Using rsync on Android to syncronise my Music library Never 12.01.2026 ──────────────────── SETUP TERMUX Install Termux using F-Droid. Update software repos. pkg update Grant file access permissions using. termux-setup-storage ESTABLISHING AN SSH CONNECTION If network (such as eduroam) is blocking ssh trafic between machines, open a Wi-Fi Hotspot on your Linux machine and connect the Android device to it before using  rsync  or  ssh . Configuring Android Install the openssh server on Termux. pkg install openssh Start the ssh server daemon. sshd Get the ip address of the Android machine (in the Hotspot). ifconfig Warning: cannot open /proc/net/dev (Permission denied). Limited output. lo: flags=73 mtu 65536  inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0  unspec 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 txqueuelen 1000 (UNSPEC) rmnet0: flags=4305 mtu 1280  inet 10.200.157.166 netmask 255.255.255.0 destination 10.200.157.166  unspec 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 txqueuelen 1000 (UNSPEC) wlan0: flags=4163 mtu 1500  inet 10.42.0.200 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 10.42.0.210  unspec 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 txqueuelen 1000 (UNSPEC) In this case 10.42.0.200. The ssh server should now be running and listening on port 8022. You can check by running nmap -Pn <ip_address> For me   whould be 10.42.0.200. Get the username. whoami u0_a700 Set a password for this user. passwd Connecting to Android via ssh Make sure you have an ssh key pair on the Linux system. If not generate one using  ssh-keygen . Now connect to Android by  ssh . ssh <username>@<ip_address> -p 8022 SYNCRONISING FILES WITH RSYNC Install  rsync  on Termux and Linux. Make sure to keep your own openssl config. pkg install rsync Now on your Linux machine, syncronise your Music library with rsync. rsync -av -e "ssh -p 8022" ~/Music <username>@<ip_address>:/data/data/com.termux/files/home/storage/music Refreshing the Android MediaStore Android uses a Database to store files. In order to play your music, this database needs to be refreshed. This can be achieved by a reboot or by using adb to manually refresh it. sudo dnf install adb Connect the Android device via USB and see if it is listed. adb devices If it is, restart adb in TCP mode with port 5555 adb tcpip 5555 Connect to the device using its . adb connect <ip_address> Refresh MediaStore. adb shell am broadcast -a android.intent.action.MEDIA_SCANNER_SCAN -d file:///data/data/com.termux/files/home/storage/music/ ]8;;\