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Currently I only sync across Windows PC-s. I use my own Synology server for hosting it, and it's Synology Drive application for syncing. When there is any update on database files, Synology Drives sync it to my server, than when I boot up my second PC (or Steam Deck with Windows) Synology Drive sync it to that PC-s database. Like any cloud storage software like Dropbox or Onedrive. I guess you can make it work for android, if the actual database files are the exact same as for Windows. There is an Android app called Autosync for MEGA, this works with MEGA cloud storage, and previously I successfully synced Retroarch save files with it across Andorid phone and Windows PC, but I have not tried it with Launchbox database files.

After 2 month, I can only confirm that beeing detached from Launchbox Sync server solved my problem, at least it seems that way. I never lost playtime before Launchbox server sync and I haven't lost any for 2 month, since I turned off this feature. I simply sync my Data folder to my own server like in the old days and everything is fine. I have also noticed game starts a bit smoother since I don't sync to Launchbox server. During that period game start sometimes was a bit slugghish, just slower enough to be noticed, I think about 0,5-1 second delay. When I noticed this extra game start time it was more likely to loose game time.

My Dreamcast/Phantasy Star Online playtime resetted just now. Previously I had this playtime reset issue only when I played on my Steam Deck (with a Windows 11 install), but this was on my old notebook. This issues happens since I use syncing with My Collections, so since I sync to Launchbox servers. I use multiple computers so this is really required for me. I just turn this off and sync to my own server as before, because this lost was really devastating for me. 😢