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[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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.world 8 points 6 days ago (2 children)

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.

[–] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I use Syncthing-Fork on my android phone, which seems to work fine.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] StrixUralensis@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Pine64 is 2× more expensive in the EU

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days 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.com 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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 points 5 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.