Q. How do I enable USB Debugging on my Android device?
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Q. What devices have icons for explorer when connected via USB?
- A. Any rooted device that has busybox is basically supported by Droid Explorer. As for the icons when connected, this is now pulled from a Cloud Service and as new devices are available, icons for them are added.
Q. How can I get my devices icon added to Droid Explorer?
- A. Just use Droid Explorer and include the "Anonymous Usage Information" when installing.
Q. I have a "phantom" device in Windows Explorer that shows as connected, but it isn't
- A. We are not yet sure what causes the rare instance of a "phantom" device. But here is how you can manually remove it.
- Open Registry Editor
- Search HKEYCLASSESROOT\CLSID for the value of the "phantom" device ID. This is the name under the icon in explorer
- The parent key to the device ID will be a GUID like {4aadfc55-0657-4b44-9f58-a0fca98fcb31}, for example. Remember this, write it down or paste it in to notepad.
- Delete the key "HKEYCLASSESROOT\CLSID\{4aadfc55-0657-4b44-9f58-a0fca98fcb31} - replace the GUID with the GUID assigned to your "phantom" device
- Navigate to HKEYLOCALMACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\
- You will see another key named the GUID to your "phantom" device, delete this key as well.
Q. After installing Droid Explorer, my Droid is no longer mountable, or ADB doesn't see it, or Droid Explorer doesn't see it
- A. Seems you had drivers already installed for your Droid and installed the Android drivers during install. Follow these steps:
- right-click "My Computer"
- click "Manage"
- select "Device Manager"
- expand "Android Phone"
- right-click whatever is listed
- click "Update Driver Software"
- click "Browse my computer for driver software"
- click "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer"
- select "Mot Composite ABD Interface"
- click "Next"
- Click OK/Close until you exit all windows.
Q. Which installer do I download?
- A. The first part of the response to that depends on your system. If you have a 32bit Operating System then you will want to choose one of the
x86 installs, if you have a 64bit system you will want to choose one of the
x64 installs.
Q. I get an error during install that says something about “Not Installed”
- A. This is a known issue and it occurs on Windows XP 64bit and Windows Vista 64bit when installing the x64 version of
Droid Explorer. At this time there is no real “fix” to this. I am working on it.
You can use
this registry file. You will have to manually edit the file to set the install path of Droid Explorer. After you install, you can get the values you need from
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/DroidExplorer/InstallPath.
You will see 4 Values: (Default), Platform, SdkPath and UseExistingSDK. Change the values in the
registy file to the values in your registry. It will look something like this:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\DroidExplorer\InstallPath]
@="C:\\Program Files\\Droid Explorer\\"
"SdkPath"="S:\\Android\\sdk"
"UseExistingSDK"=dword:00000001
"Platform"="8"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\DroidExplorer\InstallPath]
@="C:\\Program Files\\Droid Explorer\\"
"SdkPath"="S:\\Android\\sdk"
"UseExistingSDK"=dword:00000001
"Platform"="8"
- You will want to update both sections in the registry file, or you can remove the first
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/DroidExplorer/InstallPath section, it is only there for reference.