Hey guys,
Just wondering, is there an easy way to delete pictures off the phone? This is a REALLY stupid question, so sorry for using up a thread for it, lol.
I've got a ton of pics taken with my cam, but as far as I know, I have to tap+hold then select delete, then confirm yes I want to, but I have to do this with one picture at a time, and it's taking FOREVER! lol
Any help appreciated!
Zhariak said:
Hey guys,
Just wondering, is there an easy way to delete pictures off the phone? This is a REALLY stupid question, so sorry for using up a thread for it, lol.
I've got a ton of pics taken with my cam, but as far as I know, I have to tap+hold then select delete, then confirm yes I want to, but I have to do this with one picture at a time, and it's taking FOREVER! lol
Any help appreciated!
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I'm still clueless as I have yet to actually have experience with a WP7 device, but wouldn't it be easier if you used the computer to pick what pictures you want to delete en mass?
asked them via twitter and they said that you have to delete them one by one or by album, also the same for deleting multiple sms messages. sucks
To delete all the pics you took with the phone's camera, go into the Pictures hub, select ALL, hold on the Camera Roll icon, select CLEAR.
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Wow, that sucks pretty bad....
So having a couple hundred pics, I have to delete ALL of them in the album, or just delete a few one by one.
Zhariak said:
Wow, that sucks pretty bad....
So having a couple hundred pics, I have to delete ALL of them in the album, or just delete a few one by one.
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Wait a minute......you've taken 200 pics, and now you want the phone to be able to magically work out which ones you want deleted and which ones you want to keep?
You do realize, right, that your phone can sync your camera roll pics to your PC via the Zune wireless link, and that you can set that up to remove them from the phone once they have been synced? Then you can "mass delete" the ones you don't want using your PC, and just drag the folder onto the phone icon in Zune and it'll re-sync the remaining photos back to your phone.
It's not that big of a deal.
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You do realize, right, that your phone can sync your camera roll pics to your PC via the Zune wireless link, and that you can set that up to remove them from the phone once they have been synced? Then you can "mass delete" the ones you don't want using your PC, and just drag the folder onto the phone icon in Zune and it'll re-sync the remaining photos back to your phone.
It's not that big of a deal.
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So basically you can't easily select let's say 76 pictures from 600 you have on the device and delete them?
You can just do ALL or ONE BY ONE?
doministry said:
So basically you can't easily select let's say 76 pictures from 600 you have on the device and delete them?
You can just do ALL or ONE BY ONE?
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You can delete an entire folder, or you can delete individual pictures. If you want to remove pictures en-masse, there is an easy way.
The way I do it is that I have my phone set up to sync any pics I take to my PC and delete them from the phone. This happens wirelessly and automatically, I don't have to do anything.
Whenever I feel like it, I look at the "From Jim's HD7" folder it creates in my pictures library on my PC. I remove the ones I don't want and move the rest into proper folders within my directory structure on the PC.
The PC then syncs these folders back to the phone - again automatically and wirelessly.
So the answer to your question is: Yes you can remove photos en-masse - it is done on the PC, quickly and easily. Generally the sync bit happens overnight while the phone is charging, and the housekeeping of the pics I do maybe once a week.
It is a much better way of doing things. Zune's wireless sync is a godsend, it means the pics I take with my phone automatically get put onto my PC where they get backed up every night, so I need never lose any of my pics.
In the bad old days of WM6.5 I had to remember to physically connect my phone to my PC using USB, and transfer the files over myself. Which was Poo.
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You can delete an entire folder, or you can delete individual pictures. If you want to remove pictures en-masse, there is an easy way.
The way I do it is that I have my phone set up to sync any pics I take to my PC and delete them from the phone. This happens wirelessly and automatically, I don't have to do anything.
Whenever I feel like it, I look at the "From Jim's HD7" folder it creates in my pictures library on my PC. I remove the ones I don't want and move the rest into proper folders within my directory structure on the PC.
The PC then syncs these folders back to the phone - again automatically and wirelessly.
So the answer to your question is: Yes you can remove photos en-masse - it is done on the PC, quickly and easily. Generally the sync bit happens overnight while the phone is charging, and the housekeeping of the pics I do maybe once a week.
