When I first bought my Note 8.0, I added my Dropbox account to the Cloud sync under Setting>Personal>Cloud>Contents Sync thinking that it would be kind of cool to have my dropbox contents downloaded on my Note 8.0 without needing to wait for the download when I need them. Since then, I've found out that the Cloud function downloads my stuff into a file called "cloudagent" on my internal SD instead of my external SD and it's not really as useful as what I thought it to be. Plus, I discovered that Dropsync does the job that I want it to do excellently.
So my question is, how can I remove my Dropbox account from the CloudSync? I positively remember adding my Dropbox account manually and it wasn't something that was there automatically after logging into the Dropbox app. Thanks a lot, guys!
You should be ableto unlink the device through dropbox`s settings or go into android settings and remove the dropbox account.
If you get foldersync or dropsync you can sync any folder you want o you sdcard. I think the free dropsync allows one folder.
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You should be ableto unlink the device through dropbox`s settings or go into android settings and remove the dropbox account.
If you get foldersync or dropsync you can sync any folder you want o you sdcard. I think the free dropsync allows one folder.
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Yeah I unlinked the device from dropbox's permissions, so at least I know that it's not going to start downloading stuff into my internal SD. Problem is, on my device side of things, now that I've revoked its permission to access my Dropbox, the "space used" section just keeps on loading and loading and when I click on my account, there's a button that says "Sync all" and nothing else. No "remove account" or anything of that sort. It's been like that for a week now and it's finally eating on my nerve.
I got the paid version of Dropsync while it was on sale and it's a great app to use. Anyway, thanks for your time. I guess I'll just bear with that annoying loading until it finally realizes that the reason it can't load anything is because it doesn't have the permission to.
Mine has remove acct at the top of the acct screen. Odd it's not on yours. I running civs rom if that makes a difference.
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When I first bought my Note 8.0, I added my Dropbox account to the Cloud sync under Setting>Personal>Cloud>Contents Sync thinking that it would be kind of cool to have my dropbox contents downloaded on my Note 8.0 without needing to wait for the download when I need them. Since then, I've found out that the Cloud function downloads my stuff into a file called "cloudagent" on my internal SD instead of my external SD and it's not really as useful as what I thought it to be. Plus, I discovered that Dropsync does the job that I want it to do excellently.
So my question is, how can I remove my Dropbox account from the CloudSync? I positively remember adding my Dropbox account manually and it wasn't something that was there automatically after logging into the Dropbox app. Thanks a lot, guys!
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in my s4, it would not only download it, but then delete the file from dropbox...thta was a huge issue for me
go into settings-->cloud and disable both pictures and videos completely
it's a useless function and dropsync is absolutely amazing....i never buy stuf, but I def bought the pro version
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Hey guys,
I have been using Evernote for some time but find that the PC application is quite slow and cumbersome and the mobile implementation though good lacks on something that I can't put my finger down on.
I heard dropbox is very good but I was wondering what ideas people had for storing notes on it or what else I could use the functionality for besides storing some of my apks.
Dropbox is great. Official app just came out, testing it now. My problem with Evernote was the inability to have notes offline for storage on your phone.
Dropbox allows you to store things offline and upload when connected? Sounds interest, how about mirroring folders on your PC?
I don't know whether you can queue things up for Dropbox yet - haven't tested that. As for retrieving things, you'll definitely need to be connected. I found that incredibly silly for a notes application like Evernote, though. Seriously, Evernote? You need a network connection so I can write down that I need to buy milk?
As for mirroring folders, I doubt it. When you install Dropbox on a computer, it sets aside a specific Dropbox folder. Anything you put inside it is synced to the cloud, and automatically put on any other computers you have Dropbox on. You put a file in your laptop's dropbox and your desktop can get it. Your phone can go get it now as well, so it's a cheap wireless file transfer method, if nothing else. As I understand the Android Dropbox implementation, there won't be a folder with your entire Dropbox stored on it like there is for a PC, you'll just retrieve stuff from the cloud.
If I can't add files it just seems a bit pointless ...
Yeah having offline access is a bonus, not going to break much but I may want to make notes on the train, etc.
Thanks for the comprehensive post, looks like more research is needed .
Right now the ONLY files you can send from Dropbox for Android are media files, so only photos, videos and audio files. No text files or documents, so it's pretty useless in terms of notes.
I use Gdocs Notepad, freeware, that syncs with Google Documents.
I've solved in this way.
Sugar sync is pretty good - can sync any files, you get 2gb free, free android client.
I am using EVO Deck 1.3 stable. I'm tired of having to connect to my computer via USB to get photos/videos off my phone, and since I'm an avid Dropbox user this just seems like an obvious usage of the sync feature.
After roaming through all of my ROM's settings and Dropbox settings I can't find anything to this effect. In fact Dropbox won't even let me upload more than 1 file at a time - is that right??
Please help me cut the USB umbilical and use Dropbox to its full potential!
When I want to upload multiple photos from my phone, I go to gallery and click on the album I want open. Then click the share icon, then dropbox. Then it opens the album with check boxes so you can mark as many as you want. It should upload them in the background then.
I have only found this manual way to do it. But this is better than one at a time, right?
Dropsync
Check the market for an app called Dropsync. I use it to sync my photos and Titanium backups to my Dropbox on my phone and tab. All of my photos are synced between my tab and phone nicely. It works very well with minimal battery drain. Like it so much that I sprung for the Pro version (which I rarely do) just to help out the developer.
Also Google+ will allow you to auto-upload your photos.
