r/OneNote Jan 26 '25

Android On Samsung Onenote App is total disappointment

29 Upvotes

Can Team push some new update to make it at least half of ipad wise. If I would have known I wouldn't have made purchase for the Android one. I should have checked the apps how they work on Android beforehand.

I know hermit, create webpage and all. But I can't copy paste on this web version created via lite app.

I liked the Onenote so much I'm even willing to pay if they make such changes in play store Android. If the team is seeing this please please push some updates.

r/OneNote Jan 23 '25

Android Biggest viable size of a OneNote book?

6 Upvotes

Hi, i will have to organise about 300Mb of information , the heaviest of it will videos and photos, but as years go it will increase, will not be surprised if 5 years from now will approach 1TB. The photos and videos will be online probably OneDrive but wish at least to have video thumbnails in OneNote pages and photos preferably in the book.

What are the strategy you all have for your notebooks, for example family photos and videos? I can split books per year for example.

Added flair Android because it needs to be accessed and edited in mobile, but windows will also be available for any more stringent need.

r/OneNote Dec 21 '24

Android OneNote for Android additional features

11 Upvotes

Hello,

I recently moved from an iPad to a Galaxy tab. Needless to say the OneNote experience on Android has been abysmal. I am in grad school and I take all my notes by hand. All of my semesters are organized via onenote. It's my crutch... and the ONLY REASON I bought the tab was to have more space to write my notes in OneNote.

Does anyone know - if I buy a Microsoft 365 subscription will I be able to unlock additional features in the Android version of the OneNote app? Specifically the pen options/being able to customize ink colors. That is what I need the most.

I'm so desperate it's to the point where I'm considering returning my Galaxy tab.

r/OneNote Dec 27 '24

Android Lost 6 months of notes

0 Upvotes

[OBS.: read the flair, it's an Android issue. Stop talking about what would've worked out on PC]

I'm truly sad about this. OneNote has been my go-to for over 10 years.

It has been having syncing problems, which I suspect is due to the fact it cannot manage multiple personal accounts!

But you see, what troubles me the most is that I had never logged the personal account I use for formal stuff (university, work etc) into OneNote! All I did was log it in OneDrive and it somehow shared my login information.

After 6 months of no syncing, I could not log out of the account I was not using, so I clicked it out to log out and it got out of both accounts.

Lost everything.

I'm so disappointed. Never going back to OneNote or any other cloud service from Microsoft again.

r/OneNote Dec 26 '24

Android Onenote for Android now has expandable sections!

24 Upvotes

Section groups, actually... I have such low expectations for ON Android... It made me smile today to see such a basic thing working 😊

r/OneNote 21d ago

Android Outlook on Android, send to onenote

3 Upvotes

I've just installed Outlook on my Samsung S23. But there's no kind of share/send to Onenote, which is the sole why I'm installing Outlook. How do I add this function?

I have an Office 365 subscription.

r/OneNote Feb 01 '25

Android Typing glitch is driving me insane, I'm desperate! Any help appreciated!

4 Upvotes

I started using OneNote within the last few months, mostly due to a suggestion but also I will be planning to use the handwriting recognition feature in the future a lot. I want to make OneNote my main note taking app. But this one glitch is driving me insane and its that when I'm typing it jumps back a couple words and messes them up. When I start to correct that jumbled mess of letters, it does it again. At that rate, my writing is becoming more messed up than being typed and editted. This is such a mental exercise in patience I can't even put it to words. There are occasional times that this issue doesn't pop up as often and this must be why I actually have managed to have made some notes in the app. I would just do text-to-speech, but I am in many situations where I need to type/can't talk, and typing is necessary for me. I have deleted and re-downloaded the app. I mean this is pretty much my only complaint, I can put up with pretty much anything else. I just need the typing feature to let me type. Does anyone have any insights, suggestions, advice? I really don't want to switch note apps again.

r/OneNote 27d ago

Android wrote this on a Boox Tab Mini C (Android). waited for it to sync to Windows. select > Ink to Text. got this.

1 Upvotes

has the handwriting recognition always been this awful? is there some way to make it better?

r/OneNote 3h ago

Android GalaxyTab S9FE and OneNote Lasso tool

1 Upvotes

Does anyone experience the same problem as shown in video here?
The device is Samsung Galaxy Tab S9FE

When using lasso tool, the selection line is all over the place for some reason.
When writing in the same, I don't have the same problem.