It is a much better way of doing things. Zune's wireless sync is a godsend, it means the pics I take with my phone automatically get put onto my PC where they get backed up every night, so I need never lose any of my pics.
In the bad old days of WM6.5 I had to remember to physically connect my phone to my PC using USB, and transfer the files over myself. Which was Poo.
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Thanks. Well, automatic sync is not for me, I use laptop mainly for work and don't want it to do any automatic stuff behind me.
I also don't use any home router. I use mobile cellular modem.
Anyway my question was regarding operations ON PHONE directly, assuming it's a smartphone, not computer, right?
But apparently WP7 in current state is just like an invalid. No go without a PC.
The described by yourself Zune sync is nice though, but by the wireless sync you mean WiFi?
Not possible via Bluetooth?
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Thanks. Well, automatic sync is not for me, I use laptop mainly for work and don't want it to do any automatic stuff behind me.
I also don't use any home router. I use mobile cellular modem.
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Well you're hardly a typical user then!
Anyway my question was regarding operations ON PHONE directly, assuming it's a smartphone, not computer, right?
But apparently WP7 in current state is just like an invalid. No go without a PC.
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OK, whatever. It works for me.
The described by yourself Zune sync is nice though, but by the wireless sync you mean WiFi?
Not possible via Bluetooth?
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Why on Earth would you want to sync using bluetooth? Wifi has a greater range and speed. I can have my phone charging in my bedroom overnight and syncing to my PC in the study. Bluetooth doesn't have the range to do that. It's no good between rooms in a big house.
@Jim Coleman: there is no need to be like that. he has different needs. WM6.5 was around for so long that it could pretty much cater for everyone back in the early 2000s, but with the revamp, they've started over, so it doesn't do it now. maybe in the future? who knows?
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I'm guessing (hoping?) that the current WP7 solution for transmitting stuff on and from the phone can not be the final concept. Its fine for now, as a workaround to send e.g. word and pdfs files per email onto your phone and vice versa, but forever? There must be a better solution.
I think the best solution is either through zune or through a dedicated folder plus mass storage mode.
An other program (and I include outlook) is a really bad idea in my opinion because users don't want to open more than one program to sync their phones.
Zune is a little bit awkward because its the dedicated Music/ Pictures/ Vids Part of your Phone. If everything would be synced through zune it would break with the separation that Microsoft build with the different hubs.
What do you think - where will Microsoft go with this topic? And does anybody know how Apple solved this with their iPhones?
001mic said:
I'm guessing (hoping?) that the current WP7 solution for transmitting stuff on and from the phone can not be the final concept. Its fine for now, as a workaround to send e.g. word and pdfs files per email onto your phone and vice versa, but forever? There must be a better solution.
I think the best solution is either through zune or through a dedicated folder plus mass storage mode.
An other program (and I include outlook) is a really bad idea in my opinion because users don't want to open more than one program to sync their phones.
Zune is a little bit awkward because its the dedicated Music/ Pictures/ Vids Part of your Phone. If everything would be synced through zune it would break with the separation that Microsoft build with the different hubs.
What do you think - where will Microsoft go with this topic? And does anybody know how Apple solved this with their iPhones?
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The fastest way would be Zune and Bluetooth send/receive.
It's necessary to have it to stay with the platform.
Skydrive and Mesh is almost certainly where they're headed. I'd be extremely surprised if Zune ever supported Office file transfers.
The cloud, nothing is faster than the cloud.
Edit a file on your desktop and it updates on all devices.
Need to share a file? Just share the link.
Cloud synchronization will be the norm.
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Jeffgeno beat me to it.
nothing is faster than cloud??? crazy.... upload to cloud and download to phone or upload direct from PC to phone.. which faster??? and safety??? upload confidential file to skydrive??? more crazy.....
We need a place to sync outlook files but aside from that what other files do you want on your device.... they're not necessary... I dont really wanna set up this whole cloud business
Cloud is great but in many scenarios IDIOTIC.
To put a doc on my phone I need 2 devices with connection - PC and phone. Sick!
And it's the first time I can't send anything by bluetooth to any other dumphone or phone without any data transfer. Sick too.
