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App to keep pictures backed up?

I wanna have my dcim folder on my phone to stay backed up is there an app to do that?
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If you use Google+, then instant upload works great. Dropbox also has its own camera upload feature. It'll upload all the pictures you currently have on your phone to your dropbox and will automatically upload new ones as you take them. Hope this helps!
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Oh hmm I may have to make a drop box. Thanks
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No problem!

I just use Google+ for my photo backups. I can delete them anytime I want. Plus if you ever have to reset your phone, your pics will show up in your gallery as soon as you sign in. Waay convenient.

Gahh Its Lee said:
Oh hmm I may have to make a drop box. Thanks
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I'd say dropbox is your best bet.

Why not just enable picasa in the gallery, or Google+? They both will automatically send your pics to the cloud. Even in real time as you take new photos.

RogerPodacter said:
Why not just enable picasa in the gallery, or Google+? They both will automatically send your pics to the cloud. Even in real time as you take new photos.
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How??
My sync pictures is on in settings.
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Gahh Its Lee said:
How??
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.... Google+ > Settings > "Turn on Instant Upload"

Looks like I'm installing Google+
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Gahh Its Lee said:
Looks like I'm installing Google+
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Or dropbox instant upload. your call.

martonikaj said:
Or dropbox instant upload. your call.
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How do I do that? Like I am apparently horrible at finding settings
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I also suggest Google+ since it's integrated with your google account and (personal preference) I like having everything in one place. I've had some issues with dropbox sucking up network time like an bandwidth vampire.

Camera settings

I've been a little disappointed by the camera quality out of the box. The pictures aren't bad but I was expecting more after hearing about how great the camera is. Are you guys using the stock settings or are there things I can tweak to improve quality?
Also, I have problem when sharing a photo via Gmail. I take a picture in portrait mode but it sends it in landscape.

I have downloaded and am using the DSLR Camera app from Samsung Apps and have been getting great results.

Neil Fruit said:
I have downloaded and am using the DSLR Camera app from Samsung Apps and have been getting great results.
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How do you get that?

It is available from the Samsung apps. If you registered your phone with Samsung, you have access to apps that are apparently free for those with Samsung phones. You can find it here: http://samsungapps.com/

Neil Fruit said:
It is available from the Samsung apps. If you registered your phone with Samsung, you have access to apps that are apparently free for those with Samsung phones. You can find it here: http://samsungapps.com/
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Gracias.
Any help with this problem:
clankfu said:
Also, I have problem when sharing a photo via Gmail. I take a picture in portrait mode but it sends it in landscape.
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clankfu said:
Any help with this problem:
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I'm sorry, I've not experienced that problem. I just emailed myself a couple portrait photos to double check and they were fine. Wish I could help.

Neil Fruit said:
I'm sorry, I've not experienced that problem. I just emailed myself a couple portrait photos to double check and they were fine. Wish I could help.
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Did you view the pics in your Gmail account? Or did you download them and view them in your photo viewer? Maybe the landscape orientation is the only way Gmail allows you view the pic. Could be that it's a problem with Gmail and not my S3 but I'm trying to remember if it did the same thing with pics sent from my Evo 3D. I don't think it did.

Sent them to my wife's yahoo email account and just viewed them from there.

So I just took a picture in portrait mode and sent it to my Yahoo address. When I view it in Yahoo, it's correctly in portrait mode so I guess it's a Gmail issue.

good info on camera settings
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28918347
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djjroc007 said:
good info on camera settings
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28918347
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Sweet...thank you.

you welcome. Just be sure to thank the guy who wrote that post. Looks like he put some time in on it.
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djjroc007 said:
you welcome. Just be sure to thank the guy who wrote that post. Looks like he put some time in on it.
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Definitely.

Nfc problem?

