Windows 10: How can one unlock the phone while PhoneLink is blocking it?

The MS PhoneLink - while in principle a brilliant idea - often makes me want to vomit!The most stupid thing is that to connect to the phone one first needs to pick up the phone to unlock the screen. I mean: this spoils the whole idea of this application! If I need to pull out or pick up the phone first to unlock it then I can as well operate or look at the phone right away. I then don't need PhoneLink to show me the screen on my PC or Laptop. What's the point then?OK. MS claims this is due to Android's security restrictions but I don't fully buy that. I am sure one could find a solution for t

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Looking for an unlocked phone to test on


I've started programming in Visual Studio 2015 under Windows 10.

I'd like to get an unlocked phone to test with.

I saw a whole bunch of unlocked phones on Amazon.

Any suggestions as to what phone would be best for that?

Thanks.

 

Blocked PhoneLink app

Someone on this network used App Control Policies in a GPO to block the Appx PhoneLink app. I've removed that GPO and specifically allowed PhoneLink in the ACP/Appx Rules to be run by everyone. I've enforced both the Rule and the GPO, but users continue to get this:





Any thoughts on how I fix this? I even set this policy as a top-level GPO and enforced it there. No change.

Thanks...

 

Microsoft PhoneLink doest not block scam SMS

I got a scam SMS on my phone. Google Android marked it as a scam and I confirmed it was a scam. Microsoft Phonelink however just shows the sms without any warnings at all.

Please adjust PhoneLink to also get the spam-status from Android.