Being able to connect to mobile devices from a desktop and/or laptop PC is a common requirement these days: we need to do that not only to download our photos and videos, yet also to manage our Address Book, SMS messages, messaging apps such as Whatsapp and Telegram, and so on. For that very reason, most - if not all - mobile device brands offer their own software to enable some kind of "sync" between a desktop operating system (such as Windows 10 or macOS) and the mobile device itself.

Unfortunately, most of these software requires the presence of a physical, cabled connection between the two devices using the USB standard. This is often a nuisance, since that USB-based link is often subject to connectivity and/or availability issues depending on various things: desktop OS version & drivers, mobile OS version & drivers, OS-level locks on the two filesystems, and so on... Not to mention the fact that you might break your mobile device USB port, thus requiring an expensive effort from an Android system repair company.

Most of these issues can be fixed using Your Phone, a great desktop app shipped with most Windows 10 editions (and freely available on the Microsoft Marketplace in case you don't have it installed) that allows to connect a desktop PC and a mobile Android or Samsung device using the LAN, i.e. without requiring a USB cable. In this post we'll briefly introduce this neat free alternative that will hopefully save you a lot of headaches when trying to access your device's files, content and apps. Read more of this post