Login to the box app from an android device any you'll automatically get upgraded to 50 GB of free storage!
This has been available for the iDevices as well.
One caveat to keep in mind, the app to do automatic syncing between desktop and Box, Box Sync, is only available to Box Business and Enterprise customers. Is not available for free accounts, even the 50G ones
Means you either have to use the web interface to access files on Box, or find a third party app that will do the desktop integration. I have used an app called Transmit on the mac to sync to do that.
I prefer dropbox I have to admit and have a paid account there. Having an extra 50GB is a nice place for dumping stuff I don't need cluttering up other places tho
Andym
don't forget you can't upload files bigger than 200mb I believe it's pretty much 50 useless gb. can only stream music so I guess if you use it for that. or to waste their bandwidth to host your <200mb files. I think you get 10gb a month
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I got the account just because, hey, 50gb storage. Gonna backup my music collection there, just so I don't lose it again (lost/corrupted huge amounts of music in recent months). Easier than carrying around an extra hdd.
The upload limit is 100mbs not 200mbs which just isnt high enough plus the no desktop synching app makes this useless for me so yeah I will be sticking with dropbox even tho I only have 2gbs but the 2gb is all I really need since I just use it for apps for my nook tablet for sideloading apps that do not appear in the market.
do you mean dropbox? i still have 2G after login on nt?
Different program.
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Hey guys!
As i'm sure most of you are aware you can get a 50GB free box account with your touchpad. But you can easily create MULTIPLE accounts by simply logging out in the app and creating a new account. Then you have 100GB free over 2 accounts!
You can add both or more box accounts to your touchpad accounts anyway
Just thought I'd share
Is there any kind of desktop sync software, like what Dropbox gives you? If not, maybe I'll just use Box as long-term storage for things I'm not using regularly. Clever idea about the multiple accounts by the way
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Is there any kind of desktop sync software, like what Dropbox gives you? If not, maybe I'll just use Box as long-term storage for things I'm not using regularly. Clever idea about the multiple accounts by the way
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Box.net don't provide one without changing your subscription to a paid one. But software such as Gladinet will allow you to mount it as a drive in windows. You can also add multiple accounts too
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Is there any kind of desktop sync software, like what Dropbox gives you? If not, maybe I'll just use Box as long-term storage for things I'm not using regularly. Clever idea about the multiple accounts by the way
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If you are running Windows, you can use WebFolders. It doesn't give you sync, but you can drag & drop files in and out of box.net with explorer. Just google 'box.net webfolders'.
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If you are running Windows, you can use WebFolders. It doesn't give you sync, but you can drag & drop files in and out of box.net with explorer. Just google 'box.net webfolders'.
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I tried that, but couldn't get it to work. It connected but wouldn't allow me to upload anything!
Still Gladinet works perfectly and is free
It says with the free edition of Gladinet that you only get 1000 file transfers per task...Any idea what this means??
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It says with the free edition of Gladinet that you only get 1000 file transfers per task...Any idea what this means??
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From what I gather it means you can't say paste more than 1000 things at once. I have uploaded 30GB of photos in a batch without any problems
I uploaded about 2GB of photos to box.net thinking that I can look at them on the TP. However, when I go to look at them on the TP's box.net, it is so slow to the point where I can't scroll the pictures filename list. And there is no preview or miniturized picture icon so you know what you are looking at (like on a PC). To see the picture you have to click each filename and wait for the whole file to download. The process is painfully slow. Guess it's only good for "parking" your files.
Also there is a filesize limit of 25MG unless you pay. This makes it all a bit of a waste of time for me, even Microsoft Skydrive is better (although has no app).
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Also there is a filesize limit of 25GB unless you pay. This makes it all a bit of a waste of time for me, even Microsoft Skydrive is better (although has no app).
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Did you mean 25MB? If it was 25GB that would be awesome lol. But if you did mean 25MB, then you are wrong, on 50GB accounts, the filesize limit is 1GB per file, trust me I've already tested this and it works
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Did you mean 25MB? If it was 25GB that would be awesome lol. But if you did mean 25MB, then you are wrong, on 50GB accounts, the filesize limit is 1GB per file, trust me I've already tested this and it works
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<blush> yes I meant 25MB. I created a box.net account on my PC before my touchpad arrived then logged into it on my Touchpad & assumed that this would upgrade my account. Then I tried to upload a couple of video files from my PC but got an error message about the 25MB size limit. My account settings show a 50GB capacity. Where am I going wrong?
