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How to fix being stuck on Indexing forever loop of death on multi million file DBs after db crash
Ok so I've used Dropbox for almost as long as its existed and recently due to frustration with the never finishing indexing bug I was forced to find out why this kept happening so I could prevent it....
As another long term user I also have this issue and it is fricking annoying. I use two PCs and Android, so things not syncing causes major issues.
A full sync takes over a week on high speed internet using ethernet, so I don't want to unlink, plus there is always the fear that my latest changes would somehow roll back to the earlier changes. Confilicting file issues would also take me ages to sort out. I am trying the pause technique here to see if it fixes it for me as I have been stuck on 93 files indexing for 2 weeks.
Most of my changes are folders moving. I noticed they did changed things a little and fixed one problem, back in the day when you moved a folder it would count as extra in your allwance until it synced and removed it from where it was. but now I guess each file has a unique id and it no longer gives me over limit warnings which used to cause it stop syncing too.
- Walter
Dropbox Staff
Hey DaveHolmes, sorry to hear about this.
If you're still stuck at syncing, could you let us know the device's exact OS and the version of the desktop app installed there?
A screenshot of the app's status as shown in your system tray would also help, so feel free to include one.
On a side note, have you tried adjusting your bandwidth settings through the app's preferences to see if it helps at all?
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