Sync not working
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angeluslupus last edited by
Also having problems. Opera on my android stared duplicating bookmark folders, and now it says the last sync was nearly two weeks ago. Is there any way to manually initiate a sync?
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breathlesstao last edited by
Oh, holy smokes, talk about overcomplicated. It's one thing to save speed dials in separate, by-device folders, but come on... How about not hiding them? Especially this much. Dunno about others, but for me, sync means I see the same thing on device B as I see on device A - not "saved to cloud but hidden in some obscure place where you may be able to manually retrieve them". Please do change this, team, it's very jarring. @_@
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Deleted User last edited by
I agree - what is on device A (desktop) should be visible on device B (android). Since v27 of Opera, my bookmarks have not synced. I deleted and resinstalled with no changes. I am also seeing the same issue on Firefox. Both Opera and Firefox recently changed to a new syncing system and the info I found regarding FF - which I assume applies to Opera - is there is a 5,000 total bookmark limit and if you have more, the sync will not occur. Funny thing is, this was not an issue prior to the sync changes.
It also was stated it was a Android/Google limitation. Ironically, Chrome syncs everything with no troubles.
I will say that I know get most of my folders but they typically are empty. I wish someone from Opera would chime in as this is making this browser difficult to use.
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angeluslupus last edited by
And now all it says is "No synced tabs". Won't even tell me when the last sync was. We REALLY need a manual/force sync option because this is ruining Opera for me.
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dave-sheffield last edited by
Is there a solution for the problem? I have the same issues...2 desktop's and one phone and 3 different contents of bookmarks.
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angeluslupus last edited by
I've had to install an extension that lets me export my bookmarks as html (why this functionality was removed from Opera, I have no idea), copy that to my tablet and save it to speed dail. It's a horrible solution; Opera Link was never this bad.
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omarenm last edited by
I'm having the same problem. All of my devices have Sync enabled (Android 5.0, Windows 7, Windows 10) but nothing get synchronized. I add bookmarks on one device and it never gets syncrhonized to the others... same with History.
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rkdtoo last edited by
Same problem. Have an Opera account for a few months now and Sync never worked. Opera respond!
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angeluslupus last edited by
I can't understand why Opera hasn't sorted this yet. I used to sing the praises of Opera since way back in version 8, but lately it seems to be style over function. Will this ever get fixed, or will a decade of browser loyalty be ending?
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00bukkake last edited by
Also not working:
Got PC with Win10, Tablet with Win10, and Phone with Android 4.4.4. Between first two devices the sync is working as expected, but on my phone the last date bookmarks was synced is form 25.7.2015, thats awful mistake which still wasnt solved by Opera developeres!
Also important question, as i jumped on Opera32 (not beta) on my phone, and on my pc i was searching how the "hell" im supossed to save my bookmarks to your servers? Why is it so difficult to make it just user friendly, can you please tell me how can i save bookmarks to Your servers to be safe there and synced between my devices?
Thanks in advance. Just concentrate on sync, this should be main priority for now for Opera, as far that is what differs you from other business competitors, so far you seem bit ahead. Once You solved this critial point, i will be happy Opera user as i am for a awfull lot years and hopefuly still will be.
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angeluslupus last edited by
And now, with no warning, explanation or apology, it is suddenly working. I can only hope that it doesn't stop again - I mean, how hard would it be to add a 'sync now' manual update button?
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arkad last edited by
Sync not working.
I confirm, the same situation lasts third day on my Opera Mini 11.0.1912.96480 - Jelly Bean 4.1.2.
Disconnection takes place almost in the blink of an eye after logging and this situation repeats itself with no synchronization with Opera for Android 30.0.1856.95530, no bookmarks, no speed dial.
At some point when the browser displays the status of log on and log off for synchronization in the same period,
https://goo.gl/Kw476A ,
this resembles a phenomenon of Schrödinger's cat from the quantum physics.
It's weird when it happens on the Opera field. -
A Former User last edited by
To everyone with not working synchronization:
Please sign-in on Desktop browser and after that open browser://sync-internals and either paste here screenshot of it or its dump - there is "Dump status" button at the top.
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darkmagess last edited by
Cannot paste dump status. Forum does not allow that many characters.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xdpdi3bwqu4oo3k/Opera-Sync-Status.txt?dl=0
I haven't been able to log into Sync. The functionality it has seems fine to me when it does work.
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A Former User last edited by
@darkmagess: from your dump status I see synchronization is not even initialized. What do you mean exactly by "I haven't been able to log into Sync"? You get server errors, information about invalid credentials or something else?
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nugrohoe last edited by
Can this have to do with Android version? Opera used to sync between my 2 Android phones. Suddenly probably a week ago it stopped working. Tried to delete cache; sign out and sign in again, not working.
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nugrohoe last edited by
Can this have to do with Android version? Opera used to sync between my 2 Android phones. Suddenly probably a week ago it stopped working. Tried to delete cache; sign out and sign in again, not working.
Sync works now after I repeated the signin in both phones.
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Deleted User last edited by
So.. a clean Opera V32.0.1948.69 install on Win10 x86. Manual copy of a small test bookmark file - around 500 bookmarks, most of them in the bookmarks bar, organized into folders, subfolders and precise manual ordering. With a new clean account for syncing and a few - actually 4 tabs - open.
After logging in, and being offered with a choose what to sync button, clicking on it informs me of some kind of network error. Ha, that was quick. Like a brown fox. Anyway, after a few retries of accepting login but immediate network error the sync options present them self. Deselecting history and passwords I proceed gingerly.
With syncing onto server complete I open my opera sync web page. It didn't take long to notice that I actually had 26 tabs synced. From a single sync node with only 4 tabs open. The more the merrier..
No matter, both of these were just small critters. The big one was just around the corner. Clicking on the gargantuan bookmarks button I was in for a surprise.
The bookmarks were resorted. The folders were resorted. The empty links with a dash in them used as MacGyver separators were resorted. It was a unintelligible mess. Totally unusable. Wasting additional time trying to sync this was not an option.
Clicking the delete sync data button provides some relief. Time to forget that sync even exists in Opera. I shudder to think what would happen with even more bookmarks and the duplication problems everybody is experiencing. Maybe, maybe I was just lucky to be stopped so early.
But this didn't just stop me in my tracks, it actually broke the track. My best guess.. try, try again when we hit version 100. Real soon now.
Thanks for reading.