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[Q] google drive

with box, dropbox and skydrive, with least 10gb of space, why would you go use google drive when it is only 5gb?
its out 2day if you dont have it yet.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...DEsImNvbS5nb29nbGUuYW5kcm9pZC5hcHBzLmRvY3MiXQ..

dropbox only gives u 2gb. u have to get people to register to get more space. check out cx and minus, also.

i've got 4.6gb on dropbox, after playing with the beta and uploading lots of stuff for the increased space...
got 50gb on box.net, but 100mb file limit sux.

I have a box 50gb account but that is very hard to fill up with the 100mb max single upload limit so I'm all for Gdrive
Edit: has anyone actually gotten to use this yet it tells me mines not ready yet. I WANT lol
Ninja Edit: Just got an email
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pvtjoker42 said:
i've got 4.6gb on dropbox, after playing with the beta and uploading lots of stuff for the increased space...
got 50gb on box.net, but 100mb file limit sux.
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I've over 13gb on dropbox, all from referrals and the quiz they had. No size limit on files on dropbox seals it for me.

xopher.hunter said:
I have a box 50gb account but that is very hard to fill up with the 100mb max single upload limit so I'm all for Gdrive
Edit: has anyone actually gotten to use this yet it tells me mines not ready yet. I WANT lol
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i got the same message that it is not ready and will notify me when ready. did not get an email saying ready but when i went back into the app it is working. just uploaded some pdf to test and no problems.

s89281b said:
i got the same message that it is not ready and will notify me when ready. did not get an email saying ready but when i went back into the app it is working. just uploaded some pdf to test and no problems.[/QUOTEw
what message is that. i just find it in the play store after reading that it was coming out 2day. i uploaded the miui fileExplorer, that was an quick upload but the new gapps-ics-20120422 that was an 15min upload. and you only email ppl with an link to view or edit.
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I've got unlimited on marcusant.com
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tkeyes said:
s89281b said:
i got the same message that it is not ready and will notify me when ready. did not get an email saying ready but when i went back into the app it is working. just uploaded some pdf to test and no problems.[/QUOTEw
what message is that. i just find it in the play store after reading that it was coming out 2day. i uploaded the miui fileExplorer, that was an quick upload but the new gapps-ics-20120422 that was an 15min upload. and you only email ppl with an link to view or edit.
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after installing the first time i opened drive there was a pop up message that said drive is not ready and ask if i want to be notified when it is ready.
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earlier there was a news posting about a developer that found a work around to start being able to use the service via the app, but now i can't find it. before you do though, i thought you may want to read something important.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57420551-93/who-owns-your-files-on-google-drive/?tag=cnetRiver

LORDFIRE00 said:
earlier there was a news posting about a developer that found a work around to start being able to use the service via the app, but now i can't find it. before you do though, i thought you may want to read something important.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57420551-93/who-owns-your-files-on-google-drive/?tag=cnetRiver
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Its all friggin propaganda, read the WHOLE tos
"Some of our Services allow you to submit content. You retain ownership of any intellectual property rights that you hold in that content. In short, what belongs to you stays yours. When you upload or otherwise submit content to our Services, you give Google (and those we work with) a worldwide license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works (such as those resulting from translations, adaptations or other changes we make so that your content works better with our Services), communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute such content."
The first 2 sentences have been conveniently removed to stir up distrust. It only grants them the power to take your stuff and modify it better to fit in their services for you (keyword translation).
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most google products say that at one time or another. havnt find the unlocked one but did find one with an transparent widget only.
found the workaround for the ppl that get the not ready message:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25263597#post25263597

Photos from google photos

Just bough a nexus 5x, how can i download back to my nexus 5x the photos from google photos?

GTX90 said:
Just bough a nexus 5x, how can i download back to my nexus 5x the photos from google photos?
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As long as you're logged into the same Google account they will download automatically.
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jd1639 said:
As long as you're logged into the same Google account they will download automatically.
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Same account but they don't download.. how can i start that manually?

