[FIXED] Constantly getting ...DeviceMonitor] Failed to start monitoring

Issue

I find that after running or debugging my application a few times using eclipse, that I get the above output in my console (in red) and I get no feedback from Dalvik as to the connection status to my phone is going. My application will still debug etc. I just get nothing useful in my Console.

Any ideas how to fix this? It appears intermittent. It starts doing it after a few minutes, continues to do it for quite a while and occasionally goes away again. This has happened on my last laptop and now on my new laptop with a completely fresh install etc.

Solution

I'm on Windows 7 64 bit; but maybe 2 or 3 times during the day I get this same error. I tried the reboot thing, which sometimes worked, sometimes didn't.

I have found the fix to be:

1. Close Eclipse
2. Unplug USB
3. Open task manager and find the "adb.exe *32" and End Task
4. Open Eclipse (not done yet)
5. "Clean All" (not just project)
6. Then build the project (for me, just building the project works)
7. Plug USB back in and there ya go!

Always works for me. If anyone knows of an update to something I can download to avoid doing this all the time, I'd love to know!

Answered By - Tim Maxey
Answer Checked By - Marilyn (JavaFixing Volunteer)