Ubuntu – Can not connect Android SGSII via USB after ICS upgrade

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I got OTA update for my Samsung Galaxy S2 – Android 4 (ICS). However, the adb devices does not show the device. Neither does lsusb. I am using ubuntu inside vmware Fusion on a Mac. If I disconnect the device from Ubuntu and use it in OS X, adb devices shows the device.

My udev rule contains the following entry:

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="04e8", MODE="0666"

dmesg output does not include string 04e8.

I should note that I tried both USB modes (MTP and PTP).

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I added these lines to Ubuntu.vmx file (I believe the last line makes a difference):

usb.quirks.device0 = "0x4e8:0x681d skip-reset" # Mass Storage
usb.quirks.device1 = "0x4e8:0x68a9 skip-reset" # Media
usb.quirks.device2 = "0x4e8:0x6877 skip-reset" # Kies
usb.quirks.device3 = "0x4e8:0x6866 skip-reset" # SGS2 ICS

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Figure out its uuid:

(At least once, under whatever circumstances, if nothing helps, by mounting it on a friends machine). First, let's get the current id. (that can change again, on another time)

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/dev/sda5 on /boot ...
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directory must pre-exist, not taken care of. so generate it (only once, ever):

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