paralaks Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 (edited) I have an obsolete android phone with 4GB free space on it. I wanted to use it as a server for sync. It will be connected to wireless at home at all times and my pc/laptop/tablet will be able to sync files between each other any time by just having that obsolete phone on. When I tried to set it up that way, I realized I can only add a backup folder with a read key. What I am trying to do is very similar to described here: http://blog.bittorrent.com/2013/05/23/how-i-created-my-own-personal-cloud-using-bittorrent-sync-owncloud-and-raspberry-pi/ I realize the only way I can have such setup is to have a writable folder in android device (write key for a backup folder). Please add this feature as a high priority so that people like me can use their old devices that way rather than trashing them. The best thing would be, I can add an SD card or even a flash disk to my old phone and l can have a dozens of gigs of space that I can use! Edited December 23, 2014 by paralaks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piotrnik Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 From what I understand, Android can't generate r/w keys from the app.However, you can create a sync on a desktop/laptop, copy the r/w key to the android device (or via QR), and then have the expected r/w behavior. I believe native android r/w key creation is on the list of future improvements Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paralaks Posted December 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2014 (edited) I tried several times and it does not work. I added the folder on PC and used R/W key to setup a folder on phone. It worked fine. Then I turned PC off and set up a folder on laptop using the same R/W key but only folders were synced. No files, not even a single one was synced. This is the closest I could get. Edited December 28, 2014 by paralaks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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