MEGAsync re-uploads photos after reconnection to SD card

[pbielefeldt]

General Information

• MEGA Version: 3.7.7 (and some older versions)

• OS Version(s): Android 9 / EMUI 9.1

• Devices/Simulators: Huawei Y6s & Lenovo Moto G6

• Reproducible? (Yes/No): Yes

Hi all!

First, let express my gratitude for providing this great product. Thank you! However, I have an issue that I already encountered on my Moto G6, and now I see the same behaviour on a Huawei Y6s, so it's maybe a more general issue. I have an SD-Card plugged in, and my camera's default storage location is /storage/<UID>/DCIM/Camera. In MEGAsync, I activated Camera Uploads, and assigned this folder as 'local camera folder'. As expected, it syncs all pictures to the Camera Uploads folder at mega. This might be related to #27, but I am not sure about the report over there,

Unfortunately, after a re-boot of the phone (and maybe in other cases, too), the SD is no longer recognized by MEGAsync – at least, that is my understanding. This triggers two things: First, MEGAsync stops auto-uploading pictures taken.

More critically: When I re-activate the Camera Upload feature, I have to select the SD card as a local storage again. MEGAsync will crawl the folder again, and then upload all pictures in DCIM/Camera again, with the suffix _1.jpg appended.

Hence, whenever my phone re-starts, MEGAsync produces about 1GB of totally futile traffic, brings disorder to my photos folder and causes annoying extra work for me. I'd greatly appreciate if the programme could be altered to avoid this behaviour. If you think I can provide any helpful information, please contact me.

Best

PBielefeldt