Just letting you all know about a new cloud storage option, similar to Dropbox but not unlike Box (minus the tiny upload limit), Google Drive, SugarSync, etc.
As a limited time launch bonus, they're offering a 5GB bonus storage to those who use a referral link.
It's as simple as click the link, sign up, confirm your email address, install the app to your phone or desktop and you're done.
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Enjoy your 10GB FREE cloud storage.
I should add that the storage is permanent, and will not expire after 2 years, unlike Dropbox's promotional storage bumps
Edit: Copy have responded to Google increasing users' storage across Google+, Google Drive etc and have decided to increase Copy users' storage to 15GB too. So forget 10GB, enjoy your 20GB
Thoughts on the app..?
Read Privacy Policy ...
Would you happen to know any details about there acceptable and Privacy policy. This is the big thing with cloud storage.Putting your data on someones cloud . Say like Box.. Is You are giving them Your data. Sugar shack is the worse.. They say your data on there service belongs to them... Similar to facebook.. .
Just cloud . and Drop box is the only one that say they will NOT Use your data in any way.. I did find a solution to all of this cloud data issue.
Its called Synology Disk Station and a 12.00 a year domain name at Go-Daddy where they allowed dns services. I love my Disk Station because my data is my data on my Computer in my Home. The Disk Station has 4 Hard drives. Mine i have 3 4 tb drives on raid 5 so it gives me 8 tb storage. about 500.00 .
If the above it to expensive check out POLKAST .. good solution to host from your computer....without a Dedicated server.
Anyway did not mean to hi jack you thread. Its just people sign up for these online storage and do NOT Understand how much they are compromising there Data and Privacy..
Good Luck..
Sorry, I don't. I haven't read it yet. Also, thanks for the tip
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sweet! Thanks for the info! I'll probably start using this after Dropbox takes away my free promo Gigs haha
erica_renee said:
Would you happen to know any details about there acceptable and Privacy policy. This is the big thing with cloud storage.Putting your data on someones cloud . Say like Box.. Is You are giving them Your data. Sugar shack is the worse.. They say your data on there service belongs to them... Similar to facebook.. .
Just cloud . and Drop box is the only one that say they will NOT Use your data in any way.. I did find a solution to all of this cloud data issue.
Its called Synology Disk Station and a 12.00 a year domain name at Go-Daddy where they allowed dns services. I love my Disk Station because my data is my data on my Computer in my Home. The Disk Station has 4 Hard drives. Mine i have 3 4 tb drives on raid 5 so it gives me 8 tb storage. about 500.00 .
If the above it to expensive check out POLKAST .. good solution to host from your computer....without a Dedicated server.
Anyway did not mean to hi jack you thread. Its just people sign up for these online storage and do NOT Understand how much they are compromising there Data and Privacy..
Good Luck..
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Just want to update what i said above Drop box and Just cloud are the only ones that i am aware of that do not take owner ship of your data. I am sure there are other good services out there as well .I got pm after posting this from a online cloud storage employee Stating they do not control no user data...
I just sign up and read the privacy policy and It seems legit imo. I didn't see any indication of them claiming your content like google services do.
YES Seems Open terms policy.and acceptable
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I just sign up and read the privacy policy and It seems legit imo. I didn't see any indication of them claiming your content like google services do.
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Actually after my post i got a private message from someone who works there.And assured me the same. I also was curious since i did start the whole check them out thing.. I Too would agree with you. But as above i will Keep my data on my Disk Station
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My Cloud Server.. I also have my website self hosted from this box. Synology has there own dns redirect server that gets thru blocked ports bad the big bad cable company.. :silly:
http://www.synology.com/products/product.php?product_name=DS413j&lang=us
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What are your speeds like compared to Dropbox?
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As much as I tried to keep my clouds limited, they quickly grew. I can't say no to free cloud storage (well, not actually free, the bigger clouds usually come along side a membership or purchase). HP cloud came with the laptop, Asus cloud with the Prime, Amazon cloud with membership and of course Dropbox, Google docs and Google music.
I don't need it all right now, nor do I use it, but I'd like a better way of keeping them organized. Right now I do it via directories and bookmarks.
