Restarting adbd on the device when in the failed state results in a partial recovery: fginther@blackened:~$ adb devices List of devices attached ???????????? no permissions
To get all the way back I had to also restart the adb server: fginther@blackened:~$ adb kill-server fginther@blackened:~$ adb start-server * daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 * * daemon started successfully * fginther@blackened:~$ adb devices List of devices attached 01498AC41901F014 device I collected logs from the device before restarting adbd, via 'sudo pkill -9 adbd': dmesg.pre, syslog.pre and after: dmesg.post, syslog.post -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1249162 Title: Devices lose adb connection after phablet-flash loop To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/phablet-tools/+bug/1249162/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs