i'm looking for an app or a process that does two things:
1) auto uploads my photos without reducing the file size. i can see a noticeable difference from the photo's i let my phone auto upload to dropbox vs. the photos i've manually added to dropbox
2) after an event (ex:birthday party) i like to remove my photos from the "camera" roll and put it into an individual folder for that particular event. if #1 above allows me to schedule my sync, i'd like the app to be able to recognize the folders and upload them accordingly that way it's not just a "dump" into dropbox and there's actually some order
any help would be GREATLY appreciated and would save me from OCD rage
I just checked and dropbox does not change the quality at all. It has the exact same size and checksum on my phone and in my dropbox.
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Bigandrewgold said:
I just checked and dropbox does not change the quality at all. It has the exact same size and checksum on my phone and in my dropbox.
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I can definitely see a difference on three different devices I tested it on. Tried to download from db and then uploaded the same photo directly from my phone onto a laptop, my PC, and a nexus 7. The photos from my phone were much clearer than those dl'd from db. In my searching for people with similar issues/complaints I found several others with the same complaint
Sorry, messed up.
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I can definitely see a difference on three different devices I tested it on. Tried to download from db and then uploaded the same photo directly from my phone onto a laptop, my PC, and a nexus 7. The photos from my phone were much clearer than those dl'd from db. In my searching for people with similar issues/complaints I found several others with the same complaint
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Are you sure it's not just the placebo effect, because as you can see from the pictures below that for me the file that is automatically uploaded to dropbox is a carbon copy of the one on my phone.
The only reason I can think of as to why it may be changing the quality for you is if your dropbox is low on storage.
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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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When I go to a website that has pictures, the images automatically save on my phone? Anyone know why.
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That is why I had those pictures of security signs and stuff..what site were you on because mine mainly saved pictures from newegg?
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When I go to a website that has pictures, the images automatically save on my phone? Anyone know why.
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They are automatically saved? Do you select them first or is it upon entering the site?
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That is why I had those pictures of security signs and stuff..what site were you on because mine mainly saved pictures from newegg?
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When I go to a website that has pictures, the images automatically save on my phone? Anyone know why.
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where are you seeing those pictures automatically saved?
the first thing that comes to my mind .. as i know i've pulled all image files off my phone and came up with a lot of cached images from the browser.
the android browser, like most web browser keeps a cache on the /data partition (and maybe also /sdcard?) in its respective application directory. inside this cache will be images and web sites viewed, just like the cache kept on a desktop/laptop/netbook computer when using chrome/firefox/internet explorer browsers.
hopefully that makes sense. there are apps and scripts out there which can clean out these cache directories to free up space, if needed. i haven't used any of them as i generally end up wiping my /data partition a bit too frequently from developing and testing android stuff!
if you are seeing these images appear in your gallery app, the easiest fix i'm aware of is adding a simple, empty file named .nomedia in the directory. make sure to put the period in the front of that name as its a linux convention to hide the file and the gallery app is hard coded to ignore all images in directories with a .nomedia file.
hope that helps!
I would like to save my pictures on my sd card to an online source automatically. Is there any kind of appear or something that allows me to do that. My pics got wiped from my sd and I would like to prevent that from happening again without having to load them on my external hardrive every night.
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I would like to save my pictures on my sd card to an online source automatically. Is there any kind of appear or something that allows me to do that. My pics got wiped from my sd and I would like to prevent that from happening again without having to load them on my external hardrive every night.
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I know that google has a couple of services for this, Google + is one of them and Picasa Photo Uploader is another. Google + will automatically upload your photos to your profile, if you set it. Picasa Photo Uploader is an app you can download.
I've used this before:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.photobucket.android&hl=en
You gotta have a photobucket account, but it can be set to automatically upload images as they appear on the card. Be careful of data and battery life, though.
I use SweetHome to upload my photos to my PC when it's connected to my home Wifi.
https://market.android.com/details?id=sweesoft.sweethome&hl=en
Thanks everyone. I just started using Google+ so far I really like it.
