Receiving error "DeviceMonitor] Failed to start monitoring" when connecting Galaxy Nexus

Question

I get the error "DeviceMonitor] Failed to start monitoring..." in Eclipse when I connect my Galaxy Nexus to my computer.

I had this working fine at one time. Since then, all I've done is root the phone. Could this have screwed something up?

Anyway, I've gone through every possible solution to fix this:

• Reinstalled drivers (before I did this, Eclipse didn't even see the phone at all)
• I loaded a cmd prompt (Windows 7 Ultimate 64) and ran adb kill-server
• I added the Android SDK and tools to the path variable
• Rebooting phone and computer
• Praying

I'm at a loss. The next thing I'll try is re-install Eclipse. I really, REALLY don't want to do that and I'm not sure it would work anyways.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

Try to use a different USB2.0 port, it works for me. I ran into this problem when I use a USB3.0 port and I connected the device to the USB2.0 port it worked normally. I don't know whether it is a bug... My OS is windows 7 ultimate on a machine with both USB2.0 port and USB3.0 port.

Answer 2

I had the same problem - Try to use a different USB port. From my experience, the USB connections on the PC front are not recommended.