Bug 407837

Summary:	KDE Connect won't synchronise clipboard between PC (Manjaro Stable) and smartphone (Android 8.0)
Product:	[Applications] kdeconnect	Reporter:	krewetki <krewetki>
Component:	android-application	Assignee:	Albert Vaca Cintora <albertvaka>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	chris-hartmann, ddascalescu+kde, joscha.henningsen, sheepdestroyer, sotadic_restage, wowlinux
Priority:	NOR
Version:	1.3.4
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description krewetki 2019-05-22 17:48:31 UTC

SUMMARY

KDE Connect won't synchronise clipboard between PC (Manjaro Stable) and smartphone (Android 8.0)

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. connect android and linux to the same wifi router
2. ensure both devices are connected (i.e. battery optimisation settings in Android for KDE Connect, plus live monitoring if still connected via pinned KDE Panel widget)
3. select and copy a text on one device
4. attempt to paste a text on another device

OBSERVED RESULT
Pasted text is the one that is originally stored in clipboard of the device I'm trying to paste the text into (last copied/cut text), regardless of which of those two devices (same behaviour on PC and on Android).

EXPECTED RESULT
After new content of clipboard was synchronised, pasted text into one device is the one that was copied into clipboard of the other device, 

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: N/A
macOS: N/A
Android version: 8.0 (Huawei ATU-L11  8.0.0.149 (C782)
Android kernel version: 3.18.66-g6a76c56
Linux/KDE Plasma: Manjaro Stable
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.15.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.57.0
Qt Version: 5.12.3
Kernel version: 5.0.15-1-MANJARO

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I made sure that both devices are connected via KDE Connect and monitored this via pinned widget on KDE panel (shows my Android device on the list of available devices).

Normal copy-pasting from PC to smartphone doesn't work - as described above.

However, copy-pasting text on smartphone FIRST (with or without pasting it in PC) makes clipboard synchronise, so an attempt to copy-paste a text between devices made straight after, will copy-paste a text from PC to smartphone.

Comment 1 krewetki 2019-07-01 18:19:21 UTC

bump.
I still experience the problem.

version used in Manjaro: 1.3.4-1
version on Android: 1.12.9

Comment 2 Christian Hartmann 2019-09-23 21:46:20 UTC

Same problem here with openSUSE Tumbleweed (kdeconnect-kde 1.3.5) and Android 9 (1.13.1, Beta-Channel)

Comment 3 wowlinux 2020-02-11 12:57:56 UTC

bump.
Manjaro 18.1 and Android 10 (1.13)

Comment 4 Parker 2020-02-12 02:38:37 UTC

*** Bug 413961 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5 Parker 2020-02-12 02:40:08 UTC

if you have root and magisk installed you can fix that.
see: https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/d0esn4/kdeconnect_clipboard_sharing_not_working_with/f7qkxf3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x

Comment 6 krewetki 2020-02-12 23:10:54 UTC

@ kde.sebacate@simplelogin.co
"if you have root and magisk installed you can fix that. [...]".


I don't have neither rooted phone, nor magisk installed, nor I can program.

Also, I thought the point of reporting bugs is that a piece of software would get repaired for everyone, not just 1 user.

Comment 7 Parker 2020-02-13 02:02:43 UTC

(In reply to krewetki from comment #6)
> @ kde.sebacate@simplelogin.co
> "if you have root and magisk installed you can fix that. [...]".
> 
> 
> I don't have neither rooted phone, nor magisk installed, nor I can program.
> 
> Also, I thought the point of reporting bugs is that a piece of software
> would get repaired for everyone, not just 1 user.

Currently, this is the only way to use the android clipboard for linux on a10. 
Of course it's not something everyone will do or an immediate fix, but it's what you can do now. If you don't think this is ideal, then don't use, don't root, or rather, create a patch yourself to fix it.

Comment 8 Dan Dascalescu 2021-11-17 17:52:09 UTC

I can copy text from the PC to the Android, but not the other way around - bug 445658.