Moving photos to nextcloud. Option "Original should be..." is greyed out

  • Nextcloud Server version (e.g., 29.x.x):
    • 30.02
  • Operating system and version (e.g., Ubuntu 24.04):
    • Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Summary of the issue you are facing:

The photos I make with my camera are stored at my SD-card.
In NC’s settings I set Automatic Upload. The contents of the folder of my camera should be moved to Nextcloud.
The Automatic Upload has the option “Original file should be…”, but this is greyed out.
What do I have to do?

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

(my NC is in Dutch, so I don’t know the right English menu names)

  1. Open NC app
  2. Go to settings - Automatic Upload
  3. Click on the 3 dots behind the first collection (i.e. “Camera” and select Configure, “Automatic upload” switch to on
  4. Click on Use subfolders
  5. subfolder option: Year/Month/Day
  6. Save
  7. Disable battery save optimization.

Log entries

Nextcloud

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Web Browser

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Web server / Reverse Proxy

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Configuration

Nextcloud

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Apps

The output of occ app:list (if possible).

Enabled:

  • activity: 3.0.0
  • app_api: 4.0.3
  • assistant: 2.1.1
  • audioplayer: 3.4.1
  • bruteforcesettings: 3.0.0
  • calendar: 5.0.8
  • circles: 30.0.0
  • cloud_federation_api: 1.13.0
  • comments: 1.20.1
  • contacts: 6.1.2
  • contactsinteraction: 1.11.0
  • dashboard: 7.10.0
  • dav: 1.31.1
  • deck: 1.14.2
  • event_update_notification: 2.5.0
  • external: 5.5.2
  • federatedfilesharing: 1.20.0
  • federation: 1.20.0
  • files: 2.2.0
  • files_downloadlimit: 3.0.0
  • files_pdfviewer: 3.0.0
  • files_reminders: 1.3.0
  • files_sharing: 1.22.0
  • files_trashbin: 1.20.1
  • files_versions: 1.23.0
  • firstrunwizard: 3.0.0
  • forms: 4.3.4
  • integration_google: 3.1.1
  • logreader: 3.0.0
  • lookup_server_connector: 1.18.0
  • mail: 4.1.1
  • nextcloud_announcements: 2.0.0
  • notifications: 3.0.0
  • oauth2: 1.18.1
  • passman: 2.4.11
  • password_policy: 2.0.0
  • photos: 3.0.2
  • privacy: 2.0.0
  • provisioning_api: 1.20.0
  • quota_warning: 1.20.0
  • recommendations: 3.0.0
  • related_resources: 1.5.0
  • serverinfo: 2.0.0
  • settings: 1.13.0
  • sharebymail: 1.20.0
  • sharepoint: 1.18.0
  • sociallogin: 5.7.0
  • spreed: 20.1.1
  • support: 2.0.0
  • survey_client: 2.0.0
  • suspicious_login: 8.0.0
  • systemtags: 1.20.0
  • text: 4.1.0
  • theming: 2.5.0
  • twofactor_backupcodes: 1.19.0
  • twofactor_totp: 12.0.0-dev
  • updatenotification: 1.20.0
  • user_status: 1.10.0
  • viewer: 3.0.0
  • weather_status: 1.10.0
  • webhook_listeners: 1.1.0-dev
  • welcome: 1.2.0
  • whiteboard: 1.0.4
  • workflowengine: 2.12.0
    Disabled:
  • admin_audit: 1.20.0
  • encryption: 2.18.0 (installed 2.17.0)
  • files_external: 1.22.0 (installed 1.16.1)
  • groupfolders: 18.0.8 (installed 18.0.8)
  • oidc_login: 3.2.0 (installed 3.2.0)
  • tasks: 0.16.1 (installed 0.16.1)
  • twofactor_nextcloud_notification: 4.0.0
  • user_ldap: 1.21.0

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Android? Latest version from play store?

Yes, I am running Android. The app version is 3.30.6 dated Dec 4, 2024.

You ran into a bigger issue after google changed rules. Forum is full of postings.
As I am not an android user the only thing I know is that you should install the app from fdroid

maybe pin this topic for now