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AndyVRD's avatar
AndyVRD
Helpful | Level 5
6 years ago

Background activity iOS from the mobile app.

Hi, Just notice that Dropbox keeps active in the background on iOS, even if i disable it in the settings from iOS. After some testing I found the problem, the integration with the files app causes...
Mobile
Setting up the apps
noideawhat's avatar
noideawhat
Helpful | Level 6
6 years ago
Same here. I only use a very small percentage of allowed space and I already pay for iCloud storage so I really should stop using Dropbox.
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MikeTheBohunk
Helpful | Level 6
6 years ago

I wanna be fair here: I'm not going to make any sweeping statements about leaving the service entirely (as I said, it's still very comfortable and convenient on desktop OSs). Plus, Apple is also partially to blame here — giving the users the option to disable the background app refresh in iOS, then letting the developers bypass this preference entirely…

 

So, I'll keep using Dropbox for desktop, but I'm going to have to move away files that I want to be accessible from my iPhone until this issue is properly addressed. The mobile app has forced me to merely change my use case, but it's still a pity that I've had to do that.

 

Good luck to the developers. This task may not be as easy as we BFUs might think.

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