Has anyone started using "drive", I'm curious to know if anyone shares with it.
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down loaded the app but it says will notify me when ready
so ill let you know
i got it stated, now i remember why i dont like cloud storage. Uploading three roms is a ***** to do, it shoud be ready check of they upgraded you to 10 gig free when you finally get on.
Why?
I like cloud more than those old usb's.
Maybe for Android users Google should give more space than usual but 5gb is enough if integration will be fine...only thing I need is "camera upload" feature from Dropbox and downloading directly from servers to a folder without using my upload speed (it's much faster and urldroplet is the only way for dropbox)...
Google rules.
No ubuntu (or any linux) support yet, so... i'll stick with ubuntu one (the same 5gb free)
CUBBY from logmein looks most promising among these cloud service. Unlimited p2p sharing is a novelty -
www.cubby.com/faq
I just saw this I think everyone should read.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/how-far-does-google-drives-terms-go-in-owning-your-files/75228
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bravouno said:
I just saw this I think everyone should read.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/how-far-does-google-drives-terms-go-in-owning-your-files/75228
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Yup. kinda scary...
I've just got an email, that Google Drive has just been activated for my account! I'm going to explore it now
The desktop Google drive application is a million times better than the Google drive android app.
Currently the Android app is slow to launch and navigate.. This is where the Dropbox app shines..
On the desktop side things are much better and simpler..
I hope we get some serious revision soon for the Android app..
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dexterboygenius said:
The desktop Google drive application is a million times better than the Google drive android app.
Currently the Android app is slow to launch and navigate.. This is where the Dropbox app shines..
On the desktop side things are much better and simpler..
I hope we get some serious revision soon for the Android app..
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Yes, the Desktop GoogleDrive application works great, but the Android app is not slow and it's easy to use!
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juli9797 said:
Yes, the Desktop GoogleDrive application works great, but the Android app is not slow and it's easy to use!
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The Android Google Drive app is stil based around the original Google Docs app.
The startup time and navigation is slow.. The app needs a redesign from the ground up..
I'm running WIUI..
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Anyone know if is it possible to download file from GDrive and move them in the Sd card ,with android app i mean? Or where the app store the offline file
i use....its vey nice and useful.....use it!
I really like Google Drive, almost as good as dropbox.
I would use it more if it would auto upload pics like dropbox. I'm sure the feature will come though. I love my dropbox, wish it had more space.
Juggernaut79 said:
I would use it more if it would auto upload pics like dropbox. I'm sure the feature will come though. I love my dropbox, wish it had more space.
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This feature is in the google+ app.
I prefer the dropbox app however having everything google based makes things a lot easier.
Actually I've installed it and had a try but feel more confortable using other services. It keeps on force closing when more than two apps are running in background so wiped it out.
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a good try
It has a long way to go.
While sync is good, there's no option for Auto-upload a folder's content as in the desktop application.
Most annoying of all, everything you upload from your device is 'Private' and to change it, you need to access drive on your desktop. This fixed and it will be quite bearable.
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Anyone here a part of it? I'm actually loving it right now. The fact that I don't really need to worry about sdcard space saves me. I can just stream my music to my phone since I always have an excellent wifi/4g signal. It can automatically copy your itunes/windows media/etc.. playlists and settings and this is a plus. What do you guys think?
I also love the service, but the app itself could use some work. it is a bit wonky.
Biggest pain was getting my 50gb music collection uploaded. Glaring issue is that I need to organize my music better.
Yeah I have It, but I think the app needs an overhaul.
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I have been on Google Music Beta for about 2 months. The only problem is that it would not sync my iTunes acct. I contacted Google and they asked me to send the crash log (don't know why I didn't just send that with the initial email) but they have not yet gotten back to me. I have just about given up on Google Support as I have sent them 4 emails in the last month. It would be perfect if I could get this to work on the E3D.
I had the same issue but when I cleared data it began to work flawlessly.
Vdubtx said:
Biggest pain was getting my 50gb music collection uploaded. Glaring issue is that I need to organize my music better.
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50GBs?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!!?!??! COTDAMN WTF!
Love it, but wish I could delete batches if songs easily. Streaming is a+, organization abilities is c-
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I've been using it as well, but noticed that the Music Manager can be quite finicky with the uploads. There's definitely been many songs that haven't uploaded for no apparent reason.
also, i wish we could upload lossless (flac) and not have it converted to mp3.
other than that, i've been pretty happy with it.
-bob
I love it. Free.
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I agree, i love the concept but the app could really use some work. I really like the native music player on the phone.
