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I recently upgraded my 2016 MacBook Pro to High Sierra 10.4.4 update and since the update "fastboot devices" command hasn't been working. "fastboot" itself gives a response but "fastboot devices" command gives ERROR: Couldn't create a device interface iterator: (e00002bd) ERROR: Couldn't create a device interface iterator: (e00002bd) error. It comes twice on the window.

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  • this worked for me!! xda-developers.com/install-adb-windows-macos-linux cant believe it.
    – Mark Tchourbanov
    Commented Apr 28, 2019 at 5:16
  • "fastboot devices" has been working for me for years until I have upgraded to Mac OS 10.14.4. I think this is a regression of the Mac OS. I'm waiting for a new OS upgrade that fixes this regression. In the meantime, I'm not sure if there is any workaround.
    – jonathanzh
    Commented Apr 29, 2019 at 19:34
  • I have submitted a bug report to Apple. Following is the link: bugreport.apple.com/web/?problemID=50376579
    – jonathanzh
    Commented May 1, 2019 at 18:40
  • I have upgraded to Mac OS 10.14.5 and this regression is still not fixed. It's better to find a workaround.
    – jonathanzh
    Commented May 20, 2019 at 19:18
  • jonathanzh, have you found a workaround? I'm also on 10.14.5 and haven't had any luck. I have access to a Windows and a Linux PC.
    – Andy
    Commented May 22, 2019 at 10:05

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I had the same error in version 28.0.3 but it's fixed in 29.0.1. You can download it from the official site.
It's also available from MacPorts, e.g

port install android-platform-tools
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  • Install via brew with this command: brew cask install android-platform-tools
    – Abhi
    Commented May 8, 2020 at 18:34
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This might be a regression in android-platform-tools. Try fastboot version 9dc0875966c0-android from android-platform-tools 26.0.1 as it works for me on macOS 10.14.4

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    I confirm that the fastboot version in android-platform-tools 26.0.1 works on macOS 10.14.4. This is a nice workaround before Apple fixes this regression.
    – jonathanzh
    Commented May 6, 2019 at 23:17
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This is a Fastboot problem which has been fixed by google. See the release notes here:
SDK Platform Tools release notes

Here is what solved my problem:
Start android studio->go to sdk manager->select SDK Platform Tools -> Check "Show Details" -> Select Android Platform Tools -> Upgrade to 29.0.1 or newer.

See the images for more details:
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Short answer: brew cask install android-platform-tools

Long answer:

I was in the same case (on macOS 10.14.6):

$ fastboot devices
ERROR: Couldn't create a device interface iterator: (e00002bd)

I tried previous answers of this topic without success, so I searched which program is at the origin of fastboot command:

$ which fastboot
/usr/local/bin/fastboot

$ la -l /usr/local/bin/fastboot
lrwxr-xr-x  1 Klemart3D  admin  52  7 jun  2016 /usr/local/bin/fastboot@ -> ../Cellar/android-platform-tools/23.0.1/bin/fastboot

In my case, I found my fastboot command was not managed by Android Studio or an independent tool but is a shortcut of a brew formula. So I forced install of new "android-platform-tools" paquet:

$ brew cask install android-platform-tools
==> Downloading https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools_r30.0.0-darwin.zip
######################################################################## 100.0%
==> Verifying SHA-256 checksum for Cask 'android-platform-tools'.
==> Installing Cask android-platform-tools
==> Linking Binary 'adb' to '/usr/local/bin/adb'.
==> Linking Binary 'dmtracedump' to '/usr/local/bin/dmtracedump'.
==> Linking Binary 'etc1tool' to '/usr/local/bin/etc1tool'.
==> Linking Binary 'fastboot' to '/usr/local/bin/fastboot'.
==> Linking Binary 'hprof-conv' to '/usr/local/bin/hprof-conv'.
==> Linking Binary 'mke2fs' to '/usr/local/bin/mke2fs'.
🍺  android-platform-tools was successfully installed!

Shortcut is updated to last android-platform-tools version folder:

$ ls -l /usr/local/bin/fastboot
lrwxr-xr-x  1 Klemart3D  admin  73  7 may 17:59 /usr/local/bin/fastboot -> /usr/local/Caskroom/android-platform-tools/30.0.0/platform-tools/fastboot

And I have no more error!

$ fastboot devices
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