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How can I start remote debugging on a samsung galaxy tablet?

Anonymous User167724-Nov-2015
I have a web app that I need to tweak for Chrome on a tablet. I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab for testing. I'm trying to follow these famous instructions to use developer tools with Chrome for Android. I have downloaded and installed the Samsung USB driver from here, and it has sprayed 25 folders in C:\Program Files\SAMSUNG\USB Drivers. If there are further steps to identify and use the drivers in these folders, I haven't followed them.

My problem is that chrome:inspect is not finding my device. The device manager shows the device properly installed, but the driver tab says it's running a microsoft driver from 2006! All attempts to update the driver finish with "The best driver is already installed." I can browse the device in Windows explorer. What am I missing?

Chrome on my desktop: Version 36.0.1942.0 canary
Chrome on device: Version 34.0.1847.114
Galaxy Tab: GT-P7510
Android Version: 4.0.4
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Updated on 02-Jul-2023
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Aryan Kumar

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02-Jul-2023

To start remote debugging on a Samsung Galaxy tablet, you can follow these steps:

  1. Enable USB debugging on your tablet. To do this, go to Settings > Developer options > USB debugging and toggle the switch to On.
  2. Install the Android Debug Bridge (ADB) on your computer. You can download ADB from the Android SDK Platform-Tools package.
  3. Connect your tablet to your computer using a USB cable.
  4. Open a command prompt or terminal window on your computer.
  5. Type the following command and press Enter:

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adb connect <device_ip_address>

Replace <device_ip_address> with the IP address of your tablet. You can find the IP address of your tablet by going to Settings > About > Status > IP address.

  1. If the command succeeds, you will see a message that says "connected to <device_name>".
  2. To start remote debugging, type the following command and press Enter:

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adb shell setprop debug.tcp.port <port_number>

Replace <port_number> with the port number that you want to use for remote debugging. 8. To connect to your tablet from your computer, type the following command and press Enter:

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adb connect <device_ip_address>:<port_number>

Replace <device_ip_address> and <port_number> with the values that you used in the previous step.

Once you have connected to your tablet, you can use a Java debugger to debug your code.

Anonymous User

Anonymous User

24-Nov-2015
For me (developing on windows 8, visual studio 2013, xamarin 6, samsung S4 connected via USB ) chrome://inspect works, but only if I have adb running in the background. This was not mentioned in the documentation last time I checked.

Get android platform tools if you don't already have it. Then, from a command prompt in android-sdk/platform-tools > adb start-server.

You can do this as often as you like, and may need to do it every time you reconnect your phone, or wake your machine.

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