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[Q] Phone won't connect via ADB

Hi all.
I'm trying to S-Off my HTC first, but I can't get the phone to connect to ADB while in debug mode. It connects to ADB fine while in recovery mode, but apparently it needs to be in debug mode for moonshine to work. The phone is unlocked and rooted and I installed the HTC drivers. In the device manager it comes up as an Android device in recovery mode, but as a portable storage device in debug mode.
Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

nikpmr said:
Hi all.
I'm trying to S-Off my HTC first, but I can't get the phone to connect to ADB while in debug mode. It connects to ADB fine while in recovery mode, but apparently it needs to be in debug mode for moonshine to work. The phone is unlocked and rooted and I installed the HTC drivers. In the device manager it comes up as an Android device in recovery mode, but as a portable storage device in debug mode.
Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
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Does it show up when typing adb devices in the command prompt?

Thanks for the reply.
No, not unless the phone is in recovery mode. Fastboot works as well. However when the phone is on and in debug mode I get nothing.

nikpmr said:
Thanks for the reply.
No, not unless the phone is in recovery mode. Fastboot works as well. However when the phone is on and in debug mode I get nothing.
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Hmmm sounds like what happened to me once it was a frustrating situation but all that was needed was an update to the ADB drivers for the device. Sadly I'm away from my computer right now so it'll be a while until I can actually whip something up to help you, sorry

Try to force ADB to redetect with adb kill-server.

abrahammmmmmm_ said:
Hmmm sounds like what happened to me once it was a frustrating situation but all that was needed was an update to the ADB drivers for the device. Sadly I'm away from my computer right now so it'll be a while until I can actually whip something up to help you, sorry
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Okay, let me know when you have some time. Thanks again!
I tried the kill-server command to no avail. The computer just plain doesn't recognize it as an Android device. I will try on my Linux computer and see if that makes any difference.

nikpmr said:
Okay, let me know when you have some time. Thanks again!
I tried the kill-server command to no avail. The computer just plain doesn't recognize it as an Android device. I will try on my Linux computer and see if that makes any difference.
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Is your computer windows 7, 8 x32 or x64bit? I can probably do it today if you've got a windows 7 x64bit computer since I wont have to do much looking

I'm running win 7 64 bit. Thanks again for your help!

nikpmr said:
I'm running win 7 64 bit. Thanks again for your help!
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NOTE THAT YOUR PHONE SHOULD NOT BE CONNECTED DURING THIS PROCESS
I already searched & set up the update folder so you don't have to do all the dirty work d:\
Ok Well I'm just going to make this quick and not really got through the basics like how to unzip things because if you don't know how to do that you probably shouldn't be trying to get s-off on your phone anyway so I'll just assume you already know how.
Step 1. open control panel select hardware and sound and open Device Manager with the administrative logo one the side.
Step 2. Near the top or somewhere on this list there's supposed to be a drop down that reads "adb devices, adb android, adb, android, adb drivers etc. Mine shows Android USB Devices it actually just varies based on computer I can't really go to the specifics of it but I'm sure you can find it.
Step 3. Select that dropdown menu and right click whatever shows (there should only be one thing) and then select Update Driver Software and choose the option that says Browse my computer for driver software and locate the htc drivers folder which should already be unzipped, select the whole folder and have the option to include subfolders checked. click next or whatever it says to finish
Step 3 Now you must remove your device from the Portable Devices dropdown menu to ensure all drivers are detected for the phone, to do this right click on HTC First and just select remove, wait until it's done. and now just reconnect your device and let all the drivers install and it should now be done!
Make sure you look at the screenshots I attached to make sure you don't accidentally remove or update something else also because that's where the drivers folder is an i'm pretty sure you'll need that
A reboot of the computer is recommended btw
Ask questions if you have any
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View attachment HTC_drivers_Win7_x64.zip
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Wow, that's quite explanatory, thank you! Unfortunately I only see the category ADB Devices when the phone is connected and in recovery mode, and I only see the category Portable Devices when the phone is connected, booted, and in debug mode. (Neither of these categories are visible when the phone is disconnected from the computer.) I did however try installing the drivers you gave me with the phone connected and in recovery mode, but to no avail; after the phone boots ADB Devices disappears and Portable Devices appears. Uninstalling Portable Devices doesn't help either; it just reinstalls when I reconnect the phone.
I am trying to get the category ADB Devices to appear in the Device manager when the phone is turned on and in debug mode so that I can use ADB while the phone is booted.

