Roout cause for "Failed Elements (2)" message

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So I’ve set up Syncthing to sync my Android’s /storage/emulated/0 directory. All is fine, except, that I have this annoying red message “Failed Elements (2)” in the top right corner of that folder in the Syncthing(-fork) client on Android.

I’d like to add whatever fails (due access rights, locking, whatever) to the ignorelist, but I just can’t seem to find out which 2 elements actually failed.

There’s nothing in the last changes list and the protocol in the settings doesn’t shed any light either.

Any idea where else I could look?

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Please post a screenshot of your Syncthing UI and your recent logs. I’m willing to take a swing at it.

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There’s nothing sticking out in that log (also not further down)

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Thanks. My apologies – I don’t know if this is something I can help with. I’m not a member of the Syncthing team, just someone who tries to help out on the forum when I can. My non-English language skills are poor, I have never owned an Android device, and I’ve only been using Syncthing for a few months. Hopefully someone else on the forum can help you figure this out.

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Please check the specific error messages in the Web GUI (available from the left slide-out menu in the app). Screenshots from the Web GUI would be helpful too.

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Thank you, I wasn’t aware of that. That clearly shows me where it gets the permission denied.

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On Android, this can mean that you’ve got one of the "*/:<>?\| characters in your filenames. Android doesn’t support those on the user storage.

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