Why doesn't Eclipse see my Samsung Galaxy phone even though I can transfer files using a drive letter?

Question

I developed my first (small) Andoid application using Eclipse and are now ready to transfer it to my Galaxy S mobile device (develping for Android 2.1)

Following another thread in SE, I changed the run mode in Eclipse to manual in the hope that I would be able to chose my phone and/or AVD every time I run the program.

The popup list howerver only show the AVD, my phone is not present in the list.

So obviously, my Samsung Galaxy S device is not recognized. Howerver, I can transfer to and from the device using a drive letter, so the USB connection is working properly.

Anyone any idea what I am missing here ? I'm not sure if it is an Eclipse problem , or a driver or ....

Answer 1

You have to put the phone in 'debug' mode - I don't have the instructions handy (but you can search here or on the android site for the info you need)