Got it working. I had to go to device manager > portable devices > HTC First and replace the driver with Generic USB Composite Device Driver.
Boom. Everything working. Weird.

nikpmr said:
Got it working. I had to go to device manager > portable devices > HTC First and replace the driver with Generic USB Composite Device Driver.
Boom. Everything working. Weird.
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How exactly did you replace the HTC First driver with the Generic USB Composite Device Driver?

Need help trying to unlock bootloader on HTC One

So last night I tried unlocking my bootloader so I could root my HTC One, but I've had one issue. Whenever I get to the part where you make the back up of my apps I get the following message "adb: unable to connect for backup". My phone is conncected, and I have USB debugging enabled. I also checked the device status and it keeps reporting it as offline. I don't quite know what to do, if anyone can help it'll be appreciated.

First off, I barely know anything with regards to phones as I still learning. However, last night had a similar issue and ended up having to use cmd prompt to navigate to adb and then used it to see the device.
MrTechie890 said:
So last night I tried unlocking my bootloader so I could root my HTC One, but I've had one issue. Whenever I get to the part where you make the back up of my apps I get the following message "adb: unable to connect for backup". My phone is conncected, and I have USB debugging enabled. I also checked the device status and it keeps reporting it as offline. I don't quite know what to do, if anyone can help it'll be appreciated.
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New security enhancements in android 4.2.2 builds (and above) require the end user to explicitly grant adb access to any connecting computers before that connecting machine can successfully issue any adb commands to your device. When you connect a 4.2.2 (and above) android device to your machine (with USB debugging enabled) for the first time, you should be prompted with a confirmation message to allow or disallow USB debugging. This message will display your computers unique RSA key fingerprint and provide you a checkbox to “Always allow from this computer”. Check this box and select ‘OK’. Your device should no longer be listed as ‘offline’
If you don’t see this prompt then you should try the following:
With your device connected via usb and the toolkit running, toggle USB debugging off/on in Settings > ‘Developer Options’ and see if the prompt comes up
Also try unplugging and re-plugging the usb connection.

BD619 said:
New security enhancements in android 4.2.2 builds (and above) require the end user to explicitly grant adb access to any connecting computers before that connecting machine can successfully issue any adb commands to your device. When you connect a 4.2.2 (and above) android device to your machine (with USB debugging enabled) for the first time, you should be prompted with a confirmation message to allow or disallow USB debugging. This message will display your computers unique RSA key fingerprint and provide you a checkbox to “Always allow from this computer”. Check this box and select ‘OK’. Your device should no longer be listed as ‘offline’
If you don’t see this prompt then you should try the following:
With your device connected via usb and the toolkit running, toggle USB debugging off/on in Settings > ‘Developer Options’ and see if the prompt comes up
Also try unplugging and re-plugging the usb connection.
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I've already done this. I had usb debugging enable since I started this. I even tried unplugging and replugging multiple times while trying to do this. Are there any other settings I need to enable?

MrTechie890 said:
I've already done this. I had usb debugging enable since I started this. I even tried unplugging and replugging multiple times while trying to do this. Are there any other settings I need to enable?
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You have to help us with a little more info -- ADB and Fastboot just *have* to work or you'll get nowhere:
1) What OS are you using? Version included;
2) Plug in your phone, open a command window in the appropriate place and type: adb devices
Tell us the output.
If you don't get a device listed, either your drivers are bogus on your machine and need to reload, or you're not getting USB debugging setup correctly (not sure how you miss that, so I'd think the former).

tdhite said:
You have to help us with a little more info -- ADB and Fastboot just *have* to work or you'll get nowhere:
1) What OS are you using? Version included;
2) Plug in your phone, open a command window in the appropriate place and type: adb devices
Tell us the output.
If you don't get a device listed, either your drivers are bogus on your machine and need to reload, or you're not getting USB debugging setup correctly (not sure how you miss that, so I'd think the former).
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The version of android I'm using is 4.3, for my computer I'm using OSX 10.9, and the code that is listed when I search for my device through adb is FA3A8S902431.

