Bug 454041

Summary:	no connect when Device is locked
Product:	[Applications] kdeconnect	Reporter:	kde
Component:	ios-application	Assignee:	Lucas W. <lucas.wang>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	public-apollonian, rishabh9511
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	iOS
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description kde 2022-05-19 12:23:10 UTC

SUMMARY
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No connect when devices is locked
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STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. iOS15.4 + App Version 0.2.1(2)
2. Pair the iOS devices
3. lock one device

No connection until both devices are unlocked


EXPECTED RESULT


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
iOS: 15.4
App Version: 0.2.1(2)

Comment 1 Rishabh gupta 2022-09-03 17:08:27 UTC

Facing the same issue. I am on windows 11 and iOS 15.4.1.  I was able to get it to work just once. To make it work I had to 
1. Close the app on both the devices
2. Re connect to the same network on both the devices

But after some time when my phone got locked(as it happens automatically when it stays idle for sometime), the connection between my phone and laptop was broken. The devices did not reconnect after unlocking. So I followed the steps mentioned above hoping that it would work again but this time the it did not work. 


Laptop - Windows 11
Phone - iOS 15.4.1
App version - 0.2.1(2)

Comment 2 Rishabh gupta 2022-09-24 14:39:08 UTC

Update:

The behavior of the issue is different when auto-lock is disabled. That is on unlocking the phone the connection is re-established automatically. I don't have to follow the above mentioned steps to make it work

Comment 3 Apollo Zhu 2023-01-31 01:59:48 UTC

Hi! Unfortunately KDE Connect iOS currently doesn't work when the app is the background, and I'm glad you've found a workaround. There are some development on supporting background activity though, so this might be possible sometime in the future.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 447195 ***