best syncing practices for areas with spotty internet?

[pick...@gmail.com]

I find syncing between Anki desktop (Mac) and Ankidroid very difficult to deal with in low-internet environments - which is much of the time for me - and would very much appreciate suggestions for dealing with the following problems:

(1) I am forced to do a full upload to the server almost every single time I sync.  My deck is a very big file so this is actually a pretty serious problem - most of the the time the upload fails halfway through.  I am not sure whether this is a consequence of the patchiness of the connection, or the fact that will less frequent access to internet I am able to sync less frequently.  (I am very careful not to make any changes on the desktop version without first syncing Ankidroid and vice versa.)  Either way, it is throwing a real monkey wrench in the language study system I've worked out over the last couple years.

(2) At one point I became frustrated enough with the first problem that I started syncing exclusively by cutting and pasting the file using my USB cord.  However, I find this method to be just as annoying, if not more.  Constant system errors and the fear factor of doing something stupid and overwriting my hard work.

Has anyone figured out a decent way of managing this problem?

[Tim]

Hi there,

The fully sync issue is almost certainly a bug, it would be much appreciated if you could help us to debug the issue!

To start with, please try the latest beta version and see if the same problem exists, as I recently made a change which could potentially have already solved the issue:

https://github.com/ankidroid/Anki-Android/releases

Tim

[pick...@gmail.com]

Tim, thanks for your response.  I'm willing to give it a try, though I've never installed a beta version before.  I take it I need to install an .apk installer of some kind?  Will it automatically install right over the older version and preserve my decks?  And when the next version comes out will it automatically update the way it usually does?

[Tim]

Hi, no need to install an apk installer, just enable installation from "Unknown sources" under Settings>Security and run the apk. And yes, your decks will be preserved, and it will be updated as usual without need to take any further action.

We are going to release v2.3 in about 24 hours, so if you could test that ASAP it would be highly appreciated!

[pick...@gmail.com]

I appreciate the help and am trying to download it, but so far unsuccessfully.  My patchy connection was the original impetus for this query, and now is preventing me from getting the beta version.  I will keep trying though.

[Tim]

We just found another issue a few hours ago which may have been responsible for your problems.

It should be fixed in beta30