No devices detected when remote debugging in Chrome Developer Tools from Windows 7 Enterprise to Samsung Galaxy Tab A

Question

I am having problems with a web application on Chrome in Samsung Galaxy Tab A.

I want to troubleshoot them with Chrome\'s Developer Tools.

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Answer 1

Update for 05-2019

See the comment from Johnny Oshika in the approved answer. This works every time for me.

I think this is purely coincidental, but after I installed and uninstalled Samsung's USB Driver for Windows from here developer.samsung.com/galaxy/others/… (SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones.zip (15.3MB) to be exact), Chrome's dev tools detected my device. Not sure what made this work. It could have been the numerous times I connected and disconnected the cable. Not sure though. – Johnny Oshika Oct 18 '17 at 21:17

Answer 2

I find the best approach these days is to not use vendor-provided drivers. They're often difficult to install, and frequently come bundled with tools that aren't required and which get in the way. I tend to use the "universal" driver that can be downloaded from http://adbdriver.com/, which comes with a very simple, easy-to-use installer: run the installer, it gives a list of phones or tablets attached to your computer via USB, press a button and it installs the driver for the selected device.

Answer 3

To get my Samsung S7 to connect, I did the following.

1. Download Samsung's USB Driver for Windows from here: http://developer.samsung.com/galaxy/others/android-usb-driver-for-windows
2. Install the driver
3. Uninstall the driver. It's important to do this step, as your device won't connect until you uninstall. Strange, I know!

I initially reported this solution in the comments section here but I didn't think it was a legitimate solution. I've since been able to reproduce this on 2 Windows 10 Pro devices and others have also confirmed.

2019-05-10 Update

After a Windows Update, this stopped working so I went through the process outlined above again. Installed driver then uninstalled driver and everything started working again.

Answer 4

This was my solution to show device in Chrome Developer Tools:

1) Download SDK Platform-Tools for Windows (7.16MB) from here.

2) Extract zip file.

3) In Windows terminal run your equivalent of:

D:\Users\You\path_to_extracted_folder\adb.exe devices

At first I got:

[5203253125 - long number] unauthorised

And then I think I unplugged and replugged USB cable from tablet and there was a prompt on the tablet:

Allow USB Debugging?
The computer's RSA key fingerprint is:
blah blah etc

to which I click OK

And I can now see device in Chrome Developer Tools!