Questions tagged [sync]
Short for "synchronize", this tag is for questions about synchronizing an Android device with "the Cloud" or simply with other devices. Please use the more specific tags if your issue is with e.g. 'active-sync' (MSExchange) or 'rsync' (see full tag wiki for details).
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Google Photos is not backing up my gallery
I have a Redmi Note 12 Pro with Android 13 and I have the Google Photos app installed. The problem is that a lot of pictures that I take are not backed up.
If I go to the settings of Google Photos -&...
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Microsoft Exchange emails not syncing with gmail app
I have a Moto g8 with Android 10. I use default gmail app to read my phone's gmail account as well as my two work emails (both MS Exchange/Outlook). I do not use the Outlook app for the latter.
I have ...
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Resetting a synced Android Chrome profile
I would like to clear whatever settings I have enabled in Android Chrome and have the resulting clean profile synchronised. I have synchronisation of Google Chrome enabled on Android, but there are ...
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Synchronize App Data Folder on Android 13
I'm currently using Android 13 on my Phone (No Root, No CFW). Now i want to synchronize the data folder of a app on my Phone with my PC. Means i want to automatically upload/download changes.
The ...
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ADB push sync but delete files at destination that don't exist at the origin
I'm sure I did this a few months back, but I'm drawing a complete blank.
I'm syncing my music using from my computer to my phone via usb using:
adb push --sync local remote
That's all fine until I ...
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How do you sync from one calendar account to another?
I am trying to migrate from a broken calendar account (no remote sync access, but the phone has all the data cached locally) to a self-hosted CalDAV calendar (connected to by DAVx). Both calendar ...
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How to Add Google Account Without Syncing Contacts on android
I was looking to add a second account to my Android phone running Android version 12. The issue that I keep running into is that as soon as I sign in the contacts from that account are synced and my ...
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Facebook Messenger - Why can't sync be enabled?
Until recently I was using Messanger Lite, but it was moved to Facebook Lite, so I started using "classic" Messenger.
Unfortunately, it doesn't work well. However, the reason is simple. In ...
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Syncing Kiwi using 'hard links' into Chrome's data folder
Kiwi Browser has no syncing option, while other Chromium browsers do
have.
A workaround
The idea/hack is to:
install another browser (like Chrome Beta),
not use it,
and hard-wired Kiwi's data into ...
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Contacts synced when a Google account is added, how to remove them after removing the account?
I have a Realme phone. I added a Google email to the phone, and the contact numbers saved with that email got synced with the phone. Now I removed that email, but the contacts from that account are ...
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Wikipedia Sync Reading Lists not working?
I have been using the Saved Reading Lists feature on the Wikipedia Android app for a long time. At this point, however, I have different versions of my saved Lists on my Android phone vs. my Android ...
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adb-sync along with rsync for fastest way to backup gigabytes of media & photos file to HDD disk regularly
I have a 512GB Android phone with 150GB+ 15k+ photos and videos.
Step 1. On my Macbook, I used better-adb-sync with a USB cable and debugging enabled to copy a large amount of files from my phone to ...
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Synchronous video playback on multiple devices
I have multiple Android-based projectors (Xiaomi 4k) and want them to start playback of a movie file at the same time. It's not the same file on each device, so casting wouldn't work. What I need is ...
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How to get all old Google Calendar events on a new phone
My Google Calendar has events going back to 2009. However, even after syncing to my phone I can only see events back to June 2022. I cannot search or reference or even see any event prior to this on ...
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Auto delete pic/vids from phone when deleted from Google Photos web
You take 10 photos and only one is good. But in Google Photos, all 10 are automatically uploaded. I don't want to maintain two places: my phone and the Google Photos Cloud.
How can I make it so that I ...
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