r/Syncthing

I would like to backup my Win 11 data files to my Android S26. I know that I should be able to sync, but not really wanting sync. I would like to have the files on PC copied to phone and if i later copy or change a file on my PC I would like that file to copy to the phone. Also, if I delete a file on my PC I do not want it deleted from the phone.

Does Syncthing have the ability to do as described, if not do you have a suggestion?

Thank you!

I'm trying to set up Syncthing between my Steamdeck, Phone and Anbernic RG35XXSP.

I'm able to connect between the Steamdeck + Anbernic via their respective apps but not through their Web UI.

But when I try to connect to the Anbernic through both the Steamdeck and phone, I receive "ERR_CONNECTION_RESET" and "ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED" errors.

I have tried to portforward 192.168.1.88:22000 but nothing changed, I tried restarting the Anbernic, changing the wifi to 5Ghz, restarting the deck and phone, deleting and readding the Anbernic, but there was no progress.

Anyone has any idea how to fix this issue?

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I have an external HDD that I use for Syncthing and some torrents.

Everytime I boot up my PC, Syncthing (alone) put 100% load on my drive even though there is nothing to sync at the time.

Combined with torrent program it makes drive unusable and saometime even hangs PC.

Is there a way to make Syncthing not do that? Maybe it's creating a new index or something on every boot idk. Maybe there is some settings that i can change for Syncthing to use drive when there are some actual changes to files?

I recently changed the links for several bookmarks on my computer—not manually, but by editing the Chrome files (bookmarks.json) directly, since it was much faster. However, my phone still hasn't synced the changes, and it's been a while. I asked a chatbot, but nothing it suggested worked. Does anyone have any ideas on how I can fix this?

Edit: I managed to solve the problem. What I did was take the bookmarks that had the correct links and export them to a random folder; then I deleted all the bookmarks, and immediately after that, I took the file I had exported and clicked "Import bookmarks"—and it worked. You have to export, delete, and then import.