If you meet the requirements, fixing the problem takes about five minutes and three basic steps:
Without debugging enabled, it's only possible to interact with your phone's media storage, such as the SD card or a specially formatted media directory. When turned on, USB debugging gives you direct access to the file system of an Android device from a desktop computer. Deleting that root owned /.android directory resolved the missing authorisation dialog next time I reconnected the device. Windows doesn't make it easy to remove the wrong drivers, unfortunately.īut before attempting to troubleshoot an ADB connection, first enable USB debugging on your phone if it's not on already.
Failed ADB connections usually have one root cause: bad Android USB drivers that load in place of the right ones. Sometimes, Android USB devices won't connect to a Windows system. ADB Can't Find Your Device? Here's the Fix
