Some features will work, when others do not work. Difficult to get the same problem to happen.
- Plasma desktop will freeze when an incoming call has happened:
– as a troubleshooting step I have disabled “Telephony Notifications” in the Desktop’s settings for my Pixel Pro 8. (did this as of today, ill comment an update).
Intermittent Problems:
- “Send to Device” works intermittently.
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- Noticed that If I clear the notifications from the kde connect app on my desktop the “Send to Device” will work again.
- Remote Input (cell to desktop).
- Clipboard sync (desktop to cell)
Those are the problems I’ve noticed that are intermittent. I made a separate post about the clipboard problem:
I also made a past post about the “Desktop Freeze when incoming call” problem:
System Details:
PC:
Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20250226
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.1
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.11.0
Qt Version: 6.8.2
Kernel Version: 6.13.4-1-default (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 12 × 13th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1355U
Memory: 15.3 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics
Manufacturer: HP
Product Name: HP Envy x360 2-in-1 Laptop 14-es0xxx
System Version: Type1ProductConfigId
I’m on Opensuse Tumbleweed. kde connect is v 24.12.2-1.1
KDE Connect on PC:
txtechnician@txtechnician-hp-suse:~> zypper info kdeconnect-kde
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Information for package kdeconnect-kde:
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Repository : Main Repository (OSS)
Name : kdeconnect-kde
Version : 24.12.3-1.2
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : openSUSE
Installed Size : 5.3 MiB
Installed : Yes
Status : out-of-date (version 24.12.2-1.1 installed)
Source package : kdeconnect-kde-24.12.3-1.2.src
Upstream URL : https://apps.kde.org/kdeconnect
Summary : Integration of Android with Linux desktops
Description :
A package for integration of Android with Linux desktops.
Current feature list:
- Clipboard share: copy from or to your desktop
- Notifications sync (4.3+): Read your Android notifications
- Multimedia remote control: Use your phone as a remote control
- WiFi connection: no USB wire or Bluetooth needed
- RSA Encryption: your information is safe
Please note you will need to install KDE Connect on Android for this app to work:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp or
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.kde.kdeconnect_tp/
txtechnician@txtechnician-hp-suse:~>
Android Phone & KDE connect app:
Pixel Pro 8
Andoid 15
KDE Connect App: Google Play Store > v 1.33.1
Connection:
Connected via the same wifi network at my home.
Workaround:
If I kill the kdeconnectd service on my desktop. And reopen the app, I am able to get it to work properly again. But it will eventually bug out again.
NOTE:
The desktop freezing on answering a call thing has been a problem for a while. On two different PC’s both running SUSE TW. It’s just never been a big enough problem to worry about. Till now.