ok. heres the deal. whenever i flash a rom, then take pictures with it, it always starts the picture number at some random number. Ex. IMAG0015 when i know im on IMAG0397 or something. so whenever i put my pictures on my computer, it has duplicates adn theyre all out of order. does anybody knwo how to fix this or hwo to put them back in order?
I know exactly what you're talking about. I just always assumed there was no way around it. It does kind of suck. Seems the only way around it I know is to manually name all of your jpgs.
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hmm you could find an app like camerazoom fx (its what i have sooo i dont know about the others and im on ics and it gives it a date tag to seperate) but camerazoom names pcs as Camerazoom-yyyymmddhhmmss or about that lol comin from memory lol but yeah i have to say i like that style as well
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ok. heres the deal. whenever i flash a rom, then take pictures with it, it always starts the picture number at some random number. Ex. IMAG0015 when i know im on IMAG0397 or something. so whenever i put my pictures on my computer, it has duplicates adn theyre all out of order. does anybody knwo how to fix this or hwo to put them back in order?
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i dont think it has so much to do with flashing a rom as it does with removing pics from you phone. I haev boticed when i dl some pics to my pc and delete those ones from my phone but have left others on phone, when i take a new pic it will fill in the space where the deleteed pic was. not that big of a deal. if you look at pic info it gives the time and date taken. maybe you could sort by that or maybe make galleries.
I just downloaded a bulk file renaming program two days ago to deal with this very problem.
Basically you just need a program that allows you to rename every single picture with one command.
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Mind sharing what it's called?
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yes, please share the program name
There's dozens - just Google "bulk file renamer" or "batch file rename" And if you're in a Mac, be sure to add "Mac" to the search phrase.
I use "EXIF renamer" (Mac only). It works for free, but I donated money to the guy anyway.
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As I said, I've had some clips on the phone. And yesterday I saw that I only had one left. But it was not even playing for some reason ...
Then I searched the phone with astro and have been looking but all the clips are gone.
So somebody had messed around yesterday while i was searching because one clip, the one that could not be played was suddenly gone. That felt wierd. How can I protect myself against this? I downloaded permission dog ...
I saw which app could delete and change files on my sd card.
Then I download droidwall today. IP tables. But I do not know if it will work. Can i trace which app who did this? And how does it look in theory? Are they sitting on their computer and can they see all my pictures, videos ect, or do they have to download it all?
I knew this could happen, but i did not think it would happen to me. How big is the possibility, i thought.
Pretty lame of the programmer, whoever did this..
Are there any good protection against this? Because i want those apps, but i do not want their/some permissions. Apps that i dont trust.
Regards,
AFX3D.
And im running CM7, rooted ofcourse. thnx.
Im gonna take a backup. I dont want this to happen with important files, as pictures i have taken or filming live concerts ect...
If they wanted to, they could delete all system files on my phone if they wanted to. Pretty "scary".
You are running a rooted phone with a custom ROM created by someone else.
What did you expect? Unless you review every source change that goes in, how can you be sure no backdoors are installed? Answer, you can't...
Just like idiots that install random stuff on their hacked PS3 from people they don;t know, you are opening your system to the people creating this stuff, and you had better trust them...
Yeah, you are right. Its Pretty dumb. I just got a bit paranoid last night when i saw a video was deleted infront of my eyes.
But i have been playing around with droidwall, and it seems to be doing the job. Like a firewall. Thats nice. So now i can controll my small apps, that i dont trust. After yesterday..
I dont know a better solution exept remove all apps, which i do not want. And i dont beleive that cm7 is the bad one here. I dont beleive it has a backdoor or anything like that. Its definatly some of my app. But i blocked everyone that dont need access but have. That must iron things out, i hope. Thanks.
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And whoever did this probably just did it as a joke. Kindy funny, but now im more secure.
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To start this off, I want to say that this is an awesome community full of great people willing to help others. It takes this sort of open source sharing to come together for the greater good. That is why I want to make a thread to document my experiences so that it may help others and myself.
As of yesterday, I started using froyo 2.2.2 by joshkoss. This update is probably the best of all of them and I like it much better than 2.2.1, which is what I previously had installed. Having said that, there are still some problems, which I almost find enjoyable to discover how to fix.
