FreeFileSync Forum

Thank you, Zenju, for your suggestions, but I have a brand-new Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra running Android 14, so I don’t believe “older Android” is the problem. I think I’ll have to go for option No. 3: use FFS as it is (restarting the computer as needed, the process is a pain but it gets the job done, ...

@ xCSxXenon: Thank you for your feedback. I have not been able to produce the crash files you mentioned; I am a basic user, I don’t dabble into this advanced stuff. The only thing I could get is the log, which says “The database file is invalid: default options for synchronization are applied.” ( ...

Hi Plerry, No, I mean that FFS works fine only once after switching on my computer. Then, when I try to use it a second time, it hangs and I cannot close it the normal way by interrupting the process or closing the program, it hangs and no longer responds. I must use the Windows Task Manager to kill ...

Hi xCSxXenon, Thank you for your feedback. I am using an S24 Ultra and, indeed, sometimes disconnecting and reconnecting the phone seems to fix the comparison feature. But that doesn’t help with the updates hanging and having to interrupt the process through the task manager. Only restarting the w ...

Hi Zenju, Thank you for your feedback. However, there should be no file deletion since I am using the “update” mode: it only copies new files from the phone into the computer, doesn’t delete anything anywhere (or at least it shouldn’t!). The first time I ran it today, it took only 4 to 5 seconds to c ...

Hello, I have a technical issue: the first time I run a profile (copying photos from Android to Windows), it works perfectly, but then if I try running it again later (after taking new photos and reconnecting the phone to the computer), it hangs: the file comparison works, the copy from phone to ...