Android studio doesn't list my phone under “Choose Device”

Question

Just starting out with Android development; have a Nexus 5 bought in Japan, but with English version of android (presumably shouldn\'t matter). I installed Android Studio on

Answer 1

Have you installed drivers for the phone? http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html

It appears that the the sdk does not "install" the USB drivers. You can select that usb drivers in the sdk to see the file location, open that up, and right click to install the driver yourself.

• File -> Settings -> Android SDK -> SDK Tools -> Google USB Driver -> Right click -> Install
  • Ensure that Google USB driver is checked.

If above doesn't work, @Abir Hasan appears to have another method in answers below.

Answer 2

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I hope it will help, it did the trick for me, first, after connected my device to the computer I switch the paramater above to "camera device (PTP)"; then, I install PdaNet on my computer, finally all the usb driver were installed, and it works.
My smartphone is a samsung GS2, Android 4.4.2.

Answer 3

I've had this problem many times before with my Galaxy Nexus. Despite having the Android SDK's USB drivers installed, it did not seem to suffice.

I've always solved this by installing a program called PdaNet. While I don't know exactly what it is used for and where it gets its drivers - it comes with the drivers that has always fixed the problem for me. You can uninstall the program itself once it has finished.

Answer 4

I know this is old and answered, but after 2 weeks of smashing my head on the table I FINALLY fixed my specific issue...

SAMSUNG KNOX was my problem. Version 2.2+ of MyKnox will not allow USB debugging.

I uninstalled MyKnox and now it works.

I hope this saves someone 2 weeks of head smashing.

Answer 5

I solved the problem like that: go to Run and Select Clean and Rerun.

Answer 6

For about 3 weeks, I faced the same problem.

After googling and trying and asking without solutions, I found that there was an Unknown Device called Android Composite ADB Interface in the Device Manager.

I had a look on this and finally resolved it by downloading the ADB Driver from here. (Maybe you need to troubleshoot your PC but the installer will tell you this.)