I thought this was pretty cool, read it over on Gizmodo. Its really easy to do.
1. Install Dropbox on your computer and your phone
2. Download APK files from a website like xda
3. Drag and drop APK files into your Dropbox folder
4. Open Dropbox app on phone and navigate to APK files
5. Click on APK file file, file will download and ask to install
6. Install file
Read it on gizmodo as well, tried it for the first time today, wicked easy.
I've been doing on my G1 and now I do it this on my Vibrant. I love Dropbox.
I use Belvedere to automatically move anything with the .APK extension to my dropbox/Android/APK folder. Couldn't be easier.
Can we move Avatar to Dropbox (below 2GB) and delete it off the card? I mean, yes.. I know THAT can be done, but I was curious if this broke some patent or anything?
I am BRAND new to Dropbox (not even on the PC yet).
I'm a fan of this:
http://labs.dashwire.com/drop
awesome drop is nice moving a file from your pc to your phone... but it's a little limited in that's the only flow.
What if you want to share a file on your phone? I'd like to upload it to dropbox and share it that way...
s15274n said:
Can we move Avatar to Dropbox (below 2GB) and delete it off the card? I mean, yes.. I know THAT can be done, but I was curious if this broke some patent or anything?
I am BRAND new to Dropbox (not even on the PC yet).
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Yes you can move it there but if you want to watch it you would have to download it back to the phone every time you want to watch it. Dropbox can't stream the movie if thats what you were trying to do, dropbox is used for online storage.
There's an app called WebSharing that works over Wifi. It runs a web server on the phone which you can access from any computer and allows you to upload/download and move files around on the phone. It's pretty cool, check it out.
Is there a way to create a dropbox folder on the sd or internal memory and keep it synced with dropbox? Currently I have to download the pdf files that I store on my drop each time I want to view them, sometimes im not connected online.
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Is there a way to create a dropbox folder on the sd or internal memory and keep it synced with dropbox? Currently I have to download the pdf files that I store on my drop each time I want to view them, sometimes im not connected online.
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I don't believe there is an offline mode. You can download the files the ln use file manager to copy them to a different folder for later but the initial time you need web.
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There's an app called WebSharing that works over Wifi. It runs a web server on the phone which you can access from any computer and allows you to upload/download and move files around on the phone. It's pretty cool, check it out.
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Yep I use it everyday love it WebSharing bought and paid for no need for dropbox here I'm never really installing apk's anywhere but home. Plus if i'm not at home I just download it to the phone and it handles the rest.
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Im looking for something similar to dropbox but automatically syncs my phone with the files I upload to a site or place in a folder on my PC.
Anyone seen something like this?
I'm assuming you have Windows PC. I use a little free tool from Microsoft called "SyncToy." It will basically keep any two folders/drives synched. I use it to sync in the opposite direction that you are wanting (backup the phone's SD card to my PC) but it will do it in either direction (or both) if you want.
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I'm assuming you have Windows PC. I use a little free tool from Microsoft called "SyncToy." It will basically keep any two folders/drives synched. I use it to sync in the opposite direction that you are wanting (backup the phone's SD card to my PC) but it will do it in either direction (or both) if you want.
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I should have been clearer. Im looking for something that does this over the cellphone network (Edge/3G). Drop a file into a folder or upload it to a website, the phone syncs it automatically, similar to syncing email, etc.
As for USB to phone syncing, I use SyncBack.
You should check out dropbox. It does exactly what you are looking for.
If you sign up with my referral link right here, you and I both get an extra 250mb of storage! http://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg0MTIyNTk5
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You should check out dropbox. It does exactly what you are looking for.
If you sign up with my referral link right here, you and I both get an extra 250mb of storage! http://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg0MTIyNTk5
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Did you read my post?
Im looking for something similar to dropbox but automatically syncs my phone with the files I upload to a site or place in a folder on my PC.
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Dropbox does not do that. It does not sync folders on your phone. You have to manually connect to dropbox and choose the file you want to download.
http://labs.dashwire.com/drop/android
(and here is where you'll drop the files once you get the app installed on your phone: http://labs.dashwire.com/drop/ )
Sadly, awesome drop only works one way for transfers. And it has trouble with large (10+) files.
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Awesome Drop is awesome but its manual in a sense that you have to enter a random key code to transfer the files. I used this for the first time the other day, very impressive. Its great for sending files to a friend with Android.
Maybe I should create my own app
Idea:
1. Drop some files in a folder on your desktop computer OR upload some to the cloud.
2. Phone checks that folder or the cloud for any new files. New files are synced automatically. Deleted files are removed from the phone.