PS their website states:
The free personal account has a file size limit of 25 megabytes. Please note that you can fill your 5 gigabytes of space with as many files as will fit, but no one file may exceed 25 megabytes. To remove this restriction, you may upgrade to a paid account which will allow you to upload files as large as one gigabyte.
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<blush> yes I meant 25MB. I created a box.net account on my PC before my touchpad arrived then logged into it on my Touchpad & assumed that this would upgrade my account. Then I tried to upload a couple of video files from my PC but got an error message about the 25MB size limit. My account settings show a 50GB capacity. Where am I going wrong?
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The free personal account has a file size limit of 25 megabytes. Please note that you can fill your 5 gigabytes of space with as many files as will fit, but no one file may exceed 25 megabytes. To remove this restriction, you may upgrade to a paid account which will allow you to upload files as large as one gigabyte.
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That is really odd, I've successfully uploaded files that are nearly 100MB in size with no problems, I haven't had the patience to do any movies etc yet. I would try creating a brand new account on your touchpad and see if that still has problems. Maybe there is an issue converting your current account.
I'll ss when I get to work, but my max filesize was 1gb.
Nope, I created a new account directly from the TP after uninstalling & reinstalling the app, still get the same error message.
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Nope, I created a new account directly from the TP after uninstalling & reinstalling the app, still get the same error message.
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I'm doing a test with a much bigger file right now, and so far it is working successfully and has already surpassed 25mb.
Can you confirm that you have created the new account from the BOX.NET application which was downloaded from the HP App Store?
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I'm doing a test with a much bigger file right now, and so far it is working successfully and has already surpassed 25mb.
Can you confirm that you have created the new account from the BOX.NET application which was downloaded from the HP App Store?
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Yes, I didn't do anything via a browser except try to upload a file.
is there really no way to listen to music i uploaded to box.net without having to download each file......even using the browser doesnt work, this sux
edit...found out how to do it...share your folder, logout, then hit the url to your folder then you can play files through the browser....for some reason if u login it wont let you play in browser
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I'm doing a test with a much bigger file right now, and so far it is working successfully and has already surpassed 25mb.
Can you confirm that you have created the new account from the BOX.NET application which was downloaded from the HP App Store?
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(account created via box.net app from hp app store)
able to upload 80MB files
not able to upload 500MB files
dont feel like testing inbetween
Hey All,
Just wanted to update this thread to say that a few people on PreCentral had a very similar problem to the OP, and it seems that BOX.NET has changed it's terms for newer registered users.
It seems that if you register now, you get put on a 'LITE 5GB' account, this means that while you still have your 50GB, you can only upload up to 100MB per file.
Those that have the 1GB files size limit should have accounts called 'Personal +50GB'
You can check this by logging into BOX.NET, then going into My Account, then Settings, and scrolling all the way to the bottom of the screen. Would be curious to know what it says for you guys. Hope this helps!
Account type: Lite (5GB)
Max file size: 100 MB
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i also noticed you can't directly link you image unless you upgrade
Hey, are you guys getting the additional 50GB when you sign into Box for Android? My limit still states 50GB, which I received as a WebOS user. Has any one else received the advertised extra storage space for signing into Android? Perhaps they have a stipulation that excludes us :/
I prefer SugarSync anyway, but 100GB + 100MB file size limit = portable, persistent library for text books and novels.
I've got a feeling that the webOS and Android promotions are probably the same function within their system (i.e. "Sign in from this link -> Set account size to 50 GB), so they're not likely to stack.
No, you only get 50gb. It doesn't stack. Dont know why you would even bother with wanting 100gb. Its not like you would EVER fill it up. Go try to upload an album of mp3's. Good luck. Box.net is garbage.
Whats to stop you creating another account for Android using a different email address?
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No, you only get 50gb. It doesn't stack. Dont know why you would even bother with wanting 100gb. Its not like you would EVER fill it up. Go try to upload an album of mp3's. Good luck. Box.net is garbage.
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i was a little excited to have a new dropbox alternative since i'm usually working with large videos and other files. well, i got 50gb free for using an LG device and had a client who wanted to send me a 3gb file so i told them to use box.net.
turns out they could only upload 25mb from a desktop client or something. it was a total pain and i ended up uninstalling it after that.
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i was a little excited to have a new dropbox alternative since i'm usually working with large videos and other files. well, i got 50gb free for using an LG device and had a client who wanted to send me a 3gb file so i told them to use box.net.
turns out they could only upload 25mb from a desktop client or something. it was a total pain and i ended up uninstalling it after that.
