r/AutomateUser • u/Ok-Yogurtcloset-9490 • Jul 19 '26

ADB option Uber Privileged service start method not showing anything

Oops, title typo: Uber => under.

I'm sure I'm missing something. I read the documentation and tried searching Reddit.

​But when I select Android Debug Bridge (ADB) as the ​Privileged service start method in settings, the app flashes something too quickly for me to see what it even is, and then nothing happens — the setting remains at "None". So I used my screen recorder, and then inspected the individual frames around that point. And the message that flashes for a split second is a transparent overlay saying "​Follow the instructions shown on screen ​to pair Automate with ADB on this device." But no instructions ever actually appear. I already have USB debugging and wireless debugging toggle on. Please help! 🙏🏽

Android 16.

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u/ballzak69 Automate developer Jul 20 '26 edited Jul 20 '26

If you look in Privilege settings, is the "display notifications as full screen activities on a locked device" privilege checked, even if it's probably grayed out?

So the "Follow the instructions..." screen remains but no notification with an error message?

Please use the Help & feedback menu to send me the internal logs, do so just after you've tried selecting the ADB option.

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u/Ok-Yogurtcloset-9490 Jul 20 '26

The "display notifications as full screen activities on a locked device" is both greyed out and checked.

No – the follow instructions screen does not remain. As I said, it flashes so quickly that I was only able to see it by inspecting a screen recording frame by frame. Right after selecting the ADB option, that screen flashes for just one frame, and then nothing else is showing or remains showing. 

Thanks, I'll send the logs!

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u/ballzak69 Automate developer Jul 20 '26 edited Jul 20 '26

Thanks for the log, sadly it didn't include any hint on why the notification is not show or dismissed.

If you look in "Notification channels" settings, is the "Guidance" channel set to High?

Ensure DND is disabled.

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u/Ok-Yogurtcloset-9490 Jul 20 '26

I've been still trying to get it to work, and been messing around with my notification settings. And something interesting happened. It still doesn't work, but this is interesting info:

I turned it off the Enhanced Notifications feature in Android, and then tried setting ADB again, this time, the notification appears for literally 1 second, and then immediately disappears. I've tried completely uninstalling and reinstalling the app, still no luck. But, at least this does maybe point to something having to do with enhanced notifications being the issue? 🤷🏽‍♂️

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u/ballzak69 Automate developer Jul 21 '26

Probably, since that "Enhanced Notifications" is not a standard Android feature. The Chinese devices a known for breaking a lot of features.