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Uploading big files with Desire

The only internet i have is from my Desire. I would like to upload a large file to some sort of site around 100MB worth.
I have tried most popular ones but they don't work form the phone. I have tried Dropbox but it seems there is no status bar of how much it has uploaded. I even left it going overnight and couldn't tell wether it was done or not!
Any ideas?

I have used estrongs file explorer (available free in marketplace) it has a built in FTP client and I've used it to upload large files (300Mb +) to company FTP site over 3G and WiFi in the past, it has a process indicator too...
EStrongs also has LAN browsing capability, so I can use it to playback mp3 stored on my NAS when at home
Hope this helps.
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Would i not need my own webspace to do that though? I meant more for uploading a file to Megaupload/4shared/Rapidshare anything like that really?
Thanks for the reply though. Will be worth having it for other things!

Yes, it would only work if you had the FTP address for the location you were trying to upload to,
for file sharing sites, have you tried an alternative browser to default, I don't use any of those sites you mentioned, but for other things (managing world cup fantasy football team for example) I found that I could use some pages in dolphin HD that wouldn't work in the default browser, I'm not a big fan of dolphin because of the way it hijacks all of your default preferences even when you ask it not to, but it did allow me to use sites that otherwise would be unavailable
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Use Firefox from ubuntu/debian on your phone.

mercianary said:
Use Firefox from ubuntu/debian on your phone.
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From what i have seen it takes a bit of work to get it going. Would like to try it but maybe once we get a 1 click solution to use it.
I'll look into other browsers. Thanks.

ephumuris said:
From what i have seen it takes a bit of work to get it going. Would like to try it but maybe once we get a 1 click solution to use it.
I'll look into other browsers. Thanks.
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try this. not quite 1 click but its bloody easy compared to the other way.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=744236

What about operamini?
I know you can upload files with that. Don't know about files that big. Give it a try.

Tried operamini no luck there. What site would i be able to use?

~100MB and below I've done with Dropbox using the Droidbox app.
It shows an icon in the notification bar and the current status when you scroll down (progress bar, successful/unsuccessful). This is a 63MB 3GP vid file I'm uploading using it right now: http://bit.ly/asyRYa
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[Q] Webpage check

Hi, sorry to be a pain straight away on my first post but could someone in the UK check the following webpage on their Desire?
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-11008584
I'm asking because I recently upgraded the Flash Beta to the full program and this page crashes back to home screen every time. Uninstalling the Flash upgrade does not fix the issue.
Many thanks.....

Mototrick said:
Hi, sorry to be a pain straight away on my first post but could someone in the UK check the following webpage on their Desire?
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-11008584
I'm asking because I recently upgraded the Flash Beta to the full program and this page crashes back to home screen every time. Uninstalling the Flash upgrade does not fix the issue.
Many thanks.....
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You linked in a format that is different to how FroYo does it (incomplete), so it looks like you're still on an Android 2.1 ROM ?
I'm on a 2.2 ROM (in the UK) with the latest full Adobe Flash Player 10.1.92.8 That page opens and runs fine each time. There is no Flash displaying on there for me.
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Thanks for checking that out. I copied the link straight from my windows PC so I hope that explains why the format is not as you expect. I've managed to load the page by setting my desire to enable plugins 'on demand' rather than 'always'. That way the page loads but with no flash video, (the windows version does).
I was hoping i could just leave it set to 'always' though as 95% of the flash on the BBC site works perfect.
Cheers

Forgot to say i'm using a factory unbranded Desire unrooted with 2.2 update and Adobe Flash Player 10.1.92.8

You're right. Set plugins to 'always on' causes a browser crash even on the stock FroYo. Although I always use 'on demand' so it wouldn't be a problem for me.
Not very good. Now I can't start my browser as it keeps crashing on opening.
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That page also crashes my browser. This seems to be an issue affecting several people, as someone else posted a similar problem the other day regarding BBC Sports pages here. Having just switched my plugins back to "Always On" and can confirm it's still an issue today on those pages too.
Does anyone have any idea if this is affecting everyone on Froyo? I guess many will switch the plugins option to "On Demand" and never notice it because of this. However, if you do that for these problematic pages, you don't even get the green arrow button to download the flash video.
I guess the other question is - is this BBC specific? (I've not yet seen it elsewhere.)

Hopefully now we have identified there is a problem someone can fix it! I tried another stock Froyo Desire today and it did the same thing too.
th3, i hope you fix your browser, hate to think it's faulty because of me Mine still works ok........
I've not noticed it on any other site yet, but the BBC site is my main source of info.

