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Jmaherot
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago

Files appear as 0 KB in size when scanning to PDF on my iPhone

Hi! Everyday I use my iPhone to scan single page docs (to PDF). They were always able to be previewed. Starting today, I am getting a message that says it can’t be previewed. It is also saying it’s ...
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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    2 years ago

    Thanks, we can confirm that the issue was located and resolved by the engineering team.

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MAPNYNY
Helpful | Level 6

I use the Dropbox app on my iPhone to scan a document as a PDF… I have done this same procedure many times…..so I am very familiar with the procedure….but suddenly there is an issue.

 

To be specific the issue is that the PDF has 0kb of data and as a result when I try to view it (either on my iphone or on dropbox.com) nothing comes up and I get the following error message: pdf files are supported but something went wrong. Again this is a brand new issue that came out of nowhere. 

 

To troubleshoot…..

 

I used two different iPhones to rule out the iPhone itself being the issue but I had the same issue with both phones

 

I logged into a different dropbox account on my iPhone and everything worked as usual indicating that it might be something specific to that particular account

 

 

Please advise… Thanks

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Jay
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2 years ago

Hi everyone, we are currently experiencing issues regarding the document scanner and our team are currently looking into it.

  • MAPNYNY's avatar
    MAPNYNY
    Helpful | Level 6
    2 years ago

    Hi Jay… As I said on my post the issue with PDF scanning went away when I switch to a different account… This different account is a paid account not the free basic account so it might be something connected only to the free basic account

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    MAPNYNY
    Helpful | Level 6
    2 years ago

    Seems to be fixed now

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