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[Android Apps and Games] SenK9:
I tried out Syncthing as a replacement for BTSync, and was incredibly impressed with it, doing Linux server to server syncs.

However, when testing it on Android, I ran into the the "puller: final: chtimes / permissions denied" issue as mentioned here - https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/issues/831. From what I gather, it appears to be related to the OS being unable to set modified times on files? I've also tried setting lenientMtimes in config.xml, but I have >1 Android device, so an endless loop exists.

Somebody mentioned that this could be related to the way that CM11 handles disk permissions. But it also happens to my phone, which is running an AOSP build, not CM11. For what it's worth, both of these devices have full device encryption turned on and it appears the default mount options include 'noatime', could this be part of the problem? The files themselves appear to be set to 660 permissions, just like everything else.

I'm anxiously awaiting a fix, or more information on this, as I would like to do away with BTSync completely and sync both my phone and tablet with the server.

In any case, keep up the good work team. I've been looking for a way to contribute financially, but there doesn't appear to be a non-Bitcoin method (I don't have Bitcoins). I'm happy to volunteer testing if that helps.
[Android Apps and Games] Nutomic:
The chtimes problem *should* be resolved (lenientMtimes is set automatically on the Android side, and that's all that should be needed, also see #23). And this issue hasn't come up since then.

Could you post a logcat and the versions of all your nodes? (preferably to Github).
[Android Apps and Games] SenK9:
EDIT: It appears Syncthing is unable to handle multiple Android being synced together - modified file times are ignored and not set, resulting in each Android device constantly scanning and overwriting other nodes with it's own incorrect mtime, in sequence, constantly. This results in huge CPU drain on the mobile devices in question and an unusable setup.

The reason this occurs is that Syncthing is unable to modify the mtimes of the files in question. Other non-root apps are able to, which is puzzling. As a band-aid solution, Syncthing automatically enacts the lenientMtimes flag which forces Android devices to ignore any mtime discrepancy. Mtimes is used for checking if files have changed. So you now have multiple Android devices with different mtimes for the same file, but not having the ability to modify it, you can guess what happens next.

If you have more than 1 Android device being synced, I would advise finding another solution. There are other file sync solutions that get around this problem, and modifying mtimes is definitely supported on the devices in question, but Syncthing is unable to affect it. I'm confident the team will eventually get around this problem, but for now, I have moved to a more reliable solution.

lenientMtimes had to be manually set, and I have checked I am running the latest Play store version (0.5.11) on both Android devices.

It's puzzling as my laptop/server sync works perfectly fine, but it's just the Android devices having issues. I suspect it may be to do with CM11 and the AOSP ROMs I am running, as not many people seem to have this same problem, but I can't be sure.

I have posted full details in this bug - https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/issues/831

In case others might be reading here and have the same problem, I'll also post it here too:
[Android Apps and Games] AudriusButkevicius:
I believe other apps do have the same problem with mtimes, if you are trying to adjust them on the sd card.

Syncthing works fine if you are using the phone storage.
[Android Apps and Games] Nutomic:
Unfortunately, Android doesn't let the user write to internal storage (except for the app's own data folder, but other apps can't access that without root).
[Android Apps and Games] famewolf:
What does it take to get a mobile device folder synced to a folder on a pc? The mobile device is running android and the pc is running linux. In bittorrent sync or dropbox it would have taken less than 5 minutes and my data would be syncing. Here I've had to hunt down tutorials that don't exist to try and configure this thing. I scanned the qr code onto my android device and it added the pc to itself.......I made the pc an "introducer"....now they just both sit there...how do I get the pc to recognize the mobile device? While I'd prefer an open source solution vs relying on proprietary torrent trackers this looks to still have a long way to go and needs alot more "user friendliness".
[Android Apps and Games] Magissia:
Greetings, is a root write support planned or already present but not presented in the description?

Regards
[Android Apps and Games] Nutomic:
[MENTION=320962]famewolf[/MENTION]: Did you read the Getting Started? Basically, you have to add the PC to the phone (which you did) and vice-versa. Once you've done that, just add a folder on both devices with the same ID.

