diff --git a/mobile/__tests__/services/gitService.test.ts b/mobile/__tests__/services/gitService.test.ts
index c0a6759..07e3fed 100644
--- a/mobile/__tests__/services/gitService.test.ts
+++ b/mobile/__tests__/services/gitService.test.ts
@@ -703,6 +703,70 @@ describe('GitService', () => {
         })
       );
     });
+
+    it('should download missing blobs even when metadata commit already matches remote tip', async () => {
+      const localPath = 'file:///mock/documents/vault/repo';
+      const sharedCommitSha = 'remote-tip-sha';
+      const metadata = {
+        version: 1,
+        transport: 'github-api',
+        repoUrl: 'https://github.com/test/repo',
+        owner: 'test',
+        repo: 'repo',
+        branch: 'main',
+        commitSha: sharedCommitSha,
+        treeSha: 'tree-sha-1',
+        files: {
+          'README.md': { sha: 'blob-readme', mode: '100644', type: 'blob' },
+        },
+      };
+
+      (AsyncStorage.getItem as jest.Mock).mockResolvedValueOnce(
+        JSON.stringify({ ['https://github.com/test/repo']: { username: 'token', token: 'ghp_testtoken123' } })
+      );
+
+      (FileSystem.getInfoAsync as jest.Mock).mockImplementation(async (path: string) => {
+        if (path === 'file:///mock/documents/vault/repo/.synapse/repo.json') return { exists: true, isDirectory: false, size: 0 };
+        if (path === 'file:///mock/documents/vault/repo/README.md') return { exists: true, isDirectory: false, size: 0 };
+        if (path === 'file:///mock/documents/vault/repo/NEW.md') return { exists: false, isDirectory: false, size: 0 };
+        return { exists: false, isDirectory: false, size: 0 };
+      });
+
+      (FileSystem.readAsStringAsync as jest.Mock).mockImplementation(async (path: string, options?: any) => {
+        if (path === 'file:///mock/documents/vault/repo/.synapse/repo.json') return JSON.stringify(metadata);
+        return '';
+      });
+
+      mockFetch
+        .mockResolvedValueOnce({ ok: true, json: async () => ({ commit: { sha: sharedCommitSha } }) })
+        .mockResolvedValueOnce({ ok: true, json: async () => ({ tree: { sha: 'tree-sha-1' } }) })
+        .mockResolvedValueOnce({
+          ok: true,
+          json: async () => ({
+            tree: [
+              { path: 'README.md', type: 'blob', mode: '100644', sha: 'blob-readme' },
+              { path: 'NEW.md', type: 'blob', mode: '100644', sha: 'blob-new' },
+            ],
+          }),
+        })
+        .mockResolvedValueOnce({ ok: true, json: async () => ({ content: 'TkVXIEZJTEUK', encoding: 'base64' }) });
+
+      await GitService.refreshRemote(localPath);
+
+      expect(FileSystem.writeAsStringAsync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        'file:///mock/documents/vault/repo/NEW.md',
+        'TkVXIEZJTEUK',
+        { encoding: 'base64' }
+      );
+      const metaWrite = (FileSystem.writeAsStringAsync as jest.Mock).mock.calls.find(
+        (call: string[]) => call[0] === 'file:///mock/documents/vault/repo/.synapse/repo.json'
+      );
+      expect(metaWrite).toBeDefined();
+      const saved = JSON.parse(metaWrite![1] as string);
+      expect(saved.files['NEW.md']).toEqual(
+        expect.objectContaining({ sha: 'blob-new', mode: '100644', type: 'blob' })
+      );
+    });
   });
 
   describe('Error Handling', () => {
diff --git a/mobile/src/services/gitService.ts b/mobile/src/services/gitService.ts
index 48ef0b3..742bce9 100644
--- a/mobile/src/services/gitService.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/services/gitService.ts
@@ -877,11 +877,6 @@ export class GitService {
 
     const remoteState = await this.fetchGitHubApiRemoteState(metadata);
 
-    // Nothing changed since last sync — skip all file work
-    if (remoteState.commitSha === metadata.commitSha) {
-      return;
-    }
-
     const remoteBlobs = remoteState.tree.filter((entry) => entry.type === 'blob');
     const nextFiles: RepoMetadataFile['files'] = { ...metadata.files };