Pair your GrapheneOS phone

Arkyn uses KDE Connect — the reference implementation, from Ubuntu’s archive — with the F-Droid app on the phone. No Google services are needed.

Pair

1. On the phone, install KDE Connect from F-Droid (Arkyn Setup shows a QR code for it).
2. Join the same Wi-Fi as the laptop.
3. Open the app on the phone. On the laptop, open Arkyn Setup › Your phone and press Pair (or use the KDE Connect app).
4. Accept on the phone, and check that both screens show the same key.

The clipboard

• Laptop → phone: automatic. Copy on the laptop, paste on the phone.
• Phone → laptop: one tap. Use Send clipboard in KDE Connect’s notification or Quick Settings tile — Android doesn’t let apps read the clipboard in the background.

What is switched off

For every paired phone — whether you paired in Arkyn Setup or from the app — Arkyn switches off the plugins that would let one device control the other:

• remote control, remote commands and run-command
• remote input (mouse and keyboard)
• browsing the phone’s files (SFTP)
• virtual monitor, presenter and lock-device

If you turn one back on yourself, Arkyn respects your choice.

Local network only

The firewall admits KDE Connect (ports 1714–1764) only from private network ranges — 10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12 and 192.168.0.0/16 — over IPv4. Never from a public address, never over IPv6. See Firewall.

Tips

Pair your phone

Open KDE Connect on the same Wi-Fi as your laptop and tap your laptop's name.

Phone on GrapheneOS

Get KDE Connect from F-Droid. It needs no Google services.

Clipboard

Copy on the laptop and it appears on your phone. On the phone, tap Send clipboard.

LAN only

KDE Connect only talks to devices on your local network, never the internet.

Locked down

Arkyn turns off KDE Connect's remote control plugins for every paired phone.