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AT&T S3 not seen by ADB

Ok... i've gone through the steps in the one thread to get the phone rooted and everything without tripping the flash counter. At least the rooting with ODIN part. Been trying to flash CWM Touch for it, but for the life of me can't get the S3 to enter debugging mode over USB so that it can be seen by ADB to do so. I have Debugging over USB checked in the settings on the phone, i've rebooted the phone several times... it just never seems to enter debugging mode (or at least not like on my old Atrix 4G, where it actually told you in the notification bar that debugging was enabled).

It doesn't say debugging enabled. Do you have Kies installed? If so make sure it isn't running. Plug in the phone and type adb devices. If detected adb will report a serial number.

gunnyman said:
It doesn't say debugging enabled. Do you have Kies installed? If so make sure it isn't running. Plug in the phone and type adb devices. If detected adb will report a serial number.
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I had installed Kies... tried hooking it up, still wouldn't list in ADB. uninstalled Kies, but kept the drivers installed. And i only mentioned the idea of it saying Debugging enabled when you connect the USB cable because my Atrix 4G said that every time from the get-go.

Also odd.... looked into the SuperUser app... and the log shows several allowed access attempts from "shell"... yet never seemed that way in ADB.

I had the same problem... try going in to the "services" settings and update the driver to Android ADB composite. Other than that, my suggestion is to make sure Kies finds the drivers for both Camera mode and USB mode by toggling the selection while plugged in to Kies.
Sent from my SGH-I747M using xda app-developers app

Your last resort would be to remove the drivers and reinstall them... Don't install Kies...

Or do you think i might have better luck in Ubuntu? Have that installed on my desktop as well.
edit: well... that's odd. booted into Ubuntu, installed the linux Android SDK and everything, got everything set up. opened the terminal, and just checked the devices without being in the ADB Shell... and a device showed up. launched the adb shell... checked devices again... nothing showed up, as on Windows. Figured what the hell, and did the command to install the recovery, and it worked.

elementaldragon said:
Or do you think i might have better luck in Ubuntu? Have that installed on my desktop as well.
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It seems to be a driver issue, kies interfering, or a component is missing, or all of that, so I'd start your windows driver and software over fresh...
Uninstall Kies
Uninstall the drivers
Reboot
Install the drivers
Install the Java JDK (64bit has never worked for me, even though the drivers are 64bit)
Install the Android SDK
Use the Android SDK to get the Platform Tools and the Google USB Driver
than adb devices should show a phone
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elementaldragon said:
edit: well... that's odd. booted into Ubuntu, installed the linux Android SDK and everything, got everything set up. opened the terminal, and just checked the devices without being in the ADB Shell... and a device showed up. launched the adb shell... checked devices again... nothing showed up, as on Windows. Figured what the hell, and did the command to install the recovery, and it worked.
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sometimes ADB Devices returns nothing for me, but theres a phone there, it would say nothing connected or to some effect if it didn't find anything...

Yea... every time i entered "adb devices" in the Windows command prompt, it always said "List of detected devices" or whatever it says, but nothing would be there, and if i tried the command to install the recovery it would say it was not a valid directory or whatever. Didn't show up on Ubuntu either, but it still worked...

EDIT/UPDATE: I was using a USB 3.0 port which apparently ADB didn't like (though ODIN rooting on that USB port worked fine...). I switched to another USB port and suddenly it worked!
Sorry to resurrect an old thread but I guess it's better than creating a new one for the same purpose...
Doesn't seem like this was resolved and I haven't been able to get my S3 to connect to ADB. I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit.
I had this driver already installed:
ATT_I747_GSIII_Samsung_USB_Driver_v1_4_6_0
I enabled USB debugging and it wouldn't connect. I installed Kies, still wouldn't connect. I uninstalled the driver and Kies and rebooted. Reinstalled "ATT_I747_GSIII_Samsung_USB_Driver_v1_4_6_0", installed the Google USB driver, still won't connect.
I'm still not sure if I'm supposed to see any sort of notification in my bar showing that USB debugging mode has been executed but I'm definitely not getting anything like that.
Code:
D:\APPS\ANDROID\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools>adb devices
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached
891b0876 offline
D:\APPS\ANDROID\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools>adb devices
List of devices attached