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Check the market for an app called Dropsync. I use it to sync my photos and Titanium backups to my Dropbox on my phone and tab. All of my photos are synced between my tab and phone nicely. It works very well with minimal battery drain. Like it so much that I sprung for the Pro version (which I rarely do) just to help out the developer.
Also Google+ will allow you to auto-upload your photos.
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Huge +1 for this. Well worth the money. I have mine syncing photos ONLY when USB is plugged in and ONLY on WiFi. Just be careful, its a 2 way sync. If u delete a photo from your sd card the next time it syncs it will delete it from dropbox.
Anyone know what this is and if it can be moved or deleted? On my device it's like 4.98GB of internal storage!
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Anyone know what this is and if it can be moved or deleted? On my device it's like 4.98GB of internal storage!
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If you refer to the "Cloud" setting and cloud agent (which on whatever firmware my device originally came with, crashed if you had sync with Dropbox enabled; I have not tried on newer stock firmware or custom ROMs).
It's related to your Samsung account sync. Part of its UI is an alias to your Samsung account sync settings. It also has some form of sync with Dropbox - I believe it is the same as with Samsung Link / AllShare Play, auto upload to Dropbox for your pictures/videos; similar to Dropbox and G+'s own feature. I'm not familiar with how it's implemented inside.
You probably should not uninstall any cloud agent APK's unless you've basically ripped every bloody Samsung specific thing off, and even then you should check what's safe (there should be a thread somewhere by now). Clearing data on it is probably okay but cleanup and setup may be necessary after, depending on how much you use your Samsung account.
if you use nether Samsung nor Dropbox accounts, it's useless.
I just deleted the directory. Used Dropbox a few times and have not noticed it recreating the directory. Before deleting it I did see it had a copy of my Dropbox folder making a service like Dropbox useless if it caches everything to the device like on a PC.
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Like most Samsung features, I'm sure there is someone out there that actually has use for it. Most people on XDA likely have 0 use for everything Samsung puts in because either they don't use it or they already have an app for it.
I found this idiotic thing on an Android 4.2.2 Samsung flavor. Indeed, after you define your Dropbox account it starts taking down your pictures and doesn't stop until it finishes them all and crowds your device with them.
This "feature" can be officially disabled in: Settings-Cloud-Pictures / Videos / Documents. You need to untick one by one sync option.
There's an option while setting the device from factory reset to allow or not the Samsung device to access all your dropbox info: select no.
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Anyone know what this is and if it can be moved or deleted? On my device it's like 4.98GB of internal storage!
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i had a major issue with this..because it was downloading my dropbox files to my internalSD AND deleting it from the dropbox cloud
freaked me out
i ended up disabling sync in settings
HTC Google backup query
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Hi all. I have a HTC Desire EYE (UK based) and use the automated Google upload service. The problem I have is that I want to delete certain pics from the Cloud without removing them from my device itself. I have a huge amount of memes and pics that I occasionally like to use when posting but I don't want them ALL to be kept on my cloud storage which I want for family pictures and a few select items only.
As far as I can see from reading about a zillion posts on many forums if you delete a photo or picture from the Cloud area (G+ style) it will also be removed from your phone (along with any other synced device) regardless. This is not what I want! Is there not any way to manually delete photo's from my Google account and leave them on my phone?
To clarify I also have a huge collection of memes that I really don't want clogging up my Google drive (and a few tasteless memes that I might post on certain pages but don't want kept on my Cloud storage or other places).
In an idea situation Google would upload all I have on my phone then I could manually go to my G+ account and remove certain pics I don't want there but they are NOT removed from my HTC phone. This was always the case in the past and seems a reasonable thing to do to my mind. Why is this not possible?
Thanks in advance
Mark
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In an idea situation Google would upload all I have on my phone then I could manually go to my G+ account and remove certain pics I don't want there but they are NOT removed from my HTC phone. This was always the case in the past and seems a reasonable thing to do to my mind. Why is this not possible?
Thanks in advance
Mark
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Not the ideal solution, but you could put any photos you don't want to be synced to the cloud in a separate folder on your phone and then disable syncing of that folder. I know that the you can include/exclude specific folders using the Google Photos app, just click the menu icon (upper-left corner) and then go to 'Device folders'. From there you can turn on/off syncing per folder.
Hi all,
So here's the deal. When I had my Pixel 2XL, I had about a bazillion photos on Google Photos, still do. No real order or organization, just a total mess. My impression is that the Note 10+ has far more robust file management software, and of course I have space for photos on the device and SD card. Let's also say maybe I've got some stuff on there that I just don't really want to be In The Cloud anymore. My thought is that I could do this via DEX - download or go through my Google Photos library from The Cloud, arrange things into folders on my desktop, and then load them onto the phone.
Would this work? Can anyone think of an easier way to move everything from Photos servers onto the phone's stock Gallery, putting aside any issues of "why would you want to do that" or "I wouldn't do that" because the bottom line is maybe I don't have the level of trust in Google as I once did and prefer as much of my data to me by own as possible.
Thanks so much!
Or just directly copy images via usb cable straight to the phone, all done using file explorer
raul6 said:
Or just directly copy images via usb cable straight to the phone, all done using file explorer
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Oh yeah, I guess I can do that, and that would be about a thousand times easier!
Alright, so, I'm not sure I understand how the Gallery and Google Photos sync up and I'm trying to think of what the best way to do this is. Just delete the un-needed stuff from the phone storage, sort the rest into folders as I like, and everything will stay backed up in Google Photos? My concern is that as far as syncing goes, Google Photos would basically re-upload or re-sync things I'd deleted from the phone's gallery. Which gets priority, for lack of a better word?
I hope I'm explaining that question clearly!