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brownjeremiah84
Helpful | Level 5
5 years ago

Cannot save edits to text files on Android

Need some help. When I open a text file on my Android phone and edit it using the Dropbox text editor, I can't save the changes. I just get a message that says, "Unable to save file." Also, the open ...
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    brownjeremiah84
    5 years ago
    All right folks, I finally figured this out. I uninstalled the Dropbox app and reinstalled it. After logging into it fresh and opened a text file, my phone asked me which app to use. At that point, I realized that the app that was opening my text files before was called "Text Viewer" rather than the "Dropbox Text Editor." I have no idea how that default got changed for one. For two, it's not an installed app... I can't find it on my phone anywhere... Is that some kind of Android default thing???
brownjeremiah84's avatar
brownjeremiah84
Helpful | Level 5
5 years ago
All right folks, I finally figured this out. I uninstalled the Dropbox app and reinstalled it. After logging into it fresh and opened a text file, my phone asked me which app to use. At that point, I realized that the app that was opening my text files before was called "Text Viewer" rather than the "Dropbox Text Editor." I have no idea how that default got changed for one. For two, it's not an installed app... I can't find it on my phone anywhere... Is that some kind of Android default thing???

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