Bug 473743

Summary:	KDE Connect uses wrong threshold for low battery
Product:	[Applications] kdeconnect	Reporter:	gudvinr+kde
Component:	common	Assignee:	Albert Vaca Cintora <albertvaka>
Status:	REOPENED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	andrew.g.r.holmes, aristsakas
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	23.08.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description gudvinr+kde 2023-08-25 08:48:00 UTC

SUMMARY

At 23% KDE Connect widget shows battery level as red (low battery), while phone itself doesn't consider it as low and Battery saver mode only turns on at 20%

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Discharge phone
2. Stare at KDE Connect applet

OBSERVED RESULT
Low battery indication

EXPECTED RESULT
Low battery indication should be consistent with what phone itself consider "low battery"

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.7
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.109.0
Qt Version: 5.15.10
Kernel Version: 6.1.46-1-lts (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Android: 13
KDE Connect: 1.27.1

Comment 1 aristsakas 2026-01-07 11:02:58 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 434291 ***

Comment 2 gudvinr+kde 2026-01-07 13:21:58 UTC

@aristsakas You're wrong about that. BUG 434291 is likely caused by rounding and results in "off by 1" error.

This issue is completely different. It's about KDE Connect treating likely hardcoded value of 25% as "low battery" indicator instead of actually getting threshold from phone itself. In my case low battery threshold is 20% and not 25.