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<h1 class="title">Using rsync on Android to syncronise my Music
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library</h1>
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<p class="author">Never</p>
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<p class="date">2026-01-12</p>
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<li><a href="#setup-termux" id="toc-setup-termux">Setup Termux</a></li>
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<li><a href="#establishing-an-ssh-connection"
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id="toc-establishing-an-ssh-connection">Establishing an ssh
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connection</a>
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<li><a href="#configuring-android"
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id="toc-configuring-android">Configuring Android</a></li>
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<li><a href="#connecting-to-android-via-ssh"
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id="toc-connecting-to-android-via-ssh">Connecting to Android via
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ssh</a></li>
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<li><a href="#syncronising-files-with-rsync"
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id="toc-syncronising-files-with-rsync">Syncronising files with rsync</a>
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<li><a href="#refreshing-the-android-mediastore"
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id="toc-refreshing-the-android-mediastore">Refreshing the Android
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MediaStore</a></li>
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<h1 id="setup-termux">Setup Termux</h1>
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<p>Install Termux using F-Droid.</p>
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<p>Update software repos.</p>
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<div class="sourceCode" id="cb1"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb1-1"><a href="#cb1-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">pkg</span> update</span></code></pre></div>
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<p>Grant file access permissions using.</p>
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<div class="sourceCode" id="cb2"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb2-1"><a href="#cb2-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">termux-setup-storage</span></span></code></pre></div>
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<h1 id="establishing-an-ssh-connection">Establishing an ssh
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connection</h1>
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<p>If network (such as eduroam) is blocking ssh trafic between machines,
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open a Wi-Fi Hotspot on your Linux machine and connect the Android
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device to it before using <code>rsync</code> or <code>ssh</code>.</p>
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<h2 id="configuring-android">Configuring Android</h2>
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<p>Install the openssh server on Termux.</p>
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<div class="sourceCode" id="cb3"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb3-1"><a href="#cb3-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">pkg</span> install openssh</span></code></pre></div>
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<p>Start the ssh server daemon.</p>
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<div class="sourceCode" id="cb4"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb4-1"><a href="#cb4-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">sshd</span></span></code></pre></div>
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<p>Get the ip address of the Android machine (in the Hotspot).</p>
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<div class="sourceCode" id="cb5"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb5-1"><a href="#cb5-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">ifconfig</span></span></code></pre></div>
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<pre><code>Warning: cannot open /proc/net/dev (Permission denied). Limited output.
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lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 65536
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inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0
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unspec 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 txqueuelen 1000 (UNSPEC)
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rmnet0: flags=4305<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,NOARP,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
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inet 10.200.157.166 netmask 255.255.255.0 destination 10.200.157.166
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unspec 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 txqueuelen 1000 (UNSPEC)
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wlan0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
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inet 10.42.0.200 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 10.42.0.210
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unspec 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 txqueuelen 1000 (UNSPEC)</code></pre>
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<p>In this case 10.42.0.200.</p>
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<p>The ssh server should now be running and listening on port 8022. You
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can check by running</p>
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<div class="sourceCode" id="cb7"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb7-1"><a href="#cb7-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">nmap</span> <span class="at">-Pn</span> <span class="op"><</span>ip_address<span class="op">></span></span></code></pre></div>
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<p>For me <code><ip_address></code> whould be 10.42.0.200.</p>
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<p>Get the username.</p>
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<div class="sourceCode" id="cb8"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb8-1"><a href="#cb8-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">whoami</span></span></code></pre></div>
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<pre><code>u0_a700</code></pre>
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<p>Set a password for this user.</p>
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<div class="sourceCode" id="cb10"><pre
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class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb10-1"><a href="#cb10-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">passwd</span></span></code></pre></div>
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<h2 id="connecting-to-android-via-ssh">Connecting to Android via
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ssh</h2>
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<p>Make sure you have an ssh key pair on the Linux system. If not
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generate one using <code>ssh-keygen</code>.</p>
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<p>Now connect to Android by <code>ssh</code>.</p>
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<div class="sourceCode" id="cb11"><pre
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class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb11-1"><a href="#cb11-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">ssh</span> <span class="op"><</span>username<span class="op">></span>@<span class="op"><</span>ip_address<span class="op">></span> -p 8022</span></code></pre></div>
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<h1 id="syncronising-files-with-rsync">Syncronising files with
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rsync</h1>
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<p>Install <code>rsync</code> on Termux and Linux. Make sure to keep
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your own openssl config.</p>
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<div class="sourceCode" id="cb12"><pre
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class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb12-1"><a href="#cb12-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">pkg</span> install rsync</span></code></pre></div>
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<p>Now on your Linux machine, syncronise your Music library with
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rsync.</p>
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<div class="sourceCode" id="cb13"><pre
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class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb13-1"><a href="#cb13-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">rsync</span> <span class="at">-av</span> <span class="at">-e</span> <span class="st">"ssh -p 8022"</span> ~/Music <span class="op"><</span>username<span class="op">></span>@<span class="op"><</span>ip_address<span class="op">></span>:/data/data/com.termux/files/home/storage/music</span></code></pre></div>
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<h2 id="refreshing-the-android-mediastore">Refreshing the Android
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MediaStore</h2>
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<p>Android uses a Database to store files. In order to play your music,
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this database needs to be refreshed. This can be achieved by a reboot or
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by using adb to manually refresh it.</p>
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<div class="sourceCode" id="cb14"><pre
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class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb14-1"><a href="#cb14-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">sudo</span> dnf install adb</span></code></pre></div>
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<p>Connect the Android device via USB and see if it is listed.</p>
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<div class="sourceCode" id="cb15"><pre
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class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb15-1"><a href="#cb15-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">adb</span> devices</span></code></pre></div>
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<p>If it is, restart adb in TCP mode with port 5555</p>
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<div class="sourceCode" id="cb16"><pre
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class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb16-1"><a href="#cb16-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">adb</span> tcpip 5555</span></code></pre></div>
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<p>Connect to the device using its <ip_address>.</p>
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<div class="sourceCode" id="cb17"><pre
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class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb17-1"><a href="#cb17-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">adb</span> connect <span class="op"><</span>ip_address<span class="op">></span></span></code></pre></div>
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<p>Refresh MediaStore.</p>
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<div class="sourceCode" id="cb18"><pre
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class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb18-1"><a href="#cb18-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ex">adb</span> shell am broadcast <span class="at">-a</span> android.intent.action.MEDIA_SCANNER_SCAN <span class="at">-d</span> file:///data/data/com.termux/files/home/storage/music/</span></code></pre></div>
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