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.
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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!
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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
For those who use Dropbox this might be of interest; there's a new Android beta at http://forums.dropbox.com/topic.php?id=53013&replies=742
Quote:
"Hi everyone!
Even though the holidays have passed, we're really stoked to give you guys one more present -- a new experimental release! Under the wrapping you'll find a bunch of new toys, including a brand new Camera Upload feature. Here are the release notes:
• Automatically uploads photos and videos in the background using Wi-Fi or data plan
• 500MB of free space on first photo uploaded automatically
• Upload files of any size (no more 180 MB limit!)
• Support for resuming file uploads when there are network issues
• Various performance improvements & bug fixes
During this beta period, we are also offering additional free space to test automatic uploading of photos and videos. For every 500MB of photos and videos automatically uploaded, you'll receive another 500MB space bonus, up to 5GB total (including the initial 500MB space).
[Update: this space is not separate from 5GB given for uploading on our desktop clients. Uploading from either desktop clients or Android app will count towards the same 5GB free space.]"
Now, if you have not taken 4.5GB worth of pictures and videos the easiest way of getting that full bonus is... well, you just slap all sorts of smallish music videos, all those dirty hentai pictures you undoubtedly have on your PCs and so on on the sdcard/DCIM or sdcard/DCIM/Camera on your device and let Dropbox sync those. Easy 5GB.
Just don't bother with files over 500MB as they seem to only count towards 500MB uploaded once, ie. if you upload a 1.5GB file it'll still only count as 500MB uploaded.
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As for those who do not use Dropbox: just ignore this thread instead of starting some petty and childish argument how it sucks or how your favorite service is sooo much better.
Do we get to keep the 5 gigs after the beta is over?
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Yes, you do.
There is another thread on this from a couple of weeks ago.
Sign up with this referral (or any other) and get an extra 250 MB free (so do I, BTW):
http://db.tt/R69ogSer
I thought this beta is closed and over now... are you sure its still working.. I used it two weeks ago and got myself 1GB extra.. that topic is closed so no more discussions and I assume the testing is over with it
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I thought this beta is closed and over now... are you sure its still working.. I used it two weeks ago and got myself 1GB extra.. that topic is closed so no more discussions and I assume the testing is over with it
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No, the beta I'm talking about is a new one, not the same as the person above you is talking about.
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No, the beta I'm talking about is a new one, not the same as the person above you is talking about.
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this is not new. right in the damn url you posted it says 2 weeks ago. learn to read.
it also says closed.
I have uploaded 1.5 gb today of photos and small videos and only have the 2.5 gb that i got when i signed up.
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I have uploaded 1.5 gb today of photos and small videos and only have the 2.5 gb that i got when i signed up.
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You have to make sure the photos etc are imported using the DropBox automatic photo import facility. This is either when you plug in a camera, phone, or just a flash card (with the right folder structure to appear as a camera). You can also do it from the phone itself I understand.
That is what they are testing, and that is what they give extra GB for.
I believe it is closed, but give it a try anyway.
the original was closed, however there is another new beta and they're repeating what they did before, i forgot to do it last time and i'm just finishing up 5gb now. Took a few seconds of looking on their forum to find it.
Many thanks.
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I'm trying this new thread:
http://forums.dropbox.com/topic.php?id=53817&replies=186
Seeing if that will give me more space.
The last one I uploaded 1.5GB from my phone and no extra space.
Looks like this one if for the android app instead of the desktop app. No additional 5GB if you had it once, but new takers can get it.
Hello everyone, I was given 48GB of free space from dropbox because I installed it on the tab. If this was common knowledge sorry for extra post if not then enjoy the massive space increase When you install it they will send you an email telling you . Just click on the link and follow the directions. Enjoy!
Emil9727 said:
Hello everyone, I was given 48GB of free space from dropbox because I installed it on the tab. If this was common knowledge sorry for extra post if not then enjoy the massive space increase When you install it they will send you an email telling you . Just click on the link and follow the directions. Enjoy!
