Using VirtualBox 4.2.12, I've set up a Lubuntu 13.04 VM on a Windows 7 host. I specified a USB filter for my Galaxy S, but neither the VM nor VirtualBox detects it.
After searching the internet, I found vboxmanage list usbhost
, which does not show my device connected. However, adb devices
does list the device, and I can see it in Device Manager. All drivers on the host are up to date.
It seems to me that if I can get VirtualBox to recognize the device, I shouldn't have a problem getting the VM to. So, how come VirtualBox doesn't?
Best Answer
I got it working. There were a couple of things that I learned that might be helpful. First of all, I was following this guide.
VirtualBox currently has problems with USB 3 ports. Check that your device is plugged into a USB 2 port. After I did that, my device was able to be detected by
vboxmanage list usbhost
on my Windows host.Unfortunately, this didn't completely solve my issue. VirtualBox would list the phone under the Devices menu, and I could select it, but Lubuntu gave me no indication that a device was connected. In fact,
lsusb
andadb devices
both came up empty. I randmesg
and found this error message:I found the following thread and set this variable, which solved my problem.
EDIT I discovered that the problem came up again during restart. After a LOT of trial and error, I found that each time I start up, I have to connect the Android device, then set the
old_scheme_first
variable, then disconnect and reconnect the device before the VM would recognize it. It's an annoying process, so if anyone has any insight, I'd appreciate it. On the other hand, it's a VM, so I won't have to restart it often =)