1. I configured dolphin with "remember view settings for each folder" 2. I choose my prefered view-settings in home folder (detail-view, not-grouped, sorting, size,..). 3. I apply it "to all folders" under view-menu 4. I navigate to "home/Downloads" folder The view-settings are not applied: the items are grouped.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 510853 ***
The download folder has default view settings if none are set for the folder. Once you have the folder open you should be able to change its settings.