Bug 504867 - KDE Connect for Android unable edit the device name with white-spaces
Summary: KDE Connect for Android unable edit the device name with white-spaces
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: kdeconnect
Classification: Applications
Component: android-application (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: unspecified
Platform: Android Android 14.x
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Albert Vaca Cintora
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Reported: 2025-05-27 14:32 UTC by Jason Kwok
Modified: 2025-07-14 19:18 UTC (History)
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Description Jason Kwok 2025-05-27 14:32:38 UTC 
SUMMARY

In the older versions of KDE Connect for Android, you're able to edit the device name with white-spaces, now I can't.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

1. Navigate to Settings 
2. Click "Device Name"
3. Type spaces to it, like "Jason Awesome Phone"

OBSERVED RESULT

Spaces was missing, i.e. "JasonAwesomePhone"

EXPECTED RESULT

The device name was set as expected, i.e. "Jason Awesome Phone"

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Android Version: 15
KDE Connect Version: 1.33.4

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Levente Pál Szíjártó 2025-07-02 07:43:32 UTC 
I am having a similar issue, though different behaviour (on the same app version).

My default device name already had a white-space in it (‘Pixel 4a’), which, when left untouched, gets saved correctly. However, I am unable to enter any additional spaces into the text field: pressing the Space key or pasting a white-space character does nothing.

Device: Google Pixel 4a
Android version: 14 (PixelBuilds custom ROM)
KDE Connect version: 1.33.4
Keyboard: Gboard 15.5.8.766552071-beta-arm64-v8a
Comment 2 Mohammed Aquib Azad 2025-07-14 19:18:18 UTC 
I tried this, but I am not able to reproduce this on my debug build. I am able to change the name in Pixel 7 Pro with white spaces, but on my Samsung with device name SM-**** it does not allow for white space characters. Once I am able to reproduce this I should be able to fix it.