I have a problem with my USB ports. Say I plug in my digital camera to upload some pictures to the tower or plug in my iPod to put music on it, my system won’t recognize that they are plugged into the USB unless I restart the entire system. This can get very annoying having to restart the computer every time I want to upload pictures, use my webcam, put music on my iPod etc. I have asked many of my friends if they have the same problem with their USB ports, but they don’t.

1. Computer To Computer Usb Cable
2. Connect Usb Device To Wireless Network
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How to Fix USB Device Not Recognized in Windows. Are you getting a “USB device not recognized” error whenever you plug in a USB mouse, keyboard, camera, or other.

My system won’t recognize anything that is connected into USB unless the system is restarted. USB is great when it works, but as you’re experiencing, it can still be a pain when it doesn’t. USB’s really only been around for a few years, and while most of the kinks have been worked out, not all of them have. Especially if you’re on an older machine or operating system version. Make certain that your version of Windows is up to date by visiting. There have been updates to the USB support in almost every version of Windows, especially the 9x and Me versions.

Make certain that your system is up to date. BIOS support is an important part of USB support, and just like the operating system, there have been updates. Exactly where and how to get an updated BIOS will vary depending on the manufacturer of your computer – check with them. Make certain that your USB hardware drivers are up to date. The drivers are the hardware-specific interface between Windows and the USB ports. Getting updates to these drivers will depend on the manufacturer of your computer, or the manufacturer of your USB port add-in if the USB ports are on an expansion card, so you’ll need to check with them.

If you’re running Windows XP, run the system file checker to ensure that Windows itself is not damaged:. An up-to-date and scan wouldn’t hurt either. If any software came with the devices you’re having trouble with, make sure that’s up to date, and installed properly. The problem is that any or all of the above items could possibly impact your USB problems. I recently relocated a hard drive from an old computer (the C: drive, with all Windows files) to a newer tower, with more RAM, etc.

I’ve had success, except with 3 things – the video adapter (I dont know what the new one is, and the settings for my current one are incorrect, thereby restricting my computer to 16 color, 640×480 mode) and my USB ports. This new computer has 2 of them, whereas the other computer (the old one) had none. My question to you, sir, if you care to respond, is how might I get my new hard drive’s version of Windows 98 to recognize the USB ports? I ask because it is quite important, for instance, I have a USB mouse that will not work, as the USB ports are not recognized as existing. And I have no serial mouse anymore, so i have to navigate with the keyboard.

Can you offer any insight? Thank you very much!! By the way, i dont know any of the manufacturers or models of the motherboard etc, but there must be some way to get it to work, right? A note to Megallen but again they refuse to give any help. Maybe they don’t have an answer to this request. Anyone else ever had a dealings with this issue.

If so please advise. This is my fifth request for help on this subject matter and no one has responded with anything that has any sort of fix and I need one ASAP. Like yesterday. As you can see I have a platinum GPS of which you sold me a cable that went from my COM port cable and adapted to a USB port cable. Nothing has to this date allowed my GOS to be recognized by the laptops USB port.

I will tell you that if I plug this GPS into my COM port of my laptop it works just fine however no one to my knowledge uses a desktop in his or her car on the road. Serial Number = ( CH048466 ) PS: The answer needs to be in English not TW. I’ve just lost three days of my life trying to figure out why suddenly none of my pnp devices in my usb ports were being recognized by windows. I’d even gone so far as to wipe my hard drive and reinstall. After trying every trick I could find online, to no avail, I just decided that maybe it was a hardware, not software problem. So, I opened up the computer, but everything looked OK. It was very dusty, so I blew some of that out.

Disappointed, I restarted and suddenly windows recognized my mp3 player and my camera!! I’m so damn happy right now. Unfortunately, I don’t know what did it, but I’d guess that it was either unplugging the computer, jiggling wires or getting rid of some of the dust. I read somewhere that there is a connection between electricity and usb ports, so I’d suggest to everyone having this problem at least try shutting down, unplugging your computer, plugging back in and restarting. The nightmare is over!

To all: One thing that I’ve learned with Windows is that assigning a drive letter is critical and Windows does this automatically. I’m on a server and geeze I have a lot of drives. Some of you might be experiencing this When you plug in a USB or any external device, Windows assigns it a drive letter. BUT, Windows will only go so far.

So the typical set up you’ll normally see would be A (Floppy), C (Hard Drive) D (CD/DVD) E (CD/DVD). Those are the standard. Now, take into consideration of partions or being on a server where you have access to drives on the server.