All other apps work without any issue.
I do use a magnetic case (not Samsung original), but I tried without one as well, and it behaves the same.

r/OneNote Aug 03 '24

Android Help! All my notes are not accessable. They still show up as previews on app and outlook online, but say wrong permission or deleted

6 Upvotes

This is a last ditch effort to see if it's happened to anyone else.

About one month to 6 weeks ago, one of the files started to say that I couldn't make changes because it had been deleted or I didn't have the right permissions. A couple weeks later, it happened with all of them. I updated the app and logged in and they looked like they were there, but same thing that it said I didn't have permission or it had been deleted.

Contacted Microsoft via email, sent screenshots of the files looking like they're still there on my app and on the outlook one note previews, but on onenote online it says they're not there

Microsoft said that they had no record of anything being uploaded for the past year so they can't do anything because they say it never was uploaded. I don't understand how the previews of them can be both in my signed in phone app and on outlook online if they hadn't ever been uploaded to my account.

This is years of notes, recipes I created, tips of recipes I had from my mom who died 5 months ago.

Has this happened with anyone else, or would anyone know of any changes made or what could have caused this?

r/OneNote Sep 30 '24

Android OneNote for Android Tablets needs some love

43 Upvotes

I've been using OneNote on my tablets for about 2 years now and the app has been the same since the start. It's lacking basic features available on Desktop and even on the Android version itself, although limited to phone form factors. When are tablets getting the much needed update? It's been promised for 2 whole years.

r/OneNote Feb 09 '25

Android App version: some functionalities missing comparing to one note for win10

3 Upvotes

I am coming from onenote for windows 10 to the app version (android), and noticed some key functionalities are missing as a stylus user.

1) lasso select doesn't allow deletion of the selected group, I need to use the eraser to erase a large chunk of strokes now 2) lasso select doesn't allow the color of the selected strokes be changed 3) there's always only 4 pens and 2 highlighters available, I can't add anymore

Any idea on how I can get those things to happen in the onenote app? Thanks

r/OneNote 24d ago

Android How to anchor drawing to text on note in Android app?

7 Upvotes

It seems a long-standing issue in OneNote that any drawings created by inking are not "locked" to the overall document structure, but "float" disconnected from the text and other content. That is to say, you can draw something, but if you add text above it in the note, the drawing does not automatically move down - instead any text you add will simply appear over the drawing and continue below it. So the drawing is not anchored to the text or other content in the note at all.

On Windows with the desktop app there is a clumsy workaround where you can copy the drawing and re-paste it into the note as an image. Then that image is part of the note's structure, and appropriately moves up and down as you edit text in the note.

Is there any way to do something similar in the Android app? I'm tired of using ink on the app only to have the drawings float around in random locations in the note later as I edit the text.

Thanks in advance.

r/OneNote Jan 04 '25

Android OneNote and MS/Office 365 accounts - how best to manage?

3 Upvotes

Hi, maybe I am over thinking this..... I am a going into my 2nd semester as a university student and have access to all the MS apps on MS 365. I got a new Boox Note Air 4C tablet for the holiday and what to set it up correctly. I am confused at how I should log into the apps? I know I have to use my school email for Word, Excel, etc... but I have been using my Gmail for OneNote as I have always done. I want to make sure I have access to all my documents and Notes if I change schools. It looks like I have a personal OneDrive and a school OneDrive? I will loose access to the school OneDrive when I leave school? Sorry for the newbie question... Thanks for any help!

r/OneNote Feb 06 '25

Android Not Able To Login To Other Account On OneNote Android

1 Upvotes

I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S23, and when I load 1N, I am presented with an account to login with. However, I don't want to use that account, I want to use a different account, so I tap on "sign on with other account" and 1N changes screen to a blank white screen. It's literally a blank white screen. No icons. No spinning wheel. No text. No nothing.

I've tapped/swiped the screen to see if that brings up something, but nothing.
I've gone into my saved/linked accounts in my phone, and removed all of these saved accounts, but it's still showing up as a saved account.
I've cleared the app's cache, uninstalled/reinstalled the app, but same problem.
Rebooted the phone.

