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 10:32:43 +0100 Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net 1o8ZD0sCQxxawhKKjj6QkgQCaQXqxEeZ/VeY+WAVycuH8PA1W7 Cancel-Lock: sha1:QTiXr2uuqB2z2ewGxshdcUVB9HI= sha256:W9C4lZemX88O84ojHms1TqnXSMnlXnE1BFpM29vGqmc= 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:151711 On 05/12/2025 20:42, Stan Brown 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 don't have a solution, but the LocalSend app may be a viable > workaround for you, as it is or me. Navigate to the file you want to > transfer to your PC, then long-press and select Share. If you have > LocalSend running, it will be one of the share options. Of course you > need to have the Windows version running at the same time too. > > https://localsend.org/ > I tried LocalSend but it didn't work for me. Fokke