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[HOWTO] Free your phone - Take everything into the cloud

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Hey guys!
It's 2011, so if you haven't already taken a step into the cloud, it's time to get started! This guide shows you how to take all your data automatically in the cloud to free your phone storage for things like apps and games, which cannot be accessed through a cloud (yet).
Before I start, I just want to make it clear that this thread should NOT be used to discuss what things are safe in the cloud and all that privacy related stuff. If you have passed your ego and realized that you are not the most important/secret person on this planet with all your documents and stuff being soo secret, then go on, the cloud is waiting for you. If you have problems concerning privacy related topics open a new thread and simply CTRL + W out of here right now.
A second note concerning availability of Internet in some areas:
Before you synchronize everything through a cloud you have to ask yourself how often you loose your internet connection with your mobile. If you find yourself often in areas without coverage or poor connection, or if you have a limited data plan you maybe only should sync your Contacts & Calendars, but not Movies since it would become unusable, or at least very frustrating. In Germany and U.S.A. (I guess) you don't have to worry anymore, I've got full speed connection no matter where I go, but you have to know this for yourself.
Personal Stuff - Contacts, Calendars and more
First of all, let's start with the obvious stuff. Things like Calendars, E-Mail, Contacts not only can be stored in the cloud, it would be foolish not to do so! In a time when people have more than one device that can access the internet and are "smart" (i.e. can display calendars & stuff, don't blame me for calling that smart, blame the ads ) it would be terrible when devices can't communicate with each other to sync changes. When your appointment get's delayed it should show up directly on your PC, shouldn't it? But enough of the reasons, let's get this started.
Setting this sync up maybe the easiest of all, because Android is all about syncing these stuff almost by default. You simply have to use the Google Apps GMail for your mail and contacts, Google Calendar for your schedule and so on. Feel free to discover all of the Google Apps and decide for yourself what you need and want.
To set the sync up on your phone simply
Goto Settings -> Accounts and sync -> [email protected] -> Sync Contacts, Calendar, Gmail, ...
And boom! there you go. All your information is now synced between your devices, no matter where you change any of it.
Photos
The next thing to sync would be your pictures. For this media type, I have chosen to write a guide about setting up a sync with Google's Picasa Webapp. Although you might choose other Photohosting sites like Flickr or SmugMug, Picasa enjoys a deep integration in the Android system. To set this sync up, you need to go through 2 steps:
1. (Automatic) Upload of your pictures
Like fruit-fanatic Jobs said: "There's an app for that". For this task (and the movies later) the app "Pixelpipe Post and Upload HD" seems to be perfect, since it also got a feature to automatically upload your pics to your Picasa web albums right after you've shot one.
Set-Up Guide:
1. Create a Pixelpipe account
2. Create a "pipe" for your Picasa account
3. Enable "auto upload" in Settings (works like a charm on the Galaxy S)
4. Shoot some pics and try
2. Sync your Picasa web albums to the phone
After we got our Photos up in the cloud, we need a way to view them on our device. Thanks to Google, we can integrate them in our SNS sync in the settings menu:
Goto Settings -> Accounts and sync -> [email protected] -> Sync Picasa Web Albums
After your next sync (i.e. immediately ) you can find all your Picasa web albums in the Gallery app indicated with a small Picasa logo. This is the major advantage of Picasa, because with your photos being integrated in the gallery, every third party app can use them to modify or distribute your images.
Movies
In syncing movies, we take a similar way like Photos, also using the Pixelpipe app. Our destination will be Youtube because it delivers us unlimited space. Disadvantages of Youtube are a 15 min limit, but if you don't have a problem with that, Youtube is fine.
To set the sync up, simply add a "pipe" in your Pixelpipe app to Youtube and enable autosync. I recommend to set the video to private or not listed, because but that is again your own choice. You have to choose wether you want to have the whole Youtube Community watching your pretty vids or not . You can choose to opt-out on autosync, and only upload when you are on Wifi, since this could really take up some bandwith. The advantage of uploading with the Pixelpipe app over the built in "Share to -> Youtube" option is that you can upload HD video. The built in share option uploads your videos in minor quality.
To view your videos simply fire up your youtube app and enter your Username. Your videos will then be displayed under the "My Videos" tab. To download them again, simply use any of the Youtube video downloader apps available on the market.
Music
For our favorite tunes, we will use mSpot to access and stream our whole library directly from our phone. First of all you have to download the sync app for your Computer from www.mspot.com and select what you want to send up into the cloud. Note that free Users gain 2 GB of storage, so maybe you need to make a selection on what you want to take with you and what not.
After your music is placed in the cloud you can download the mspot Music app for Android, enter your Username and PW and gain direct access to your music. The only lag I encountered was when starting a song, it takes about 1-2 seconds longer than a local media player like Winamp, but mspot can also access files that are directly stored on your phone.
NOTE: Galaxy devices are having a playback issue right now, where the song sometimes just goes silent and you have to tap on pause and resume to hear something again. Mspot is aware of this issue and working on it.
Data
Tired of connecting your phone through USB to copy stuff to your device? The answer to that is "Fiabee"! This works best with Google's Browser Chrome since you can directly put images and more into your Fiabee space or send them directly to the device (Link). The advantage of Fiabee is: Space. They are throwing free space away like hell, I just got 16GB because I was an early user -> Try it!
Another service of choice could be DropBox. Here you have a volume that syncs to every device that is connected the cloud, wether it is a desktop computer, netbook, mobile or tablet. An extremely reliable and fast service, which makes sharing with specific persons or groups very easy.
That's it! If you have any suggestion, comment or question, feel free to share your thought!
bye, Smirny
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Movies icon by dani1a
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Google Apps by space-for-thought
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Smirny said:
If you have passed your ego and realized that you are not the most important/secret person on this planet
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Well, this leaves me out.

