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Unable to connect the android device to Windows 7


I have the following configuration

  1. Windows 7 Ultimate running on MacBookPro
  2. Samsung Galaxy SIII (GT-I9300) with cyanogenmod 10.2(stable)
  3. Android SDK with eclipse

I tried so much but my eclipse is not detecting the phone for usb debugging of an android application. I already tried the following.

  1. I enabled the USB debugging on phone
  2. After I connect my phone through USB cable I can only charge the phone. But can't do any file transfer.
  3. I installed the samsung kies lite and samsung kies 3 also. But no luck. Still cant detect.
  4. In the device manager, under other devices, it lists my phone as usb device with name GT-I9300 with an yellow mark. I tried to update the driver and chose the google driver which comes with sdk. But it shows Windows could not find device driver software for your device.
  5. I tried the commands "adb devices" and "fastboot devices". But the list is blank.

Now I am out of options. Can anybody give me some idea where is the problem or how can i troubleshoot it step by step?

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Solution

  • You need to download Google usb driver in your SDK (http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html)

    Then update the driver with local file from SDK_PATH/extras/google/usb_driver/

    [EDIT]

    If you still have the problem do update driver like this:

    • Choose Let me pick from the list of device drivers on my computer
    • Click Have disk
    • Browse for SDK_PATH/extras/google/usb_driver/android_winusb.inf
    • Select Android ADB Interface and install.