Throughout most of my updates, my GPS has been slow to connect. Finally on 2.2.2 it is impossible to establish a connection and everytime I turn on GPS it always asks me to 'Accept' or 'Cancel' the agreement. I've never had this happen before. Anyone know what to do about that?
Beyond this issue, I wanted to try this fix by ciscogee. I have gotten all the way to the point on ADB tools that in my cmd prompt I can type 'adb devices' to show me my devices serial number. For me, it ends there. As soon as I can figure out how to do this fix step by step for a beginner I will type it out in this thread. I am using Android SDK.
Another problem with this 2.2.2 update is that my banking app no longer works and it force closes right after start up. Then when I try to send a report, that also force closes. It worked on 2.2.1 so Im sure it has something to do with it.
So as of right now this is where I'm at. I hope I can help some people out with their Continuum. I just dont have the detailed knowledge of the inner workings to really bring something to the table, but I hope to at least help someone else out and learn something in the process.
My Wells Fargo app quit working when I switched over to EC07 and I haven't been able to pinpoint what the problem is. I posted my problems in another thread, but basically I had several apps that were FCing when I tried to use them. I did logcat on them, and based on the errors I got from there, I think is has something to do with the apps trying to access data either over 3G or wifi.
Never got any further than that though.
That's weird. Did you have problems reporting the failure? Ill have to try out that log app and see what I can find out. Hopefully ill have something later today.
Anyone else have problems with a banking app? Mine is comerica bank.
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Trailblazer101 has a fixed browser app. Try that.
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I don't think that'll help. My browser has never forced closed.
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Thinking is a lil dif than trying it and knowing for sure.
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I tried the hacked browser and it didn't change anything on my phone. Both the stock browser and TB's hacked one FC as soon I tried load a page.
One thing I did notice though, was that the browser would let me surf the web just fine. It was when I tried to log into any account; Wells Fargo, Google, etc.,that it would FC. Don't know if that means anything or not. Wonder if it is the same reason some banking apps aren't working. Could it have something to do with using secure connections?
Just a thought.
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Thinking is a lil dif than trying it and knowing for sure.
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You're absolutely right! You really can't mess up this phone either.
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I tried the hacked browser and it didn't change anything on my phone. Both the stock browser and TB's hacked one FC as soon I tried load a page.
One thing I did notice though, was that the browser would let me surf the web just fine. It was when I tried to log into any account; Wells Fargo, Google, etc.,that it would FC. Don't know if that means anything or not. Wonder if it is the same reason some banking apps aren't working. Could it have something to do with using secure connections?
Just a thought.
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I get what you're saying about the force close on secure connections. Ive only had a force close on one bank app. Never online through the web browser such as dolphin.
Was the hacked browser an internet browser?
Yep, my Wells Fargo app doesn't work either.
Same fc issue... as with the Flixter and imapmyrun apps.
(Small vibrate... pause... blackscreen & 3 pulse vibrate fc.)
I'm running Miunia Beta 3 on ec07 radio with the Ciscogee .85 blue theme.
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Yes exactly. My comerica does the same vibrating act.
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Ahh just found another one with the buzzing act. The app called zillow. Makes me wonder if I should go back to my old rom...nahh ill stick out for an update...come on joshkoss!
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Ok, after reading some old posts, I think I may have found a connection with the FC issues and certain apps. It seems that there were alot less FC problems when using the EC03 baseband vs. the EC06 baseband.
Does anyone know what the differences are between the two?
I've said it before, but; I don't know much about programming, language, kernals, etc. but I can see patterns. And what I have seen is that most of the apps with FC problems are trying to access network data, and alot of those seem to be secure connections (such as banking apps). Someone said before that it is hard to know what the real problem is because everyone uses different apps, but I have seen the same apps listed as causing problems with several different users here over and over again. So that makes me think that there is an underlying problem causing these issues.
Like I said, I don't know much, but this seems like the problem to me, and if these clues make something, somewhere, inside someone's brain click that actually does know something about this, then maybe I helped a little bit.
rowdyw said:
Ok, after reading some old posts, I think I may have found a connection with the FC issues and certain apps. It seems that there were alot less FC problems when using the EC03 baseband vs. the EC06 baseband.