w98seeng said:
Well, this leaves me out.
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Don't be sad, I'll send you a golden USB cable for next christmas

for Galaxy S owners all of the above are optional
as it requires either an unlimited 3G plan, or wifi access all the time
for Nexus S owners, it's almost a must to have everything on the cloud

well I have quite unlimited 3G here @Vodafone. And my HD videos only get uploaded through Wifi, it simply would take too long through 3G sometimes.

1) good one, thanks!
2) Does pixelpipe delete the uploaded photos? Otherwise you would see them twice. Picasa and on the phone ?!

MrBusiness said:
1) good one, thanks!
2) Does pixelpipe delete the uploaded photos? Otherwise you would see them twice. Picasa and on the phone ?!
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No it does not delete the photos. Currently you have to do it manually :/

Smirny said:
well I have quite unlimited 3G here @Vodafone. And my HD videos only get uploaded through Wifi, it simply would take too long through 3G sometimes.
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Is it sad that my upload bandwidth from 3G+ is faster than my Wifi at home?

AllGamer said:
for Galaxy S owners all of the above are optional
as it requires either an unlimited 3G plan, or wifi access all the time
for Nexus S owners, it's almost a must to have everything on the cloud
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Are you saying this sure to the nexus s memory limitations or for some other reason?

Mortify1 said:
Is it sad that my upload bandwidth from 3G+ is faster than my Wifi at home?
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No, of course not ^^ At some places even I reach faster cellular upload rates than at home, but it still takes some time, so I don't want to walk around the Munich airport in circles to upload my videos =)

Thanks, any chance of a fiabee invite?

of course. Isn't registration open any longer?
https://sync.fiabee.com/i/4d210e4c11af1

thanks, just read somewhere that invites get you more space? but it doesn't seem that is the case anymore But still 1gb storage is better than nothing

well then maybe you should rely on dropbox, fiabee syncs well, but for some images you can't do stuff with them in other apps because you can't put them in the gallery :/ but in combination with the google chrome webapp it's beautiful.
btw. just realized that I forgot to link that chrome app in the original post ^^

Smirny said:
To set the sync up, simply add a "pipe" in your Pixelpipe app to Youtube and enable autosync. I recommend to set the video to private or not listed, because but that is again your own choice. You have to choose wether you want to have the whole Youtube Community watching your pretty vids or not .
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Is there an option to automatically make the uploaded videos private on YouTube or does it take a manual setting?

hetp0st said:
Is there an option to automatically make the uploaded videos private on YouTube or does it take a manual setting?
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I haven't found an option yet, I'd be curious about that too :/ Right now you have to set it to private manually, and the particular bad thing about this is that you can't do that neither in the app nor the mobile website, you have to go to the desktop website to do that :/ Or maybe I have missed a setting ...

great news:
the mSpot App now got rid of the Playback issue and it works perfectly on the SGS now =)

I've been looking all over for a comparison between Fiabee and Dropbox. Anyone?
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bump this great thread.