I think it would be great if there were an app that let you view your clouds side by side, what is in them, space avl, etc. Keep them organized and remind you what you have! (ah he'll, Picasa counts, too)
Maybe there is a cloud link app? Or one of these clouds will let us "pull in " other clouds like we can have several email addresses.
Doesn't hurt to hope
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As much as I tried to keep my clouds limited, they quickly grew. I can't say no to free cloud storage (well, not actually free, the bigger clouds usually come along side a membership or purchase). HP cloud came with the laptop, Asus cloud with the Prime, Amazon cloud with membership and of course Dropbox, Google docs and Google music.
I don't need it all right now, nor do I use it, but I'd like a better way of keeping them organized. Right now I do it via directories and bookmarks.
I think it would be great if there were an app that let you view your clouds side by side, what is in them, space avl, etc. Keep them organized and remind you what you have! (ah he'll, Picasa counts, too)
Maybe there is a cloud link app? Or one of these clouds will let us "pull in " other clouds like we can have several email addresses.
Doesn't hurt to hope
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+1 really love the idea of such an app. Would definately make online storage more overviewable and efficienter organized / structured.
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Sandisk make an app that offers back up to the cloud and links together box, dropbox, google docs etc. Its available in the market. It is about to or has just come out of beta.
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bobbyball said:
Sandisk make an app that offers back up to the cloud and links together box, dropbox, google docs etc. Its available in the market. It is about to or has just come out of beta.
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Is this the one you are talking about?
https://market.android.com/details?...lt#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5zYW5kaXNrLm16Il0.
In ES File explorer you can manage distant storing facilities, and Dropbox and Box are natively recognized.
I'll have to see what ES File explorer can do, I do have that and use it, but if it's essentially "file manager - like" then I'm already doing that one my own. The sandisk one is great but is limited to only a handful that I use.
I'm just dreaming it would be nice to have an app that you could specify which clouds you have and have the app act like a gatekeeper - it wouldn't be able to access your clouds, except maybe total space avl, used, allow the user to give them "sub-names" for the tasks/storage each cloud will be used for.
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Is this the one you are talking about?
https://market.android.com/details?...lt#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5zYW5kaXNrLm16Il0.
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Yes that's the one. You can set it to automatically back up your device to the cloud storage or your choice.
ZeroPC Cloud Navigator HD supports a few as well.
alex1402 said:
ZeroPC Cloud Navigator HD supports a few as well.
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yeah i love that one! its better than otixo all in all but the down side is it has a limited bandwidth for free users >.< i hope that limitation would ware off
Which one do you prefer. Right now I have a Dropbox pro account that I dropped but still has membership, and I have a recurring sugar sync account which I love. But I was just wondering which do you prefer?
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Which one do you prefer. Right now I have a Dropbox pro account that I dropped but still has membership, and I have a recurring sugar sync account which I love. But I was just wondering which do you prefer?
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I personally use dropbox, mainly because it was the first one I tried and was free, have never heard of or used sugarsync. I stand by the motto of don't fix what isn't broken and having 7gb on my dropbox I don't plan on going anywhere soon.
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I personally use dropbox, mainly because it was the first one I tried and was free, have never heard of or used sugarsync. I stand by the motto of don't fix what isn't broken and having 7gb on my dropbox I don't plan on going anywhere soon.
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Dropbox for me, I only have 5GB, but that's pretty much all I need.
That's good, but I can't get referrals for the love of it.
Dropbox, but not because it's better than SugarSync. I have a ton of friends that use dropbox and with the recent 5 gigs they gave away I'm at 17 gigs of space.
That being said, I've heard great things about SugarSync so if you don't plan on sharing anything/folders with friends (Dropbox is, for the most part, the universal standard) I might give that a try too.
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That's good, but I can't get referrals for the love of it.
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It may sound like something you absolutely hate doing, but spam the hell out of your friends and family. It won't cause them any harm and you'll GREATLY appreciate the extra storage space. It took me a long time to come to terms with it, but boy was it a great decision. I sent out an email explaining that I was helping friends coordinate a programming project and that by them signing up it helped us out a lot with school. Worked like a charm (though it was all true. lol).
What? no one signed up for Asus Web Storage when they got their prime?
I still use dropbox, but signed up for a Asus account thru my Prime and they give you 8 GB of storage instead of the 2 GB that anyone else gets.