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Yea, I was VERY excited for my box.net account. I read the restrictions and everything and still was pretty excited. Think my hard drive with all of my music is probably within a year of failing due to heat, so I figured I would back up all of my music online using the box.net account just in case. HOLY ****. Its impossible. The reason they give out 50gb accounts is that it really doesn't matter what the size is, no one has the patience to fill up more than a gigabyte. They could offer 30TB accounts and they wouldn't need more than a couple 2 TB drives in their server covering all of the accounts.
i've heard it works better on mobile devices but then it seems silly to have 50gb of storage when most devices don't hold quite that much. ridiculous. not sure what their market really is.
The 100mb upload limit per file makes me sad.
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Same here.
Dropbox is an awesome alternative. I'm up to 9 gigs on it.
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Hi everyone I was wondering how to activate my free 50gb from dropbox?
I download the app and logged in with my account but it still shows that I have 2gb of storage. Thanks in advance for your help
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My understanding is that u only get the 50gb free space if it came pre installed on your device. Since u had to download it, you do not get 50gb. Only 2gb
Just watch for deals on dropbox website. I didn't have my drop box preloaded on old phone but they had a deal if you did like 5 out of 7 things it updated to 50gb for free. It was things like upload a picture to your account, send an email to invite someone else to Dropbox (i sent it to my alt email address and it counted) add dropbox to a PC you own. It was things like that and you needed to really involve no one else to get the 50GB free.
Maybe they don't do that anymore but I'd just keep an eye for it.
Did not apply for the Verizon S4, I had them tell me personally when I sent a message to support.
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Just watch for deals on dropbox website. I didn't have my drop box preloaded on old phone but they had a deal if you did like 5 out of 7 things it updated to 50gb for free. It was things like upload a picture to your account, send an email to invite someone else to Dropbox (i sent it to my alt email address and it counted) add dropbox to a PC you own. It was things like that and you needed to really involve no one else to get the 50GB free.
Maybe they don't do that anymore but I'd just keep an eye for it.
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i did something similar to this the other day. 5 out of the 7 tasks were performed, but it only increased me from 2gb to 3.25gb. each task gave you like 250mb or something. still better than nothing, but 50gb would be awesome.
well, I did this with dropbox like 6 months ago maybe? so maybe a xmas/december deal? idk
Don't get too excited - it doesn't last
Don't get too excited about your 'FREE' 50 Gb of storage at dropbox
IT ONLY LASTS FOR 2 YEARS. In DropBox look in settings - account tab - 'view all space earned and you will see.
So by that time you have become dependent upon it and you lose your free allowance and drop back to 2 Gb.
Is that why it is called drop box !?
So you have gone through all the hoops, introduced friends as required ( and they HAVE to join to see the shared folder that you HAVE to provide.
You have installed it on another device that you HAVE to do.
I am going to stick with my free 15 Gb on Google Drive together with 1 Tb ( yes ONE TERRABYTE ) on Flickr for all of my 22500 pictures.
how much available storage left on lg g2?
Thanks
Well on my 32gb version 8.57 gb is being used by the system. With my 65 apps installed and no pictures yet I have 22gb of space so I assume with 16gb less storage you would be around 8gb free space
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I'm used to not having SD cards anymore, I have several clouds but I just use Dropbox and Google Drive. I have 100 gigs with Dropbox all free, my photos all go straight to their as well as Picasa and Google Plus. Theres no need to fill your phone up with photos when you can access them thru the gallery in the cloud. I don't store music on my phone either, I use a paid subscription to Rhapsody and before that I streamed my music using Google. Honestly the only things that should fill up space on the device these days is applications and once you debloat the phone having between 25 and 30 gigs for apps is more than enough for anyone.
im not sure if is it enough for regular user (like me).
I have a questions i saw few mods for other phones these mods give free storage on Google photos Pixel 6 is my new phone before im using oneplus 7 with PixelExperiance on these rom i have free space
Just send a text to Google and ask for your free stuff.
Use code: "free stuff now"
Pixel phones have free Google Photos storage. There's no need for a custom ROM or any mod.
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Pixel phones have free Google Photos storage. There's no need for a custom ROM or any mod.
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No they don't not any more. This is not the case for Pixel 6 and 6 pro.
Google Pixel owners will still get these Google Photos storage perks going forward
Google has long offered perks to Pixel phone owners on Google Photos, some of which still apply under the company's new storage terms.
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Pixel phones have free Google Photos storage. There's no need for a custom ROM or any mod.
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But i have Pixel and i dont have free storage
Bartx96 said:
But i have Pixel and i dont have free storage
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Read my post just above yours!
