I am running a beta build of ICS on my Samsung Galaxy S, and flash it every few weeks as and when better builds come out. Like most of you might know, ICS supports high resolution contact photos but Google contacts (online) doesn’t. Therefore every time I flash, I lose all my locally stored high res contact photos.
Is there an app that allows me to sync contact photos from my hard disk or a folder on the phone ? I know there are few apps that allow facebook photo synching, but I’m not big fan of facebook , and I have many contacts who do not have facebook accounts or not in my friend circles. EDIT: same goes for Google+ and whatever popular social media networks out there. So I prefer to do it from a local storage. Any one know of something like that ?
maybe with sugarsync
Sad to say, I find iOS comfortable, and have done since the first iPhone.
I digressed with an Galaxy S3 for a couple of months, but then it was not for me.
No I´m tempted by the Sonys Xperia Z1, as it features some of the things I loved about my old Sony Ericcson K800. Dedicated camera button, superior camera, and the remote headset option, witch I loved in its time. The gourgeous IPS screen and waterproofing also is a killer, and the more simple UI compared to touchwiz is tempting.
But heres my concern:
On the iPhone, iCloud gives me wireless automatic backup of my deice. Absolutely no stress to restore it. iCloud provides automatic syncronizing of my contacts, my notes(use this one alot) and calendar between devices (mac, ipad and iphone). iCloud also gives me an option to locate my phone by gps if lost. I have a friend who left her phone on the roof of her car, and drove away. iCloud led her back to an almost unharmed phone.
Lots of things are **** about the Apple limitations, but those things mentioned above are golden for me, therefore:
Were are Android at this stage?
1 - At wireless automatic backup and restore?
2 - At wireless automatic syncing of notes, calendar and contacts?
Are there integrated solutions, or do you put together your own solution by picking from different providers?
Android users views and comments about this are much appreciated.
Google automatically backs up contacts, if you login to your google account on your device. And dropbox is very good cloud service, so add your media to there.
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monkeywithbanana said:
Google automatically backs up contacts, if you login to your google account on your device. And dropbox is very good cloud service, so add your media to there.
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Oh..thanks. Yes of course google does the contacts and calender. I´ve been away too long
But how about the notes? Do you Android folks have a note app you sync with your computer and other devices?
Evernote is an app for that.
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Evernote is an app for that.
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Thanks alot. Evernote looks totally rad, and far beyond anything else I´ve ever used.
With privilege comes responsibility
jrrasch said:
Sad to say, I find iOS comfortable, and have done since the first iPhone.
I digressed with an Galaxy S3 for a couple of months, but then it was not for me.
No I´m tempted by the Sonys Xperia Z1, as it features some of the things I loved about my old Sony Ericcson K800. Dedicated camera button, superior camera, and the remote headset option, witch I loved in its time. The gourgeous IPS screen and waterproofing also is a killer, and the more simple UI compared to touchwiz is tempting.
But heres my concern:
On the iPhone, iCloud gives me wireless automatic backup of my deice. Absolutely no stress to restore it. iCloud provides automatic syncronizing of my contacts, my notes(use this one alot) and calendar between devices (mac, ipad and iphone). iCloud also gives me an option to locate my phone by gps if lost. I have a friend who left her phone on the roof of her car, and drove away. iCloud led her back to an almost unharmed phone.
Lots of things are **** about the Apple limitations, but those things mentioned above are golden for me, therefore:
Were are Android at this stage?
1 - At wireless automatic backup and restore?
2 - At wireless automatic syncing of notes, calendar and contacts?
Are there integrated solutions, or do you put together your own solution by picking from different providers?
Android users views and comments about this are much appreciated.
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Well, contacts, calendar, documents (google docs - if your wise) , pictures (google+ or FB), music (google music), wallpaper and system settings are auto backed up to gmail. Nothing to do EVER, and nothing to BUY either!
Need more? OK. Go SMS which destroys all other SMS clients anyway will backup sms to sd card, google drive, dropbox, or their own server free.
Apps -- auto synced to play store or many 3rd party apps (no root needed).
So what's missing????
No need to perform a backup or restore either! When you sign into your google account on phone setup - it just does it . Thats all.
Oh, and since you can actually look at your phones files you can just copy and paste.
Suggested apps to look into
Go SMS, Go Backup, Helium, G Drive, Google+, Astro, ES File Explorer, etc etc
garvus said:
Well, contacts, calendar, documents (google docs - if your wise) , pictures (google+ or FB), music (google music), wallpaper and system settings are auto backed up to gmail. Nothing to do EVER, and nothing to BUY either!
Need more? OK. Go SMS which destroys all other SMS clients anyway will backup sms to sd card, google drive, dropbox, or their own server free.