Why not just use Tonido and use your own computer and as much space as you want? By using Tonido I don't have to worry about space anymore.
I use Dropbox and Dropsync to keep important docs local and in sync. That way I don't rely on wifi... Works great for me. Go check out their blog to see if they still have the recent beta going where each 500MB in photos and video you sync automatically gives an equal amount of storage up to 5GB.
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DB for sure. Google the 2.0.9 apk and it now has unlimited uploaded & there is a way yo get 500gb free instant & then 4.5gb free for uploading during the beta.
Plus the new version can sync photos & bids instantly when taken.
Ya I'm doing it, but I only received the initial 500mb then after upload automatically I got nothing. What the 2.09 APk I don't understand.
With 2.0.9 every 500mb you upload with their new upload feature will give you 500mb up to 5gb. Many of us all got the 5gb as I just made 500mb vids & uploaded them.
Yes I just did it too. It seems the google Adwords is a great way to do this too huh?
I've used Dropbox for a while and will continue to - I have several shared folders set up that are very useful. I did sign up for the 8gb from Asus and the 50gb promotion from Box. Those along with misc cloud storage that came with my laptop and printer (he'll, not to mention Google Docs and Music)...... I'm pretty well set I use them for different things and so easy I've not used at all yet.
just use vmware and set some virtual machines up, u'll get 16gb in no time(had an .edu email so it gave me double), so far i got 23.88gb from dropbox.
wouldve been more if i didnt miss that 1gb scavenger hunt thing
Sugarsync for me
I use Sugarsync and it works well. The main reason I picked it over Dropbox was the ability to select multiple separate directories to sync (vs just one Dropbox directory). You also can choose which directories to sync between which PCs (not all dirs have to be synced between all PCs). Very handy. However, Sugarsync has two large holes (that are supposed to be filled this year) - you can't sync a directory on a USB drive, and you have to sync with the cloud (vs getting data directly from a local PC).
Agree on Dropbox, tried them both and its better on android.
Dropsync is very nice for tablets/phones too. got on my prime and sgs2 for convenient sync with no hassles
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NAS Server
You should check out a NAS Server. Set up your own cloud and stream your content wherever you are!
Synology DS212j is a pretty neat little machine!
I have used SugarSync for about 18 months. I am liking how they are agressively updating it and appear to be trying to gain traction in a very competitive market by improving the product. It works well for me on my TFP 201. I have the 100 gig storage plan.
Dropbox
Currently using Dropbox and loving it. I have the 50Gb account that is up to 54.5 with referrals, beta etc. This may change though when Google deploys Drive.
I've used both, and Sugarsync wins just for the ability to sync multiple independent folders. I know there are some workarounds in DB, but I don't want workarounds. I like the ability to just click on a folder and share it immediately, and still keep it where I want it. It's pretty easy to get above the given 5Gb too, with a little legwork. I got up to 6.5Gb in 15 minutes by jumping through their hoops. Also, the interface is pretty easy to work with. I had formerly used Windows Live Mesh, which was quick to sync, and can work peer to peer (still use it on my LAN because it's so quick, and no file limits via P2P). Unfortunately there are few mobile clients for Mesh. So Sugarsync wins for me.
I read today some Google account have Google Drive enabled, so is it true or not? If it's true, what do you think about it? Dropbox is out?
I'm pretty content with Dropbox. A Problem I see with using Google Drive is that more and more data from and about me would be on Google's servers. My eMail, Calendar etc. is already there and I think it is a good idea to spread the data a little bit.
Dropbox has native Linux support. As long as they do I can't see why I would ever switch to Google.
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There's quite a lot of chatter about it at the moment, but it seems to all stem from 1 person saying they've got it. Not sure whether it's true or not. Either way, I'm all over this as soon as it's out.
gullz said:
I'm pretty content with Dropbox. A Problem I see with using Google Drive is that more and more data from and about me would be on Google's servers. My eMail, Calendar etc. is already there and I think it is a good idea to spread the data a little bit.
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But don't they have that data because it's best for them to integrate it all for you and because you prefer their services to anyone else?
If Google becomes evil (or, like the Emperor, we see they're evil) will it matter if your files are stored with them or not?