Yea, when i finally was able to use ADB to push a recovery onto my S3, it never actually showed up if i checked the devices in ADB Shell. Well... it DID, but not if i already typed the SU command before "adb devices".

hey guys
i have same problem i wanna adb my galaxy s3 rogers (att) i am trying to do the root no tripping flash counter so i got to the adb shell part
i dont know what else to do to make my computer recognize my phone ??
i installed sdk and extract/installed it in the c:\android folder of my comp i let sdk installed all the things it needs to took a while
so whats left? i have my phone usb connected to comp and debuging on i type adb shell it says adb is not recognized internal or external command???
do i need to have somthing open on the phone b4 openning command?
pleaaase help lol
thanks

You need to navigate to the folder where adb is actually located (platform-tools)

You don't have to use adb, you can use the same commands on terminal emulator

ADB device offline - after upgrading TWRP and 4.2 ?

So I have had my Galaxy Nexus since the day it came out, I rooted it before I even activated it.
Like many, I have used all sorts of different ROMs over the year period.
I have never had any problems with adb or anything. I have pushed and pulled files and all of that numerous times.
Until yesterday, I finally upgraded my recovery from an really old (first touch based recovery) to the newest TWRP. It worked fine. I put my phone into fastboot mode, and was able to flash the new recovery through the command prompt (adb/fastboot) on my PC. Then I switched to a new 4.2 rom (Paranoid android 2.99)
So today, I wanted to try some editing on some system files, so I went to go pull some files off of the phone (using adb of course), but now it just tells me that my device is offline.
I tried
"adb kill-server"
"adb start-server"
"adb devices"
It lists my device number, but just says "offline"
I tried to update everything. (Samsung main Drivers - Google's USB SDK drivers - and the newest version of android-sdk)
Also made sure that my USB-debugging was set on my phone.
Even if I put my phone in fastboot mode, it doesn't recognize it anymore. Which is weird because just last night it worked perfectly fine when I upgraded my recovery. I am frustrated to no end...... Can anyone else tell me what I might be missing here?

Nobody?

hxdrummerxc said:
So I have had my Galaxy Nexus since the day it came out, I rooted it before I even activated it.
Like many, I have used all sorts of different ROMs over the year period.
I have never had any problems with adb or anything. I have pushed and pulled files and all of that numerous times.
Until yesterday, I finally upgraded my recovery from an really old (first touch based recovery) to the newest TWRP. It worked fine. I put my phone into fastboot mode, and was able to flash the new recovery through the command prompt (adb/fastboot) on my PC. Then I switched to a new 4.2 rom (Paranoid android 2.99)
So today, I wanted to try some editing on some system files, so I went to go pull some files off of the phone (using adb of course), but now it just tells me that my device is offline.
I tried
"adb kill-server"
"adb start-server"
"adb devices"
It lists my device number, but just says "offline"
I tried to update everything. (Samsung main Drivers - Google's USB SDK drivers - and the newest version of android-sdk)
Also made sure that my USB-debugging was set on my phone.
Even if I put my phone in fastboot mode, it doesn't recognize it anymore. Which is weird because just last night it worked perfectly fine when I upgraded my recovery. I am frustrated to no end...... Can anyone else tell me what I might be missing here?
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hxdrummerxc said:
Nobody?
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only thing i can think of right now, before suggesting omap flash or odin, would be try a different usb port, another computer, another OS!

try installing the latest CWM recovery and see if it helps.

hxdrummerxc said:
So I have had my Galaxy Nexus since the day it came out, I rooted it before I even activated it.
Like many, I have used all sorts of different ROMs over the year period.
I have never had any problems with adb or anything. I have pushed and pulled files and all of that numerous times.
Until yesterday, I finally upgraded my recovery from an really old (first touch based recovery) to the newest TWRP. It worked fine. I put my phone into fastboot mode, and was able to flash the new recovery through the command prompt (adb/fastboot) on my PC. Then I switched to a new 4.2 rom (Paranoid android 2.99)
So today, I wanted to try some editing on some system files, so I went to go pull some files off of the phone (using adb of course), but now it just tells me that my device is offline.
I tried
"adb kill-server"
"adb start-server"
"adb devices"
It lists my device number, but just says "offline"
I tried to update everything. (Samsung main Drivers - Google's USB SDK drivers - and the newest version of android-sdk)
Also made sure that my USB-debugging was set on my phone.
Even if I put my phone in fastboot mode, it doesn't recognize it anymore. Which is weird because just last night it worked perfectly fine when I upgraded my recovery. I am frustrated to no end...... Can anyone else tell me what I might be missing here?
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Try going to settings and look for something related to Root Access and it would have three options:
1. Apps only
2. ADB only
3. Apps & ADB
Choose the 3rd.
You might have to hunt the exact location under Settings where this option will be available as I don't remember them exactly.
Hit Thanks, if this helps...

