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Sync Camera Photos to Google Drive

I want to do something really simple with google drive.
I want to setup a permanent sync so my phone camera pics are synced with the google drive. So whenever i take a pic it just appears in the drive without having to do anything.
I am damned if i can figure out how to do it!
Can it be done?
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This can't be done (yet). But Google is pushing Google+ hard so I think they might keep that feature separate to get more users there as what you want can be done via the Google+ app
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I am not using G+.
Maybe folder sync may appear in the future on GD
I can still manually select images to upload for the time being.
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Drop box does it
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If you want photos to go to google drive i dont wee what you wouldn't just use google+. It saves unlimited amount of photos to Picasso/google+ and you dont have to use it as a social network. No one is going to talk to you if you dont talk to them. You want get any alerts about anything. Also you can edit photos right from the web. But if your concern is to not be in the cloud but on a local computer, like mentioned above...Dropbox is the best for that.

Camera photo sync
Dropbox is the best way to go.

Just use google+ on your phone. Then it will autokatically upload your photo, everytime you yake a photo it will ulpoad it. Your uploaded photo won't be published unless you do so. Hope this helped you.
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I'm trying to do the same thing so my photos on the iphone are automatically sent to google drive. I have google drive synced with my work and home computers. I am envisioning all my iphone photos immediately available on all my computers google drive sync folders. I think I will try the photosync app. It looks like it will be the bridge I'm looking for until the google drive app for iOS is released.
Update: Tried photosync by touchbyte. Works well with google drive but lacks automatic syncing. Autosync has been suggested by many on the touchbyte support bulletin board.
Note: I have jailbroken iOS 4.8. Don't want to move to iOS 5

+1 for Google +, it works great! I have it set to upload when on WiFi and charging. It has never failed me yet.

If you don't want to use G+, then you could use a folder sync app and sync your DCIM folder with Google Drive...
I use this app for the same reason, and other uses:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dk.tacit.android.foldersync.full

the problem with G+ is that it scales your photo's, which is probably why they are trying to use google drive.
I wanna do the same thing. any new word on this now that google released the sdk? I would assume something exactly like dropbox will turn up soon i hope!

Yes, there are 2 issues with G+ instant upload:
1. Photos are downscaled to 5 Mpix, not sent as original files.
2. No sync to desktop like Goole Drive or Dropbox.

It can be done!
Another thing you can do is use Google Drive and Dropbox together. This works really well! Just install Dropbox on your phone and computer, but on your computer make Dropbox point to a subfolder somewhere within Google Drive. Then set the option on your phone to always sync your photos into your Dropbox. Have both sync clients running on your PC simultaneously, and the following will take place:
1) You take picture with your phone.
2) Dropbox app uploads your photos to Dropbox automatically.
3) Dropbox client on your PC downloads photos locally, saving them within the Dropbox subfolder of Google Drive
4) Google sync client on your PC spots new local files, uploads files to matching location on Drive.
5) Viola!
It's not perfectly clean but it gets the job done well!

There's a simpler way
steven6702 said:
It's not perfectly clean but it gets the job done well!
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Or you could just use this app:
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gallery.drive.sync.pro
There is also a free version.

[Q] Best app to automatically upload camera photos to Picasa, etc.?

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.

Nuenjin said:
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.

corys00 said:
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!

Direct save?

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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c_86 said:
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.

MiG123 said:
install any 4star and above rated download manager and then share to it.
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Is that a specific app?

Pixel Xl and Unlimited G Photo storage

Anyone have a best practice for following scenario??
I have been paying $1.99 a month for 100gb a year. So now I have 40gb in the cloud and would like to take advantage of the free unlimited storage. If I cancel my storage for $1.99 will Google just delete all my current stored items. Just wondering what you guys/gals think on the process.
By the way. Loving this Pixel. Glad I made the switch from 6p. Just responsiveness alone is worth it for me.

gwallers said:
Anyone have a best practice for following scenario??
I have been paying $1.99 a month for 100gb a year. So now I have 40gb in the cloud and would like to take advantage of the free unlimited storage. If I cancel my storage for $1.99 will Google just delete all my current stored items. Just wondering what you guys/gals think on the process.
By the way. Loving this Pixel. Glad I made the switch from 6p. Just responsiveness alone is worth it for me.
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I'm in the same boat. I take a lot of photos with my DSLR and have them back up to google photos. When talking unlimited space to back photos and videos at original size, I think are only photos and videos captured from the Pixel. I could be wrong and would love be wrong actually but I think I am right
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le0.br4zuc4 said:
I'm in the same boat. I take a lot of photos with my DSLR and have them back up to google photos. When talking unlimited space to back photos and videos at original size, I think are only photos and videos captured from the Pixel. I could be wrong and would love be wrong actually but I think I am right
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So what If I load all my pics on my phone and re-upload does that consider them taken by my pixel or is it only taking the ones with pixel in the metadata.

