Phone link error 256 with S22 Ultra

Anonymous
2024-11-20T07:36:00+00:00

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.

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Connect Phone and PC

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-11-22T17:49:29+00:00

    Did not work for me.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-11-22T13:10:11+00:00

    Saw an update for Phone Link 1.24102.96.0 this morning and was hopeful it was a solution. Nope. Problem persists.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-11-22T12:45:21+00:00

    My issue is with S23 Ultra and it only concerns the virtual camera connection.

    The rest of phone link works fine but when I connect to the virtual camera it cuts off after 1-3 seconds if it connects at all.

    I am using a mesh network but I don't have any signal issues and the fact it connects initially leads me to think that connection settings are correct.

    It used to work quite smoothly but this has been happening for around 3 months so no idea what changed.

    I have tried all of the troubleshooting several times and keep getting the same behaviour.

    I am hoping that a future update fixes it but at this point I am giving up - windows tech support call was less than useless and took over an hour just to go through things I have tried before and assured them have no effect.

    Until then I will have to use my laptop for meetings (this problem is also present on the laptop)

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-11-22T00:39:11+00:00

    I went down that road earlier today. Using this site, Older versions of Phone Link (Windows) | Uptodown, I downgraded the Phone Link app from the most recent version to Oct 8, 1.24092.68.0 version, one version at a time with no change in behaviour. I uninstalled KB5046617 with no change in behaviour. I contacted MS Support on X and after asking me a dozen questions told me to contact 1:1 support via their site. It's Ignite week and I doubt anyone cares about the Phone app at this time... Unless it's getting AI...

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-11-21T23:56:48+00:00

    i guess our only option in the meantime is to rollback the windows update? I tried contacting microsoft and windows on social media about it but no response.

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