Wingkeung 0 Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Hello, I am starting to work on my paperless system with Evernote premium. It has been going well except one problem. A PDF file can be opened successfully with Evernote on my PC, but when I try to open the same file on my Android phone or my iPad, it can't be opened, mentioning "file is not a valid PDF". This problem only happens to one particular PDF file out of the manys in my database so far. I wonder if anyone encountered such a problem before? What caused this and how it can be avoided? What I am worrying now is the other PDF files in my database... and also the reliability of using Evernote to store my database containing many PDFs Link to comment
Level 5* jefito 5,589 Posted November 18, 2014 Level 5* Share Posted November 18, 2014 Can you open that PDF on other devices, like a desktop computer? It is possible for a file to get corrupted. Have you tried other PDF readers on your mobile devices? Link to comment
ScottLougheed 1,316 Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Is that PDF encrypted by any chance? sometimes mobile devices have a hard time handling encrypted PDFs. Link to comment
Wingkeung 0 Posted November 18, 2014 Author Share Posted November 18, 2014 Jefito: the PDF can be opened on my PC, so at least on my PC it is not corrupted. I imported the file to Evernote on my PC, so i think it's the original imported file... so the file got corrupted when sync to the server? Can this actually happen? And I tried different apps opening the PDF, still no luck.... ScottLougheed: no it is not encrypted... Link to comment
sto 0 Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Hi all I have the same problem. Windows not problem, Android on Nexus 7 and other device with Android 4.4.2. Tried to open with 5 different apps. It seems that the evernote app is not downloading the attachment correctly or doesn't verify it after download. Because 1 out of 10 tries work, especially on smaller PDFs. Anyway, quite annoying. cheerssto Link to comment
TomG3 0 Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 I'm also having this problem with Evernote 6.2.1 on a Nexus 7 (2012) with Android 4.4.4. It appears to be a problem with newer notes. The pdf files in the notes open fine on my Windows 7 computer. Link to comment
Kirk Eklund 0 Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 I have no problems reading PDF on PC, can send same file to both of my android devices and open with any reader except Evernote. I am testing this and Onenote and Evernote great except this one issue but it is huge. I get error I have wrong processor for architecture, have not found any help for this error. I have not dug that deep but if I can not make PDFs work across devices it is a showstopper. Any hints on where to look would be appreciated. Link to comment
pawliw 0 Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 I, too, have this problem. I believe I can reliably open the files with Skitch, however. Unfortunately, Skitch is not a desirable PDF viewer. Evernote appears to corrupt the PDF file BUT it's readable using the **Evernote** PDF reader. On Evernote's part this is either sloppy or deliberate; either way it's infuriating. Anyway, try opening the files with Skitch. It's my work around. Link to comment
GrahamW 2 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 With the recent update, this seems to have reappeared as a problem. PDFs readable on other platforms aren't on Android. Link to comment
Level 5 Dave-in-Decatur 3,938 Posted August 11, 2017 Level 5 Share Posted August 11, 2017 12 hours ago, GrahamW said: With the recent update, this seems to have reappeared as a problem. PDFs readable on other platforms aren't on Android. What's the version number? I just tried it, and the PDF opened fine. What app do you use on your phone to handle PDFs? Link to comment
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