MrTechie890 said:
The version of android I'm using is 4.3, for my computer I'm using OSX 10.9, and the code that is listed when I search for my device through adb is FA3A8S902431.
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Then try this:
adb backup
That should create a backup file called: backup.ab

tdhite said:
Then try this:
adb backup
That should create a backup file called: backup.ab
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Still get the same issue I've been getting. I typed that command in, it just tells me all the options for adb, and I then retried the other command I was using and squat.

MrTechie890 said:
Still get the same issue I've been getting. I typed that command in, it just tells me all the options for adb, and I then retried the other command I was using and squat.
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I know you don't want to read this, but you'll need to read all about Macs and this issue. A quick Google on "adb unable to connect for backup mac" brings up all sorts of folks fighting exactly what you are. I don't have a Mac -- use Linux almost exclusively, but it all appears related to either usb debugging, or a connection timeout setting.

tdhite said:
I know you don't want to read this, but you'll need to read all about Macs and this issue. A quick Google on "adb unable to connect for backup mac" brings up all sorts of folks fighting exactly what you are. I don't have a Mac -- use Linux almost exclusively, but it all appears related to either usb debugging, or a connection timeout setting.
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For me, doing it on Linux wouldn't be a huge issue but since I have a mac as my primary machine I'm trying to make due with it.

I think I just firgured it out actually. I just had to install the android sdk, I was using the abd files provided from a tutorial. anyhow, thanks for trying to help tdhite.

No respond on screen

Hello, I got a problem with my phone. Is possible to turn on my phone, but screen doesn't works. Just black screen and nothing more. I tried almost everything what could I do, and now I want to sell it as broken. My question is: Is possible to recover any data from a phone, which screen doesn't works? I hope there is.
Impatiently waiting for tour request.

windows160 said:
Is possible to recover any data from a phone, which screen doesn't works? I hope there is.
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if you had turned on "usb debugging" from the developer option menu or i you already have a custom recovery installed, you can use adb to pull your files
adb pull <remote> <locale>
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e.g
Code:
adb pull /data/media/0/Pictures C:\Backup
and you should also see your phone storage from your computer when its booted in the system.

alray said:
if you had turned on "usb debugging" from the developer option menu or i you already have a custom recovery installed, you can use adb to pull your files
e.g
Code:
adb pull /data/media/0/Pictures C:\Backup
and you should also see your phone storage from your computer when its booted in the system.
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So... I did everything how it written right there --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588979 and I don't know what next. I have installed drivers for my phone how it was ilustrated on pics, but my phone was named Samsung when I got HTC. So I installed for Samsung drivers and everything gone well. But I don't know what next. I can't find on C drive any adb folder.
Could you help me with this?
"Also I run up CMD and wrote there ADB, then your code and it shows info: Device offline, when is plugged in.

windows160 said:
So... I did everything how it written right there --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588979 and I don't know what next. I have installed drivers for my phone how it was ilustrated on pics, but my phone was named Samsung when I got HTC. So I installed for Samsung drivers and everything gone well. But I don't know what next. I can't find on C drive any adb folder.
Could you help me with this?
"Also I run up CMD and wrote there ADB, then your code and it shows info: Device offline, when is plugged in.
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1st fix your drivers, you mus thave the correct HTC drivers installed, not samsung
2nd: Was usb debugging option turned already turned on from the developer option menu? If no then forget about adb commands.

alray said:
1st fix your drivers, you mus thave the correct HTC drivers installed, not samsung
2nd: Was usb debugging option turned already turned on from the developer option menu? If no then forget about adb commands.
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I don't know why, but I got installed only HTC drivers and when I am trying to update drivers I can chose only ADB Interface and then I got only Samsung drivers... I don't why...

ADB won't see my BLU R1 HD

Hi. I've been trying for hours to get Helium backup to work with my R1 and it won't work. My G4 works fine with the same USB port and cable. When my G4 is plugged in, if I type adb devices, it shows up. The BLU phone does not show up. I've tried uninstalling and installing Helium in my computer and in the phone. I did a hard reset on the phone. I downloaded and installed the drivers Helium recommends and nothing. I simply can't make the R1 work. I've noticed a few people having the same problem in other forums but I haven't found a fix for it.
Anyone can give me some ideas? Thanks.

