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[Mr Swordfish]

Well, not so much as a new feature request, but rather a request to make an existing feature work.

The issue is with the device sync functionality for Windows -> Android.  It works perfectly when going from Windows to Windows, but I've never gotten it to work going from Windows to Android.   At the suggestion of others here on the forum, I have a folder on the Windows system and sync to that, then use a 3rd party tool (Resilio Sync) to sync from that folder to to Android.

This works reasonably well, but with two issues: 1) I wind up having to burn about 500G of storage space on the Windows machine to duplicate the library and 2) Resilio Sync is counter-intuitive and difficult to use, plus they no longer support their "home" version.

It would be a HUGE improvement to make the sync to Android functionality work as simply and reliably as the Windows -> Windows functionality.


I'm assuming the issue has something to do with incompatabilities between the Windows file system and the Android file system, but my naive take is that this should be surmountable.

PS -  I've purchased the MC34 license, but haven't upgraded yet.  I have a new Windows 11 desktop PC that will replace my current Windows 10 PC, and will install the new version when I move to the new PC.

[JimH]

Android prevents file transfer unless you allow it in Android settings for USB.  This changed a few years ago.

[BryanC]

I'd recommend syncthing, then you can forgo wires completely.

[Mr Swordfish]

Android prevents file transfer unless you allow it in Android settings for USB.  This changed a few years ago.

So, does this feature work reliably now?  I haven't tried it in a while, but my recollection was that the failure mode was more erratic than just "unable to transfer files".  Hence the sync-to-windows folder & use 3rd party app to sync to android.

[Mr Swordfish]

I'd recommend syncthing, then you can forgo wires completely.

But I'd still be eating up a couple hundred gigs of storage space to copy all the files to a second folder on Windows, right?

[Mr Swordfish]

I'd recommend syncthing, then you can forgo wires completely.

I looked into that today. It appears that syncthing is not longer available for android.  See https://forum.syncthing.net/t/discontinuing-syncthing-android/23002

I started a thread about this about 18 months ago.  Everyone who participated seemed to agree that syncing directly from MC to android didn't work reliably.   I'm hoping that can be addressed.  Resilio sync is really hard to  use and the local folder hack eats up a lot of unnecessary disc space.

https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=136675.0

[BryanC]

I looked into that today. It appears that syncthing is not longer available for android.  See https://forum.syncthing.net/t/discontinuing-syncthing-android/23002

I started a thread about this about 18 months ago.  Everyone who participated seemed to agree that syncing directly from MC to android didn't work reliably.   I'm hoping that can be addressed.  Resilio sync is really hard to  use and the local folder hack eats up a lot of unnecessary disc space.

https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=136675.0

syncthing-fork on Android is flawless and third-party wrappers are intended to replace the official app so they can focus on the core development.

[Mr Swordfish]

I will give syncthing-fork a try, once I get the Windows sync working again. (see other thread).

[markf2748]

Still another old thread on syncing to Android:

https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,138003.msg966295.html#msg966295

If you are willing to use a USB wired connection, then the file compare utility Beyond Compare 5 (Scooter Software) can effectively synchronize folders between Windows and an Android phone.  It works directly with the phone's memory, as well as with a phone's micro SD card.  The default is based on comparing file dates, which BC5 tries to preserve when copying to Android (it does so on my Samsung Galaxy, unlike Windows itself).  You can also do binary compares when needed, which will be much slower of course.

If you are willing to put a ftp server on the phone, then BC5 should be able to use that protocol wirelessly (I have not tried it).

[Purecut]

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