My Galaxy S6 Edge cannot connect to Android Studio

Question

When I plug my Galaxy S6 Edge into my computer, Android Studio does not recognize it as an available USB device. I've tried to download a USB Driver update and I have USB Debugging checked on my phone, but nothing is working. What else do I need to do in order to run my app on my phone?

Answer 1

There are different ways how to connect USB device.

• MTP - to enable remote computer browse device's files. Need to be accesible for windows explorer.
• Camera - device works as media (photos, videos, music) provider - these media could be imported to other device like PC. Typical usage is with Photo managing SW on PC like Zoner Photo Studi, LightRoom, ...
• MIDI (Iam not sure, but another standard how to share music device)
• Power only - device does not provide any functions to connected computer, it use only its power over USB cable.

So, change type to MTP or CAMERA and android studio show see your device. W

Answer 2

If your settings (S6 USB debugging, driver, Android Studio) are correct, you might try the following:

• (On phone) turn USB Debugging OFF
• Connect S6 to USB
• Click on the notification "connected as MTP device", check the option "camera" (also appropriate for non-MTP connection)
• turn USB Debugging back ON

If your device runs Android 6, the notification (step 3 above) should say "Use USB for" and offer 4 choices. You want to click on "Transferring Images".

Answer 3

If you see the connected device in the "Other devices" of the Device Manager, try adding "Hardware Ids" of it to android_winusb.inf. Then select "Update Driver Software" in the Device Manager. The detail can be found in the link below. In my environment, adb_usb.ini was not there, so I skipped it but could recognize my Galaxy S6 Edege. http://jodieorourke.com/view.php?id=190&blog=news

Answer 4

I know I'm a bit late to answer, but maybe it will help other people in future. Me too I've got a Samsung S7 Edge, and couldn't debug with it. After some checking I realized that the reason is the Knox/My Knox. See here: https://seap.samsung.com/forum-topic/can-i-use-usb-debugging-mode-device-running-knox What I've done is just go to playstore, found there My Knox and clicked Uninstall, then switched on USB debugging in Developer options that was previously grayed out. (There are some other manuals on how to disable Knox. Some of them require rooting, but after rooting, I believe Samsung warranty will not work, if something happens to your phone. )

Answer 5

Make sure you have enabled developers option this can be enabled by 7 times tapping on Build number in settings ---> About phone.

Answer 6

I had the same problem. I tried with another USB cable (Not the one comes with my s6 edge or any samsung product ) and it worked.

(prior to this i spend almost a day by installing some software and all :(..but only above solution worked for me )