Bug 377941

Summary:	Would like to rename devices
Product:	[Applications] kdeconnect	Reporter:	Alan Dacey Sr. <GrokIt>
Component:	common	Assignee:	Albert Vaca Cintora <albertvaka>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	aleixpol
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	1.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Kubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	How can I tap on my computer?

Description Alan Dacey Sr. 2017-03-22 17:08:58 UTC

Using Kdeconnect, 1.0.3-0ubuntu1~ubuntu16.10~ppa1
Would like the ability to rename devices. Currently my phone shows up as "Samsung SM-N910T3" which really doesn't mean anything to me. It's also not obvious which phone is which when there are multiple phones in the household.
I would like to be able to rename them to something like "My phone" and "My wife's phone"

Comment 1 Albert Vaca Cintora 2017-03-27 17:28:23 UTC

It is already possible to rename devices: just tap on the device name on the left drawer menu.

Comment 2 Alan Dacey Sr. 2017-03-27 17:58:09 UTC

Created attachment 104764 [details]
How can I tap on my computer?

Comment 3 Albert Vaca Cintora 2017-03-27 18:23:17 UTC

From the phone you can rename the phone, by clicking on the name.

From the computer you can rename the computer by clicking the small button next to the name.

Comment 4 Alan Dacey Sr. 2017-03-27 22:44:19 UTC

Ah, I see now. I renamed the device on my phone and after a reboot the new name showed on my computer.
I was looking for a way to rename the phone device from my computer. I found how to rename the computer from the computer.

This isn't in the documentation, at least I don't see it. IMHO this needs fixing. How do I get involved with the KDE documentation team?

Thanks for your help by the way, Albert!

Comment 5 Albert Vaca Cintora 2017-03-28 08:28:28 UTC

Where do you think that could be documented? As of now we don't have any documentation for the Android app :/

Comment 6 Aleix Pol 2017-03-28 11:02:43 UTC

(In reply to Alan Dacey Sr. from comment #4)
> Ah, I see now. I renamed the device on my phone and after a reboot the new
> name showed on my computer.
> I was looking for a way to rename the phone device from my computer. I found
> how to rename the computer from the computer.
> 
> This isn't in the documentation, at least I don't see it. IMHO this needs
> fixing. How do I get involved with the KDE documentation team?
> 
> Thanks for your help by the way, Albert!

Maybe we can start a new wiki page here?
https://userbase.kde.org/KDEConnect

Olivier CHURLAUD <olivier@churlaud.com> is running the wiki
KDE i18n-doc <kde-i18n-doc@kde.org> is the KDE-wide list for documentation.