Nexus 10 - not visible to adb on Windows 7 or Linux

Question

adb doesn\'t recognize my Nexus 10 on Windows 7. Here\'s what I\'ve done:

1. Installed the SDK and USB driver from Google. Windows 7 sees the tablet as an \'Android A

Answer 1

For those who are still stuck after following the other good answers, try a different USB port ...plus adb restarts just to make sure. That had me stalled for ages.

Answer 2

I had the same issue, but I downloaded the drivers from this application and it started working. I used this same technique on Windows 7 and Windows 8

Answer 3

Followed these instruction installed the correct ADB-drivers for me on Windows 7 http://developer.android.com/tools/extras/oem-usb.html

Answer 4

I started with the same problem as you, but managed to get my adb connection working on a Fedora 16 system as follows:

1. Inserted 0x18d1 into adb_usb.ini (I do not bother with the device ID)

2. Inserted the following extra line into 99-android.rules. It's not the quite the same as yours but I leave you to experiment.

   SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="18d1", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev", OWNER="johnp"
   

3. Pressed the settings->about->version number 7 times.

4. Rebooted tablet and noticed that a new section is created in settings called "developer options".

5. Enabled USB debugging in settings->about->developer options.

6. On Fedora performed adb kill-server.

7. On Fedora performed adb start-server.

8. On Fedora performed adb devices.

I now see a new USB device in the list. When I go to my development environment (Eclipse) I see the device there as well.

Answer 5

I have been struggling with the same problem for a month. I tried other Nexus 10's, other ports, other computers ... everything. I thought I tried other USB cables too, but maybe not enough, as when a friend gave me yet another cable debugging worked.

It turns out the problem for me was that the EMI protection of the PC fires off when Nexus 10 is connected via a bad cable to a bad (front-case) port. It is a big tablet, so my guess is it draws a lot of current, and this combined with a badly shielded cable makes the PC freak out.

So my suggestion to people who couldn't solve the problem in any other way is: get a good USB cable (one where the connectors are bulky - means better shielding), rather than a cheap one.

On the picture: the red cable is bad, the black one is good.

Have fun,

-Stan

Answer 6

I had some problems with this as well. I was on win 8.

1. Install the SDK and USB driver from Google. USB driver is available in 'Android SDK Manager' in eclipse.
2. Put the tablet in developer mode by clicking on 'About tablet' and clicking the build number seven times (crazy)
3. Open Windows Device Manager and right click 'Android ADB Interface'
4. Click Properties
5. Driver Tab
6. Update Driver
7. Select 'Browse my computer for driver software' Select the 'sdk' folder under the location you installed your sdk in step 1 (e.g. D:\Dev\Software\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130219\sdk)

Not sure why windows didn't auto-detect it but it didn't. Could have been because google doesn't actually 'install' the driver into windows or perhaps it was because I had the HTC USB drivers installed because of my old phone.