Hi all, has anyone noticed the Gallery app using a huge amount of data? I've had the phone a week and before I disabled it on Friday it'd clocked up 770MB of data usage. Anyone know what it's doing!?
Also, anyone know how to make Justpictures or another photo app default to the preview app for the Samsung camera? Since I've disabled the Samsung Gallery app and chosen Justpictures as the Gallery app, the camera just crashes when I tap the preview icon after taking a pic.
Maybe you have activate auto sync to dropbox or google+. That will use a lot of data to upload all your photos.
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Disable in accounts and sync > Google act > Sync picassa web album. I suffered same data usage
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In the first few hours of owning the phone, Google + had used close to 200mb. Don't even know what Google + was so I froze it in Titanium.
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Same problem here. Why Samsung took out the "Sync on WI-FI" option.. I want my albums to be synced.. but only on WIFI..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1740975
Come on!!! Any solutions?
Same here. I want it over wi-fi. My data plan is too limited. 300 megs and in just under 4 days it blew through 150 of those before I found out what was going on. Now I have less than 150 to go with 28 days remaining on my plan.
Just disable Picture sync and use an aftermarkt sync Tool such as 'Photo Sync' on the market seem to do exactly what you want.
I downloaded Droidwall and just blocked it out over 3g. Done!
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My solution was to turn off "Sync Picasa Web Albums" and set google+ and dropbox to only upload while in wifi. So far so good!
iamec said:
My solution was to turn off "Sync Picasa Web Albums" and set google+ and dropbox to only upload while in wifi. So far so good!
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Yeah for sure, but that's not a solution! That's a patch loosing by the same time the use of all your pictures on your phone. The real fix is for samsung to do, "PUT BACK THE GOOGLE GALLERY" or at least add the Sync on WI-FI only like google does. Freakin wiz and app override.
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Hey, today, when trying to share some of my photos to Picasa, I stumbled on theproblem. I can select Picasa, but then, "Add Google account" screen appears. I logged in, but then it said that this accound already exists on this phone.
Also, I dont see Picasa option in Google account syncing in Settings, therefore no picasa pics in gallery. How to make Picasa work on my phone, especially sharing?
I can upload using JustPictures app, but I would rather use system Gallery app.
Thanks..
I had the same problem....and i was already using my gmail account.
Dunno why...but i solved rebooting the phone. I found also an app "picasa tool" that is much better, is free if you want to try
Rebooting didn't solve anything.. But PicasaTool is great, better than JustPictures, as I can share directly from gallery thanks
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Did you try removing your account and readding it? This may a little extreme but you could try a factory data reset too.
Good luck
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If this thread is in a wrong location, I apologize.
I am an EVO and Jetstream owner. The Jetstream is my new sole web device. I'm looking for a way to easily sync the pictures between both devices to a cloud service. This would really eliminate the need to transfer pictures from one SD to the other.
I know Photobucket has this option, but I was hoping google Picasa offered it. Or Flickr?anyone have this already set up and functioning?
You can use Picassa, it will sync with all devices using the same account.
Is there a specific Picasa app? There are a few available. HTC has a Picasa plug in for the gallery app under HTC hub, but I didn't see any upload options. I'll look again.
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Been working on this for a few days now....
I'm still having difficulty finding out exactly how to sync a gallery and Picasa. I tried photosync which is found on the market and is a nice app, but it that keeps it from successfully syncing for me.
You say you can sync with Picasa... How? What method? My gallery in htc has no such option and I don't see any other apps besides throne I mentioned that does this.
Can you tell me your method?
I appreciate it.
Try google+ its tie into type picassa account and when you take pictures it auto sync rip picassa.
I found out by accident cause I was taken pictures on the phone and for some reason all these pictures showed up on my tablet picassa album. I tracked it down to google+
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Try google+ its tie into type picassa account and when you take pictures it auto sync rip picassa.
I found out by accident cause I was taken pictures on the phone and for some reason all these pictures showed up on my tablet picassa album. I tracked it down to google+
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Well, that solves only half the problem.
