I have some TiVo shows that I want to watch. Currently, I am guessing I need to put them in the DropBox until the OTG Cable comes in (going into the hospital for a few days this week and I don't know if I am going to need to go to a rehab facility before coming home.
Is DropBox the best and / or Browser for SkyDrive also?
My Nexus 7 is not rooted
Thank you!
Sign up for the free Google Drive and put it on your computer and N7. Free 5Gb storage and native app for your N7. Dropbox would work, too. Put your shows in the Google Drive folder on the computer and sync or access them from the N7.
most cloud storage has individual file size limits...i can't remember what they all are, but i do remember that Sugar Sync has NO file size limits
...edit...this page shows file size limits
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/04/cloud-storage-a-pricing-and-feature-guide-for-consumers/
Is there a size limit per file that I can back up to MiMedia?
"If you have a Java compatible browser, you can upload files as large as 3 GB in size.
If you are using a Flash compatible browser, you can upload files up to 1 GB in size."
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Since we are going to be limited on the amount of internal space I'm curious... what type of cloud storage do you use and why?
Personally I have a box.com account because I was able to get it when it they were offering 50g free for signing up. But I know 50g won't last forever so...
What do you recommend?
Dropbox mostly. I like how well it integrates into Windows and how easy it is to share files. And so far the 7GB I have has been enough.
Might try using Google Drive a bit more.
Stared to use Google drive lately and does the trick
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I think my 30GB dropbox will do me nicely. Also had a box acc. with 50GB, but didnt like their 100mb upload limit.
Between Dropbox and Drive I've got 10 GB of cloud storage, free. You can up Drive storage to 25 GB for $2.49 a month.
I've got 25GB on Skydrive, 3.6GB on Dropbox and not even touched Google Drive barely. I just spread things around between them, good to have the choice.
Main one is dropbox just so easy to use though the others pretty much do things the same way now. Tend to also use it to transfer small files to my phone/tab.
Google drive I mainly use for syncing backups from Titanium backup, don't like the way you can't just download a file somewhere sensible on android without hunting through folders for where it put it.
Sugar sync mainly on PC it syncs a few specific folders for backup, photos standalone apps I never forget where I got them from etc.
Box have an account not really used it for anything.
Sky drive not really used yet
Asus sync, have the old unlimited storage plan £20ish a year thats no longer available to new customers. It has backup of most of my PC, has a stupidly slow upload speed been backing up my computer for over a year.
No need to restrict yourself to one.
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Big_Den said:
I think my 30GB dropbox will do me nicely. Also had a box acc. with 50GB, but didnt like their 100mb upload limit.
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Do they still limit uploads to 100 megs?
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I've got 25GB on Skydrive, 3.6GB on Dropbox and not even touched Google Drive barely. I just spread things around between them, good to have the choice.
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I thought I was supposed to have 25 gigs also. I sighned up b4 they announced they were lowering the limit to 7 gigs. But this morning I got a notice that I'm nearing my 7 gig limit!
I use them all, and none of them work worth a **** for streaming videos.
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I downloaded a trial of Just Cloud. A pop up came when the trial was over. I followed the link to an offer for 50% off. I decided against continuing when they offered 70% off and I jumped 250 GB of storage for $27 a year. The only down side if the app won't work for my Nexus, just my phone.
I have Box, SugarSync, Drive and Drop box. I need to pare this down a bit I think
I use MegaCloud. A free account gives you 8GB for files, and 8GB for backup. It's easy to earn more free GB's too, and they have a free app in the Play Store to easily transfer your stuff back and forth to the N7. If you need more storage, they also have paid accounts.
SpiderOak - free and zero knowledge end to end encryption.
I suggest anyone to get the Pogoplug from walmart for $50 its an in house cloud device just hook up external HDD whatever size and it even has a slot for SD cards on the side. Then you can read anything off it from all devices you want to reach it. Its basically a cloud storage that's in house on your hard drive or SD card. check it out here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzxKko1bzJw
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I suggest anyone to get the Pogoplug from walmart for $50 its an in house cloud device just hook up external HDD whatever size and it even has a slot for SD cards on the side. Then you can read anything off it from all devices you want to reach it. Its basically a cloud storage that's in house on your hard drive or SD card. check it out here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzxKko1bzJw
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That's a good option for anyone without NAS
http://www.plugcomputer.org/ lists other home plug cloud options
I use:
Google drive mostly,
Sugar sync
Drop box
And sky drive
I Hare 16 Google accounts, so I get 80gb of storage on Google drive, plus 25gb on sky drive, 5gb on drop box, and another 7gb on sugar sync
I still haven't used up even half of all the space
Corey
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I got Box, SkyDrive, Dropbox, and Drive.
and i access all of them conveniently with ES File Explorer. full copy paste download options, except, of course, Box got 100mb filesize limit. silly Box.
i use GDrive as pictures as they have unlimited pic and video storage and my RAZR does all the shooting. everything with camera i upload using desktop Picasa. unlimited. storage.
sure it has some 5Gb of misc storage too or something.
