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Folders made available offline were not downloaded
Hi,
This weekend I thought I'd test the Dropbox Available Offline feature by storing travel documents there. On my PC I created a new folder and populated it with some PDFs. On the Dropbox ap...
Noah,
I'm still confused. First, there's only been one version of any of these documents. I viewed several but not all of the documents at home. Also I was home for over 24 hours before leaving on the trip using my phone and connected to a good WiFi connection. When I left I'm sure that some of the documents were available and I'm sure that there was adequate bandwidth and time to have downloaded all of them. When I viewed some of the documents later when traveling the only reasonable explanation I can think of is that I viewed a different document than what I viewed at home and that Dropbox hadn't been trying to download the documents that I had not previously viewed.
If that thinking is correct then it appears that to ensure that this feature works reliably I need to view each document after I mark it as Available Offline. You mention tapping the Update All button on Android, which I assume would do the same thing.
I just Googled and found a description of the feature here: https://help.dropbox.com/sync/access-files-offline . Under the Android section is says:
"Specifically, making a file available offline:
...
Saves the file to your Android device for offline viewing within Dropbox
Attempts to keep the file as up-to-date as possible and gives you the option to update the file manually
Ensures that any changes you make to the file while offline will be synced to your Dropbox account once you have a connection again"
So to me it seems like Dropbox isn't doing these things. Do agree that the documentation and behavior don't agree? If so maybe I'll send Dropbox a problem report, unless you tell me that I'm doing that right now.
Thanks,
Mike
Minato
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHey MikeA01730,
This issue seem that requires some additional investigation.
Can you create a ticket so we can investigate and ask for information best not shared in a public enviroment?
After you create the ticket, let me know of the ticket number.
Thank you in advance!
Minato,
I followed your link, clicked email, and followed the prompts to create a ticket. When I clicked on OK (or Send, or whatever) it paused a while and then returned me to the main screen with no message, no ticket number, no nothing. Also I received no email. Did I sent the ticket or do I need to do this again?
Mike
- Minato
Hey MikeA01730,
I have located the ticket you created and we shall investigate the issue, as soon as possible!
The reply will come the email address of your account.
Let me know how it goes!
- Jane
It also happened to me. I downloaded a file and marked as offline. It worked offline for a few days but then later it was not working offline anymore and I had to re-download it.
