Editing Introduction to a Self Managed Life: a 13 hour & 28 minute presentation by FUTO software (section)

=== Step 6: Configuring Syncthing for Organized Android Backups ===

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==== 6.1 Configure Android Syncthing App ====

# Open Syncthing on your Android device.
# For each folder you want to sync:
#* Tap the plus icon in the upper right in the folders part of the app.
#* Tap folder label and label it.
#* Tap the directory and choose your directory you want to sync (it’ll let you choose everything besides the download folder on android).
# '''MAKE SURE TO TOGGLE THE SERVER SWITCH UNDER WHERE YOU TAPPED TO CHOOSE THE DIRECTORY YOU WANTED TO SYNC SO THAT IT ACTUALLY BACKS UP.'''
#* Choose ''send &amp; receive'' if you want two-way folder sync.
#* Choose ''send'' if you want it to only send files to your server.
#* Choose ''receive'' if you only want it to receive files from your server

A good rule of thumb: For smaller folders and stuff you transfer to your phone to read on a trip, audiobooks, etc., I choose ''SEND &amp; RECEIVE'' so I can transfer both ways. For stuff like videos I record and photos I take (the DCIM folder), I choose ''SEND ONLY''. I have a 256 GB phone, and over 1.3 terabytes of videos I have recorded… I can’t sync all of that to my phone or it will fill up. But I have less than 1 GB of audiobooks, books, and max 20 GB of movies I am watching at any given time on my phone.

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==== 6.2 Syncing on wifi only – yes or no? ====

Your Android device can connect to Syncthing, and you can configure Syncthing while you’re on the go. But by default, your Android device must be on wifi in order for file transfer and backup to occur. Even if you are connected to your VPN, your Android device is not going to transfer files if you are not on wifi.

The way you change this is by editing the folder settings in the Syncthing Android app, and disabling the “sync on wifi only” option. I would suggest doing this for folders with SMALL files like documents, audiobooks, and not for folders with LARGE files like the DCIM folder with your recorded videos and camera pictures.

Unlimited plans have data caps; try using 200 GB in 10 days on any ''“unlimited”'' wireless data plan in the United States and watch your ''“unlimited 5G”'' turn into a 56k modem. The only reason they can market using this wankery is because consumer protection law in the United States is a joke.

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==== 6.3 Accept Folders on Ubuntu Server ====

# On the Syncthing web interface of your Ubuntu server, you’ll see notifications for new folders.
# For each folder: Click '''“Add”'''.
# CHANGE THE BASE DIRECTORY FROM <code>~/(foldernamehere)</code> '''to''' <code>~/androidbackup/(foldernamehere)</code> so you don’t clog up your base directory. This makes it easy to see in one click what everything we’re backing up from the android phone is.
# Click '''Save'''.

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==== 6.4 Creating New Folders on Ubuntu Server ====

* It does it for you. What a beautiful program, right? :)

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