I looked, but I don't see those settings anywhere.
I tried multiple USB port's. Switching from my USB 3.0 ports to my 2.0 ports. nothing. I can still access the phone storage. So I know it is still connecting to the PC. I could try to boot up linux, but I don't have any of the driver's and sdk tools on my linux drive, and from what I heard it was hard to get it all running in linux.
I guess I could try to change recoveries from TWRP to the newest CWMR,
but last time I turned my phone off, put it in fastboot mode, adb didn't recognize it. So im assuming it won't let me flash anything. Unless fastboot sees it but adb doesn't?
I mean my phone is working perfectly fine, running the new recovery and rom. But I have to be able to connect to adb. Not only for modding but in case of an emergency where I would need to flash.

hxdrummerxc said:
I looked, but I don't see those settings anywhere.
I tried multiple USB port's. Switching from my USB 3.0 ports to my 2.0 ports. nothing. I can still access the phone storage. So I know it is still connecting to the PC. I could try to boot up linux, but I don't have any of the driver's and sdk tools on my linux drive, and from what I heard it was hard to get it all running in linux.
I guess I could try to change recoveries from TWRP to the newest CWMR,
but last time I turned my phone off, put it in fastboot mode, adb didn't recognize it. So im assuming it won't let me flash anything. Unless fastboot sees it but adb doesn't?
I mean my phone is working perfectly fine, running the new recovery and rom. But I have to be able to connect to adb. Not only for modding but in case of an emergency where I would need to flash.
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I understand your situation... Since you were not able to locate the option suggested, a little Googling answered it's location, check for same and confirm:
Settings > developer options > root access > apps and adb
This should hopefully help resolve the issue.
Hit Thanks, if it helps.

freezer2000 said:
I understand your situation... Since you were not able to locate the option suggested, a little Googling answered it's location, check for same and confirm:
Settings > developer options > root access > apps and adb
This should hopefully help resolve the issue.
Hit Thanks, if it helps.
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hi. i try all this ways. i know that my usb debuging have problem, in development option i'll checked this, and it says enable. but infact it's not enable and still i got device offline error.
also i use z4root app and when i touch on root, it says that rooting need usb debuging enable (please enable it)!!
then move me to development setting to enable that, but this was checked and enable.
is any way that we make device online from my phone? for example using terminal emulator to turn on usb debuging or turn it off. this way is only my way! any one know some trying this?
i also use usb debugger app, but it move me in settings too! LOL
i need enable my device to root that.
thanks every one

I know this is an old topic, but if somebody else googles it, I had that offline issue, the solution was to upgrade adb : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10680417/error-device-offline

You simply need to upgrade to the latest version of adb. Went thru this a few weeks ago.

Computer finding G4 through ADB

Has anyone gotten their computer find their G4 through cmd (adb devices). I cant get the adb message on my phone to allow access to my computer. I turned on and off usb debugging several times but i still don't see the message on my phone to allow access. I let me computer download the drivers when plugging up my G4 as well as allowing the install of PC drivers.

yes, working great for me. Do u have updated and right drivers? u find tread here with right drivers..
Sent from my unlocked and rooted LG-H815

I was having the same problem..
You need to install the LG Drivers and then your phone will connect via adb..you will be asked on your phone to allow the port connection after installing the proper LG drivers. Verify and you will be good to go..
I used these ones below in the attatchment or you can grab them from.....
http://www.theandroidsoul.com/download-lg-g4-driver-for-windows-and-mac-mtp-adb-download-mode-77723/

I think I found the issue. I had Note 3, 4, Nexus 6, S6 edge, and G4 all still on my computer in the device manager. I uninstalled all of them plus I uninstalled the adb driver in device manager. Plugged my G4 back in and ran the PC driver update via G4 and it worked. I can now see my G4. Don't know if I had to do all that to get it working but hey it worked for me.

