# Syncthing-Fork using the wrong path
**URL:** https://forum.syncthing.net/t/syncthing-fork-using-the-wrong-path/24522
**Category:** Android
**Created:** [June 22, 2025, 12:38pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/syncthing-fork-using-the-wrong-path/24522 "2025-06-22T12:38:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@HOB111](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/HOB111)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2025, 12:38pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/syncthing-fork-using-the-wrong-path/24522/1 "2025-06-22T12:38:55Z")
I use S-F to sync two Android tablets with two Windows PCs. This has been working well for some time. However, S-F has started to give me the error message:
_Folder path missing_ (on both Android devices)
S-F is looking in [int]/syncthing/_folder-name_
and the folders are configured at
~/_folder-name_ (and always have been. Physically they are at storage/emulated/0/_folder-name_)
As far as can see the string assigned to ~ has been changed from
storage/emulated/0/
to
storage/emulated/0/syncthing/
Is there any way I can change what S-F assigns to ~?
We’re talking about around 120GB of files so I don’t want to change anything that will cause a complete recopy!
Details Syncthing 1.29.7: Wrapper 1.29.7.4: Android versions 6.0.1 and 14
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### Author:  [@tomasz86](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/tomasz86)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2025, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/syncthing-fork-using-the-wrong-path/24522/2 "2025-06-22T12:46:45Z")
> [@HOB111](#):
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> We’re talking about around 120GB of files so I don’t want to change anything that will cause a complete recopy!
You cannot change the path represented by `~`, however, you could go to the Advanced Configuration in the Web GUI (accessible from the left-slide out menu in the app) and change your folder paths there, without using `~` this time.
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### Author:  [@HOB111](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/HOB111)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2025, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/syncthing-fork-using-the-wrong-path/24522/3 "2025-06-22T14:29:00Z")
Thanks, I’ll give that a try. I hadn’t realised that the “Advanced” menu accessed in that way was different to the “Advanced” one available under the Edit option at the bottom of the folder details.
I wonder why the string assigned to ~ was changed and why no one else has, apparently, had this problem?
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### Author:  [@HOB111](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/HOB111)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/syncthing-fork-using-the-wrong-path/24522/5 "2025-06-22T16:44:11Z")
Thanks @Catfriend1. I wonder if my problem may have arisen because I migrated from the “official” Android version of Syncthing to your fork and copied the config across. Is that possible? Or have I misunderstood?
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### Author:  [@calmh](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/calmh)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/syncthing-fork-using-the-wrong-path/24522/7 "2025-06-22T17:03:43Z")
In the underlying Syncthing, `~` will always be set to _something_. On Android it looks like it’d be the value of `$HOME` when that is set and otherwise just `/sdcard` (whatever that means).
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### Author:  [@tomasz86](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/tomasz86)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2025, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/syncthing-fork-using-the-wrong-path/24522/8 "2025-06-22T17:07:25Z")
If I remember correctly, `~` in the official app did default to `/storage/emulated/0`. This means that configs imported from the official app, which include `~` in their paths, may break in the Fork.
> [@calmh](#):
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> `/sdcard` (whatever that means).
`/sdcard` is the same as `/storage/emulated/0`. It’s called like that, because early Android versions did use actual SD cards as their primary storage 😅.
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### Author:  [@HOB111](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/HOB111)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2025, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/syncthing-fork-using-the-wrong-path/24522/10 "2025-06-22T18:47:06Z")
Thank you all for your responses, much appreciated.
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### Author:  [@HOB111](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/HOB111)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2025, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/syncthing-fork-using-the-wrong-path/24522/11 "2025-06-22T20:57:08Z")
This worked a treat. Thanks again.
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### Author:  [@gcb](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/gcb)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2025, 8:09am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/syncthing-fork-using-the-wrong-path/24522/12 "2025-07-02T08:09:00Z")
wasn’t more people impacted by this? happened with several devices, all using fdroid version.
my shares with ~ all changed from storage/0 to being looked in storage/0/syncthing.
i had to delete all shares and recreate them on that last update. not using ~ on Android anymore and things are working fine now, but I’m surprised it didn’t impact more folks
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2025, 11:48am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/syncthing-fork-using-the-wrong-path/24522/14 "2025-08-01T11:48:56Z")
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