Android – How to perform an inspect element in Chrome on the Galaxy S3 Android device

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How can I perform an inspect element in Chrome on my Galaxy S3 Android device?

I've tried a couple of guides online, one saying to use this android SDK thing to run adb forward tcp:9222 localabstract:chrome_devtools_remote, but all that says is "error:device not found".

Anyone have any ideas on how to do this?

Best Answer

You can now do this without the use of Android SDK.

In the latest version of chrome (I am working on 34.0.x):

  • Navigate to chrome://inspect/
  • Check Discover USB Devices
  • Plug in your phone via USB. A popup should spawn asking for permission to connect to your computer. Accept it.

There will now be an item on the chrome://inspect/ pages for your phone, and you can click inspect. Dev tools will spawn and voila!