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    Post Google Pixel XL doesn't show up in Windows Device Manager when I connect it via USB

    Ok I think the stupid trick is you have to UNLOCK the phone BEFORE you plug it in. If you plug it in, and then unlock it, it will never give you a notification asking to connect to the PC no matter what you do. As someone used to iphones, at least iphone says "unlock me" when I plug it in and...
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    Thread Google Pixel XL doesn't show up in Windows Device Manager when I connect it via USB

    I just purchased a mint condition Pixel 1 XL on ebay. It arrived with Android 9. I should have plugged it in then to check if USB file transfer mode would work. But I just assumed it would since I've never had a problem with any device in the past: various apple phones, samsung tablet, google...
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