DropBox is nice for quick document multi-location work as it syncs best between desktop and phone. but 3.75Gb only (click the link on my sig! ) also use Public folder for sharing public pics for forums n whatnot... and pretty much sharing public stuff.
SkyDrive i got 25Gb and that's where i store most of my office docs and misc files.
Box i got 50Gb but with the filesize limit i use it only for Titanium Backup and a couple Android stuff (fastboot and ROM and stuff). i use GSplitter to split/unify the files.
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I use them all, and none of them work worth a **** for streaming videos.
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Dropbox + ES File Explorer + MX Player. Streamed xvid avi just fine for me. need to try SkyDrive i suppose...
edit: just tried Skydrive. it doesn't support AVI. but Box.net works just fine. And Drive too. maybe ill put my movies in Drive.... hmmm....
edit: spoke too soon. Box uploaded and stream just fine. But Drive won't stream. it uploads and it looks like its playing, but i only got black screen. oh well, i can always go to G+ app and open my videos there.
I've been looking around for a cloud service (Skydrive, Google Drive, and Dropbox) to sync all my school work on (docx, pdfs, pptx, etc), but which one offers the best OFFLINE access?!
I currently have a:
- Desktop
- Laptop
- Nexus 7
that I'd like to sync. The problem is Skydrive requires internet access therefore that would make my Nexus 7 useless when I don't have internet access. Google Drive offers some offline access, but I want ALL my files on my Nexus 7 and not just some. Anyone know of Dropbox will allow me to have offline access on my Nexus 7?
Or are there any other cloud services that offer offline access on my N7?
Thanks!
Its a cloud how you wanna access it offline? If you want your files offline just put them on the internal storage.
Cloud service will always require internet access, but u can tag files in dropbox for offline usage (press and hold file and ull see the menu).
ANd pleasse ask questions in Q&A section.
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Its a cloud how you wanna access it offline? If you want your files offline just put them on the internal storage.
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I could do that, but if I were to modify files or folders (add files, move, delete, edit), I would have to "manually sync" the changes to my N7, whereas a cloud service would do it automatically. I don't want to waste time ensuring that every device has the latest "versions" of my files and folders.
I've used box since g2x days when they were giving away 50gb free storage. It has an offline mode I don't personally use, but the option is there.
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Dropbox does work just fine for this. You can even sync between laptops, desktops, tablets and phones.
In Google Drive you can also keep files offline.
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In Google Drive you can also keep files offline.
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From what I've experienced, not all the files are synced to my N7. Google Drive will keep files that you open on your N7 cached on your tablet. What I'm looking for it all my files to be downloaded to my tablet.
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Dropbox does work just fine for this. You can even sync between laptops, desktops, tablets and phones.
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I'll give this a try, but dropbox only gives you two 2gbs when you start
Anyone need referrals?
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I'll give this a try, but dropbox only gives you two 2gbs when you start
Anyone need referrals?
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I got 50 GB free for 2 yrs by installing a leaked Samsung ROM on my GS2 that offered that. If you need space, look for offers like that.
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I got 50 GB free for 2 yrs by installing a leaked Samsung ROM on my GS2 that offered that. If you need space, look for offers like that.
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I just got 50gb from Box.com (search "Box 50 GB Promotion FAQs" in google search, even the the 50gb promotion was over (deadline dec, 31, 2012), I was still able to get my 50gb with my LG phone).
From what I've been able to test with Box, I'm able to multiselect files and folders which I can them make them available for offline use. This is perfect for my uses! I'm happy!
A little summary for people who are looking for offline access to their documents on their tablets (from my experience, if your experience differs please correct me)
Google Drive: You will only be able to access files that you choose to make offline (or save to storage) or have access to the files that are cached in the memory. You can't choose entire folders or select multiple files and make them offline (can't multiselect files and make them offline, you'll have to individually select a file and make it offline or save to storage).
Skydrive: You must have internet access in order to have access to your documents. Offline access is possible to files you download onto your N7 or files that are cached, but you can only download one file at a time (no multiselecting files or folders).
Dropbox: Same as Google Drive.
