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r1701me's avatar
r1701me
New member | Level 2
8 years ago

Background uploading not staying on

Is anyone have an issue where if you turn on Background Uploading, it will work for a little while after turning off the app, then you'll get the notification that uploading is paused and I'll need t...
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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    7 years ago
    The issue was fixed in the next release (i.e. in October) I'm afraid Joe hence no more posts. Therefore the issue is not this one.

    Have you made sure you have location services turned on for Dropbox on your phone?
Breedlo's avatar
Breedlo
New member | Level 2
8 years ago
Since updating to os11, my location setting to enable background uploading reverts to off. I have restrictions set to not allow any changes to my location settings, so Dropbox is reverting to even through I set it to always allow location data and turn the restrictions back on.
  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
    8 years ago
    See my reply above. I've merged your thread with this one.

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