Using google plus does sync my library to Picasa, but but it does not sync backwards. Meaning, if I add a picture to Picasa, it doesn't come back down to my Jetstream. Because of this, it doesn't sync my two devices.
Here is what I have tried so far:
1. Google+, works but only one way sync.
2. Froyo gallery 3d apk, gives the option to sync Picasa web albums in settings> accounts & sync > Gmail, but I couldn't get it to sync.
3. Photosync app from the market, worked perfectly but for some reason will only sync 14 photos Lolol?
At this point, idk.
If anyone else comes along with a method, Let me know. Ill be lurking.
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Is there a specific Picasa app? There are a few available. HTC has a Picasa plug in for the gallery app under HTC hub, but I didn't see any upload options. I'll look again.
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On my SGS2 with ICS, I use Android's built in sync from Accounts and Sync, there are two options which seems like they do the same thing: Sync google photos; sync picasa web albums. May you guys know different, see attached.
I use ICS Gallery app to browse my synced photos, and at some point, after a system reset, a strange folder appeared and I can't get rid of it: Scrapbook photos. It doesn't have anything inside and I can't delete it.
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I'm looking for a way to easily sync the pictures between both devices to a cloud service. This would really eliminate the need to transfer pictures from one SD to the other.
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Use FolderSync app on both devices. It offers two-way sync between local-remote folder pair (sub-folder is supported). As a remote service, you can use Dropbox, Box, Google Drive, FTP etc with it.
Best of all: It supports filter which means you can use it to hunt down jpg files from entire sdcard too.
Yeah, try Google+ it has unlimited space for pics(I think) and it syncs with the gallery.
Just use Dropbox the more effective way to access pictures from any device.
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If this thread is in a wrong location, I apologize.
I am an EVO and Jetstream owner. The Jetstream is my new sole web device. I'm looking for a way to easily sync the pictures between both devices to a cloud service. This would really eliminate the need to transfer pictures from one SD to the other.
I know Photobucket has this option, but I was hoping google Picasa offered it. Or Flickr?anyone have this already set up and functioning?
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Google for Sugarsync. It should solve all Your problem. It is specially designed cloud storage for pics&videos (however You can also upload other files). I remember it had about 3GB (not quite sure)
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Just use Dropbox the more effective way to access pictures from any device.
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Yeah, but there are just 2 Gb free unless you have S III or you trick Dropbox.
or if you don't want to use any cloud based service:
a simple Python script using ADB Pull and Push
Yeah, but there are just 2 Gb free unless you have S III or you trick Dropbox.
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You can go upto 12GB just by inviting your friends.
Hi Everyone,
I got this phone as soon as it was released in New Zealand. The phone is great however I'm finding very high data usage.
Today for example I used over 100mb of data from about 12pm lunchtime. I'm wondering how I can change how often gmail and other applications will because I've gone through the gmail menu but it doesn't specify a time period for sync and I dont want to be using over 100mb per day for data.
On my old Galaxy S I was only using 100mb for the whole month, and I haven't got any extra applications that I know of running for update, just the default weather app, gmail, and my calendar widget.
Any help is appreciated.
Have you checked the built in data monitor
Menu > setting > data
It shows you exactly per app how much data has been used and if this was background (updates) or foreground (when you opened the app).
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Go to settings->data usage and see which apps use the most data.
you can also turn off mobile data by pulling down the notification bar at the top of the screen and tapping the mobile data icon on/off
Go to data usage, you'll probable see gallery is the culpritpen it and check the box that limits it to syncing on wi-fi only or it'll sync all your Facebook albums. To stop it doing this completely, remove Facebook for Sync account.
Second, if you don't use google+, uncheck the google photos, google+ etc options under your gmail and that'll get rid of the Picasa gallery too.
Just with regard to the build in data usage monitor how accurate is it?
The reason i ask is because every single app ive ever used has not been accurate, some have been better than others but not one of them has ever been 100% accurate, the best one ive come across and it's free is the one which is part of the superb ZD Box app.
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Just with regard to the build in data usage monitor how accurate is it?
The reason i ask is because every single app ive ever used has not been accurate, some have been better than others but not one of them has ever been 100% accurate, the best one ive come across and it's free is the one which is part of the superb ZD Box app.