Also the album art is a joke. I now have Pitbull as the default album art for everything.
Vdubtx said:
Biggest pain was getting my 50gb music collection uploaded. Glaring issue is that I need to organize my music better.
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i did 21gb and that was a pain, so i can imagine how much waiting you did with the 50.
Can you send out invites like everything else Google? I signed up for it like 2 weeks ago and nothing.
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snarebum said:
Can you send out invites like everything else Google? I signed up for it like 2 weeks ago and nothing.
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No it doesn't let you send out invites....you just gotta wait to get yours...it took me like two months and I know some people who got it in two weeks ...and they requested their invite much later than me.....
I like Google music but the Android app could use some work...better app optimization when scrolling through tracks, albums or artists.....right now it just lags when you scroll.....Also for some reason the tracks in some of my albums do not get sorted by lowest track number to highest .....
Other than that its great.
it's nice and it's growing on me, but here are my quirks
You aren't able to download your music. As far as I know this can only be done on your phone. It's nice that it's in the 'cloud'; however, I still need to maintain a copy on my computer if I need to transfer it to some other device or media that doesn't have the ability to connect to GMusic.
Better online sound quality. Over the phone it seems to sound much better than through a web browser on my pc.
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No it doesn't let you send out invites....you just gotta wait to get yours...it took me like two months and I know some people who got it in two weeks ...and they requested their invite much later than me.....
I like Google music but the Android app could use some work...better app optimization when scrolling through tracks, albums or artists.....right now it just lags when you scroll.....Also for some reason the tracks in some of my albums do not get sorted by lowest track number to highest .....
Other than that its great.
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Ok I didn't think so but figured is try. Thanks for the info. I'd hit thanks but I'm on my phone.
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One thing I noticed is that even if I have "Sync music" unchecked in my Accounts & Sync settings, the Google Music service will sometimes still start itself up without me ever opening the app. Happens about half the time I do a reboot.
I'm using the service as well and I really like it. On my original evo I had a issue with it constantly disconnecting from my gmail account. Now with the 3D I haven't seen that problem yet
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Google Music
Sup guys, quick question, does anyone have Google music up and running completely on R.G. 2.1 or Virtuous Unity Sense ? I have the music manager set up on my laptop, I downloaded the app from the market,but when I go to Menu/settings/Sync, there is no option to sync music or is this an option at all ? I hope that I'm posting this in the right forum, thanks in advance for your help....
Thing I hate is sometimes for no reason the music manager will give me errors for music i'm trying to upload. Then a few days later I look at it when im about to upload something else and all of the errors that were there are gone and the songs have actually downloaded. That and the fact that sometimes it duplicates music.
And what do they do?
What apps can you absolutely not live without on your phone?
1.) Twitter - Social networking that needs no explination
2.) Facebook - Social networking that needs no explination
3.) Titanium Back Up - Backs up all my apps
4.) Chrome 2 Phone - Streams PC chrome pages to phone's browser
5.) Shazam - Music Tagging app
6.) Polaris Office - Best office client I've found for a mobile device
7.) Set-CPU - Allows overclocking of your device if your kernel supports it.
8.) SystemAppRemover - Removes bloatware embedded into the phone
9.) Word With Friends - Fun crossword puzzler with friends
10.) Google Music - All your music with none of the space.... *To the cloud!*
I hope this thread will unearth some hidden gem apps and make users more aware of how they can take advantage of their hardware and get more use out of their phones.
Thanks
*BTW... sorry to the mods if threads like this exist already for this phone.*
•Facebook + Messenger - socialize from my couch
•Paper Camera - Takes awesome sketchbook style photos
•Tapatalk - keep track of forums
•Amazon App Store - Free Paid App Of The Day
•Stock Video App - Plays my movies
•Stock Music App - 5.1 Dolby sounds amazing with nice Skullcandy headphones, otherwise pretty basic.
•Cover Art Downloader - gets album art pretty effectively.
• Audio Tagger - let's me edit mp3 files. I'm really ocd about my music being organized.
•Plants vs Zombies - really fun tower defense style game
•News/Weather widget - gives you weather and news topics of your choice, nice 4x1 layout.
That's basically it for me. Really need to invest in Ti Backup still.
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Ones that I can't imagine not having.
XDA APP- I'd have nothing to do if I didn't
Pure breeze launcher - this above all, seriously
Miren browser
Glympse
Lcd resolution
Astro file manager
Titanium backup
Swipepad
Swipeswitcher
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A few I haven't seen mentioned yet :
Zedge- great app for ringtones, wallpapers, and notifications, complete with a search bar!