Add Facebook Account

Trying to add a Facebook account to sync my info with my contacts. Why I go to add the account, the screen just blinks and takes me back to the accounts screen. It wont let me add it. I did it once when the Facebook app asked me if I wanted to, but cannot figure out how to get that option again on the facebook app.
I just rooted my phone and did not apply a custom rom or anything.

You can't add a Facebook account through accounts and sync.. it isn't built in unless you install a rom that has it enabled.
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Google has removed facebook sync so the only way to get it back is through a custom rom now.

Actually you don't have to change the ROM. Instead you can just use this app to sync your facebook contacts. Found it a couple of days ago and have been using it without any problems. Works like a charms for me. The only downside: You don't get the facebook icon but instead the icon of the app.
https://market.android.com/details?id=org.mots.haxsync

But that's not syncing through the app, which is what the OP is trying to do

EddyOS said:
But that's not syncing through the app, which is what the OP is trying to do
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He is trying to do that yes. But as he is not going to succeed I was showing him an alternative to installing another ROM. I think that is legitimate.

DoubleYou79 said:
He is trying to do that yes. But as he is not going to succeed I was showing him an alternative to installing another ROM. I think that is legitimate.
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I agree, I've been using HaxSync for a while now and love it. It does have a few little quirks with name matching, but it's easy enough to remedy by linking the contact to the correct account in Facebook, plus the dev seems to work pretty quickly on updates and bug fixes.

Here's a question which I think is on point with the thread.
I have a custom ROM on my GNEX which has Facebook Sync enabled (Winner00 ROM). But it doesn't seem to sync everyone, and certainly not with high resolution images. I also installed the Facebook sync app that so many have suggested, but that also doesn't sync everyone, nor does it sync high res images.
In total, only about 20 or so of my phone contacts are synced with their FB pictures.
Anyone know how to better tweak this? Or, what I'm doing wrong??
Thanks!

cokm4n said:
Here's a question which I think is on point with the thread.
I have a custom ROM on my GNEX which has Facebook Sync enabled (Winner00 ROM). But it doesn't seem to sync everyone, and certainly not with high resolution images. I also installed the Facebook sync app that so many have suggested, but that also doesn't sync everyone, nor does it sync high res images.
In total, only about 20 or so of my phone contacts are synced with their FB pictures.
Anyone know how to better tweak this? Or, what I'm doing wrong??
Thanks!
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I've not used a ROM that has Facebook syncing enabled, but I'm guessing it's the same situation as with HaxSync. My guess is that the name of the contact in your phone is different somehow than their name on Facebook so this is how you join them so the pics sync:
1. Open the People app and find the contact you want to join
2. Opent the contact then tap Menu>Edit
3. Then tap Menu>Join
4. Match the person to their Facebook name and select it
5. Tap done
The contact will now be joined to their facebook picture and the picture will sync.
As I said, I'm not positive that this is the same with Facebook syncing as all I have used is HaxSync but I'm guessing it's the same.

Thanks for the suggestion.
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[Q] google nexus contact sync problem

Friends i have a Google nexus and im running paranoid ROM 3.1 (latest) ,on 4.2.2 droid had the same same problem with carbon ROM and the custom ROM.
I flashed my phone with PA 3.1 a few days back and the phone syncs all contacts with gmail a few days down the line and the same problem again every thing else on the same account syncs well but the contacts just don't wanna sync anymore , although a short while solution would be to delete all entries by emptying the people and contacts data from system app and it re-syncs for a few days but that's not a perrinial solution . had the same problem with carbon ROM and even in Custom ROM (although here it started a like 3 months after i bought the phone was fine till then.)
and my Facebook contacts show as synced from the account sync place but 0 contacts appear when i see Facebook contacts in people???
please help
Thanks & Regards

I had a very similar problem. Contacts would sync after clearing data, but then randomly stop syncing.
The issue was that there was a corrupt contact entry from a new Gtalk contact being merged with an existing normal one for the same person. What caused the syncing to stop was when this particular contact had its high resolution picture pulled from Google servers (by receiving a SMS from them), as the initial sync only pulls the low resolution image.
This sounds odd, but was reproducible with the corrupt contact. Deleting and recreating it was the fix, but unfortunately I only stumbled across which one it was by chance. So if you have a hunch that a particular contact has issues then it may be corrupted.

mzxx said:
I had a very similar problem. Contacts would sync after clearing data, but then randomly stop syncing.
The issue was that there was a corrupt contact entry from a new Gtalk contact being merged with an existing normal one for the same person. What caused the syncing to stop was when this particular contact had its high resolution picture pulled from Google servers (by receiving a SMS from them), as the initial sync only pulls the low resolution image.
This sounds odd, but was reproducible with the corrupt contact. Deleting and recreating it was the fix, but unfortunately I only stumbled across which one it was by chance. So if you have a hunch that a particular contact has issues then it may be corrupted.
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You might be right with what you say but now a bigger problem pops in , how to identify the corrupt entry?
plus the Facebook contacts still don't show up?

