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Richard B.38's avatar
Richard B.38
Helpful | Level 6
8 years ago

Download a Folder to Android

This is SO frustrating. I have a real need to download entire folders to my android device. For some years I have used the FILE DOWNLOADER FOR DROPBOX from Play Store. I had to reset my android devic...
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Sanchez's avatar
Sanchez
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Hey Richard, 
 
Thanks for posting your question in our forum.
 
I can’t make any suggestions on 3rd party apps, as we do not support them. 
 
However, you may be able to take advantage of offline folders. Here’s our page that shows you how to do it on you mobile https://help.dropbox.com/mobile/offline-folders. 
 
I hope this helps! 
Thanks
Richard B.38's avatar
Richard B.38
Helpful | Level 6
8 years ago

Thanks for the response. It's not really an answer for me as a) I only have basic (i.e. free) Dropbox and this facility is not available to me and b) I want the folders downloaded and exported out of the Dropbox domain (i.e. into the device file system).

 

There was an excellent 3rd party app 'Folder Downloader for Dropbox' which did exactly what I require. Unfortunately it is no longer available.

 

Richard

  • MayMay's avatar
    MayMay
    New member | Level 2
    8 years ago

    The answer about how to select and download multiple folders to Android devices​ is not clearly ​answered. Is there a way to select multiple folders on Dropbox? Or a way to save multiple folders on Android devices? Save to Google photos or Google drive? I can't find a way to edit photos either. Any advice would be appreciated thank you

    • Richard B.38's avatar
      Richard B.38
      Helpful | Level 6
      8 years ago

      Since my original post I have discovered ES FILE EXPLORER available free on Play Store. The previous app I used only downloaded folders and was very easy to use. ES FILE EXPLORER does tons of things and so using it is a bit more complex. But it does the job.

       

      • howsitgoing's avatar
        howsitgoing
        Explorer | Level 4
        8 years ago

        Richard

         

        You might like the android app "dropsync".  I have been using the free version for years now and its fine.  Very easy to use.  Apparently the auto sync doesn't work perfectly anymore, but I only ever manually sync anyway.  Terrific when heading to a meeting or court (I'm lawyer) for updating and then taking  the enire relevant dropbox folder with me on my (old) samsung pad (in a subfolder I created on the external memory I named "aa dropbox download folders").   

         

         

        I'm not across how good or bad dropbox does this function now - it didn't download to android at all years ago when I started using dropsync.  

         

        I have used es file explorer in the past - but I didn't know it could do this!  I use a more simple file manager now to call up and see the folder and files I have synced.

         

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