Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Fokke Nauta Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Can't reach files on my smartphone anymore Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2025 10:31:53 +0100 Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net xLvSUwpASGO0fbyOeB/O7ANE3EU69vhXDzK3tZeqI+FYAg7X3O Cancel-Lock: sha1:ELtfReCCJznRJ6DItKK0ZYmENuM= sha256:vtUz7LhG2ybXG2cjDi66zsyZezm2GQrWjgzXTr1C6BA= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.15.1 Content-Language: nl In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.mobile.android:151710 On 05/12/2025 17:44, croy wrote: > On Fri, 5 Dec 2025 08:33:17 +0100, Fokke Nauta wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I have a Samsung A53 with Android 16. I have a pc with Windows 10 Pro. >> When I connect a cable between the pc and my phone, I could see the >> phone on my pc and open it. I could see all the folders and pictures. >> Easy to download them. >> But my phone got an update. And now it has changed. When I connect the >> cable, I get a message on my phone: Tap the USB notification to use USB >> for transferring files. >> But that's all. Nothing to tap on. And though I can see the phone om ny >> pc, I can't open it. Can't download pictures. >> I also have a SSH server on my phone. I could contact that with a client >> on my pc, and had access to my phone. Now it also doesn't work anymore. >> >> What can I do to access my phone? >> Many thanks in advance for your answers. >> With best regards, >> Fokke Nauta > > I noticed the same on my Samsung Android 16 phone. It used to be that all > I had to do was attach the cable and log into the phone, and I could then > transfer files. But a recent update changed that, and now I have to do > what Mr. Slootweg suggested each time I want to transfer files. I'm > assuming that a security hole was plugged, and if that is correct, I like > it. It had me fumbling for a bit, but now I just do the required steps and > move on. > So I'm not the only one. And I move on this way as well. Fokke