I'm posting here instead of android general because i would like the opinions of fellow Optimus G owners. not that having this device should matter but you know.. whatever lol.
Im looking for the best Cloud service to store and organize photos as a life long photo album. right now im using box because we get 50gb just for owning the optimus G and i find it being the best ive used compared to dropbox and google+ but i have used neither of those long enough to make a solid opinion of them either.
my daughter is about to turn 3 and i have been uploading and organizing with the folder setup through box for a photo collection of her years sense birth but im looking for a more efficient way of doing this. maybe something tailored towards photos rather than files in general.
i know of:
Box (currently using)
Dropbox (dont use it anymore because they removed the download feature)
Google+ (havnt played around with that too much)
if any of you know of anything better than box for organizing photos then please share your opinion im completely open to switching to something better. i have over 1000+ pictures of her and cant bring myself to delete any of them. i dont keep every picture i take, these are just a combination of pictures taken by myself, her mother, and other family members. too many to print and apply to a physical photo album. eventually i will delicate a tablet to just her pictures once the technology reaches stability for that sort of thing lol but untill then i need to utilize the cloud.
Lg cloud! Another free 50 gigs
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simpkill said:
Lg cloud! Another free 50 gigs
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only til october then they delete all your crap lol
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only til october then they delete all your crap lol
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Wow did not know that lol. I never used that. Glad I didn't start.
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javskies said:
only til october then they delete all your crap lol
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yeah, thanks for that. busted my bubble, but i'll make sure to get my files off before it's too late.
I use box. It's been great for me and I have saved, similar to you, literally THOUSANDS of pictures of my children there. You cannot go wrong with how well it organizes, the fast sync to your desktop and the ease of organizing.
My brother loves dropbox, but the free space given by box can't be beat, although I have heard rumors that the 50gb is free for two years and then they charge for it.
Maybe check out Dropbox again. They've really been focusing on photos lately with instant upload and auto-import, as well as album sorting both online and in the app. They've also made photo viewing online and in the app really nice, and more features are coming soon because I noticed I got an early preview invitation.
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Maybe check out Dropbox again. They've really been focusing on photos lately with instant upload and auto-import, as well as album sorting both online and in the app. They've also made photo viewing online and in the app really nice, and more features are coming soon because I noticed I got an early preview invitation.
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Dropbox is nice but the biggest and only issue I have with dropbox is I cant directly download a photo or file directly from the dropbox app for myself. I can "share" a link to it either my email or text it to myself but that's not convenient
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Dropbox is nice but the biggest and only issue I have with dropbox is I cant directly download a photo or file directly from the dropbox app for myself. I can "share" a link to it either my email or text it to myself but that's not convenient
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Actually, if you press "Menu>Export>Save to sdcard" you can save to any folder on your sdcard. Also, you can "star" photos as favorites, and this will ensure that those photos or files always have a copy on your phone.
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Is it possible to upload files straight from phone to site? If so explain how please, tried advanced options for ' quick reply', but couldn't get past choose file screen. I have two leaked Galaxy S 2 lwp that are pretty cool. Windmills and beach that change with time of day and weather.
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Try using dropbox that's how I do it at least. It will let you upload pretty much whatever. You can get it in the market free!
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Try using dropbox that's how I do it at least. It will let you upload pretty much whatever. You can get it in the market free!
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I agree, Dropbox is great. I've been thinking of upgrading to a paid account when I get a little more money saved (I just went on an app buying/dev donation spree, so definitely over my online quota right now). I just found out the hard way that there's a 10 gig/day bandwidth limit for public links, but it's definitely a great site.
If you're talking about on xda, I haven't found a way to do it yet. Even with the user agent set to desktop, it won't work. I think this is because it doesn't integrate Android file explorers. You can always use Dropbox or another hosting site and link others to the file. With Dropbox, I just use the mobile app. Once you've uploaded whatever you want to share to your "Public" folder, long press the item, choose share, and then "copy a link". This will result in a direct download, which I prefer over other sites.
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Thanks for your help...uploaded both live wp in the Themes and Apps section.
Just flashed my first rom and noticed Dropbox in app drawer,read up on it and it sounds really cool app especially for pics. would like to here a little more about it from the ones who have or use it.
Ummm, what do you want to hear? It's a cloud syncing app, it does what it says. I personally like Box.net over Dropbox, but to each his own.
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Ummm, what do you want to hear? It's a cloud syncing app, it does what it says. I personally like Box.net over Dropbox, but to each his own.
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Why is that? Box.net's lack of desktop client and filesize limitation I find extremely annoying.
i live by dropbox
I use both just for the hell of it. And I jumped on box during the 50gb deal
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Dropbox is really only limited to what you can think to do with it. One of the more novel uses I came up with for it is to "sync" my game saves from my EVO to my Nook so I don't have to replay levels of Castlevania on Gameboid.
Try it out and make your own decisions.
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Dropbox is really only limited to what you can think to do with it. One of the more novel uses I came up with for it is to "sync" my game saves from my EVO to my Nook so I don't have to replay levels of Castlevania on Gameboid.
