Error syncing changes

[howardabrams]

After setting up Mobileorg to sync with Dropbox (and giving it access), clicking the Sync button on the Outlines view comes up with an error:

Error synching changes
An error was encountered while attempting to fetch mobileorg.org from the server. The error was:
Unexpected error

Of course, mobileorg.org isn't responding to normal HTTP requests.

Thanks for bringing this back from the dead.

[webframp]

Is this perhaps the same as #29 ?

The path has changed due to the requirements of the Dropbox API

[howardabrams]

I don't think it is the same error... It has a different error message. I have a ~/Dropbox/Apps/MobileOrg directory with my .org files (which I see in the Dropbox app on my iPad). Also, I didn't have the previous version of Mobileorg either.

I'll attach the initial empty welcome screen and the error message.

[webframp]

What is the current value of org-mobile-directory ? Make sure this is set to the right path, then do M-x org-mobile-push, then try and sync. Do you get the same thing?

[howardabrams]

Yes. my .emacs file is set correctly:

org-mobile-directory's value is "~/Dropbox/Apps/MobileOrg"

Running org-mobile-push , copies my notes and adds the properties to the end:

:PROPERTIES:
:ID:       28EEAD17-BD39-4687-A713-ACF040780466
:END:

But I get the same error on my iPad. Is there any diagnosing that I can do on the iPad?

[howardabrams]

Removed and reinstalled the app from my iPad, and now I get a different error. This looks more promising.

[webframp]

I have some troubleshooting steps here: https://github.com/MobileOrg/mobileorg/wiki/Troubleshooting

I have seen this for others but I haven't narrowed down the reason. It seems to be due to the app not being authorized correctly with Dropbox.

[markleightonfisher]

Another (?) case where you get the checksums.dat error is when you don't read the Syncing with MobileOrg docs first, so you never create the checksums.dat file :(. (This should probably be documented better in the iOS app.)

This also seems to apply to mobileorg.org too -- you need to create it first outside of iOS before it can be used.

[kurtismullins]

I ran into this error as well. From reading the comments I must have missed steps in some sort of documentation. I started by letting MobileOrg access DropBox and create the folder (apps/mobileOrg).

I get the same results as the screenshot above. Perhaps a better error message or better documentation in the app, itself, would be useful? (I haven't fixed the issue locally yet so I don't know that the comments are 100% accurate)

[pedroteixeira]

Remove all files from Apps/MobileOrg and pushing again worked for me.

[mgmart]

Problem seemed to be solved.