How does Brave Sync work

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Hi,

I am using Brave on my android device (v.1.5.3) and on my desktop (linux, v.1.7.98) with sync on and both devices are on the chain and bookmark sync is activated.

I am a bit confused on how the sync works. I expect it to just work but it does not sync (both devices have different bookmarks and if I add a bookmark on one device it does not appear on the other device). I tried to find a “sync” or “force sync” button somewhere but I was unable to.

So how does sync work?

Thanks,
Gab

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@GabCH
Brave Sync has been temporarily disabled.(due to a bug)

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I thought it was fixed, no?

I also enabled it:

Mine doesn’t crash btw, it just does nothing.

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For anyone having this issue, I seem to have solved it by following the instructions here:

Specifically the " How do I clear out old Sync metadata for if my browser is still crashing?" part.

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hmmm, it synchronized once, but I made changes (created folders, moved stuff around, deleted folders and bookmarks, etc) on the desktop and the bookmarks on the phone did not update

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So still no sync since the last one.

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I installed the latest update and it partially synced! For some reason it did not delete folders that I had deleted and it did not move everything that I had moved around (into new folders).

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Ok, so with the latest version, sync seems to work well again, I added a bookmark on my phone and it popped up quickly on my PC. I have not tried merging folders again, nor emptying one, etc.

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No, not quite, I tired to delete a folder on the phone and it still shows up on the PC, then I delete it on the PC and it shows up on the phone, etc.

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This is actually a pain, all folders I delete come back! The sync doesn’t seem to understand I deleted it and it must see it on another device and it thinks I added it.

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@GabCH,
It may be worth noting that we are about to stop supporting Brave Sync in it’s current form (v1) and implement a Sync v2:

Sync v2 is already available in Nightly builds and will make its way down the release pipeline shortly.

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