Now you’re looking at more letters. If you plug something in to your machine now, Windows will get confused because it wants to give that new drive a letter but it’s already being used. So needless to say, all the info it there but you just can’t access it. Here is my cure. Right click on “My Computer” in the pull down go to “Manage”. On the left hand side you’ll see a list of stuff. Go down to “Disk Management”.

Now, if your system is working properly, you WILL see a list of ALL active and working device drives. IPod, jump drive, external HD, C drive, partions, etc You will see whatever it is you’ve got plugged into the USB as long as it’s storage. Right click on that drive and click on “Change Drive Letter”.

Now you’ll see a window in which you can pick the drive letter you want Windows to use when plugging your device in next time. Just click on “Change” then you get a scroll down of choices of every letter that hasn’t been used yet.

I would say start close to the end like at Z. Let me know if this helps anybody.

I had no idea USB devices create such distress! I tried reading all the related comments but my problem seems slightly different. My SanDisk M250 MP3 player works on my business laptop (so I know the unit is operational) but not my home desktop. However, all other USB devices work perfectly on the desktop: keyboard, mouse, webcam, printer, removable drives, etc. When I plug in the MP3 player, a get a dialog bubble that the system has recognized a new device, but it doesn’t show up in My Computer, Device Manager, Disk Manager, and the Remove device safely icon disappears almost immediately. How can so many other USB devices (some quite old) work but not this modern, new device?

I contacted SanDisk tech support but they were baffled. They do not make a specific driver for that product. had purchased a Mp3 player from Germany, its called First 1 Mp3 player. I am now in India. I was listening to music in it, and to my stupidity it fell down. Now the mp3 player is not functioning and its not getting switched on. I tried to connect to USB in the computer and its not responding.

What can be done to fix this problem. The flash memory in it may have been erased due to the impact shock. You should find that device’s manufacturer on the net in case you can download some firmware for it – also see if there’s some “hard reset” process for it.

I have read the article on the top of the page. Our computer has never given us any problems with our USB Hub but one day it did. It couldn’t recognise any Flashdrives and indentified them as Unknown. I thought it was a virus but I have done a vrus scan throughout the whole computer with Trend Micro. The message from the computer says there has been a Malfunction with the USB.

I can’t remember the full message. It was in a yellow balloon. I run Windows XP Home. I used Norton Ghost to upload a previous ghost image and yet the problem is still there.

This prooves it isn’t a virus. The computer is about 2 years old and the USB Hubs shouldn’t malfunction or shouldn’t stop working.

The rest of the information was copied because I was typing this on another site but I had to register to post this. From another Brian – THIS is the best thing I could’ve been taught. Thank you “Brian with an I” (From “Bryan with a Y”, A.K.A.

– Lone Wolf). To all: One thing that I’ve learned with Windows is that assigning a drive letter is critical and Windows does this automatically.

I’m on a server and geeze I have a lot of drives. Some of you might be experiencing this When you plug in a USB or any external device, Windows assigns it a drive letter. BUT, Windows will only go so far. So the typical set up you’ll normally see would be A (Floppy), C (Hard Drive) D (CD/DVD) E (CD/DVD). Those are the standard. Now, take into consideration of partions or being on a server where you have access to drives on the server.

Now you’re looking at more letters. If you plug something in to your machine now, Windows will get confused because it wants to give that new drive a letter but it’s already being used. So needless to say, all the info it there but you just can’t access it. Here is my cure. Right click on “My Computer” in the pull down go to “Manage”. On the left hand side you’ll see a list of stuff.

Go down to “Disk Management”. Now, if your system is working properly, you WILL see a list of ALL active and working device drives.

IPod, jump drive, external HD, C drive, partions, etc You will see whatever it is you’ve got plugged into the USB as long as it’s storage. Right click on that drive and click on “Change Drive Letter”. Now you’ll see a window in which you can pick the drive letter you want Windows to use when plugging your device in next time.

Just click on “Change” then you get a scroll down of choices of every letter that hasn’t been used yet. I would say start close to the end like at Z. Let me know if this helps anybody. Posted by: Brian at March 27, 2006 11:07 AM THIS WORKS BEAUTIFULLY with Vista – 64!

My USB port on my laptop suddenly refuse to recognize any device that I plugged into it. I made of number of calls to tech support people who said, after unistalling the USB Root Hub and several other efforts, that it was a mechanical problem. They sent me a box to place my laptop into, which they would return to me in 1012 days. Before I placed my laptop into the box, I read the comment by “Lowry” who said that he fixed the same problem by turning off his computer, unplugging the power cord, praying then plugging the power cord back in. It worked for him and I am soooo happy.