Right, let's just clear this up shall we?
Currently there are several methods of getting a file such as an Excel spreadsheet onto your phone.
1. Email it to yourself, then open and save the attachment on your phone.
2. Use the Live Mesh sync included with Windows Essentials to sync your excel files to Skydrive. Then navigate to your Skydrive on your phone and download the file(s) you need from there to your phone.
3. Download and run one of the many small free Webserver apps on your PC. then you can serve your files over your home network and download them to your phone just by browsing to your mini website.
I don't use 1, I tend to use 2 and occasionally 3 as some apps like 7Pass (a password manager) use web servers to obtain the (in this case a password) file from your PC.
The way forward will actually, IMHO be 2. But instead of navigating to your skydrive in a browser, it will become a native function, just like it is now with OneNote. The kind of instant two-way sync that OneNote has will be replicated for Word, Excel and Powerpoint, and possibly for any other types of file as well, which will hopefully allow any app to obtain its own filetype over Skydrive and indeed sync with it.
I'm optimistic this will happen in the update coming soon, but it might wait until the fall.
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The way forward will actually, IMHO be 2. But instead of navigating to your skydrive in a browser, it will become a native function, just like it is now with OneNote. The kind of instant two-way sync that OneNote has will be replicated for Word, Excel and Powerpoint, and possibly for any other types of file as well, which will hopefully allow any app to obtain its own filetype over Skydrive and indeed sync with it.
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I think this is the best way to go and hope microsoft will do it like that sooner or later.
I understand that and it's a valid point.
I too would like to have the possibility to sync files _without_ having any network connection because sometimes there simply is no network or you're in a foreign country...So hopefully there will be a way microsoft makes this possible.
But besides of that, syncing over cloud is important for me at least as long as i am at home or something.
I use a combination of email, DropBox and Skydrive, I would love to have the ability to sync directly with Outlook since my company doesn't have Exchange or if they had a sync tool like Google that will update your calendar through the cloud.
On a side note how do you save a PDF that I emailed to myself? I tried to open and save as and it doesn't give me that option.
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I use a combination of email, DropBox and Skydrive, I would love to have the ability to sync directly with Outlook since my company doesn't have Exchange or if they had a sync tool like Google that will update your calendar through the cloud.
On a side note how do you save a PDF that I emailed to myself? I tried to open and save as and it doesn't give me that option.
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Once you open it it's automatically saved to the phone.
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I too would like to have the possibility to sync files _without_ having any network connection because sometimes there simply is no network or you're in a foreign country...
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Er, if there's no network connection or you're in a foreign country, then you would just be using the locally cached copy of the file, until you either returned home or entered an area with coverage, at which point your phone would sync up.
The point is, your phone would be syncing on-the-fly whenever it could, and using local cache whenever it couldn't sync. Strikes me as the best of both worlds.
Jim Coleman said:
Er, if there's no network connection or you're in a foreign country, then you would just be using the locally cached copy of the file, until you either returned home or entered an area with coverage, at which point your phone would sync up.
The point is, your phone would be syncing on-the-fly whenever it could, and using local cache whenever it couldn't sync. Strikes me as the best of both worlds.
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Okay, thanks for explaining. I didn't know that.
Well then it's good news. Except you will have to stop your phone from syncing when roaming. But i assume, that is possible? (couldnt test it out)
I'm not offended. I don't think no one else is either.
Its silly that they provide you with a cord for media, but that same cord is useless for one of the other touted features.
Guys, please keep this thread on topic, and quit with the bad language. Swearing is not tolerated on xda.
I'm going to assume that the integration will be more advanced and full soon... The whole point of this device is to utilize live functions... Like SkyDrive
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Please, Keep this thread clean and quit with the bad language.
Thank you.
Your talking about from phone to PC right? I think MS should give an option to allow an adjustable amount of your phone's memory to be used for USB mass storage functionality. Like make a slide saying, Maybe I want 2GB available, or maybe 20mb. You know to copy file formats WP7 supports. Atleast for what you can't sync via Zune Desktop software.
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Despite being with Android for about 3 years I still haven't found an adequate sync solution, mostly for photos and videos. Can anyone help?
