https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=456140
Bug ID: 456140
Summary: KDE Connect contacts sync only partially working
Product: kdeconnect
Version: 22.04.2
Platform: Manjaro
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: common
Assignee: albertv...@gmail.com
Reporter: contact...@protonmail.com
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
KDE Connect allows to 'sync' mobile phone contacts (Android in my case) with
the desktop.
However, with my tests it showed that it's not syncing back from the plasma
desktop to the mobile phone when there were changes to the contacts.
Effectively, the syncing option in KDE Connect is not a sync but just a one-way
drop of mobile phone contacts onto a local directory.
Checking the kdeconnect-cli options in terminal I do not find a command to
trigger any syncing of contacts.
Is this as designed or is it about to be enhanced to allow real 2-way syncing
of contacts?
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Pair a (Android) mobile phone with the plasma desktop feature of KDE
Connect.
2. Enable the contacts plugin on KDE Connect and allow permissions to mobile
phone contacts.
3. Contacts are automatically pushed to ~/.local/share/kpeoplevcard/ at desktop
computer.
4. Create an address book in KAddressbook with vCard directory and point to
~/.local/share/kpeoplevcard/.
5. KAddressbook reads these contacts correctly.
6. Change a contact (name, number, etc) with KAddressbook and save the change.
(some error here because Kaddress creates a new vcf.
7. Alternatively change the contact with a text editor in
~/.local/share/kpeoplevcard/ e.g. xyzmymobilephonecontact.vcf and save the
change.
8. Check on mobile phone if the change was synced from desktop.
9. No sync happens.
OBSERVED RESULT
Contacts or contact changes are not synced back from the desktop to the mobile
phone
EXPECTED RESULT
Whenever a change happened on either side, mobile or desktop, the change
triggers a sync operation. Additionally, a manual sync button "Sync Now" should
be available on KDE Connect.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Manjaro Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.25.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.95.0
Qt Version: 5.15.5
Graphics Platform: X11
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