Did you enable usb debugging. Not calling you an android dummy but we have all forgot to enable usb debugging one time or uhnutha.

Yeah, I enabled it.

Another day trying to get adb to see my phone and nothing. I installed mtk drivers, etc and I'm still getting a blank when typing "adb devices"...

Are you using the cable from Blu? I noticed that my other devices work fine with any cable, but the R1 only seems to respond with the Blu provided USB cable.

Yeah, I started using the BLU cable just in case and it didn't make a difference.
Sent from my VS986 using Tapatalk

My phone recognizes ADB perfectly in TWRP but I cannot get adb to work with the system up.
Not a cable or adb drivers.

king200 said:
My phone recognizes ADB perfectly in TWRP but I cannot get adb to work with the system up.
Not a cable or adb drivers.
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Don't be so sure it's not driver, because while in recovery and while in system the phone reports different mode to PC, so could be using different driver

Try going into device manager in Windows and updating the driver. Select choose from available drivers, and if there's one that's different than what is currently loaded, try that one.
Sent from my BLU R1 HD using Tapatalk

Vendor ID issue, you need to update the adb_usb.ini to include it.

I got adb to see my R1 under Windows. When you plug it in, change from MTP mode to PTP mode and unplug it, then plug back in. It works in PTP mode but not MTP mode for some odd reason.

Synir said:
Vendor ID issue, you need to update the adb_usb.ini to include it.
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What is the proper vendor entry. What is your entries. Currently I have:
# ANDROID 3RD PARTY USB VENDOR ID LIST -- DO NOT EDIT.
# USE 'android update adb' TO GENERATE.
# 1 USB VENDOR ID PER LINE.
0x1949
0x12D1

king200 said:
What is the proper vendor entry. What is your entries. Currently I have:
# ANDROID 3RD PARTY USB VENDOR ID LIST -- DO NOT EDIT.
# USE 'android update adb' TO GENERATE.
# 1 USB VENDOR ID PER LINE.
0x1949
0x12D1
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did it work?

Has anyone solved this issue yet?

i cant seem to figure out how to get adb to work with this phone. need help im on 6.6 and no step by step instructions on how to either roll back or just install a new rom.

pookeye said:
i cant seem to figure out how to get adb to work with this phone. need help im on 6.6 and no step by step instructions on how to either roll back or just install a new rom.
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ADB just "works" for so many users, It leaves the dumb question . Did you enable developer options and turn adb debugging?
Also what abd are you using?
Easiest thing to do would be reinstall adb + fastboot with 15 second install.
link to that is in the unlock tool thread. Which will also answer your question what is needed to install new / other rom.
(tool unlocks bootloader, flash twrp, can install superSU,)

Looking to go AOSP from Stock KK [4.4.4]

Sooooooooooo,
I have a Z1 [C6903] that I picked up yesterday. It came with 14.2.A.1.136 Jellybean 4.3.
I wanted to
Unlock bootloader
Install custom recovery
Root
Install any nice AOSP ROM [preferably LP-based]
I installed the Minimal ADB-Fastboot 1.4.
I also installed the Flashtool 0.9.18.2.
I also installed the Z1 device, Fastboot, and Flashmode drivers [version 1.6.2] from the driver folder. It first failed, and then I disabled driver verification then everything went smooth!
Device manager recognized the phone in MTP and Fastboot, and Flashmode modes. Drivers installed correctly I presume.
Then the challenges arrive:
adb devices returned it as "offline"
Android studio couldn't push a project to it because it was offline
fastboot devices identified it, but fastboot -i 0x0fce getvar version returned an error [getvar:version FAILED (command write failed (Unknown error))]
Things I've tried to do to rectify the connectivity issue:
I'm using a SurfacePro 4 so I can't switch USB ports [only have one].
I've tried different cables - they yield the same result.
I've enabled and disabled USB debugging, revoked access, unplugged and replugged, rebooted, etc. Still no change in result.
Since the device had some OTA updates pending, I ran those and now i'm on 4.4.4 with 14.4.A.0.157, with some other updates currently waiting for me to accept so they can download. I've decided to post here for help and won't run those updates unless it increases my profit
PS: Even after the updates, adb and fastboot still are unchanged in their results.
Help please
Update:
It was a freaking USB cable. I had tried two of them. None had worked.
I finally unleashed my Anker USB cable and Boom! We good to go!!!
Thanks all!:highfive::highfive::highfive::highfive:

