Kicad Schematic editor auto changes?

You discovered it yourself but here a bit more details about the problem.
In kicad version 4 symbol names must either be unique over all libraries or you need to take care off library priority.
More details in this old post of mine: (Click the link [the title] or the arrow in the top right corner to see the full post including screenshots)

This problem is fixed in kicad version 5 as it now stores the library name in addition to the symbol name in the schematic. This of course means that transitioning from version 4 to version 5 needs to add the library names to the schematic. The process responsible for that is called remapping.

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