You can also define custom patterns for the foldername like “yyyy-MM-dd” for date including day of month or “yyyy-MM” if you only want to have folders for each month.
However I did not try these options yet since I use two-way sync to keep a identical backup of my images folder on the smartphone in Nextcloud. So when I delete a file in Nextcloud (or move it out of the backup folder to an archive folder), it will get deleted on the phone automatically.
To clarify, this happened with FolderSync. When the Nextcloud app worked, and before it started and infinite upload loop, it uploaded the files correctly per year.
I was and still am a big fan of nextcloud but it is just sad and disapointing that it takes years and still the autoupload fails.
It failed to sync all my family member photos, all spread around the globe, most of them know very little and want a photo upload that just works without PhD for config.
I enocunter the same error on newest nextcloud server version and nextcloud android clients as well
But still simple rescan button would make sense for troubleshooting
On android my existing files upload, but only about 8 at a time then i have to close the app and reopen and refresh the uploads page to re-initiate my 2000 photos and it gets about 8 copied over then stops until i close the app completely and reopen it. Has there been any fix to this issue? I am running nextcloud on a ubuntu 22.04 server VM running in proxmox with 4 cores and 8GB of ram.
Edit: I do not have a redis server running as it is just a family cloud for maximum 3 people so did not think the cache would be nessessary. Also when I tried to enable filelocking and redis no files were visible to me so I commented out the portion of the config that enabled file locking and the redis server.
it’s the end of 2024 already but problem still there. Not good .
I am using pixel 8, android 14, nextcloud android app ver. 3.29.2 (latest).
Already switch on all the background process / unlimited battery / data usage etc.
Once the upload is interrupted (such as network issue, nextcloud server issue, pressed wrong button etc), it does not resume upload whatever I tried.
I even tried force stop the app, clear cache etc. Never worked.
When I restart the phone, it instantly resume all the uploads.
Hope this help.
I tried to use other 3rd party apps such as autosync (14 days trial only) , foldersync. Yes they worked well. But it seems they don’t support “sub folder” function (as in nextcloud app).
I really like this as it helps organizing my photos (more than 100GB).
I also have had tons of issues with auto-upload.
No reason for it to not work but it won’t, and it’ll be random. When it works it works well, but there is no consistency!
Needs a “force” button to re-scan and sync, and a easily visible log showing what’s failing for it start uploading (if there is new content detected).
hej there,
just set up my cloud and logged in on my android, installed nextcloud client via fdroid, and auto upload doesn’t work at all. cant get it started in any way. I activated the cloud button on my camera folder and also created a custom folder for my general backup stuff… nothing arrives in the cloud. this is actually the only reason I set up the cloud… anyone has a hint how to get it running? 5years and counting, apparently…
actually yes, and that did the trick for at least that picture so the new pictures are getting uploaded, and I moved some files in the custom folder, which also triggered some kind of upload… so it is running, but confusingly random. thanks anyway, i think over time it will even out. I will also have a look at the 3rd party app, for now i want to keep it as simple as possible!
I think it won’t just even out, files already in the folder will not be synced.
BTW did you enable to upload present files as well when you configured the folder (sorry screenshot is in German)
Yes, i did. I actually unticked the box, saved and reticked it to no avail…
Some things where uploaded over night, triggered from the moving of some folders. I guess whatever is not synced i will upload manually once, and then, if it keeps updating the new stuff, i should be fine. I will see how it works with iOS. I need a 3rd party app there anyway…
i abt to write that. it takes some time, but new images are getting uploaded quite thoroughly, but I added a new audiobook to my custom folder and it doesn’t care at all… might be related to size?
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so the new pictures are getting uploaded, and I moved some files in the custom folder, which also triggered some kind of upload… so it is running, but confusingly random. thanks anyway, i think over time it will even out. I will also have a look at the 3rd party app, for now i want to keep it as simple as possible!