[qubes-users] Android USB debugging

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My setup: Qubes 4.1 running on a Framework Laptop, new Pixel 5 phone (with USB debugging enabled)

My goal: Use an AppVM to flash a custom ROM to the phone using fastboot (Android platform tools).

But I run into a problem almost immediately: I cannot attach the USB device to my AppVM.

From a sys-usb terminal, I can see the Android device listed in the output of lsusb. However, from dom0 the device does not appear in the output of qvm-usb (or qvm-device usb) and is not in the dropdown list in the system tray.

Any ideas as to why Qubes does not recognize the Android device, and/or how I can get this working?

Note: I prefer not to run Android platform tools in sys-usb for the sake of security/isolation.

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pepito:

Note: I prefer not to run Android platform tools in sys-usb for the sake of
security/isolation.

This, or assigning a USB controller directly to your Android AppVM, is the only way I've been able to get it to work.