set up device for development (???????????? no permissions)

Question

I am using a Samsung galaxy nexus phone (Android 4.0 platform) .

I am developing Android app on Ubuntu linux OS. I would like to run my application

Answer 1

For those using debian, the guide for setting up a device under Ubuntu to create the file "/etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules" does not work. I followed instructions from here. Putting down the same here for reference.

Edit this file as superuser

sudo nano /lib/udev/rules.d/91-permissions.rules

Find the text similar to this

# usbfs-like devices 
SUBSYSTEM==”usb”, ENV{DEVTYPE}==”usb_device”, \ MODE=”0664″

Then change the mode to 0666 like below

# usbfs-like devices 
SUBSYSTEM==”usb”, ENV{DEVTYPE}==”usb_device”, \ MODE=”0666″

This allows adb to work, however we still need to set up the device so it can be recognized. We need to create this file as superuser,

sudo nano /lib/udev/rules.d/99-android.rules

and enter

SUBSYSTEM==”usb”, ENV{DEVTYPE}==”usb_device”, ATTRS{idVendor}==”0bb4″, MODE=”0666″

the above line is for HTC, follow @grebulon's post for complete list.

Save the file and then restart udev as super user

sudo /etc/init.d/udev restart

Connect the phone via USB and it should be detected when you compile and run a project.