Solving “adb server version doesn't match this client” error [duplicate]

Answer 1

I've recently had this issue too and after none of the answers on here worked I realised that the APK I was testing against would have been built against the latest sdk.

So I went into the Appium settings and changed the platform version to the latest version and this resolved the issue for me.

Answer 2

I had same problem since updated platfrom-tool to version 24 and not sure for root cause...(current adb version is 1.0.36)

Also try adb kill-server and adb start-server but problem still happened

but when I downgrade adb version to 1.0.32 everything work will

Answer 3

In my case the solution was this on an Ubuntu based OS:

adb kill-server
sudo cp ~/Android/Sdk/platform-tools/adb /usr/bin/adb
sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/adb
adb start-server

kudos: https://stackoverflow.com/a/38166059/3765109

Answer 4

For anyone still having this issue ( on windows ):

1. Open task manager
2. Go to processes and select the ADB.EXE
3. Right-click on it and check the properties
4. Most likely you will see a different path from where the adb.exe is running ( either HTC manager, Genymotion, etc )
5. Kill the process
6. Run ADB.exe from your android studio path ( in my case: C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\platform-tools )

This solved the problem in my case.

Answer 5

On Windows, just check in the windows task manager if there are any other adb processes running.

Or run adb kill-server

If yes, just kill it & then perform the adb start-server command.

I hope, it should solve the problem.

Answer 6

It seems there are 2 adb version in your system. Please find them out and keep the adb in your Android SDK folder only, delete all others folders that including adb file. You can find out which adb you are using from Application Monitor:

It might be a problem if the adb is not the one in you Android SDK folder.

In my case, I found I was running adb from here:

/Library/Application Support/RSupport/Mobizen2

after deleting the Mobizen2 folder, then all adb commands work fine.