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just saw this on fb:
We’re happy to share the good news with you here, first. We recently partnered with Dropbox! So, now Dropbox will come pre-installed on all Android phones, giving you 5GB of storage!
that's pretty sick. my personal acct only has 3 gigs, and that was after a bunch of invites too. exciting!
Cool beans. Can never have too much storage space.
I haven't really looked into cloud storage but how safe is it?
well, apparnetly dropbox was breached a month or two back, or something stupid like that.......i don't really care though because i don't put anything important or vital in it lol but apparently they fixed the issue and whatnot
or you can ask the OP nicely here and they can make you a free 50gb storage account.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1242113
or here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1293877
holy balls!
jayochs said:
holy balls!
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Never looked back.
600 MB additional free storage
Hi all
Just found a smart way to increase your Dropbox account with 600 MB:
1 Sign into your existing Dropbox account (or create a new account)
2 Goto https://www.dropbox.com/free
3 Follow instructions ... and voila 600 MB additional free storage
seems to be another dropbox type site, but I got 10GB right off the get go. Just thought I would let everyone know about it.
If interested, please use the link in my sig.
Btw, they tweeted earlier that you can get up to 50GB for free when signing up.
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Get up to 50GB for free.
http://min.us/rbgKdTcl
I got 25GB when I signed up with this link:
http://min.us/rbmF5nv2
I'll look into this! There is a hack You can look up on these forums that allow you to get 50 GB of free storage on box.net too
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ArmanUV said:
I got 25GB when I signed up with this link:
http://min.us/rbmF5nv2
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Sneaky.
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Get up to 50GB for free.
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The box.net you have to sign up with more than one email for a collaboration account we(TRN) use one to share files between devs I may need to look into this one for personal use tho, how are the upload speeds I used opensync for a while but it took forever to upload anything u were limited to 500mb at a time and upload bandwidth was low Id say 100kbps Max so I gave up I just sync to and external drive for my backups now
We are legion, for we are many
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The box.net you have to sign up with more than one email for a collaboration account we(TRN) use one to share files between devs I may need to look into this one for personal use tho, how are the upload speeds I used opensync for a while but it took forever to upload anything u were limited to 500mb at a time and upload bandwidth was low Id say 100kbps Max so I gave up I just sync to and external drive for my backups now
We are legion, for we are many
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Not true, I have 50gb on my box.net account, it was for just sony phones I think? But we could get it too if we modified it to act like we are on one.
Oh we got ours by signing up will all of our emails we've had it for about 2.5 months now tho
We are legion, for we are many
I hate to say it, I have yet to upload anything to it yet. I think I am going to try to throw my wallpapers and pics on it to start.
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Uploading seems to go pretty quick. Not quite as easy to navigate as dropbox, or share to be honest. But for the amount of space, I am still a supporter.
Enjoy
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eazy1818 said:
Uploading seems to go pretty quick. Not quite as easy to navigate as dropbox, or share to be honest. But for the amount of space, I am still a supporter.
Enjoy
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Did u try the app yet? It's on the market I just selected my whole rom folder and uploaded it while I slept 4 of 9 files failed due to network error probably were interrupted by a backup or something
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-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
Did u try the app yet? It's on the market I just selected my whole rom folder and uploaded it while I slept 4 of 9 files failed due to network error probably were interrupted by a backup or something
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Yeah, not to shabby. I was under my wifi. Threw a couple songs, and pics up. I will still say I like the user interface of dropbox better still. But again you can't beat the amount of storage you get.
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Get up to 50GB of storage for free.
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I got 11gb when I signed up not bad big enough to back up both of my androids too
Edit: I found the app easier to navigate and easier to upload with from mobile since my browser kept getting killed in the background
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-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
I got 11gb when I signed up not bad big enough to back up both of my androids too
Edit: I found the app easier to navigate and easier to upload with from mobile since my browser kept getting killed in the background
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Kinda forgot about this. Yes the app is a lot more straight forward than trying to do it from the web page.
