Actually, the button "unlock wallets" has reappeared, under which "password is required" appears. So, when I unlock, they ask for the passphrase. I then copy it from my laptop and paste it into my phone. It then says it is the wrong pass phrase. Scanning the qr code also fails. What I plan to do now is reset the wallet on my laptop, then attempt to create a fresh nwc send link on my phone, and then try to link my laptop with the passphrase. I use SN more on the phone than the laptop.

Never mind. The pass phrase now works, and everything seems good to go. !!!!! Yep, I'm zapping away.

At this point, if not too inconvenient, you could also try to clear your browser storage to remove the key that is trying to decrypt your wallets.

You should then definitely get the button to enter your passphrase.