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thanks sir , id keep that in mind here on . Please let me know if you have a solution to my problem though .
appreciated

bilalvoh said:
thanks sir , id keep that in mind here on . Please let me know if you have a solution to my problem though .
appreciated
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no one to answer my qestion???

bilalvoh said:
no one to answer my qestion???
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Ping. Anyone has a solution?

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Ping. Anyone has a solution?
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PING

bilalvoh said:
Friends i have a Google nexus and im running paranoid ROM 3.1 (latest) ,on 4.2.2 droid had the same same problem with carbon ROM and the custom ROM.
I flashed my phone with PA 3.1 a few days back and the phone syncs all contacts with gmail a few days down the line and the same problem again every thing else on the same account syncs well but the contacts just don't wanna sync anymore , although a short while solution would be to delete all entries by emptying the people and contacts data from system app and it re-syncs for a few days but that's not a perrinial solution . had the same problem with carbon ROM and even in Custom ROM (although here it started a like 3 months after i bought the phone was fine till then.)
and my Facebook contacts show as synced from the account sync place but 0 contacts appear when i see Facebook contacts in people???
please help
Thanks & Regards
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its sad to know in such a big community of biggies no one has a solution for my small problem:crying:

I guess I can only help you with the Facebook contacts being empty:
As far as I know Facebook is unable to sync contacts due to changes made to Android.
Changes that were specifically made because of Facebook.
From what I can recall (and that might be completely wrong) Facebook didn't really sync any information, it just linked some information and showed that info.
But as soon as you removed the app all that info would be gone too.
And that behaviour was not desired. (Although certain ROMs might still do that I guess.)
I can't help you with the other problem though.
What kind of changes are not synced? And where are you doing them?

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Fabur87 said:
I guess I can only help you with the Facebook contacts being empty:
As far as I know Facebook is unable to sync contacts due to changes made to Android.
Changes that were specifically made because of Facebook.
From what I can recall (and that might be completely wrong) Facebook didn't really sync any information, it just linked some information and showed that info.
But as soon as you removed the app all that info would be gone too.
And that behaviour was not desired. (Although certain ROMs might still do that I guess.)
I can't help you with the other problem though.
What kind of changes are not synced? And where are you doing them?
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Thanks but i figured out the Facebook sync issue its just because the app in all does not have the sync nature but u can do the same with a few sync app available on app store . the bigger issue is Google contact sync , everything else does but this just does not wanna sync after a few days span . i can delete all data it syncs again but that's not the real solution . its a short term fix .. i just want contacts to sync with my embedded account plain and simple.

Well i tried what you said i went thru all my 500+ contacts on the list to my as expected there were no entry with hi def pic except my own on from the Google + servers.
To make sure i even deleted my pic and tried to sync again but still the same old crap . I'm attaching a screen of the sync page which might give you a look.
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Plus I'm attaching a second pic of contact as it pops in my phone which sure ain't high def here
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Man I'm not too sure how to as one of my friend unlocked it for me. I just flashed the custom ROM and kernel. it's better of you ask someone who knows how to
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mzxx said:
I had a very similar problem. Contacts would sync after clearing data, but then randomly stop syncing.
The issue was that there was a corrupt contact entry from a new Gtalk contact being merged with an existing normal one for the same person. What caused the syncing to stop was when this particular contact had its high resolution picture pulled from Google servers (by receiving a SMS from them), as the initial sync only pulls the low resolution image.
This sounds odd, but was reproducible with the corrupt contact. Deleting and recreating it was the fix, but unfortunately I only stumbled across which one it was by chance. So if you have a hunch that a particular contact has issues then it may be corrupted.
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Please check my last post , i tried what you said but nothing works ...

Finally the issue is sorted, all thanks to Google team who sorted it for me
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[Q] How do you sync two Google accounts' music to one phone?

Does anyone know how to sync two Google accounts' music to one phone?
I figured out how to add a second account to my phone, but there is no check box to sync Google Play Music? The box only exists on my first account that's on my phone.