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Get up to 50GB of storage for free.
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I wrote this guide for those of you, like myself, that are new to using Dropbox. Since T-Mobile and Sprint are offering 50GB free for two years I decided to try it out. So far I've been very impressed with it. Hopefully this guide will help you maximize your Dropbox experience.
Setting up your Dropbox account:
During the initial phone setup there is a screen showing the 50 GB free offer. I signed up at this time. (If anyone can confirm if you can get back to this screen later please let me know and I'll add it back to the guide. I assume you can get back to it by going back into Dropbox on your phone if you haven't sign up yet but I wont be able to test this unless I reset my phone which I wont be able to do until next week because I have family in town for my son's first Bday and don't have time to re-setup everything yet. )
If you already have a Dropbox account log in from the phones offer screen using your current account. If you don't have an account yet you can make an account on your phone, but I would advise making one ahead of time on a computer to take advantage of an extra 500MB from a referral. If you have a friend that uses Dropbox ask them for their referral link. They will gladly give you this because they (and you) will get an extra 500MB for the referral. You just click the link they provide and provide a name, email address, and a password. Then after the account is setup, use that login information on your phone. If you don't have any friends that use Dropbox yet, feel free to use my referral link for the extra 500MB (http://db.tt/Msdz5Yxe)
When you login to your account you will not see the 50GB yet. Don't be alarmed. You will receive an email explaining that you need to do the "Get Started" guide once you do five of the seven steps in "Get Started" you will be awarded your 50GB. These steps are easy things like complete the Dropbox walkthrough, install Dropbox on another computer, upload files to Dropbox, etc. They walk you through all of the steps.
How to get more storage for free:
If you want more free storage there are a few things you can do:
Upload files from your phone camera or other USB device - You get up to 3GB of free space by uploading pictures to drop box. 500MB increments until you've uploaded 3GB. Sounds like you can get 3GB from Phone upload and another 3GB from uploads from computer client but I've only been able to get 3GB total. If anyone else can confirm this please let me know.
Refer friends - you get 500 MB (and so do your referrals) for each person you refer, up to 16GB
"Get Free Space!" - You'll notice a get free space link at the top right of the Web interface there are all sorts of little things you can do to get more space like write a comment to Dropbox and connecting your Twitter or Facebook account with Dropbox.
Scavenger hunts - Periodically DropBox will do scavenger hunts were you can get free storage for participating. The most recent scavenger hunt is closed, but here is a link showing some info about what it is http://blog.dropbox.com/?p=1194
It's not free, but you can also pay for more storage if you need more.
Security:
If you are security conscious you can encrypt your data before you put it on Dropbox. Truecrypt works well for PCs. I'm researching options for android and will add that info here.
I have not tried this yet but I'm going to try to use Cryptonite to see how well it works
http://code.google.com/p/cryptonite/
Other Tips:
I plan on putting my KeePass database in Dropbox so that I have my passwords everywhere. There is an Android implementation of Keepass on Google play
If you have any other tips for Dropbox please let me know and I'll add them here.
NOTE: Keep in mind this 50 free GB is a 2 year promo by Dropbox and Samsung and at the end of the 2 years you will need to purchase storage from Dropbox or move your data elsewhere. Still pretty cool for 2 years though. You will get to keep 2GB of the 50 for free plus any of the free space you earned using the techniques above.
It has been said in the dropbox forums that if you have free space in your dropbox account already, such as 5gb, that the 50gb is added to that free space. So if you had 5gb of free space now that you would end up with 55gb. Can this be confirmed?
lensgrabber said:
It has been said in the dropbox forums that if you have free space in your dropbox account already, such as 5gb, that the 50gb is added to that free space. So if you had 5gb of free space now that you would end up with 55gb. Can this be confirmed?
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Yes...I, for example, have 77gb space.
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1buprofen said:
How to get more storage for free:
If you want more free storage there are a few things you can do:
Upload files from your phone camera or other USB device - You get 3GB of free space by uploading pictures to drop box.
