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Author: Michael Butash
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: kde connect and pos phone
Not locked like carrier lock, I mean locked like in sleep, without a pin.
You just need to wake it up, pin unlock the phone, as that tends to lock
storage. I've noticed other things (like airdroid) won't allow connection
if it locks.

-mb

On Sun, Dec 30, 2018 at 6:42 AM Jim <> wrote:

> Do you mean the partitions can't be accessed as long as the phone is
> locked to one carrier? Stephen, I checked remote filesystem browser in
> settings on the desktop, and it's enabled. On the phone kde connect has
> storage permissions and all other permissions I can give it. (contacts,
> phone, sms, and storage)
> On 12/29/18 10:26 PM, Michael Butash wrote:
>
> Make sure your phone is unlocked, android locks the partitions when the
> phone is, same as adb. Also, android is definitely weird about sd-card
> access, you typically have to unlock it specially to request permissions
> separately, I've run into this on numerous devices that access files there,
> and may limit connect.
>
> I don't use kde or dolphin much to use this feature, but I know I *have*
> used it in the past, just don't remember details beyond above.
>
> -mb
>
> On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 10:08 PM Stephen Partington <>
> wrote:
>
>> I would check in the connect settings and then the app permissions. This
>> feels like Android security locking in place.
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 29, 2018, 10:01 PM Jim < wrote:
>>
>>> I recently bought a Motorola Moto e5 cruise phone running android 8.
>>> Kde connect works on it except for the feature that's supposed to allow for
>>> accessing files on the phone from the desktop machine.
>>>
>>> In Dolphin, I click on the phone and see the internal storage and the
>>> micro SD card i added. I also see folders that say Camera pictures
>>> (internal storage) and Camera pictures (SD card)
>>>
>>> I try the camera pictures folder on the internal storage and I get: The
>>> file or folder
>>> /run/user/1000/aa7ea069101eb562/storage/emulated/0/DCIM/Camera does not
>>> exist.
>>>
>>> I try the camera pictures folder on the SD card and I get:
>>>
>>> The file or folder
>>> /run/user/1000/aa7ea069101eb562/storage/30303030-2d30-3030-3000-40b6400040b6/DCIM/Camera
>>> does not exist.
>>>
>>> Trying to open the internal storage folder: The file or folder
>>> /run/user/1000/aa7ea069101eb562/storage/emulated/0 does not exist.
>>>
>>> Trying to open the SD card folder:
>>>
>>> The file or folder
>>> /run/user/1000/aa7ea069101eb562/storage/30303030-2d30-3030-3000-40b6400040b6
>>> does not exist.
>>>
>>> This computer has Kubuntu 18.04 64 bit installed on it. Is this a
>>> problem with android 8? I know android gets to be more of a pain in the ass
>>> to use with each new version. It seems they're trying to make it so secure
>>> that people can't use it.
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