iphone background backup
I have waiting a week for background backup to start working, it hasn't uploaded a single file. I open the app daily to let the OS know that the app is a priority. Nothing happens. I have 4000 to upload, keeping the app up front and screen on to get through them is going to take a long time
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Have you enabled background app refresh?
Automatic Backup | Immich
A guide on how the foreground and background automatic backup works.
Can you also take a screenshot of the backup page?
Thanks for the quick response by the way. Was not expecting thay
The message said last sync was 10:04PM your local time
so 20 mins ago
There are two type of background job, one short and one long
There are 4702 total assets to upload, only 1382 have been uploaded. That count has not changed unless my screen is on
The short one usually has 30 seconds to run
the long one usually has 5 minutes to run
so it depends on the last files in your queue if it would be a longer video file, it might only sync those files when you plugged in the phone
for initial upload, I suggest just open the app and run the foreground backup, it would be faster that way
the background backup is meant for everyday incremental usage
Ah, understood. I thought it would work the same as my android phone which backed up the entire library overnight
yeah Android and iPhone background jobs are very different >.<
iOS seems more strict than Android in this aspect
other apps use localtion change to trigger the mechanism but we don't do that since it is not "conventional"
Then you would have strange message popup says the app has been using your location 10 times over the last 2 days, people might think we are trying to track them
The difference is apparently vast. Android i didn't think anything about, it just backed everything up. My iphone I have to stay alert to keep tapping the screen. Lol. Thank God my wife has android so she doesn't dismiss the app as useless haha
relatable
Wife is the hardest customer to please
That's the real sniff test of a service. If the wife doesn't complain, it stays
😄
Thanks for the insight, and incredibly fast response
Yeah I develope this primarily for the wife as well
so I know the wife factor
I guess I hope she never decides to switch to an iphone. Lol.
Your product is incredible, thanks for all of the work you put into it
No problem, it is not just me but the contributors as well
I just get this thing started 🙂
No easy feat to get this far. Huge props to everybody involved! Should I delete this or leave for other user reference?
I can close the post
Sounds good!