<html dir="ltr"><head></head><body style="text-align:left; direction:ltr;"><div>I have not been able to connect my Android cell phone to Fedora Linux. </div><div><br></div><div>I can access the device from the Dolphin browser: when I connect the phone using USB, a message appears on the device notifier informing me</div><div style="margin-left: 3ch;"><div>LGE Android Phone</div><div style="margin-left: 3ch;"><div>Open with File Manager</div><div>Open with File Manager</div><div>Download Photos with Gwenview</div></div></div><div>"Open with File Manager" causes a message to appear on the phone </div><div style="margin-left: 3ch;"><div>USB Connection</div><div>Allow this computer to access your phone data</div><div> CANCEL ALLOW</div></div><div>When I tap allow, an instance of the Dolphin browser appears headed by </div><div style="margin-left: 3ch;"><div>mtp: > VS985 4G > Internal Storage</div><div><below this is the contents of this folder></div></div><div>The folder contains lots of sub-folders but does not appear to be part of my computer's file system.</div><div><br></div><div>So ... The phone's memory is accessible from Linux.</div><div><br></div><div>However, when I start KDE Connect on the phone, it reports:</div><div style="margin-left: 3ch;"><div>It looks like you are on a mobile data connection</div><div>KDE Connect works only on local networks</div></div><div>My attempts to get a connection by going to the Custom device list and adding candidate names for the computer like</div><div style="margin-left: 3ch;"><div>localhost</div><div>192.168.1.65</div></div><div>have not been successful.</div><div><br></div><div>Here is the system info:</div><div style="margin-left: 3ch;"><div>Fedora Linux version: 29</div><div>KDE Framework version: 5.55.0</div><div>KDE Connect version: 1.3.1-1</div><div>Phone name: VS985 4G LTE (LG Android)</div></div><div><br></div><div>How can I connect the phone to the computer?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks - jon</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></body></html>