Android app: Saving to OneDrive fails – option "Use a different save method"

You can open and read a database stored in OneDrive with the Password Depot app for Android, but when you save changes, an error message appears – and the changes never arrive in OneDrive? This issue only affects the Android app. The Windows client is not affected: on the PC, the same database can be saved to OneDrive normally.

Solution: Enable the alternative save method

1. In the Android app, open the Options.

2. Go to the Storage section and select OneDrive there.

3. Enable the option "Use a different save method".

4. Open your database again and save a small change as a test.

The app then uses an alternative way to upload the database to OneDrive.

Note: The alternative save method only works with databases smaller than 250 MB. Typical password databases are far below this limit; it only becomes relevant with very many or very large file attachments in the database.

If saving still fails

• First check whether the app is up to date: with cloud issues, an app update via the Google Play Store is always the first measure, because the providers change their interfaces regularly (see "Related topics").

• Make sure the database is located in the default folder that Password Depot itself creates in OneDrive (\Files\Documents\Password Depot). In a different directory, the app cannot process the file, or only to a limited extent.

Related topics:

• Android app: Error opening a database from Dropbox ("Trust anchor for certification path not found")

• How do I transfer my database between my PC and my Android device?

• Where does Password Depot store databases when I use Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive or Box?