Error "The connection to adb is down, and a severe error has occurred."
Try the below steps:
- Close Eclipse if running
- Go to the Android SDK platform-tools directory in the command prompt
- Type
adb kill-server(Eclipse should be closed before issuing these commands) - Then type
adb start-server - No error message is thrown while starting the ADB server, then ADB is started successfully.
- Now you can start Eclipse again.
It worked for me this way.
Restart your phone as well!
Use:
Open Task Manager → Processes → adb.exe → End Process → restart Eclipse
This worked for me.
And:
Open Task Manager → Processes → eclipse.exe → End Process → restart Eclipse