Connect Your Android Phone To Windows 10

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The Windows 10 Anniversary Update introduces a new Connect app which lets users cast their Android or Windows 10 Mobile’s screen to their Windows 10 PC. If you own an Android device, you will be able to cast your screen to your Windows 10 PC running the Anniversary Update very easily. If Windows 10 cannot recognize your Android phone as MTP device, you will not be able to transfer files between PC and the device conveniently, and Android data recovery app cannot recognize the device for recovery, either. The causes of this problem may vary according to different situations, but following solutions should fix most cases. No matter why you use Windows 10, sometimes you may have the need to transfer or manage your phone data on your PC. Recently some Windows 10 users have reported one problem- their Android devices can not be detected by Windows 10. I had recently upgraded my laptop from Windows 8.1 to 10.

“I had recently upgraded my laptop from Windows 8.1 to 10. Since the upgrade, I am unable to connect my Android devices as MTP (or Portable Media Player) devices on Windows.”

Many people are enjoying the newly upgraded Windows 10. However, some of them find that Windows 10 doesn’t recognize their Android device. This is a pretty common issue after new Windows operating systems installed, but still an annoying problem for most users. If Windows 10 cannot recognize your Android phone as MTP device, you will not be able to transfer files between PC and the device conveniently, and Android data recovery app cannot recognize the device for recovery, either. The causes of this problem may vary according to different situations, but following solutions should fix most cases.

Quick Check for Android Phone Not Recognized on Windows 10 Problem

Following factors should be excluded first in order to find out the real cause and solution.

  1. Use original USB cable and make sure the cable and port are intact.
  2. Connect device to PC directly instead of via USB hub if possible.
  3. Enable USB debugging might help with this problem.
  4. Try it on another computer to make sure it is not the computer’s problem.

If the above factors can be excluded, please try solutions below.

1. Reboot Windows 10

Many computer issues can be easily solved by restarting the computer. This process will end all running programs so that any conflicts that may cause the problem will be closed. Then you can connect your device to computer again. This trick usually works when your Windows 10 doesn’t recognize your Android phone occasionally. You can reboot Windows 10 by going to Start button > Power > Restart.

2. Install Proper Driver to Get Android Device Recognized on Windows 10

When you connect your device to your computer, Windows 10 will automatically install a driver for it (if there is not), so the OS can recognize the device and make it work properly. But sometimes it may fail to install the driver. In this case, you have to install the driver manually to get the device recognized as MTP device on Windows 10.

Step1. Connect your device to computer. Tap “OK” on device screen if asked to allow computer to access your device.
Step2. Press Windows key + X, and choose Device Manager from the list.
Step3. Find your Android device from Device Manager. It is usually under Other Devices category with a yellow exclamation mark next to it.

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Step4. Right-click on your device and choose Update Driver Software…
Step5. Choose Browse my computer for driver software.
Step6. Choose Let me pick a list of device drivers on my computer.
Step7. Select MTP USB Device and click Next.

After the driver is installed, your Android device should be recognized.

If the driver cannot be installed, you can also visit your Android device manufacturer website to download the driver. Here is a collection of major Android OEM USB driver download addresses.

3. Install Media Feature Pack for N and KN versions of Windows 10

In order to transfer files between your computer and your Android device, you need to use MTP protocol. MTP protocol is related to Windows Media Player, and some versions of Windows 10 don’t have Windows Media Player, say N and KN versions. Hence, they don’t support for related technologies such as MTP protocol. In this case, if you want your Windows 10 to load Android as MTP device, please download and install Media Feature Pack for N and KN version of Windows 10 from here.

4. Load Android as MTP on Windows 10

If your Windows 10 can recognize your phone but only charging, you should configure USB connection as MTP mode. On most Android devices, there should appear a notification on the notification bar whenever the device is connected to computer via USB cable. The notification allows users to connect the device as Media device (MTP), USB flash drive or Charging only.

However, sometimes there is just no such a notification. It might be a setting error, and you might have set the connection mode as Charge only and ticked “Don’t remind me again”. To fix this error, you can go to Settings > Storage > More (Menu) icon > USB computer connection and choose Media device (MTP).
Nevertheless, you might not be able to find “USB computer connection” on some latest Android phones. In this case, you can try clearing Settings data from App Manager and connect the devices again.

If the solutions above can’t solve your problem, please describe it on the comment.

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Last Updated : Wide Angle Software

Introduction

As well as connecting your Android device to Droid Transfer over your local WiFi network, you can also connect your Android device to your computer using a USB cable.

To do this - you need to change some of the settings on your Android device so that Droid Transfer and Transfer Companion (running on your Android device) can communicate. This support article shows you how...

Enabling Developer Options on your Android Device.

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You need to change some settings on your Android device so that 'Developer Mode' is enabled.

  1. Open your device settings and choose 'About phone', 'About device' or just 'About'.
  2. Look for the entry 'Build Number', or 'Build Version'. This entry may be under a further sub-menu called 'Software Information' or 'Software Info' on some devices.
  3. Tap the 'Build Number' entry five or six times. (No, really!)
    Your device will show you how many taps are required to enable Developer Mode. When done your device will have Developer Mode enabled.
  4. Go back to your main Settings menu - scroll down to the bottom, you should see a new entry called 'Developer Options'.

Congratulations! You're now a developer! ;)

Enable USB Debugging.

Just a couple more settings to change...

  1. Tap to open 'Developer Options'
  2. Make sure 'Developer Options' is set to ON.
  3. Scroll down to 'USB Debugging' and make sure that is enabled also. If it isn't, slide the toggle switch to the right to enable it.
  4. Depending on your Android device - a window may pop up on your phone asking you to verify that you want to enable USB Debugging. Click OK or Apply to allow USB Debugging to become enabled.

Download Transfer Companion to your Android Device.

Download Transfer Companion to your Android device from the Google Play Store. You need to be running at least version 1.58 of Transfer Companion - so check for updates if you have previously downloaded Transfer Companion to your Android device.

Download Droid Transfer to your PC.

On your Windows PC, go to this address to download Droid Transfer...


Connect Your Android Phone To Windows 10 Screen

Run Droid Transfer on your PC

Run Droid Transfer on your PC and when you see the connect screen:

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Connect your Android device to your PC with a USB cable. Depending on your device, your phone may request permission for it to communicate with your PC.

Click OK or Allow on any prompts showing on your Android Device.

When Droid Transfer detects your device, it will launch Transfer Companion on your Android device and begin to load your phones data through the USB cable.

Connection should now made between Droid Transfer and Transfer Companion and you can start managing and copying your Android Phone content using Droid Transfer on your PC.

If you're having troubles, check out our USB connection troubleshooting tips which will help you resolve any issues.

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