It worked for me!!!! This website saved me so much time, anguish and money. Thanks again!! Hi everyone, i have a similar problem, however it is with the usb device itself. Last year i bought a 2Gb Shintaro usb memory stick, and at first it works fine, i had a large amount of information stored on it (around 1.7gb) and it still worked fine for a few more months then towards the end of last year my computer stopped recognising it. I have tried connecting to other computers and they all don’t recognise it. Now my computer simply wont even agnowledge that it is there, but my usb ports are fine.

So it is clearly a problem with the usb device itself. I know that the obvious thing to do is to throw it out and buy a new one, but i have over 1.5gb of important documents and information stored on it and i need to get that information off is there anything i can do to to retrieve those documents etc?? Please help me.

I bought an ext hdd (western digital – scorpio blue 160G) but my pc can’t detect the hdd. I got 2 pc one run P3 & one run P4, i’ve tried on both pc.on the P3 pc fine but on P4 pc it can’t detect the hdd.i’m confuse. I’ve tried the P4 pc with every usb device(thumb drive,digital camera, card reader etc.) & it runs ok but not the ext hdd i’ve just bought. When i plug in the hdd got that normal sound detecting any usb device but in my computer there’s no sign of it. I open device manager there’s a yellow icon stated unknown device. I’ve had to deal with a lot is the USB storage drives (eg pen drives) that start giving the ‘device not recognized’ error message. One trick to try when ALL else has failed, is to open up the casing the drive is held in.

An awful lot I have retrieved data from, the fault has been the solder on connectors worn off, or snapped or the like. Manually holding it in the right place, requiring a fair bit of patience to get it just right, will often be recognised as a USB drive, and allow me to rescue the information. I’d stress to try it on more than one computer before trying this. I’m trying to help my brother fix his Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo laptop running Windows Vista. One day out of the blue, his mouse stopped working, also noticed no access to external drive.

On testing NO devices would work on ANY USB connection. (tested them in other computers and they work) In the devices area WVista says all usbs Hubs are working fine and the drivers are up-to-date. However when you plug something in (say a mouse or a drive) it comes up with the message that it is an UNKNOWN device.

If you follow through to ‘fix’ the problem it says all the latest drivers are installed. In short, windows wont let you fix it because it says there is no problem. On instpection I did find that there were NO USB keys AT ALL (Is this usual?) in the registry under “HKEYLOCALMACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServices” whereas on my own laptop there are many entries there. In fact there are NO entries at all USB or otherwise in the services area!

So to continue in this fix: 1. Are there supposed to be at least ONE or more entries in this reg key? Is there a downloadable fix fot this?

Failing that, how can I edit his registry to enter new keys and give the correct values? I tried importing my exported keys for that services area and Windows wont let me import it into his registry. (well it does but then it says some weren’t entered because they were in use – in fact NONE are entered) Working on this for over a week now – all help appreciated. Oh by the way I’ve cleanly re-installed windows Vista (using FujSiem recovery installation disks)TWICE which did it’s own online update from windows in the process – still no usb devices recognised (although as I said, the Devices section says the ports are OK).

I had the same problem with my dell 1710, would not read any usb unless i restarted the system. I contacted Dell support who advised me i may have a virus or malware. The answer for me was to download PC Doctor and run a scan, The scan showed up 26 types of virus and malware. You can download the software free to do a scan but you have to purchase a licence to make it remove the bugs, but it did identify a virus that no other software had. Upon removal all my usb’s now work perfectly. Try the free scan it may save you a lot of lost time. I have a new desktop acer, and a new hp deskjet4480.

I purchased a usb cable at best buy with the comp, and printer. It says device not connected when i go through the steps on installing the printer from the cd that came with it! I am so frustrated i have a printer i cant use! I am not sure where which port the usb cable should go into, on the back of the comp, or in the front of the hardriveis it possible that i need to purchase a new usbor download new software from the hp website.plz help with any ideas! I had the same problem with my Acer aspire 5100 series laptop. I did EVERYTHING (including taking the power cord and battery out) on this thread and it still didn’t work. Amazingly, this worked (unintentionally): I ran the battery as flat as I could; pressed the power button (so it would start up for about 2 seconds before dying) many times, and even ‘trick-started’ it by turning it on with the power cord in, then pulling it out as windows tried to load.

