Android debugger bridge does not work over USB

[Tim W]

Firstly thank you for making VirtualBox. It is a truly amazing piece of software. I have noticed in both VirtualBox 3.1.6 and 3.2 beta that I am unable to use adb to connect to a usb device through virtualbox. I am using Lucid Lynx Linux 64bit host with a Windows XP 32-bit guest. The XP guest has the android sdk installed and I am trying to use adb to debug the device. I can connect the device and the adb drivers can be installed. Furthermore the command "adb devices" reveals that adb detects the device (tested on both a HTC Hero and X10). However commands such as "adb logcat" and "adb shell" result in adb printing "- waiting for device -" forever.

E.g: C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb devices List of devices attached CB511ED1D8 device

C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb logcat

• waiting for device -
• waiting for device -
• waiting for device -
• waiting for device -

...

[joao.amaro@gmail.com]

Replying to tw33:

Firstly thank you for making VirtualBox. It is a truly amazing piece of software. I have noticed in both VirtualBox 3.1.6 and 3.2 beta that I am unable to use adb to connect to a usb device through virtualbox. I am using Lucid Lynx Linux 64bit host with a Windows XP 32-bit guest. The XP guest has the android sdk installed and I am trying to use adb to debug the device. I can connect the device and the adb drivers can be installed. Furthermore the command "adb devices" reveals that adb detects the device (tested on both a HTC Hero and X10). However commands such as "adb logcat" and "adb shell" result in adb printing "- waiting for device -" forever.

E.g: C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb devices List of devices attached CB511ED1D8 device

C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb logcat

• waiting for device -
• waiting for device -
• waiting for device -
• waiting for device -

...

Same problem here with VirtualBox 3.2.8 r64453 and ubuntu 10.10 as Host, Windows XP as guest

[johnpeters]

Same problem with VirtualBox 4.0.8 and Debian Wheezy as Host, Windows 7 as guest

[NoahY]

Just looking for an answer to this problem myself... turns out, turning off USB 2.0 allows me to connect with adb.exe shell. Maybe someone can confirm?

1) close the virtual machine 2) in settings>USB, uncheck the 2.0 box 3) start vm 4) open cmd, try running adb.exe shell from adb directory.

[kwinz]

Still not fixed: tried disconnecting, reconnecting, switch etc. to no avail

usb 2.0

Android mass storage device works
adb devices shows the Android phone,
but it is "offline" and adb shell and adb logcat don't work

usb 1.0

Android mass storage does not work.
adb devices shows nothing

Please fix this!

[AlexChe]

VirtualBox: 4.1.8 r75467
Host: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
Guest: Windows XP Professional SP3

USB 2.0 EHCI setting is enabled:
'adb devices' lists the connected device
'adb -d logcat' loops spawning '- waiting for device -'

USB 2.0 EHCI setting is disabled:
'adb devices' lists the connected device
'adb -d logcat' output the device log
and other ADB functionality basically works.

[matteo sisti sette]

I think I have the same problem here: Windows 7 64bit guest on Ubuntu 11.10 host. VB 4.1.10

I haven't tried with adb directly, but I'm using Flash Builder 4.6 on the guest and trying to debug an AIR app on Android. No way to get it to work. It lists the device but says it is "offline".