how to sync from my laptop to ankidriod?

[tawdry burrow]

I need help :C

[maiden wren]

make ankiweb account, log in on both devices, sync on laptop, sync on ankidroid

[tawdry burrow]

What does it mean when it says 'media is being synced in the background'

[mystic forge]

Media is being synced in the background

[kindred halo]

It means that you can go on with whatever else you're doing, and media syncing will continue. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phP9GGG-PxY

[tawdry burrow]

its not working :C

[kindred halo]

You're going to have to give us a bit more information than that. 🤷🏽

[tawdry burrow]

It would say, like collection synced but then nothing pops up on my phone

[maiden wren]

Syncs are, unintuitively, between your device and ankiweb; you have to sync on both devices for one-way information movement, and sync on device A→B→A for a bidirectional sync.
When you switch devices: sync, study, sync.

[kindred halo]

but then nothing pops up on my phone
What are you expecting to pop up?

[tawdry burrow]

my decks

at this point i sound stupid 😭

im sorry :/

[sharp kettle]

So if you trigger sync on your laptop and on your mobile, both say sync complete without doing anything? And you are sure both use the same ankiweb account (same email address as shown in the preferences)?

[tawdry burrow]

i checked it s the same account

[kindred halo]

Maybe if you give us more specifics about what is happening or what you are seeing -- and what you expect to see or happen differently -- that would help. It sounds right now like you're successfully syncing.

[tawdry burrow]

Like right now on my phone it's empty so it says 'collection is empty'. I would want my cards to transfer 😭

[maiden wren]

• What's your anki version (__H__elp→__A__bout) and ankidroid version (⚙Settings→ⓘAbout)?
• Do you have any 🧩 addons installed? Some of them do things when you sync (ankihub, leaderboard, ankimorphs, fsrs helper)
• If you go to https://ankiweb.net/decks do your decks show up? (if no then anki isn't syncing, if yes then ankidroid isn't syncing)
• There's no pop-up saying "full sync" or "select which copy to keep"? https://docs.ankiweb.net/syncing.html#conflicts
• try Tools→Check Database 🗃 sometimes that magically fixes syncing
• it's possible that your internet is somehow blocking part of the sync. https://docs.ankiweb.net/syncing.html#firewalls Try running ping ankiweb.net; ping sync.ankiweb.net; ping sync2.ankiweb.net in a terminal.
• What's your android version, and operating system and version?

[sharp kettle]

And you manually triggered a sync on both devices? Anki by default syncs on startup and closing, AnkiDroid I think defaults to manual sync only.

[tawdry burrow]

does not show on https://ankiweb.net/decks sadly

[tawdry burrow]

how do you manual sync on laptop?

[tawdry burrow]

i have no add ons btw

[maiden wren]

📧 Have you confirmed your ankiweb account by clicking the link in your email?
Anki desktop: Tools→Preferences→Syncing→AnkiWeb Account should have your email listed
Then at the top of the screen click "Decks Add Browse Stats Sync" or press y to sync
If it's your first sync it may ask whether to upload your collection to ankiweb (good if all your cards are local) or to download emptiness to your laptop (bad if all your cards are local).
Optionally, to force it to ask you this question (and overwrite whatever's on ankiweb), Tools→Preferences→Syncing→Synchronization→☑ On next sync, force changes in one direction, but this shouldn't be necessary

[tawdry burrow]

will try!