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No way to browse using file manager…lot of posts regarding mtp, mtps, mtpfs, etc…. Nothing working

Regarding KDEconnect. It would not work if I had a VPN active on the phone, even if I specified the same IP address of the desktop. Are you using a VPN?

Check if firewall is running and allow KDE Connect ports (1714:1764 TCP and UDP)

File can browse using thunar file manager.
File location mounted as: mtp://SAMSUNG_SAMSUNG_Android_RZ8M43A7KQP/Card/
same address i copy and paste to dolphin, but showing error, "could not enter folder /card"
removed /card and tried again, error "No MTP compatible devices found".
Dolphin mounting phone in below location (but not working actually, error only)
mtp:udi=/org/kde/solid/udev/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb2/2-2/
Dolphin is far better compared to thunar, so how we can solve the issue.

Connecting KDE to Android phone has been a long-standing problem - at least with me. By long-standing, I mean about 3 years and searches indicate the problem is a lot older than that.

I have found that just about any other DE will connect; Xfce, MATE, Cinnamon, Gnome - all work for me with no issues and no need to install additional packages. Just KDE has the problem.

KDEConnect works - kinda, but it's a kludge workaround at best.

This is why I gave up on KDE (after 3 years) and went back to Xfce.

Well, I just tried connecting my XCoverPro running Android 12 via USB cable and had no problems browsing the phone in Dolphin (same with XCover4 and Galaxy A52)
There is one thing - you have to tap the Allow button on the phone's popup just after you connect it to the computer.

Allow button ( pop up in phone) is coming when am using thunar file manager, but not coming with dolphin ( when clicking android from file manager). Dolphin only showing error, ptp is connecting and nothing to do with it..

With how unreliable file transfers are with mobile phones, I just use a free cloud storage service as most of what I want to transfer are pictures. I currently use pCloud (https://www.pcloud.com/). I have it set to automatically upload pictures when taken to the pCloud drive and then my computer automatically downloads them. Simple and don't have to worry about specific applications or operating systems.

bassplayer69 wrote: Tue May 31, 2022 3:52 pm I just use a free cloud storage service as most of what I want to transfer are pictures. I currently use pCloud (https://www.pcloud.com/).

The PC-Smartfone connection works for me (Thunar, pcmanfm, pcmanfm-qt, XFE ...) but thanks for pointing out the cloud service, I didn't know that yet.

For dolphin file manager?