Minimize auto upload wakelock

[tobiasKaminsky]

Given an user that does not want to use auto sync / has no folder configured.
Can we somehow disable then the periodic scan?
This would help in terms of battery saving / wakelock.

[nextcloud-android-bot]

GitMate.io thinks possibly related issues are #2972 ([3.3.0RC1] Camera auto upload fails), #529 (NPE in Auto Upload view finding Media Folders), #1399 (RC4: Crash when showing "migrate to auto upload" dialog), #1290 (Auto upload light ), and #3170 (max-2-line headlines for auto upload config items).

[ne20002]

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I don't need sync. For me it's absolutely sufficient if I get the actual version downloaded when I open a file.
Most files are only downloaded once and then just stays there ... a periodic sync is therefore just draining battery.

[arnowelzel]

Three years later... the problem still exists.

I use auto upload - but this means about 225(!) wakelocks in 30 hours and keeping the device awake for more than 6(!) hours on a Fairphone 4 with Android 12. This means about one wakelock every 8 minutes which last at least a couple of minutes. Even my mail client which has a constant IMAP IDLE connection to my server does not need that many wakelocks - only 24 in 30 hours and it does not miss any mail at all.

If this is really becaus of a regular check for changes - a configurable interval and an optional manual "upload now" feature would be very nice. I don't need every picture I've taken uploaded immediately. Once a day of once every hour would be totally fine for me. And if I really want to have the latest pictures uploaded, it would be nice to have a button or widget "start auto upload now" or similar.

[joshtrichards]

@arnowelzel It is possible to set it to only upload while charging. That's how I've used auto upload for the past couple years. It's a toggle option under each auto upload profile.