I cannot seem to find a way to save email attachments - whether from a POP3 or gmail account. Not sure if I'm missing something in the O.S. or if I need an app.
Sorry but I cannot find that option. I didn't see anything in account settings nor any options/choices while retrieving the email or the attachment - with all the clicking and holding I could think of.
I just want to be able to save some attachments as documents for reference.
Sorry but I cannot find that option. I didn't see anything in account settings nor any options/choices while retrieving the email or the attachment - with all the clicking and holding I could think of.
I just want to be able to save some attachments as documents for reference.
I am having the SAME problem. There is NO option to save attachment only to Preview it. I have tried all the menu keys, I've tried holding down on various parts of the message to see if a fly-out menu appears...this is bizzare...all I wanted to do is send an mp3 file (my ringtone from my old phone) to this device. Any idea what is going on here?
Thanks!!! I am seeing similar complaints in other forums so something is clearly going on...
Today, three Verizon techs were unable to answer my question if MP3 e-mail attachments, such as my preferred old modem ringtone, can be saved on the Droid... In the end, they've suggested talking to the Motorola and/or Google support folks.
--Tony
Last edited by TonyG; November 11th, 2009 at 05:53 PM.
Well I have had many picture attachments and I just hit the Download button next to preview.
__________________ So I'm guessin' there's questions that need addressin' like how he fresh in the adolescence and wreckin em' Rules & Guidelines, Zero Tolerance Policy.
I don't see a Download button next to or below my gmail message with an MP3 file attached. However, a gmail message with an attached JPG picture can be opened, the picture viewed--and there is a Download button on the bottom. Thus, the issue seems to be limited to MP3 attachments and our inability to save them...
--Tony
Last edited by TonyG; November 11th, 2009 at 06:00 PM.
Verizon's doing? I know they haven't dipped their fingers too far into the phones capibilities, but I wouldn't be surprised if they locked this out for anti-piracy reasons.
everyone is right on about this "download" issue. I have spoke in detail with motorola directly and verizon after elevating my issue to higher ups no one can explain why i only get the option to "download" a jpeg attached to a gmail email as opposed to "downloading " anything for that matter on any of my other pop3 email accts. i explained to them i don't care if the phone (droid) does not have the app with the ability to open/read the file let me at least save it to the sd card in the phone,i'll then hook the phone up to my laptop and transfer it to that computer where i have the proper software platform for that specified file. after all shouldn't the phone work like one big ole ram stick? if there is a fix someone let me know i have about 23 days left that i can return this thing. how could they not know this?
Agreed this is a major hole in the OS. I can do it on my blackberry. IPhone users are used to being able to do it I'm sure. Come on guys lets try and have this in the OS by Dec. 11th!
Well, I just used the originala charger/USB cable to move all my music and ringtone MP3 files to several /Music subfolders on the Droid; they all play just fine, as intended.
Let's see what what the Moto/Google team does about this unfortunate OS hole.
Obviously Im having the same issue. Another point to make about it, gmail can send/receive very large files. I got one just now, 20+ mb, and I clicked preview and AndroZip just kept choking on it. Where as if I could just download it direct to the SD card, I could open it with whatever I want.
Well, I just used the originala charger/USB cable to move all my music and ringtone MP3 files to several /Music subfolders on the Droid; they all play just fine, as intended.
Let's see what what the Moto/Google team does about this unfortunate OS hole.
--Tony
How did you do that??
Everytime I try and drag a file and it said "The disk is write-protected"
its gotta be the email and gmail programs on the phone. Its hard to believe they would leave that option out by accident when they created them........ Best way right now at least for mp3 is to forward it to Yournumbergoeshere@vzwpix.com. Of course this is only good if you have text and picture message added on your plan. Then just long press on that specific message off to the side of the play button and select save to sd card. haven't tried this with any other types of attachments.
Nice work around, can't believe I didn't think to try this before. This also makes me think it's an easy fix for the Gmail app.
Yea I removed the gmail app widget, and replaced it with a bookmark link to gmail. Icon looks cool and I still get notified of new mail as normal. It's stupid that we have to, but it works.
