Windows 10: Phone link drag and drop larger files

bantonman · Jan 4, 2025

If I select a smaller file, say 70MB, it will allow me to drag showing dragged file selected icon and transfer to my desktop but if its a 700MB file it won't let me be grab it at all. But I can go to camera >> previous taken pic and move to the video, share and send to phonelink, which then sends it to downloads/phonelink.Can you fix this please. It is the majority reason I wanted to use the phonelink feature.S23 UltraS22 Ultrasame problem.

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madbrain · Jan 4, 2025

Your Phone - Unable to drag and drop files from phone to windows

Of course what you are showing does not work. The Your Phone app is not meant to be used that way.
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Thanks for your reply.

Actually, the My files app is meant to be used that way, and it used to work in the past. See the instructions in the first post of the following thread :
Drag and Drop Files between Phone and Windows 10 PC in Your Phone app
My video shows step 6 of those instructions, and it doesn't work.

What you suggested does work, but unfortunately only allows transfer of image files, whereas the "My files" app is supposed to allow transfer of any type of files, including PDFs, etc.

What I'm really looking for is a way to transfer large video files, and that never worked unfortunately. There is an arbitrary file size limit apparently, not sure why. It doesn't make much sense. My phone is connected to the network via wifi AC at 866 Mbps. My desktop PC is connected via 10 Gbps ethernet. There is plenty of bandwidth to transfer large video files over WLAN/LAN.

I guess those files must be taking a detour through the cloud instead somehow, hence the limitation. There really should be an easy way to transfer files directly between devices, without going through cloud, when they are on the same network. Unfortunately, one can't run a Samba server on the phone unless it's rooted due to the low port number it uses, and Windows cannot configure an alternate >1024 port for Samba.

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You can drag and drop Files to Copy from Android Phone to Windows 10 PC using the Your Phone app.
Refer this one Drag and Drop Files between Phone and Windows 10 PC in Your Phone app

This used to work for me in the past, both directions that is. Now I can only drag and drop from PC to Phone.
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And for me it no longer works in either direction. Seems the only way is to use the USB-C cable. But that puts wear on the connector, and I would rather avoid it and use it only for charging when required, not for data transfer.

DericStain · Jan 4, 2025

Drag and Drop

Hi Charles,

the steps you suggested didn't work for me but, when pressing the escape key it somehow expanded the drive and by using drag and drop to the single file in the list worked.

In the past I could drag and drop multiple folders onto the drive on the network computer(s). Doing it on individual folders will take far too long and time consuming and is not an option.

Microsoft should be able to identify what is blocking it and issue a fix.

My machine is multi boot so tomorrow I will try with Windows 7.

Many thanks for your help,

Deric

Brink · Jan 4, 2025

Your Phone app now supports File drag and drop in Windows 10

Save yourself an email by seamlessly dragging and dropping files between your Android phone and PC. We are excited to announce that the new File drag and drop feature is available to our Windows Insider Community.

What are the minimum requirements to use File drag and drop?
File drag and drop requires a Samsung device running Link To Windows version 1.5 or higher. Your phone and PC must be connected to the same Wi-Fi network. A cable connection between devices is not required.

What types of files can I drag and drop?
Drag and drop supports the transfer of all file types apart from folders.

You can transfer up to 100 files at a time, of any type. No single file can be larger than 512MB in size.

How do I use File drag and drop?
Whether you're transferring content from your phone to PC, or your PC to phone, you'll first need to open the Your Phone app on your PC and go to Phone screen.
Dragging files from your phone to your PC
Note: You can currently drag from your phone’s Gallery app or from the Samsung My Files app only.

To drag from My Files:

Once you've opened Phone screen in the Your Phone app, use your mouse to navigate to a folder in My Files.

Long press on the file until a checkmark appears, then release. If you'd like to select additional files, you can do so by tapping on them.

Use your mouse to long press again on the file(s) you've selected, and a thumbnail will appear. Drag the files to your desired location on your PC. The cursor will change to indicate when you're able to drop the file(s).

To drag from the Gallery app:

Once you've opened Phone screen in the Your Phone app, use your mouse to navigate to your Albums and select one.

Long press on a photo until a checkmark appears, then release. If you'd like to select additional photos, you can do so by tapping on them.

Use your mouse to long press on the photo(s) you've selected, and a thumbnail will appear. Drag the photo(s) to your desired location on your PC. The cursor will change to say Copy when you are able to drop.

Dragging files from your PC to your phone

Once you've opened Phone screen in the Your Phone app, use your mouse to select the file(s) you'd like to transfer and drag them to the Your Phone app window. The cursor will change to say Copy when you're able to drop.

Release the mouse and your file(s) will start transferring. A progress indicator will show for a few seconds.

When a successful file transfer is made, you can either tap the notification that appears on your Android device, or navigate to your Internal Storage > Download folder to view your files.

If you drag and drop the same file again, a duplicate copy will be transferred to your device.

If you have an app open that supports receiving files, the app will prompt you where to drop the file(s), and where they will be stored.

I’m having problems dragging files from PC to phone
You may see a red circle when attempting to drag files – this indicates a drag operation cannot be started.

This could happen for several reasons, some of which include:

There is already a drag operation taking place. Presently, only one drag operation at any given time is supported.

The item being transferred is not supported. For example, if you’re dragging more than 100 files or if even just one of the items you are dragging is a folder and not a file, the phone will not allow you to initiate a transfer.

Note: Minimizing the Your Phone app during drag and drop will cancel the transfer process and you’ll have to start over.
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Source: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...2-f4e0abb8e557

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