Windows 10: Device is unreachable error when transferring photos from Android phone to PC

All of a sudden when I connect by phone to my PC via USB cable, the PC will start showing the photos on my phone and then a "Device is unreachable" error pops up. I haven't made any changes to settings and I have have been using the same phone & laptop for the last couple of years with no problems.

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Error 0x80070141 when copying photos or videos from iphone xr

The error 0x80070141: the device is unreachable is not exclusive
to iPhone. Some Android devices, such as Samsung Galaxy, Lenovo, can't import files to PC as the message pops up: the
device is unreachable

To solve this error when copying files from your iPhone or other device to your PC/computer running Windows 10, here are steps to follow

1. isconnect your iPhone/iPad from your computer
2. Go to Settings on your iOS device
3. Open Photos and scroll to the bottom
4. Under ‘Transfer to Mac or PC’, chang efrom Automatic to Keep Originals (“Automatically transfer photos and videos in a compatible format, or always transfer the original file without checking for compatibility.”)

Now connect again the device to the Windows 10 computer and copy/paste the files again; it should work fine now!

 

Transfer photos from android to laptop

• https://support.google.com/android/answer/9064445?hl=en
  
• https://www.wikihow.tech/Transfer-Photos-from-Android-to-Computer
  
• https://www.howtogeek.com/346317/how-to-transfer-photos-from-android-to-your-windows-pc/

 

How to transfer files/pics from android phone to PC via BT?

No. That is totally unnecessary. @NavyLCDR in his post did not show all the steps. Here is what he left out...

Connect the phone to the PC with a USB cable
On the phone swipe down from the top to show notifications
Locate the USB notification and open it





In the USB settings make sure Transferring files is selected.





Look for your phone in File Explorer





If you you double-click on it and nothing is shown that means you forgot to unlock the phone's screen





After you unlock the phone's screen the phone's storage will be shown





Double-click on the storage will show the contents. The phone's photos and screenshots will be in the DCIM folder.