Xbox Live statistics- pretty solid app for Xbox live friends. Notifications and messages work and has a dev support.
Vlingo- beats the Google voice search.
PicSayPro- awesome photo editor ...awesome!
Google+ - circles are better ;-)
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Root Explorer pro
Titanium Backup pro
Astro file explorer
XDA app
Email
AutoCad WS
PayPal app
Wells Fargo app
Documents To Go pro
SwiftKey
Juice Defender Ultimate
Angry Birds (all of them)
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get friendcaster to replace facebook app
it's so much better
somehow my facebook app is really buggy and slow
Plus 1 on Ti Backup. Its a lifesaver when it comes to apps with a lot of data.
honghsien5 said:
get friendcaster to replace facebook app
it's so much better
somehow my facebook app is really buggy and slow
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yeah, i hate the facebook app for andoid. the next version will be a lot better. facebook gives the new stuff to ios first and then android. the new version is a lot better. ill prolly try that app out till the next app comes out
@og post
im not a big person on tons of apps, so dont mind the small list
facebook (once updated, till then ^^what he said^^)
netflix
shazam
pandora
dropbox (great for backing up your sd card backups... just encase your phone is lost or stolen)
kjv bible
skype
whatsapp (best app ever)
chrome2phone
speedtest
myatt (best way to pay a bill when you forgot to at home)
music online lite
xda app
the list got longer when i looked at my sexy phone im still missing an rss reader and a reddit app though. hoping someone here mentions a good one
Most of my installed apps are must have . Here's a link to the extensive list I provided someone else with.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19278748&postcount=2
I wish people would just post 1 or 2 apps, as huge lists with no explanations are kind of pointless.
With that said, I just got a GS2 and have been trying out some new apps I never bothered with on my Droid 1.
I'm using Plume for Twitter. It seems like the highest rated twitter client, and I can see why. It's really smooth and slick and has a pretty intuitive interface. I'm liking it a lot and see no reason to ever try another Twitter app.
Llama- Ever wanted to try tasker or Locale, or jealous of the Razr's 'smart actions' app, but didn't want to spend money on any of them? This is a free automatic settings manager and so far it seems really powerful. I'm just getting it set up today, so I don't know how well it works in practice, but it seems to be able to do anything the paid apps do if not more. I always wanted to see how one of these apps really worked but didn't want to pay 6 bucks for one like Tasker so I'd say this is worth trying out if you're looking for something like this.
Russellmania said:
I wish people would just post 1 or 2 apps, as huge lists with no explanations are kind of pointless.
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At some point, people just have to give it a closer look and try it themselves. Anything in my list without a brief explanation is self explanatory.
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Some of my favorite, less know apps:
MobiReader Pro: a picture OCR, done completely on your phone. Turns the text in the picture to a text document, where I then use...
CopyPaste Pro: to copy that text and move it to QuickOffice, and use Evernote, and bam! Document for my computer.
FourTracks Pro: for the mobile musician - it allows you to record four tracks much in the same way GarageBand allows you to, and using a couple other programs, I can mix, edit, and produce all on my phone.
ROMToolbox: amazing program. It combines many programs into one. Just look it up on Market. It's worth every penny.
WifiKill: a fun, trolling, but useful program. Kills any other devices connected to your wiring. So say your wife or children are using the internet, downloading movies and whatnot, you can use this app to cut them off, and get all that bandwidth back for yourself.
Finally, N64oid: a great N64 emulator. Nuff said.
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honghsien5 said:
get friendcaster to replace facebook app
it's so much better
somehow my facebook app is really buggy and slow
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Will look into that. ;-)
autonomous-inc said:
Some of my favorite, less
WifiKill: a fun, trolling, but useful program. Kills any other devices connected to your wiring. So say your wife or children are using the internet, downloading movies and whatnot, you can use this app to cut them off, and get all that bandwidth back for yourself.
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Couldn't find wifikill
Its not wifi killer is it?
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hussarfilms said:
Couldn't find wifikill
Its not wifi killer is it?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1282900
i think he's referring to that app.
Tasker - Control everything
Minimalistic Text - Great widget tool
Ti Backup - Who on this forum does not use this?
g+ - Love it
ES File Manager
World of Goo - Fantastic game
honghsien5 said:
get friendcaster to replace facebook app
it's so much better
somehow my facebook app is really buggy and slow
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can you remove the 'take photo' icon/app from friendcaster that installed automatically?
polobreaka said:
can you remove the 'take photo' icon/app from friendcaster that installed automatically?
