File transfer with USB cable

[realaud]

OK, I don't know which board to put this in, so I'm just going to put this here.  I have been trying to connect my A54 to my Windows 10 computer via USB cable so that I could do a Smart Switch backup of the whole device.  However, I cannot get the phone to do anything but recognize the PC as a charger.  This has never been an issue for me, as when I want to do individual file transfers, I do it via a wi-fi connection with an app that connects my phone to my computer, or I use phone link to transfer photos.  

I even turned on the developer options and made sure the default USB configuration was for file transfer (which I assume will also allow for charging), closed out the setting and rebooted my phone.  This did not help at all, both my laptop and my desktop don't see the phone as a device, the phone immediately lights up the charging animation and Smart Switch on the PC does not see a device attached.  None of my flash drives have enough capacity and my two external hard drives are formatted as NTFS and Smart Switch does not like that.

Sooooo, how can I make my phone recognize that it's attached to a computer, not a charger?

[realaud]

Where is that setting?  I have seen no page like that.

[Robin621k]

You only get this screen when you plug into a computer.

I do have a S24u

[realaud]

All I ever get when I plug in is the charging animatiion and no choice. I had it on when i wnt into developer options, but it changed nothing, so I turned developer back off.

[Robin621k]

Do you have a 54 series?
I can't believe you can't get access to your phone on a computer.

SmartSwitch doesn't see your phone.

Try smart tutor in the members app in the support section.

[realaud]

Yes, I have A54. I'm surprised too, my computers only wan to be chargers. I have no problem at all connecting wirelessly for normal file transfer, which is why this situation has not come up before. And it's only withe the cable connection between phone and computer. I have no trouble accessing Android auto when I plug in in my car. My car being older can't access Android auto via Bluetooth

[Robin621k]

There has to be a setting we are missing somewhere.

This is a basic function on Samsung devices.
Check your security app, maybe a setting in there.

[Robin621k]

That's what it looks like in notifications

[realaud]

I get no notifications for it, only that the phonis sloooow charging.

[Robin621k]

Try going to the desktop. This pc , your phone should be listed there

[realaud]

It wasn't on either computer.