BIOS won’t start anything if the battery is at a critical level, but it will if there’s power in. So windows never got up and running because the battery was flat, but it must have screwed up the system somehow. Anyway, after I left it charging a bit and started windows, up came ‘Installing new hardware: USB Composite device”, and all the ports worked again!

One note: my battery life went down by about 5% (I monitored it with CPUID HWMonitor). Hi Leo, Whilst working for a major IT firm I came across this fix for suspect USB Ports and it works every time. The problem with USB Ports is that they are prone to Static Charge and because of this they sometimes refuse to work, the workaround for this is very simple: Do a Static Discharge Disconnect the computer from the power ( pull out the plug from the rear of the computer supply, then hold the power button on your computer in for a minimum of 30 seconds ( it must be 30 seconds or over) then re-connect your power supply and re-boot. Yes its that simple Have fun and good computing to you all. May 30, 2012.

Problem, XP system will not always display insertion of a thumb drive although I do get audio beep indication of its insertion but when I display files with explorer the drive will not be shown. I have used diskmgnt.msc and found the drive has an assigned letter. I have tried changing the assigned but although change is successful in diskmgnt no drive is displayed by file explorer.

I have found if reboot system the drive will appear but if I remove and re-insert it will not reappear in explorer. Alkl week-end I have had problems with my wireless internet adapter not being recognized by my windows oeprating ssyte, it is an AT &T wireless adapter. It used to receive a wireless signal and find a network until this past saturday morning.

The AT & T technician stated to me that my USB ports on the back of my computer were “corrupted” for some reason. We put the wireless adapter into the front USB port and it worked late satruday afternoon. When I tried to go online sunday, my wireless showed “connected” but would not pull up yahoo or any website. Then the network connection went off completely.

AT & T could not solve problem. My Kindle works via my wireless modem so I am getting the wireless signal. Is it my wireless internet adapter?

It seems very odd that all 4 of my USB ports do not recognize the wireless internet adapter any longer. Please help how I can get the data in the External hard drive. I have a 2TB external hard disk, WD My passport – Ultra. Using it for the last 9 months.

For the first time the system is asking me to format it when connected to my pc. When tried to connect on my official PC, I was able to browse folders, but pics were not visible, only names were visible. When I tried to access videos in it, windows goes into “Not responding mode”. Please help me trouble shoot and regain data in my external hard disk. Oh my gosh!!!

I have spent the last two days going round and round trying to get my laptop to recognize my USB mouse again. It was working one second and the next it just quit responding. I thought at first that the cable on the mouse had finally given out cause it had begun to fray at the base of where the usb plug and wire came together. So, I thought, “no big deal, I’ll just plug in a new usb mouse”. However, when I did, the laptop kept telling me unknown device.

I searched and read every forum I could find on the subject. They pretty much all said the same thing, i.e., reboot, uninstall usb controller in device manager, reinstall device driver, update device driver, along with standard troubleshooting tips. Plug new mouse in another computer, plug other usb devices in port, plug other mice into the usb port, etc., etc. And my problem wasn’t just one of the usb ports, it was all three of them.

However, I finally determined that external storage devices such as an external hard drive and flash drives would be recognized so if that was the case, the usb ports weren’t totally fried, right? So, why wouldn’t my laptop recognize a usb optical mouse?

It was driving me CRAZY!!!! Finally, I found an article where someone mentioned to shutdown the computer and UNPLUG it from the power supply, wait a few minutes, then plug it back in and turn it on. The solution couldn’t be THAT simple, but I was at my wits end and it wasn’t something I had tried so far. Figured it was worth a shot. HOLY MOTHER OF YOU KNOW WHAT!!!

That freaking did it!!! Are you kidding me? I wish I had seen that article first.

It would have saved me two days of unbelievable frustration and countless hours reading and trying to figure out how to get it working again. I’m happy it’s working again and just had to share. Unplugging from the power supply is certainly something I’ll remember going forward. I’ve read just about everything above as well as the Microsoft support articles, Tom’s Hardware help, etc and I still can’t get my usb dvd to work. I just built a new computer and the drive worked fine when installing Window 7, but after doing all the updates my drive will no longer work. I can see that it is getting power and can hear it spinning up when I put in a disk but the autorun doesn’t bring up anything on my screen like it did a few hours ago and the drive doesn’t appear in the explorer. I’ve switched USB ports, using both 2.0 and 3.0.

I’ve gone through the Microsoft Fix It program. I’ve even tried editing the Registry Editor.