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Anyone using Dropbox? Anyone want to upgrade from their 2GB cap to a 5GB cap while using the newest additions?
All details can be found here.
Checking it out now, I was about to install Dropbox on all the computers at my job for the extra space.
Sugarsync has been nothing but frustration lately. Thanks a bunch!
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Never mind need to upload photo/videos to get the space, just uploaded all those roms for nothing. Lol
It seems that if you upload quite a bit of data, then delete it, the new storage cap remains. So Im trying to upload as much as I can to get Dropbox to match it, then remove whatever I dont need and still keep the space.
Some people are reporting the storage isn't getting added yet but the limit is gone.
I myself haven't got anything either and I followed the steps, guess its too much at once for them to handle.
I've just uploaded 2 avi files via the desktop client, I am now at 112% space?????
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http://forums.dropbox.com/topic.php?id=53013
They said desktop app and Android app do double duty on that limit.
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Seeing as how I got an extra 48GB (totaling 51.62GB) by logging into dropbox on an ICS device, don't really need the extra 5gb, but will do so to remove the file size limit .
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Seeing as how I got an extra 48GB (totaling 51.62GB) by logging into dropbox on an ICS device, don't really need the extra 5gb, but will do so to remove the file size limit .
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51gb!
So...Referral, .Edu, Beta, ICS, what else is there?
Read the thread, folks. It says only automatic photo and video uploads count. So sitting there uploading and deleting roms isn't doing you any good.
How can I see if the upload size limit has been removed?
Why wouldn't they put the "Camera Uploads" folder under the "Photos" folder? You can't do gallery view unless they're in the Photos folder...
Oh well, I prefer using Picasa on my computer to rename and organize my pics before I upload them anywhere.
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51gb!
So...Referral, .Edu, Beta, ICS, what else is there?
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51.72 now But the extra 48GB is only for a year.
fone_fanatic said:
How can I see if the upload size limit has been removed?
Why wouldn't they put the "Camera Uploads" folder under the "Photos" folder? You can't do gallery view unless they're in the Photos folder...
Oh well, I prefer using Picasa on my computer to rename and organize my pics before I upload them anywhere.
51.72 now But the extra 48GB is only for a year.
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Oh ok, I need to grab myself an edu email to get that double referral MB.
That 48gb would be awesome if it was permanent.
I just copied over 5GB of pictures. It says its going to take 32 hours to upload :-/
It has already told me that its upgraded my Dropbox account to 2.5GB.
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Why wouldn't they put the "Camera Uploads" folder under the "Photos" folder? You can't do gallery view unless they're in the Photos folder...
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The 'Photos' (and 'Public') folders are less private than anything outside these folders. Source
From this another Dropbox help page, it says that "The Photos folder automatically creates online galleries. Any image files you move or copy to your Photos folder are automatically included in an online gallery anyone can view from the Dropbox website.". It means that you don't have to create a public view link, it's automatically created. So anyone who gets your leaked photo gallery link can enjoy them and you can't control that.
For folders outside Public and Photos, everything is private and you can selectively makes things public/private at your discretion.
I think it's good that they are not mixing up the privacy settings of Photos and Camera Uploads.
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I just copied over 5GB of pictures. It says its going to take 32 hours to upload :-/
It has already told me that its upgraded my Dropbox account to 2.5GB.
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I'm sitting in my desk recording videos then uploading it since I don't have 5gb of pictures/videos.
So glad my work has some nice upload speeds, taking advantage of it as much as I can.
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The 'Photos' (and 'Public') folders are less private than anything outside these folders. Source
From this another Dropbox help page, it says that "The Photos folder automatically creates online galleries. Any image files you move or copy to your Photos folder are automatically included in an online gallery anyone can view from the Dropbox website.". It means that you don't have to create a public view link, it's automatically created. So anyone who gets your leaked photo gallery link can enjoy them and you can't control that.