I was having issues with this myself and didn't find a solution. I found out that I was having better luck switching it to Camera PTP from the notification dropdown. Sometimes I have to toggle to MTP back to PTP, The dev notifcation should appear when it is actually connected.
1. PTP
(1a. switch to MTP back to PTP if it doesn't work)
2. 'adb kill-server'
3. 'adb devices'
-If you see your device, you can try to 'adb connect **IP**' but it will most likely say it was unable to connect
4. give it your adb commands you want
It's the only way I've been able to get adb, hope this helps!

I was having this issue also. After install win10 then adb connection to my LG G4 (h818) was not detected. Back to android.com, it said that if general USB driver doesn't work then we must find OEM driver to the producer web. LG ADB Driver was about 17MB. After installed the driver then it was immediately detected. Thank God, finally.

I have silly problem. I bought used G4 LG from someone found in online forum. Checked all series on phone (sticker), on software "about phone" all showing LG H815 software version H81510H, but by adb ( linux machine ) showed H812xxxxxx .... set on developer option debugging the command "adb reboot bootloader" just send device into android boot ( device boot ). I wish to unlock the bootloader and put CM. Hard button option > pushing vol up + power button simultaneously did nothing, vol up + power button then > connect to PC via usb, did nothing ( just send phone to device boot ) ..... I have no windows machine

ADB can't see my Swift

Hi all,
I bought a WileyFox Swift on grey thursday and have edited my adb_usb.ini to include 0x2970, but ADB doesn't see the phone. I have rebooted the PC, run adb kill-server and adb start-server, but all the time when I run adb devices it gives the line "List of devices attached" but nothing.
I've even tried using the USB cable it comes with rather than my normal one. The problem is I'd like to run Locale More, to switch between locales (have you ever tried using the GPS in English when you are in France? Painful on the ears ), but the batch file it comes with doesn't work because it can't find the Swift either.
And yes, I've turned on developer options, etc.
I think I'd like to root as well, but that might prove difficult if ADB can't see the thing in the first place...
B

Bump - anyone? Bueller? Bueller?
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finnfather said:
Bump - anyone? Bueller? Bueller?
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If you're trying to root then see the method I added to the end of the ROOT thread (can't post link, new account).
In short, you can get directly into the flashed recovery without it going back to normal and getting over written first without needing to use ADB to send it back to recovery mode.
Just take the back off, then once you have flashed the crackling recovery: pull the battery.
Plug it back in with the volume down held and power the device on, holding volume down.
You'll get into the recovery and can install superSU.
Hope that helps.

finnfather said:
Hi all,
I bought a WileyFox Swift on grey thursday and have edited my adb_usb.ini to include 0x2970, but ADB doesn't see the phone. I have rebooted the PC, run adb kill-server and adb start-server, but all the time when I run adb devices it gives the line "List of devices attached" but nothing.
I've even tried using the USB cable it comes with rather than my normal one. The problem is I'd like to run Locale More, to switch between locales (have you ever tried using the GPS in English when you are in France? Painful on the ears ), but the batch file it comes with doesn't work because it can't find the Swift either.
And yes, I've turned on developer options, etc.
I think I'd like to root as well, but that might prove difficult if ADB can't see the thing in the first place...
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I had the same problem on my Windows 10 that was upgraded from 8.1.
To fix it, I removed completely Android SDK and reinstalled it. For some reason this was the solution for me.
I tried the same things as you before that (except factory restore as it is a pain) and got the same results - no device listed.
As for Linux and OSX, the Swift got recognized without a problem.