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i don't think so.
i have no idea why friendcaster has that app but i usually just ignore it.
btw, facebook is going to update today so i'm gonna check it out and see if it's better now or not.
honghsien5 said:
i don't think so.
i have no idea why friendcaster has that app but i usually just ignore it.
btw, facebook is going to update today so i'm gonna check it out and see if it's better now or not.
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the new update of fb looks the same as ios version.
http://lifehacker.com/5866050/faceb...-boost-plus-notification-and-interface-tweaks
edit: i dont see the updated fb in market.
polobreaka said:
the new update of fb looks the same as ios version.
http://lifehacker.com/5866050/faceb...-boost-plus-notification-and-interface-tweaks
edit: i dont see the updated fb in market.
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Should be out soon.
Anyone have an alternative to Awesome Drop? - i do not want dropbox - i'm looking for a easy way to get small files from my PC to Phone quickly through my wifi. No programs etc. Like awesome drop, it'd be great to have it go from browser, but if not just suggest me some.
awesome drop is not working for me.
www.labs.dashwire.com is down apparently.
Sugar Sync
While this is an app, Sugar Sync is an amazing(and free) app that auto syncs whatever you want, photos, videos, or even certain folders. Look it up, and see if you like it!
minus.com and minus app in market.
Edit: Forgot to add you get up to 50 gig free with minus.
I'm not sure if there is any....
xriderx66 said:
Anyone have an alternative to Awesome Drop? - i do not want dropbox - i'm looking for a easy way to get small files from my PC to Phone quickly through my wifi. No programs etc. Like awesome drop, it'd be great to have it go from browser, but if not just suggest me some.
awesome drop is not working for me.
www.labs.dashwire.com is down apparently.
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To transfer files between phone and pc on wifi I use Samba fileserver. It just turns your phone's internal SDCard into a network share. Free market app. Configure once. Does one thing and does it well. Presto.
I'll have to give that a try...
http://labs.dashwire.com/drop
Working again!
tstack77 said:
http://labs.dashwire.com/drop
Working again!
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YAY!!!!!! TBH there weren't any competitors that did the same thing!!!! YAY DASHWIRE!!!!
hmmmmm.......... maybe the servers were down???
I thought they got shut down because I THINK Verizon bought them
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I use Box and like it. I signed up and got an extra 50gb limit too! Not sure if the promos still going on but worth checking out.
Yeah ive been using BOX for these kinds of things too. Also AWESOME DROP website is UP but does not work
zzzap.it
We have released zzzap.it out of private beta a couple of days ago. It's actually quite similar and allows you to send any file from your desktop's web browser to an Android phone. There's an optional Chrome browser plugin that resembles the Chrome-to-Phone functionality as well. No user accounts required. The file size is currently limited to 10 Megabytes.
Would be nice to get some initial feedback in case you want to try it out. Thanks!
arabold said:
We have released zzzap.it out of private beta a couple of days ago. It's actually quite similar and allows you to send any file from your desktop's web browser to an Android phone. There's an optional Chrome browser plugin that resembles the Chrome-to-Phone functionality as well. No user accounts required. The file size is currently limited to 10 Megabytes.
Would be nice to get some initial feedback in case you want to try it out. Thanks!
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Thank you for the news. I'll be sure to try it out this week.
arabold said:
We have released zzzap.it out of private beta a couple of days ago. It's actually quite similar and allows you to send any file from your desktop's web browser to an Android phone. There's an optional Chrome browser plugin that resembles the Chrome-to-Phone functionality as well. No user accounts required. The file size is currently limited to 10 Megabytes.
Would be nice to get some initial feedback in case you want to try it out. Thanks!
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Awesome drop doesn't work with ICS so I gave this a try, and it works great! Thanks for the App.
Glad to hear. Let me know if you have any trouble with zzzap.it.
There was a major UI overhaul for this app today, but the Play Store says the new version is not compatible with the DNA (nor any tablets from what I'm reading.) Fortunately, sideloading fixes this issue.
Android Police write up and screenies: http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/1...-3-0-finally-adopts-modern-android-interface/
APK link: http://db.tt/5njVaTY3
I just gave up on ESPNs crap apps and just use this one
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...51bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS53RVNQTkdvTW9iaWxlQXBwIl0.
its basically just their mobile site you can get from the browser, but I find it works a little better than just using it in the browser. I hate using ESPNs apps, I just want some damn score and box scores. I don't want to add favorite teams, I don't care what your different talking heads have to say, I don't want to watch your videos, I don't need the latest update on Tebow, and I don't care who your sleepers are for this week in fantasy golf. I just want some damn scores, which their "Scorecenter" app makes somewhat difficult at times to provide.