Google Storage
It looks like Google is following everyone else into "The Cloud"....somewhere far away on the internets is a gas/water vapor mix that holds mass amounts of your data.
I kind of like Amazon Cloud services better than Google but at least Google is trying something new...sort of.
I am partial to DropBox, and I know alot of other folks that are as well.
It seems bold to go up against DropBox for cloud storage, but if anyone could grab marketshare, it would be Google.
gullz said:
I'm pretty content with Dropbox. A Problem I see with using Google Drive is that more and more data from and about me would be on Google's servers. My eMail, Calendar etc. is already there and I think it is a good idea to spread the data a little bit.
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Totally agree with you, spread the data is necessary.
skydrive>>dropbox 25gb of free space or 2gb of free space.. if google gives me as much as microsoft i might change because i have an android phone and there will prob be a good app... but skydrive is just to much free space to give up
I might use it just so it's easily integrated.
Its not necessary
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tbh
I dont fully understand what it does! I will research it now
what is google drive?
Gregus59 said:
Totally agree with you, spread the data is necessary.
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Whole-heartedly agreeing.
I like dropbox a lot it integrates well with everything !
Dropbox seems to do it for me for now. 3gb is enough to back up all my doc files and apks.
Google Drive seems really a good service starting, the developers and custom rom makers don't need to always backup their stuffs every time they test new roms.
Though it won't be trending in countries like India and some of asia, because we have huge Data rates over here and to upload stuffs to Google Drive would take a hell loads of Data.
I think it will do well. Dropbox will be hard to beat for sure, but at least it's not like Google plus trying to take out the behemoth that is facebook
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I don't know why people would even honestly wonder if they should switch to gDrive... I have dropbox, and even 10gb of storage, through various beta testing rewards. If gDrive gave me the kind of space that Dropbox has given me (not the disgusting 2gb you start with) then i would totally switch as long as it worked the same.
If it were the exact same service, but from google, and with more space offered freely, why wouldn't you switch...?
people have said a bunch that they want their data spread out, don't want to have EVERYTHING on google, but seriously why not? your email is there, some docs already, music perhaps... what is a little more?
It's arrived in April with 5g free, good thing, no? Better like dropbox...
Just for those who don't know. Google Drive is up and running. Super cheap plans compared to other companies. 5gb free
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Hell its nice. Throwing them 2 50 " month for the 25 gigs too, maybe they can buy themselves an ice cream or something
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thronnos said:
Just for those who don't know. Google Drive is up and running. Super cheap plans compared to other companies. 5gb free
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Don't use it... Read the t.o.s. Google can take your files and do what they please with them... Stick with dropbox and dev-host...
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The verge did a in depth comparison of the tos and they really don't look much different than the others. It's just google has to use more general words as they have a unifies tos for all their services. They also state in the terms of service something like "we always acquire permission to use data uploaded from you publicly" or something like that. Personally its google.. If I'm willing to use thier other services with the same tos I don't obviously care enough to not use drive. But that's just me
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3rd party apps
hi guys.
if i may ask. what is the best 3rd party google drive apps for android?
i was a noob dropbox user before this. hundreds of files in them.
in dropbox official apps, i have to download them 1 by 1.
however, after trying tons of apps for dropbox, i have met dropsync.
i love it. it syncs CORRECTLY, immediate sync after changes is detected, and it have apps for pc n mac too!
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but i have problem with the storage in dropbox, too little.
and, google drive came. i love it, it fast, it have big capacity, it have desktop apps.
again, the same problem i face with my android. i have to select each file 1 by 1 to download them aka make available offline.
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enough of explaination.
again, i would like to ask, have you guys found an awesome 3rd party apps to automatically sync files in and out google drive to my android device?
thanks!
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hi guys.
if i may ask. what is the best 3rd party google drive apps for android?
i was a noob dropbox user before this. hundreds of files in them.
in dropbox official apps, i have to download them 1 by 1.
however, after trying tons of apps for dropbox, i have met dropsync.
i love it. it syncs CORRECTLY, immediate sync after changes is detected, and it have apps for pc n mac too!
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but i have problem with the storage in dropbox, too little.
and, google drive came. i love it, it fast, it have big capacity, it have desktop apps.
again, the same problem i face with my android. i have to select each file 1 by 1 to download them aka make available offline.
