You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.
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beckers1974
7 years agoExplorer | Level 4
What do the changes for Samsung users mean?
Hi! Just read the info on the changes taking effect in April, and wondering what this means for me getting images etc from my Samsung devices to my dropbox account. Will I still be able to upload via...
- 7 years agoYou'll still be able to upload and access your files through the Dropbox app. It's just the integration into Samsung's own apps that will no longer be available. This is due to Samsung using an older Dropbox API that is being retired.
- 7 years agoTo further elaborate on the upcoming changes, please understand that the Dropbox app will still work on Samsung devices and your synced data will remain safely stored. 🔒Essentially, the only thing changing is the built-in Samsung apps and services (The Gallery and MyFiles applications) on Samsung devices, which will not be able to access Dropbox like they did previously.This is because they rely on an API of Dropbox that will be retired on April 1, 2018. Your data in Dropbox is safe, but you'll need to use the Dropbox app from the Google Play store to use Dropbox on those devices.Again, no need to worry as you'll still be able to access and edit files on your Samsung devices, but you'll need to do so through the Dropbox app available at the Google Play store.To read up on this matter in a little more detail, feel free to have a look at this article:Accessing Dropbox files if you used the Samsung Gallery or My Files apps, or the DocumentSync folderHope this helps shed a little more light on the matter, and if you have any further questions, just leave them below, and we'll get back to you. Thanks and happy Friday!
- 7 years agoYou need to contact Samsung then. It was Samsung that built that functionality into their own apps. It was Samsung that failed to update their applications to use the new Dropbox API (and they had over a year to do so).
This is not a Dropbox issue and Dropbox has no control over how Samsung chooses to integrate the service into their own products.
Rich
Super User II
You'll still be able to upload and access your files through the Dropbox app. It's just the integration into Samsung's own apps that will no longer be available. This is due to Samsung using an older Dropbox API that is being retired.
beckers1974
7 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Hi! That's brilliant - thank you so much for the advice, and your time!
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