Unknown Android Device - linux mint

Question

I have linux mint 11. When i do ./adb devices i see ???? non permision.(eclipse the same). I create 50-android.rules and insert

 SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0FCE", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev" 

then restart udev(shortcut); ./adb kill-server ; ./adb start-server, but still not work.

Is this configuration correct for my system linux mint 11 and my phone sony ericsson xperia x10 ??

EDIT: Sorry i have LINUX MINT 12 (gnome 3?). I had wrong sys info in one file. Is it change anything ?

Answer 1

Under Linux Mint 11 I had to create the file /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules and I added:

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="04e8", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="04E8", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"

I used both upper and lower case because I was having lots of problems with 1 single entry in the rules file. The id 04E8 is for Samsung, use the right id for Sony Ericsson.

I restarted my laptop to make sure that all worked. This is overkill and restarting udev should be enough.

Answer 2

I am still a newbie to linux AND android development but I finally got my device recognized. The key (I THINK) was to change SUBSYSTEM to SUBSYSTEMS and ATTR to ATTRS. According to the udev(7) page, this "searches the devpath upwards for a matching device..." So, this is what I ended up doing for an HTC Incredible 2:

gksudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules

Then I added this single line to the file

SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0bb4", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"

Then I restarted udev and adb (not sure if all of these are necessary). I also may have unplugged / plugged in my usb android connection (can't remember):

sudo restart udev
adb kill-server
adb restart-server
adb devices

After this, the ???????? went away from the adb devices results and instead I got something like HT14PMA... device

Like I said above, I'm a newbie and I'm not sure how much of what I did was necessary. I think the key may have been adding the "S" to SUBSYSTEMS to search multiple paths. It's also possible I was doing other things wrong. Here's the most helpful pages I found

For hint on how to restart udev: http://dimitar.me/how-to-connect-your-android-phone-to-ubuntu-to-do-developmenttestinginstallations-or-tethering/

Android developers guide (got me close): http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/device.html

udev(7) Linux man page: http://linux.die.net/man/7/udev

EDIT: After getting the device recognized, I started eclipse (indigo) and successfully ran a "hello world" app on the connected phone. However subsequent to that I started getting problems connecting w/ eclipse (telling me it couldn't find adb connection). So maybe my above advice is not sufficient and / or I have other problems. The adb connection problem in eclipse is intermittent, so clearly something is still not quite right.

Answer 3

You need to create 51-android.rules

/etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules