My Your Phone app stopped working 2 weeks ago and nothing I do will make it work again, all the troubleshooting tips failed. I even uninstalled it with PowerShell, didn't fix it. Fails to connect to my phone, the notification to Allow never arrives.

BrianInEngland said:

My Your Phone app stopped working 2 weeks ago and nothing I do will make it work again, all the troubleshooting tips failed. I even uninstalled it with PowerShell, didn't fix it. Fails to connect to my phone, the notification to Allow never arrives.

The Your Phone Companion app on your smartphone needs to have notifications enabled
To check if that isn't the source of the problem, open the Your Phone Companion app on your PC,
Click its Settings panel, - and then check that the switch next to Notifications is enabled.

You also need to check if notifications aren’t blocked on your mobile
To do that, go Settings on your mobile, and then tap on Your Phone Companion
— if notifications are disabled, enable them.

xsteveuk said:

The Your Phone Companion app on your smartphone needs to have notifications enabled
To check if that isn't the source of the problem, open the Your Phone Companion app on your PC,
Click its Settings panel, - and then check that the switch next to Notifications is enabled.

You also need to check if notifications aren’t blocked on your mobile
To do that, go Settings on your mobile, and then tap on Your Phone Companion
— if notifications are disabled, enable them.

All that is done, nothing will work. I get this error on PC when I try linking

Failure to write an application setting for package Microsoft.YourPhone_8wekyb3d8bbwe. Error Code: -2147023878

BrianInEngland said:

All that is done, nothing will work. I get this error on PC when I try linking

Failure to write an application setting for package Microsoft.YourPhone_8wekyb3d8bbwe. Error Code: -2147023878

That sounds like it may have been a corrupted download error - Try running a system file check sfc /scannow
to check for errors and see if can repair them -

Then when done - Try going SETTINGS - APPS - YOUR PHONE - ADVANCE OPTIONS - REPAIR
and see if fixes the error :)

xsteveuk said:

That sounds like it may have been a corrupted download error - Try running a system file check sfc /scannow
to check for errors and see if can repair them -

Then when done - Try going SETTINGS - APPS - YOUR PHONE - ADVANCE OPTIONS - REPAIR
and see if fixes the error :)

No errors found in SFC, repair didn't fix it either.

BrianInEngland said:

No errors found in SFC, repair didn't fix it either.

Does clicking on RESET still give the same error

xsteveuk said:

Does clicking on RESET still give the same error

yep

Try - restart your phone. Once the phone has loaded - On your PC, close and reopen the Your Phone app.