Android: Within Android Device Chooser the same device shows up several times

Question

I am using Eclipse to program for the Android OS. I use a real device to test my application on.

To test my application I click on run, then the target project i wanna run and then the Android Device Chooser pops up, where I can choose the device or emulator that I want to run the application. (like probably every programmer here).

But sometimes when my app crashes because of some exception, the Android Device Handler gets some weired behavior. Now everytime I connect my device to the computer via USB a new device shows up in the Android Device Chooser, but all them (which are the same) are "unknown", so I cant use my device for testing anymore.

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The only way to solve this is by restarting my computer. Isnt there any other way to solve the problem? Am I missing something?

Check the solutions here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3429959/android-device-chooser-not-showing-android-device/4079361 I found mine there! — Hendy Irawan, Aug 30 '11 at 12:46

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 24 '12 at 06:30

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In your command line. (assuming ADB is on your path)

Try:

adb kill-server

adb start-server

adb devices

answered Sep 24 '12 at 06:30

Gary

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Yep, this worked. Unplugging device, restarting it and restarting eclipse haven't change a thing. – prostynick Mar 27 '13 at 09:21

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 09 '11 at 07:46

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Unplug the device from the system. Restart the eclipse IDE. Goto the device development setting, uncheck and then check the USB debugging. Issue will be resolved.

answered Dec 09 '11 at 07:46

Rajan

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Not necessary to restart Eclipse. – jfritz42 Feb 29 '12 at 17:03

Android: Within Android Device Chooser the same device shows up several times

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