title: Native Browser Automation using Appium 1.2.0.1 on Windows 7 Android real device: Could not find a connected Android device
body: <p>I have looked many forums for this issue, there are quite a few answers on this topic but none of these have worked for me/match my criteria.</p>
  
  <p>I recently took up Mobile Automation task and hence am completely new  to Appium. I am working with Appium 1.2.0.1 on Windows 7 and trying to automate the native Android Browser(not Chrome or an App) on an Android v4.3 real device. 
  I have installed everything according to the instructions. I am using Selenium in Maven Build in JUnit Framework to execute the scripts through Appium. I use Appuim.exe in Admin mode and use the GUI to start the node. Then I run my scripts. </p>
  
  <p>My issue is that when I try "adb devices" in cmd, I am able to see the device. Whereas, during execution, Appium is throwing an Error "Failed to start an Appium session, err was: Error: Could not find a connected Android device." I tried many troubleshooting options and verified if everything is in place. No luck. Please help.</p>
  
  <p>Below is the trace of Error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&gt; Checking if an update is available
  &gt; Update not available
  &gt; Starting Node Server
  &gt; info: Welcome to Appium v1.2.0 (REV e53f49c706a25242e66d36685c268b599cc18da5)
  &gt; debug: Non-default server args: {"address":"127.0.0.1","fullReset":true,"logNoColors":true,"platformName":"Android","platformVersion":"18","automationName":"Appium","browserName":"Browser"}
  &gt; info: Appium REST http interface listener started on 127.0.0.1:4723
  &gt; info: LogLevel: debug
  &gt; info: --&gt; POST /wd/hub/session {"desiredCapabilities":{"platformVersion":"4.3","browserName":"Browser","platformName":"Android","device":"Android","deviceName":"Android"}}
  &gt; debug: Appium request initiated at /wd/hub/session
  &gt; info: Retrieving device
  &gt; warn:  code=ENOENT, errno=ENOENT, syscall=spawn
  &gt; debug: Request received with params: {"desiredCapabilities":{"platformVersion":"4.3","browserName":"Browser","platformName":"Android","device":"Android","deviceName":"Android"}}
  &gt; debug: The following desired capabilities were provided, but not recognized by appium. They will be passed on to any other services running on this server. : device
  &gt; debug: Looks like we want chrome on android
  &gt; debug: Creating new appium session fa19e382-c178-4e6b-8150-a386a51bee39
  &gt; debug: Preparing device for session
  &gt; debug: Not checking whether app is present since we are assuming it's already on the device
  &gt; debug: Checking whether adb is present
  &gt; debug: Using adb from C:\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe
  &gt; debug: Trying to find a connected android device
  &gt; debug: Getting connected devices...
  &gt; debug: executing: "C:\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe" devices
  &gt; debug: Could not find devices, restarting adb server...
  &gt; debug: executing: "C:\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe" kill-server
  &gt; warn:  code=ENOENT, errno=ENOENT, syscall=spawn
  &gt; warn:  code=ENOENT, errno=ENOENT, syscall=spawn
  &gt; debug: Getting connected devices...
  &gt; debug: executing: "C:\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe" devices
  &gt; debug: Could not find devices, restarting adb server...
  &gt; debug: executing: "C:\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe" kill-server
  &gt; error: Error killing ADB server, going to see if it's online anyway
  &gt; debug: Getting connected devices...
  &gt; debug: executing: "C:\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe" devices
  &gt; debug: Could not find devices, restarting adb server...
  &gt; warn:  code=ENOENT, errno=ENOENT, syscall=spawn
  &gt; warn:  code=ENOENT, errno=ENOENT, syscall=spawn
  &gt; debug: executing: "C:\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe" kill-server
  &gt; warn:  code=ENOENT, errno=ENOENT, syscall=spawn
  &gt; error: Error killing ADB server, going to see if it's online anyway
  &gt; warn:  code=ENOENT, errno=ENOENT, syscall=spawn
  &gt; info: &lt;-- POST /wd/hub/session 500 20314.056 ms - 206 
  &gt; debug: Getting connected devices...
  &gt; debug: executing: "C:\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe" devices
  &gt; debug: Cleaning up appium session
  &gt; error: Failed to start an Appium session, err was: Error: Could not find a connected Android device.
  &gt; debug: Error: Could not find a connected Android device.
  &gt;     at ADB.getDevicesWithRetry (C:\Selenium\AppiumForWindows-1.2.0.1\Appium\node_modules\appium\node_modules\appium-adb\lib\adb.js:600:15)
  &gt;     at androidCommon.prepareActiveDevice (C:\Selenium\AppiumForWindows-1.2.0.1\Appium\node_modules\appium\lib\devices\android\android-common.js:349:12)
  &gt;     at null.&lt;anonymous&gt; (C:\Selenium\AppiumForWindows-1.2.0.1\Appium\node_modules\appium\lib\devices\android\android-common.js:289:26)
  &gt;     at C:\Selenium\AppiumForWindows-1.2.0.1\Appium\node_modules\appium\node_modules\async\lib\async.js:610:21
  &gt;     at C:\Selenium\AppiumForWindows-1.2.0.1\Appium\node_modules\appium\node_modules\async\lib\async.js:249:17
  &gt;     at iterate (C:\Selenium\AppiumForWindows-1.2.0.1\Appium\node_modules\appium\node_modules\async\lib\async.js:149:13)
  &gt;     at C:\Selenium\AppiumForWindows-1.2.0.1\Appium\node_modules\appium\node_modules\async\lib\async.js:160:25
  &gt;     at C:\Selenium\AppiumForWindows-1.2.0.1\Appium\node_modules\appium\node_modules\async\lib\async.js:251:21
  &gt;     at C:\Selenium\AppiumForWindows-1.2.0.1\Appium\node_modules\appium\node_modules\async\lib\async.js:615:34
  &gt;     at androidCommon.prepareEmulator (C:\Selenium\AppiumForWindows-1.2.0.1\Appium\node_modules\appium\lib\devices\android\android-common.js:339:5)
  &gt; debug: Responding to client with error: {"status":33,"value":{"message":"A new session could not be created. (Original error: Could not find a connected Android device.)","origValue":"Could not find a connected Android device."},"sessionId":null}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And here is my code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>if (runEnv.equals("Android")) 
          {
              DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
                capabilities.setCapability("device","Android");
                capabilities.setCapability("deviceName","Android");
                capabilities.setCapability("platformName","Android");
                capabilities.setCapability("browserName", "Browser");
                capabilities.setCapability("platformVersion", "4.3");
  
                try {
                  driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new URL("http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub"), capabilities);
              } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
                  e.printStackTrace();
              }
  
              driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(80, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
          }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Please help!</p>
  
  <p>Thanks,
  Arpitha</p>