adb got two same serial numbers when connected to two smart phones

Question

I have two smart phones (ZTEV788d, system Android 2.3.6) connected to a computer (Ubuntu 11.10) at the same time, using co

Answer 1

If you don't want to change the device itself, and/or don't have root access, and the device has network access, you could switch to using TCPIP instead of USB:

1. Switch adb to using TCPIP: adb tcpip 5555
2. Have adb connect to the device using the network: adb connect yourhostname

I've run this through SSH tunnels where it would connect to localhost, so all devices show up as 'localhost' which is quite unuseful. Adding hosts to /etc/hosts (that all pointed to localhost) fixed that for me.