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Pc2fire
New member | Level 2
5 years ago

Issues with Camera Upload

I’ve been having issues with my Camera Upload feature in my IOS Dropbox App. Usually when I open the app on my iPhone X, Dropbox will start locating the photos that it hasn’t uploaded yet and start u...
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Jay
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5 years ago
Hi JulianH3, thanks for posting on the Community!

If you're not on a Dropbox Basic plan with more than 3 devices connected, could you try uninstalling the app, rebooting the device, and re-installing it to see if this helps?

Keep me updated with any progress!
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JulianH3
Helpful | Level 6
5 years ago
Hi Jay,

I am on a basic account with three connected devices (1x iPhone, 2x Windows). Anyhow I followed your advice and uninstalled, rebooted, reimstalled the app. The camera upload started immediately as expected, but after leaving the app and re-entering, I had the same problem.

Any more suggestions?
  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
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    5 years ago
    Could you check your camera upload settings to see if background uploading is enabled?

    In the iPhone settings app, does the Dropbox app have Background app refresh enabled?
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      JulianH3
      Helpful | Level 6
      5 years ago


      In the camera upload menu I can only find the following settings:
      Back up... -> All photos
      Include videos -> On
      Use cell data to back up -> off
      Safe HEIC photos as -> jpg

      In the iPhone settings background refresh was always active
      • Walter's avatar
        Walter
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        5 years ago
        Hey JulianH3, sorry to jump in here, but could you try updating the app's version to our most recent one and re-enabling camera uploads if needed too?

        Let us know if this helps!

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