ADB doesn't recognize my Galaxy Nexus - Win7

Question

I just bought a Galaxy Nexus, now I got a problem, my ADB doesn\'t recognize it. The Point is when I connect it, it shows it as Storage-Device on my Computer but it isn\'t l

Answer 1

Make sure that you have installed the usb drivers for the phone too.
You can take a look at this guide about setting up devices for testing and see if you have missed any of the steps.

Answer 2

you may try this: go to settings>Applications>Development>USB debugging(check it if it's not )

Answer 3

I had this problem with the new nexus 10, theses two articles helped me, perhaps obvious but...

Update drivers through SDK manager: http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html

Set up the device on various platforms: http://developer.android.com/tools/device.html

Hope this helps someone!

Answer 4

If you have previously installed the ADB Driver for the Nexus ("Google USB Driver package, revision 4"+) you may have to manually reinstall it.

The driver is located here:

android-sdk\extras\google\usb_driver

Simply follow your os (in Windows Device Manager -> Update driver -> Have Disc -> "Android ADB Interface"

Answer 5

try to do this - go to Phone SETTINGS, STORAGE, tap the menu (the three dots in top -right corner, select USB COMPUTER CONNECTION and in the menu select MEDIA DEVICE (MTP). This instantly connected the phone to the computer. Hope this will solve your problem!!!

Answer 6

Check if you have installed this package in your ADB "Google USB Driver package, revision 4"; if not do it.

Another possible solution could be downloading the drivers from here: http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SCH-I515MSAVZW

This appears to work for the Samsung GT-i9250 version too.