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PunkyFickle
Helpful | Level 6
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
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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brett t.
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago

> Syncing files locally was always intended mostly for the desktop application. 

 

Ever use Samsung Dex on a Phone? It is a desktop and something I use daily. Not being able to sync files is a complete show stopper. I edit a few files in Word for android every day. That can not be done with Dropbox as it exists now.

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