DOWNLOAD UNSUCCESSFUL cant download anything from the internet i.e CHROME or and other browser

[Arthur Hocking]

On my new phone, my one plus one, i am unable to download any files from the internet, such as pictures or converted youtube music. Every time i try to download something wether it be a picture or converter a youtube vid the little arrow symbol pops up and just stops instantly and when i swipe down it says DOWNLOAD UNSUCCESSFUL.
i have tried different converting websites not change i have tried different internet browsers such as Dolphin and boat browser but they dont change anything
i have also tried uninstalling CHROME and then trying a different browser but this didnt work

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! Go to Settings>Apps>All, select Download Manager, and Clear Cache/Data, the Force Stop. Now try again.

 

[Arthur Hocking]

Annoyingly this has not worked i tried this both with Chrome and Firefox and chrome still comes up with the arrow but stops and when i swipe down it says Download unsuccessful and it "untitled"

 

[B. Diddy]

Is it only happening on one site? I believe that converting YouTube videos into other files violates their terms of service, so something related to that might be preventing the download.

 

[Arthur Hocking]

i can see that being a possible reason but it just confuses me because i could do it on my old phone which was a nexus 5
Do you have any other solutions ?

 

[B. Diddy]

Try a few other browsers, like Dolphin or Maxthon.

Do you have any security or antivirus apps installed?

 

[Kevin Woodberry]

On my new phone, my one plus one, i am unable to download any files from the internet, such as pictures or converted youtube music. Every time i try to download something wether it be a picture or converter a youtube vid the little arrow symbol pops up and just stops instantly and when i swipe down it says DOWNLOAD UNSUCCESSFUL.
i have tried different converting websites not change i have tried different internet browsers such as Dolphin and boat browser but they dont change anything
i have also tried uninstalling CHROME and then trying a different browser but this didnt work

I'm having the same problem on my Asus PadFone S running Android Lollipop 5.0 I tried everything even a factory reset and I still have the problem with all browsers

 

[Arthur Hocking]

i have AVG installed and when it did a swipe it came back saying "unsecure privilege mode detected. Your device is running high privilege mode(i.e. it has been rooted). We recommend using only genuine firmware." does this mean anything ????

 

[B. Diddy]

Not really sure what that means on an OPO, which runs CyanogenMod (instead of straight-up Android), so maybe AVG is assuming that the device is rooted and running a custom ROM.

 

[penthraig]

Welcome to Android Central! Go to Settings>Apps>All, select Download Manager, and Clear Cache/Data, the Force Stop. Now try again.

I am experiencing the same. I already did clear cache/data then Force Stop but still the issue persist. I don't have any anti-virus installed on my galaxy s6 except for Knox. What could be the reason why I can't download files from the web?

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! The OP seemed to have this issue on only one website--is that the case for you, or are you unable to download files from any website?

 

[Mona Afrouz Sidhu]

Welcome to Android Central! The OP seemed to have this issue on only one website--is that the case for you, or are you unable to download files from any website?

Hi! I'm having the same issue with downloading EVERYTHING except for apps from play store. The message I get is either download unsuccessful (if it's a file being downloaded from the internet), download failed (on apps such as WhatsApp) or media could not be saved (on hangouts or SMS)...I have had this issue since doing a system reset in July and I recently tried doing another system reset without rooting my phone today and the issue still persists. I'm on Android version 5.0.2 on a One Plus One using OxygenOS 1.0.0. Any thoughts?!?! I'm not very techy, so the more you can dumb this down the better ;P thank you!!!

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! Have you already tried the suggestions in this thread?

 

[Mona Afrouz Sidhu]

Yes, I have reset to manuf twice now and emptied the cachet and data in download manager multiple times...

 

[willsp1983]

Ok u could try adm downloader it should catch all of your downloads and dl them thru adm

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[Mona Afrouz Sidhu]

Ok u could try adm downloader it should catch all of your downloads and dl them thru adm

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Hi willsp!

So I downloaded ADM from the play store....now what? The downloads of anything (via browser, whatsapp, SMS, hangouts, etc.) are still unsuccessful...

 

[willsp1983]

They should download on adm now if not check the settings

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[willsp1983]

Are they showing up in adm and saying unsuccesfull?

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[willsp1983]

Either way the solution may be to do a factory reset, can u think of anything u have done before it stoped downloading, like changing download location or anything like that

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[willsp1983]

Also can u still download apps, and are low on storage space internal and external

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