Oddly a reboot did not solve this issue, but killall did.
I had to killall connectd but leave kde indicator running. then attempt
to pair the phone; the kdeconnectd service will be restarted automatically.
- Bug#1011116: kdeconnect cannot pair device mini fang
- Bug#1011116: solved wr250
- Bug#1011116: marked as done (kdeconnect ca... Debian Bug Tracking System