On Sat, 2013-12-14 at 18:05 +1100, Chris Samuel wrote:
On Sat, 14 Dec 2013 05:11:59 PM Andrew Greig wrote:
I thought I would take kdeconnect-kde for a spin, I used the OpenSUSE13.1 version and installed the Android App on my Samsung Galaxy s2. My phone is connected to the WiFi network but the desktop can't see it and vice versa. Has anyone else used this, yet, and do I need to register my phone name in my desktop hosts file for this to work?
Wow, I had no idea about this project!
Installed the KDE package (version 0.4.1) under Kubuntu 13.10 and the Android app (0.4.2) on my Galaxy Nexus (Android 4.3) and they discovered each other and I've been able to pair them.
Now I can pick a photo from my device and share it and it ends up on my desktop, if I get an SMS I get a notification.
One thing that doesn't work (not surprisingly) is that as this is a desktop I cannot see my phone battery status as the KDE battery monitor detects no battery in my desktop and so doesn't attempt to display battery status at all.
One caveat I noticed is that one of the permissions it needs on the device is wireless multicast and so Android warns that can affect your battery usage.
cheers, Chris
Hi Chris, One of the reasons for the app was to enhance productivity by removing the "check my mobile, get some work done, check my mobile, maybe get some more work done, check my mobile, oh what the hell, I'll see if I can get to the next level in Angry Birds" routine. Now if you phone is safely ou of the way on charge, who cares about multicast. On the subject of multicast, since my Desktop is not wifi enabled, is that what is hampering the connection? I will try it on my Notebook, and see. Cheers Andrew