Does anyone know what the differences are between the two?
I've said it before, but; I don't know much about programming, language, kernals, etc. but I can see patterns. And what I have seen is that most of the apps with FC problems are trying to access network data, and alot of those seem to be secure connections (such as banking apps). Someone said before that it is hard to know what the real problem is because everyone uses different apps, but I have seen the same apps listed as causing problems with several different users here over and over again. So that makes me think that there is an underlying problem causing these issues.
Like I said, I don't know much, but this seems like the problem to me, and if these clues make something, somewhere, inside someone's brain click that actually does know something about this, then maybe I helped a little bit.
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If that's the case, it sounds like a problem with ssl. I wonder if a fascinate baseband would fix it. Trailblazer proved that a fascinate baseband would work on our phones a few months ago
Release your inhibitions, feel the rain on your skin, no one else can feel it for you. only you can let it in - Natasha Bedingfield
It would be worth a shot for sure.
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http://forums.androidcentral.com/co...unknown-baseband-radio-modem-replacement.html
Try that link... let's find out if it works.
Thanks, I will have to try it out when I get home.
Will cwm save my existing radio if I wanted to back up what I've got?
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minirome said:
Will cwm save my existing radio if I wanted to back up what I've got?
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I believe so. But, if not, reflash with odin.
Either let me fly or give me death. Let my soul rest, or take my breath. - DMX
Cwm will NOT back up your radio!
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OK so at the recommendation of one of the members I flashed U.K.E. Rom on to my phone. Kinda liking it but I got the oddest text this morning.
谢谢你的电话插孔一天。
Google translate says it's simplified Chinese and means "Thank you for the phone Jack"...
Is this a fluke or should I be worried?
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Maybe it was built in to send to you when you flashed only One_love could be able to explain it cuz i got the same message when i ran U.K.E
One by One the penguins steal my SANITY
Is your name Jack? Does the text show the number it was sent from? Where did you download your rom from (ROM Manager, SDX website, etc)? Do you have any apps that didn't come from the market?
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Is your name Jack? Does the text show the number it was sent from? Where did you download your rom from (ROM Manager, SDX website, etc)? Do you have any apps that didn't come from the market?
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I got the Rom from the sdx forum and I haven't installed anything that wasn't from the market. I do have the phone number and it's from a local number, that's what freaks me out the most. If this wasn't a fluke then anyone with this knowledge can get my info let alone could they call out of country on my account and all that stuff...
turkbot said:
Maybe it was built in to send to you when you flashed only One_love could be able to explain it cuz i got the same message when i ran U.K.E
One by One the penguins steal my SANITY
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This makes me feel a bit better though as long as you didn't get any odd charges on your bill...
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Wow very random if i must say. I have yet seen or heard of this. Im wondering if you have a rogue app messing with you two. Lets see if we can figure this out, what apps do the both of you have the same of? Ive yet to see this message to me or hear of it from others. And i can tell you that there is nothing written into this rom to send you that message. This is why im thinking its a rogue app. If we could get a list of the apps you both have that received this random message.
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Wow very random if i must say. I have yet seen or heard of this. Im wondering if you have a rogue app messing with you two. Lets see if we can figure this out, what apps do the both of you have the same of? Ive yet to see this message to me or hear of it from others. And i can tell you that there is nothing written into this rom to send you that message. This is why im thinking its a rogue app. If we could get a list of the apps you both have that received this random message.
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Sounds good. BTW, I called Sprint just to double check to see if they show any calls placed through my phone number or anything. The lady on the phone said it's possible but if someone did it wont post to my account for a few days, especially if they made any international calls.
I didn't figure there was anything scripted into the rom itself to do this, it's possible that it could be something rogue. It's also possible that someone with the skillz was just driving by and grabed my info from a wifi signal and texted me just to F with me.
Anywho, on to the installed program list...
Andchat
Androzip
Antivirus (AVG)
App 2 SD Free
Astro
Brightness Level
Business Calendar Free
CamScanner
ColorNote
Craigslist
Dropbox
eBay
Echolink (Amateur radio stuff)
ElectroDroid
Evernote
Fast Reboot
Forum Viewer for Warcraft (letting my geek show now...)
