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Anjistar's avatar
Anjistar
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago

Transferring files from SD card in Galaxy Tab S7 to Dropbox

Hello, While on holiday, I occasionally uploaded the contents of my camera SD card to the SD card in my Tablet.  Twice now, I have started transferring the files to Dropbox but come across this p...
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  • Anjistar's avatar
    Anjistar
    2 years ago

    It happened on both, but I've worked out what the problem was.

    I thought it was probably a Samsung problem and this has turned out to be the case. If you select more than a certain number of files, the pop-up shifts from showing several sharing options to just showing Quick and Nearby Share.

    It's annoying that there is no warning about this from the My Files folder on my Android Tablet, but at least I know now.

     

    Thank you for continuing to help me with this.

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Anjistar
Helpful | Level 6

If I select Upload, I get to 'Select photos to upload'. These are random photos, completely out of date order, and not the ones I want to upload.

 

I don't appear to have the option to navigate to the area on my tablet ( the SD card) where the photos I want are stored.

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Jay
Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
2 years ago

Have you tried the 'Create or upload file' option? This allows you to upload any kind of file from anywhere on your device.

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    Anjistar
    Helpful | Level 6
    2 years ago

    I don't get the Create and upload option.

    I have Paper, File requests and Settings on the left and Upload, Folder (+) and Scan above my folder list.

    Upload just leads to Select Photos to Upload.

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      Anjistar
      Helpful | Level 6
      2 years ago

      I have also tried to upload from my Tab to Dropbox.com rather than through the app.

      With this, I do get the Create option, but it leads only to creating Folders and I have already created the necessary folders.

      The Upload option gives me a choice of Files or Folder. If I click Files, I get the option of Camera, Camera Camcorder of Files.

      Selecting Files gets me through to Files from Dropbox, but I can click the three lines at top left and choose SD card/DCIM and select the photos, but once there, there's no Upload button!

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        Jay
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        2 years ago

        Could you attach a screenshot, while hiding personal images, showing the lack of an upload button?

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