[MENTION=4634775]Magissia[/MENTION]: This has been requested, but I don't plan to implement it. Contributions are welcome ;)
[Android Apps and Games] famewolf:
Well perhaps you should make it more obvious how to grab the id on the android client. What's wrong with having "Show id" under settings the same as the linux and arm clients? I finally figured out how to copy the id after your comment.

In any case after reading about the issues with dealing with multiple android devices I'll think I'll wait at this time since one of my primary purposes was to keep app backups via titanium backup in sync on multiple devices.
[Android Apps and Games] Nutomic:
The ID is shown in the sidebar and I can see how that might not be obvious for new users. On the other hand, it doesn't really fit into the settings either. Do you know a better place to put it?
[Android Apps and Games] Magissia:
Thank you for the quick answer, I don't have the knowledge to do clean work on Android / Java, only thing I can do is promising a donation to the one that will code this.

Time for patience.
[Android Apps and Games] Ghostnyc:
Nutomic- Thank you for all your work in making synthing port for android. This app just saved me a few headaches.

I recently had to stop using BTSync and Syncthing was able to cover my needs.

I dont code well yet but I was curious if there were any optimizations or settings that end users could set for better performance?
[Android Apps and Games] Nutomic:
The API uses a lot of CPU currently, closing it will decrease CPU usage.

Other than that, you can use the settings to either run syncthing only manually, or depending on wifi/charging state.
[Android Apps and Games] Analog33k:
Thanks for the tip. How can the API be closed, please?
[Android Apps and Games] Nutomic:
Just don't have the app in the foreground.
[Android Apps and Games] JJT211:
Hi,

Great app! Awesome you got this ported for android.

However, when I attempt to add a folder to sync, I get

"Warning: This version of Android does not allow syncing to External devices'

Im running it on the LG-G3 Lollipop with a stock based ROM.

Is this a LP issue?
[Android Apps and Games] jisoo:
I think you can ignore that warning unless you're syncing to an external micro sdcard. At least that's what it's like for me.
[Android Apps and Games] JJT211:
Oh its that SD write block that google block for some stupid reason back on KK? If thats the case, then thats an easy workaround with the sdfix app. Although i believe thats already been implemented with my ROM. The App prob flags that warning simply b/c of the Android version then.

No biggie then, thx for the reply!
[Android Apps and Games] HomoImpudens:
Hello, I am using syncthing on my windows 10 PC and my android 11 smarthone. I have tried connecting on the same WiFi, or created hotspot on my smarthone (cellular data or WiFi on) and connecting on this network from my PC. In all above cases my syncthing window on PC mentions I am connected through relay or something like that. After some research I understood that relay can compromise my tranfer speed and that direct connection is preffered. Can someone tell me how could I achieve this desired direct connection? Note that I have no access to the router. WiFi direct seemed as a possible solution but my smartphones custom Rom does not seem to support it.
[Nexus 10 General] Gaugerer:
I bought two Nexus 10 when they were first released and I've scrapped one because the battery failed and a huge screen area went yellow and I was getting multiple annoying random reboots every day.

Now my second Nexus 10 is going the same way.

What a load of crap this tablet is, I'm not surprised Google is not updating it for no-one would buy it.
[Nexus 10 General] Project:Frankenphone:
That's interesting....I have a few mates who have the Nexus 10 and none of them have had those problems. They have had theirs since they were released...Maybe you dropped them once?

You just might be an isolated incident. Another mate if mine has the N7 but the only issue is the charger port issue that many other people have.

I have a N4 and the only issue I have is that the camera stops working at times and to fix that I just restart the phone.
[Nexus 10 General] Gaugerer:
No misuse at all and another annoying bug is the way it deletes part of the pin number after a reboot so you have to re-do the pin number.
[Nexus 10 General] AccuNeal:
I am sorry to hear you are having troubles with both N10s. I would surely have the same frustrations were I you.

We have two N10s, his and hers, for about a year and half. They are used for several hours every day, because we are retired and have lots of time to be online or reading books. My wife's N10 runs Purity ROM and is rock solid for her word games and eBay, facebook, shopping, email and all the other stuff. Mine is rock solid for banking, bill pay, surfing and videos. It usually runs CM11, but could be temporarily running something else while playing around with ROMs. We charge our tablets every day, and try never to get below 50% before plugging in.