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enough of explaination.
again, i would like to ask, have you guys found an awesome 3rd party apps to automatically sync files in and out google drive to my android device?
thanks!
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Quick answer would be no. Google Drive is so new, that 3rd party apps haven't been created yet. I personally don't even think google has releases the API's for developers to create apps off it yet. (although I could be wrong)
Just have to wait a little longer I'm afraid
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One of my good friends is a PEN tester and a Dev for IBM. He uses Googles apps to basically run his life, he is a private contractor for a few groups and has to schedual his life hour to hour, he calims Google helps him to be able to do this efficiently. Coming from a guy who has spoke a few times at DEFCON about Oracle and JAVA vulnerabilities, ill trust them. You don't want it stolen, don't put it in a cloud. THE END
Hi,
I am a new user here.
My sister in law's i9100 had "died" today. While she was driving using a navigation app and talking via the bluetooth device the S2 just went black.
She could not start it. She tried with 2 batteries and 2 chargers but nothing seems to work.
A technician tried to revive it but did not help. He told her he did 2 things:
1. Heated up the "max chip" (I assume it is the max8997 chip that is part of the electric circuit).
2. He removed a resistor (He told her it is like the appendix, that sometimes it causes trouble and you just remove it).
I don't know if the device can enter download or recovery mode, I'll have the device in a couple of days.
The device is 18-22 month old.
The ROM was a custom based stock ROM 4.1.2. Very stable ROM. She has this ROM for 8 month at least.
The kernel PhilZ I think V. 4.
There is DATA on the i9100 that has no backups. That is the most important thing!
1. Does anyone know this issue to happen in i9100 device?
2. Is there a way to extract the data?
3. If I'll be able to access the download mode (maybe with a jig) and flash a stock ROM, will I be able to access the data or will it be erased?
4. Any great ideas?
Thanks!
Only very slim chance of recovery (and that's if it's possible, which I very much doubt) is a company who specialises in recovery of data from dead HDD's. Expect this to be very expensive if possible. Otherwise, it's gone. No chance of recovering it.
Fix is motherboard replacement, either a new one by a Samsung service centre (expensive option), or a 2nd hand one you source (look online) & either swap yourself, or pay a local mobile repair shop to do it (cheaper option).
You might as well try a jig, but don't get one with the expectation of it working, you'll only end up disappointed as it's highly unlikely to work.
I'm sure people will give you a whole bunch of rubbish suggestions which won't work & will only give you false hope though.
Thanks for your reply!
Oh well, I sent the device to a lab who experts in recovering data. I hope my sister in law will use now a cloud backup (Do you recommend dropbox / copy / picasa / other services? The backup is mainly for photos & videos).
I need to fill in a captcha every time I post a message. Is that because I'm a new user in the XDA?
Never used picasa or copy.....
With dropbox you only get 2gb of free storage.....
I prefer mediafire as you get 50gb free.
You can also get CX which gives you 10gb.
All three have smartphone apps.
And capcha (I think) = new member for the first 10 posts.......
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Wow, Thanks for your super fast reply!
I never heard of mediafire, looked on their website, looks good.
With the android app, is it possible to configure sync only on wifi?
If they have a referral bonus I'll be glad to subscribe with a link you'll post and you'll get more free space.
Does mediafire work like dropbox? A local folder on your PC etc. (Copy does. I use their service. You get 15GB for free or 20 GB if you subscribe with referral, I can post one from my account. I love their "fair storage for all" (see youtube video #m36ZMdE-vro or google "fair storage for all" [I can't post a link, new user... ])
As far as I can tell, there's no "auto sync" feature with media fire, so there's no setting to upload only via wi fi. You open the app and press settings, and you have options to take a photo or video which (I guess) would then be uploaded, but otherwise YOU have to initiate the upload process. And as far as the PC version goes......no, there is no mediafire sync folder on your PC, so auto sync will not start as soon as you open the program. It is one of the more basic cloud storage options available, but the trade off is the increased allocated free storage available........
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Look into Mega.......
If you're going to use cloud providers, encrypt your data before you upload it. Otherwise, don't use them & make multiple copies of data stored locally.
I would suggest Microsoft skydrive
I believe they give free 7 gb of space...I got 25gb a while back for free lifetime