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I have had Phone link working for years with my Samsung Galaxy S22 ultra.
Recently, part of the functionality stopped working, specifically, the "open phone screen" part. I keep getting an error 256.
The phone is on Wifi, connected to a Ubiquiti NanoHD.
The PC is a desktop on 10 Gbps ethernet.
Both are in the same /24 subnet, using DHCP with IP reservations in the router.
The phone says it's connected to the PC. The PC says the phone is connected to it.
I can see the phone's text messages & photos on the PC.
I just can't open the phone screen on my PC, or show any app on my PC's screen.
Locked Question. This question was migrated from the Microsoft Support Community. You can vote on whether it's helpful, but you can't add comments or replies or follow the question.
For anyone wanting more details on what the actual fix was, see the marked answer, and Daniel Zhukovsky's reply to the marked answer, on this duplicate thread:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/windows-linkphone-link-error-code-256/3b856702-7314-4cfb-b2ae-8d2de792d17a?page=2 In short, "This issue has been fixed through Windows Update on 11/27..."
Weeks? Stop with the FUD. It started on the 19th. Not even 7 days and it's fixed.
YES!! FIXED!!
Can confirm, the capability is back. Once permission was granted, everything started to work as expected.
OP here. It's working fine again.
