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

I fixed it by reboot the device (Samsung Galaxy Tab2 7.0)

Answer 2

There's also a pop-up that comes up at times requesting the currently connected computer to have access to your device(not to be confused with the Linux not supported pop-up; it lies ; ] ). I continued to receive Target:Unknown in Eclipse until I managed to catch it and accept. This is on a Samsung Note 8", which I believe is registered as a Tab 10.1 in my Arch Linux udev rules.

Answer 3

It may also happen that USB debugging is not checked on your device. Please go to developper options in your device and check it is enabled.

By the way, for devices with android Jelly Beam (4.2) and later versions, you will find out that this option is hidden. To activate it, click 7 times on the compilation number, and the option will be activated.

Answer 4

It does not answer your question of how to get ADB to see the device - I could not get that working. But what I did to install an APK I needed to test was to put it in Dropbox on my computer, then install it from there on the device.

Answer 5

Turn on USB Debugging inside Settings > Applications > Developers Settings

Answer 6

If you're trying to connect to a Mac, I had this issue with a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 running Android 4.3. To enable developer options, open the Settings app, tap on "About device" under the "General" tab and then tap on the "Build number" repeatedly (it's grayed out but you can tap on it anyway). A small pop-up will appear showing the amount of additional taps you need to do to turn on these options.

Once enabled, just turn on USB Debugging and it'll show up in Eclipse just fine.