3. If data connection is lost, file is resumed whenever the data connection is restored.
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Awesome Drop is awesome but its manual in a sense that you have to enter a random key code to transfer the files. I used this for the first time the other day, very impressive.
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I agree, for something that is advertised as a "work in progress" it works very well.
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Sorry, first time using dropbox...
I just put some files from my pc to phone, downloaded them on dropbox, but don't know where they are... Like sd/... What is it??
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Sorry, first time using dropbox...
I just put some files from my pc to phone, downloaded them on dropbox, but don't know where they are... Like sd/... What is it??
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sd/Dropbox/Public
or externalSD/Dropbox/Public
just look for a Dropbox folder
The dropbox folder of your external.
fyi, most file managers have a search tool.
It was in my external... Any idea on how to make it on internal??
^ we all knew it was on your external... no, this can not be changed currently. I am sure DB did this to not eat valuable internal memory (esp on phones that are not graced with as much as the Vibrant).
Not that hard to go into one more folder is it?
An earlier version of Dropbox did save to my internal because I still have a folder there with a few apk's; an update or something else must have triggered it to start saving on my external at some point.
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^ we all knew it was on your external... no, this can not be changed currently. I am sure DB did this to not eat valuable internal memory (esp on phones that are not graced with as much as the Vibrant).
Not that hard to go into one more folder is it?
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Sorry, first time DropBox user, and i checked internal, because well... thats where every app usually saves its data thats downloaded etc.
Thanks anyways.
Thanks for the extra info as well.
I have dropbox on my Phone and GT7510.
On my computer, i can make a folder that automatically uploads its contents to my Dropbox. Is there a way to make a folder like this on my phone and or tab? Or do I have to upload files one by one?
I see on the Market a paid app called "Sync Folder with Dropbox". Is this the app I need or is there a free way within the Dropbox app?
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I have dropbox on my Phone and GT7510.
On my computer, i can make a folder that automatically uploads its contents to my Dropbox. Is there a way to make a folder like this on my phone and or tab? Or do I have to upload files one by one?
I see on the Market a paid app called "Sync Folder with Dropbox". Is this the app I need or is there a free way within the Dropbox app?
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https://market.android.com/details?id=com.designoid.therealsync.pro&feature=search_result
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https://market.android.com/details?id=com.designoid.therealsync.pro&feature=search_result
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Does this mean the Dropbox app doesn't have this feature built in?
The app I mentioned is cheaper. Is there an advantage on this one?
Tivo7 said:
Does this mean the Dropbox app doesn't have this feature built in?
The app I mentioned is cheaper. Is there an advantage on this one?
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Dropbox for Android has some significant limitations in which folders you can and cannot synchronize. RealSync gives you much more control. I like it much better. I don't have any experience with the other app, so I cannot speak to it.
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Dropbox for Android has some significant limitations in which folders you can and cannot synchronize. RealSync gives you much more control. I like it much better. I don't have any experience with the other app, so I cannot speak to it.
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It does work the same as the Dropbox program does on the computer tho? When i put a file into the specified folder, it is automatically uploaded to my dropbox account?
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It does work the same as the Dropbox program does on the computer tho? When i put a file into the specified folder, it is automatically uploaded to my dropbox account?
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Yes, but you have relatively limited control over where those folders are on your Android device.
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Yes, but you have relatively limited control over where those folders are on your Android device.
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I was gonna have a folder called Dropbox in the root of my sd card and use RootExplorer to put needed files there.
600 MB additional free storage
Hi all
Just found a smart way to increase your Dropbox account with 600 MB:
1 Sign into your existing Dropbox account (or create a new account)
2 Goto https://www.dropbox.com/free
3 Follow instructions ... and voila 600 MB additional free storage
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Hi all
Just found a smart way to increase your Dropbox account with 600 MB:
1 Sign into your existing Dropbox account (or create a new account)
2 Goto https://www.dropbox.com/free
3 Follow instructions ... and voila 600 MB additional free storage
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awesome, done, thanks :-D +1 thanks also!
i was really excited until I realized I did this already lol, I am almost out of space
Mittaa said:
Hi all
Just found a smart way to increase your Dropbox account with 600 MB:
1 Sign into your existing Dropbox account (or create a new account)
2 Goto https://www.dropbox.com/free
3 Follow instructions ... and voila 600 MB additional free storage
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Thanks for the tip.
One question though.
Can we revoke the access we gave to our Twitter and Facebook accounts after the free space got added? If we do so, will we lose the extra space we got?
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One question though.
Can we revoke the access we gave to our Twitter and Facebook accounts after the free space got added? If we do so, will we lose the extra space we got?
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Yes, you can revoke the access and still have the extra space. I did it.
