VS 2019 unable to find my connected phone

Stesvis 1,041 Reputation points
2021-03-30T23:03:02.287+00:00

VS 2019 suddenly stopped connecting to my wired android phone. I was always able to connect my phone with the cable and debug/deploy the android app, but today I can't do it anymore.

When I connect my phone to the charging cable I get the notification, I click on "Transfer files" and I can browse my device folders in Windows Explorer.
But when I go to VS 2019 I don't see it anymore in the dropdown. And it's not in the "Unsupported devices" menu either.

I tried clicking on my build number and of course it says that I am already a developer.

I don't understand why it started doing this as it was working until yesterday.

Any ideas??

NOTES: in VS i have minimum android version API 26 and my phone has android 10.

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  1. Stesvis 1,041 Reputation points
    2021-03-31T04:09:22.603+00:00

    Thanks @JessieZhang-MSFT I tried all the above. Eventually, my USB Debugging option was disabled.
    I am not sure why, maybe because this morning I used my phone as a hot spot, maybe it disabled USB debugging automatically?
    Well, that was it for me...

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  1. JessieZhang-MSFT 7,701 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2021-03-31T02:54:55.89+00:00

    Hello,

    Welcome to our Microsoft Q&A platform!

    You can try to restart your Visual Studio and try again.

    If the problem persist, try to reset the developer Options(diable and enable it).

    Hope it can help you.

    Best Regards,

    Jessie Zhang

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