Syncthing for Handhelds Guide

In this tutorial, I'll walk you through setting up Syncthing for your handhelds so you can sync your ROMs, saves, states, settings, and anything else you want across devices, firmware, operating systems, and more.

Installing Syncthing

Install Syncthing on ArkOS

  1. In ArkOS, select Options > Enable Remote Services to activate remote services. To sync your ROMs, saves, states, settings, and other data across devices, firmware, operating systems, and more, I'll show you how to set up Syncthing for your handhelds in this article. Take note of the displayed IP address.
  2. OpenSSH for Windows or any other application for any other operating system can be used to SSH into ArkOS.
  3. Use SSH to execute the following commands:
  • sudo apt-get update
  • apt-get install syncthing with sudo
  1. In SSH, open ~/.config/syncthing/config.xml to modify the IP address.
  • Track down the line 127.0.0.1:8384
  • You can substitute your IP address with 127.0.0.1.
  • Save.
  1. In SSH, execute the following command:
  • syncthing
  1. Get Syncthing on a PC or another device: To access Syncthing, launch a web browser and enter IPADDRESS:8384.

Install Syncthing on must.

  1. Go to Configuration > Web Services > Syncthing to enable it. Could you turn it on?
  2. Go to Configuration > WiFi Network to obtain your IP address. Keep your IP address in mind.
  3. Get Syncthing on a PC or another device: To access Syncthing, launch a web browser and enter IPADDRESS:7070.

Install Syncthing on Android

  1. Install Syncthing by downloading the most recent APK from Github.The release of https://github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android
  2. Permit Access: Top left menu > Settings > Behavior > Advanced Folder Picker enabled.
  3. Modify the IP address: Go to Settings > Syncthing Options > GUI Listen Addresses from the menu on the upper left. Make the change to 0.0.0.0:8384.
  4. Get Syncthing on a PC or another device: To access Syncthing, launch a web browser and enter IPADDRESS:8384.

Install Syncthing on Windows

  1. Install Syncthing: Get the most recent setup.exe file from the website. The release page is https://github.com/Bill-Stewart/SyncthingWindowsSetup.
  2. You may access Syncthing by going to 127.0.0.1:8384 in your web browser or opening it immediately after setup.
  3. Permit Access: Launch the Windows Start menu.
  • To access the Services system page, type services.
  • The Syncthing Service should be opened.
  • Navigate to the Log On tab.
  • More sophisticated
  • Locate Now
  • Find the username associated with the account you use to access the computer. Click it twice.
  • Press OK.
  • In the Password and Confirm Password areas, enter the password for your machine. Apply.
  • Restart the computer.