is enabled for development   Step 2  Before you plug your device to PC  make sure you select USB Connection method   Step 3  When you plug the phone in  you are given options for the USB Connection method  select Internet connection  Make sure you have connected to the Internet   Step 4  Run the app in the Android Studio  it will ask you to authorize the device for development  and select YES   Step 5  Run the application via Android Studio and choose the device  not emulator  and BINGO  Welcome to Android development board

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I have recently faced this issue with my new allotted PC by my company That is a Lenovo L450  with Windows 10 installed  and I am not able to connect my phone  Redmi note3  to use for debugging purpose  My Android device is working fine with my other PC for debugging purpose   I also tried commands related to the adb and I try to find all possible solutions  Then I go for YouTube help and this video is very useful  https   www youtube com watch v 7KdH4j7aAPM

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On Windows 7   the only thing that worked for me is this  Go to Device Manager -  Under Android Phone -  Right Click and select  enable

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I am using Android Studio 4 0  Android Studio said  quot Device was detected by ADB but not Android Studio quot   I tried re-enable  quot developer option quot  and  quot usb debug quot   re-plugin the usb  but no luck  I restart the Android Studio and it works  Please try restart the Android Studio  Hope it could save you some time

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Android Studio did not show my device  Samsung Galaxy Alpha  on Windows too until I downloaded and installed a Windows driver from Samsung Support page  I had to use the MTP connection mode on the device  I also confirmed authorizing the computer after I connected the device to it for the first time

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None of above answers solved my problem until I updated SDK platform-tools This maybe one of the causes of this issue

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