GS connect Connects Your Android Device And GNOME Desktop

Do you want to get message notifications from your smartphone to your desktop? Do you want to control your music player in the desktop while away from it and you have your smartphone in hand?

andyholmes contributions to this github code is what I have been looking for since getting my new android device. Hello to the wonderful world of open source and thank you to the developers who worked on this.

The link above is a list of questions frequently asked about GS connect. My device is an Asus Zenfone 5 with android 8.0. My computer uses linux kernel 4.18.5 on Arch linux. I have Gnome 3.28 as my desktop environment.

I found out about GS connect during a search about a totally different thing. But the first thing you should ask yourself is if you really want to connect your android device to your desktop or laptop. If the answer is yes, then you should download and install the gnome-shell-extension for G S connect. You have to enable the plugins for each feature you want.

You will have to open ports 1616 to 1664. I opened port 1616 and it works.

On your android phone download and install KDE connect from the Google Play store. You have to pair the host/desktop to the device. The desktop and the device must be connected to the same network/wifi.

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