Bug 357051 - KDE Connect fails to detect my PC and my PC fails to detect my Android 6.0 Phone.
Summary: KDE Connect fails to detect my PC and my PC fails to detect my Android 6.0 Ph...
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: kdeconnect
Classification: Applications
Component: common (show other bugs)
Version: 1.3.3
Platform: Debian stable Linux
: NOR major
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Albert Vaca Cintora
URL:
Keywords: accessibility
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2015-12-22 15:19 UTC by Gopikrishnan R
Modified: 2023-07-07 14:26 UTC (History)
14 users (show)

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Description Gopikrishnan R 2015-12-22 15:19:31 UTC
KDE Connect does not detect my PC which is connected to net via a WiFi Modem (ethernet , ens## type) to which my phone is also connected. The PC also shows "No Paired Devices Available" in the widget. Add devices by IP/Hostname is also not working in the mobile app.
In the PC , there are no options to send a pair request or pair options.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1Open KDE Connect Android App in Phone.
2.Open KDE Connect Settings window.
3.Try Connecting.

Actual Results:  
The Phone and PC won't detect each other.

Expected Results:  
The Phone app shows my PC as an 'available device' and I am able to pair my PC to phone.

The firewall settings should be explained in the KDEConnect Community page (https://community.kde.org/KDEConnect) as well.
Comment 1 Daniel Moyne 2018-05-06 08:20:18 UTC
I can connect my android phone to my computer via usb connexion but my bluetooth connexion fails with this error message:
"No such object path '/modules/kdeconnect/devices/68e1aefb6364842a/sftp'"
Comment 2 Dmitrii 2018-09-13 19:23:34 UTC
Have a same issue.
But i can connect only by wi-fi connection in my office, at home devices won't detect each other.
Comment 3 m.billanitsch 2018-09-22 09:47:20 UTC
I had the same issue. I could fix it by deleting the folder .config/kdeconnect/ and restart.
Comment 4 Sasha 2018-11-12 12:56:30 UTC
Kubuntu 18.10 with last updates, last app version on Android.

Can not pair devices. Both see nothing.

Firtewall on PC disabled.

When trying to connect I can see on PC side that exist short connection to 1716 port by using next command:
sudo netstat -tnp | grep 1716

I can see open ports:
LANG=C netstat -tlnp | grep kdeconnect
(Not all processes could be identified, non-owned process info
 will not be shown, you would have to be root to see it all.)
tcp6 0 0 :::1716 :::* LISTEN 8448/kdeconnectd

May be this is a reason? It listen only IPv6...
How it can be repaired?
Comment 5 sainthyoga2003 2018-11-29 18:55:26 UTC
Same to me, in openSUSE Tumbleweed recently upgraded.

Neither, the android app and the desktop app are able to dectect each other.

Firewall service stopped. I can't figure how to check what happens.
Comment 6 Giuliano 2019-11-10 10:45:13 UTC
Same problem for me.

It was working smoothly till some months ago, then after applying recent updates on pc and android side, they do not recognize and pair each other.

Present versions are 1.3.3-2 on Debian 10.1 + Plasma 5.14.5, and 1.13.2 on android 6.0.1
Comment 7 cor 2020-05-30 18:57:54 UTC
Worked for a time then after an update, it just stopped. No error messages. No way of knowing what the problem may be. Entered IP address and Hostname of PC on my local network, nothing changes. Complete removal and reinstallation do nothing. I question why this even exists outside of beta testing.

AMD Ryzen3 2200g
16GB RAM
7 TB storage
Kubuntu 18.04
Comment 8 Dionysus 2020-11-19 07:46:42 UTC
Same. Worked fine in Kubuntu 19.10, but after update to 20.04 the devices can't detect each other. My mobile devices see each other, but none of them can't detect PC or vice versa.
Comment 9 BenderIRC 2021-04-12 17:26:09 UTC
similar bug: 435668
Comment 10 Kvaks 2022-01-20 21:14:29 UTC
Same here, but killing the kdeconnect process on the computer fixed it immediately.

In the terminal while having the kdeconnect GUI open (showing no devices)
ps aux: -> kvaks      74336  0.0  0.1 360032 50212 ?        Sl   jan.17   0:26 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexec/kdeconnectd

then kill 74336 and my phone (and a few other devices) appeared in the other window within a couple of seconds.
Comment 11 maxlefou 2023-07-07 14:26:31 UTC
Same problem. My PC can't see my phone anymore and my phone can't see my PC. Used to work before. 

Ports are open in firewall, checked that a dozen of times. 
Restarting kdeconnectd doesn't change anything. Nor starting it manually.

What happened?