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stevenjeve
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Apr 24, 2020

One Drive and iOS Files app connection issue

Hi, I’m using the iOS Files app to connect to One Drive. 
Recently I have experienced the following problem when trying to connect to One Drive.

Files app displays the error message, Content Unavailable. The folder contents could not be displayed because of an unknown error - try again.

I have deleted the One Drive and iOS Files app and reinstalled and tried to connect again but the problem continues. I have logged an issue with One Drive but we seem to be going around in circles and the agent doesn’t get the issue, even after sending a screen recording of what’s happening. Any ideas what’s going on as it’s doing my head in? 

  • Bruno_Abreu's avatar
    Bruno_Abreu
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    Exactly the same problem here, stevenjeve I tried to move content to subfolders, to other folders etc and it persists. folders with few files open fine, the mais folder, Documents, where I dump pretty much everything and folders with more the 50 files shows the error message:

    Content Unavailable

    The folder contents could not be displayed of an unknown reason

    Try again  

     

    The problem occurs in all my iOS devices. While it opens fine in Onedrive.app, I believe it could be a bug of the last version of this app. 

    • Bruno_Abreu's avatar
      Bruno_Abreu
      Copper Contributor
      The new update solved the problem. I updated, logged out, OneDrive and office 365, logged in and it worked.
      • Boooomer's avatar
        Boooomer
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        Bruno_Abreu 

         

        My OneDrive stopped working again when I uploaded a couple of more files.

        But this update seems to have worked.. I deleted the App and then reinstalled it on my IPad.

        Subdirectory opens normally.

        Thank You!!

    • BJKB77's avatar
      BJKB77
      Copper Contributor
      This solution worked! It appears the error occurs when there are more than 50 files in the root directory. We organizing files to subdirectories fix the issue. Thanks.
  • HenryAu's avatar
    HenryAu
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    Same here since beginning of July. Guess either Apple or MS has change some protocol on the folder structure true.
    • Muzeebur's avatar
      Muzeebur
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      HenryAu  I am also facing the same issue for last couple of days. It was working well all the while, I am extensive user of Onedrive account in iPad and iOS. I would be grateful if apple or MS can resolve this issue at the earliest

  • tadieu's avatar
    tadieu
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    stevenjeve 

    Having the same problem. Just trying to import a PDF from a specific OneDrive folder. Other folders in same OneDrive account are accessible. Using OneNote app on IPad Pro running 13.5.1 os

     

    • tadieu's avatar
      tadieu
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      OK, semi-solution, at least for my issue. I made a new folder in OneDrive and moved the pdfs I was trying to upload to this new folder, then uploaded to OneNote from this new folder with no issues.
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    Alyssa Moehle
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    stevenjeve 

     

    I am also running into the same problem I am on iOS beta. And I have two different drives one for Business and one for personal and they’re both having errors. I can access them on any other device but I have had issues for the past week or so trying to access the files from any app such as GoodNotes or the OneDrive app specifically. I’m trying to import some notes for work and I am running into a huge problem. I have an iPad 10.2 a.k.a. seventh GEN brand new.

    • tmbc2020's avatar
      tmbc2020
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      i use goodnotes as well and that's where i experienced this glitch. i cannot import my files from onedrive into my goodnotes. my onedrive will open and I get to access my main folder that only has 3-4 subfolders. i copied my most important files into a dummy folder that I added so I could import files. i did get a microsoft tech to help me fix it but he said that this can only be fixed with the next onedrive update
  • Henk_Boshoff's avatar
    Henk_Boshoff
    Copper Contributor

    Thanks for starting the thread stevenjeve. This same issue started bugging me today. I have been using the files app linked to my OneDrive account for months now on my iPad without any issues. Looking forward to someone that might shed light on this issue.

  • Fonyuan's avatar
    Fonyuan
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    stevenjeve  Hi, I have the same problem just today.  Do you find out how to solve this problem?

     

     

  • TylerHill57's avatar
    TylerHill57
    Copper Contributor

    Hey stevenjeve

     

    I’ve just started having this same issue, and was wondering if you had ever discovered a fix? I tried logging out and logging back in on the One Drive app. This worked for a few minutes but when I switched apps and then came back I got the same error. 

     

    Much appreciated, 

     

    Tyler 

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