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Photo uploads on Android not working unless I open the app
Hi, I have the photo uploader feature turned on on my Samsung Galaxy S7, which I believe works overall. Although I have noticed that if I need it to upload a photo that I have recently taken, I need to open up the app on my phone before it will upload. I took a photo this morning; 4 hours later it still hadn't uploaded by…
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Dropbox App not Working on iOS 12
Earlier my iPhone 8 was running iOS 11.2 but today I finally updated to the latest iOS 12. However whenever now I am trying to open the Dropbox app it only is displaying a white blank screen at the startup and few seconds later just closing itself automatically. Can anyone please help me fix it asap?
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Using Dropbox Camera Upload and Apple iCloud Photos
Hello, I have been using Dropbox automatic Camera Upload to backup photos that I take on my iPhone. I would also like to use Apple iCloud Photos to backup and syncronize my photos across multiple Apple devices. Once you take a photo with the iPhone the iCloud Photos functionality uploads the original photo and associated…
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There was a problem completing this request
I am getting this error today when attempting to open files through desktop browsers as well as via the mobile app. I have tried two different browsers on my laptop (Firefox 64.0 and Chrome 71.0.3578.98, then Firefox again after clearing full history/cache in safe mode), and also the mobile app on iphone. No dice. I can't…
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Authentication required on iPad Files app
Hello, when trying to import from the files app on an iPad, it keeps asking for authentication in the Dropbox app, I did logged myself in the app but Files keeps asking and don’t give me access to the dB files. thanx a lot for your help.
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How to clear the Dropbox mobile app cache on iPhone/iPad?
Using an iPhone 5C running iOS 9.1 and Dropbox 4.0.4. The iOS Dropbox app itself is only 55.8 MB in size, however my iPhone is reporting that Dropbox is using a total of 300+ MB in Documents and Data. I have zero files marked as "Offline" within the Dropbox app, so the app should not be storing any Documents or Data…
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What happens to all my pictures if I delete the Dropbox app from my iPhone?
Will I lose all my pictures if I delete the app on my iPhone?
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Why are the videos I upload to my Dropbox account playing sound but no picture?
I have never had this problem before and it is very frustrating. I have a ton of concert videos that I took on my Iphone. They upload to dropbox. From there I copy them to my PC and create folders to save them. I have done this for years. But now when I do it all I get is a music note and sound. The videos are not there. I…
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iphone files uploading to dropbox
I installed dropbox on my iphone6 in order to access some audio files on my phone from my laptop. I have a dropbox plus account. the files were made with the voice recorder app. They were placed in a dropbox folder on my phone. when I went to dropbox on my laptop the new folder was there but no files. the files all say…
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How to save (export) my my photos in camera roll?
I'm uploaded my camera roll in dropbox and when i want to select my photos to save them in camera roll no any icon to save them, just I should select one photo! why !!? how to select my photos to save them in camera roll ?!
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Why won't a video from my Dropbox account save to my iPhone?
I am trying to export an MP4 from my Dropbox to my Iphone 6c iOS 10.3.3 but am repeatedly getting the 'sorry this type of video cannot be saved to this device'. Have searched around the internet and found this question asked loads of times, yet am unable to find a clear answer as to what the cause is/how to get around…
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Android Dropbox Chooser returns "Permanent failure" all of the sudden
We've used Dropbox SDK for 2 years now and everything worked smoothly. We also use Dropbox Choose to open images into our application. Today suddently we receive a 'Permanent failure' message for every image selected from a Dropbox folder to be opened. Are they any updates that impact the current implementation? Thank you.
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Dropbox needs access to my storage to view PDF email attachment
I have Dropbox on android, and everytime I open an email with an attachment it always says, 'to veiw this document Dropbox needs access to your storage'. All permissions are granted but I can't access my files anywhere. Please help I'm losing so much work.
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Backup my WhatsApp Chat from my iPhone to Dropbox
The Subject is the issue.
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Saving files from iPhone browser changes name to "File date" format
Hi, I have been experiencing this for a while. Whenever I export folks from Safari or Chrome on iOS 12.0.1 (Dropbox 118.2.2) the for gets its name changed to something like "File 2018 10 31 2359" (date and time) instead of original file name and type. I've seen this referenced for older versions, but not on current. How do…
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I have two Dropbox folders on my computer
On my pc, there two distinct Dropbox folders. If I click on the mdesktop icon, it opens to a recently installed Dropbox with new files. When I click on the Dropbox icon in the task bar, a differentDropbox opens with my old data. My tablet android tablet and android phone both have Dropbox an open to the old folder. How do…
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Android App not uploading photos anymore
Paid dropbox account, Samsung S4 Dropbox app on android device no longer uploads photos. Trying clearing cache on android device, no luck
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Message using old version of Dropbox
I keep getting a message when starting desktop Dropbox that I'm using an old version, but when I download install .exe and try to execute it says invalid and check app store. Seems it's confusing desktop with mobile app. If I go to mobile device it seems to be up to date, but I'm not sure. Version on mobile is 114.2.12.
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Preview .ods files on iOS
When I try to preview an Open Document format speadsheet (.ods) file in DropBox for iOS it shows as .zip instead of .ods and I can't view the spreadsheet contents. Does anyone have any suggestions fixes or work-arounds fr this? (I tried using DropBox support but they refused to answer because the email address for my…
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Selective Photo Upload on iOS
Hi, There is a feature on iOS to upload all photos taken and delete the source photos. However I only want to upload some of my photos and I also want to decide into which folder they go. In the moment the steps I have to do are: - go into the dropbox app, create a folder - select and upload the photos I like to this…
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How to speed up Dropbox uploads on iPhone
Dropbox sync only happens when I have the Dropbox iPhone app actively open, and even then it takes about 5 minutes to upload a single photo. This is for camera roll sync.
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iOS 11 Files App does not update Dropbox files (new file won't appear)
Hello, I have set up a the iOS 11 Files app with Dropbox integration. Initially all the files from Dropbox appear correctly. The problem appears whenever the Dropbox contents get updated outside of iOS, so for example if I upload new files from Dropbox.com . The shown files in the iOS 11 Files app do not get updated with…
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Cannot edit some text files in Dropbox on iPhone?
In the Dropbox app on iPhone SE, I can open all my text files, but in some of them I do not get the Edit icon (looks like a cursor) at bottom left, so cannot edit them. In others, I get the Edit icon at bottom left, and can edit them. In both cases the text files are from the Notepad app on my Windows 10 PC. When I cannot…
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How can I move my camera upload's photos to another folder (possibly out of Dropbox)?
Trying to move camera uploaded photos to a separate folder outside of dropbox. Cant seem to figure out the process. Thank you for your help.