Apps -- auto synced to play store or many 3rd party apps (no root needed).
So what's missing????
No need to perform a backup or restore either! When you sign into your google account on phone setup - it just does it . Thats all.
Oh, and since you can actually look at your phones files you can just copy and paste.
Suggested apps to look into
Go SMS, Go Backup, Helium, G Drive, Google+, Astro, ES File Explorer, etc etc
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Okay , why doesn't Google provide a global back up of the phone ? it's really frustrating that we have to use third party apps to back up things separately, why sin't contact and SMS back up supported and built in the android system, even media, this is really a hassle and clutters my phone every time i am migrating to a new device, i hope the day comes where back up is unified in one single option!
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Okay , why doesn't Google provide a global back up of the phone ? it's really frustrating that we have to use third party apps to back up things separately, why sin't contact and SMS back up supported and built in the android system, even media, this is really a hassle and clutters my phone every time i am migrating to a new device, i hope the day comes where back up is unified in one single option!
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For SMS that is due to the different ways each OEM sets up the SMS databases. If you restore the data base from sense to a touch wiz rom you will have issues. With Apple you only have one os. With Android each device has its own distro of the os and works very differently.
Hello, i am new in the community and to Android too. I just got a Note 3 so I will be around a lot from now on. Here are my questions:
1) How i can get the most out of my ios backup in general, apps, contacts etc...
In other words: How i transfer all my contacts from iOS to Android? Including picture, phones and emails info.
2)I have all my music organized in itunes, including album art, lyrics and selected songs to sync with my phone. Which is the best program to administrate my phone now and how i make sure all these organization does not get messed up?
3) Any other tips about switching from IOS to the latest Android are welcomed!
I got this questions from another forum but the replies dint convinve me at all.
4) and which is the right way to update to kitkat without loosing all the note 3's feature like air gestures and s pen features and apps?
My PC is windows 8. Please detailed answers.
Thanks
Should be able to add a gmail account to syn contacts from iOS, don't use macs or apple so not 100% but look there for starters
Should be able to use Google play music to sync all from iTunes on PC
Not tips that I know of
Best to ask that in note3 forum
Sorry don't know much about iOS as I've never liked it much so I guess I'm not sure why I'm responding... Ah smoke break and need to use xda... Rambiling now...
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demkantor said:
Should be able to add a gmail account to syn contacts from iOS, don't use macs or apple so not 100% but look there for starters
Should be able to use Google play music to sync all from iTunes on PC
Not tips that I know of
Best to ask that in note3 forum
Sorry don't know much about iOS as I've never liked it much so I guess I'm not sure why I'm responding... Ah smoke break and need to use xda... Rambiling now...
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Still thanks for the answer it will help me fix my main post. Things ill add. I am in windows. I just want to know how to sync the ios contacts to the note 3 using my pc windows of course. Same for my notes. About google play, i kinda knew i had to use google play but how i avoid loosing all the lyrics, album art from itunes. It took me months to organize all also i have selected songs in itunes that are the one i want to sync to my note 3 same as i did with my iphone.
I hope this helps!
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Hello, i am new in the community and to Android too. I just got a Note 3 so I will be around a lot from now on. Here are my questions:
1) How i can get the most out of my ios backup in general, apps, contacts etc...
In other words: How i transfer all my contacts from iOS to Android? Including picture, phones and emails info.
2)I have all my music organized in itunes, including album art, lyrics and selected songs to sync with my phone. Which is the best program to administrate my phone now and how i make sure all these organization does not get messed up?
3) Any other tips about switching from IOS to the latest Android are welcomed!
I got this questions from another forum but the replies dint convinve me at all.
4) and which is the right way to update to kitkat without loosing all the note 3's feature like air gestures and s pen features and apps?
My PC is windows 8. Please detailed answers.
Thanks
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This is from an article on CNET, sorry I can't post any links yet since I'm new to this forum.
"Before you begin setting up your Android device, you're going to need a Google account, be it a Google Apps or Gmail account. It's not required on an Android device, but if you're going to take advantage of all that Android has to offer, you'll want to sign up for one. You'll be asked to log in to this account during the initial setup process on your Android device. If you skipped this step and want to go back and add the account later, you can go to Settings > Accounts > Add Account > Google. This same process can be followed to add another type of account (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc.).
Contacts, Calendar and Mail
If your contacts are syncing from your iPhone to Gmail, transferring them will be a breeze. Just make sure you sign into your Android device using the same account you use on your iPhone and make sure Contact sync is enabled. For other accounts, such as Yahoo, you'll need to export your contact list from the Web site for the account. You can typically find this in settings for your account. Or, some carriers offer a free app in the App Store built specifically for transferring your contacts. Verizon and AT&T have apps that do just that.
