Android kitkat or lollipop device is not detected

[monochromec]

Neither kitkat nor lollipop devices are detected by kernel version 4.0.1-040001-generic.

An excerpt of the log shows the following:

Jul 15 00:22:20 MBP-ubuntu kernel: usb 1-1.3: new full-speed USB device number 67 using ehci-pci
Jul 15 00:22:20 MBP-ubuntu kernel: usb 1-1.3: device not accepting address 66, error -32
Jul 15 00:22:19 MBP-ubuntu kernel: usb 1-1.3: new full-speed USB device number 66 using ehci-pci
Jul 15 00:22:19 MBP-ubuntu kernel: usb 1-1.3: device descriptor read/64, error -32
Jul 15 00:22:19 MBP-ubuntu kernel: usb 1-1.3: device descriptor read/64, error -32
Jul 15 00:22:19 MBP-ubuntu kernel: usb 1-1.3: new full-speed USB device number 65 using ehci-pci
Jul 15 00:22:19 MBP-ubuntu kernel: usb 1-1.3: device descriptor read/64, error -32
Jul 15 00:22:19 MBP-ubuntu kernel: usb 1-1.3: device descriptor read/64, error -32
Jul 15 00:22:19 MBP-ubuntu kernel: usb 1-1.3: new full-speed USB device number 64 using ehci-pci

There are various workarounds suggesting to remove any corresponding *hci_hcd* kernel modules but
as USB support is compiled statically into the kernel this doesn't seem to be an option.

Android version examined: 4.4.2 and 5.0.2.

Let me know if more information is needed.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[sevku (severin-kunz)]

The bug I've reported may be similar to this one: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1510956