The pixel 1 I think still has it
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The pixel 1 I think still has it
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On my oneplus 7 with Pixel experiance have free space i thinking sometimes copy photos to op and from oneplus send to google photos
Just subscribe to Google Drive. At £1.50 for 100GB a month it's hardly expensive.
In fact you can earn that much a month using Google Rewards then use the credit to pay for it
So... pay gooble so that you can feed them your private data? Wouldn't it be better to store your data on your own equipment?
I have 2 google accounts on my devices, when the 1st account got full, I just swapped my 2nd accound and voilá. =D
Any phones up to Pixel 5 still get unlimited Storage Saver in Google Photo, you can simply grab an old Pixel, setup a 2-way sync with FolderSync/SyncThings between the 6's DCIM folder and voila, free photo storage.
I am not sure about you, if there is such hack, I think Google can simply terminate your account and you lose everything, does this worth it to you?
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Any phones up to Pixel 5 still get unlimited Storage Saver in Google Photo, you can simply grab an old Pixel, setup a 2-way sync with FolderSync/SyncThings between the 6's DCIM folder and voila, free photo storage.
I am not sure about you, if there is such hack, I think Google can simply terminate your account and you lose everything, does this worth it to you?
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I have an OG pixel and this is what I do. I use Resilio Sync. Pretty easy to set up. I used to leave the OG Pixel plugged in with a max charge set at 50%. Not taking many photos lately so just turn it on to sync occasionally.
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Just send a text to Google and ask for your free stuff.
Use code: "free stuff now"
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Google just sweetened the deal today.
They have included links to free cloud services. Dropbox, Box, Amazon cloud are just a few.
Pixel Experience, Evo X can offer unlimited back up (no original quality though).
But depends on the ROM & the device & if the dev is going to bake that into the ROM or not.
Root method barely works anymore if you update apps to often :<
With 128 gb of storage, I don't necessarily need to back up to Google photos anymore. After they changed terms last, I stopped, but, the previous backups don't count against my 15 gb storage on Drive. Actually I have 17 gb, due to a promotion way back when, I took the security settings tour. So, now a days, I'm a Amazon prime member, which gives me unlimited photos storage, which is nice, that my wife's Amazon tablet gets the copies automatically when ever I fire up the hotspot to download movies to it. Plus, I can clear storage on my old devices if I really wanted to, and transfer copies there too. For now, I'm using a few of Simple Mobile apps, one calander, and now their gallery app. Amazon photos does the automatic uploads when I'm plugged in. My biggest storage issue, is clearing out most of the 8 gb of Gmail I have neglected. Google Photos, Gmail, and Drive are all on that 17 gb free storage limit.
I was using google photos not to backup pictures from my phone (i do that on my pc) but to upload pictures taken with my camera from different trips and create albums which i share with my friends and colleagues. Now i found the perfect free alternative to google photos - yandex disk. Currently they offer unlimited free storage for photos with original quality. I don't know for how long this will continue but it works great for now.
Yandex
Finds everything
disk.yandex.com
Is there any custom rom for the P6 that has the unlimited gphotos hack?
I think there is no custom ROM with hack for the " unlimited gphotos hack".. hacking is illegal and there is no custom ROM with that sort of hacks.
For 1.99 euro you have 100 gb of storage.
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I think there is no custom ROM with hack for the " unlimited gphotos hack".. hacking is illegal and there is no custom ROM with that sort of hacks.
For 1.99 euro you have 100 gb of storage.
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Umm, I think you're wrong. Not about the lack of custom ROMs with an "unlimited Google Photos" hack, but hacking itself.
It's legal to modify Android. It's a little less cut and dry whether it's legal to modify Google apps, such as the BSG Camera app mods found on XDA, but the issue of legality is moot anyway.
Both Google Camera and Photos can detect which device they are installed on and will adjust their feature sets accordingly. The only way I know of to enable unlimited storage is to change the device fingerprint to a Pixel 1 / XL, and I'm not even sure THAT will work. If you were to succeed the apps would think you had a Pixel 1 / XL and would configure themselves appropriately. That would mean no Magic Eraser, no astrophotography mode, and none of the other features that Google has put into its phones over the last several years.
Trading all the added features available for the Pixel 6 camera and the Photos app simply to gain the ability to store unlimited numbers of photos is simply not worth the hassle. As you point out, Google 1's offer of 1.99/month for 100GB of storage is totally reasonable if people are that concerned. Or they can take the time and manually do it themselves using their chosen cloud storage solution.