Bug 509187 - KDE Connect doesn't handle non-english device names well
Summary: KDE Connect doesn't handle non-english device names well
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: kdeconnect
Classification: Applications
Component: android-application (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 25.08.0
Platform: Other Other
: NOR minor
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Albert Vaca Cintora
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Reported: 2025-09-06 10:52 UTC by aronkvh
Modified: 2025-12-03 19:07 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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2025-09-06 10:52 UTC, aronkvh 		Details
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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