@cenzorrll@lemmy.ca So I finally had some time to dive back into this. Your comments on opening files directly from the /android/media folder on my phone seemed to fix the sync between my phone and laptop.

I had to get over the fact that now I don’t use the nextcloud app on my phone, but I found a way to have the Onlyoffice app link to the /Android/media/nextcloud files.

But yes, Im still finding I can’t use the server UI office as it messes up the syncs between either my phone or laptop.

Anyways just wanted to mention you helped me get the file syncing of nextcloud going! Thanks!

I’ll try the f-droid nextcloud version and keep tinkering with sync settings and see if anything resolves!

In the meantime I’ve just installed Material File on my phone and am accessing my SMB server shares from my Unraid NAS and it’s doing what I need for now. I’m considering sync thing to actually have copies on my clients instead of direct editing to my NAS shares. I’ll keep nextcloud running on the sidelines to fiddle around with but I think it’s a bit of a bigger beast than I need for just myself haha.

I’m curious how you like/compare fedora and debian? Are you using them both as servers for different purposes?

In my situation it’s more my desktop giving me issues and not android.

So when you open office files on your desktop synced folders, they open with the changes you’ve made from your phone? Do you mind me asking what OS/distro your desktop is and what local office you use?

Right now I’m forced to use the nextcloud server UI office to see any changes I’ve made on my phone. Then, and only then if I save the file in the server UI I will see the desktop office files update… I was picturing being able to see sync changes between my phone and desktop without the need to use the server UI as a middleman.

Hey thanks for the input! Although a bit disappointing to hear your frustrations with nextcloud.

So right now I’m not even trying to setup the “live collaboration” features (although that ultimately was a feature I’m interested in). I guess I’m just testing how well the file syncing works before I commit to moving all my stuff off google drive. Right now I’m just doing tests, I create a .xlsx file from my phone collabora/nextcloud app, make a few edits and save… refresh… wait 10 to 15 minutes, then I try opening the newly saved .xlsx file on my nextcloud desktop file synced folder (after hitting the sync button) with say libre or collabora, and its hit or miss if the file I open is the same as the last edit from my phone. Right now its definitely not at the point where I would trust a large/important file that I frequently collaborate between my phone and desktop. However, the notes, like markdown files or just pdfs are syncing flawlessly between my client devices. So it seams like its got something to do with the office files.

Anyways, I guess I’m just a bit disappointed in the reliability of the syncing with office files and am just curious if anyone else has a nextcloud setup where this all actually works… Also, maybe my expectations are too high coming from my google drive desktop sync which performs very well. Or maybe suggestions to another application that is more reliable and maybe less features and overhead of nextcloud.