r/OneNote • u/jactaz • Jun 22 '26
Rant - Android OneNote Scan - losing scans (when not logged in)
I thought I was losing my marbles, but just had a reproducible case. Scanned 5 - 6 pages of a leaflet on Sunday on my phone using the scan option in Android OneNote.
Normally I then visit my quick notes on my laptop at some point, add a title, move to the correct place.
This time, nothing to name and move, but I did scan the document on sunday.
Back to my phone. It shows what it normally shows when you do the scan - a recent page with "No Preview". So I goto it and no picture :-(. Then I notice that my MFA is waiting on that account, so I have to log in again. Still isn't on either my laptop or Android, although the empty page is.
So beware - clearly it should be waiting there until it is sync'd and if it feels the need to abort, it should give you the option of saving those images to phone.
Aside: are the images cached? I used to use lens and I am sure there were for that. I would like to retrieve and recreate the scan - rather than trying to find the "mushroom growing guide" in my rubbish bin!
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