Hello I wanted to know if everyone is getting same problem or not...I have nfc on my phone but whenever I touch it with another phone it sends them into play store. Anyone know what's wrong or if there's a fix? Thanks in advance.
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Yep, happens to me. But only when you try beaming things like pictures. Our phone can beam webpages, contacts. but not pictures.

htwnzballa09 said:
Yep, happens to me. But only when you try beaming things like pictures. Our phone can beam webpages, contacts. but not pictures.
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True. Thought it would send pics any phn or ROM that does that?
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Facebook not syncing photos with contacts

Sorry if this question has already been asked, I searched, which is useless with the xda app and did not find anything. Has anyone else had issue with Facebook contact photos not syncing with contacts in address book?
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I use contact sync for Facebook. .. It works great!
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Rhiannon224 said:
Sorry if this question has already been asked, I searched, which is useless with the xda app and did not find anything. Has anyone else had issue with Facebook contact photos not syncing with contacts in address book?
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Did you check the sync settings for facebook and select "sync with contacts"?

Rhiannon224 said:
Sorry if this question has already been asked, I searched, which is useless with the xda app and did not find anything. Has anyone else had issue with Facebook contact photos not syncing with contacts in address book?
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Facebook decided it wasn't going to place nice with google anymore and throw up all kind of restrictions on the API to sync contact pictures with Android. Basically it's not even supported with JB so that means you need to use a 3rd party app unfortunately. Don't ask me for sources because I read it somewhere when I was researching why my contact pictures weren't syncing. I just tried to go back and find where I read it but couldn't find it.
Personally, I've been using this app on the market: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wsMSwxLDMsInJvLndlZWRuZXQuY29udGFjdHNzeW5jIl0.

Yeah, I read about Facebook not playing well with JB. I just use Friendcaster to sync contact photos then remembered to un sync it after it drained the battery not allowing the phone to sleep, if you don't un sync it syncs constantly.
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Rhiannon224 said:
Yeah, I read about Facebook not playing well with JB. I just use Friendcaster to sync contact photos then remembered to un sync it after it drained the battery not allowing the phone to sleep, if you don't un sync it syncs constantly.
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Friendcaster doesn't have the option of how often it syncs? The app I recommended does. I have it set to once a day on wifi only. And you can specify how large you want the picture to be. High Quality photos on the N2 is amazing!!!

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Friendcaster doesn't have the option of how often it syncs? The app I recommended does. I have it set to once a day on wifi only. And you can specify how large you want the picture to be. High Quality photos on the N2 is amazing!!!
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Big thanks, downloading now. Better options, imo.
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Rhiannon224 said:
Big thanks, downloading now. Better options, imo.
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No problem. Let me know how it works out for ya. And feel free to pass on any other useful/cool apps. Love this phone

I'm using HaxSync and it works great for me.
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Galley Rant...

I am getting so frustrated with the stock gallery. I actually installed the 4.2 gallery so I can change my stupid wallpaper. I deleted the gallery cache and everything I try won't fix this junk. Deleting the cache for the gallery used to work but now it still acts real slow after. Does the gallery act up on custom roms also for anyone? If not I might get off of stock rooted and actually install a custom rom.

I have never had gallery problems at all. Ive set all my wallpapers with it. I also have over 700 pics and videos and it wont lag at all even with airview enabled.
Whats your problem specifically ? You just cant set wallpapers?
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I get major lag (like the gallery takes up to a minute to generate my pictures) when I try to set a wallpaper from settings - Display - Wallpaper or when I open my sms app and try to attach a picture from there.
I never have lag if I go straight into my gallery. I can set wallpapers and share via sms from the gallery without lag.

QuickPic, ftw. Have not used stock gallery for more than 5 minutes total since purchase of Note2.
Slow to load, can't hide folders...
The sidebar feature is nice, but not worth it.
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i saw the title and thought this had something to do with pirates.

This is probably happening because you have you google pic syncing and Dropbox and Facebook if you stop your gallery from syncing youll be good to go
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budde2 said:
This is probably happening because you have you google pic syncing and Dropbox and Facebook if you stop your gallery from syncing youll be good to go
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Thank you for the advice. I just turned all the syncing off and my gallery still runs real slow.

It's never going to get faster.. It's garbage. Get quickpic and be done with it.
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Works fine for me.stock rooted

Whenever I try to attach a picture the gallery comes up blank intermittently. At times it takes forever for the gallery too load
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Turn wifi off and see if that fixes the lag problem
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cdszoke said:
Thank you for the advice. I just turned all the syncing off and my gallery still runs real slow.
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Did you clear data after you stopped sync? I'm sure you did just checking
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