Can't see my device of chrome://inspect/#devices

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yccteam picture yccteam · May 1, 2015 · Viewed 49.2k times · Source

I've followed the instructions at google: https://developer.chrome.com/devtools/docs/remote-debugging. I've also went over the troubleshooting section - but nothing seems to work.

I have samsung galaxy 3 (android 4.1.2, chrome 42.0.2311.111). USB debugging enabled. I've tried restarting the device after ticking the USB debugging a few times.

On windows 8 I run chrome (44.0.2388.0 canary). I've installed Samsung USB Driver, and my computer can see my device.

I do not get any notification when plugging the device nor when opening canary with the inspect page. Did I miss anything?

Answer

Mattia Maestrini picture Mattia Maestrini · May 1, 2015

Try these steps:

  • Download and install Android SDK
  • Open SDK Manager.exe
  • Select Android SDK Platform-tools and press Install packages...
  • Open a command prompt and execute these commands:
    • cd C:\Program Files(x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools (or C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\platform-tools)
    • adb.exe devices

You should receive a response like this:

List of devices attached
ABCDEFG123  device

If your device is listed check if Chrome detect the device, otherwise try to execute this command:

  • adb.exe kill-server
  • adb.exe start-server
  • adb.exe devices

Check again if Chrome detect the device.

If your device is not listed at all after executing adb devices command there is something wrong in your configuration (e.g. incorrect or missing drivers?)

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