Fix SONY Android Walkman not connecting to adb:

Unlike the SONY Xperia Smartphones, the Android Walkman's will give en error when connecting to adb:


$ adb devices
* daemon not running; starting now at tcp:5037
* daemon started successfully
List of devices attached
001045d235253586        no permissions (missing udev rules? user is in the plugdev group); see [http://developer.android.com/tools/device.html]

To Fix this, follow these steps:

Check device vendor id and product id:


$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0bda:8153 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8153 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 06cb:009b Synaptics, Inc.
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 5986:2127 Bison Electronics Inc. HD Camera
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 8087:0026 Intel Corp. AX201 Bluetooth
Bus 003 Device 005: ID 054c:0cf2 Sony Corp. WALKMAN
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub

Here my android device is Sony Corp. WALKMAN. So mine is vid=054c and pid=0cf2
.

Now create a udev rule:


$ sudo nano /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="054c", ATTR{idProduct}=="0cf2", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"

Save by Ctrl+X & then Y

Now the device is good to be detected once udev rule is reloaded. So, let's do it:
$ sudo udevadm control --reload-rules

Unplug the Walkman and plug it back in,

After this, again check if your device is detected by adb:


$ adb devices
List of devices attached
001045d235253586        device

Then launch into shell: $ adb shell

Success!

If it still doesn't work, unplug/re-plugin the device.
If it still doesn't work, restart your OS.

Source | Date: July 17th 2024

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