Phone Link won't generate a QR code or PIN

Anonymous
2022-08-05T03:00:42+00:00

I have Windows 11, and I'm trying to set up Phone Link between my PC and my Android. However, during setup I'm asked from the Phone Link app to generate a QR Code to scan on my phone or a PIN to enter manually, but neither ever appears.

Eventually, it gives me a "no network detected" error with "try again" as my only option, but my network is just fine - it has no problem loading the "Troubleshooting the Phone Link app" website, Windows reports no network problems, and all other apps using the network have no problems.

I have repaired and reset the Phone Link app from Windows 11 settings, but nothing changes.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Connect Phone and PC

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-06-23T01:42:56+00:00

    I had the same problem, I uninstalled Kaspersky anti-virus and was able to link to the phone app with no problem.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-04-24T08:24:35+00:00

    Phone link died for me today, phone said it was connected, windows PC says it wasn't. After much messing around I reset everything, wiped cache & data on the (Android) phone and started again - I left it generating a QRC and after three minutes one popped up and it all connected again.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-04-23T20:54:25+00:00

    Tried several things, turned off my firewall, changed my DNS to cloudflare (1.1.1.1), disabled my piehole, ran as administrator... but all failed. I realized my VPN was still on. Turned it off and then it worked fine.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-03-05T04:45:55+00:00

    I unpaired my phone which was already in the PC app and then restarted the Phone Link

    app on my PC and reconnected the phone. It linked up like a charm

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-02-01T13:42:30+00:00

    resetting the app as described above worked for me too !

    thanks

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