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Awesome! Thanks.
funny how I never was able to get my free 48 gigs of dropbox space ;(
F3AR420 said:
funny how I never was able to get my free 48 gigs of dropbox space ;(
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Did you get an email from them? I didnt get it until i followed the link from them.
Emil9727 said:
Hello everyone, I was given 48GB of free space from dropbox because I installed it on the tab. If this was common knowledge sorry for extra post if not then enjoy the massive space increase When you install it they will send you an email telling you . Just click on the link and follow the directions. Enjoy!
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Thanks! Just logged into my dropbox via my Tab 2 and got the additional 48GB storage. Be aware... this additional space is for 12months only!
Cheers!
just found the email and finished 5 of the things and i still only have two gigs
how lame
Awesome thanks
Yenupuri said:
Thanks! Just logged into my dropbox via my Tab 2 and got the additional 48GB storage. Be aware... this additional space is for 12months only!
Cheers!
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so, it means if we maximize the 48G and at the end of the period all of our files will be gone...it would be nagging than...i prefer to use my extra space by inviting my friends LOL
can you tell me how to get 48 giga free drop box space?
im really curious about that
kurniawan_johar said:
can you tell me how to get 48 giga free drop box space?
im really curious about that
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Sign up for a dropbox account (if you don't already have one) then sign in on your tablet after you install the app and you should automatically get it.
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Sign up for a dropbox account (if you don't already have one) then sign in on your tablet after you install the app and you should automatically get it.
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Just got my 48gb's took less than five mins, more than enough space although it only lasts for 12 months
Looks like you only get it once...
I bought the Galaxy Tab 2 7" for my Mom as a Mother's Day gift. (I kinda owed her something extra nice, since I missed visiting for Christmas). Mom lives about 1,000 miles away and doesn't even have a smartphone much less know what to do with a tablet, so I got it all set up for her and then shipped it off. In the process I used DropBox to transfer over some eBooks. MY DropBox account.
After signing myself out and Mom in, the bonus 50GB (I think it's supposed to be 50) never appeared for Mom. I'm guessing it's once time per MEID (or whatever) rather than once per account.
So, be careful if you're planning on gifting it to someone else, or if you use multiple DropBox accounts. Looks like it'll only give the bonus out ONE time.
I bought the 7 inch tab yesterday and when I logged in it updated me that I had gained 48GB of space free for a year. Checked on the computer and it showed and I checked my phone and it also showed. Pretty cool.
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Strange, I got 50 GB of free space.
dkb218 said:
Strange, I got 50 GB of free space.
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You get 2 GB free when you signup for Dropbox. Do you have 50 GB total? If so, it's probably the 2 DB for signing up and 48 from the Tab 2.
tk
I've had my Tab 2 7" for a month now (a prerelease beta model) and I signed up for Dropbox back then and got no bonus. I've tried redoing it, but since my tablet has already been signed up I didn't get anything. Is there a way to get the 48 GB in my situation?
You get 48gb free. I currently have 65 ish from the free storage i already built up
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Awesome thx!
I wish I could find a way to transfer that 48gb to my own account, instead of a group account I am on
Try contacting Dropbox and tell them your situation. They'll make an effort to investigate, and if it checks out, you get it!
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....
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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.
just as i was upgrading to lollipop, the option to upgrade dropbox appeared... i've just logged back into dropbox and theres no offer available
please help
thank you
toge64 said:
just as i was upgrading to lollipop, the option to upgrade dropbox appeared... i've just logged back into dropbox and theres no offer available
please help
thank you
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Set it up on your phone, then go to the dropbox website and perform the pre requisite tasks, ie: save a file to drop box etc.
Bare in mind that if you're a returning dropbox user and have previously got a 50GB dropbox offer and it hasn't yet expired then you'll have ended up wasting it , as far as I'm aware that's how it happens. If it were me I'd use mega as its 50GB for life. For free. Not a measly 2 years, at the end of the two years you lose the storage and anything attached to it.
Dropbox isnt great.