qcbqoucq Posted July 17, 2013 Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 When I delete files (photos) on my Android folder that are backed up with BTsync, the same files (photos) also get deleted on my computer. I think that they should stay there since this feature is called "backup" not "sync". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrippyBadger Posted July 17, 2013 Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 Registered to just say the same thing...What is the difference between Sync and Backup so? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coutts Posted July 22, 2013 Report Share Posted July 22, 2013 +1, what's the difference between the "backup" feature and just a read-only sync? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest idef1x Posted July 27, 2013 Report Share Posted July 27, 2013 +1 for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainmark Posted July 27, 2013 Report Share Posted July 27, 2013 What happens if a photo is backed up from phone to pc and then you delete (or move) the pc copy. I would try it but I'm still failing to even setup a sync to my linux pc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest idef1x Posted July 27, 2013 Report Share Posted July 27, 2013 so far deleting files from my pc doesn't seem to do anything with those files on my android phone. when deleting files from my android it takes a while before they are deleted on my pc. when I restarted btsync on my android they were deleted right away. so does anyone know what the refresh interval is for backup? it's not as instanious as syncing apparently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slalomist Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 +1 it would be really nice if I could make a read-only key from my phone, so when images sync to my computer, they won't get deleted when I free up space by deleting them off my phone. Right now it doesn't seem like there is any difference between "backup" and "sync" at the moment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santacruzskim Posted November 28, 2013 Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 100% agree. I was under the assumption that "BACKUP" meant what it does in every other form of data management and should especially be true when moving data from a mobile device to a computer. I had scheduled system images of my phone OS to be backed up to my server every sunday night. Each one is ~2GB so after a few I need to clean house on the phone's storage. I just realized when going to restore a backup that it had SYNC'd my changes and deleted the files on my server. Luckily I accidentally left the archive function on for that folder and was able to pull the files from that, but this is a VERY strange relationship they have created, especially when they are pushing the concept of backing up photos using this method Any thoughts BT? Am I misunderstanding this function? Is this an known issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qcbqoucq Posted November 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2013 could someone from sync team please share their view on this issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vadimt Posted November 29, 2013 Report Share Posted November 29, 2013 Hi!This is a current implementation of Backup functionality. You can find deleted files in .SyncArchive folder on your PC if it's enabled in the shared folder preferences. We are planning to improve this behaviour in the future versions. Sorry for the inconvenience.Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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