I do plan to buy at least one N9 when released, not out of need, but, instead, out of curiosity for an Android 3x4 screen format. Fun times ahead for us Nexus fans. :)
[Nexus 10 General] samwheat:
everybody screaming at me that i m trolling when i was saying about problems with this device few months ago

yellow screen

too many lemon batterys

hdmi problems

buzzing speakers

reboots

no original accesories

you name it ...

I m still in waranty ... i m lazy to go in service with it but after i will repair it ( i hope ) or change it i will sell it and buy a sony . I m not buying a google device again .

nexus fun boys ... what can I say
[Nexus 10 General] fifthelement:
Don't forget nexus 10 is a two years old tablet but it was a gem in its own time. After 2 years we still don't have any tablets with a higher screen resolution than nexus 10. Which makes it perfect for media consumption. I think only galaxy tab s has a better screen nowadays.

It has had its own shortcommings but most of them are by rectified by software updates, like memory leaks or random reboots.

I have purity ROM on my nexus 10 and I have zero reboots or problems. Everything works like a charm after 2 years of heavy usage. The only thing that I envy now is a super amoled screen on my tablet.
[Nexus 10 General] Gaugerer:
Software updates have not stopped random reboots on my two Nexus 10 and I still suffer from system freezes and sometimes with a loud horrible noise from the speaker and I need to do a hard reset to stop it. So bad.
[Nexus 10 General] fifthelement:
Try to install Purity ROM on them :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2336101
[Nexus 10 General] Jaeryl:
I agree, the Nexus Tablet line was literally one of the biggest POS. I owned a Nexus 7 tablet for about six months and never dropped it or anything. The problem started out with ghosting/ghost input touches then later on progressed to half the touch screen not working at all... Although I initially loved it literally became one the biggest let downs ever...

On top of this, I had also read many articles on XDA and elsewhere of people with the same problem trying to send their tablet's in to ASUS for the warranty and they basically just sent the tablets back to them as is with a software upgrade, which didn't help at all since it was a hardware problem.
[Nexus 10 General] newellj79:
Mine had worked flawlessly since the week it was released.
[Nexus 10 General] malctron:
I got mine when they released the tablet and I've never had one problem with it.
[Nexus 10 General] abdel12345:
I got mine first month of release and it was great for about a year. It's still good now but my siblings abused it so now the battery drains quick (used to last all day and some of the next now I'm lucky if it reaches the end of the day) and speakers are chipping paint.

Other than that there no issues though and those are pretty much our fault. The battery problem could be from not using official charger or just charging all night

Sent from my LG-VS980
[Nexus 10 General] UK_Wildcats_Fans:
I bought my shortly after release and have not experienced any problems with it. I have almost exclusively been using the Franco kernel with AOKP. I use it every day in place of my laptop. I can watch movies, youtube, internet, social media, etc. all day on a single charge.
[Nexus 10 General] IRKONIK:
I bought mine around feb/mar 2013.

It's a piece of crap.

Yellow/brownish tint on the screen that is getting bigger as we speak, battery shutdown at 30% (workarounds exist!), overheating, slow response, slow R/W speeds, etc. I have to do a factory reset pretty much every month.

On top of that: Gergle being a b*tch about it because they've deactivated my account (inactivity). Really funny guys.

I don't know what to do.

I guess I'll throw it away, as soon as I have something new. I'll never buy anything touched by Samsung again. No phone, tablet, TV, you name it. The only thing they're good as is NAND.
[Nexus 10 General] samwheat:
Can you please tell me a workaround for 30% battery shutdown ? i have the same problem .. step by step battery die more faster ... first at 4%, 8% 10% and now 30%...
[Nexus 10 General] IRKONIK:
The problem is: I force the system NOT to shutdown. The battery stays at 0%, but the device keeps running.

This is dangerous. When the CPU ramps up and the voltage is too low it'll cause instability, which you can see by the backlight flickering, the speakers making weird noises, all that bad stuff.

I am not sure how this affects the battery (or the device) physically, since Li-Ion is not very happy when it's "too" discharged. But it'll wear out the battery even faster, I fear. (This is unfunded. I have not enough knowledge about electronics that advanced. But I've read it somewhere. :silly:)

But, that out of the way: There's an xposed module. I DO NOT recommend using it. It's called DisableCriticalBatteryShutdown, by the user zst123.

