No dictionary can be downloaded in v4.0

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Is the issue specific to a particular dictionary?  If so, which one? (For
example: DE-EN or German-English).

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Start to download any dictionary
2.
3.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Downloads a few MB, then consistently reports an "open failed" error

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

4.0 on Android v4.1.1 on Samsung Galaxy S3

Please provide any additional information below.

typical screenshot of download failure attached.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by antonio....@gmail.com on 6 Jan 2013 at 1:10

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It's working for me :-/

Can you check:
* If you have space on your sdcard?
* That /sdcard/quickDic/ is a valid path on your device?  If not, try changing 
it in the QuickDic preferences.

If all else fails, you can download from here, unzip, and copy to the 
/sdcard/quickDic/ folder:
http://code.google.com/p/quickdic-dictionary/downloads/list?can=2&q=v006&sort=-d
ownloadcount&colspec=Filename%20Summary%20Uploaded%20ReleaseDate%20Size%20Downlo
adCount

Original comment by thad.hug...@gmail.com on 6 Jan 2013 at 2:25

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I realize what the problem is. Downloading does not continue if the screen 
turns off, or if you navigate to another program e.g. go to the home screen 
(i.e. quickdic basically does not continue downloading unless it is the program 
in the foreground and screen on). If I disable the screen from turning off, and 
leave the quickdic program in the foreground, the download continues to 
successful completion. (I did this via enable "stay awake while charging" under 
Developer Options and kept phone on charger).

In the previous version, I had no problem downloading dictionaries, and the 
phone had the same screen timeout settings. The only change on my end was that 
the phone was updated from Ice Cream Sandwich to Jelly Bean.

Original comment by antonio....@gmail.com on 6 Jan 2013 at 2:38

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Found the same problem:

When downloading a dictionarry, if the page "download in progress" stops being 
in the foreground for a second, the download fails.

This forces the user to keep touching the screen to avoid it turning off, and 
does not allow him/her to do anything else with the device while the download 
progresses.

This is particularly annoying for large dictionaries (70+ MBs) on a slow-ish 
internet connection.

Original comment by ken...@gmail.com on 8 Jan 2013 at 8:34

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Yep, sorry about this.  Someday soon I'll remove support for Android 1.6, 
upgrade to 2.3, and start using the built-in DownloadManager, which takes care 
of this.  I was trying to hang onto 1.6 as long as I could.....

Original comment by thad.hug...@gmail.com on 9 Jan 2013 at 4:30

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Well Minister project member you could just have the app keep the phone 
"awake", making the app do things like slide a ball back forth and say its the 
User...if that's possible (If you can, I wonder what Hackers would do...maybe 
not)

It may easier for you to upgrade to 2.3, but not everyone.

Original comment by lukon...@hotmail.com on 28 Jan 2013 at 6:17

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I completely reworked how dictionaries are downloaded in the next version, to 
be released tomorrow.

Original comment by thad.hug...@gmail.com on 26 Dec 2013 at 3:14

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