Try this method also to get more free space. Upto 5 GB
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...oads-get-up-to-5gb-of-extra-storage-for-free/
ansonantonym said:
Try this method also to get more free space. Upto 5 GB
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...oads-get-up-to-5gb-of-extra-storage-for-free/
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Worked for me.
I tossed a bunch of jpeg images and a little over 4 gigs of mp4 video files into a folder within DCIM folder on an SD card and let dropbox sync it via their new autosync feature. Worked like a charm.
So just a heads up for everyone that uses dropbox or wants to start using dropbox, they are offering you up to 5 free gigs for using their new automatic camera upload feature on their beta software. The link for the desktop version of dropbox: http://forums.dropbox.com/topic.php?id=53104&replies=718
I believe they just came out with an android app as well where you can also get 5 free gigs (combined total though not 5 from desktop and 5 from android)
All you have to do is have some sort of external hard drive or sd card and have some .jpg files on there. You get 500 free megs for every 500 you upload for a max of 5 gigs.
Some tips:
1) If you already have a dropbox account with pictures of any file on there, you can just copy them from your dropbox folder to the sd card (CHANGE ANY NON-JPG EXTENSIONS TO JPG). That way when dropbox goes to find pictures and starts uploading, you will actually be syncing the files and not uploading (since those files are already in your account/cloud). You'll still get the 5 gigs as long as you let dropbox automatically upload pictures. You can delete the files afterwards.
2) Download this fake image zip (https://s3.amazonaws.com/picturesharing/fakeimages.tar.bz2) It's basically 17k zip file worth of jpg files but bloated so it actually reads 5 gigs. Now you can unzip the .tar.bz2 and unzip it again until you get a folder with jpgs (so unzip twice since it's a zip within a zip). Put these fake images onto your SD card, unmount the SD card, and load the SD card again (or USB drive). Dropbox will search for images when you plug in the sd card and will sync the jpgs.
From my own experience, just let the jpgs sync to your Camera Upload folder and you'll get the bonus space. You're not actually uploading 5gigs worth of jpgs because it's actually 17kb so don't you worry if you have slow upload speeds (like me).
3) If for some reason dropbox doesn't find the jpgs, try making a folder called DCIM and putting the jpgs in that folder.
If you don't have dropbox, it's a great way to save files and share on the cloud! You can sign up at dropbox.com or you can get another 250mb of free space by signing up as my referral, which I would love! my referral link is: http://db.tt/a4mt2G6
Enjoy!
I downloaded & installed v1.3.13 but cannot see any way to sync any portable devices - am I missing something?
EDIT - Doh! I just read the instructions about removing then reinserting the USB stick!
EDIT again - just reinserted my USB stick & nothing seems to be happening?
Don't forget, TouchPad owners get a free 50GB account from Box.com (used to be .net) - you just have to sign up from withing webOS.
2GB and even 5GB just sounds so dinky.
Worked like a charm!!!! Thanks.
dwl99 after you insert your usb stick (if you have disabled the autoplay feature) you have to right click on it and choose import photos using dropbox and it should work great.
Patsavour said:
Worked like a charm!!!! Thanks.
dwl99 after you insert your usb stick (if you have disabled the autoplay feature) you have to right click on it and choose import photos using dropbox and it should work great.
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I don't see that option - can you post the url you used to download the Beta from & what version it is? Thanks
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Don't forget, TouchPad owners get a free 50GB account from Box.com (used to be .net) - you just have to sign up from withing webOS.
2GB and even 5GB just sounds so dinky.
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That is true. The Box.com deal is better but it is also good to have a Dropbox account with storage space if you use Titanium Backup.
Follow the link provided in the first post and download the windows client. I used this dl-web.dropbox.com/u/17/Dropbox%201.3.13.exe
Box may have larger space, but you only have a 100mb file size limit. Dropbox the only limit you have is your total space.
btw, i signed up under your link!
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Box may have larger space, but you only have a 100mb file size limit. Dropbox the only limit you have is your total space.
btw, i signed up under your link!
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thank you! yeah I have a box.net but it sucks to have that 100mb limit and I like how dropbox has the desktop client so if I wanted to upload anything I can just put it into my dropbox folder and it'll automatically upload by itself
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I downloaded & installed v1.3.13 but cannot see any way to sync any portable devices - am I missing something?
EDIT - Doh! I just read the instructions about removing then reinserting the USB stick!
EDIT again - just reinserted my USB stick & nothing seems to be happening?
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do you have windows or mac? I have a mac so I might not be able to help you if you have a windows, but I think you can just right click the usb stick and click on import photos through dropbox. If that doesn't work, is it possible to turn on autoplay?
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do you have windows or mac? I have a mac so I might not be able to help you if you have a windows, but I think you can just right click the usb stick and click on import photos through dropbox. If that doesn't work, is it possible to turn on autoplay?
