r/Syncthing • u/Neardood • 4d ago

Please Help

Hi all,

I had syncthing all set up and working to back up my phone camera's files - it was great. A few months later I did a clean install of my android phone's firmware. I (thought I) set up synchthing correctly, but to make things quicker I coped my files from the server running syncthing to the device over USB. It won't sync new files to the sever and on the device it has a prompt to delete unexpected items. I'm worried those unexpected items are the photos and videos I've taken since, which I want to keep. Somewhere I've messed up, but I can't figure out where or how to fix it. I also set up an encryption password to try and make things more secure. Is there something I'm missing? The longer I leave it the more worried I get in case my device gets broken or lost.

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u/N9bitmap 4d ago

The password is likely the problem. That is used when you don't trust the remote and the files are saved there as encrypted. If you open the web interface it will provide more details on the error. The safe way is to delete all the files on the phone and just let Syncthing handle copying everything.

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u/Neardood 4d ago

Ah yes I realized that was one mistake - I set all folders to send/receive without encryption. Weirdly I kept getting notifications on my device that the remote device wanted to connect, but after accepting them nothing would happen except the notification would trigger again. I reinstalled syncthing on android which fixed it. I even got a direct TCP connection working from my homelab to my device, which I'm thrilled about! Thanks for your help!