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PunkyFickle
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5 years ago

Syncing dropbox files on Android - third party apps?

Hi everyone,   As you may know, Dropbox doesn't sync files on Android any more as of last year or so (see this, for example). They used to be in sdcard>Android>data>com.dropbox.android>files,...
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Hannah
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5 years ago
Hey! Sorry for the delay here and happy Monday!

I just found a thread that will give you some interesting info on what you described, so you might want to take a look.

Other than that, we do appreciate the feedback and I will gladly pass it along to our team!
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    PunkyFickle
    Helpful | Level 6
    5 years ago

    Hi Hannah,

    Again, this only solves the issue for people who would like to get files downloaded locally. This is sufficient if you only concern is to be able to read a file (that will not get further modified, btw). I and others would like to be able to edit a file on our device and get it synced with the server. Kinda what Dropbox was meant for in the first place...

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      Hannah
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      5 years ago
      Syncing files locally was always intended mostly for the desktop application. 

      The mobile app was always pretty much a mirror of the website, but I do understand where you're coming from.

      If you'd like, you can take a look at our App Center to see all our app integrations, in case any of them look useful.
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        PunkyFickle
        Helpful | Level 6
        5 years ago

        Thanks, that makes sense, although file accessible for edition on android was a thing earlier...

         

        I didn't find anything to properly allow me to work on my notes on my phone, but thanks for the suggestion.

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