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Thanks for the reply. I'm on Windoze. Currently copying the fake jpg's to a microSD card in case it doesn't like my USB stick. Watch this space......
Dropbox or.... Sugar Sync!
Hi thanks for that, the normal (free) dropbox size could always do with being bigger! I was amazed when I found out and signed up for box.net's free 50gb but found it to be garbage. The 25mb file limit (well sound's like it's now 100mb from your posts) was prohibitive for files that would actually make use of 50gb and the lack of desktop sync (unless you are a business customer) also combined to make it pointless of me.
Genuinely not trying to sound too salesman-like but.. I recently started using sugar sync. It's 5gb free vs 2gb with dropbox. And it has no file size limit (like box.net). And it has desktop sync (like dropbox). And you can sync *any* folders on your computer with a right click context menu (better than dropbox where they all have to be in dropbox folder). And any pics or music you sync can then be streamed to any mobile android/ios etc device via their app (cos often that right click is easier than connecting & uploading). It's more spacious, easy and powerful in my experience so far. And you can select your dropbox folder as one to sync giving you double cloud backup protection and easing the transition if you want to switch!
I still use dropbox cos that's what I'm used to but I'm thinking of dropping it soon. If you're interested in giving it a try, PM me your email and I'll send you an invite which will give us both an extra 0.5gb on top of the 5gb you normally get. (And another advantage - there's no limit to how much space you can get via recommendations! unlike dropbox...). Yes I am shamelessly trying to increase my sugar sync storage but I do genuinely find it better and so might you and you'll get another 0.5gb too.
i dont think it increased it to the max.... cause now i only have 6.75 amount of space not 7.25
I'm at 11.7gb from referrals, using the jpg zip i can still get another 5?
NewZJ said:
I'm at 11.7gb from referrals, using the jpg zip i can still get another 5?
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yeah if you haven't done their new camera upload thing
edit: im an idiot
Thanks for the fake pics. This worked perfectly!
This is weird. I have installed Dropbox 1.3.13 o2 2 different Win7 64-bit and 1 WinXP computers. I have tried the fake jpg's on a USB stick and a microSD card and also tried putting the jpg's inside a DCIM folder but Dropbox still looks exactly the same as before. When I right-click the Dropbox taskbar icon there is no option to sync the DCIM folder. If I right-click the DCIM folder or the USB/SD card there is also no option to do anything with Dropbox. Surely I'm missing something really obvious???
EDIT - I just enabled Autoplay on the SD card on the WinXP machine & it now gives an option to sync when the card is reinserted.
EDIT again - just got it working on the Win7 PC - I needed to enable Autoplay for pictures, reinsert the USB stick, right click on the drive and then select Autoplay & then Dropbox sync.
Thanks for the tip.I recently signed up for Dropbox and is pretty awesome compared to others like box.com which offers 50GB of free is you use certain device.And what a horrible experience it was....what is the point of having all that space if the features are so limited so Dropbox has loyal customer.Thanks to the OP for the tip and to Dropbox.
Thanks for this. I also got capped at 6.75 even though i had a couple referrals. Still more than I had.
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I cannot seem to reliably transfer files between my Nexus S and my Prime using bluetooth. I almost always get a "Service Discovery Failed" or "Stream Closed" message. Does anyone know anything about this? Is anyone having similar problems?
Update: Upon further research, it might be because of the file type. Frigging ridiculous! It won't accept a .apk file via bluetooth. If you rename it to something else, like .zip the file is accepted. Is Google starting to implement some anti piracy nonsense?
I have lots of games I have purchased using SIM spoofing apps(Android Market does not support my country) on my Nexus S that I cannot access on my unrooted Prime. This is why I want to transfer them over from my Nexus S.
trying doing it via USB or sdcard. What I did was copied a few apks from my infuse to my home cloud drive. And then just used es file explorer from my prime to pull them back down and bad a Bing. Got them apps
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trying doing it via USB or sdcard. What I did was copied a few apks from my infuse to my home cloud drive. And then just used es file explorer from my prime to pull them back down and bad a Bing. Got them apps
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That's a viable work around. But, it's tedious to do this for every new app I purchase. Anyway, the renaming file extension works but, I was just taken aback by the need for it.
I have been using androwook rom v1.5 but still can not receive apk files from other devices .. is there any solution other than changing the file extension will be accepted?
I just email the .apk to myself when I want it on another device. Never had an issue that way. Good luck
only zip files it is possible to transfer not apk
Dropbox is awesome for this, I backup apps using Astro & upload them to my Dropbox.
Comes in handy when you download a dud update like the latest YouTube app
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