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Let me know if you get stuck setting up the SFTP server.
You should add a new user and set a password.
For the Path alias this should work: "Alias:/" and then "/storage/emulated/0". You're phone may differ.

Thank you for your answers.

as @John1234 suggested, I will try the SFTP server approach.

... intricacies, although not completely accurate. Unfortunately that makes it sound as if the issue were with FreeFileSync, when it really is with Google. And in fact syncing with Android does work correctly in some cases (or even most of the time), so it's wrong to say "MTP isn't supported" in general.

Hi,

I get good results with FFS when using SFTP to sync wirelessly to my phone.

I use a free SFTP server from Google Play.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.xnano.android.sshserver

Works better that MTP.

Give that a try.

Because MTP doesn't support it MTP is not the issue, BUT: Google doesn't implement it properly. On some Android phones it works, on others it doesn't, but it isn't a problem with the MTP specification. This is true! For me and many others, it has essentially evolved into an MTP issue for all intents ...

Because MTP doesn't support it MTP is not the issue, BUT: Google doesn't implement it properly. On some Android phones it works, on others it doesn't, but it isn't a problem with the MTP specification. FreeFileSync correctly sets the WPD_OBJECT_DATE_MODIFIED attribute, which isn't of much benefit if ...

Because MTP doesn't support it

Is there anything I can do to resolve this issue? dave_m, 13 Sep 2024, 18:47

Nope :c xCSxXenon, 15 Sep 2024, 14:14

why not?

Is there anything I can do to resolve this issue? dave_m, 13 Sep 2024, 18:47

Nope :c

Hello, I am facing the following problem. I have synchronized some folders from my MTP device (Android Phone) with my Windows folder share via FreeFileSync on Windows. For other reasons, it was necessary to perform a hard reset of my Android Phone. After the hard reset, I synced the folders from my ...

As suggested multiple times in this forum, instead of using the (often buggy) native MTP protocol of your phone, you can install an sftp server on your phone and sync via FFS using the SFTP protocol.
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... root of my android device to my PC, however it can take upwards of 10 hours in some instances even when using usb 3.0. The main reason is that the MTP protocol does not allow for parallel transfers, however programs like "adb explorer" get around this issue with usb debugging, this has made multi ...

... in FFS, when it's connected to pc with usb cable, appear just for a moment and then it disappear. To mount it in FFS the path is /run/user/1000/gvfs/mtp:host=Google_Pixel_6_Pro.... but the gvfs directory is empty so FFS has error "ENOENT: No such file or directory [lstat]" I understand that GVFS is a ...

does anyone know a resolution to this problem? or alternitevely how i can make my pixel 8a use MTP protocol, i guess

... a client software can do. Quite so. I've had chance to fiddle around a bit more today and can declare the combination of Commander One Pro for MacOS MTP access and FreeFileSync for backup/synchronisation a TOTAL SUCCESS! :) So all of the above about rsync can be ignored as a red herring. Simply ...

... phone can't be used to back up application data any more. Hence me searching to see whether I was missing something re. FFS not being able to access MTP devices on MacOS, and coming across this thread. I was: it turns out it can't. The documentation isn't very clear. But I guess writing a suitable ...

... meaningful, as the issue is clearly not caused by FreeFileSync: and during that time I also couldn’t open Windows File Explorer It's a "bug" of the MTP device, e.g. like this one: https://freefilesync.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9727 I agree, not caused by FFS. But! If a dump can reveal a smoking gun f ...

... f software = Android and vendor = Google, chances of success are 0%. Google hates it when you don't use their own cloud sync. MTP "bugs" like minute-long hangs after rename or delete, as well as failure to set modification time simply will never be fixed for older Android. To ...

... org/faq.php#crash I doubt the crash dump will reveal anything meaningful, as the issue is clearly not caused by FreeFileSync: and during that time I also couldn’t open Windows File Explorer It's a "bug" of the MTP device, e.g. like this one: https://freefilesync.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9727

I have no issues performing multiple syncs to my phone, no restarts or hangs other than when the MTP connection gets "out of sync" and I have to replug the USB into the phone. Now, I am not saying that you aren't encountering a FFS issue, but that it certainly could be something with your specific ...

MTP sucks, highly dependent on manufacturer implementation https://freefilesync.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8728 It's pretty good on my S23 Ultra, but I still regularly have to disconnect and reconnect my phone for a proper comparison to go through, along with using content comparison because timestamps ...

File deletions/updates on MTP devices can cause a (minute-long) hang: viewtopic.php?t=9727#p35741

Annoyance after sync from phone. It's a windows(/mtp) problem, but would be nice if FFS could sync creation date of files. Currently (and before FFS) i run all images through xnview metadata change timestamp feature to update it to the exif taken date. (Videos and files without exif metadata changed ...

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This is from 6 years ago and was fixed already. Who knows if it's the same issue that cropped up again or something unrelated that leads to the same error?

... php?t=7831 I have reduced them all to 1 after running into this issue which is affecting ~1k files from 29k. Upon syncing from my phone via MTP to my HDD, using the 'Update' profile, I get this error on the 1k of files: ERROR_BUSY: The requested resource is in use. [resources->GetStream ...

For the smartphone, MTP is likely they root issue, and MTP sucks
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For the USB drive, it could have failing NAND, failing controller, or the VeraCrypt layer is causing an issue.
How you tried with another USB key with a new VeraCrypt setup?

... date is not set There are bug reports related to these problems on the Google Issues Tracker website (https://issuetracker.google.com/issues?q=mtp%20setlastmodified) but these are recorded as fixed, obsolete or duplicate. Google does not seem to be aware of the current problems. Would the ...

... a file, it will have the wrong modification time, and then FFS corrects it. If FFS can't correct it, something is preventing it. Phones using MTP are a common occurrence of this, and there is nothing FFS can do because it is a limitation of the protocol. Another cause is using a filesystem ...

... flavors) that simply do not support preservation of the modification date, or the implementation of some protocols is shaky (e.g. most notable the MTP implementation in quite some Android phones). And most of the time FFS can not "fix" what is broken or simply non-existing elsewhere. If possible ...

Such connection between Laptop/Desktop and Android phone uses the MTP protocol.
And the implementation of the MTP protocol on quite some Android phones "sucks".
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