I’m trying to connect a Galaxy 2. The problem is, I can’t get the device to show in the device manager. I found some explanations online that include “Go to the Samsung Kies, to Tools -> Install driver. So I went to Tools, and it doesn’t have a “install driver” option. So I went to the Kies help, and there too it said to go to Tools -> Install Driver. BRAINFUCK! What’s wrong with my Kies?!?
These are the instructions I followed:
Disconnected my phone from USB
Using USBDeview, I deinstalled all previously installed drivers relating to the phone (Careful here!)
Installed Samsung Kies, and loaded it
From Samsung Kies, I selected Tools > Install Driver (This step took a while, and it seemed like it had stalled – Be patient!)
Connected my phone to USB
The devices installed – Windows then gave me an error regarding missing drivers, however, when I checked device manager, I could see ‘Samsung Android Phone’ under which was ‘Samsung Android ADB Device’
I then ran ‘adb.exe devices’ (From a command prompt – adb.exe lives in the android-sdk folder) – This listed my device! Hoorah!
The first step was the bummer 🙁
Try: Settings->app settings->developing->enable first option