gwallers said:
So what If I load all my pics on my phone and re-upload does that consider them taken by my pixel or is it only taking the ones with pixel in the metadata.
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I heard on a podcast, I think from Android Central, they said pictures and videos taken with the Pixel.
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le0.br4zuc4 said:
I heard on a podcast, I think from Android Central, they said pictures and videos taken with the Pixel.
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On the Pixel, Google Photos shows this, and I quote: "Full resolution photos & videos uploaded from your Pixel device will get unlimited storage".
The phrasing seems to indicate photos/videos have to be uploaded by the Pixel, not necessarily taken with it.
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gwallers said:
Anyone have a best practice for following scenario??
I have been paying $1.99 a month for 100gb a year. So now I have 40gb in the cloud and would like to take advantage of the free unlimited storage. If I cancel my storage for $1.99 will Google just delete all my current stored items. Just wondering what you guys/gals think on the process.
By the way. Loving this Pixel. Glad I made the switch from 6p. Just responsiveness alone is worth it for me.
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They won't delete any info, but you want be able to receive emails are upload anything(other than photos and videos) because your over the 15 gig cap. I too like you pay monthly because they've combined the storage space on gmail, drive and photos which puts me over the limit a tad. Kinda sucks but not expensive so I don't really complain about it.

sherlock5545 said:
On the Pixel, Google Photos shows this, and I quote: "Full resolution photos & videos uploaded from your Pixel device will get unlimited storage".
The phrasing seems to indicate photos/videos have to be uploaded by the Pixel, not necessarily taken with it.
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Does anyone have any clarification on this? If I transfer photos to my phone (not taken by my phone) will they be included in the unlimited storage?

I have just emailed myself a huge photo to my pixel xl and then backed it up from the phone.
It has backed up full res.

For clarification, taken from Google support.

Excellent, thanks for sharing
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That's interesting. If only Google Photos would maintain folder structure when backing up...

Mdizzle1 said:
I have just emailed myself a huge photo to my pixel xl and then backed it up from the phone. It has backed up full res.
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Where were you able to find the file information online? I'm presuming Google Drive. What is the Google Drive folder you can find the folders backed up by Photos?

jedpublic said:
Where were you able to find the file information online? I'm presuming Google Drive. What is the Google Drive folder you can find the folders backed up by Photos?
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On mine it's labeled Google Photos.

jhs39 said:
On mine it's labeled Google Photos.
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Thanks, I'm aware of the Google Photos being the folder where the pictures from my device are saved. However, I was quoting Mdizzle1, who said he emailed himself a photo and saved it via his Pixel XL. This would imply that he probably used the "Back up device folders" option under the "Back up & Sync" setting for Google Photos. I, too, have selected various folders on my device from the "Back up device folders" - what I would like to know is where those folders/files are accessible in Google Drive, if at all.

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Thanks, I'm aware of the Google Photos being the folder where the pictures from my device are saved. However, I was quoting Mdizzle1, who said he emailed himself a photo and saved it via his Pixel XL. This would imply that he probably used the "Back up device folders" option under the "Back up & Sync" setting for Google Photos. I, too, have selected various folders on my device from the "Back up device folders" - what I would like to know is where those folders/files are accessible in Google Drive, if at all.
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The exact same place. Google Drive treats all photos backed up from the Pixel XL exactly the same regardless of where the photo originated from. I have photos I've taken and photos I've downloaded and photos that were e-mailed to me and if they were backed up from my Pixel XL they are all in the same Google Drive folder.

jhs39 said:
The exact same place. Google Drive treats all photos backed up from the Pixel XL exactly the same regardless of where the photo originated from. I have photos I've taken and photos I've downloaded and photos that were e-mailed to me and if they were backed up from my Pixel XL they are all in the same Google Drive folder.
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Hm, I guess I'm having a hard time finding the file online at drive.google.com for some reason. I deliberately renamed a picture on my device with a unique string to be searchable on Google Drive and I cannot find it. Thoughts?
You mention photos that were downloaded or emailed; are you using the "Back up device folders" option in these cases?

jedpublic said:
Hm, I guess I'm having a hard time finding the file online at drive.google.com for some reason. I deliberately renamed a picture on my device with a unique string to be searchable on Google Drive and I cannot find it. Thoughts?
You mention photos that were downloaded or emailed; are you using the "Back up device folders" option in these cases?
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I think when the phone found photos in a new location it asked me whether I wanted that location backed up to Google Photos,
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I think when the phone found photos in a new location it asked me whether I wanted that location backed up to Google Photos,
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I double checked and I actually have the backup device folders option set to off.

