Can't bind to local 86XX for debugger

Question

For some reason eclipse DDMS always gives the error 'Can't bind to local 86XX for debugger' every time I try and debug my app. This just started today for some reason.

I have looked at many posts and tried what they have suggested such as: 1. Adding 127.0.0.1 localhost to the hosts file and moving ::1 2. stopping and restarting adb 3. Under Window -> Preferences -> Android -> DDMS: Set Base local debugger port to "8601" Checked the box that says "Use ADBHOST" and set the value to "127.0.0.1"

I have also restarted the computer, updated Android platform tools and the eclipse plugin, Downloaded the latest adt-bundle and started the eclipse that is bundled with that.

I have ran netstat -anob and only javaw and adb use ports 8600+.

Does anyone have any ideas what I can try now?

Answer 1

If you are using Linux, I recommend you as well to run this command:

fuser -k 8600/tcp

With this command you will kill any process running at the 8600 TCP port (The one Android is using to debug).

Answer 2

I had same problem and none of given solutions worked. Then I have uninstalled all JRE 7 and installed latest JRE 6 (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jre6downloads-1902815.html). It have immediately fixed the problem.