Download and install Android SDK for Linux .

Download and install Android SDK for Linux. It comes with generic adb driver. Here's the Ubuntu guide. The reason why re-installing the SDK is essential is that the list of USB Vendor IDs which ADB recognizes as android devices is hard-coded into the ADB binary itself. To update the list you should either install(update to) the latest SDK version or add your device manually to ~/.android/adb_usb.ini To add your vendor ID to the file run echo 0x18d1 >> ~/.android/adb_usb.ini