Bug 509187

Summary: KDE Connect doesn't handle non-english device names well
Product: [Applications] kdeconnect Reporter: aronkvh
Component: android-applicationAssignee: Albert Vaca Cintora <albertvaka>
Status: REPORTED ---    
Severity: minor CC: andrew.g.r.holmes, youssefelboraey02
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 25.08.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Other   
OS: Other   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Attachments: kdeconnect_utf8bug

Description aronkvh 2025-09-06 10:52:59 UTC
Created attachment 184763 [details]
kdeconnect_utf8bug

SUMMARY
You can name your device with accented characters, but when you connect it to an android phone, they get transformed to something other than UTF-8 which makes it unreadable.
For ex. "Kálmán" -> Kálmán

KDE Connect 1.33.4