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Keep original file names in camera uploads feature on mobiles
The idea is not to rely in manually uploading all the time. I want to keep my pictures backed up in case of phone loss or damage, but the names are important as I keep the media backups in multiple places and if the names don't coincide, reconciliation is a hassle. I often end up having to double upload and compare pictures manually so I can see if any of them are missing, and delete the ones with names altered by the Dropbox app. This feels like unnecessary work altogether.Mobile: when moving files or folders, don't get sent back to the root directory
At the moment when you want to move or copy files/folders, you get sent back to the root directory. This becomes tedious when the files or folders that you want to move are already in the same location. I keep getting sent back to the beginning, when what I am working with is right in front of me. My current workaround is using the search functionality, but this change would do wonders for the user interface when working on the phone.
Parrainages / Referrals
Bonjour, J'ai rencontré 2 problèmes dernièrement : J'ai suivi toutes les étapes du parrainage, mais à la fin le statut de l'adresse parrainée est " Exclu de l'offre " ! Comment je fais pour récupérer les bonus de parrainage désormais ? Ça fait environ une semaine que je n'arrive plus à parrainer des amis. Quand j'invite un ami, un message apparaît au moment de l'inscription (après avoir rempli les champs et cliqué sur " Accepter et s'inscrire " ) du parrainé : " Tentatives trop nombreuses. Veuillez réessayer ultérieurement. " J'ai réessayé de nombreuses fois quelques heures plus tard et les jours suivants, j'ai effacé les caches, redemarré mon appareil, etc. Mais le message d'erreur s'affiche à chaque tentative d'inscription ! Pouvez-vous m'indiquer les solutions ou bien faire le nécessaire pour débloquer ces 2 problèmes ? Je vous remercie par avance. Lyndsay __________________________________________________ Hello, I encountered 2 problems recently: I followed all the steps of the referral, but at the end the status of the sponsored address is "Excluded from the offer"! How do I collect referral bonuses from now on? It's been about a week since I haven't been able to refer friends. When I invite a friend, a message appears at the time of the registration (after filling out the fields and clicking on "Accept and register") of the sponsored person: "Too many attempts. Please try again later." I tried again and again, a few hours later and over the following days, I cleared caches, restarted my device, etc. But the error message appears every time we try to register! Can you tell me the solutions or can you do the necessary to resolve these 2 problems? I thank you in advance. LyndsayI can preview offline files on my Android device, but I can't open them with Microsoft.
Hello, I was on holiday and wanted to open a file I had successfully synced to be offline. However, when I tried to open the off-line file I received a message: "you can view this file offline, but you'll need an internet connection to edit it. Check your connection and try again OK" However, it doesn't even let me 'view' the file. Android v10 Galaxy Note9 App version: 414.2.2 I saw this discussion/Thread - but it didn't seem to have a resolution: https://www.dropboxforum.com/discussions/101001012/offline-mode-not-working-on-android/756275 and the thread is closed - so I can't add my comments there. Did you find a resolution to this issue?
Can we have a folder/list of links to our Dropbox files on Android?
It would be quite useful to be able to compile a folder or a document with a list of links to Dropbox files that are made available locally. Imagine a speech that needs a set of texts or images to be opened in sequence. Or a performance in which it is necessary to compile a list of scores that need to be accessed quickly without browsing. The interest in just links, and not copies, is to access the latest versions adjourned in Dropbox from any of the connected devices. This is clearly possible in Windows where a folder or a .docx document can be compiled with links to Dropbox files made available locally. In Android unfortunately this is not possible. Someone suggests to make copies of the files into the local space (not Dropbox) and link to that. But this would not allow the great feature of dynamic update on Dropbox files. I have tried on my tablet to compile a file with links, but when I browse to get the link to a Dropbox file, I go nowhere. I have enquired the Dropbox assistance team and they told me that this feature is not available in Android. I think that this would be a great addition. If anyone in the community has a suggestion I would much appreciate it. Best to all. PS: In serching for a solution someone suggests to insert a path like this to locally available cash: Andoid/data/com.dropbox.android/files/USERHASH/scratch/folder/file.tx but I do not have the USERHASH and the path may be wrong.
How do you backup the motion pictures to Dropbox?
Hi, I have the dropbox app installed in my Pixel backing all my photos and videos. How do you backup the motion pictures WITH the motion to dropbox? So far only the jpeg gets uploaded. When I look at them in the dropbox folder in my computer or online there is no video. So I can't delete the motion photos from my phone because I don't want to loose the motion part, but I need to delete them if I want more storage in my phone. Thanks