Gmail
GO Contacts
GO Launcher EX
GO Locker
GO SMS Pro
(few go themes)
Google Voice (yeah I know... if they realy want to know so be it)
GOWidget Transparent Theme
Gps Speedometer
GPS Test
gTabSiMiClock
History Eraser
Just Playlists
KeePassDroid
Kingsoft Office
Klondike
Linux Utils Lite
Maps (Google...)
market
Offline Dictionaries
Opera Mobile
Pandora
Philly D App
PocketManga
QuickPic
RealCalc
Rom Manager
Scanner Radio
Simple Weather Alert
Sync Settings
Tethering Widget
Titanium Backup
TuneIn Radio
TweakDeck
Uptime Widget
Upvise Pro
Voice Search
WoW Armory
XDA
Yachtc
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and there's more room to put moah on my phone!!!!
This is the list as of the time I got the text. Sometimes I uninstall things like maps if I don't need it and what not.
And keep in mind, I'm not blaming anyone for what has or may happen. I'm not accusing anyone of anything. Just figured I'd see if this is just an odd ball spam from someone locally trying to troll me or what.
Wow that is odd as hell. I've been running and testing uke since before it was released and I've never had that pop up on me. Its def not something in the rom and I hope you guys find the app doing it. Good luck.
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Wow that is odd as hell. I've been running and testing uke since before it was released and I've never had that pop up on me. Its def not something in the rom and I hope you guys find the app doing it. Good luck.
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I think this is what's making me think it's just a fluke or a troll... I've been running these apps for a while now and haven't ever had a problem with them. I didn't even expect a comment from One_Love_420 either. VICODAN is the one that recommended the ROM to me so I wasn't going to just point the finger to the ROM anyways. I did have my Wifi running all night long (had the advanced setting setup to not put my wifi to sleep when my phone goes off). The only thing I haven't done yet is check to see what my logs say on my Linksys router (maybe he tapped my phone for internet).
I think it's just a fluke (or at least I hope... this could be an exspensive bill if this person was able to make calls from my phone or anything like that).
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I think this is what's making me think it's just a fluke or a troll... I've been running these apps for a while now and haven't ever had a problem with them. I didn't even expect a comment from One_Love_420 either. VICODAN is the one that recommended the ROM to me so I wasn't going to just point the finger to the ROM anyways. I did have my Wifi running all night long (had the advanced setting setup to not put my wifi to sleep when my phone goes off). The only thing I haven't done yet is check to see what my logs say on my Linksys router (maybe he tapped my phone for internet).
I think it's just a fluke (or at least I hope... this could be an exspensive bill if this person was able to make calls from my phone or anything like that).
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yeah its def an oddity. have you ran miui on it anytime recently and maybe there was residual mess from it and someone was still able to mess with you? or hell, coulda been someone texting the wrong person, i would think its just a fluke if youve been using the same apps for x amount of time and havent had this happen before.
One thing does come to mind when looking at your app list. Go sms pro is a china developed app and has a ton of permissions that i would never approve of, one being the ability to make calls. Check its permissons list on the market. A little much for an app imho.
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Didn't think about that... Figured the GO stuff was lagit since it's all from the same group.
/me uninstalls GO SMS
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yeah its def an oddity. have you ran miui on it anytime recently and maybe there was residual mess from it and someone was still able to mess with you? or hell, coulda been someone texting the wrong person, i would think its just a fluke if youve been using the same apps for x amount of time and havent had this happen before.
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I haven't tried Miui yet. I started with CM7 and wanted to get into somthing light (meaning less sprint stuff and being able to uninstall maps and stuff since I only use them once in a great while). I know I got a lot of GO stuff on it but I've just been tinkering with it since the kernal is running a bit more then just the 800 mhz on the cpu. Wanted to "test" out what this thing is capable of.
The bling is nice, the personalization of colors and stuff is cool and all... But I use this for business a lot and kinda like a rock solid machine that's as efficient as possible. I'm looking into other options of roms that are just plane Jane Android next. U.K.E. has been running nicely even with all the bling (minus go sms now I guess). Depending on how put off I am about no bling I might just go back to using U.K.E.
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Depending on how put off I am about no bling I might just go back to using U.K.E.