First, did you upload the pics from your previous device? Go into photos and in the upper left hand corner are three horizontal bars. Click on that, then go to settings and make sure back up & sync is on.

jd1639 said:
First, did you upload the pics from your previous device? Go into photos and in the upper left hand corner are three horizontal bars. Click on that, then go to settings and make sure back up & sync is on.
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Yes if full of photos.. yes sync is up, i see photos but they aren't stored on my device as when i click on my device folders those are empty

Sync only uploads them to photos. it does not DL any. You can download them only one at a time with the Android app by viewing a photo and than tapping the three dots. Otherwise view them from the cloud. On a PC you can create a downloadable zip of whatever ones you want and then copy those to your phone. But they may end up as dups on your phone as it may get confused with the one on your SD card and the one on photos since it didn't originally upload the exact on on the SD card. Complete PITA.

adobeman said:
Sync only uploads them to photos. it does not DL any. You can download them only one at a time with the Android app by viewing a photo and than tapping the three dots. Otherwise view them from the cloud. On a PC you can create a downloadable zip of whatever ones you want and then copy those to your phone. But they may end up as dups on your phone as it may get confused with the one on your SD card and the one on photos since it didn't originally upload the exact on on the SD card. Complete PITA.
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Thanks for help, i think they need to enable that option..

GTX90 said:
Thanks for help, i think they need to enable that option..
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Yeah, it would be a nice option especially if you could mark certain photos in bulk to come down over Wi-Fi. But it is contrary to Google's movement to all cloud based content and devices with non-expandable storage. That said they let you pin music from Google play music so why not the same for photo albums.

Yeah it kind of defeats the purpose of Google Photos cloud storage if you go for trying to download a whole bunch of them to your device. I've restored my 5X once just to start off fresh and it actually felt refreshing not to worry about my locally store pics getting cleared.
I do agree that pinning cloud albums would be nice to do for offline viewing just like Google Play Music.
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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.

Google Photos "Out of Storage" email

Hey everyone, I got a strange email about my Google photos account being out of storage. It says in order to continue backing up my photos at original quality I need to buy more storage. The Pixel 2 XL has free unlimited backup of original quality photos. The only other device set to backup my photos is my Shield K1 tablet, and I double checked that it is set to the free "high quality" option. The last device I had uploading original quality photos was my Nexus 5X, and it isn't even listed in my Google account anymore.
Has anyone else received an email like this from Google? I never did while using my OG Pixel, and I've been using my 2xl since October 28 with no problem.

Here's the screenshot of the email.

benhaube1 said:
Hey everyone, I got a strange email about my Google photos account being out of storage...
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Are you using more than one Google account? The first time I activated Photos backup on my P2XL, I got the unlimited storage offer notification and activated it. Call Google and get it sorted.... may be because you were an "early adopter".

v12xke said:
Are you using more than one Google account? The first time I activated Photos backup on my P2XL, I got the unlimited storage offer notification and activated it. Call Google and get it sorted.... may be because you were an "early adopter".
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Thanks, I only have 1 Google account linked to the phone, and in the photos app it says it's backing up the full resolution photos. So, I'm not really sure why they sent the email. Is there any way of knowing if my photos are in fact getting uploaded as originals?

benhaube1 said:
Thanks, I only have 1 Google account linked to the phone, and in the photos app it says it's backing up the full resolution photos. So, I'm not really sure why they sent the email. Is there any way of knowing if my photos are in fact getting uploaded as originals?
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Download a few and compare with those in your DCIM folder? Mine are. Videos, too.

benhaube1 said:
Here's the screenshot of the email.
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Have you ever looked at Google Drive under Drive storage where the 17 GB are occupied.
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In Google Photos, go to Settings - Back Up & Sync. Does it say something like "Photos & Videos uploaded from your Pixel before <date> get unlimited free storage at Original quality?"
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I'd check that's even a legit email, reply to it and see what email address comes up and show us...
Doesn't look real to me.
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The "free up space" feature in Google photos app is not working for me.

Hi,
After i moved to Xiaomi a1,the feature of free up space in google photos stopped to work.
Every photo that it's saved in the google photos cannot be removed by the app,
and i need to delete it manually;There is a message of "no items to remove"..
Does someone know about a solution for that?
Thanks.

dorw said:
Hi,
After i moved to Xiaomi a1,the feature of free up space in google photos stopped to work.
Every photo that it's saved in the google photos cannot be removed by the app,
and i need to delete it manually;There is a message of "no items to remove"..
Does someone know about a solution for that?
Thanks.
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Did you granted access for storage in Photos ?

NITRO_100 said:
Did you granted access for storage in Photos ?
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I just cleaned the the whole data of the app after checking the thing that you mentioned,
and it's helped for me,now the functionality is working.
Thanks