On 2018-09-10, at 14:47, Greg Troxel <g...@lexort.com> wrote:
> Marcin Borkowski <mb...@mbork.pl> writes: > >> On 2018-09-10, at 09:46, Alan Schmitt <alan.schm...@polytechnique.org> wrote: >> >>> I use orgzly, and it works great with syncthing https://syncthing.net/ >> >> BTW, in my experience syncthing seems quite flaky. I turn it on on both >> the coputer and my phone, but I'm not sure what to do to start syncing. >> Sometimes it just works, sometimes it doesn't (or takes a lot of time, >> I'm not sure). Any hints? Is it possible to make the phone start >> syncing manually? (I'm almost sure that my problems stem from my >> incompetence, hence the question.) > > There are actually some issues in android syncthing tracker about this. > > my experience: > > syncthing the protocol and the desktop versions works very solidly > > the android version used to have an issue with timestamps, since on > android you can't (couldn't) (as a non-root user) set mod times. I > think, but I'm not 100% sure, that there's now a sidecar cache so that > syncthing can store the mod times and have a virtual view where they are > as they should be, vs. having them at time of sync. This has been a > non-issue for me for a long time now, but including it for completeness. > > The big problem is the dreaded "run conditions". Syncthing uses both > cpu and data, both of which are a problem on a phone. There are > multiple modes; one is to sync only when opening the app. The other is > to sync always, and then "sync only when charging" (means power applied > really) and "sync only on wifi". So you can uncheck those to force it > to run, and maybe restart syncthing. It tends to be a bit android > rom-specific how well it works. > > So my advice is to go into syncthing on the phone, and if it tells you > "syncthing is configured not run, [exit] or [change settings], that's a > clue. If not, you can look at the devices tab and see if it's > connected. Also look at the dashboard on your desktop client. > > https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing-android/issues/1193 Thanks a lot, I'll check it out! -- Marcin Borkowski http://mbork.pl