For folders outside Public and Photos, everything is private and you can selectively makes things public/private at your discretion.
I think it's good that they are not mixing up the privacy settings of Photos and Camera Uploads.
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Cool, thanks for that explanation!
Thanks red for finding this. I found this trick to upload a huge amount of files. In the camera turn the video recording to 1080p. Then press the record button and leave your phone upside down for some time. After 10 minutes the video took up 1 gb.
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You can also double your referrals (500 MB each!) with an edu email. And yes, it's retroactive
Anyone else getting a force close if you go into the app, hit "Uploads" at the top, then click "Photos or videos" at the bottom? It still uploads stuff fine so I can get the extra space. I had this FC on stock 2.3.4 and I'm getting it on SHOstock now as well.
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Thanks red for finding this. I found this trick to upload a huge amount of files. In the camera turn the video recording to 1080p. Then press the record button and leave your phone upside down for some time. After 10 minutes the video took up 1 gb.
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Did the same thing here
Few videos and I was done. They are still uploading due to slow connection but It took me few minutes to set this system
http://samsunggalaxys3review.net/tutorial-how-to-get-free-dropbox-space-up-to-5gb/
Hello!
I know Dropbox for Android (and iOS for that matter) will automatically upload pictures you take with the camera. But I want to have it also upload pictures that I save, either from a text message or from a website. Those pictures are saved to the "Downloads" folder, which I don't think Dropbox is watching for pictures. If I move pictures to the "DCIM/Camera" folder, SOMETIMES pictures will upload, but not always.
So is there a way to force Dropbox to auto-upload the pictures I save? I want that to happen so the pictures will be renamed to the date it was taken, which is why simply sharing them to Dropbox won't do.
Thanks!
Bump..also looking for an answer
Don't think so hmm. Maybe try to force a media rescan via one of those apps on the play store?
Alternatively use an app like Dropsync to do one way uploads or 2 way syncing to any folder to Dropbox.
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Dropbox does watch the Downloads folder. Actually, it monitors every folder on the USB storage partition of your phone. For example, screenshots I take on my phone get uploaded to my Dropbox as part of the "camera upload" function of the official Dropbox app, even though I don't get those pictures by using the phone's camera nor are they stored in the DCIM folder.
To see this, take a screenshot of any screen on your phone (for my wife's HTC Vivid it's Power + Volume Up, for my SGS2 Skyrocket it's Power + Home). It'll get saved to /storage/Pictures/Screenshots (your exact path name may be different depending on how your phone designates the USB storage partition of your phone - note this is note the SD card, but the accessible storage on your phone when you mount it as a USB drive when plugging it into your computer). You should eventually see that those screenshots are uploaded to the same folder on your Dropbox as all the photos you take with your phone's camera.
If you're not seeing that, I'm not sure what the issue would be. I'd recommend going to system settings > applications > dropbox > force stop > clear cache > clear data > uninstall, then reinstall Dropbox and set up camera upload again, take a few photos with the camera to make sure it works, then retaking some screenshots to make sure that that works as well.
by default, it upload to "Camera Uploads" dropbox, can I change the default folder to other folder in dropbox? sub folder?
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by default, it upload to "Camera Uploads" dropbox, can I change the default folder to other folder in dropbox? sub folder?
Thanks
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No feasible solution
I don't think dropbox watch ALL folders. I noticed pictures for Whatsapp / eye-fi / any other apps which stores pictures in their own folder do not get backed up. Please advise if anyone have solution as to enable users as to which folders they want to upload to dropbox from their Android.
I use these two apps to sync additional folders on my phone to Dropbox's Camera Uploads. It may not be the exact solution you're looking for, but it works for me.
DropSync & CloudPipes
Try pasting photos in camera folder and rename similar to photo taken with camera. That may work
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Hi,
I am very interested in these feauture. There is some solution to automatically upload pictures for other location in dropbox?
Many thanks