Yet another Sync Issue - Android -> Desktop App

Hi there - Love Anki for learning a new language! I paid for the paid version and now am trying to sync from my phone (Android) to desktop. From my phone it looks like it is automatically syncing periodically. It is not clear to me how to verify that.

From my desktop app when I hit “sync” I get a popup that says this “AnkiWeb collection has no cards. Replace it with local collection?”

I don’t get an option to download. So this kind of scares me and makes me think I’m going to lose everything from my phone.

So I look into backing up my phone first just to be sure and the instructions I find are inconsistent and I cannot seem to find a way to ensure my phone is backed up.

I hope this gives enough detail to help me.

Anki is free on Android. You’ve probably downloaded a knockoff Anki knockoffs - Anki FAQs.

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I can verify that your https://ankiweb.net/ account is empty. It was created in mid-July and has connected with desktop Anki on Windows, but has never connected with AnkiDroid on an Android device.

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