Make sure to enable USB debugging in Developer Options at the bottom of the Settings app

tomascus said:
Make sure to enable USB debugging in Developer Options at the bottom of the Settings app
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Did this and more. Still to no avail.
The phone shows up in the computer, it just doesn't show as online when I run the adb devices command.
That's what I need help with.
Thanks

ahh have you tried using
Code:
adb kill-server
adb start-server
and trying again?
What should happen is the authorisation window pops up on your phone

tomascus said:
ahh have you tried using
Code:
adb kill-server
adb start-server
and trying again?
What should happen is the authorisation window pops up on your phone
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Excellent! I did that, too. even manually closed and restarted adb.exe to no avail.
The thing is, my Z1 DOES NOT show me the authorization pop-up! Ever!
I've done this a million times on other phones, and I know the procedure. It's just that this Z1 is not showing the authorization popup
Thoughts?

boydee said:
Excellent! I did that, too. even manually closed and restarted adb.exe to no avail.
The thing is, my Z1 DOES NOT show me the authorization pop-up! Ever!
I've done this a million times on other phones, and I know the procedure. It's just that this Z1 is not showing the authorization popup
Thoughts?
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Find a quiet corner and cry
Tried running adb as admin?

tomascus said:
Find a quiet corner and cry
Tried running adb as admin?
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Tried this, too!
No change, anywhere.
I actually went ahead and tried adb on another PC with minimal adb-fastboot and adb drivers installed, and it returned the same "offline" response
Whoa!:angel:

@boydee
this could work with you
i assume that you rooted your phone you will do that:
1. open your favorite file explorer(suggest: ES File Manger)
2.go to /data/misc/adb/
3.delete "adb_keys" file
4.enable usb debugging
5.reinstall your drivers
6.open command and kill adb server(adb kill-server)
7.connect your device and run command (adb devices)
8.look at your device you will find text box telling you a new pc check always trust bla bla and click trust or something like that
9.you will see something like that
http://imgur.com/ReQtofb

How to upgrade to kitkat 4.4.4 India version of c6903 Sony Xperia Z1 pls help

DectonX said:
@boydee
this could work with you
i assume that you rooted your phone you will do that:
1. open your favorite file explorer(suggest: ES File Manger)
2.go to /data/misc/adb/
3.delete "adb_keys" file
4.enable usb debugging
5.reinstall your drivers
6.open command and kill adb server(adb kill-server)
7.connect your device and run command (adb devices)
8.look at your device you will find text box telling you a new pc check always trust bla bla and click trust or something like that
9.you will see something like that
http://imgur.com/ReQtofb
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Hey, thanks for the advice!!
Finally got root [without use of PC] and when I open the /data/misc/adb/, the folder is EMPTY
A little confused there.
I did the same procedure for the PC [deleting from C:/Users/boydee/.android/] but it also was to no avail.

k9rockstar said:
How to upgrade to kitkat 4.4.4 India version of c6903 Sony Xperia Z1 pls help
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Hey there! Please check here for a firmware file that works for you.
When you've downloaded, use the Flashtool to flash it to your phone.
If you want help flashing it to your phone, check this thread out.
Hope that helps

boydee said:
Hey, thanks for the advice!!
Finally got root [without use of PC] and when I open the /data/misc/adb/, the folder is EMPTY
A little confused there.
I did the same procedure for the PC [deleting from C:/Users/boydee/.android/] but it also was to no avail.
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This could problem with installing drivers as PC don't detect adb in debugging mode
So disable driver verification again and install drivers from flashtool remember to check
1. Fastboot drivers
2. Flashmode drivers
3. Xperia Z1 drivers
And restart
If the problem not fixed try adb universal drivers just Google it
I was have same problem with win 8.1 but I didn't all that I just installed win 7 and do it
Remember to backup ta before unlock to backup your DRM keys