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Discontinuing syncthing-android
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this post was submitted on 21 Oct 2024
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I've been using the fdroid syncthing-fork version for a long time now and haven't had any issues at all... Doesn't mean it'll last forever but it's been getting the job done for me even in its current state.
... And can't remember my original reason to use the fork instead lol
Battery management
Yes, the core version was unusable because of the battery drain
THAT'S WHATS DRAINING MY BATTERY! I've been trying to figure it out, I knew it was draining quicker because of that but never really our two and two together
Android shows which apps consume the most energy since the last charge.
It's great, I've used it a lot.
Specially with relatives. It also lists 'Display', and shows how much your screen use was draining that new phone. I had to explain this to a friend recently, with their new phone. They thought it might be defective. It wasn't.
Oh wow, Nextcloud is really using my battery quite a lot in the background.
There is a bug in 3.30.1 making it sync everything, in a loop. Keep an eye on your data usage! https://github.com/nextcloud/android/issues/13738
Holy shit. Thanks for the heads up!
Where's the tailscale fork? Thats my current battery sink
I was not even aware of this fork let alone a long timeline of existence. I am adding this onto my weekend project list. Thanks for the recommendation.
I switched to the fork as soon as I read this news. It shouldn't take more than a few minutes:
Sadly it's unusable on Android 15. All of the interactable functions are crammed up into the status bar and cannot be touched.
Wdym cannot be touched?
Yeah I Have the same problem and wondered why no one switching to the fork mentions that :D But I guess android 15 is not very widespread jet.
Sounds like a bug and the dev hasn't caught up to the new version?
Yes, there seems to be an open issue for this bug, but actually the developers response doesn't inflict confidence in the fork ๐ He seems to have updated the app to target Android 15 without testing in it in the emulator.
Welp my phone updated to 15 today...guess I can join the bugged syncthing-fork club.
Looks like it is fixed in the latest release, just have to wait until it gets pushes to fdroid.
If you want to speed up that process you could install Obtainium. Did that and with the newest release the app is usable again ๐
You know, I have obtainium but often forget it exists.
OK, I switched to that one now, thanks for pointing it out and explaining it.
Let's hope that it doesn't rely on the official release