Thread: To sync or not to sync
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Old 01-21-2019, 08:24 PM   #16
davidfor
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Originally Posted by mbovenka View Post
I'm with the OP, though, that it is not unreasonable to expect it to. There are other things that will have your Kobo attempt to connect to WiFI that have nothing to do with syncing, and which do not need you to hit the sync button.

That hitting the Sync button will have it sync is expected behaviour; that being connected to WiFi for other reasons with 'Automatic Sync' disabled will have it sync automatically anyway certainly is not.
And as I keep saying, that settings page at no time says that it is turning of syncs triggered by other actions. It is only talking about the scheduled daily sync. Which it states explicitly.

But, what other reasons are there to connect to WiFi? There are only three things I can think of that: Syncing, Pocket and the Browser.

Opening the article list syncs the article list. Nothing else.

The browser does a connect. I don't know if it triggers a sync. It didn't just now, but, I might be within the minimum time between syncs.

I suppose there is also the store. That does need WiFi, but, I've never seen it trigger a sync. Except for the few times I've bought a book or when I've saved a preview. I'll have to watch it next time to see whether it just adds the book or does a full sync.

Wikipedia and Google searches. I have no idea how I forgot about these. These don't trigger syncs, but you will get the syncs related to other options.
Last edited by davidfor; 01-21-2019 at 10:28 PM. Reason: Wikipedia and Google
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