Since I did not use iCloud to copy them and both PC and iOS device (iPad) encryption backup files are the same:

sha512sums: ......74cd3bd76604199c desktop-key.txt ......74cd3bd76604199c iPad-key.txt

Resetting remote data, setting a new password and synchronizing everything again seems to be the last option left for me to try out. I want to wait a bit to see if this "bug" is somehow fixed in a future version of Vivaldi for iOS though.

I would also very much like to be able to pin tabs on iPadOS.

@MakingVivaldiBetter perhaps the search engine you are using hasn't the suggestions for those language. Which is?

@jane-n I like the iOS version so much, I‘m not going to leave any time soon. 😊👍🏻

We recommend staying on the public Stable version you installed from the App Store for now. I know the devs are looking into setting up a new Snapshot version for those who want to help test the browser.

Do you have a lot of bookmarks? Some users, who have a lot of bookmarks, have reported that it took a little while to sync all of them.

If you check the Bookmarks Panel now, do you see your synced bookmarks?

True, there are still a lot of features and settings we'll be adding to Vivaldi on iOS, but for a first version it's great. 😉

Which Tracker and Ad Blocker sources have you enabled in Settings > Tracker and Ad Blocker? Try enabling more of them to see if that improves the experience.

As for zoom, I'm sure in some future version, options to change zoom levels will be added.

Please share which lists you have enabled in Tracker and Ad Blocker settings and on which web pages they fail to block ads.

No, you haven't missed anything. It's currently not possible to stack or tile tabs in Vivaldi on iOS.
I couldn't find feature requests for these features either, so feel free to create them in the Mobile Feature Requests category.
Please, make a separate request for each for easier tracking and add the tag iOS.

When the option to move the Address Bar to the bottom has been implemented the Vivaldi menu button will no longer be out of reach.

I reported this bug when the first closed beta came out. Sad to see, that it is not fixed even in the first “stable” release…

@MakingVivaldiBetter I don't think there's a hard and fast rule, but sometime ago one of the Vivaldi team members recommended posting iOS feature requests in the mobile feature requests category tagged with the iOS tag rather than in the Vivaldi for iOS category. Here's their post
https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/87184/feature-request/2?_=1696199256889

I guess the product managers look for feature requests in the dedicated mobile feature request category.

@Mawkin said in Syncing desktop to ios device:

@Mawkin said in Syncing desktop to ios device:

I've got Sync set up on my W11 desktop Vivaldi, on my iPad 10th generation and on my iPhone SE Generation 3.

On both iOS devices, I get "Sync is Active", and the desktop is telling me that it's active/has downloaded/uploaded. I am trying to sync everything.

However, when I look at Bookmarks on both iOS devices, none of my many desktop bookmarks are there. I have the default Vivaldi Speed Dials which come with the iOS download, and under "Bookmarks", a Vivaldi folder with 3 Vivaldi bookmarks, and a few others (AliExpress, Amazon, eBay etc.) but not a single one of my desktop
bookmarks.

What, if anything, am I doing wrong?

I've managed to sync to the iPhone by restarting the device, and relogging into Vivaldi sync on it. However, the iPad has synced just the Bookmarks Toolbar from the desktop Vivaldi.

Maybe this is because it takes more time to sync on that device?

Answering my own question, I now have my Bookmarks synced on iPhone and iPad. I think the reason for them not appearing for a while is that I have a large number of bookmarks, and it thus took some time for them to sync.

@Linu74 thank you! It is on my device though, not iCloud 😕

@nomadic Thanks for the alternative. I have just done that and my problem is resolved, but the issue might not be. It's worth noting that when re-enabling sync, I set up a secure passphrase instead of an encryption key file, and then used it on the phone. At first, it failed with the same error message, I had to log out first for it to work.

I agree that it was either a problem with the file or a bug in Vivaldi iOS. The secure vault I use is a popular password manager offering secure storage for files such as this. I won't rule out that iOS is doing something to that file when it downloads it. I also used the same file to sync my Mac laptop without issues (just downloaded it in the same way), so it is also possible that there is a bug with the encryption key upload in the Vivaldi iOS app.

Either way, the Vivaldi team may want to look into it. From the other threads in this forum, I can see there are more people with a similar issue, and they may not have the option to reset.

Thanks again for taking the time to answer and offering some alternatives.

This is already a feature. You can find it under the address bar section in the settings, or search it as "Show Full Address."

There is no agreement (yet?) between Apple and the EU.

Apple has been vigorously flouting it for a long time.

If there is an actual enforced agreement, it will, as already mentioned above, probably only be for Europe.