Nothing has worked. I’m at a total loss. I’m not a noob but this is driving me crazy! Any help would be appreciated. Hi Leo, don’t know if there is any help for me!

I have a flash drive my daughter gave me in Feb. I used it just fine and loaded recent photos on to it just before I had to send my laptop off to Dell.

They replaced a lot of things and all my other flash drives work fine. I really can’t remember if I’d use this particular drive since I got my lap top back but, when I inserted it last week I got a message it wasn’t recognized. I no longer get any message, it just makes the sound when inserted but will not show anything. Dell just went into my computer and updated drivers and other things, and say everything is good and running right. I’ve tried it on my daughters lap top and that didn’t work either. I’m afraid I’ve lost these photos forever!

Looking like the flash drive is the problem. Is there any way to get these photos off the flash drive?

Is there anyone I can send it to who can recover them? I do not know anything about the flash drive as I found, she ordered it off ebay, it says it is “generic” and that’s all. How can I down load my entire windows media videos from laptop to my external tera drive? When I open windows media it is a beautiful looking affair but there are no buttons to which I can prompt a down load. Can this be done?

Otherwise how can I down load all of my videos from W.M.? I have an enormous collection of Anime and a few full length movies and want verily to back it all up on my external drive. It holds 1,000 gigs and seems as though it would take half a lifetime to fill most of it up. Can you help.?

I have reinstalled the OS on my laptop back to it’s original state (Windows 8) was running windows 10. Then I upgraded back to windows 10. Neither of these OS recognize my USB devices plugged into the ports. I have also engaged windows update.

Several years ago both my wife’s computer and mine apparently suffered a lightning strike. After going to two computer experts it was determined they both suffered damage to the motherboard.

However, I wanted a third opinion on my Lenovo P-500 laptop. Best Buy said it was the hard drive that was no longer working and the motherboard was fine. They replaced the hard drive and two 2.0 USB ports on the right side. It appears the 3.0 port on the left side is soldered to the motherboard.

Last year the computer kept telling me my USB devices were not recognized on any of the ports however it can charge my cell phone. The 3.0 port (left side) can read a 5TB hard drive when I connect it but the 2 right side ports still say USB device not recognized. Nevertheless it won’t recognize any other devices. I’ve tried reloading all the software under downloads from Lenovo and tried from Intel as well. Can you recommend anything else to try? Do you believe the USB ports just went bad after one year?

Both on right side, at the same time? Do you believe it’s a hardware or software issue? Could it be the motherboard?

Everything else is working fine. The story i havebeen given wasthat nobody touched this particular computer over the weekend, but on monday when the user came back, the usb mouse andkeyboard aren’t recognized in Windows. I have tried using different devices and using all usb ports, they DO work at BIOS, so i am able to get into the BIOS and access safe mode and everything else.but once windows boots up and gets to the logon screen, they freeze up and are useless.

I ran recovery console with aninstall disk and ran chkdsk /r. Itsaid it fixed 1 ormore errors. Rebooted but still they aren’t working. PC is asmall ACER desktop, no PS2 ports so i can’t try that.

I can’t find an adapter either.PC is running Windows XP Pro SP3. Oh, and i also tryed running ERD 2005 and use system restore but when i clicksystem restore,it doesn’t respond.

If i click it again it tells me too many processes are running, please stop some. Yet nothing is. Uninstalling a device forces Windows to reinstall the driver again. Often, this solves that kind of problem. Make sure you have an installation disc or the C: i386 is on your hard drive.

According to Microsoft: “To open Device Manager, click Start, and then click Control Panel. Click Performance and Maintenance, and then click System. On the Hardware tab, click Device Manager.” In the Device Manager click on the Mouse driver under Human Interfacen Devices, click on the device you want to remove and click on the red X in the toolbar or press the Del key. Leave a reply: Before commenting please:. Read the article. Any comments that clearly indicate you've not read the article will be removed.

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When you use App Inventor with a phone or tablet, that device communicates with the. This communication is managed by the AI2 Companion App running on the device. The instructions below (step 2) explain how to install the companion. The Companion can communicate with your computer over a wireless connection. This is the method strongly recommended by the App Inventor team. It does not require any additional software to be installed on your computer. (See Option 1, under There are, however, some environments where wireless connections won't work.