Portrait mode creates a new folder?

Every time I take photos in portrait mode it creates a folder just for the two pictures. Every time. Anyone notice it

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Every time I take photos in portrait mode it creates a folder just for the two pictures. Every time. Anyone notice it
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Yes. I found your thread because I'm looking to find a way to turn this off. It makes it tedious to view the photos from a third-party app or to copy the photos to your desktop.
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Paddy Landau said:
Yes. I found your thread because I'm looking to find a way to turn this off. It makes it tedious to view the photos from a third-party app or to copy the photos to your desktop.
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this was my same gripe. i connected it to my computer and had to manually go though every folder to choose the one photo iw anted. i ended up just going onto the google photos website and downloading from there

I've posted a query on the Google Product Forums. Let's see if we get a response.
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!category-topic/phone-by-google/qScg2CMrzGA
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Paddy Landau said:
I've posted a query on the Google Product Forums. Let's see if we get a response.
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!category-topic/phone-by-google/qScg2CMrzGA
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thanks for this. ill be checking in as well... makes it a hassle to even upload pictures to this forum using the app or any app period

The question has been answered. Unfortunately, it's not what we want to hear.
… this is by design and there is no way to disable that at this time.
Go to system settings>about phone and leave feedback for the team about this
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The question has been answered. Unfortunately, it's not what we want to hear.
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Ya I saw this when I woke up. No help. I sent the feedback like they asked and attached a picture

This is literally how it looks when I have to find a photo to send to someone

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This is literally how it looks when I have to find a photo to send to someone
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Why don't you use a Gallery like Google Photos or QuickPic ?
So you can select the pictures that you want and then click on share.

emixamsonaz said:
Why don't you use a Gallery like Google Photos or QuickPic ?
So you can select the pictures that you want and then click on share.
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Quick Pic shows me the folders. And, this doesn't help at all when transferring to the desktop. Also, when you delete a photo, the empty folder remains. It was not at all well thought out or tested with regular people.
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Paddy Landau said:
Quick Pic shows me the folders. And, this doesn't help at all when transferring to the desktop. Also, when you delete a photo, the empty folder remains. It was not at all well thought out or tested with regular people.
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If I remember well, you could select to display only the pictures in Quickpic, I'm not sure though. I will check this once back home.

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Why don't you use a Gallery like Google Photos or QuickPic ?
So you can select the pictures that you want and then click on share.
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This is part of Google messages. When you select to add a photo and click the icon to go into your folders to look. You can't use photos on Google messages to select what you want

I created a post on the Pixel Forum about this exact issue. I am also using Quickpic to move the portrait folders into the default camera gallery.
Camera: Portrait Mode creates individual folders for every Portrait Mode photo taken

Yes I hate this, what a stupid way to organize portrait mode pics.
They need to fix this, its a deal breaker for me... not worth having it this way just creates a big mess
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This bugged me so I tried numerous gallery apps. Only Google photos handles portrait shots properly.
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imtjnotu said:
This is part of Google messages. When you select to add a photo and click the icon to go into your folders to look. You can't use photos on Google messages to select what you want
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It's not a problem with Google Messages, it's a problem with how you're using the software.
When you're getting to the Document Chooser, you're selecting "Images" which brings up a folder view. Instead of doing that, press "Photos" from further down on the left and you'll see a proper gallery view.
While it's annoying to use in QuickPic, if anything the new organization structure forced me to realize that the way I was accessing images in the software was actually inefficient all along and I just never realized it, and I've started using Photos for all of my snapped photos and QuickPic for all the rest (with the Camera folder hidden).

Anybody got solution ?

I just use Tasker shell commands to move files around to where I want them to be.
In this case, I have it set to move the two images into a folder of my choosing, and then delete the now empty folders. Gotta love Tasker lol

Good idea!

rickysidhu_ said:
I just use Tasker shell commands to move files around to where I want them to be.
In this case, I have it set to move the two images into a folder of my choosing, and then delete the now empty folders. Gotta love Tasker lol
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Could you elaborate? How do you have it set up to do this? I can't work out how to create the correct task to do this...
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