Can't connect my cell phone to my computer using USB

[Albert Vaca Cintora]

KDE Connect has nothing to do with your USB cable. It works over WiFi.

You just need to run kdeconnect on both your phone and your computer while
they are on the same LAN.

On Wed, Mar 27, 2019, 18:46 Simon Redman <simon at ergotech.com> wrote:

> There is not currently a backend for KDE Connect to communicate directly
> over USB. USB Tethering sets up an IP network over USB, so it works the
> same as KDE Connect over wifi/Ethernet, and should require no additional
> configuration (provided your firewall doesn't block that as well)
>
> We are working on a raw Bluetooth backend, but that is still a bit away
> from being ready
>
> The information for configuring a firewall for KDE Connect is on our wiki,
> if you decide to go that route:
> https://community.kde.org/KDEConnect#I_have_two_devices_running_KDE_Connect_on_the_same_network.2C_but_they_can.27t_see_each_other
>
> Thanks,
> Simon
>
> On 3/27/19 9:46 AM, Piyush Aggarwal wrote:
>
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 27, 2019, 2:16 PM Jonathan Ryshpan <jonrysh at pacbell.net>
> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 2019-03-27 at 12:25 +0530, Piyush Aggarwal wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, 27 Mar 2019 at 12:18, Jonathan Ryshpan <jonrysh at pacbell.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I fear there may be a problem with a firewall built into *Trend*; I
>> suppose the firewall could be changed, but I'd rather not. Is there any way
>> to make KDE-Connect work over a direct USB link?
>>
>> You could try using a USB tethering. AFAIK it works too!
>>
>> This seems to require a little help from my cell service provider.
>> Hopefully resolved in the next day or two. Do I need to take any special
>> action if I use USB tethering?
>>
> not that I know of. You could get a lot more help and fast if you join us
> at our telegram channel or IRC at #kdeconnect at IRC Freenode!
>
>>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kdeconnect/attachments/20190329/b13bbee8/attachment.html>