Enabling adb on Beaglebone Black

I have successfully loaded TI-Android pre-built image on a BBB which was downloaded from here. Everything works well on the device. I have been trying to enable adb without much luck. Basic HW and SW is as follows

Hardware

  • Beaglebone black.
  • 4DCAPE-43T.
  • 5V power supply.
  • mini usb connection to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS host system.

Software

  • TI-Android JB image (TI_Android_JB_4.2.2_DevKit_4.1.1_beagleboneblack.tar.gz).
  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS host system.

On the BBB I have turned on USB debugging by

  • App Launcher" → “Settings” → “Developer options”

On the Host side

lsusb output is

`
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:0129 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 10f1:1a52 Importek

`






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/etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules

`
SUBSYSTEM==“usb”, SYSFS{idVendor}==“18d1”, MODE=“0666”
SUBSYSTEM==“usb”, SYSFS{idVendor}==“0451”, MODE=“0666”

`

I have executed the following two commands

`
chmod a+r /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules
sudo service udev restart

`

When I do an

`
adb devices

`

I don’t see the BBB, but when I have HTC phone attached I do see a valid response.

What I am doing wrong?

Also I plug the mini-usb to the host machine. Is this correct? Or do I have connect to the serial debugging port.

Thanks

I have successfully loaded TI-Android pre-built image on a BBB which was downloaded from here. Everything works well on the device. I have been trying to enable adb without much luck. Basic HW and SW is as follows

Hardware

  • Beaglebone black.
  • 4DCAPE-43T.
  • 5V power supply.
  • mini usb connection to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS host system.

Software

  • TI-Android JB image (TI_Android_JB_4.2.2_DevKit_4.1.1_beagleboneblack.tar.gz).
  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS host system.

On the BBB I have turned on USB debugging by

  • App Launcher" → “Settings” → “Developer options”

This should have been enabled by default. Was this not the case?

On the Host side

lsusb output is

`
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:0129 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 10f1:1a52 Importek

`






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  • |

/etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules

`
SUBSYSTEM==“usb”, SYSFS{idVendor}==“18d1”, MODE=“0666”
SUBSYSTEM==“usb”, SYSFS{idVendor}==“0451”, MODE=“0666”

`

I have executed the following two commands

`
chmod a+r /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules
sudo service udev restart

`

When I do an

`
adb devices

`

I don’t see the BBB, but when I have HTC phone attached I do see a valid response.

What I am doing wrong?

Also I plug the mini-usb to the host machine. Is this correct?

Yes, you need to connect the mini-usb cable which came with BBB to access adb.
Recheck the connections. You should get an entry for VID 18d1 once adbd is up on BBB.

-Vishveshwar

@Vishveshwar,

I finally got the adb working on BBB. I have posted my results here.

JB422 run well. No complains yet :slight_smile: