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So I've been stuck on this issue when running adb devices:

List of devices attached
adb server version (41) doesn't match this client (39); killing...
daemon started successfully

While there are plenty of questions/answers on this topic, attempting/understanding the answers hasn't worked for me.

Here is some info:

  • Running adb version returns

    Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.39
    Version 0.0.1-4500957
    Installed as C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe

    Which, to my understanding, should show there is currently only one version

  • I've tried the adb kill-server and adb start-server with no results

  • Using Windows 10

  • The Ultimate Goal here is to get Unreal Engine working with my Android device

I'm kinda getting at my wits end here, and was wondering if any of you had any advice? Let me know if there is anymore info I can give to help solve this issue!

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  • Please at least describe briefly what you have already tried. I won't write an answer just to hear from yo "oh I already tried this all". You should your complete hard disk for `adb.exe`, I am sure you will find more than one version. – Robert Apr 14 '22 at 07:38
  • As a slightly time-consuming, but almost-surefire way to fix this, try to uninstall adb and all other related Android software. Then install Android Studio *in the way instructed, and of the version specified* [in the official docs here](https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.27/en-US/SharingAndReleasing/Mobile/Android/Setup/AndroidStudio/). – goose_lake Apr 14 '22 at 13:07

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That's happened to me right now.

An answer is in here, but to sum up:

Locate and delete adb in usr/bin:

which adb
sudo rm -rf /usr/bin/adb

Open sdk/platform-tools, copy paste adb to above usr/bin. Example:

sudo cp ~/Android/Sdk/platform-tools/adb /usr/bin

Then:

sudo apt update

Finally, try again:

adb devices
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On Windows, in Android Studio, ensure that you don't have Android SDK Command-line Tools (latest) installed, alongside the Build Tools

If you do, just untick to uninstall and restart Android Studio. I have found that restarting the machine as well, is needed in some cases

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