I have been an avid user of Syncthing/Syncthing-fork for a bit now. Though ever since my Samsung phone started pestering me about updating to Android 11 I have been reading up on potential issues, particularly those related a few of my favorite apps. I kept delaying the update and always made sure to deselect the Auto Install check box.
Well, I wasnt looking at my phone this last time when it rebooted and although I have repeatedly told it NOT to auto install the update, the genius developers of Samsung’s updater app apparently have made the default behavior to auto apply updates if you don’t catch the Install System update prompt message (irrespective of whether you have previously indicated your desire NOT to auto install when setting a delayed install time)…
Now I’m stuck with Android 11 and Syncthing(-fork) will not run as I am unable to enable ‘Allow access to all files’. However, if I go to Permission Manager → Storage I see that at the top there is a section titled ‘Allowed to Manage All Files’. There are apps such as Firefox, AnkiDroid, and Ring that are in this first section that have full access. So why is Syncthing forced into the “Allowed Access to Media Only” section (farther down the Storage permissions page)? Even an old legacy app - Virtual Recorder Donate - that has not had updates since 2018 has All files access enabled.
So now that I’ve updated to android 11 attempting to run Syncthing for first time after first reboot directs me to grant access but on that permission screen the enable button for “Allow access to all files” is disabled and unselectable. So I am prevented from moving forward and forced to close the Syncthing initialization screen…