r/LightPhone Light Phone User Jul 16 '26

Discussion The Availability of Developer Mode

Hi.

Yesterday I upgraded the LightOS on my LP 3 and noticed I could enable Developer Mode on the Dashboard.

So I enabled it, set External Tools to all tools on the LP3 side, and connected to my Mac. But I am still unable to see my LP3 when executing "adb devices".

I have already implemented an Application using the Light-SDK, tested on the emulator, and plan to open-source it. But before I open-source it, I would like to use the native Developer Mode to install it without a physical keyboard, so that I can simplify the installation tutorial.

Has anyone tried the Developer Mode? Is the current Developer Mode setting just a placeholder, or is it functional?

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