Does it with numerous bbc sites on my desire in uk too. Get dolphin browser from the market. Problem solved.
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Email app: "Unable to download this attachment"

Shocked I'm the first one looking for a solution to this problem. Search turned up nothing.
In my email app, it downloads only the attachments that are below 500kb. For any attachments that are over 500kb, I need to hit the little down arrow to download. it. I get the spinning clock and then the error "Unable to download this attachment". I've rebooted and no effect.
This is for a docx file. Another one is a pptx. I have Docs to Go and am able to open docx files that downloaded along with the email.
The kicker is that if I forward the email to my Gmail, it will say "fetching attachment" for awhile and then Docs TG will say it's not a valid Word 97-2008 file. But I can open it on my computer just fine.

Anyone?
I can't download this with Touchdown either. I can't be the only one with this problem. I was able to download large attachments via the same Exchange server on the Epic 4G and the Palm Pre.

Why do you suppose you are getting the "97-2000 file" .... ??? The answer is self explanitory man.....
Why do you think it works fine on your computer..... the answer is self explanitory......
The evo is not a windows phone.... if you cant download and/or open office 2010 docs do you find that really very surprising???
So lets start with the basics.....
What rom are you running?
What email app are you using.
Maybe tell whomever is sending office 2010 files to same them as 97-2000 file types ie: doc and ppt and xls
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It's not a Office 2010 file issue. I can open smaller docx, pptx and xlsx files just fine. Meanwhile, I have a XLS file in my inbox right now I can't open which is 3.7MB.
I'm running Stock Sense ROM. Well, almost, it's the deodexed one. I'm rooted.
I've tried the HTC Mail, the stock 2.2 mail, and Touchdown. All give me an error of some sort when downloading larger attachments.
Like I said, I had no problems downloading these large attachments on other phones. If I can't figure this out I'm going to have to return the phone because I receive large-ish attachments all the time for work and if I can't view them on my phone that is an absolute no go.
v_lestat said:
Why do you suppose you are getting the "97-2000 file" .... ??? The answer is self explanitory man.....
Why do you think it works fine on your computer..... the answer is self explanitory......
The evo is not a windows phone.... if you cant download and/or open office 2010 docs do you find that really very surprising???
So lets start with the basics.....
What rom are you running?
What email app are you using.
Maybe tell whomever is sending office 2010 files to same them as 97-2000 file types ie: doc and ppt and xls
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Some more data points:
< 1MB PDF downloads OK
< 1MB docx downloads/views OK
1+ MB PDF does not download
1+ MB docx does not download
So it appears there is a 1MB threshold somewhere although I have no idea where.
And I'm not a huge fan of the iPhone but it also is able to download these attachments. I just tested them on my wife's phone.

Are you sure nothing has changed on ur exchange server recently ? Activesync clients can enforce restrictions specified by the server. You should check with ur xchange admin if u havent already.
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sandpa said:
Are you sure nothing has changed on ur exchange server recently ? Activesync clients can enforce restrictions specified by the server. You should check with ur xchange admin if u havent already.
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I considered that, but like I said, I added my Exchange account to my wife's iPhone just last night and could download these attachments no problem.

Any ideas? This is infuriating and I'm not sure what to do. I'm about to try going into the store and adding my EAS account on one of the demo units to see if it does it there. I'm at a complete loss here.

I tested the Sprint Store demo unit with my account and had the same problem. I asked them about it and they told me it's not the first time they've heard of this problem, it is due to the way mail is handled in Android, and there is no fix :-( Even though I wasn't sure he knew what he was talking about, it's not a good sign.
Crap. Now what....

In the email app under settings. Make. Sure you select "entire mail" and and "always" under the attachment setting.
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Jetdr said:
In the email app under settings. Make. Sure you select "entire mail" and and "always" under the attachment setting.
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So I already have "entire mail" selected under mail size limit. Not sure what you're referring to on the "always" setting. I have a setting for "Include file attachment" and my options are Never, <25KB, <100KB and <500KB. I have <500KB selected.

Use Blackmoon Attachsave. It will let you save it, then view it after. I had the same problem and that solved it for me.

abiezer said:
Use Blackmoon Attachsave. It will let you save it, then view it after. I had the same problem and that solved it for me.
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Thanks for the idea. It seems that this is only for GMail. I did try installing it but it didn't work. Thanks anyways.

Okay, let's try this another way. Can ANYONE download attachments larger than 1MB using Exchange on the email app? Anyone at all?
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Shane112358 said:
Okay, let's try this another way. Can ANYONE download attachments larger than 1MB using Exchange on the email app? Anyone at all?
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Bump, can anyone test this and prove/disprove that this is a platform problem and not device specific?

