LG G3 device not recognized by Eclipse on Windows

Question

I recently bought LG G3 and I have enabled debugging mode but Eclipse is still not recognizing it, back when I used the Galaxy S3 for development I had to install Samsung Ki

Answer 1

I had this buggy error with my LG Optimus L3 phone connecting to Win7/8 machines!

Cause: Device Driver was missing as it seemed at the end when I fixed it!

How to Fix:

1. Search through web (using Google) "LG < Your_Phone_Model Number > Drivers Download".(Ex.:- Go to About phone in your settings list > Model Number, for me it's LG-E400f)
2. Mostly the first few links are related to the required Device Driver download page.(Ex.:- for me I got the following link and for each device driver LG or most of the other vendors/manufactures have that kind of a Manuals and Drivers Page) Visit that page mentiioning about software update and drivers downloads.
3. Scroll down to the section of "Manuals and Software Update" and doing just the Step 1 was enough for me, which is "Install the USB DRIVERS "
4. Download it(for Mac or Windows) > Install It > Check Your Eclipse ADT > and it should be visible under Devices tab by now

Cheers!!!
Hope this helps to someone else to clearly get to the solution!

Answer 2

See update below

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I found the answer that worked for me.

When you plug in the phone, bring down the status shade, pick the USB item ("USB connected") then, from there, pick "Internet connection" -- I chose Ethernet, but I'm not sure the choice matters on the dialog that pops up..

This enables USB debugging to become active; leaving it on Charging, MTP, or PTP does not work.

Once you do this, you can follow @Siddharth's steps to setting the ADB drivers, if needed. (You may need to use the actual LG drivers and not the Google drivers, but once I got this far, it was just like any other phone.)

Caveat

For me, even after going through this once, I still get the "installer" first and then have got go in and choose the "Internet connection" again. But, at least it works.

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Update 10 Dec 2014

A recent firmware update has, indeed, removed the "Internet connection" as an option. Instead, PTP now works. I still get the "Connected as an installer" notification every time I plug in the phone and have to click on the notification then click on "Camera (PTP)" -- or wait about a minute. It's slightly better than what It was.

Also note: When this change occurred I had to install the drivers again for the phone, since it comes up as a different type of device when "Camera (PTP)" is chosen than when I used the "Internet connection" option.

Answer 3

Android can't update on the fly the developer mode. So, after turning on developer mode (and given you have the latest driver) switch the green button(under settings->general->developer options) to off and then back on. Then turn debug mode on (after that windows recognizes a new device) and you should be good to go.

Answer 4

Try this solution :

1. Right click on My Computer --> Properties --> Device Manager
2. Right Click on your device --> Update driver software
3. Click on "Browse my computer for driver software"
4. Give path of your android sdk like "D:\Android_Sdk\sdk\extras\google\usb_driver" and tick "Include subfolders"
5. Click
6. Now repeat the steps till "Browse my computer for driver software".
7. Then click on "Let me pick form list of device drivers on my computer". Click on the first option and click next and then click yes. Drivers will be installed for your device.

Hope this helps.

Answer 5

In my solution for Windows 7 was helpful to update Android SDK Tools to latest version.

Answer 6

If you have this problem on Ubuntu; here is what I did to get it working:

1. Switch to PTP from MTP on the phone (this assumes you're connected via USB)
2. Disconnect the USB cable
3. Go to settings -> developer options and select revoke usb authorizations then ok
4. Make sure USB Debugging is checked
5. Reconnect the USB cable and your phone will say its connected as an installer; wait a minute or three and debugging mode should appear on the status bar (on the phone)
6. Open Eclipse and go to DDMS
7. Select "reset adb" in the dropdown if your phone isn't appearing yet