What I want is to connect my phone to my laptop, which is a mac. I don't mind if the connection is USB, wifi or bluetooth. USB is more flexible, there are times when I can't get both devices onto the same wifi connection.
I want the software to look at my photo archive on my laptop, and copy over any new files. It just needs to look at a date - if there are new files since the last time I synced, I want it to copy them.
Even better, though not essential, would be if it didn't mind whether I'd deleted or moved files from the laptop. It wouldn't look backwards, just see that the last sync was 22nd July and then copy any files since then regardless of whether the photos from 20th July had been deleted from the laptop but where still on the phone. This makes it easier to sort photos once they're on my hard drive.
I've tried Cheetah Sync, which works ok but only over wifi. If I'm travelling, there may not be a wifi connection. It also copies over everything - so if a photo has been deleted on the laptop, it's replaced again.
dropbox will sync photos and videos automatically
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dropbox will sync photos and videos automatically
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Oh, ok. I'll have a look.
EDIT - I came across a new app called CloudVault, which uploads photos to GDrive as you take them or when you're next on Wifi. Pretty good solution for me.
While I am used to my Thunderbolt, which I just put to rest for my new SGN2, I find myself doing a bit of comparing between the two phones.
I am rooted with JellyBomb 9.0 now, but I was always able to hook my Tbolt up to my PC and view pictures from my phone files (DCIM, etc...) as PICTURES. With this new SGN2, I only get to see icons (the icon says JPG with a mini icon for Microsoft office pictures attached to the JPG icon. I actually have to click on each icon to open the picture which is awful since I take so many pictures.
I also noticed that I can't send multiple pictures as attachments anymore like I used to with my Tbolt. It says I can only send one at a time and then I must reopen the phone file and scroll through everything all over again.
I also have issues getting my pc's to recognize my phone. I keep getting hardware id missing popping up next to my pc's clock. If I go back and forth between MTP and the PTP or unplug and replug enough times, occasionally the PC will find the phone.
Am I doing something wrong??????
I'm open to any and every suggestion
Thanks
Try the stock kernel for ****s and giggles and report back
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or try changing view mode on.your computer, just go into the folder in question and hold control while scrolling up until satisfied
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As for your first question, I can view all my pictures on internal or external storage on my PC through "My Computer" as thumb nails everytime. Maybe it's how your viewing it or the program your using to view it.
As for your second question, simply go to your gallery open the album you want to send pics from. If you want to send multiple pics in one mage from food albums then make an album with the pics you want to send in it. Or just view all pics at once, hit 'Menu' then 'select multiple' small boxes appear at the top right of each pic. Click each pic you want one by one full your done. Then while the ones you want to send are selected hit the symbol to the top right next to delete which is the Share button. Then pick your method of sharing either email or messages etc. It will automatically loaf all the pics on one message, then compile any text with it if you wish. Fill out intended recipient and send.
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As for your first question, I can view all my pictures on internal or external storage on my PC through "My Computer" as thumb nails everytime. Maybe it's how your viewing it or the program your using to view it.
As for your second question, simply go to your gallery open the album you want to send pics from. If you want to send multiple pics in one mage from food albums then make an album with the pics you want to send in it. Or just view all pics at once, hit 'Menu' then 'select multiple' small boxes appear at the top right of each pic. Click each pic you want one by one full your done. Then while the ones you want to send are selected hit the symbol to the top right next to delete which is the Share button. Then pick your method of sharing either email or messages etc. It will automatically loaf all the pics on one message, then compile any text with it if you wish. Fill out intended recipient and send.
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Twisted, Perhaps it's not me. You told me about your success on question #1 but didn't bother to explain what the issue might be.
The fact that you can see your pics internally or externally is wonderful, but how is that helping my problem??
Thanx for the twisted advice
I have the same issue and find it quite annoying. I've mostly had all HTC devices before and the sd card contents show up fine along with all hidden folders etc. I don't have the same view on my GN2. All the hidden files don't show and only jpeg icons. Stock Rooted Deodexed rom.
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While I am used to my Thunderbolt, which I just put to rest for my new SGN2, I find myself doing a bit of comparing between the two phones.
