What I'd like to do is be able to have a service that will backup files stored on /sdcard & /emmc from my phone. I'd like to be able to set which subfolders of /sdcard & /emmc should be backed up to the cloud.
I've tried a few but I seem to have some problems that make them unsuitable.
SugarSync & Dropbox only reads from /sdcard
Box.net reads from both /sdcard & /emmc but you can't select folders to backup
Wuala I can't figure out how to upload files from mobile.
Any recommendations?
dalhectar said:
What I'd like to do is be able to have a service that will backup files stored on /sdcard & /emmc from my phone. I'd like to be able to set which subfolders of /sdcard & /emmc should be backed up to the cloud.
I've tried a few but I seem to have some problems that make them unsuitable.
SugarSync & Dropbox only reads from /sdcard
Box.net reads from both /sdcard & /emmc but you can't select folders to backup
Wuala I can't figure out how to upload files from mobile.
Any recommendations?
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webdav enables the upload folder to box.net (market demand)
I use an app called FolderSync that does exactly what you want. There is a free & paid version in the market. I've been using it and backing up to Box for the past 2 months & no issues so far!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dk.tacit.android.foldersync.lite
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+10 for foldersync.
I've been using it since long... I've got the paid version. It never gave me any prob and does exactly what you want it to do. You can set automatic as well as manual syncronization.
I've got a 50GB Box.net account. Got it for free. It's really handy.
Another option, that's free, is your own PC. Why pay for exotic solutions to simple problems?
I use a program called GSyncit (it's paid) that synch's Outloook to my PC, I have a manual backup of all my music on my PC, and photo's can be easily copied to your PC. The connection to your PC is going to be faster, and arguably most importantly, there are no strange TOS issues with my PC. Who knows if the cloud your using will be hacked, or crash or have other issues. As my phone is connected to my PC every night to charge anyway, it's easy to make periodic backups.
The likelihood of both my PC and Phone dying at the same moment is very slim, and even with that, my phone data is duplicated on two different drives.
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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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Hey all.
Looking for an app to backup a folder on my SD card online, and sync changes.
Tried Google docs (can now backup folders on your computer, but not with the android app), Drop Box (can only backup its own files/folders), Amazon Cloud Drive (via MP3 app), Ubuntu One (only its own files/folders).
I would like an app on my phone that I can choose an existing folder and keep synchronized. I don't mind paying a little for the app, or storage, but there is a lot of free space offered by the apps above, they just don't seem to want you to use it that freely.
EDIT: Never mind. Found SugarSync, seems to do just what I wanted...
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slaydog said:
Hey all.
Looking for an app to backup a folder on my SD card online, and sync changes.
Tried Google docs (can now backup folders on your computer, but not with the android app), Drop Box (can only backup its own files/folders), Amazon Cloud Drive (via MP3 app), Ubuntu One (only its own files/folders).
I would like an app on my phone that I can choose an existing folder and keep synchronized. I don't mind paying a little for the app, or storage, but there is a lot of free space offered by the apps above, they just don't seem to want you to use it that freely.
EDIT: Never mind. Found SugarSync, seems to do just what I wanted...
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I use SugarSync but its a pan in ass.... random file copies and duplications and renames.... you have to stay on top of what the Android app is doing... but its the only one that will do what it does on the desktop app
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.
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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?
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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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So now that I have a phone with an internal SD card, I am particularly worried about data, or what would happen if I can no longer take it off of a device. Previously an SD card could just be removed from a dead device, but not so now.
I'm using foldersync to mirror data, but I was wondering what were the essential folders to sync. I can figure out most of them, but I'm struggling with the Android folder in root. Is there any valuable information in here or is it all temporary and so not required to be backed up?
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So now that I have a phone with an internal SD card, I am particularly worried about data, or what would happen if I can no longer take it off of a device. Previously an SD card could just be removed from a dead device, but not so now.
I'm using foldersync to mirror data, but I was wondering what were the essential folders to sync. I can figure out most of them, but I'm struggling with the Android folder in root. Is there any valuable information in here or is it all temporary and so not required to be backed up?
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if you don't care about storage space and automation and you happen to use TotalCommander for PC, it has perfect "Synchronize Dirs" feature, with in my personal experience (after many tests of different solutions) wins every time due to high customisation, ease of use and option of binary comparison
You don't need to backup the Android folder. It's mostly just full of data files for certain apps. Like Google Maps saved map data, cached music from Google Music, game data, small preferences files for some apps etc. Nothing important. Even if you delete the contents of the whole Android folder, they'll be re-created on boot or when you run those apps next. Map data, Google music etc should be downloaded again manually. It's a waste of space to back it up as it can be 2GB or more sometimes. Generally, only backup your personal data like pictures, videos, music, downloads etc. Things which you've put there yourself. Also backup any folders of backup related apps like SMSBackup&Restore, Titanium Backup and recovery folder with nandroid backups. Personal files + backup app data is all you need to backup from the SD card. Everything else is insignificant and will be recreated anyway by the respective apps.
Thanks sashank, that's what I thought. It's a pain to backup because of the size and usage.
Looking at the docs however it seems apps can put whatever data they want there, including settings. So I guess this depends on the app itself and how well it behaves itself. I guess I will have to be discerning and backup individual files in the folder depending on how important the app is to me. Which sucks.
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if you don't care about storage space and automation and you happen to use TotalCommander for PC, it has perfect "Synchronize Dirs" feature, with in my personal experience (after many tests of different solutions) wins every time due to high customisation, ease of use and option of binary comparison
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Well I'm using Foldersync to do this automatically already. I just didn't want to spend time and energy maintaining a backup of redundant cache data!
What do you use to back up and restore to PC? I tried Wondershare Mobile trans but it sticks at a certain point and I have to cancel and it takes hours and I lose progress! Any info on what others are using for backup tp PC would be great!
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There is a bit of a learning curve to set it up as you want to,but once you do get the hang of it you can back up all the usual things (contacts,calendars,photos,music,etc)
Everything on my unrooted 10+ is backed up to the SD card which I use as a data drive and store all critical data there. The SD card is backed up to the PC data drive and a seperate hdd stored remotely. Critical bookmarks are saved on Colornote which is 3X backup.
Smartswitch is used for some backup and apps like Poweramp have their own backup files.
All apks and updates are backed up with ApkExport as well; no Playstore or cloud crap needed for a full restore. I can do a full restore with no external sources needed.
After 2 forced reloads I streamlined the process... with over 349 gb of data, the data drive saves hours of uploading from the PC.
Implement a complete plan now before you need it and have triple redundancy in place.
Only two types of data users; those who have lost data and those that will.
Crashes both software/hardware caused are mostly unpredictable and can happen at any moment.
The 10+ is rock solid stable but no OS is completely impervious to poorly written apks and malware. Be prepared... or suffer.
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That is the only product that worked at all from that company. Well, of those I tested because of this.
File encrypted! How can I open it!! HELP!!
I see, but how come when I load up a bruteforce program (passfab for rar as an example), it doesn't detect it as an encrypted file? Like, sometimes it doesn't even show up visibly in my directory as a usable file. I get what you're saying, but...
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Better stay away from their software. Too heavy and bad programming in general. Also backups can be restored only if you buy the s*it...
Better just take an attitude that nothing is that important. Tons of stuff but I don't have backups at all. If it goes it goes. Before computers how people managed to live at all without them...
Have never used 3rd-party apps , free or paid. I do it via simple scripts.