That option is currently only available for tablets only. The smartphone version of Google Music will only allow you to sync one account for your music and would have to toggle between the accounts for each music library.
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singlesword said:
That option is currently only available for tablets only. The smartphone version of Google Music will only allow you to sync one account for your music and would have to toggle between the accounts for each music library.
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How do I get the tablet version of Play? I currently have Play on my Nexus 7, but when I added another Google account, there was no option to sync the music?
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AOKP version aokp_grouper_jb_milestone-1
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JZ054K eng.sethyx.20121029.020451 test-keys

Well,
Hi name is Chris. Anyways did some digging.
Unless your willing to take your devices in and pay for Domain App by a store I don't see anyway other then storing in DropBox.
Here is a quote on what I found
"misterteche says:
I employ Google Apps for Domain and have a general "family" account for sharing purchased apps then configured that family account on each phone. Nothing else is shared--no email, contacts and calendar. That solved the issue of other family members having access to contacts and emails. On my teen's phone, I configured "pin access" in Google Play so that no authorized charges are made to my credit card.
BTW, a factory reset will need to be done if you want to change the primary account Google Play is associated with on the phone."
I'm sure if you go into store you can set this up. Unconditionally you will have to pay for both cell phone bills. Married couples this probably works great.
Friends wanting to share music not so great! Google should have a friends share feature were you could listen to the song 5 times then be prompted to continue to listen to this song you must purchase it.
I'm sure with Google Apps for Domain at a store if your running a rooted phone or they would want to lock the service.
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Well Sorry no buddy sharing music in Google Play

Thanks! But, I'm confused, what is "Google Apps for Domain"?
I googled it but came up empty?

Look into the app called "SwitchMe Multiple Accounts." It allows you to have different user accounts for one device. Both music accounts wont be in one app though. You will need to switch users to access the other account.

Google Apps for Domain is a service provided by phone company. Have a friend at work who set this up with At&t had to request this service at the store. Remember right he had to pay like extra 25 dollars a month to keep service turned on bewteen phones and tablet. Switch me multiple accounts i didn't mention because you had to reboot your device to access different account. The Google Apps Domain is service like any other just request it at phone booth the should be able to set it up for a steep price. Furthermore I assumed that you didn't want to reboot or have access to there email account just the music.
C-U-LATER-OUT...
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PS ....
Dad worked for Qwest and At&t had 40 yrs as telephone and fiber optics installs. Qwest former US West now Century link is a Mountian Bell company that provides phone service for Lousiannna, Colorado and few of the southern states.
Anyways from what my dad told me you can request any service you want from the phone company but it will cost you. Now i would explain it in full but we would go off into astro physics. In short they program the phone to send and recieve music files to and from the google accounts.
This setup is why they would want your phone and tablet to program them to recieve just those files.

Neo3D said:
Does anyone know how to sync two Google accounts' music to one phone?
I figured out how to add a second account to my phone, but there is no check box to sync Google Play Music? The box only exists on my first account that's on my phone.
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You need to sync first acct and save music to device .... Log into second and do the same thing...done. I have noticed if it doesnt sync u mite have to enter play music store and play a song that has been purchased and u should see sync music ... Then u want to save to device. Btw...I have done it on my tablet @ home with no prob except the play store thing but works after that...shouldn't need anything else.
Edit: didn't see other member mention that it works on tablet but not on phone... Weird. I'll have to try it now!!! Lol gonna gave it shot and report back...sorry. But def works on tablet tho...
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culaterout said:
Google Apps for Domain is a service provided by phone company. Have a friend at work who set this up with At&t had to request this service at the store. Remember right he had to pay like extra 25 dollars a month to keep service turned on bewteen phones and tablet. Switch me multiple accounts i didn't mention because you had to reboot your device to access different account. The Google Apps Domain is service like any other just request it at phone booth the should be able to set it up for a steep price. Furthermore I assumed that you didn't want to reboot or have access to there email account just the music.
C-U-LATER-OUT...
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Dad worked for Qwest and At&t had 40 yrs as telephone and fiber optics installs. Qwest former US West now Century link is a Mountian Bell company that provides phone service for Lousiannna, Colorado and few of the southern states.
Anyways from what my dad told me you can request any service you want from the phone company but it will cost you. Now i would explain it in full but we would go off into astro physics. In short they program the phone to send and recieve music files to and from the google accounts.
This setup is why they would want your phone and tablet to program them to recieve just those files.
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WTF? :silly: This guy is very confusing.

