Migrating photos from old phone to new phone

The Basics

  • Nextcloud Server version (e.g., 29.x.x):
    NextcloudPi version v1.55.3
    NextcloudPi image NextCloudPi_RaspberryPi_v1.53.0-rc1.img
    OS Debian GNU/Linux 11. 5.15.61-v8+ (aarch64)
    automount yes
    USB devices sda
    datadir /media/myCloudDrive/ncdata/data
    data in SD no
    data filesystem btrfs
    data disk usage 96G/233G
    rootfs usage 5.8G/29G
    swapfile /var/swap
    dbdir /media/USBdrive/ncdatabase
    Nextcloud check ok
    Nextcloud version 28.0.14.1
    HTTPD service up
    PHP service up
    MariaDB service up
    Redis service up
    HPB service up
    Postfix service up
    Internet check ok
    Public IPv4 yes
    Public IPv6 not found
    Port 80 open
    Port 443 closed

  • Is this the first time you’ve seen this error? (Yes / No):
    -yes

  • When did this problem seem to first start?

    • on the attempt to migrate data
  • Installation method (e.g. AlO, NCP, Bare Metal/Archive, etc.)

    • bare metal to raspberry pi

Summary of the issue you are facing:

greetings. I’m new to this so please let me know if there are simple config issues I’ve missed or additional information that should be added.

I am attempting to migrate from a pixel 7a to a pixel 8a. what I am trying to do is move the photos and videos the 7a to the 8a. for other reasons I am not able to connect the devices together and only really want to move photos and videos.

the problem I am experiencing is I can see the files under the user name (let’s say tom) under the profile on the box. the instaupload seems to have things in the correct folders, etc. what I can not see to work out is how to move all that data down to the 8a. basically I did a backup of the 7a but I want to restore to the 8a. I signed in both devices with the tom user account but the 8a only wants to move up the 1 screenshot on the 8a

Steps to replicate it (hint: details matter!):

Log entries

Nextcloud

partial log

NextcloudPi logs

[ nc-previews-auto ]
[ nc-update-nc-apps-auto ]
checking for updates…

[ nc-previews-auto ]
[ nc-update-nc-apps-auto ]
checking for updates…

[ nc-previews-auto ]
2025-02-28T07:00:06+00:00 Generating previews for /bruce/files/InstantUpload/Screenshots/2022/09/Screenshot_20220914-163638_Pool League.jpg
2025-02-28T07:00:06+00:00 Generating previews for /bruce/files/InstantUpload/Screenshots/2022/09/Screenshot_20220914-163638_Pool League.jpg
2025-02-28T07:00:06+00:00 Generating previews for /bruce/files/InstantUpload/Camera/2016/10/20161007_224354_019.jpg
2025-02-28T07:00:06+00:00 Generating previews for /bruce/files/InstantUpload/Screenshots/2022/09/Screenshot_20220914-163638_Pool League.jpg
2025-02-28T07:00:07+00:00 Generating previews for /bruce/files/InstantUpload/Screenshots/2018/02/Screenshot_20180222-111146.png
2025-02-28T07:00:07+00:00 Generating previews for /bruce/files/InstantUpload/Screenshots/2023/04/Screenshot_20230420-164935_Messages.jpg
2025-02-28T07:00:07+00:00 Generating previews for /bruce/files/InstantUpload/Screenshots/2019/06/Screenshot_20190630-100429_Klondike Forever.jpg
2025-02-28T07:00:07+00:00 Generating previews for /bruce/files/InstantUpload/Screenshots/2022/05/Screenshot_20220511-172836_RuneAudio.jpg
2025-02-28T07:00:08+00:00 Generating previews for /bruce/files/InstantUpload/Screenshots/2018/11/Screenshot_20181111-145708_Messages.jpg
2025-02-28T07:00:08+00:00 Generating previews for /bruce/files/InstantUpload/Screenshots/2018/03/Screenshot_20180330-205255.png
2025-02-28T07:00:08+00:00 Generating previews for /bruce/files/InstantUpload/Screenshots/2021/04/Screenshot_20210404-164953_Messages.jpg
2025-02-28T07:00:08+00:00 Generating previews for /bruce/files/InstantUpload/Screenshots/2018/05/Screenshot_20180503-122920_Gallery.jpg
2025-02-28T07:00:09+00:00 Generating previews for /bruce/files/InstantUpload/Screenshots/2018/06/Screenshot_20180628-205548_Pool League.jpg
2025-02-28T07:00:09+00:00 Generating previews for /bruce/files/InstantUpload/Screenshots/2018/05/Screenshot_20180525-121631_Klondike Forever.jpg
2025-02-28T07:00:09+00:00 Generating previews for /bruce/files/InstantUpload/Screenshots/2018/05/Screenshot_20180525-121631_Klondike Forever.jpg
2025-02-28T07:00:09+00:00 Generating previews for /bruce/files/InstantUpload/Screenshots/2023/04/Screenshot_20230430-200713_Pool League.jpg```

Configuration

Nextcloud

The output of occ config:list system or similar is best, but, if not possible, the contents of your config.php file from /path/to/nextcloud is fine (make sure to remove any identifiable information!):

is this something I want to ssh into the box to pull?

Apps

only the default apps are installed, I have not used it as a repository to centralize things. my main point was to backup photos and videos

Simply install the Nextcloud Android client on both devices and synchronize the photo folder.

Is bidirectional syncing implemented now in android syncclients?

Yes.  

I had tried that. on the 8a, when I go to files, images the only thing shown is the screenshot I took. no other photos, videos or anything are shown there so it seems like the sync down to the phone is not occuring. I do

the screenshot from the 8a did sync to the box but nothing came down to the 8a