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Its UP TO 3GB, you have to transfer 3GB of pics from phone to drop box, it will increment in 500MB chunks
Also works the same for setting up the drop box pc app to sync via usb to your drop box when you plug in your device, also another 3gb possible, again in 500mb chunks
Not sure if they are still doing this, but they were also giving 3GB for syncing your videos / pics from PC to drop box, but that was a beta offer and i think you had to be doing the sync beta a couple months ago
Also there was "Drop Box Adventure 2" basically an internet scavenger hunt a couple weeks back, might try googling it and see if they still have that up, i think that was a gig or 2
I can also confirm that if you have an existing account with drop box that the 50GB will add to your existing pool, I for example have 59.9gb of storage
Also keep in mind that these 50GB will only be available to us for 2 years, after which time you will need to pay, i believe its 99/yr for 50gb
Still waiting on my 23GB from my One S and I completed the Getting Started a long time ago, hopefully I get my extra 48GB with my SGS3
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Its UP TO 3GB, you have to transfer 3GB of pics from phone to drop box, it will increment in 500MB chunks
Also works the same for setting up the drop box pc app to sync via usb to your drop box when you plug in your device, also another 3gb possible, again in 500mb chunks
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Thanks I'll update my guide.
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Also there was "Drop Box Adventure 2" basically an internet scavenger hunt a couple weeks back, might try googling it and see if they still have that up, i think that was a gig or 2
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Thanks, I searched for the scavenger hunt you talked about but it appears to have ended. Looks like they will have future ones though.
WinDroidGuy said:
Still waiting on my 23GB from my One S and I completed the Getting Started a long time ago, hopefully I get my extra 48GB with my SGS3
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After I did Getting Started the extra 48GB showed up right away. Not sure what happened for your One S but hopefully you'll see the extra storage right away for the GS3 like me.
Help me, i am student and need more space in my drop box, if you use my student link account, i will get 500 megs everyone who signs up using the link in my signature, and you will also earn the same.
signup to dropbox cloud using the link in my signature
if this thread is not allowed, please excuse me, and i will remove, thanks
Yeah, not allowed. Its not a "deal".
Don't see why you need more space if you're a student though.
theghazi said:
Help me, i am student and need more space in my drop box, if you use my student link account, i will get 500 megs everyone who signs up using the link in my signature, and you will also earn the same.
signup to dropbox cloud using the link in my signature
if this thread is not allowed, please excuse me, and i will remove, thanks
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LOL.
you know wht you get 1 GB fee for not being Student!
My DropBox is 85GB. I can teach you how...
Teach us
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avataranjie said:
Teach us
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It'll only work if you have under 20GB. It can get you 75GB.
chrischoi said:
It'll only work if you have under 20GB. It can get you 75GB.
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Do explain yourself xD
chrischoi said:
It'll only work if you have under 20GB. It can get you 75GB.
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Ok, I have 9GB, please tell.
You sign up for Google ads and get free money on it.. then you link those adds to your drop box. When you have the preset "x amount" of adds you wanted to use all free ad money. Stop it and freeze account. With adds u can get a lot of drop box space
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Or just sign up for G-Drive (5GB Free, which all G-Docs do not count to data limit)
Or Cubby.com (Also 5 GB) (I have invites)
Or Box.net (50GB when you signup from an Android Tablet)
Or SkyDrive (Don't know Limit, but higher than DropBox)
Or... do it like me. Had an HTC One X, got 25 GBs from there. Traded up to a Samsung Galaxy S3, and got an additional 50 GBs. Have 75 GBs and all I did was sign in on my phone.
Magical, eh?
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Skydrive gives you 7GB free upon sign-up and has an Android app coming very soon.
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Ok, so the problem I have is I want to do a backup of about 30gb of photos. However, most of the mentioned solutions cost too much or do not have a method to upload folders of photos, they want individual files chosen. I have a 25gb sky drive and a 50gb box.net.
You can't possibly expect a service to be cheap.
