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I am using the Alcatel One Touch 918N as my device in running my code from eclipse. The device seems to appear on my computer since it is able to read the files stored in it but the problem is it does not appear on the Devices tab in eclipse.

I've tried following the instructions from here and here, and downloaded the USB Driver from this site but when i tried installing the driver, it still says that:

Windows was unable to install your Alcatel Android phone and Windows could not find driver software for your device.

Did I do something wrong? Did I perhaps downloaded the wrong USB Driver? Pls help!

Stanley Yu
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  • Are you trying to build android application? – Ramsharan May 25 '13 at 07:39
  • yep! but im unable to do so since it does not detect the device on eclipse in the first place. – Stanley Yu May 25 '13 at 07:44
  • see if your device is shown by running the command "adb devices" ? if not try a "adb kill-server" followed by "adb start-server" and try again, if not listed yet, then the problem is with driver – Mohsen Afshin May 25 '13 at 07:52
  • @stan07 have you installed the drivers. check the link http://developer.android.com/tools/device.html – Raghunandan May 25 '13 at 07:54
  • I've tried it and it's still not on the list. So I assume the problem is with the driver? What should I do with it? – Stanley Yu May 25 '13 at 07:56
  • you can try installing the driver from your phone manufacturer site if that helps. – Raghunandan May 25 '13 at 07:59
  • @Raghunandan I've downloaded the USB Driver from [here](http://www.alcatelonetouch.com/global-en/support/faq/usbdriver.html) and it's a .rar file. How do you exactly install it? – Stanley Yu May 25 '13 at 08:02
  • extract the rar file. see if there is install.exe file. double click and install the driver. you see the faq in the site for further help – Raghunandan May 25 '13 at 08:04
  • I extracted the rar file but there is no install.exe found inside the folders. Is there any other way to install the USB Driver? – Stanley Yu May 25 '13 at 08:34

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If you are trying to build android application using eclipse and trying to run the application in the device, then

  1. go to settings
  2. then go to applications
  3. then go to development
  4. then check debugging

Then you can install your application using eclipse.

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    Then do: 1. Run as run configurations 2. Go to target tab 3. For now, click Always prompt to pick device ,then click apply and click run. Then it will show Android Device Chooser. Now choose your android device. – Ramsharan May 25 '13 at 07:54
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    According to your post, you need to install the driver manually. Download it from http://www.alcatelonetouch.com/global-en/support/faq/usbdriver.html – Ramsharan May 25 '13 at 08:04
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    May be this(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PohlsESPkes) will help to install the driver manually – Ramsharan May 25 '13 at 08:09
  • thats exactly what I did and it still didn't work. Instead it displayed this: "Windows was unable to install your Alcatel Android phone and Windows could not find driver software for your device" – Stanley Yu May 25 '13 at 08:46
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    I don't know why it didn't work. Actually, I do use ubuntu. May be you should look at the phone official site. – Ramsharan May 25 '13 at 11:23
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    One guy had the same problem and he solved by installing latest driver. He said that "i just download latest driver form my mobile provider's site and this solved my problem!!I hope old driver is corrupted". And I found it in http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15547183/eclipse-my-device-not-detected?rq=1 – Ramsharan May 25 '13 at 11:27
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I found the solution! I just followed the steps here:

https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/41076/micromax-a57-is-not-displayed-in-eclipse-device-list/44130#44130

Hope this helps to those whose devices cannot be detected by eclipse

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I had the same issue with a Micromax A52, on linux, and tried, Android's official guide for Hardware devices at : Using Hardware Device. However, you'll need to find out your Alcatel's USB vendor id.

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I had the same problem with my huawei y320, and it was simple:

  1. put the device as data storage (I speak spanish, so i think that's the way it is written)
  2. follow all the normal steps, go to developer option and enable usb debugging and wait
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