Why won't Eclipse/adb detect my Samsung Galaxy Tab device on my Mac?

Question

I\'ve connected my Samsung Galaxy Tab device to my Mac. Yes, I\'ve turned on debugging. When I go to run my application to test on the device the device is not listed on t

Answer 1

Make sure you uncheck

• Settings > Applications > Unknown Sources (Allow installation of non-Market applications)

Answer 2

Update your driver for samsung. It can be found here: http://developer.samsung.com/android/tools-sdks/Samsung-Andorid-USB-Driver-for-Windows

Connecting your phone after development mode is on, and USB debugging is on. At connecting to the PC the phone asks to trust this location. Finally.

This fixed my problem while all other tips were incomplete.

Answer 3

Had this problem last year, never solved it. Again, after googling high and low, I could not find a cure for the USB debugging flakiness. Now for the good news:

1) Root your device. 2) Install adbWireless widget from Play (I am in no way associated with the author).

You are now good to go. After starting adbWireless and following its directions, you can now debug through adb wirelessly to your device, in my case, the original 7" Galaxy Tab.

Answer 4

In my case, this solved the problem: unchecked the Settings->Security->Unknown Sources, clicked on the upper left corner and changed USB mode from MTP to PTP, unplugged/plugged the device, and clicked OK on the USB debugging prompt.

Answer 5

Connect your device via USB hub instead of directly connecting to one of the usb ports on MAC. It worked that way for me. Please give a try.

Answer 6

Tried everything, nothing helped. Including

• USB debugging enabled
• MTP/PTP
• ADB restarted
• Device/PC restarted
• Tried Samsung's USB driver
• By tricking/modifying driver installer, installed Google OEM Usb drivers for Galaxy Tab.
• All software up-to-date

The only thing that helped is installing Kies3 + setting PTP on device, instantly authorization pops out in device. Everything OK now.

Kies3 download here: http://www.samsung.com/uk/support/usefulsoftware/KIES/