akira02rex said:
WTF? :silly: This guy is very confusing.
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Well sorry skipped over what she really wanted. Personally I just setup a 500 gig external hard drive wireless network with my Xbox and save files this way. Not into having music on my Asus tf300 when I got the nexus 4. I don't stream music unless its a YouTube video. Then I can use YouTube 2 Mp3.
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matthew0776 said:
You need to sync first acct and save music to device .... Log into second and do the same thing...done. I have noticed if it doesnt sync u mite have to enter play music store and play a song that has been purchased and u should see sync music ... Then u want to save to device. Btw...I have done it on my tablet @ home with no prob except the play store thing but works after that...shouldn't need anything else.
Edit: didn't see other member mention that it works on tablet but not on phone... Weird. I'll have to try it now!!! Lol gonna gave it shot and report back...sorry. But def works on tablet tho...
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Thanks. When I add the first account, I see the SYNC MUSIC box but when I add the second account, there is no SYNC MUSIC check box. I actually have to remove the first account and then add the second one. If I do it in the reverse order, it happens the same. Only the first google account that's added gets the SYNC MUSIC check box. I'm thinking this is probably because google has to deal with music license stuff. Can anyone else confirm this?

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Thanks. When I add the first account, I see the SYNC MUSIC box but when I add the second account, there is no SYNC MUSIC check box. I actually have to remove the first account and then add the second one. If I do it in the reverse order, it happens the same. Only the first google account that's added gets the SYNC MUSIC check box. I'm thinking this is probably because google has to deal with music license stuff. Can anyone else confirm this?
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Why don't you just upload all the music from account #1 to account #2?
Unless you have more than 20,000 songs then in that case....
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Neo3D said:
Thanks. When I add the first account, I see the SYNC MUSIC box but when I add the second account, there is no SYNC MUSIC check box. I actually have to remove the first account and then add the second one. If I do it in the reverse order, it happens the same. Only the first google account that's added gets the SYNC MUSIC check box. I'm thinking this is probably because google has to deal with music license stuff. Can anyone else confirm this?
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I noticed that as well when I tried on my phone...does it do the same thing on tablet.? Its fine on tablet for me. I'll look for a work around for phone tho. I too am I avid Google music app person. So would be nice to know.
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I noticed that as well when I tried on my phone...does it do the same thing on tablet.? Its fine on tablet for me. I'll look for a work around for phone tho. I too am I avid Google music app person. So would be nice to know.
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How did you get it to work on a tablet? I tried to do it on my Nexus 7 and could only sync 1 account?

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How did you get it to work on a tablet? I tried to do it on my Nexus 7 and could only sync 1 account?
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Tried it again on tablet jus to make sure..
OK , after I'm signed into original acct. And sync music from acct (1) I went to play store and hit settings/add acct entered other acct. Choose acct (2) from music apk. It did say i would lose music not saved to device. Hit OK. And then synced music from acct (2). I have noticed to get the music from acct(2). I do have to find a song i purchased on acct(2) should say purchased next to it. Play the song and hit sync. Its hit or miss with having to do that step. After experimenting I'm not sure if there is a clear cut system. But i was able to have multi acct music on one device. Sorry i cant be more helpful. Ill keep trying to find a clear cut system that works 100
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matthew0776 said:
Tried it again on tablet jus to make sure..
OK , after I'm signed into original acct. And sync music from acct (1) I went to play store and hit settings/add acct entered other acct. Choose acct (2) from music apk. It did say i would lose music not saved to device. Hit OK. And then synced music from acct (2). I have noticed to get the music from acct(2). I do have to find a song i purchased on acct(2) should say purchased next to it. Play the song and hit sync. Its hit or miss with having to do that step. After experimenting I'm not sure if there is a clear cut system. But i was able to have multi acct music on one device. Sorry i cant be more helpful. Ill keep trying to find a clear cut system that works 100
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So, you added another Google account from the Music Play app and NOT the Settings > Add Account > Google Account?