You WILL run into fc's of the systemui when plugging the device back in. But the process should restart by itself.

There's a thread on XDA. AGAIN, I DO NOT RECOMMEND USING THIS MODULE.
[Nexus 10 General] Trooper Thorn:
I got my Nexus 10 shortly after they were released, and though I love it because it's screen is gorgeous and it has front-facing speakers, it is really buggy, and has been since day one.

It freezes and restarts on me probably daily, and always has since it was brand new. In the early days it always happened while using Chrome, and at the time I remember reading that it was a Chrome-specific issue, so I just switched to Firefox in hopes of a better experience.

It was better, for the most part, but eventually it started freezing at other times as well. I still like the tablet, but it definitely has never been a great performer.
[Nexus 10 General] AngrySalad:
I got my Nexus 10 at release, after 1.5 months of Google not shipping it, losing it, telling me that it was coming, etc... Worst customer experience I ever had. I was on the phone with them daily.

When I finally got it it worked fine for a little while but as I put more and more on it and actually tried to use it to stream video, I would get random reboots, freezing, etc...

I've tried relentlessly to talk my wife into letting me unlock it and put a custom ROM on it hoping it would fix things but she would never let me. Now that it's almost two years old, and I barely use it do to all the reboots, etc..., she might finally let me unlock it.

I was really looking forward to getting this tablet when they announced it but with all the problems, for me it pretty much became a $500 paperweight. I use my GS4 so much more than I every used this tablet, even when I'm home.
[Nexus 10 General] samwheat:
So there s no solution ...
[Nexus 10 General] xenios:
I have 2 Nex10's. Both bought at launch. One is stable as a rock (thank god it's the wife's or else) but mine is a bit of a dud. Instabilities and crashes since day one.

Not a day goes by that I don't have to do the 3 finger salute to restart because it has frozen solid.

Tried factory resetting, flashed factory images whenever a new one was around and tried different kernels. No change whatsoever.

I believe Samsung's soc is the culprit here, which was also the issue with the chrome chrashes in the early days (GPU drivers that fixed the issue where delayed by Samsung, which was silly as it's a stock Mali GPU).

Never mind the USB connectivity issues that only Samsung devices do. I had no problem connecting any of my other tablets and phones (Nexus 7, 4, 5, Xperia Z, various HTCs, even Nokia Lumias) to my PC. The Nex10? No dice. I had to manually remove any and all USB drivers, do 3 rain dances and pray to the lord of shadows before I got it to work.
[Nexus 10 General] abdel12345:
Lol I do have the USB issues sometimes but other than. That my nexus 10 has been pretty sturdy. I'd love an updated version with slimmer bezels but looks like that won't happen with the nexus 9 released which is close enough I guess. I just don't like the left and right bezels when held in landscape mode it just makes it feel to wide. But I guess that's because of the speakers there.
[Nexus 10 General] Jorsher:
I bought mine earlier this year on eBay. They apparently had a few hundred in stock, claimed to be brand new and not refurbished, and sold for a fantastic $350 price. I have little reason to believe it's not brand new. It came in sealed, OEM packaging, and all the "in the box" stuff was packaged similar to new devices I've bought in the past. Nothing led me to believe it's refurbished.

It's very rare that I have any problems, however usually when I boot the boot screen flashes what looks like image corruption on the bottom. May just be part of the LCD starting, I don't know. Occasionally it'll just reboot out of nowhere. I've encountered an annoying screeching noise or freeze a couple times over the past 8 months. It's very rare that I have any problems, but compared to all the other Android devices I've had, it's given me the most trouble. I still love it, but yes -- mine has had some problems.

Hoping it's just a software issue that 5.0 will fix, but if I had to put money on a guess -- it'd be hardware issues.
[Nexus 10 General] BackDaws:
ive got the paint chipping but the battery drain and **** performance is from kitkat, its horrible, i went back to jelly bean and my nexus is rapid again.
[Nexus 10 General] XxM4tzexX:
I don't know why so many people are complaining about this tablet. Neither have I issues with hardware nor software. Kitkat is just fine. No strange battery drain, no bad performance. I'm running stock rom without root or custom kernel.