Just buy a backup HDD then.
Sorry, can't allow it.
Use the Referral thread in Off Topic
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=840940
I recently bought i9505 and what I know is that it should come with 50gig storage with dropbox. when i registered using my existing account, i only have 2gig which i have for the past years. I also checked on my email but it only says "You've connected a new app, 'Samsung Device', to your Dropbox" How can i claim my free space?
Dropbox will automatically mail you soon. Wait for it..
Like this
Hi Raghav,
Congrats on becoming a Dropbox Guru! We've awarded you 48 GB of bonus space for the next 24 months. You now have 50.75 GB on Dropbox. To get even more space, check out our upgrade options.
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coolraghav said:
Dropbox will automatically mail you soon. Like this
Hi Raghav,
Congrats on becoming a Dropbox Guru! We've awarded you 48 GB of bonus space for the next 24 months. You now have 50.75 GB on Dropbox. To get even more space, check out our upgrade options.
You have connected the app...?
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yes I did. double checked on my settings and even my email. its been 9 hours now since i registered my device to dropbox through my phone.
whitelighter11 said:
I recently bought i9505 and what I know is that it should come with 50gig storage with dropbox. when i registered using my existing account, i only have 2gig which i have for the past years. I also checked on my email but it only says "You've connected a new app, 'Samsung Device', to your Dropbox" How can i claim my free space?
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existing dropbox accounts which have always earned 50 GB space, doesn't earned 50 GB a second time with an further SAMSUNG Handy (S3 --> S4). These are the dropbox rules
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existing dropbox accounts which have always earned 50 GB space, doesn't earned 50 GB a second time with an further SAMSUNG Handy (S3 --> S4). These are the dropbox rules
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hmmmm... even from HTC to Samsung?
okiwankenoki said:
existing dropbox accounts which have always earned 50 GB space, doesn't earned 50 GB a second time with an further SAMSUNG Handy (S3 --> S4). These are the dropbox rules
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hmmmm... even from HTC to Samsung?
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just register with a new email address....
nm8 said:
just register with a new email address....
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i see. thanks for the help and tip
just upload anything it will become 50GB
coolraghav said:
Dropbox will automatically mail you soon. Wait for it..
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Hi Raghav,
Congrats on becoming a Dropbox Guru! We've awarded you 48 GB of bonus space for the next 24 months. You now have 50.75 GB on Dropbox. To get even more space, check out our upgrade options.
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You have to do more than register yourself for dropbox to claim the free 50 gig storage.. Go to your dropbox dashboard and you'll find an option in the sidebar: GET STARTED or GET FREE STORAGE or something like that..!! Go to that page and it will have instructions.
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whitelighter11 said:
I recently bought i9505 and what I know is that it should come with 50gig storage with dropbox. when i registered using my existing account, i only have 2gig which i have for the past years. I also checked on my email but it only says "You've connected a new app, 'Samsung Device', to your Dropbox" How can i claim my free space?
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You have to do more than register yourself for dropbox to claim the free 50 gig storage.. Go to your dropbox dashboard and you'll find an option in the sidebar: GET STARTED or GET FREE STORAGE or something like that..!! Go to that page and it will have instructions.
Also the instructions are as follows:
1 Take the Dropbox tour Complete!
2 Install Dropbox on your computer Complete!
3 Put files in your Dropbox folder Complete!
4 Install Dropbox on other computers you use Complete!
5 Share a folder with friends or colleagues Complete!
6 Invite some friends to join Dropbox Complete!
7 Install Dropbox on your mobile device Complete!
BTW. These are the instructions and a complete! will be shown when you have completed them. You only need to complete 5 of them, but you can do all to get more free space. I have hence have the access to about 52.75 GB of Dropbox Space.
Another trick:
Follow these steps with your existing account and select a new account for your device. Follow instructions again. Voila. You have another 50 GB space in a separate account. In all over 100GB of free space. If you want another 50 GB, you can get it the same way, but you'll have to Factory Reset you phone.