Downloaded pdf wont open

Today PDF files have been standardized and we use them either for official, personal documentation or to host any type of interest that we do not want to be modified. The problem comes when it is impossible for us to open PDF files on the mobile .

That you cannot work with a format as widespread as PDF on your smartphone is quite frustrating. Fortunately, it is easy to determine both the reasons why this is happening and find an immediate solution to your problem.

Reasons why you can’t open a PDF on Android

There are fundamentally 3 reasons why you are unable to open a PDF file on your mobile phone:

• The PDF document is damaged: PDF documents cannot be opened even on computers, not only on your mobile, if it is corrupted. A saving error or some code in the file format can cause the document to become incompatible with the device. It usually happens when the file is not downloaded correctly and the best way to know if the problem is in the file or on your mobile phone is to try to open it on another device.
• PDF document is encrypted: Decryption tools or a password are sometimes required to open it. Ignoring it will result in a blank window or you cannot open the file.
• The app does not support PDF file formats. -Sometimes applications interfere with the basic functions of a phone, preventing it from working properly.

Solution to the problem

Before moving to “tinkering” with your mobile, it is best to try opening the PDF file through an online PDF viewer or editor to verify if the file is really accessible. You can try a PDF editor of the many that populate the Net by attaching the document directly from the phone’s memory. If it doesn’t open, it means the document is corrupted. If it opens, the problem is indeed on the mobile.

Normal PDFs are opened directly from the download manager of your phone but there are alternatives to view them as Google Drive or One Drive, one of the Google apps that have compatibility with this type of files. To do this you simply have to locate the downloaded file from the file manager, select it and, in the app options, select with which application you want to open it.

However, the solution to all your problems is in the Adobe Acrobat Reader app, the program par excellence for viewing PDFs on any computer. If you have the app installed on your mobile and you still cannot open the PDF, the first thing of all is to update the app to the latest version and, if the failure persists, download the file again because, along the way, it has been damaged.