Bug 470165

Summary:	Runs in background on Pixel watch with no notification, increases battery use
Product:	[Applications] kdeconnect	Reporter:	sgosnell
Component:	android-application	Assignee:	Albert Vaca Cintora <albertvaka>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	andrew.g.r.holmes, sgosnell, timothy1111
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Android
OS:	Android 13.x
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description sgosnell 2023-05-23 14:36:13 UTC

SUMMARY
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Google Pixel 7 Pro phone running Android 13 plus Pixel watch running WearOS 3.5. Watch battery life suddenly decreased by a large amount. Unable to find any cause for a few days, but accidentally got to a page on the watch which showed audio playing from Firefox, although no audio was heard. Unable to stop it. Restarted watch and phone with no change. Eventually suspected kdeconnect, killed that on the phone and the background process stopped. Nothing on the phone showed the connection. Unpaired the phone from kdeconnect and watch battery life returned to normal. Kdeconnect somehow connected to the watch sending a website which was no longer in use on Firefox, and continued until stopped on the phone.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. I'm not sure it's reproducible.
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OBSERVED RESULT
Kdeconnect sent a connection to phone in background without user knowingly connecting. Unable to stop the stream on watch

EXPECTED RESULT
At worst, ability to stop the stream from the watch. Tapping on the play/pause icon had no effect. Connection should be obvious to user, not hidden.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 12
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.103.0
Qt Version: 5.15.8
Kernel Version: 6.1.0-9-amd64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Asked to file a bug by supposed KDE developer on reddit.

Comment 1 felix 2023-12-03 17:38:41 UTC

Having the same issue. There should be a button in the app to stop kdeconnect completely and permanently. Stopping it in the Apps settings just restarts it.