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How. Can I control the photos that Dropbox offers when I ask to upload on my phone. It has picked utterly randomly, repeated, lost any chronology and is showing deleted files. What is worse is that o...
Thanks for the info, currently, it isn't possible to specify which folder you want to upload from, as the mobile app detects all images on your device.
As a workaround, you could try uploading via the Android file file system by choosing the images you want, and then using the send/share button on your OS choose the option 'Add to Dropbox'.
App was downloaded that morning! not sure about OS. But is only having internal access to files on the laptop also 'normal'?
Hannah
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorWould you mind clarifying what you mean by "is only having internal access to files on the laptop also 'normal'?"?
Also, can you send us a screenshot showing the issue, to help us get a visual?
If you can describe the steps you're following to upload the photos, I'd really appreciate it as well.
- Hi Hannah. The issue on the phone is selecting which photo to upload. I have opened the app and pressed upload button. The screen then opens offering pics to choose from it the choices made of what to offer that is the huge problem. I don't know what use a screenshot will be, they look like viable photos unless you know which have been deleted, which are unwanted intrusions from WhatsApp, and have a rough idea of the dates they were taken... I presume there was a reason for this random ordering, but I have to scroll through screens of rubbish before finding one photo I hoped to upload. And it turns out to be a thumbnail ( not that I have made any) any completely useless .
Laptop - I was hoping to get the photos to share from my Google photos but the only option offered is internally saved files from my hard drive.
Ps. Have how to turn off stupid stickers but only after been given a talkative badge. Talk about inappropriate!- Jay
Hi Franb1, has the behavior changed from you used to have in the Android app? Were you able to previously select which albums on your phone you wanted to upload from?
- Not used previously on phone. His is the only app I have found that behaves in this way . Instrgram has followed Dropbox's lead in the "gallery" selection but also allows me bypass it to pick from folders in the phone such as camera, Google photos, downloads etc.