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U.K.E. is pretty rock solid for an aosp ROM, I try all of the ROMS on XDA for the shift as theyre released and even though that means im trying alot of diff ROMS i generally restore my UKE backups for my daily driver
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Didn't think about that... Figured the GO stuff was lagit since it's all from the same group.
/me uninstalls GO SMS
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You should always check permissions of apps even from the market..Google doesn't keep track of apps published on the market and if they are malicious or not. It's up to users to report if something funky is happening. That's why I un-installed GoSms a long time ago when they first added all of those strange permissions to the updated versions. It was even causing people to have issues with phone calls. Read through market comments and check permissions Always with any app even if it's just a update to a new version. The devs of GoSms are very un-responsive also when people ask them about the permissions and report issues. If you really want to get down to the bottom of something also run a logcat and see what the app is doing.
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Wow very random if i must say. I have yet seen or heard of this. Im wondering if you have a rogue app messing with you two. Lets see if we can figure this out, what apps do the both of you have the same of? Ive yet to see this message to me or hear of it from others. And i can tell you that there is nothing written into this rom to send you that message. This is why im thinking its a rogue app. If we could get a list of the apps you both have that received this random message.
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I can attest that UKE is a SOLID rom and is very secure.
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I can attest that UKE is a SOLID rom and is very secure.
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Because it's based on cm7?
Solid indeed. Outside of that odd text I haven't had any other issues. I haven't tried to track down who's phone number that is Incas it's a friend just messing with me and I haven't had any charges posted to my account so... Might have just been someone messing with me.
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It's definately not a rom related issue. Download Addons Detector from the market. This will help you to track down suspicious apps intalled on your device.
So I got rid of all of the GO products and I'm just running the AWD stuff that came with the rom. Only thing I realy miss is the SMS stuff. I looked at handsent and their permissions are the same (for the most part) as go sms.
Any thoughts on an sms program? I'm looking for character count and more info like sent date/time displayed without going into message details.
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So for all of those who have tried out google drive, what do you think?
I have no issues dumping drop box but for now, I won't. It feels really clunky to me but I'm sure that will change over time.
My biggest beef with it right now, I can't select which folders to sync even though I picked a specific folder on the desktop G Drive app, it still shows up on android and there is no way to hide it. Very annoying that it syncs stuff that I don't want to see.
Secondly, I don't like how you can't save files from the G Drive app on android directly to the phone like you can with drop box. I use drop box heavily because I transfer files to and from my phone quite a bit (.zip files for flashing mods/tweaks/roms) This keeps me from having to plug in my phone every time I need to transfer files to and from my computer.
With G drive, I'm not able to do this. Unless I'm just overlooking it?
The first issue is just an annoyance, the second is a deal breaker for me.
I'll still use it for now but I'll still be utilizing drop box for the time being.
Anyone else have any thoughts on it?
I'd like to see the ability to auto upload pics like Dropbox has. This has saved me a few times!
nicenice19 said:
I'd like to see the ability to auto upload pics like Dropbox has. This has saved me a few times!
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Do you use google+ at all? I have that to auto sync all my pictures. Kind of redundant to use that feature for drop box so I don't.
I like to use G+ instead of drop box for folder because it automatically uploads it into picasa.
I still waiting on the email to say my Google Drive is ready.
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R3537L1F3 said:
I still waiting on the email to say my Google Drive is ready.
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I only had to wait a day for that email. When did you put in your request to be emailed?
R3537L1F3 said:
I still waiting on the email to say my Google Drive is ready.
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try logging in again... it took me 15 minutes after trying the first time for it to be available... and that was yesterday. i still haven't received the email.
blazinazn said:
Do you use google+ at all? I have that to auto sync all my pictures. Kind of redundant to use that feature for drop box so I don't.
I like to use G+ instead of drop box for folder because it automatically uploads it into picasa.
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G+/Picasa resizes them to 3MP (2048*1536) though, and with heavier compression too, you're losing a lot of detail if that's your only backup.
My problem with Google Drive is simple: I've never touched it, and only just heard about it yesterday, and yet somehow, mysteriously--nay, magically--it has appeared on my list of previously installed apps on the Play Store.
Screw that tactic, Google. You have the whole front page of the store to hawk your wares. Don't muddy my own library.
