What are reasons a device is not recognized?

Question

I cannot get the Eclipse SDK to recognize my Android device (a gTablet). I have spent a lot of time researching this issue, but have not found a solution. I posted a question here yesterday related to this issue and there has been no resolution. I was thinking maybe a different approach might help. Can someone please list as many reasons as possible (including reasons considered remote) why a device would not be listed in the "Android Device Chooser" screen (in other words, what are reasons the SDK won't recognize an attached device). Maybe if all possible reasons were given, I could narrow down the cause of the problem. Plus, the listing might help others in the future, even if their problem isn't exactly the same as mine. Thanks in advance for any help.

Answer 1

I switched the USB cable and it works.

Answer 2

Found the answer after trying a zillion things. All that needed to be done to fix the problem was turn to OFF 'USB debugging' and then turn it right back on. I found the idea on this page... http://www.mobileread.mobi/forums/showthread.php?t=156247 . Hope that might save someone else hours of time.

Answer 3

Do you have the drivers installed?

Check: http://www.androidtablets.net/forum/viewsonic-gtablet-technical/5377-adb-g-tab-step-step.html

Answer 4

Have you downloaded the drivers for your device? If not, i would start there.

It would also help if you told us what tablet you are using.