title: Android ADB - Daemon still not running
body: <p><strong>Quick Note:</strong> I am in the Android SDK "platform-tools" directory.</p>
  
  <p>My problem seems to be a bit of a weird one - Whenever I start ADB with <code>adb start-server</code>, I get the following:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><code>* deamon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *</code></li>
  <li><code>* daemon started successfully *</code></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Well, Great. It started successfully. Now I try using <code>adb shell</code>:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><code>* deamon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *</code> What??? I thought it already started...</li>
  <li><code>ADB server didn't ACK</code></li>
  <li><code>* failed to start daemon *</code></li>
  <li><code>error: cannot connect to daemon</code></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Well, Crap. So I open Task Manager and kill adb.exe. Then I run <code>adb shell</code> (without running <code>adb start-server</code> first).
  This time I get:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><code>* deamon not running. starting it now on 5037 *</code></li>
  <li><code>* deamon started successfully *</code></li>
  <li><code>** deamon still not running **</code></li>
  <li><code>error: cannot connect to deamon</code></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>So, As a brief summary - here is what I have tried:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Rebooting my PC</li>
  <li>Rebooting my Phone</li>
  <li>Executing <code>adb shell</code></li>
  <li>Executing <code>adb start-server</code> and then executing <code>adb shell</code></li>
  <li>Killing ADB and Executing <code>adb shell</code></li>
  <li>Killing ADB and Executing <code>adb start-server</code> and then executing <code>adb shell</code></li>
  <li>Reinstalling my phone's USB Drivers</li>
  <li>Checking port 5037, It is not in use by any other application, and only becomes used by adb.exe when I start the daemon.</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Am I missing something obvious? Help me please :P</p>
  
  <p>EDIT: Solution on another question: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/29524143/2872279">https://stackoverflow.com/a/29524143/2872279</a></p>