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Sync between my Android Phone and Desktop PC only one-way for my PC
When syncing images between my android phone and desktop PC, the images are only synced to the folder. I can't make new images appear on my phone's gallery automatically.
Having the images synced to a folder is fine on my PC because I can still access all images at all times on it. The same cannot be said about my phone. I can only access the images I already had on my phone and not the new images synced from my PC.
Is it not possible to make this work? Or is there a way to two-way sync my images.
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- Mark
Super User II
Is it not possible to make this work?
No it isnt I'm afraid.
Dropbox from mobile devices is one way only - i.e. from the device to the computer.
- Rich
When syncing images between my android phone and desktop PC, the images are only synced to the folder. I can't make new images appear on my phone's gallery automatically.
That's not how Dropbox works on mobile devices. The mobile app just allows you to see the files in your account, and to download files as needed. It does not sync files like the desktop application does.
When you add files to the Dropbox folder on your computer, they'll be visible within the Dropbox mobile app on your phone, but they do not sync or download to other locations on your phone. If you want the files to appear in your gallery, you need to save/export them from the Dropbox app to your device.
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