Try it out and make your own decisions.
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I do the same thing with a couple of save states. Also, over box.net, I believe the limit how long your links are active and the file size after X amount of time. I looked into it, and those 'catches' made me not use it.
Also, i some how have 8.5gb of free space...don't know how that happened..lol.
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Why is that? Box.net's lack of desktop client and filesize limitation I find extremely annoying.
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True, I forgot about that. I use box more often because I have 50gb of space with them. Dropbox is better for larger files, but I only have 2.5gb with them, so it's basically only good for one or two large files. The lack of desktop syncing with Box doesnt bother me, as I just use the browser to upload. Both have apps for phones/tablets, which both seem to work very well.
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Dropbox is really only limited to what you can think to do with it. One of the more novel uses I came up with for it is to "sync" my game saves from my EVO to my Nook so I don't have to replay levels of Castlevania on Gameboid.
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That is such a great idea!!! I never thought about doing that, I always had to manually move my emerald save file. I personally keep all of my school work in dropbox so i can work on it on my phone, or print it out at school if I forget to print it at home.
Three words explain dropbox: Its the Shizz
Dropbox is pretty cool. Its my preferred tool to move stuff from 1 PC to another without using USB's, sharing stuff with friends, and moving from phone to PC
I have a tendency to accidentally lose photos (eg: SD card crashes, etc.), and wanted to know the best program that automatically uploads photos to the cloud, whether it be Picasa or whatever.
I know joining Google+ allows you to do this, but the big problem is it resizes the photos prior to uploading them, and I wanted to keep the native size.
I've tried Picasa Mobile, but it doesn't organize photos well at all and doesn't let the native camera app automatically upload photos. Any other suggestions?
Have you tried dropbox? They upgrade your 2 GB with an additional 500MB when you elect to upload automatically.
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Have you tried dropbox? They upgrade your 2 GB with an additional 500MB when you elect to upload automatically.
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I love using Dropbox for picture upload. Up to 6 GB now and the nice thing is, I just bought a new laptop, downloaded the Dropbox app on the computer and it downloaded all my pictures back to my computer.
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I love using Dropbox for picture upload. Up to 6 GB now and the nice thing is, I just bought a new laptop, downloaded the Dropbox app on the computer and it downloaded all my pictures back to my computer.
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Exactly why I like dropbox.
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agree with Dropbox. Photobuck mobile app also allows to do this.
You can use "Folder Sync" android free app. Free user can add one folder to sync with your favorite cloud. If you can buy premium version you can sync unlimited folders with different cloud services.
As well as you can use "DropPin " but it only support dropbox.
FolderSync:- https://play.google.com/store/apps/...d.foldersync.lite&feature=more_from_developer
Dropin:- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ondraz.dropin
setup guides:-
Folder Sync:- http://www.thespicygadgematics.com/2011/12/how-to-save-android-camera-pictures.html
Dropin:- http://www.thespicygadgematics.com/2012/03/automatic-upload-android-camera-image.html
Hope these information will be useful!
I have a SG2 and for my Birthday my son gave me a 64GB IPad3. I would never personally purchase an @pple product but it was a gift and it does make it easy to Facetime with him. I would like to transfer the all of my videos and pictures from my phone to the Ipad is there an app that will allow me do do this in bulk or allow me to sync it when i choose?
I have looked but there is so much info out there if anyone can help that would be great.
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I have a SG2 and for my Birthday my son gave me a 64GB IPad3. I would never personally purchase an @pple product but it was a gift and it does make it easy to Facetime with him. I would like to transfer the all of my videos and pictures from my phone to the Ipad is there an app that will allow me do do this in bulk or allow me to sync it when i choose?
I have looked but there is so much info out there if anyone can help that would be great.
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As far as I know the only way to get photos on your idevice is through iTunes.. you probably won't be able to directly send photos to your ipad from your S2
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There is method I use.
I have the same devices you have the sgs2 and the ipad. I have dropbox installed on both devices and I have "Camera Upload" turned on. So whenever I take a picture with my s2 or ipad, the picture automatically uploads into dropbox. and from there, I have pictures on both devices to which I can download. Once you load the dropbox app on the ipad to watch the pictures, you can then select to download the pictures into the ipad itself. it is quite convenient. This is good only if you have enough storage in dropbox to save all those pictures and videos.
Also, you can do this with G+ (google plus) app as they have the instant upload feature also but I believe they give you more storage space.
Edit: A quick google shows that the only app that you can use to transfer files between ios and android is "Bump" app.
i will check into that I have heard that some of the apps will downgrade the pics so the 8mp pics will get reduced in size do you have that issue with drop box?
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i will check into that I have heard that some of the apps will downgrade the pics so the 8mp pics will get reduced in size do you have that issue with drop box?
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The pics in dropbox seems like the same pics on my phone. I dont notice any downgrades of the quality.
No BT on iPad? Pity....
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It has blue tooth but i beleive it is apple propriatary i did see some apps but no free ones and most seem to have limitations
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Try dropbox
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you can also download on your PC everything off your phone and then re upload on your iPad when you plug your iPad into PC.