Shane112358 said:
Bump, can anyone test this and prove/disprove that this is a platform problem and not device specific?
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Hey man... I just downloaded 1.9MB zip file, using HTC Mail app(stock Froyo rooted), from my work exchange server.
Let me know if you would like to check anything else..

kitts said:
Hey man... I just downloaded 1.9MB zip file, using HTC Mail app(stock Froyo rooted), from my work exchange server.
Let me know if you would like to check anything else..
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Thanks. So apparently this isn't completely widespread. Maybe it's a function of Android + my server? Because my server works fine with the iPhone and other people's servers work fine with the Evo.
Totally confused. 5 days to return the phone.

FYI, no fix. Contacted higher level technical support and they were absolutely no help.

I too have this problem and have been using Kaiten Mail from Android Marketplace. It downloads attachments fast even on 3G/HSDPA. But it became too buggy for me so now I'm back to the Gmail app.
Maybe try some email clients.

[APP] Snap n Go - New application on Samsung Apps!

Downloading! Theres a new app called Snap n Go on Samsung apps released a few hours back! Something to take pictures of your desktop/laptop screen and action on it - like take a picture of the url from the browser on your laptop screen and navigate on your device...etc!
Snap a file on the pc to copy it to your device!!! oooh cant wait to check it out!
Not yet checked it out, but looks interesting
Edit: This is just awesome!! Do check it out guys, really really coool!
Here's the apk (thanks padlad for uploading ) -
http://www.divshare.com/download/13224846-29f

dreamtheater39 said:
Downloading! Theres a new app called Snap n Go on Samsung apps released a few hours back! Something to take pictures of your desktop/laptop screen and action on it - like take a picture of the url from the browser on your laptop screen and navigate on your device...etc!
Snap a file on the pc to copy it to your device!!! oooh cant wait to check it out!
Not yet checked it out, but looks interesting
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Not showing on my Samsung apps... Im in Canada... Where are you located?
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Have it also in Portugal. Very nice App. Just point the camera on the computers desktop and it copies the file from there to the device. Even can upload files directly from the phone to the desktop.
Very easy to transfer a file with this.

apk please?

does it use bluetooth/wifi?

This sounds awesome. Wonder why no Canada, buggers. Please someone get us the .apk

Can't find it.
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Maybe it's for Froyo?

Downloaded and installed. Looks like the app use wifi to connect between your PC and the phone on the same network.

Not in India too. apk please.
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This is one cool app, i'm currently showing it off to my officemates

apk please! its not on my bell i9000m here in canada. thanks

Available in Australia. Installed. Now it wants me to install it on my pc as well. Transferring to PC. It will use WiFi. But still cool alternative to WiFiExplorer.
Installed. Works great. Cool Intelligent app. Transferred 83mb video from laptop to galaxy in less than 3mins. Transferred a photo from galaxy to laptop in 1 sec.
Samsung does look aftr the Galaxy users.

I got it a day after I went from Eclair to Froyo so I assume 2.2 only. It uses wifi wo should be fast but I can't get it to work.
Says unsupported appliation
I don't use IE though.

Doesn't support URLs from Google Chrome. Also, no option to send a pdf file from galaxy to laptop. Can only send image/audio/video from galaxy to laptop. So, there is room for improvement.

JayBee555 said:
I got it a day after I went from Eclair to Froyo so I assume 2.2 only. It uses wifi wo should be fast but I can't get it to work.
Says unsupported appliation
I don't use IE though.
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Nope.. It works on 2.1 as well I am still on stock JG4 and it still works

Available in Sri lanka and not in India. Now this isn't cool.
But surely it isn't that hard to upload the APK somewhere and throw that link here?

Not showing on my I9000XXJPO.
BS...

chrome to phone
check out chrometophone-android-v1.7.apk or Chrome to Phone 2.1 [can't post url]
you can find it in the android market or google search
there is an addon for Chrome and Firefox, you can send links, files, text to your phone, you need a google account

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Not showing on my I9000XXJPO.
BS...
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Downloading problem

Just wondered if this happens to anyone else, I cant download from any file share sites via my phone or any external link for that matter. I can only download from the market and attachments in forums.
Am I missing a setting somewhere or does this happen for everyone :-(

Same here, i cant seem to download from any fileservers except a few like megaupload. All the others give me a 'download unsuccesfull'. Anyone?

Are you guys using the stock browser ?
If yes, then try using a different browser to name few ( dolphin HD, Firefox, Opera)
If still doesn't work then make sure you have a astro file explorer or some sort of app like that which will recognize the files you download.
Hope this helps.

I use dolphin and set user agent to desktop, almost always works then.
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I use stock so will give one of the others a bash cheers

Yeah this problem happens when using the browser that comes with the phone. So use another browser for downloading from file share sites. I use Opera browser.