I am rooted with JellyBomb 9.0 now, but I was always able to hook my Tbolt up to my PC and view pictures from my phone files (DCIM, etc...) as PICTURES. With this new SGN2, I only get to see icons (the icon says JPG with a mini icon for Microsoft office pictures attached to the JPG icon. I actually have to click on each icon to open the picture which is awful since I take so many pictures.
I also noticed that I can't send multiple pictures as attachments anymore like I used to with my Tbolt. It says I can only send one at a time and then I must reopen the phone file and scroll through everything all over again.
I also have issues getting my pc's to recognize my phone. I keep getting hardware id missing popping up next to my pc's clock. If I go back and forth between MTP and the PTP or unplug and replug enough times, occasionally the PC will find the phone.
Am I doing something wrong??????
I'm open to any and every suggestion
Thanks
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I have had the problem viewing picture as thumbnails also. In what I have researched, it may be Windows 7 and probably Vista and how it iteracts with both my GS3 and GN2. If you google " pictures not showing up as thumbnails in Windows...." you will get a ton of results. I have tried a couple, but havent gotten too deep into it yet. Something about the way Windows caches the thumbnails and eventually the cache is full and has to be cleaned out to keep seeing thumbnails instead of file icons. That might give you something to go on... Good luck.
I don't have any advise on the picture issue. I just don't take many pictures. I just use picture preview in file explorer and scroll to confirm which I want to upload to Flickr.
As for the Missing Hardware ID, I don't have a solution, but it is a known issue by Microsoft and Samsung; they blame each other from what I read. Basically, there is a wrong driver downloaded from Microsoft for the Samsung mobile drivers. Some people have had success using the earlier drivers; you have download and disconnect your computer form the internet completely before connecting your phone to your PC after installing the earlier drivers. I've done this, but still have the issue, but I can get it to work with fewer plugging and unplugging the usb cable.
Ok first is Sweet Home WiFi Picture Backup by SweeSoft.
It automatically uploads your pictures and videos to your home
computer when connected to your network and charging. You can
change what it uploads, where it uploads, and when it uploads. The
Free Alfa version works great for me with no limitations, I will
definelty be getting the donate version of this one.
Next is SanDisk Memory Zone by SanDisk Corp.
I found this totally by accident, it tests your sd cards speed,
shows how much space is left on internal and external sd cards,
and links to many online accounts to show how much space you have left.
It has its own file browser that lets you upload/download files between your
sd cards and online services. It also has a backup/restore feature
to the online services. I have found it very useful managing files across
several logins/accounts.
Finally is one I found in an old Titanium folder from my EPIC 4g
It is Called WifiBackup w/ 2-Way Sync by MobileFramework
I was only able to find a reference to it on AppBrain but no file, there
is a WifiBackup Pro for 1.99 but it hasn't been updated in a while. This
app was a favorite because you could set it to run at a certain time or hit it
manually and it would backup your entire sd card over wifi to your pc. Set up
was a breeze and it syncs both ways. I'm not sure yet if it backups both internal
and external. I will update post when first sync finishes.
So what are your best/coolest apps?
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So what are your best/coolest apps?
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For me, I love DiskUsage along with Solid Explorer. It's a great tool combo to see what's eating up your internal and external SD storage.
Oh...and first ))
Tweetings for Twitter - is my favorite twitter client. if anyone has a better one other than tweetcaster, etc let me know.
Twicca - My other twitter client I had used before Tweetings.
Staples - I work there so I need to have it
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For me, I love DiskUsage along with Solid Explorer.
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I can't believe I haven't found Solid Explorer before. Time for Astro to go in the backup folder.
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If you like twitter apps, I really like Falcon. It has a great UI and it has a separate widget thats really great also.
Thanks for the other input fellas.
I've been using Tweedle as my everyday twitter client for a while. I see no reason to change yet.
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Ok first is Sweet Home WiFi Picture Backup by SweeSoft.
It automatically uploads your pictures and videos to your home
computer when connected to your network and charging. You can
change what it uploads, where it uploads, and when it uploads. The
Free Alfa version works great for me with no limitations, I will
definelty be getting the donate version of this one.
How the hell you set this up?? I'm having the hardest time! Please help me...
