sdcard1 files cannot be synced

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I’m sure this is one of those “Android denies access to secondary storage” things, but I don’t see it explained here.

All of the important files I want to sync are on the removable SD card. ie: sdcard1 But the only thing I can sync from is sdcard0, ST treats it as /, and that’s not the case.

This is a fairly serious problem for those of us abandoning btsync. After using SyncTool I prefer this application, but if it can’t sync my files it’s not even an option. Please tell me this is being addressed in the next release.

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If you have Lollipop, your second sdcard might not be accessible to apps.

You can try “use advanced folder picker” in the settings, and select sdcard1 with that.

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YES! Many thanks…

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I’m surprised it doesn’t show up by default tbh…

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It also presents a little differently to the usual file navigation views: st shows: /storage/sdcard0 / whereas anything else generally shows /storage/sdcard0 /storage/sdcard1 or rather makes the user navigate to / and enter /storage first. But along the way the other bits of the heirarchy are presented. ST may be overthinking/oversimplifying how the filesystem is presented to the user.

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What android version do you have?

Apparently only KitKat and later has an api yo get all external storage directories. Before kitkat, only the first one is returned.

However, I could just show everything in /storage by default.

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4.2.1 on a Kogan Agora HD+

Defaulting to /storage sounds intuitive. That’s what my phone does, I assume most others would also.

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Yep, I implemented that for the next version (in addition to the currently available folders)

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Possibly already fixed, but I’ll mention it here anyway: Syncthing Version:0.10.30 Syncthing-Android Version:0.5.28

“use advanced folder picker” In both checked and unchecked state displays /storage/sdcard0 twice and incorrectly sorted. ie: /storage/sdcard0 /storage/sdcard1 /storage/sdcard0

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Yeah that’s kind of an implementation problem. Currently, it lists the main external storage (sdcard0), and all subfolders of /storage.

Could you please open an issue for this?

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Done

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