Windows 10: Why does my Android Phone Link app keep telling me "Devices are connected" even when I'm...

Stephen_C · May 22, 2024

Why does my Android Phone Linkapp notification keep telling me "Devices are connected" even when I'm away from my computer?It will keep toggling connected and disconnected when I am nowhere near the "connected" computer and not connected to any Wifi network."Sync over mobile data" is switched off, and the same thing happens whether app is running in background or not.

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itm · May 22, 2024

"Your Phone" won't connect to phone after motherboard replacement

I've had the Your Phone app running for the last few months on my Windows 10 Pro PC, connecting to my LG V20 phone (Android v8). Last week my motherboard failed, so I replaced it and restored my Windows setup to a new SSD while I was at it.
Now the Your Phone app won't connect to my phone - it says: "We can't connect to your phone. Make sure that your PC and phone are connected to the internet".
The name of my phone (V20) is still displayed in the top left corner of the app Window. Both PC and phone are connected to the internet (via the same router). I have tried:
- Uninstalling and re-installing the Android app (and re-adding the necessary app permissions)
- Resetting the Your Phone PC app
The Android app says "Check your PC", and tells me to select "Send notification", but that option isn't available anywhere in the PC app that I can see.
Can anyone advise on how I can get re-connected to my phone?

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...one step forward...one step back...after another re-installation of the Android app I was able to get as far as sending a notification from the PC app, and selected "Allow" when the notification came up on the phone. Now the phone says "Your phone and PC are linked", but the PC app still says "We can't connect to your phone"
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Try3 · May 22, 2024

Phone Link on Android

Do you or have you ever used Link to Windows - Phone Link on an Android Phone.
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No. I link my phone to my computer with MyPhoneExplorer and have done so for a decade with different computers & different phones. MyPhoneExplorer links Windows computers and Android phones reliably - TenForums Best of luck, Denis

Brink · May 22, 2024

Your Phone app soon can run multiple android apps simultaneously on PC

A few months ago, we introduced Your Phone - Apps feature allowing you to launch and pin apps on your PC. The ability to launch multiple apps simultaneously is now gradually rolling out to selected Samsung devices (details below) and only to the Windows Insider Community on a PC that is configured to be in the Dev, Beta, or Release Preview Channels. This is an early preview so you may still find a few issues, but we would love to hear your feedback.

Please verify that you have all the updates below and keep in mind that this is gradually rolling out so even if you have all below it may take a few days for you to get it enabled:

Your Phone app on your PC version 1.20102.132.0 or higher - from Microsoft Store

Your Phone companion app – Link to Windows on your Samsung device version 1.20102.133.0 or higher – from Google Play store

Link to Windows Service version 2.1.05.2 or newer – Get it from Galaxy store only available using this link here on your mobile device

For more information on updating your apps see https://aka.ms/FAQYourPhone

Multi-apps feature requirements and recommendations:

Multi-app experience requires Windows 10 May 2020 Update or later. However, we always recommend updating to the latest version of Windows 10. To check and update our version of Windows, on your PC go to Settings > Updates & Security > Check for update.

Only available on select Samsung devices (see list below)

Your Android device and PC need to be connected to the same Wi-Fi network.

What Android devices are supported?

This feature is currently available on the following Samsung devices running Android 10 that have Link to Windows integration:

Samsung Galaxy Note20 5 G

Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra 5G

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2 5G

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5G

And on the following Samsung devices with Link to Windows integration and enrolled in the Samsung OneUI 3.0 Beta program, running Android 11:

Samsung Galaxy S20 5G

Samsung Galaxy S20+ 5G

Samsung S20 Ultra 5G

How to join Link to Windows - Beta program?

On your Android device copy this link into a browser

The link will ask you to open Galaxy Store > click Participate

Log in with your Samsung account

Select Update

Limitations:

Some apps might block the ability to cast to another screen, so you may see it as a black screen.

Some games and apps might not respond to interactions from a mouse or keyboard connected to your PC. You'll need to use a touch-enabled PC to interact with them.

When you open an Android app via Your Phone, you view and interact with the app on your PC, but any audio coming from the app will play from your Android device. The sound isn’t transmitted to your PC.

Your smartphone must be on and unlocked to use the Apps feature. You can unlock the device from PC after launching an app if needed.

Phone and PC must be on the same Wi-Fi network.

Apps that are installed under work profile or secondary profiles will not be shown in the Your Phone App list. If you wish to interact with those apps, you can open them via the Phone screen functionality.

Known Issues:

When using the Android Gmail app on PC to reply to an existing thread, the reply will not contain any fields including recipient’s email, subject or previous thread if included. This issue is fixed for users running Android 11.

If you update to 20H1 after receiving the app update, launching an app pinned from Start/taskbar may not work. A clean install of 20H1 or newer will not have this issue.

Narrator might not work properly for specific apps like Bixby, Camera, AR Zone.

Some of the messages may still show in English only

If you don’t have the latest update to the Link to Windows service. Clicking on a notification via toast or in the notifications feed won’t launch the app if no other apps are running via the Your Phone app. You can work around this by opening the app from the app list first or having any other app open before clicking on the notification. This issue is fixed in the latest Link To Windows service (2.1.05.1 or newer) available via the Galaxy Store Beta program.

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