nextcloud / nextcloud/android

Android Failes to sync (special characters are to blame)

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Description

### ⚠️ Before posting ⚠️

- [X] This is a **bug**, not a question or an enhancement.
- [X] I've [searched for similar issues](https://github.com/nextcloud/android/issues) and didn't find a duplicate.
- [X] I've written a clear and descriptive title for this issue, not just "Bug" or "Crash".
- [X] I agree to follow Nextcloud's [Code of Conduct](https://nextcloud.com/contribute/code-of-conduct/).

### Steps to reproduce

1. Upload a file that contains ':' in the title
2. Try to Sync that folder on android

### Expected behaviour

The file downloads properly or at the very least displays a message saying that this file cannot be downloaded because of unsupported characters

### Actual behaviour

Generic "an error has occurred" message

### Android version

13

### Device brand and model

Pixel 7, Motorola G stylus 5g, others

### Stock or custom OS?

Stock

### Nextcloud android app version

3.29.0

### Nextcloud server version

29.0.0

### Using a reverse proxy?

I don't know

### Android logs

_No response_

### Server error logs

_No response_

### Additional information

It appears that the file system is blocking certain file system characters

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