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ImEVO said:
jmichaelsk said:
Ok first is Sweet Home WiFi Picture Backup by SweeSoft.
It automatically uploads your pictures and videos to your home
computer when connected to your network and charging. You can
change what it uploads, where it uploads, and when it uploads. The
Free Alfa version works great for me with no limitations, I will
definelty be getting the donate version of this one.
How the hell you set this up?? I'm having the hardest time! Please help me...
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Heres how i did it.
In win7 set up another user account with admin rights.
Go to root directory on your PC and create a folder to save the pics in.
Right click on folder and choose share with, in blank box click arrow then the new user name then add.
In the bottom box to the right of the new user name click read and then change it to read/write.
It will then give you the share name. You'll need this and the new user/password.
In Sweet Home App Use full settings
Automatic Upload chooses when the app uploads your pictures
Select Collections chooses which folders on your phone to upload
Next
if your connected to your WIFI at home just choose next. You have to be connected to your home network for the set up.
Next
enter your user name and password in to the user information boxes.
under Network Share Press button to browse.
Press IP/Name and enter your computers name or internal ip address. Then your back button. Choose your share folder. Then your back button.
Next
in Organize folders I chose '-' and Seperate Collections
The first one decides how it groups your photos i chose none. '2013' would group them in folders by year taken '2013/01' would group them in folders by years and month. The Seperate Collections keeps the folder names you have set up on your phone. So pictures in Camera\vacation on the phone would be saved as Camera\Vacation. if you grouped by '2013' you would get Camera\vacation\2012 Camera\Vacation\2013 .....
That should get you going. The biggest pain is making windows share the folder. I have noticed it hangs up on large videos sometimes but i think it might be my router as the only thing that fixes it is to unplug and replug the router. Rebooting the PC, rebooting phone, Cycling WIFI on/off, or clearing app cache wouldn't let it start back up, but unpluging and repluging the router has fixed it everytime.
Hope that helps
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jmichaelsk said:
ImEVO said:
Heres how i did it.
In win7 set up another user account with admin rights.
Go to root directory on your PC and create a folder to save the pics in.
Right click on folder and choose share with, in blank box click arrow then the new user name then add.
In the bottom box to the right of the new user name click read and then change it to read/write.
It will then give you the share name. You'll need this and the new user/password.
In Sweet Home App Use full settings
Automatic Upload chooses when the app uploads your pictures
Select Collections chooses which folders on your phone to upload
Next
if your connected to your WIFI at home just choose next. You have to be connected to your home network for the set up.
Next
enter your user name and password in to the user information boxes.
under Network Share Press button to browse.
Press IP/Name and enter your computers name or internal ip address. Then your back button. Choose your share folder. Then your back button.
Next
in Organize folders I chose '-' and Seperate Collections
The first one decides how it groups your photos i chose none. '2013' would group them in folders by year taken '2013/01' would group them in folders by years and month. The Seperate Collections keeps the folder names you have set up on your phone. So pictures in Camera\vacation on the phone would be saved as Camera\Vacation. if you grouped by '2013' you would get Camera\vacation\2012 Camera\Vacation\2013 .....
That should get you going. The biggest pain is making windows share the folder. I have noticed it hangs up on large videos sometimes but i think it might be my router as the only thing that fixes it is to unplug and replug the router. Rebooting the PC, rebooting phone, Cycling WIFI on/off, or clearing app cache wouldn't let it start back up, but unpluging and repluging the router has fixed it everytime.
Hope that helps
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Wow.....:beer:
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Dropbox
Galaxy S 3 32gb ...Sprint
jelly bean LJ7 rooted....yahhhyuhhh
Dropbox and other cloud services are great if you have the extra space. I usually take lots of pics and videos that would use up the initial 5gb pretty quick, plus having to upload and then download back to computer. Once you get the windows part done you are pretty well set. File managers like astro and solid explorer can then be setup so you can access your PC shares from your phone for easy file transfers without plugging in.
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I bought a Pogoplug and attached a 500GB drive to it. Everything backs up to it. Its been a solid little device and the phone app works quite well.
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I bought a Pogoplug and attached a 500GB drive to it. Everything backs up to it. Its been a solid little device and the phone app works quite well.
