Windows 10: Phone not showing in Explorer

Hello there, this is one of those “but it worked yesterday” things.


I usually connect my phone, a Meizu M6 Note, via USB. In Explorer, it used to show the phone’s brand name, but for the last six to nine months, it’s just been called ‘MTP USB Device’. Not a big deal, I could still get my photos off.


Today, it ceased showing up.


There are no yellow triangles in the Device Manager. In fact, everything there looks normal. Under Portable Devices, the phone is there, and the driver is up to date. I cannot see any errors under the USB controllers.


The phone itself charges, just as it always does, which means power from the computer or in this case, my monitor is still going to it.


I’ve switched both devices on and off, cleared the caches on my phone, unmounted and remounted the SD card on my phone, unplugged and replugged it makes the usual “device connected” sound, but Explorer just refuses to show it.


Any thoughts, please?

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