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r1701me
8 years agoNew member | Level 2
Background uploading not staying on
Is anyone have an issue where if you turn on Background Uploading, it will work for a little while after turning off the app, then you'll get the notification that uploading is paused and I'll need t...
- 7 years agoThe issue was fixed in the next release (i.e. in October) I'm afraid Joe hence no more posts. Therefore the issue is not this one.
Have you made sure you have location services turned on for Dropbox on your phone?
Rich
8 years agoSuper User II
This is a known issue. I expect that it will be fixed in the next update.
- Joe M.107 years agoHelpful | Level 7Well, I guess it's some constellation to hear that I'm not the only one that suffers from this problem. But it seems clear from these postings it been an issue for months, and nothing has been done to fix it? Really disappointing, especially as a paid user. I have to open the app on my iPhone to get it to upload photos.
Hey Dropbox folks, please fix this.- Mark7 years agoSuper User IIThe issue was fixed in the next release (i.e. in October) I'm afraid Joe hence no more posts. Therefore the issue is not this one.
Have you made sure you have location services turned on for Dropbox on your phone?- Joe M.107 years agoHelpful | Level 7
Yes indeed. Dropbox location services is set to "Always". And of course it's on in background app refresh.
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