Just updated iPhone and iPad to iOS 14.2. Now, trying to open an encrypted file, it tell me "Decryption Failed. Null" If I open with Excel, it works fine. Anyone else having this issue?
I also have success opening an encrypted file within Dropbox after updated 14.4 IOS update. Thanks for everyone's help and input.
Hi @JohnK2, thanks for posting!
Could you send me a screenshot of the error that you're getting?
Also, what are the exact steps you're taking when you get this error?
When you mentioned opening the file through Excel, was this by opening the file through the Files app, or after exporting the file from Dropbox?
Keep me posted!
Also, on my iPhone, I open dropbox and go to that combo file. Enter my password and get the result above. If i click on the "open" button, then I am able to open in Excel with my password. Never had to do this before my iOS upgrade yesterday. My wife's phone has the exact same issue. We are able to open on our macs but not our iPads or iPhones.
Glad to see I'm not the only one!
same for me today on my Ipad and Iphone.... grrr
What is the fix???
I am having exactly the same problem. I upgraded my iPhone and iPad to iOS 14.2 yesterday. Today I cannot open password-protected Word files on DropBox on either device. I get the same message as was posted earlier. I can open up files without a password but not any with a password. I hope there can be a fix or workaround for this.
Yep, upgraded to iOS 14.2 and I'm getting the "encryption failed (null)" error too, when trying to open a password-protected MS Word doc in my Dropbox app.
I have the same problem
I did find a temporary work around. If you have MS Word installed as an app on your devices, you can open the document that is password-protected through Word via DropBox. This allows your to enter the password. I am not sure if it is the same if the issue affects Excel. I still am hoping for an update with a fix from either Apple or DropBox. Do the DropBox admins ever comment on these threads or is it just users?
Yes, same with Excel. Hopefully Daphne from Dropbox will get back to me with an answer today.
The problem isnt with dropbox its with ios 14.2. I cant open a password protected file attached to an email since I upgraded.
If I detach the file and save to my iphone then use the mobile version of excel it works ok.
Yes. I just had the identical error message appear.
Same problem here on my Ipad and iphone
All Excel files with password protection give a decryption error when tryong to open them after giving the correct password.
I Saw this also happens With SYNC (another cloud service)
So it is a Apple IOS 14.2 problem.
After an update WORD and EXEL by Microsoft, the problem has been solved.
Laincars is correct, the issue is not resolved!
Sorry, the MS update did NOT resolve the problem for me. I updated my MS Office over a week ago. The problem really seems to be the iOS 14.2 update. Everything was working fine until I updated my iPad and iPhone. Immediately aferwards I had the problem with encrypted documents not opening in DropBox.
Hey there everyone, thank you all so much for your updates here!
If anyone is still having this issue after ensuring the Dropbox and Excel app are updated, we'd like to have a look further into this with our team too.
Please submit a ticket with the team with the options available to you (based on your account's plan) here, and then let me know the ticket number you receive (eg. #1234567) so I can follow up with you there.
If you have any trouble submitting a ticket, just let me know and I can assist from my side.
Look forward to hearing back from you all - cheers!
I have all my passwords in a file in dropbox, till a few day ago I could open the file through a password without problem on the iphone (IOS 14.2), lately I receive the message "decryption failed null" I then have to open the original word file in dropbox and it functions correctly, what is the cause of this problem?
