adb install over usb not working

Question

I have a bash script running in work which automates the install of various APK samples (some malicious, some not - for testing purposes) to a HTC Desire Z handset running Sophos AV.

Runs well but every now and then an APK will try to install and the shell prompt will just hang at install. At the same time Sophos detects it as malicious but instead of displaying a box offering to uninstall it, it displays a box to delete it instead. Whether this is connected to the adb install issue I'm not sure but it's happened everytime.

It appears to install ok (2539 KB/s (634874 bytes in 0.244s)) .Package size is 640k.

I am running the command adb install -s /location/of/sample.apk

Any ideas?

Sorry for the lengthy post

Thanks

Answer 1

In case this helps others I had a different problem with similar symptoms. ADB install -r "apk path" would hang indefinitely.

I troubleshooted a myriad of things and identified that it was my USB cable length.

I have an USB extender cable as that I plug my devices into. The combined length of my device's cable and the USB extender cable caused this issue. Removing the extension cable fix the issue and eventually I replaced my USB extender cable with a shorter extension cable for the final solution.

Answer 2

Have you added udev rules file that contains a USB configuration for type of device you want to use.Incase you havn't that may be a reason for this issue. Execute 'lsusb -v' in Terminal. This will give information regarding Unique Vendor id of each connected device in a list.Find the Vendor id of your device.Once you identify the vendor id follow the instructions given in the link for Ubuntu environment. link:http://zoumpis.wordpress.com/2013/06/09/using-hardware-devices-while-developing-and-android-application/

Answer 3

try restarting adb server:

adb kill-server
adb start-server