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4.
Tap Build number seven times. The message You are now a developer! appears.
5. Touch the Back button.
6. Touch System > Advanced > Developer options.
7. Slide the USB debugging switch to the ON position.
8. Touch OK.
9. Connect the device to the host computer using the Rugged Charge/USB Cable.
The Allow USB debugging? dialog box appears on the device.
10. On the device, touch OK.
11. On the host computer, navigate to the platform-tools folder.
12. Type adb devices.
The following displays:
List of devices attached
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX device
(where XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX is the device number).
NOTE: If device number does not appear, ensure that ADB drivers are installed properly.
13. Touch the Home button.
Application Installation
After an application is developed, install the application onto the device using one of the following
methods:
• USB connection, see .
• Android Debug Bridge, see Installing Applications Using the Android Debug Bridge on page 126.
• Mobile device management (MDM) platforms that have application provisioning. Refer to the MDM
software documentation for details.
Installing Applications Using the USB Connection
1. NOTE: Connect the device to a host computer using the Rugged Charge/USB cable.
2. Pull down the Notification panel and touch Charging this device via USB.
3. Touch File Transfer.
4. On the host computer, open a file manager application.
5. On the host computer, copy the application .apk file from the host computer to the device.
6. Disconnect the device from the host computer.
7. Swipe the screen up and select to view files on the Internal Storage.
8. Locate the application .apk file.
9. Touch the application file.
10. Touch Continue to install the app or Cancel to stop the installation.
11. To confirm installation and accept what the application affects, touch Install otherwise touch Cancel.
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