diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/inkwell/ui/NoteAccess.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/inkwell/ui/NoteAccess.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b860cd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/inkwell/ui/NoteAccess.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package com.fabledsword.inkwell.ui
+
+import com.fabledsword.inkwell.core.Note
+
+/**
+ * How this account holds a note (#5175), read from the core's `permission`.
+ *
+ * Someone else's note at [EDIT] is theirs to have its TEXT changed here and nothing
+ * else; at [VIEW] nothing changes here at all. The core refuses the rest anyway —
+ * this only keeps the editor from offering what would be refused.
+ */
+enum class NoteAccess { OWNER, EDIT, VIEW }
+
+val Note.access: NoteAccess
+    get() =
+        when (permission) {
+            "edit" -> NoteAccess.EDIT
+            "view" -> NoteAccess.VIEW
+            else -> NoteAccess.OWNER
+        }
+
+/** Nothing changes here: the note is in the trash, or shared with us to view. */
+val Note.readOnlyHere: Boolean
+    get() = trashed || access == NoteAccess.VIEW
+
+/** The owner's own controls apply: tags, reminder, files, previews, the menu. */
+val Note.ownerControlsHere: Boolean
+    get() = !readOnlyHere && access == NoteAccess.OWNER
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/inkwell/ui/Sharing.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/inkwell/ui/ShareSheet.kt
similarity index 89%
rename from android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/inkwell/ui/Sharing.kt
rename to android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/inkwell/ui/ShareSheet.kt
index dec98a9..be0b751 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/inkwell/ui/Sharing.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/inkwell/ui/ShareSheet.kt
@@ -36,31 +36,6 @@ import com.fabledsword.inkwell.core.Member
 import com.fabledsword.inkwell.core.Note
 import com.fabledsword.inkwell.core.NoteShare
 
-/**
- * How this account holds a note (#5175), read from the core's `permission`.
- *
- * Someone else's note at [EDIT] is theirs to have its TEXT changed here and nothing
- * else; at [VIEW] nothing changes here at all. The core refuses the rest anyway —
- * this only keeps the editor from offering what would be refused.
- */
-enum class NoteAccess { OWNER, EDIT, VIEW }
-
-val Note.access: NoteAccess
-    get() =
-        when (permission) {
-            "edit" -> NoteAccess.EDIT
-            "view" -> NoteAccess.VIEW
-            else -> NoteAccess.OWNER
-        }
-
-/** Nothing changes here: the note is in the trash, or shared with us to view. */
-val Note.readOnlyHere: Boolean
-    get() = trashed || access == NoteAccess.VIEW
-
-/** The owner's own controls apply: tags, reminder, files, previews, the menu. */
-val Note.ownerControlsHere: Boolean
-    get() = !readOnlyHere && access == NoteAccess.OWNER
-
 /** "Shared by Robin · view only" over someone else's note; nothing over our own. */
 @Composable
 fun SharedByLine(note: Note) {
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/inkwell/ui/ShareViewModel.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/inkwell/ui/ShareViewModel.kt
index 7404e16..1298eac 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/inkwell/ui/ShareViewModel.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/inkwell/ui/ShareViewModel.kt
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ import com.fabledsword.inkwell.core.CoreException
 import com.fabledsword.inkwell.core.Inkwell
 import com.fabledsword.inkwell.core.Member
 import com.fabledsword.inkwell.core.NoteShare
+import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
 import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
+import kotlinx.coroutines.withContext
 
 /** Everything the Share sheet renders from. [noteId] null means the sheet is closed. */
 data class ShareState(
@@ -54,19 +56,19 @@ class ShareViewModel(
     fun open(noteId: String) {
         state = ShareState(noteId = noteId, loading = true)
         viewModelScope.launch {
+            // Unlinked is not a failure: it is the phone working as intended, so the
+            // sheet says what sharing needs rather than showing an error.
             state =
                 try {
-                    val members = core.shareDirectory()
-                    val shares = core.noteShares(noteId)
-                    state.copy(loading = false, members = members, shares = shares)
-                } catch (e: CoreException) {
-                    // Unlinked is not a failure: it is the phone working as intended,
-                    // and the sheet says what sharing needs instead of an error.
-                    if (e is CoreException.NotLinked) {
+                    if (!withContext(Dispatchers.IO) { core.syncStatus().linked }) {
                         state.copy(loading = false, needsServer = true)
                     } else {
-                        state.copy(loading = false, loadError = e.describeShareFailure())
+                        val members = core.shareDirectory()
+                        val shares = core.noteShares(noteId)
+                        state.copy(loading = false, members = members, shares = shares)
                     }
+                } catch (e: CoreException) {
+                    state.copy(loading = false, loadError = e.describeShareFailure())
                 }
         }
     }