adb kill-server not responding?

Question

in adb I am facing new error only my adb version is printing

padmakumar@padmakumar-desktop:~$ adb version
Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.29

other than that its showing below error

padmakumar@padmakumar-desktop:~$ adb devices
error: protocol fault (no status)

NOTE: adb kill-server is not working i.e its not responding.

and in my Eclipse console I am getting error as.

Android Launch!
[2012-01-09 20:31:28 - Shopping List] The connection to adb is down, and a severe error has occured.
[2012-01-09 20:31:28 - Shopping List] You must restart adb and Eclipse.
[2012-01-09 20:31:28 - Shopping List] Please ensure that adb is correctly located at '/home/padmakumar/android-sdk/platform-tools/adb' and can be executed.

Answer 1

On trying to kill multiple adb.exe processes from windows Task Mgr it said "Access is denied". On Windows 7, Resource Monitor allows those adb.exe processes to be killed.

Answer 2

I also came across the same error when I was trying to install one app in emulator. You need not restart PC to overcome this. Just kill the server. if 'adb kill-server' is also not working, kill the process (adb.exe) through task manager. There you go!!

Answer 3

Task Manager -> Process -> adb.exe -> End process

That worked for me.

Answer 4

If using the "kill-server" parameter doesn't work you will have to kill the process itself.

In case you use GNU/Linux you have to use the command "ps aux|grep adb" to find the pid of the adb proccess, or directly with "pidof adb" and then "kill PID" where PID is the pid number of the adb process. This should also work with Macintosh and other Unixes (although the parameters of the "ps" command may be different)

In Windows just open the task manager to and kill the adb entry in the proccesses table

Answer 5

1. navigate to adb.exe folder
2. shift + right click inside the folder
3. start commandline from here
4. unplug any android device connected to your PC
5. type "adb.exe wait-for-device"; press Enter
6. connect your device; wait for commandline to finish
7. done

Answer 6

install following packages

sudo apt-get install lib32z1 lib32z1-dev lib32stdc++6

if you are using Genymotion then set path of Android SDK in its settings.

ref :http://www.intellicode.in/adb-not-responding-wait-more-or-kill-adb-or-restart/