These include some hotels, conference centers, and schools, that configure their wireless networks to prohibit two devices on the network from communicating with each other. See for a short explanation.Some App Inventor users have solved this problem by purchasing a wireless router and setting up their own local network. (Also, most Macs and some PC can serve as WiFi routers that can handle a small number of machines.) But where even this is impossible, you can still use App Inventor with a phone or tablet if you connect it to the computer with a USB cable. Setting up a USB connection can be awkward, especially on Windows machines, which need special driver software to connect to Android devices. (This is not the case with Mac or Linux, which do not need special drivers.) Unfortunately, different devices may require different drivers, and, outside of a few standard models, Microsoft and Google have left it to the device manufacturers to create and supply the drivers. As a consequence, that you may have to search on the Web to find the appropriate driver for your phone.

App Inventor provides a test program that checks if your USB-connected device can communicate with the computer. You should run this test and resolve any connection issues before trying to use App Inventor with USB on that device. Here are the steps for beginning to use App Inventor with the USB cable: Step 1: Install the App Inventor Setup Software To connect with USB, you need to first install the App Inventor setup software on your computer. (This is not required for the wifi method.) Follow the instructions below for your operating system, then come back to this page to move on to step 2 Important: If you are updating a previous installation of the App Inventor software, see. You can check whether your computer is running the latest version of the software by visiting the. Step 2: Download and install the MIT AI2 Companion App on your phone. Open your device's QR code scanner and scan the QR code on the left below to download the Companion App from the Play Store.

If you can't use the Play Store, use the QR code on the right to download the Companion App directly to your phone. Play Store Recommended: Automatic updates APK File Manual updates required Scan this QR code to get the app from the Play Store Scan this QR code to download the app directly If you need a QR code scanner, you can get one at the Play Store (e.g., ZXing). After downloading, step though the the instructions to install the Companion app on to your device.You need to install the MIT AI2 Companion only once, and then leave it on your phone or tablet for whenever you use App Inventor. Note: If you choose not to go through the Play store and instead load the app directly (aka 'side load), you will need to enable an option in your device's settings to allow installation of apps from 'unknown sources'. To find this setting on versions of Android prior to 4.0, go to 'Settings Applications' and then check the box next to 'Unknown Sources'.

For devices running Android 4.0 or above, go to 'Settings Security' or 'Settings Security & Screen Lock' and then check the box next to 'Unknown Sources' and confirm your choice. Launch aiStarter (Windows & GNU/Linux only) Using the emulator or the USB cable requires the use of a program named aiStarter. This program is the helper that permits the browser to communicate with the emulator or USB cable. The aiStarter program was installed when you installed the App Inventor Setup package.

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You do not need aiStarter if you are using only the wireless companion. On a Mac, aiStarter will start automatically when you log in to your account and it will run invisibly in the background. On Windows, there will be shortcuts to aiStarter from your Desktop, from the Start menu, from All Programs and from Startup Folder. If you want to use the emulator with App Inventor, you will need to manually launch aiStarter on your computer when you log in.

You can start aiStarter this by clicking the icon on your desktop or using the entry in your start menu. On GNU/Linux, aiStarter will be in the folder /usr/google/commands-for-Appinventor and you'll need to launch it manually. You can launch it from the command line with /usr/google/appinventor/commands-for-Appinventor/aiStarter & Step 4: Set up your device for USB (Turn USB Debugging ON) On your Android device, go to System Settings, Developer Options, turn them on, and be sure that 'USB Debugging' is allowed. On most devices running Android 3.2 or older, you can find this option under Settings Applications Development.

On Android 4.0 and newer, it's in Settings Developer options. Note: On Android 4.2 and newer, Developer options is hidden by default. To make it available, go to Settings About phone and tap Build number seven times. Return to the previous screen to find Developer options, including 'USB Debugging'. Step 5: Connect your computer and device, and authenticate if necessary. Connect your Android device to the computer using the USB cable - be sure that the device connects as a 'mass storage device' (not 'media device') and that it is not mounted as a drive on your computer.

This may mean that you have to go to the Finder (on a Mac) or My Computer (on Windows) and disconnect any drive(s) that were mounted when you connected your Android device. On Android 4.2.2 and newer, your device will pop up a screen with the message Allow USB Debugging? The first time you connect it to new computer. This authenticates the computer to the device, allowing the computer to communicate with it. You'll need to do this for each computer you want to connect to the device, but only once per computer. Step 6: Test the connection. Go to this (opens in a new tab in your browser) and see if you get a confirmation that your computer can detect the device.

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If the test fails, go to and look at the USB help for your computer (Windows or Mac). You won't be able to use App Inventor with the USB cable until you resolve the connection issues. Return to this page when the test suceeds. Setup complete!

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