kde connect and andoid phone connection

[rodgoslin]

I'm hoping that kde connect will enable me to easily move, copy or share files on my android phone and mymageis 9 equipped PC. However,, so far I'm out of luck.
The kde connect app is installed on the phone, without problems, and KDE connect is installed on the PC, similarly with no apparent problems. Both are on the same network, and I can ping the phone from the PC
With both applications nrunning, on the phone screen it states "Other devices running KDE Connec tin your same network should appear here" under that "Available devices. Under that "No devices"
On the PC, a panel with two areas. To the left, grey. To the right, white. Above the grey panel a print indicating the PC's IP address, above the right . the word "pair" At the top of the grey panel , a summation mark (+) , and find devices... On tthe white panel, nothing.
At the bottom of the grey panel a symbolic spanner and the word "Settings" clicking on this opens a new tab, completley blank.

I'm stuck at this point. Any ideas, anyone

Cheers, Rod Goslin

[doktor5000]

Have a look at https://wiki.mageia.org/en/File_transfe ... _.26_Setup

[rodgoslin]

I'm afraid that that link failed to solve the problem. This appears that neither mageia nor android seem to be able to 'see' each other. The information in the link seems to assume that communication has alredy been established, which it has not.
On further thought, it appears to me that the problem lies in the fact that the Android device, as befits a mobile device uses WiFi, whereas, the PC is ethernet connected. When I first looked into KDE connect, when installing Mageia 9, I'd come to the conlusion that KDE Connect worked through ethernet WiFi and Bluetooth.
In the present setup Android cannot see a device, because the PC is using ethernet WiFi, to me is a far from reliable and I shall not be moving from ethernet connection anytime soon. My house is extensively fitted with wifi devices, smart switches, smart plugs Alexa, robo vacs, tablets, mobile phones, and it's a very. very rare day when they are all working together. Added to this, WiFi devices, do seem to have an extremely short service life, beforte dying.
So, unless someone can suggest a solution, I shall have to discard KDE Connect and go back to labyrinthhine data transfer methods.

[doktor5000]

The information in the link seems to assume that communication has alredy been established, which it has not.

No, it explains how to pair devices and also hints at firewall. Also so far you didn't post any relevant details yet, what IP adresses the devices have and if you have paired them yet or not and the results of pairing.

Also both devices have to be on the same network, it does not matter if one is connected via wifi and one is wired, as long as they can connect to each other.
There are some more hints in userbase wiki: https://userbase.kde.org/KDEConnect/en# ... each_other

Can you use netcat or telnet to reach your phone ?

[rodgoslin]

As I pointed out, all devices are on the same network. In order to pair, there has to be a number of devices found, to pair with. As I said, there are no devices found, for either of the desired devices. With konsole setup as root, the netcat command returns "command not found". telnet also returns command not found. Which was a bit of a surprise

[doktor5000]

That still does not provide any helpful insight at all.

Did you check the firewall rules as pointed out?
Can you at least ping the IP of the phone?
Did you install netcat or telnet and try again, with what result?

[jiml8]

Open ports 1714-1764 for both tcp and udp.

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/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -d $DADSBOX -p tcp --dport 1714:1764 -j ACCEPT
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -d $DADSBOX -p udp --dport 1714:1764 -j ACCEPT


[morgano]

I have had no problem at all getting KDEconnect to work here.

In MCC > Security > Personal firewall there is a checkbox "KDEConnect" to tick.
As easy as that.
And being on same network and waiting a couple minutes for them to find each other.