Should you be an iCloud user, you can still use your iCloud account to sync calendars and contacts to your Android device, but you're going to have to purchase a couple of apps. I have talked about one of the apps before, called SmoothSync for Cloud Contacts; the calendar app is called SmoothSync for Cloud Calendar. These two apps will add your iCloud account to your Android device, allowing you to keep your iPad or Mac in sync with your Android device. This comes in especially useful if you're sharing an iCloud calendar with a family member and don't want to force him or her to switch to Google Calendar just because you've switched to Android.
Music
Perhaps one of the quickest steps of moving from an iPhone to Android is getting your music collection on your new device. What you'll need to do is download the Google Music app to your computer and point it at your music collection. Google will then store your music in the cloud, up to 20,000 songs for free, and let you stream it on your shiny new Android device via the Music app. Anytime you add new music to your catalog, the Music Manager app will automatically upload and sync it to your Android device for you.
If using Google Music isn't possible for you, you can drag-and-drop the music on your computer into the Music folder (create one if it's not present) on your Android device via a USB connection. Mac users will have to use the Android File Transfer app to access their device's storage.
Photos
With the introduction of iCloud and its Photo Stream service, getting photos off your iOS device is easy. Using iPhoto on a Mac, or installing the iCloud Control Panel on a Windows machine you can conveniently grab photos from your iPhone and then sync them to your Android device via USB or through your Google+ account.
For videos on your iPhone, you'll need to use iTunes, iPhoto, or a file explorer to grab the files. Using a program like iExplorer, Image Capture (found in the Utilities folder on a Mac), or the native Windows File Explorer taking the files off your device is simple.
Going forward, you can sync photos from your Android device to your computer via USB, or by installing the Dropbox app and enabling its Camera Upload feature. Rather not mess with a file explorer? The Dropbox Camera Upload feature is another method to get photos off of your iPhone and on to your computer."
Hi- Some of this information may have been posted by "Moreno2.0" but I wanted to give you some info very concisely.
1. From what I can tell, if you have already been syncing your contacts with google, you're set. If not, you may have to export your contacts and then import them into gmail (should be a relatively easy procedure.) I found the following site that may assist you with this and your music. http://goo.gl/OsGcPe
2. Google Play Music SHOULD import all your album art, etc.
3. The biggest thing about Android is the fact that if you want your phone to do something, most likely you can. You chose the #1 Android development related forum to come to, and you should definitely stay active around here (at least checking out what projects people are working on etc.) to help your experience a lot. A ton of the apps I use daily I probably wouldn't have heard about until I came here. Not everything makes Editor's Choice on Google Play.
4. I don't see how you would lose your features if you use an official update method. Most of the time you will update via OTA (over the air) and your phone will notify you that you have an update ready to install. I'm not familiar with your device's specifics, but if you check out its related forum- you may find that you can Odin (Samsung Tool) update to 4.4 or another software release in the future.
Welcome to Android, and please feel free to personally message me if you have any questions. I'm not a developer (yet, working on that), but I know quite a bit. I'm an iOS convert myself.
-Melamunna
I had been using Dropbox for Camera Uploads that I take with my phone so that I know I have them backed up, but Dropbox has such a low storage that I wanted to turn to Google Drive/Google Photos.
Ever since I made the attempted change, it's been a huge headache. From what I've gathered, if you use Auto Backup for your phone, photos that you take will be uploaded to Google Photos BUT not into ANY album and simply sorted by date. Even local files that are neatly organized into folders are just thrown into Google Photos, forcing you to hope you can find that one photo you are looking for.
Of course, you can put those photos into albums AFTER you back them up/upload them but that's a huge pain in the arse to do, so why do they NOT have it organized by folders/albums? Is there no way to do this? I also wanted to be able to do that by having my photos from my desktop to backup to Google Photos but it is a hellish nightmare trying to sort through all of them.
I've searched and searched for questions related to Google Photos but almost none of them have been found, thus I am asking here. Does anyone have anything to help me? I just want to be able to organize my photos (around 2k worth) and not have to take a day or two just to sort my photos in albums when they should be in the first place. :/
Never use it myself, but the Help page here: https://support.google.com/plus/answer/1647509 describes how to set up the folders to backup. Maybe that'll do it?
I would like all of the existing Photos, videos, etc in my Google Photos (or Drive) to sync to the Samsung Gallery app on this new S9+. I've done searches and I can't seem to find a clear cut answer as to how to accomplish this. For now I'm using Photos as the default photo/video gallery app. Please just bear with me, I've been using Google Nexus products for so long that I've become used to the stock Android experience and almost strictly using native Google apps for everything. Thanks in advance.