Yea I removed the gmail app widget, and replaced it with a bookmark link to gmail. Icon looks cool and I still get notified of new mail as normal. It's stupid that we have to, but it works.
I tried to save a PDF attachment so I could reattach and mail it from my phone. I was able to save it but what is lame is when Im in my gmail account on the phone and I click attach..it only gives me the photo gallery option to attach. Not files.
Is there a fix for this? OTher than logging in on the web browser? I would think since this is a google OS and gmail is google they would have the integration and features of their own mail system top notch....in reality its pretty poor and not much difference from using a gmail app on a blackberry.
12. Why can't I download and open my e-mail attachments?
Documents To Go supports e-mail attachments for many e-mail programs such as Gmail, RoadSync and K9. Unfortunately, if you are asking this question, you are probably using the built-in "Email" program to access your POP and IMAP accounts. The "Email" application does not currently let you download attachments other than pictures, which is completely out of our hands. We would expect that a future update will address this issue. In the meanwhile, you may want to forward your messages containing attachments to your Gmail account and download them from there. You can then view and edit them in Documents To Go.
Sounds like if you install docs to go and use gmail or one of the other clients it will allow you to download attachments.
Android os is a piece of clay. make it in to what you want. If you dont like it or cant do it its cause you havent tried.
For Android devices: How do I save email attachments from Gmail in Quickoffice?
When you open your email in Gmail, the attachments should be listed. If you press Preview, then the attachment will be fetched and opened in Quickoffice. Once your attachment is open, you can select Menu > Save to save the file to your memory card.
It's a work in progress...does that mean anything?
B/C the last I checked, OO.o is a pretty hefty package, and keeping the majority of the functionality while reducing the size immensely, all using a project that is a work in progress, is, well, pretty hard to do.
If you're just trying to email an arbitrary file such as Foo.pdf to your phone, then rename the file to Foo.pdf.jpg before attaching and sending the email. The gmail app will let you download it, and it becomes automatically renamed to downloadfile.jpeg, downloadfile-1.jpeg, etc. in the /sdcard/download folder. Just rename it back to Foo.pdf with AndroZip. I tried this with an .mp3 ringtone on Droid/2.0.1, which worked fine.
But yeah, this is ugly and isn't helpful if you have no control over the naming of the attachments sent to you.
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I found a pretty good attachment downloader (free and paid versions). It will download any kind of attachment to your SD card as long as there is a Preview or Open button available in the Gmail or Email app.
I don't understand why the default email apps do not let you download any kind of file, but at least there's another app out there that can help with it.
Search for "Blackmoon AttachSave" or visit the author's website and use the QR link.
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When I have a .txt document open in Quick Office, where is the menu button or command that I need to use to save the document? Thank you for your help.
Karen
I am trying to save an attachment in Quickoffice. When I have the document open after pressing Preview, the directions are to go to the Menu and choose Save, but where is the Menu? When I press what I think is the Menu (lines on bottom of my Droid), the choices I have are Help, Properties, About, and Search. I would love some help with this. Thank you.
Karen Brown
Ridiculous. I simply can't believe that this has been an issue for 6+ months now and no fix still. The work around is ok, but its a google device and I can't download stored files from my google attachments in my email to my google device, sounds like an easy fix. Pretty sad that it hasn't been done
There hasn't been a fix to this problem. I have one question though. How do you download attachments from a picture message? I get these funny forwards and want to save the images, but I cant.
I've read all of these posts and I am astounded at this simple functionality that has been missing for months. I find it unacceptable to have to go to the web based email when the phone is equipped with the client.
This is such a rudimentary capability to save an attachment and with postings for that past 6-7 months and no answer this is quite unbelievable.
I've found now 2 considerable shortfalls in this phone, first the ability to download a simple attachment, and second, you can't even send a decent size attachment. I had a Samsung smart phone and I could download and send an attachment 10-13MB in size.
I love this phone but I don't like losing capability when I've gone to such a high end phone. I was really expecting file sizes to be a non-issue with this phone.
Are there any developers reading this forum? This stuff has got to be fixed.
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How can I save email attachments
Its not all that bad.
Found a pretty good attachment downloader.
Still No Fix