In conclusion, Box was the best service for me when the 4 services were compared for offline access. If you're able to get the 50GB promotion, then go for it! I'll figure out issues and report back!
Try dropbox with an app called DropSync. It will periodically download your whole dropbox locally for offline access.
Right now you can get 15gb of storage if you sign up for a box account through astro file manager..just putting it out there
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Hi there,
I was wondering how to download files (mainly pdfs from my class) directly to Google Drive or Dropbox instead of having to save the file to sd and manually move it every time. Also, is there a better way to access downloaded documents instead of having to go through settings --> --> downloads? I'm not rooted and I'm ideally looking for a non-root solution. Thanks.
Kalebima said:
Hi there,
I was wondering how to download files (mainly pdfs from my class) directly to Google Drive or Dropbox instead of having to save the file to sd and manually move it every time. Also, is there a better way to access downloaded documents instead of having to go through settings --> --> downloads? I'm not rooted and I'm ideally looking for a non-root solution. Thanks.
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Ah, I've been looking forward to the same feature, essentially just pointing Drive to a URL and let Google download it for you. But alas, I don't believe it's possible yet. I wouldn't be surprised if they implement that though.
The closest thing to it is downloading cloud print, and setting your default printer to drive. This will let you send pages and such directly to drive as PDFs, but in your case the PDFs are already created so probably not a solution for you.
As far as you accessing downloads, just download a file manager from the play store. You'll be able to see your download folder on internal storage.
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I believe firefox has a plugin for that (save to Drive). the beta version runs quite well on the N10 (better than the release one...)
thank you
Goodbye DropBox? Hello Copy.com
Hey guys, this had a good reception on my new device's forum, I thought I'd skip back over here and share. I know a lot of us use DB to share files here and there, and this service is a lot less prohibitive. FWIW. I listed some of the features below.
Epic FTW!
Unlimited file size
15GB free to start
Additional 2GB For sending a tweet
Public/Private file sharing
Check out some of the additional features:
Multiple device compatibility –
Copy works across Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux computers and offers mobile device support for Apple iOS (iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad) and Android, with Windows Mobile coming soon.
Easy file sharing without limits –
Copy allows users to upload and share files of any size, including 1080p videos and raw photographs without size limitations often found in email attachments. These shared files and folders can be sent to anyone either publicly or privately and accessed from any location or device.
More security –
Copy provides a secure alternative to some other cloud storage services. Included data verification inspects data before Copy accepts it into the user’s cloud storage. File-level ownership is verified prior to transferring anything to other devices. Copy also allows users to share files privately using Copy's built-in identify verification.
Copy lets you undelete any file right from the desktop app. And on the web, you can even see different file versions side-by-side. Try that with Dropbox.
Copy believes that you should be able to organize your files however you want. That's why Copy lets you sync any folder no matter where it is on your computer. Even external drives. You can't do that with Google Drive or Dropbox.
Ability to stream video (And audio too I think).
Thanks!
Just an update, I was doing some testing and was able to pull download speeds of around 2Mb/s from copy.com's servers. Pretty smooth
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Just a reminder to not post referral links. There is a thread just for referrals in the Off-topic section of XDA.
Thanks
Kenny
Sorry about that, I'll remove the link from the OP. Nm, looks like you got it . Thanks Kenny
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looks cool, I'll check it out - thanks
Hi guys.
I have just got a new nexus 6p and intend on passing my current one on to my wife.
I have inserted the official USB cable in and Hooke up to my pc like I have done many times before to pull off my camera folder which is around 14gb
However it is showing as around 1gb once downloaded and a real random selecteion of pictures.
I used airdriod and could see the full 14gb folder and all its contents. However due to the size it bombs out every time when I try the zip file download.
So first off anyone know why the device is showing 10% of my pics and video ?
And any other ways I can get these files off ?
It's all backed up on Google photos but I like having it offline on my device.
do you use airdroid premium? if not, they limit file transfers, so thats most likely the issue there.
try using android file transfer app, see if you get different results.
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Hi guys.
I have just got a new nexus 6p and intend on passing my current one on to my wife.
I have inserted the official USB cable in and Hooke up to my pc like I have done many times before to pull off my camera folder which is around 14gb
However it is showing as around 1gb once downloaded and a real random selecteion of pictures.
I used airdriod and could see the full 14gb folder and all its contents. However due to the size it bombs out every time when I try the zip file download.
So first off anyone know why the device is showing 10% of my pics and video ?
And any other ways I can get these files off ?
It's all backed up on Google photos but I like having it offline on my device.
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Don't know how to fix it, but you can just download everything from the Photos site to your computer.
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