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Comment by TuringTest

6 years ago

Does Syncthing work reliably for you? I've been unable to make it work.

I've set it up to backup folders from my phone to a LAN storage drive (running it as a service on Windows, with the storage connected as a network drive), but it seems to "forget" the connection between the server and the phone. It says the folders are up to date, and won't pull the most recent files and photos from the phone.

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atoav  6 years ago

I had problems on android too. if I recall right, it had to do with power saving/background connections. Somwhere in the android app settings you can allow syncthing to run in background or so, then it works

  • TuringTest  6 years ago

    Yes, I allowed background running in the power saving settings - this helps in the short term.

    But the problem seems to be in the server; after restarting the computer or the phone, the connection between folders seems to be lost - it doesn't "see" the remote folder anymore, even if its ID has not changed.

    To be fair, this doesn't happen with Syncthing only. Other tools like Nitroshare or Dukto are also hit or miss when trying to connect from the phone.