USB Debugging option on my Android keeps turning off

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Every time I restart my Android phone after enabling the USB debugging in Developer Options, the USB Debugging option gets disabled.

How do I keep it enabled even after restarting my Android phone.

ah - i hadn't clicked that it was when the phone was restarted. That's useful info thanks! — Chris Nevill, Sep 20 '17 at 15:13
in future, won't buy an Honor/Huawei phone to avoid all this hassle — Karan Singh, Oct 14 '20 at 07:48

score 62 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 04 '19 at 14:23

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This is an old issue but it seems that it still happens so I would like to share the solution that I have found.

I have the same issue with my Honor 9 Lite:

Every times I enable USB Debugging, I can see that, when I leave the developer menu and come back, USB debugging is OFF. I can't keep it ON.

I have found the solution on another web site and it is working for me:

Disconnect the phone
Revoke all the USB debugging permissions (on my phone, this option is proposed just after the USB Debugging switch)
Enable USB Debugging
Leave the developer menu
Connect the phone to the PC
Select 'transfer files' option
Accept the PC certificate fingerprint.

answered Jan 04 '19 at 14:23

OlivierGrenoble

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The steps in this answer did not work for me. Using Huawei Honor 8 FRD-L04 with Android 7.0 Emui 5.0.4 operating system. – Sander Heinsalu Mar 21 '19 at 13:35
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Perfectly worked for me on Huawei Y5 with Android 10. – MathMax Sep 30 '20 at 08:25
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I also clicked on Restore Defualt Settings and then it worked for me. – Karan Singh Oct 14 '20 at 07:48
Works perfectly for me on Oppo A9 with Android 10 / ColorOS v7.1 – planktronic Nov 25 '20 at 22:29
@KaranSingh **THANK YOU! The posted answer did not work but your comment did. I had to go to the developer menu and click "Restore Default Settings" (the bar at the bottom of the developer menu), then I re-enabled developer menu and enabled USB debugging and then it worked!** – Mitch McMabers Apr 01 '21 at 12:08

Abrikot · Answer 2 · 2020-01-17T12:21:51.967

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I have found a solution on XDA developpers forum for my Honor 7X, Android 8.0.0, EMUI 8.0.0, build BND-L21 8.0.0.302(C432log):

Enable the 'allow debugging in charge only mode' and it should fix the problem

Note that it can already be enabled. You can try to disable and re-enable it to fix the problem.

edited Jan 17 '20 at 12:21

answered May 28 '19 at 11:37

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In my case the mentioned option was already enabled so I had to disable it and then to enable both options and it helped. – art Jan 16 '20 at 09:58
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Worked for my Huawei Honor 8 Lite – Abdullah Javed Feb 21 '20 at 10:01
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This actually fixed my problem. Thank you! – Delice Jul 09 '20 at 14:50
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+1, cheers mate,after hours of scavenging the net for over an hour because of this one silly issues, yours did the work in mere seconds. – ibrhm117 Sep 08 '20 at 07:51
Your solution worked for me, thank you. – Masoud Darvishian Feb 08 '22 at 07:20

score 10 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 19 '20 at 00:11

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My device is Honor 9lite and I faced this issue after sometime of using debug mode.

You just have to follow these steps:

after connecting android device and pc/laptop via usb cable, just enable "transfer files" option.
then enable debugging option in developer option menu.
a message will be prompted like a certification and just allow that for your device as always.

There you go! It worked for me.

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answered Apr 18 '20 at 21:20

Codengg

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Worked for me in Huawei Nova 2i – pavithraCS May 05 '20 at 17:11
Worked for me on Huawei P30 Pro – Horace P. Greeley Feb 26 '21 at 10:31
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Worked for me on Huawei P20 lite – Ahmad Alhilal Aug 25 '21 at 06:56

Moataz Alsayed · Answer 4 · 2020-12-22T12:25:41.907

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Restoring the default settings in developer options worked for me.

edited Dec 22 '20 at 12:25

answered Jun 26 '20 at 05:47

Moataz Alsayed

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score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 19 '21 at 16:32

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In my case, none of the previous answers worked (I always got a unrecognized driver error). I just used a new cable and it instantly got detected and installed the correct drivers.

answered Nov 19 '21 at 16:32

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Jun 12 '20 at 14:17

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Resetting all settings and then enabling USB Debugging worked for me on Huawei MediaPad T5

answered Jun 12 '20 at 14:17

dharmender pal

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This must be a comment rather as a separate answer. – Bruce Jun 12 '20 at 14:40

score -1 · Answer 7 · answered Mar 05 '20 at 15:10

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Restore default setting

in developer options work for me

answered Mar 05 '20 at 15:10

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