Xcode stuck at "Processing Symbol Files"

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Solution 1

Today I have solved exactly the same problem. I think the main problem is in VirtualBox USB controller. Go to the settings of your virtual machine, select USB and you will see 'USB Controller 1.1 (OHCI)' by default. You have to select 'USB controller 2.0 (EHCI)'. I have: - VirtualBox: 5.1.12r112440 (Qt5.6.2) - macOS Sierra 10.12.2 with the latest updates. - XCode 8.2 - iPhone 5, iOS 10.2

Be sure that: - You have original lightning cable - You can see your iDevice in iTunes - Try to restart your MAC and iDevice

Solution 2

This happened to me as well. What I did:

  1. Make sure all your hardware (iPhones, iPads ect..) are all up to date.

  2. Make sure Xcode and all other software are up to their latest versions.

After you have done both of those, restart your computer and try again. It will take a while for Xcode to processes the index files for the first time, but after these steps above, it should work fine.

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Updated on June 04, 2022

Comments

  • Henry
    Henry almost 2 years

    When I try to run my app on my device Xcode gets stuck on processing symbol files.

    I restarted the machine (I'm using VirtualBox), tried a different USB port, restarted the host computer, cleaned the build folder, tried a different project, updated Xcode to 8.2, tried to use Xcode 7.3 but nothing worked. My device does show in iTunes.

    I left iTunes open when I tried to run it on my iPad and then it said "Unable to copy symbol files - unable to read required data from device"

    Xcode 8.2 (latest currently) and iOS 10.1

  • Henry
    Henry over 7 years
    Would using a virtual machine have some influence? (The device works fine in iTunes though) @marquaviousDraggon
  • FelixSFD
    FelixSFD about 7 years
    Please don't add the same answer to multiple questions. Answer the best one and flag the rest as duplicates. See Is it acceptable to add a duplicate answer to several questions?
  • Admin
    Admin over 6 years
    I would argue that making sure the device is "up to date" is a wrong idea: it is important to test software on other than latest version of OS. People keep iphones with old versions of OS for a reason.