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josidhe said:
My problem with Google Drive is simple: I've never touched it, and only just heard about it yesterday, and yet somehow, mysteriously--nay, magically--it has appeared on my list of previously installed apps on the Play Store.
Screw that tactic, Google. You have the whole front page of the store to hawk your wares. Don't muddy my own library.
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They transformed their google docs app to google drive. So if you already had the google docs app its logo changed and asks for an update
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blazinazn said:
I only had to wait a day for that email. When did you put in your request to be emailed?
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Yesterday (I think that was the day it came out) and checked it (and my email) often thoughout the day and most of the night :/
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R3537L1F3 said:
Yesterday (I think that was the day it came out) and checked it (and my email) often thoughout the day and most of the night :/
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Hmm, I did the same as you. Got an email yesterday afternoon.
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Hmm, I did the same as you. Got an email yesterday afternoon.
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Just got the email like a half hour ago, I say it looks pretty
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considering I have used G Docs regularly since 2004-2005, I really don't care what else they do to the Google Drive as long as they don't get rid of that basic functionality that they have always had and have done better than all competitors.
I do like the idea of uploading pictures, but do agree I would like it to be automatic like Dropbox. I realize G+ does it as well, but with pictures, especially if they are of children like 90% of mine are, can you have too many backups? I have my pictures uploaded everywhere.
It would be nice if all the Google products storage was all merged into drive. Access to your Picasa/google + photos, google music etc... just add all the space together.
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nicenice19 said:
It would be nice if all the Google products storage was all merged into drive. Access to your Picasa/google + photos, google music etc... just add all the space together.
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I agree. That would be awesome to have everything in one place.
hmm
I just replaced my dropbox with Gdrive,.. w/o having used it at all, just thought I'd trust good ol' google. I'm seeing some quirks so far when it comes to syncing folders as it is still showing "sync" icon next to some files when the tray icon actually states that the syncing is complete. Definitely dropbox performs better at this moment imo.
So a friend of mine looks at 'particular video's' on his phone, and goes on 'particular sites'. He sent me an MMS of a screenshot of his phone. He uses an iPhone 5. I myself have a Nexus 4, and am wondering whether there's any chance of viruses being sent etc? i.e. from his phone to mine, because I looked at the pic he sent me. The pic was a screenshot of a text convo he had with me a while back.
No there is not. The only way to get a virus is the permissions in a modded apk. Like if your trying to download a game and one of the permissions says send calls and text to people, this may cost you money, then you know that's a virus. But you can't really screw up your phone like that.
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So there's definitely no chance any viruses or anything can be on my phone? My phone is clean?
Pictures, no
Image files, and plain text are not mediums viruses can be hidden in. So as long as you don't download anything he sends you thats .apk format and install it you are fine. Now cookies, etc phones still get those. Best thing to do is not look.
Good luck. Computer is a better place to do that kind of thing...
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tory13579 said:
Pictures, no
Image files, and plain text are not mediums viruses can be hidden in. So as long as you don't download anything he sends you thats .apk format and install it you are fine. Now cookies, etc phones still get those. Best thing to do is not look.
Good luck. Computer is a better place to do that kind of thing...
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Actually I have personally seen Image files (JPEG's) which had evil java script appended to them (ads on Pirate Bay).
MP3 files can also have evil code appended to them as well.
However, I don't believe Android would be able to execute the code outside of a web browser.
SpookyTunes said:
Actually I have personally seen Image files (JPEG's) which had evil java script appended to them (ads on Pirate Bay).
MP3 files can also have evil code appended to them as well.
However, I don't believe Android would be able to execute the code outside of a web browser.
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It's possible to execute such code if the music player/gallery is vulnerable to certain exploits, but it's very unlikely.
Also, android itself is very secure.
Most "viruses" you read about were installed by the user himself. They are just legit apps with "too much" permissions that behave maliciously but most of them don't use any kind of exploit.
tory13579 said:
Pictures, no
Image files, and plain text are not mediums viruses can be hidden in. So as long as you don't download anything he sends you thats .apk format and install it you are fine. Now cookies, etc phones still get those. Best thing to do is not look.
Good luck. Computer is a better place to do that kind of thing...
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You are quite wrong here. These media are files and there is no way of knowing what they contain if received from an unknown and unsolicited source.