I am struggling with setting up the Nextcloud app to synchronize my murena cloud with one folder that is located in my phone’s home folder.
I followed these instructions. I have successfully synced my Camera folder with this “auto-upload”. I then tried to sync another folder, which contains a few backup files (.backup, json, vcf …). Nextcloud created the remote folder but it stays empty I have tested and tried… :
manual sync, same thing, folder stays blank
if sync in the other direction, with a test file (.md) that I created from the web application within the cloud. That one got synced to the phone.
But in the other direction, if I add a new file (vcf or jpg) in that local folder it does not appear on the cloud folder. I’ve waited some time… Note that Nextcloud noticed that media had appeared in that local folder though and I got notified.
Can someone understand and help me out?
Extra info :
I have checked and nextcloud has access to all files (not only the media ones).
In the sync parameters, the box is ticked to sync files that are already present
Thank you for helping out. I have browsed through this 2-way sync but strangely, for me it does already work 2-way for the “photos” folder. But not for the “Backup” folder. I tried a few different things (like different ways of creating that folder) but still no auto-upload from the phone.
As a workaround, rather than installing that paying solution, I’ve decided to go for manual upload… good enough in my case.
But definitely frustrating (if only the /e/drive sync allowed more fine-tuning for files, none of this would be needed).
Maybe I got you wrong…
Do you think any file put into this folder, from any app on your phone should be automatically uploaded?
This is not goinoing to happen, as there are permission issues and conflicts which need to be resolved, if there is a file with the same name on the server already.
Instead, you’ll have to use nextcloud app, switch to your folder(backup) then choose add file…
Hi,
Thanks for your reply. I am afraid I do not understand your reply well.
So if get you right, you mean that I would have to upload files via the nextcloud app in order to have them synced to my cloud. Well in fact that works. But… that is not an “auto-upload” anymore, is it?
Maybe I can turn my question another way:
the Photos folder is syncing all files, in both directions. If I take a photo, it gets saved on my DCIM folder and that folder syncs to the cloud and uploads the image there, automatically. I set the auto-upload configuration manually as explained in this thread
the Backup folder, that I configured in exactly the same way, does not sync from phone to server.
=> is that because of permission issues from apps, but if so why?
NB: the cloud/server folders were perfectly empty before I started syncing. So why would there be conflicts?
Yes, the wording is totally misleading there, but you understood perfectly well.
If you ever were on iOS, there you can never add any folders… it’s by design, but also a feature request for at least 5-6 years.
Conflicts come up, if you have a123.pdf on +2 phones and upload them – some times you want to keep the older one, some times both…
I think as a woraround you can put a folder into DCIM and see if this works out
I have tested and tried… :
good enough in my case.