finnfather said:
Hi all,
I bought a WileyFox Swift on grey thursday and have edited my adb_usb.ini to include 0x2970, but ADB doesn't see the phone. I have rebooted the PC, run adb kill-server and adb start-server, but all the time when I run adb devices it gives the line "List of devices attached" but nothing.
I've even tried using the USB cable it comes with rather than my normal one. The problem is I'd like to run Locale More, to switch between locales (have you ever tried using the GPS in English when you are in France? Painful on the ears ), but the batch file it comes with doesn't work because it can't find the Swift either.
And yes, I've turned on developer options, etc.
I think I'd like to root as well, but that might prove difficult if ADB can't see the thing in the first place...
B
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Hi everyone,
@finnfather I think I have solved the issue. Today, I decided to manualy install (cm-12.1-YOG7DAS2FI) the latest cyanogen update as my phone didn't recive it as an OTA. I downloaded the zip package here and installed it through the atock recovery. And now, adb works! Also, this has fixed a few problems with themes. Now I can use helium! I hope this helps,
Jev

Hi
Windows 10, android sdk installed and google drivers.
Fastboot shows 8bce440 fastboot when fastboot devices is tried in cmd (admin priv) and "waiting for any devices"
ADB list devices is also empty.
Any help appreciated.

Have you installed the SDK after getting Windows 10 on the machine? For me removing and re-installing the SDK helped as it was placed there when I still had Windows 8.1 on my desktop PC. I know it is a pain but it helped me remove a lot of old stuff that just wasted space as well.
What do you get from Device Manager? It is also worth it to try different USB port.
Are you using COS or CM?

Pak0St said:
Have you installed the SDK after getting Windows 10 on the machine? For me removing and re-installing the SDK helped as it was placed there when I still had Windows 8.1 on my desktop PC. I know it is a pain but it helped me remove a lot of old stuff that just wasted space as well.
What do you get from Device Manager? It is also worth it to try different USB port.
Are you using COS or CM?
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Hi Cheers for replying.
I have now tried it on Win 10 (clean install) win 8.1 (clean install) and windows 7 (clean install)
Reinstalled sdk on 8.1 and 10 twice but no joy. I cant see anything under device manager for it (in fastboot)
Under devices and printers it shows Android
Any help appreciated.
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adb_usb.ini could this help? I have tried creating a file manually. But no joy

In fastboot mode, it should come up as Marshall London Bootloader Interface under Device Manager. From Devices and Printers you can check what driver is currently installed when it's displaying "Android".
Windows 8/10 is very insistent on using verified drivers. You could try to uninstall the current driver and re-connect the device so that Windows can try to find the verified ones.
For me it automatically installed the fastboot drivers, although it wasn't fast enough and the Swift rebooted before the drivers were finished with installation.

Obtained Sprint Nexus S 4G, Stuck on ICS

So my buddy gave me this Nexus S 4G, since I like to collect phones. Unfortunately, it appears to be stuck on 4.0 ICS. I tried to check for an update to 4.1 ICS, but for some reason, it reports that my phone is up to date??? Wtf. So I tried doing it manually, I can't flash this random OTA which may or may not (probably is) Jelly Bean in stock recovery, but it fails. I tried doing it even more manually using fastboot, but for some reason, I can't get the USB drivers to work. My next step is to use a Macintosh, as they seem to work better with Android, but I don't have access to it yet. In the mean time, is there any other way to get this phone updated or, at the very least, rooted and ROM'd?

@Dr. Hax
I'm assuming you are using windows? If so burn a Linux iso, Mint or Ubuntu are both great. You can make a bootable iso using a thumb drive or CD. Then set up your pc for dual boot. You'll never have a driver issue on Linux.
I'm sure you probably know this but how I have gotten windows to work and see my device is install the fastboot and adb 15 second installer from here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588979
Then reboot of course. And when I plug my device in have developer options enabled and usb debugging enabled and be watching phone for the little box pop up that you just checkmark really quick so your pc can communicate with the device... Also if you scroll down on the phone in developer options to "default usb configuration" and change that to "file transfer", that will usually bring the little box up on my devices to check mark so they can communicate..It only shows for a second then it's gone. But if it hasn't popped up yet then open terminal and type sudo adb devices (hit enter) and again be watching your phone because that little box should then come up that you must quickly check mark on phone so pc and phone can communicate.
I always uninstall and reinstall drivers on windows and reboot afterwards. Also make sure check device manager and see what's there. But that 15 second fastboot adb installer for windows is a life saver and makes it all super easy!! On Linux none of this happens. Ever! ? You just plug in your phone and the model of your device shows up on the computer screen. IDK if this makes sense much but I tried to word it where it did best I could. Hopefully this helps or you already got it going.