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So, you added another Google account from the Music Play app and NOT the Settings > Add Account > Google Account?
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Yup from play store settings...not sure if it makes a diff. But that's the method i used to get it to work...Lol
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Yes there is a difference you only see your account info for device through the google play app. With the browser I can access all devices Nook Color, Nook Tablet, Nexus 4 and Asus Transformer and send a app, music or book to any device. Even though books really don't need be forwarded to a device.
Simply put this is how manage multiple devices under the same account for families. You can even have credit card info stored under the browser and google play app. So you could buy prepaid cards and have 50 dollars for each kid in your family to load to there account for spending on books, movies and music.
From Google play Store
Manage your devices
You can stream music in your library to any device or computer via a browser on which you're signed in. You can also download music in your library to any authorized device or computer. You can authorize up to a total of ten devices or computers at any one time. At this time, only two Google accounts per computer can be used to add music with the Google Play Music Manager.
Music from your library cannot be played simultaneously on more than one device. If you're currently playing music, you’ll need to stop playback in order to play your music on another device.
To see the Android devices with access to your library and the computers authorized for adding music, visit play.google.com/music and select 'Settings'. If you'd like to revoke a device's access to your library or disassociate your Google Account with the Music Manager on a computer, you can do so by clicking 'Deauthorize'.*Please note that once you've associated a total of ten computers and devices to your account, you may only add a new device by deactivating one first and you may not add more than four new devices per year.
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If you use an app like BubbleUPNP, you can sync it with a Google Music account. That way, you can have one account on the official Google Music app, and the second on Bubble...
You could even try contacting the dev for Bubble and see if they can tweak it to allow multiple accounts...

This is it
Manage Google music!
http://support.google.com/googleplay/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1229970
I guess you can manage whole account from computer and download and upload songs from computer.
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Facebook Contacts not Syncing

my M8 is not syncing the facebook contacts after the facebook app update... Are others facing the same problem??? Do help if there is any solution to it...

saiz136 said:
Finally got it working for Facebook contacts, surely Facebook really know how to piss off people. Just FULL uninstall your current Facebook app and then download and install this old version of the app. http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/facebook-2/facebook/facebook-27-0-0-0-15-android-apk-download/ The app has its old Sync Contact options on the Setting menu and it will sync contacts on your phone book. Now I've heard that after syncing all contacts, it should be OK to update it on the Play Store.
Just updated Facebook to the latest version it the Sync Contacts sticked on the app itself.
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Thanks a lot Man!!! It Worked!!!1

im trying this and installed it on my nexus 6p got the old.27 version installed but its not showing any option to sync contacts, is that cause im on marshmallow, realy miss this feature

Try out social contact sync app... That works boss to sync contact pictures and like from Facebook and other social media apps was well

Worked for me, thanks!

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im trying this and installed it on my nexus 6p got the old.27 version installed but its not showing any option to sync contacts, is that cause im on marshmallow, realy miss this feature
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Facebook sync never worked on Nexus devices.

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Hi. Thanks for post. I now have option to sync fb contacts, but list is empty. Any ideas?

I mean, I now have fb sync option in my phone book menu, but the list is empty if I try to link a fb contact with a phone book contact. I still have no contact sync option in my Facebook. Help?

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This worked! It takes a bit for my FB contacts to load up again on my phone, but once they load, they have been automatically linking to their corresponding contacts in my contacts list (the default Contact List that comes with the original HTC One Android OS). I do not display my FB contacts with "All People" but the pictures from their FB profiles are starting to all flood in once again! Thank you so much for this! Now I just have to keep my phone from updating to the latest version of FB for Android, or else I will run back into the same issue.
Side Note: I called HTC regarding this issue, and the lady I spoke with said that HTC IS aware of the problem, HOWEVER, it is a Facebook problem, not a HTC problem, and all we can supposedly do is wait for FB to fix it. Ha! FB sucks, but I like having the pictures with the names, so until they get their heads out their asses, this is the best solution.
Cheers Mate!
EDIT: Before posting this reply I checked my phone because I was going to give my HTC One M8 info and Android OS info, but as I looked, Facebook must have already automatically upgraded to the newest version, putting right back in the same place... UGH! I hate FB. Maybe I can find another Contacts App that can handle this. SMH. FU FB!

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I mean, I now have fb sync option in my phone book menu, but the list is empty if I try to link a fb contact with a phone book contact. I still have no contact sync option in my Facebook. Help?
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HTC told me to contact Facebook directly, which I just did... Apparently they know about it, but it is an issue directly with Facebook's app. I will post any information I receive from them, IF I receive any... See my post from earlier today.

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EDIT: Before posting this reply I checked my phone because I was going to give my HTC One M8 info and Android OS info, but as I looked, Facebook must have already automatically upgraded to the newest version, putting right back in the same place... UGH! I hate FB. Maybe I can find another Contacts App that can handle this. SMH. FU FB!
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Turn off the auto updates in the playstore app's settings. Problem solved.