[MENTION=293854]xenios[/MENTION] what about your guarantee? Replace the broken one and let you ship a new one.
[Nexus 10 General] xenios:
Well, as I said I have 2 and only one is problematic so YMMV. Some problems existed for a great deal of users (Surfaceflinger etc) and they were somewhat solved by later updates.

As I bought mine in the USA and live in Cyprus (and it was never offered officially for sale over here by anybody) warranty is a no go (shipping to and from USA, import taxes as the customs office really doesn't care if I sent it for repair or not).

It's not overly dramatic, I just reset and go back to using it. Ofcourse I know what I am doing, someone not as technical savvy (*cough*, *cough* eg. my wife) would of thrown out the window or on my head by now.
[Nexus 10 General] stunned:
I had this but it disappeared when I unlocked bootloader. Anyway, great tablet, not a load of crap. :)
[Nexus 10 General] Jorsher:
Of course I unlocked my bootloader on day 1 before I did anything else. The corruption still occurs at every boot.

I know it's a great tablet. My point was to give OP some backup -- because I've also had trouble.
[Nexus 10 General] stead2120:
Dude, your right, I just got my 4th Nexus Tablet back, I"m getting rid of this junk. I'm debating about getting either a Windows or Apple iPad Tablet.
[Nexus 10 General] IRKONIK:
Don't go proprietary.

Get the Sony Z3 Tablet Compact. I've sent mine back, but will order it again if the Nexus 9 is a disappointment. Only downside: 8" feels small after using the Nexus 10 for so long.

Cheers!

Sent from my HTC One (M8)
[Nexus 10 General] Reiven89:
i experience the same as you, image corruption when booting at the botton of the screen before google logo and some random reboot... im hoping lollipop will fix that
[Nexus 10 General] gotroot801:
FWIW, I used to see the same garbled mess on boot with KK, and now with LP I see the unlock icon without any corruption when I reboot.
[Nexus 10 General] SilentGaia:
Same as you, I used to get the image corruption boot logo on KK, but looking at LP, I see nothing wrong. I'm hoping the battery life increases with LP, because as of late, my battery life has been ****. However, I am enjoying LP on my Nexus 5 :P
[Nexus 10 General] Ratamacue:
I sideloaded 5.0 onto my Nexus 10, and it's like a whole new device. For the last several months I've had really frequent stuttering, freezing, and crashing - enough to make me seriously want to hurt it. So far, the new OS is running like a dream. From what I've read, the new ART runtime is vastly superior to Dalvik, and boy is it obvious. Right now it's smooth as butter.

No more jank!
[Nexus 10 General] poldie:
Still haven't fixed the multitouch problem though. I suspect it's a hardware problem. Still, it would be good if Google...you know...provided some support/feedback.

https://code.google.com/p/android/i...s Owner Summary Stars&groupby=&sort=&id=41494
[Nexus 10 General] Gaugerer:
I received Lollipop OTA yesterday and not had any random reboots or freezes yet and I got a low battery warning instead of just closing down. I've still got a huge yellow area on the screen and it is early days, but things are much better.
[Nexus 10 General] IRKONIK:
Contact Google. The adhesive should not discolor. The screen also is very dim because of this, and it can't be your fault. They'll give you a "new" one. ☺

Just don't forget flashing stock new and locking the bootloader.

Cheers!

Sent from my HTC One (M8)
[Nexus 10 General] pfmiller:
I've had both a random reboot and an automatic shutdown at 30% since upgrading to lollipop. I wasn't expecting a miracle though, the hardware is what it is.
[Nexus 10 General] Gaugerer:
I've just had one random reboot since upgrading to Lollipop a week ago and I used to get at least three every day.

So the random reboots were a software problem that should have been fixed long ago.

I've still got the large yellow patch on the screen which an earlier post says is faulty screen glue and I get low battery shut down without warning.

I've now got the Galaxy Tab Style 10.5 as a replacement as I've been disappointed with the Nexus 10 and I wanted a larger screen to compliment my Note 4.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] The Sickness:
Just wondering how development is going here. I have been considering building a S3 rom.

I haven't been to these forums for a long time. I see Ole Doc is still here.

I develop for the S4, but I have a S3. It's my spare. I will look into building something.

Just search for me on XDA to see my work.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] The Sickness:
Guess that settled that.