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  • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    17·
    3 days ago

    Absolutely LOVE syncthing. I recently had to go on an emergency trip and was glad I set up syncthing on my phone but hated that I didn’t set it up properly on my laptop.

    • Duamerthrax@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      3 days ago

      I love syncthing, but never managed to get permissions to work right on any of my android phones. I chalk that up to phone vendor fuckery though.

        • Duamerthrax@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          2 days ago

          I’ll have to try it the next time I have time, but I’m also trying to switch to a real linux phone. Right now, I have to wait for a friend to travel to the EU to be there while Pine64 has what I’m looking for in stock.

            • Duamerthrax@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              1 day ago

              And doesn’t ship PinePhone Pro motherboards to the US at all.

              I didn’t get into details because it wasn’t important, but they’re always be someone going “wELL AKTsHUally”. I already own a PinePhone, but it died. The easiest solution would be to get a new MB and swap it in.

      • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        81·
        3 days ago

        You should know that there is no longer an official syncthing app and a clone has taken its place. It’s buggy but it works.

        Permissions are a bit tricky to set up but I believe the clone app does it correctly by asking for full file browsing permissions.

        • osugi_sakae@midwest.social
          2·
          2 days ago

          Just to be clear, there is no official app for Android (and, I assume iPhone). If you are using SyncThing on desktop or laptop computers, there are downloads at the official syncthing.net site. On Linux, it should be available from your distribution.