When opening permission chooser it should already be in the Android/data folder on version 3.1.0 and newer. To grant access to Android/data folder on internal SD card FolderSync will open a permission chooser where the user must manually grant permission to access the folder. FolderSync does not know if “all files” or “media files” has been allowed, and if only “media files” is allowed some files can not be read, and FolderSync will assume those non-readable files and folders doesn’t exist (as they are not reported by the file system). Note: For FolderSync to be able to access all files it is necessary to grant permission to access “all files” not only “media files” which is a more restricted version of this permission. “Manage all files” permission is only available on Android 11 and newer. Not all permissions are strictly needed, depending on your use case, but “Write to device storage” and “Manage all files” permissions are required for a sync to run correctly. There are different permissions needed, depending on Android OS version. The permissions screen can always be accessed directly from the about menu page (the about page is the right-most option on the bottom menu).
SYNC FOLDERS PRO CHANGE COMPARISON MODE HOW TO
On the welcome wizard on first run of the app you should se a permissions screen with a overview of these permissions and how to grant them. Permissionsįor FolderSync to function correctly, it must have the required permissions granted to it.
Its primary purpose is to sync folders between your devices and remote cloud provider or server. It is not a backup application, although it can be used as such.