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It is very accurate, however it does come with the usual disclaimer saying that networks may monitor and bill differently.
Is it only me or ...
With "Sync Google Photos" and Sync Picassa Web Albums" activated I still cant sync my camera pictures with google+....
And the only way to make it work is to install Google+ app but then you can see picture twice in Gallery ... (one under camera pictures and the other under Instant upload folder....)
Help would be really appreciated....
What I did so far :
reset phone settings,
wipe dalvik
tried to sync with another account
tried over wifi
Sync report ok.... I have no clue !!!!
Thats how mine is. I just delete the camera photos after they sync.
Google + just uses the instant upload to put them in your private web folder. Having the sync enabled allows the phone to download those photos from your web albums and allows you to manually upload when you want. I dont think its for auto uploading like google +
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Thats how mine is. I just delete the camera photos after they sync.
Google + just uses the instant upload to put them in your private web folder. Having the sync enabled allows the phone to download those photos from your web albums and allows you to manually upload when you want. I dont think its for auto uploading like google +
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So basically you mean that there is no way to sync camera photos without using Google+ app ?
I thought I could with my previous Galaxy Note... I dont understand what the "Sync Google photo" is for then....
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So basically you mean that there is no way to sync camera photos without using Google+ app ?
I thought I could with my previous Galaxy Note... I dont understand what the "Sync Google photo" is for then....
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As far as I know, not automatically. You can always go to the gallery, hold the camera folder and sync the whole album manually to wherever you want.
the link is broken on the google support site, but it use to read this:
Android 4.0 devices have a system setting that allows you to Sync Google Photos.
This setting enables syncing of your Google Photos from your web albums to your device's Gallery app. As a result, if you have a large number of photos in your web albums that have been uploaded through Picasa Web Albums or Google+, you may notice a high amount of battery or data usage during this sync.
This setting also enables or disables sync for Instant Uploads to Google+. However, to enable Instant Upload, you must enable Sync Google Photos as well as enable Instant Upload within the Google+ app
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I am having trouble with background data usage from the 'Gallery' app. I think it is related to videos uploading when I'm off of wifi. In settings / accounts / gmail - I had instant upload on, and then in G+ I had to sync photos and videos only when on wifi and only when charging, but it's still using network data to background sync... and I have droidwall installed and 'gallery' is not one of the apps I white listed for network data.
Any ideas? for now I turned off background data since it didn't seem to affect any regular use of the phone and it does block the gallery app. Seems like there are quite a few options in the gmail accounts as far as photos go so not sure what they all do or what I should bother with. I do know that on my SGS, SGS2 this background usage wasn't happening and I had things setup then like I do now.
Currently using xposed /smart network. I have autosync disabled with screen off. I'd like to go a step further, but I guess not disable autosync completely. I'd like to keep push notifications (especially hangouts and gmail) active, and maybe have the stock Samsung email client update periodically (maybe every 2h, but this isn't too important). Everything else I want to update automatically, but only when the app is opened (contacts, calendar, fb, etc). What's the best way to achieve this?
If you want to selectively update apps, edit their settings separately.
Just for example, you can set yahoo application "not to sync automatically" until you open the application.
For your case, you want calander and all other stuff to sync periodically, go to settings - > accounts
Select google
Uncheck the undesired.
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Was hoping not to do do each app separately, especially since many don't listen. If I uncheck the Google Apps, will they still sync when I open them?
Yes. You have a refresh option to sync the app when you are inside it say Google Calendar.
... But it won't sync automatically when I open the app.
Try trigger application. http://techpaver.com/trigger-automate-tasks
This might automate your syncing. Select wifi as a trigger. Whenever you are connected to wifi network, then only auto sync will take place automatically,otherwise it won't autosync.
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I had a similar thought using tasker, but can't figure out how to do it.I'd like to create a profile that runs at a certain time of day while on a/c, enables sync of calendar, contracts, dropbox, etc, and then disables synching to those accounts.
For this you have to use a more powerful app, tasker. It takes a/c as a trigger
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Yeah, I was able to figure it out using tasker.