diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/syncflow/domain/sync/SyncEngine.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/syncflow/domain/sync/SyncEngine.kt
index c65c1b5..0cf036b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/syncflow/domain/sync/SyncEngine.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/syncflow/domain/sync/SyncEngine.kt
@@ -433,6 +433,15 @@ private val ALWAYS_IGNORED_SEGMENTS = setOf(".thumbnails")
 private val ALWAYS_IGNORED_PREFIXES = listOf(".trashed-", ".pending-")
 private val ALWAYS_IGNORED_SUFFIXES = listOf(".sfpart")
 
+/**
+ * App-private storage trees. On Android 11+ (scoped storage) another app's SAF grant can LIST
+ * these directories but cannot OPEN the files inside, so every transfer fails and the pair is
+ * stuck reporting "Partial" forever (e.g. Android/media/com.whatsapp/...). They hold app-managed
+ * data, not user content worth syncing, so they are excluded entirely. Matched case-insensitively
+ * against the full relative path so the whole subtree is ignored on both sides.
+ */
+private val ALWAYS_IGNORED_PATH_PREFIXES = listOf("android/data/", "android/media/", "android/obb/")
+
 /**
  * True if [rel] should be excluded from sync entirely. Applied symmetrically to the local walk,
  * the remote listing, and known state so an excluded path is never uploaded, downloaded, or
@@ -441,7 +450,10 @@ private val ALWAYS_IGNORED_SUFFIXES = listOf(".sfpart")
  * existing local-walk semantics in LocalAccessor.
  */
 internal fun isExcludedPath(rel: String, pair: SyncPair): Boolean {
-    val segments = rel.replace('\\', '/').split('/').filter { it.isNotEmpty() }
+    val normalized = rel.replace('\\', '/')
+    val lower = normalized.lowercase()
+    if (ALWAYS_IGNORED_PATH_PREFIXES.any { lower.startsWith(it) }) return true
+    val segments = normalized.split('/').filter { it.isNotEmpty() }
     if (segments.isEmpty()) return false
     for (seg in segments) {
         if (seg in ALWAYS_IGNORED_SEGMENTS) return true
diff --git a/app/src/test/kotlin/com/syncflow/domain/sync/ExcludePathTest.kt b/app/src/test/kotlin/com/syncflow/domain/sync/ExcludePathTest.kt
index a3fe4f6..93dc661 100644
--- a/app/src/test/kotlin/com/syncflow/domain/sync/ExcludePathTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/kotlin/com/syncflow/domain/sync/ExcludePathTest.kt
@@ -57,6 +57,22 @@ class ExcludePathTest {
         assertTrue(isExcludedPath("a/b/.photo.jpg.sfpart", p))
     }
 
+    @Test fun `android app-private trees are excluded (scoped-storage unreadable)`() {
+        val p = pair()
+        assertTrue(isExcludedPath("Android/media/com.whatsapp/WhatsApp/Media/IMG.jpg", p))
+        assertTrue(isExcludedPath("Android/data/com.foo/files/x.bin", p))
+        assertTrue(isExcludedPath("Android/obb/com.game/main.obb", p))
+        assertTrue(isExcludedPath("android/MEDIA/com.x/y.jpg", p)) // case-insensitive
+    }
+
+    @Test fun `non-private Android paths are not excluded`() {
+        val p = pair()
+        // A user folder literally named "Android" at a deeper level is fine; only the
+        // top-level app-private trees are blocked.
+        assertFalse(isExcludedPath("DCIM/Android/holiday.jpg", p))
+        assertFalse(isExcludedPath("Pictures/android-wallpaper.png", p))
+    }
+
     @Test fun `normal media files are not excluded`() {
         val p = pair()
         assertFalse(isExcludedPath("DCIM/Camera/IMG_0001.jpg", p))
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index c0601a3..b6ee0b7 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-VERSION_NAME=1.0.74
-VERSION_CODE=74
+VERSION_NAME=1.0.75
+VERSION_CODE=75