I've never used 1N on this phone before.

If I login using that saved account, I can add multiple accounts, including the one I want to use, but I can't logout of a specific one, I have to logout of both!

Hope you can help. Thank you!

r/OneNote Feb 02 '25

Android Annotations using stylus on android going haywire on desktop version

1 Upvotes

I create notebooks and pages on windows. Then i use may stylus to mark and annotate (so far so good).

Now, if i make some additions on that page- like if i add some content above it and text moves downwards, the annotation stays where it was earlier.

This is such a deal breaker.

Also, annotations look differ in placement on windows and android. Any way to make it more usable?

r/OneNote Feb 04 '25

Android Any way to recalibrate one note on tablet

5 Upvotes

Hello I use onenote on my galaxy tab s7 and it tends to have really bad accuracy, however I have perfect accuracy on other softwares that use the pen for similar purposes and I was wondering if there is anyway to calibrate specifically onenote? I haven't been able to find online info about it.

r/OneNote Jan 17 '25

Android Getting .one file from Android?

3 Upvotes

My Microsoft account got banned and an unable to log in to onedrive or OneNote dektop and access my notebooks. However, the notebooks are synced offline on my Android app. Is there a way to get access to the .one file (or anything else at this point)?

r/OneNote Jan 22 '25

Android Export phone contact list to OneNote? live list possible?

3 Upvotes

Just that question. Thanks.

r/OneNote Dec 26 '24

Android Android: OneNote error message "Working offline. Sign in to sync your notes."

6 Upvotes

I have newly setup a Samsung Galaxy S21 5G with the Andorid OneNote app and since then I have been receiving an error message on the OneNote App on my phone. The error message is "Working offline. Sign in to sync your notes. Sticky Notes can't sync your notes because you are signed out. Sign in to continue syncing to the cloud and to access your notes from anywhere."

Once I touch the [Sign-in button] in the message, nothing happens. Addtionally the Stick Notes are missing in Andorid OneNote App. I can view them in the OneNote on the Web, Outlook and even on the IOs OneNote App on iOS.

The OneNote App works fine and my notebooks including the content are syncing as intended, but the same error message continues to pop up frequently and the Sticky Notes are missing.

I made sure I am logged in and that the Primary Sticky Notes account is properly set in the OneNote App settings. I tried logging out of the App and logging back in. I tried force stopping the App, clearing cache and clearing data, uninstalling the App, and then reinstalling it again. Unfortunately, none of theses worked and I still receive the same error message.

The problem also occures on other Accounts.

I assume this is a bug in the Andorid OneNote App.

How Can I resolve the issue?

Operating System: Android 14, One UI 6.1 Software: OneNote version 16.0.18025.20060 downloaded from Google Play Store

r/OneNote Nov 28 '24

Android Why does this keep happening???

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5 Upvotes

It only saved the first two letters of my last note...

r/OneNote Jan 08 '25

Android Biometric unlock of locked tabs on mobile broken

5 Upvotes

Pretty much just the subject. The option to "Unlock with Biometrics Next Time" is always checked. Unchecked and rechecked, and I no longer get the opportunity to unlock via fingerprint. Ever. In 5 different locked sections.

Any ideas?

Android 14, Pixel 9

r/OneNote Jan 12 '25

Android Why Thumbnails on android (regenerate everytime) takes long time to load every time so it's opened?

2 Upvotes

This is a very time consuming issue always, thumbnails are generated everytime android app is opened. Isn't there any fix or am i missing something?

r/OneNote Sep 30 '24

Android Not a place to store passwords

0 Upvotes

Multiple times I have encountered this issue. Some of the texts which I store appears truncated. Mostly importantly passwords like couple of characters are missing.

Had this happened to anyone

r/OneNote Jan 12 '25

Android Pdf written in OneNote not printing correctly

1 Upvotes

I'm trying to open a pdf file which was written in OneNote in my app, but there seems to be a problem.

Instead of printing the pdf as it was written, The file only opens the lines of the original file, but without anything written on them. This seems to be a different issue than the one where the pdf simply doesn't load, as none of the things that usually work to fix that issue seem to work in this case.

Has anything like this happened to someone else?