Open vegedb opened 3 months ago
try
adb shell am broadcast -a android.intent.action.MEDIA_SCANNER_SCAN_FILE -d file://FILE_PATH
where FILE_PATH
might be /sdcard/the_binding
or /mnt/runtime/write/emulated/0/the_binding
not sure if you need to specify each file individually
try
adb shell am broadcast -a android.intent.action.MEDIA_SCANNER_SCAN_FILE -d file://FILE_PATH
IIRC this is for refreshing/scan photos app for new photos. I have no problems getting google photos app to look for new photos.
To be specific, I'm looking for a way to automate this button.
On another note, what about automation for "Free up space"? Any ideas?
ah i see. this is a problem i have thought about before.
there may be a way to reliably automate the touch commands using either adb shell uiautomator runtest
or a combination of adb shell uiautomator dump
& adb shell input tap x y
ah i see. this is a problem i have thought about before.
there may be a way to reliably automate the touch commands using either
adb shell uiautomator runtest
or a combination ofadb shell uiautomator dump
&adb shell input tap x y
Guess i'll try to figure out tasker for the time being. BTW, does 32gb model (cheaper) work for this? I've only tried 128gb. Also should we try to limit the SSD to 128gb? I see you're using 1TB, won't that flag their system?
Yes, the 32gb model works fine.
Dunno about getting flagged by google. We aren't breaking any TOS afaik.
automation for "Free up space"? Any ideas?
This is trivial. One can always do
adb shell rm -f /PATH
If you delete by adb then the cloud upload is NOT deleted. Yes, it is not deleted.
"background uploads" is unreliable and it prevents new stuff to be transferred to the SSD
What prevents? can't understand. Like the other idea in comment above I have a script that does the following:
#####delete all files older then 1 week
adb shell find /PATH* -mmin +604800 -delete
for FILENAME in `find /path -type f -iname \*.jpeg `
do
adb push SYNTAX
adb shell am broadcast -a android.intent.action.MEDIA_SCANNER_SCAN_FILE -d file://FILE_PATH
done
The "free up space" button provides a guarantee that the media has been successfully uploaded before being deleted.
Deleting the media manually (using rm
) does not provide any such guarantees. It can & will delete media that has not been backed up.
automation for "Free up space"? Any ideas?
This is trivial. One can always do
adb shell rm -f /PATH
If you delete by adb then the cloud upload is NOT deleted. Yes, it is not deleted."background uploads" is unreliable and it prevents new stuff to be transferred to the SSD
What prevents? can't understand. Like the other idea in comment above I have a script that does the following:
#####delete all files older then 1 week adb shell find /PATH* -mmin +604800 -delete for FILENAME in `find /path -type f -iname \*.jpeg ` do adb push SYNTAX adb shell am broadcast -a android.intent.action.MEDIA_SCANNER_SCAN_FILE -d file://FILE_PATH done
I have explained android.intent.action.MEDIA_SCANNER_SCAN_FILE
purpose to "refresh" if your photos DO NOT appear on google photos. This is not the problem.
Main points if you got confused, Background upload do not INSTANTLY start if,
All these points to unreliability of having it decide for you. Would love to have an option to have more control over initiating uploads.
Also like @master-hax said, you might delete stuff that's not backed up using this method.
Main points if you got confused, Background upload do not INSTANTLY start if,
Confusion? None. PS: I have even used 2TB HDD (not SSD) still it uploads reliably. Not instantly. It perhaps takes few hours and then it starts.
Your phone gets locked/deep sleep for a LONG TIME (days) > doze problem
Never experienced it
Your Wifi/ethernet disconnects/reconnects for whatever reason
Every day at 03:00 the ISP does disconnect and reconnect but no problems
Your USB power cuts off intermittently
Never
Your phone RAM decides to kick google photos out
There is nothing running except Google Photos. Why would it?
Of course, like anything YMMV.
Problem
I find that "background uploads" is unreliable and it prevents new stuff to be transferred to the SSD since it will be full when upload doesn't happen. Since my pixel is away most of the time, its not that feasible to trigger physically.
What I've tried
1) Use https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy manually go to the app and force upload using desktop/laptop. (Works but Not automated) 2) Tasker + AutoInput to do the press commands (This is unreliable since the phone sometimes close tasker due to deep sleep or lack of ram?)
Question
Is there an adb command or root app to "Trigger upload"? Would be great if its adb since we can use home assistant to do it.