To sync with SD Card

Help Fairphone 2
#1

I would like to sync data on my sd card with the app named syncthing.

If I try to create a folder within syncthing I get a warning:

Warning: Your Android Version doesn’t allow to sync with external storage

Original:

Warnung: Deine Andoid-Version(sic) erlaubt kein Synchronisieren auf externe Datenträger

There is a folder on sd card which I can select: /storage/sdcard1/Android/data/com.nutomic.syncthingandroid/files.
But I can’t select my folders, for example /storage/sdcard1/sync-folder.

I’ve already enabled root access for apps How to root the FP Open OS on the FP2!
and added writing permission for media SD Card no writing permission in FP2

#2

If there’s nothing on the sd-card that you need, then I would recommend the following:
Go to Settings
Go to Storage
swipe down till you see "Erase SD card"
erase your card ( you will loose everything that already is on the card)
And try again.

If you need some of the data on the card, then
connect your Fairphone to a computer and
make a folder on the computer let’s say: Fairphone03-01-17
and copy everything into this folder.
Disconnect your phone from the computer
Now you can erase your card.

#3

Same problem after I erased my card and rebooted android (FP2-userdebug 5.1 FP2 fp2-sibon-16.12.0). A screenshot enclosed:

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#4

Perhaps it’s the app syncthing.
Have a look at the app DavDroid. You can install DavDroid by installing F-Droid first.

#5

Here is the solution: With “Andoid-Version” they mean the app version of syncthing. You have to activate the possibility of syncing to external devices in the options (Syncthing-Einstellungen/Verhalten/Erweiterte Verzeichnisauswahl benutzen).

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