With that said, the new update has made some progress over the old version and is a step in the right direction lol.
rhettnis said:
I just gave up on ESPNs crap apps and just use this one
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...51bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS53RVNQTkdvTW9iaWxlQXBwIl0.
its basically just their mobile site you can get from the browser, but I find it works a little better than just using it in the browser. I hate using ESPNs apps, I just want some damn score and box scores. I don't want to add favorite teams, I don't care what your different talking heads have to say, I don't want to watch your videos, I don't need the latest update on Tebow, and I don't care who your sleepers are for this week in fantasy golf. I just want some damn scores, which their "Scorecenter" app makes somewhat difficult at times to provide.
With that said, the new update has made some progress over the old version and is a step in the right direction lol.
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If you just want scores, the best app for that, that I've found is Sportacular by Yahoo! Their widget is also way better than ESPN's..
d0ubl3_d1zzl3 said:
If you just want scores, the best app for that, that I've found is Sportacular by Yahoo! Their widget is also way better than ESPN's..
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well, I don't know why I never thought of that, the yahoo app is great. I pretty much only use yahoo.com/sports and completely avoid espn.com for the same reason I do their apps.
docnok63 said:
There was a major UI overhaul for this app today, but the Play Store says the new version is not compatible with the DNA (nor any tablets from what I'm reading.) Fortunately, sideloading fixes this issue.
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Im pretty comfortable with Scorecenter, I like that I add my favorite teams and it just gives me game times/schedules and news for those teams.
I just got a DNA and am bummed I cant use this app, how does one avoid the compaitibility issue and "sideload" as you called it?
Ill check out the yahoo app in the meantime.
All you need to do is download the .apk file from the post and email it to yourself using your gmail account. When you receive your email, the apk should be an attachment that you uploaded in the email. Then open the email on your phone, click the attachment and install.
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wortz91 said:
All you need to do is download the .apk file from the post and email it to yourself using your gmail account. When you receive your email, the apk should be an attachment that you uploaded in the email. Then open the email on your phone, click the attachment and install.
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Thank you! that worked.
Btw Sportacular sucks.
I also hate using ESPNs applications : Mad:
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I've spent way too much time searching the web to try to figure this out. Usually i can answer my questions pretty quickly but i must be searching poorly or this is a difficult subject.
I have an android phone (Moto Droid Mini XT1030, though i wouldn't think it should matter) and i want the pictures i take with it to automatically be sent to a folder on my PC everytime i am connected to a wifi network. Currently they automatically go to Google+ which is of debatable value. Sometimes Google products are fantastic and other times they seem to be missing such blatantly obvious features that it makes me crazy... but i digress.
I don't want to install any 3rd party apps if at all possible, especially on the PC. I already have G Drive installed on the PC and a drive folder would be sufficient (as opposed to a conventional folder on the PC) if that's easier to accomplish.
Any ideas? Have i stated my question clearly or confused it?
Thanks in advance for any help!
use google drive on android and upload your pics to it
Well if you are open to 3rd party Dropbox has a camera upload option that would appear in your Dropbox on the pc
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pocthird said:
use google drive on android and upload your pics to it
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Pocthird, is there a way to make that happen automatically?
I'll keep dropbox in mind, but that's another app that i'd have to install on both my pc and my phone, and it seems that this should really all be doable within the sphere of google products w/o 3rd parties.
TroySmith80 said:
Pocthird, is there a way to make that happen automatically?
I'll keep dropbox in mind, but that's another app that i'd have to install on both my pc and my phone, and it seems that this should really all be doable within the sphere of google products w/o 3rd parties.
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You can use ADB, Windows Batch Programme and Task Schedular (batch and task schedular built in windows).
Use ADB sync command. Make its batch file and make it automatically run with task schedular. If you are interested, I will explain detailed instructions.
Press Thanks if helped.
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Thanks hnkotnis but that sounds a little complicated. I was really hoping there was just a setting to toggle buried in a menu somewhere on my phone. I guess it's not going to be that easy.
Am I the only one that wants this feature? It seems like it would be a common request. How do other people transfer photos from their phones on to the computer? Manually every time?
TroySmith80 said:
Thanks hnkotnis but that sounds a little complicated. I was really hoping there was just a setting to toggle buried in a menu somewhere on my phone. I guess it's not going to be that easy.
Am I the only one that wants this feature? It seems like it would be a common request. How do other people transfer photos from their phones on to the computer? Manually every time?
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Unfortunately there is no such setting in phone till today.
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