Comment on Is it safe the new Syncthing-Fork v2.0.14 on F-Droid?
wltr@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day agoHow does it handle the battery life? Is it run all the time or do you just start it to sync when you need it?
Comment on Is it safe the new Syncthing-Fork v2.0.14 on F-Droid?
wltr@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day agoHow does it handle the battery life? Is it run all the time or do you just start it to sync when you need it?
SatyrSack@quokk.au 1 day ago
I just have it constantly running in the background at all times. Every time I restart my phone, I manually open Termux and run the command
syncthing. I haven’t noticed any difference in battery life compared to when I used Syncthing Fork. It may possibly be better or worse, but not noticeably so.wltr@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
Ok, thanks. It really sounds like a simple solution to the problem. I think even if it does drain battery for some reason (e.g. a repository with a huge number of files), this could be automated, like the on/off switch to run the app to sync and be done with it.
On iPhone, I use sushi train, and it does automated sync via Shortcuts (a built-in app for light automations), via timers or other events like charging. It works perfectly fine for my use case. It syncs my notes multiple times a night, plus during the day while on charge or when I join trusted WiFi networks. I expect the same can be achieved on an Android. So, really, the CLI version might do the job plenty good, I believe.