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Turn off the auto updates in the playstore app's settings. Problem solved.
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So far so good. That is what I just did, before repeating the above process. I did not realize I could turn off auto updates globally; I had FB Auto-Update off, but not globally for all my apps. Since I was connected to WiFi earlier, it instantly ignored my request not to update, and that is when it failed again. This is working so far, I will let you know if it ends up failing, again... Thanks much! :good:

I still have no fb contacts showing in my phone book. Sync is enabled. I'm puzzled! I have also noticed that I can't sync my htc account and the restore function is also greyed out.......

fuglynutlock said:
I still have no fb contacts showing in my phone book. Sync is enabled. I'm puzzled! I have also noticed that I can't sync my htc account and the restore function is also greyed out.......
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Hey man, sorry to hear you are having so many difficulties here. First off, I suggest you call HTC Support, which won't take long, they don't have any hold times, and they are typically very helpful, at least when I have called. Their number is 1-866-449-8358. They can help with the HTC account part you previously mentioned. IF not, let me know and I will post a fix for that. I am referring you to them because it may be an issue related directly to your personal account. If we can rule that out, then we can work on other options.
Now... regarding Facebook... did you install the older version suggested above in this thread? Once you have installed the older version, turn contact syncing on, choose "Sync with Existing Contacts," as shown in the picture provided. This will get your current Phonebook Contacts linked to their FB profiles and profile pics. Next, go into "Accounts and Sync" in Settings, and make sure you have Facebook listed there, click on it, and make sure that your actual account is listed there. If it is not there, you can easily add the account using the "+" symbol at the top right of "Accounts and Sync." Click that "+" symbol and follow the onscreen instructions. That is pretty easy. Now if it is already there, make sure "Auto-Sync" is turned on, you should see a switch at the top of "Accounts and Sync" for this, and it just has to be in the "On" position.
If you follow those steps above, there are just a few more steps, to make sure you get your Facebook contacts to appear in your contacts list/phonebook. First, you will have to open your contacts (if not already open), and then click the top left icon labeled "Phonebook," and under that word should most likely be "Multiple Sources," unless you only have one source of contacts selected, like I do, in which case it will just say the name of that source, which in my case is Google. To give you an idea of what that looks like for me, in Contacts, it says at the top left, "Phonebook" with "Google" below that, and these words are one big link for a drop down list. Now click on the drop down link (again, top left icon in Contacts, just under notification bar), and this drop down list will have all of your accounts that you have signed into in "Accounts & Sync" in Settings (which you should have set up previously when you visited that area, if you are following these steps in this order). Make sure "Facebook" is checked off, and that it has a number in parenthesis next to it (which is the number of Facebook "Friends" you have). You can also check off other contact lists that you would like to appear in your overall list, i.e. Twitter, LinkedIn, Google, Google+, Phone Contacts (which in my case is the AT&T Address book), SIM, etc. Once you select Facebook, and/or the other contacts, they should auto-populate your entire Phonebook/Contacts list. If you have duplicates, you may want to "Link" the contacts and/or "Merge" the contacts, which we can get into further later on if need be. (If you want to try this part alone, go to "Manage Contacts" in the top right drop down menu.
Quote this message in your next response, so I can see how you made out. IF you are still having issues, I will try my best to solve your problem(s). By quoting me, I get an email and I can respond faster. Also, if you can, send me your phone Model, and Android version. We can get this figured out for you, I promise, one way or another. Best of luck. :fingers-crossed:

Photos are back! I had done everything that you said but my phonebook list showed that I had 0 Facebook contacts. Since my last post my phone updated to 6.0. And I still had no fb contacts showing. I then allowed fb to update. All that was remove the option to allow link fb in my phonebook . Iuninstalled fb and reinstalled the earlyversion again and then the fb photos stated appearing... However, I still do not have the contact sync section showing at the bottom of the fb app setting menu. (Not that I'm worried by that )Thank youvery much for your help.

Facebook got back to me. They "no longer support Contacts Sync on the Facebook Android app." So the only way to do this is to follow the above steps. It is still working for me, as long as I do not update the app.
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Photos are back! I had done everything that you said but my phonebook list showed that I had 0 Facebook contacts. Since my last post my phone updated to 6.0. And I still had no fb contacts showing. I then allowed fb to update. All that was remove the option to allow link fb in my phonebook . Iuninstalled fb and reinstalled the earlyversion again and then the fb photos stated appearing... However, I still do not have the contact sync section showing at the bottom of the fb app setting menu. (Not that I'm worried by that )Thank youvery much for your help.
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Congrats mate! See what Facebook told me?