Can't Update to Syncthing F-Droid Version

I installed Syncthing via the Google Play Store. I attempted to update to the latest version via F-Droid. I chose to uninstall but the new version gives an error message, something about a conflict.

I found the following question with a solution, unfortunately the solution does not work for me. I am using Syncthing on a Onyx Boox Go 7, it runs a modified version of Android that does not allow access to developer options (or any other Android settings).

Is there any other way around this issue? Will there be a update sometime in the future that will correct this?

The linked solution was to…

  • Enable Developer Options
  • Enable USB Debugging
  • Install adb
  • adb devices
  • allow connection on PC
  • adb uninstall com.github.catfriend1.syncthingandroid

Then install latest version.

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Hi Catfriend: Thanks for the reply!! Since this is an Ereader I don’t have much on it. If I reset it back to factory and then installed Syncthing from F-Droid would I then be able to install future updates or would I run into the same issue again?

Hi CatFriend: I was going to go ahead and reset my Ereader but decided to try something first. Instead of having Syncthing-Fork uninstall the old version I uninstalled it via Android and chose not to remember the settings. After that F-Droid installed the new version without an issue.

I did run into a problem importing my settings so I recreated my sync items. I have now figured out my import problem was the path, for Android I had to write it as ~/backups/syncthing. The tilde was apparently important. I included this in case someone stumbles upon this looking to fix their issue.

Once again THANKS for your very timely help!!!

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