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Do you still have the monthly charge this way?
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So I have a 2 part Dropbox question that basically amounts to me not fully understanding how it all works even though I use it on a daily basis... maybe someone here could help me out...
So I have Dropbox, on my phone (Galaxy Note 3) and 2 PCs, Home and Office.
Question 1 - You know how Dropbox on Android automatically when you're on Wifi uploads every single picture from your phone to a "Camera Uploads" folder on your Dropbox? Well since they're all uploaded already, and I have something like 3000 photos, which is starting to make my Gallery load slowly... Wouldn't the best way to clean them out be to just completely wipe all the photos from my phone... Then go through the Dropbox folder on one of my desktop computers and delete any crappy pictures I don't need to keep, leave the rest in there for backup purposes, and then if I wanted to keep some on my phone, copy those ones back onto my phone?
Question 2 - If I go through that "Camera Uploads" folder (Or any other folder in my Dropbox really) deleting and renaming and reorganizing files on one of my desktop computers... Will all those changes instantly happen on the others? Even if I'm deleting and/or renaming and/or moving around hundreds of files? What's to stop the other computer from syncing back to the one I'm currently going through and undoing all the changes I just made? Like if I have a folder called "X1" and another called "X2" and I delete a bunch of stuff out of each and then combine them into one and then name the new folder "X" ... The other computer at work isn't gonna go and sync my "X2" folder back to the computer I'm currently working on, right?
Obviously these are both a simple but clear misunderstanding of how all this cloud syncing works. I get it in principle, and use it constantly, but there are certain ideas of it that I think I'm just overthinking probably.
Any help would be appreciated.
Also I know that Q&A goes in the Q&A forum but I thought since this is a software thing and not really a phone thing it would be more appropriate in here...
From how I know it works (at least for me) as long as all accounts are logged in with the same info (name/password), and are auto-syncing, the folder that is modified first will be copied to the others when you open Dropbox on the others. In your example you have three (two PCs, and your phone). If you change something from your phone, it will replicate to your two PCs. If you change something on one of your PCs, it will replicate to your other PC, and your phone. It also works with the online site the same way. I just changed something in my phone, logged on to the website through my PC browser, and it replicated right away to match what I did on my phone.
EDIT - And I know you are talking about pics and gallery, and for that I would move/delete from the app on your phone, and not through the gallery. I think if you do something in the gallery it will just change back because you're not actually modifying Dropbox. I'm not really sure since I do all my stuff through Dropbox itself. You can try with one pic to see if it deletes from your other places if you delete it from the gallery.
Thanks for the reply. So yea if it's basically doing it instantly, then I think I'd be safe doing my plan the way I'm planning on it. My plan is to delete everything off the phone, which I know from experience doens't sync deletions to the dropbox... Just new pics get synced to dropbox... So if I delete pic11111.jpg it will still be in my dropbox folder... So with ALL my pics deleted from my phone's gallery, I can then go to my computer and spend a couple hours deleting specific garbage pictures, and those will then sync between the 2 pcs. Then I can move them out of that "Camera Uploads" folder and into a more permanent "Pics" folder. Or move first is probably even better...
Thanks again.
I use Dropbox all the time, I've got 4 accounts (Need that extra space) and then I've got it installed on my Note 3, Nexus 7, and a Galaxy S3. As for computers it's on my Mac, two laptops and a PC desktop. I installed them on all of those for the referral bonus space but now they all have the exact same account. So in answer to your question, you could go on your phone go into settings and turn off camera uploads, but then you would need to go into your gallery and manually upload the pictures you want to keep (which isn't a huge hassle to me at least.) Since you are using cloud storage technically all the photos that get uploaded wouldn't get eating up your space unless you have google+ enabled as well, then they will appear on your phone. Not all of them, but a good majority. I don't know what kind of a computer you use, but when I have dropbox on my MAC sync all of my folders that i have, I swear I get pictures that are quadrupled all the time....so frustrating. In answer to your second question, you can modify any picture, document, etc, that has been uploaded from dropbox to a computer and make any changes you want to it without it making changes to another linked computer. Only way it it would is if you put that changed photo for example, back into your dropbox folder. Hopefully that made sense