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Announcement by the creator: https://forum.syncthing.net/t/discontinuing-syncthing-android/23002

Unfortunately I don’t have good news on the state of the android app: I am retiring it. The last release on Github and F-Droid will happen with the December 2024 Syncthing version.

Reason is a combination of Google making Play publishing something between hard and impossible and no active maintenance. The app saw no significant development for a long time and without Play releases I do no longer see enough benefit and/or have enough motivation to keep up the ongoing maintenance an app requires even without doing much, if any, changes.

Thanks a lot to everyone who ever contributed to this app!

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[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (3 children)

I've always just used Folder Sync + an ssh server, if people are looking for alternatives.

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[–] xePBMg9@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Not sure I understand the reasoning for discontinuing. Google standing in the way? Not enough f-droid users benefiting from it? It didn't see development cause it was already feature complete?

[–] lud@lemm.ee 2 points 12 hours ago

As they said the app needs ongoing maintenance.

[–] TrippyHippyDan@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

oof. All I can do is thank you for the hard work that anybody's put into this, and I'm sad to see it go because I've been using this with my keypass for probably about a year now.

Really hoping the Graphene OS lawsuit allows for some Options to open up again!

[–] quaff@lemmy.ca 4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Can you share what lawsuit you’re referring to? 🙏

[–] TrippyHippyDan@lemmy.world 7 points 14 hours ago

Looks like they still haven't launched it yet. They just mentioned they would in this Ars Technica article.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/07/loss-of-popular-2fa-tool-puts-security-minded-grapheneos-in-a-paradox/

[–] P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br 6 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (3 children)

Out of the loop. What is this app for?

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 12 points 16 hours ago

It's a very convenient app to sync files between your devices. It's cro-platform and doesn't require any registrations.

Many people (me included) use it to sync their password databases.

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[–] MSids@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

I used it on an Android DAP to sync my music collection from my NAS after giving up on Folder sync due to its issues with new file detection breaking after a daylight savings time change. Synching was definitely more reliable but it takes ages to do the scan.

[–] AMillionMonkeys@lemmy.world 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Well that's a shame. I'm sort of half-assedly using syncthing to backup my photos from my phone to my server, but mostly I rely on immich. I never really got the hang of using syncthing with my phone.

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 2 points 11 hours ago

It's stupid easy to setup, even has a built-in photo backup job.

I use Syncthing-Fork because it moves all the sync conditions into each job.

So my photos sync regardless of charging state or network (I'm willing to pay for the data to ensure photos are instantly synced). While other things only sync while on WiFi and charging (e.g. Neobackup).

[–] justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Oh boy, just wanted to get into it. Damn sad, not of course understandable, the developers are only humans as well

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[–] rpla@masto.es -2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

@chaospatterns

Lo he estado usando en dos dispositivos para sincronizar bóvedas de Obsidian y su funcionamiento era un poco errático.
Después de los últimos problemas, lo tenía inactivo a la espera de una nueva configuración, un proceso que me parece tedioso e innecesariamente complejo. Cuando menos poco amigable.
Mientras tanto estaba usando el cable USB para volcar los archivos en el PC.
Ahora quizás tendré que buscar otro sincronizador para Android?
Android no me gusta. ¿Por qué fracasó el Linux para Tablets?

Quiero mi Tablet y mi teléfono con Linux.

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.ml 0 points 9 hours ago

A mi me funciona a la perfección desde el primer día. Tengo un servidor donde está toda la data que quiero sincronizada, también en mi celular, laptop y PC. Honestamente funciona fenomenal. ¿Que es lo que era errático? Me causa curiosidad.

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