space issue resolved, now iPhone won't auto sync photos. app insists "connect to a computer"

[ndlarryj]

My iphone synced wirelessly with no issues until I ran out of free space in dropbox a few months ago. I've since deleted 2/3 of what was in DB so I have plenty of room now. However, I can't get the App on my phone to resume "auto syncing". I can force manual uploads to dropbox (though it doesn's seem to notice when I try to upload a duplicate as it has in the past.. it just continues uploading the duplicate and renames the file). 

In the App when I try to toggle 'camera uploads' on, it insists on prompting "are you near a computer".. download the app on the computer, etc.. even though I already have it installed on a computer. From what I can tell there's no place in the app to toggle auto camera uploads on without forcing a new download of the desktop app. 

I've also tried signing out / back in of both my iOS and desktop Dropbox instances, but  that does not resolve the no auto-sync issue. 

Help! 

[Mark]

Dropbox recently updated the requirements for Camera Upload to include a requirement that you use a paid account OR have it installed on a desktop computer.

So, if its asking for a desktop computer install you will need to do that before it will continue.

www.dropbox.com/downloading will let you do that

[ndlarryj]

I do have it on my computer already. But files I see on my desktop dropbox folder are only ones i'm manually uploading/pushing from my phone. 

I take a new picture--> manually upload to dropbox folder on phone --> see it in dropbox folder on desktop

How do I re-enable automatic syncing / uploads. Each time I try to do so, the iOS app prompts me "connect to a computer". (It already is! argh!) 

[Mark]

Have you tried reinstalling to the latest version?

www.dropbox.com/downloading

Is the account on your computer the same as the one on your phone? You arent using shared folders between them or anything are you?

[Sanchez · Accepted solution]

Hey @ndlarryj, welcome to our community! 

Like @Mark mentioned, you now must have a paid subscription if you want to upload photos automatically from your mobile, using Camera Uploads. If you have a basic account, you need to physically plug your mobile into your computer, and transfer the photos that way. 

If this isn’t working, then by all means write into our team here, so an agent can assist. 

Thanks! 

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