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Yeah either dropbox, or just connect your phone to a computer and transfer/copy all your pics to itunes and just sync your ipad
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Try SharePod. Its free online and grabs everything from your device. No need for that stupid itunes. Try it, i havent tried it on ipads though..
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There is method I use.
I have the same devices you have the sgs2 and the ipad. I have dropbox installed on both devices and I have "Camera Upload" turned on. So whenever I take a picture with my s2 or ipad, the picture automatically uploads into dropbox. and from there, I have pictures on both devices to which I can download. Once you load the dropbox app on the ipad to watch the pictures, you can then select to download the pictures into the ipad itself. it is quite convenient. This is good only if you have enough storage in dropbox to save all those pictures and videos.
Also, you can do this with G+ (google plus) app as they have the instant upload feature also but I believe they give you more storage space.
Edit: A quick google shows that the only app that you can use to transfer files between ios and android is "Bump" app.
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+1 flawless
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What a pain in the ^#^%$ a$$. I do really hate apple. So here is what I did i Dumped all the Photos and Videos off of my phone to my PC. about 22 GB's worth of data. Then I had to install iTunes on my PC. Then once I had it configured I pointed it to the folder I wanted to sync it to. It took about 3 hours to complete. Then I get a message that the the video files would not copy since the format if my videos is not compatible (the format used my SG2) so I had to download Any video converter to rip the videos to a apple friendly format since the [email protected] is so limited. They have some amazing marketing I cannot for the life of me understand the popularity of such a limiting product. Thank you all for your suggestions, I did look at bump but it will only allow you to a few pics at a time and will not allow for full resolution photos to be transmitted it will scale them down.
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What a pain in the ^#^%$ a$$. I do really hate apple. So here is what I did i Dumped all the Photos and Videos off of my phone to my PC. about 22 GB's worth of data. Then I had to install iTunes on my PC. Then once I had it configured I pointed it to the folder I wanted to sync it to. It took about 3 hours to complete. Then I get a message that the the video files would not copy since the format if my videos is not compatible (the format used my SG2) so I had to download Any video converter to rip the videos to a apple friendly format since the [email protected] is so limited. They have some amazing marketing I cannot for the life of me understand the popularity of such a limiting product. Thank you all for your suggestions, I did look at bump but it will only allow you to a few pics at a time and will not allow for full resolution photos to be transmitted it will scale them down.
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That sounds like a frustrating ordeal! I'm sure that since you did the bulk of it this time it'll go smoother the next!
I've haven't tried to transfer movies on an idevice recently.. But I used to all the time and it was a pain expecially if you had a movie on your ipod/ipad and you lose the original copy on your computer but itunes won't allow you to pull the copy off of your idevice.. That's just obsurd! The limitations sent me running fast from apple!... But they sure do look pretty!
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Well I have a new update my PC was converting the files last time I was at the office, transfered the files to the folder it syncs with and it still is saying it is in a non supported format. I used AVC and it said it would convert it to a format for the New Ipad. screw it i am done I will use it for face time with family, playing games and watching movies out side of that I think it is piece of %$# ! All I have ever heard from Apple fans is that they are so easy to use and they are great they can drink there cool aid.
I think he ipad is pretty nice! Great screen. The app store is terrific! And once you have your media on it, it's really easy to use and navigate.. But the limitations are a downer!
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If you jailbreak your iPad there are a couple apps you can download in cydia to transfer over Bluetooth. I use airblue.
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Nfc or wi fi direct.. Oh wait..
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USE THIS. I said it already..
http://www.getsharepod.com/ its free. It should work with IPads. i dont have one to confirm..
It is what it is a cool toy I am hoping the surface lives up to expectations that is what I would like to get.
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USE THIS. I said it already..
http://www.getsharepod.com/ its free. It should work with IPads. i dont have one to confirm..
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+1 this program works exactly as advertised will little to no hassle
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New to android, why don't apps like Facebook and twitter have direct save for pictures the way iOS does?
Because Google plus uploads video and pictures once taken.
I think he means why cant we save images from Facebook to the device.
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You can't save directly to the device however if you open the picture in facebook app there are these three little dots for options (I think you know what I mean). Then go to Share and then you can share the picture with picasa, g+ or google drive. Depending on your setup / sync routine saving to picasa / google drive should be almost the same as saving to to your device directly. Only difference is that the picture is saved in your drive folder instead of Pictures or downloads or whereever you intended to store the downloaded files. Hope this helps!
Will try that on Fb. Anyway to do on Twitter? I know about screenshots but just seems iOS made doing this easier
I dont use twitter myself but if there is a possibilty to display images fullscreen it should work the exact same way
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I think he means why cant we save images from Facebook to the device.
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Oh my bad Lol. Yea on the Facebook app their is no save to device but what you can do and I do this is share the photo via text and then save it. Hit the three little dots> share> messages. Then send it to yourself and your good to go.
install any 4star and above rated download manager and then share to it.
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install any 4star and above rated download manager and then share to it.
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Is that a specific app?