My collection is around 15gb and i have bought a new tablet and do not want to go through syncing with ankiweb for the first time when setting it up on android. Can i simply copy user folder from windows and paste it in internal storage of android (and then rename folder to AnkidDroid)? Will it work with AnkiDroid?
Don’t just copy the user directory.
You can copy your collection manually as an export/import – AnkiDroid 2.17 User Manual . But you’ll still have to do a one-way sync when you setup syncing – it’s unavoidable unless you want to use manual-copying to keep them in sync forever.
Am I right in assuming that most of that is in collection.media, and not in your card database? You should run a Check Media on Desktop to clear out any media that is unused.
Then I think this will work –
- Turn off “fetch media on sync” AnkiDroid 2.17 User Manual
- Sign-in to AnkiWeb and accept the one-way download from AnkiWeb so your card data is in sync
- Copy your
collection.mediafolder from your Windows profile (Managing Files - Anki Manual) to your AnkiDroid folder <Storage Migration FAQ · ankidroid/Anki-Android Wiki · GitHub) - Turn on “fetch media on sync”
- Sync
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Yes most of data is in collection media
Thank you for your kind reply.
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