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I've herd about it in the past but never really paid any attention to it. This is the most used app by me now. If you were ever looking to sync your pictures and files from computer to your phone or pc this is IT! Install .apk's by dragging them to a dropboxfolder on your pc and go install on your phone, I am not sure but I think they also have a picture folder sync option from phone to pc? Anyways the 2gb account is free and if you do sign up please use me as a refferal
Ref-feral link (we both get extra space)
https://www.dropbox.com/link/21.ey4bQIW9qp
if you don't want to refer me,
https://www.dropbox.com/register
I was using Eye-Fi on my camera before this, but this is awesome for file sharing.
Its a great application, I wish it did automatic syncing with folders on the android version. I cant wait for them to add it. (They only just added it on the desktop version).
of course I'd just be happy with the option to sync a whole folder or multi-select files.
I've been using dropbox for awhile for general file access ease, but started using it on my phone as soon as the app came out. I wish titanium would backup from dropbox, but it's nice that it saves to it. I always save pics and files to it before flashing a new rom.
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I use it all the time, on all my devices.
by the way, in order for the referral to validate. The individual referred must install the desktop client.
I used dropbox to install my first custom ROM (Axura 2.2.6) the other day. Amazing app. I can't believe more people don't use it, if for no other reason that it makes t so painless to put things on your phone, like apks.
+1 amazing! Apps are available for loads of mobile platforms too. If yiu long press an item in root explorer and send you can select dropbox and it lets you choose any folder to send to the shared folder is really useful too!
Not sure if you guys have used this but Ive found it pretty handy for online storage. Called drop box, you get 2Gb free and can upgrade and get more if you need it!
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If anyone else has found simliar apps that offer more storage would love to know so just post here!
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Not sure if you guys have used this but Ive found it pretty handy for online storage. Called drop box, you get 2Gb free and can upgrade and get more if you need it!
http://db.tt/2yz87DL
If anyone else has found simliar apps that offer more storage would love to know so just post here!
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Right. And by clicking that referral link above, both parties get a little extra space.
It's a pretty popular online storage / file sharing service and along with the DropBox Android app, a great extension for storage on tablets.
gammaRascal said:
Right. And by clicking that referral link above, both parties get a little extra space.
It's a pretty popular online storage / file sharing service and along with the DropBox Android app, a great extension for storage on tablets.
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Indeed, so far loving it!
Another online storage tool is Spideroak. It works across many platforms including Android and Linux. I am still in the process of testing it out. Not quite as intuitive as Dropbox. But I used the promo code *worldbackupday* and got a free upgrade to 5GB of storage. Not bad.
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Just trying out Asus Web Storage. It has a very cheap option for unlimited storage.... Tempting!
I personally can't think of any use for these online storage systems. It would be okay if you could mount them and then have all your applications be able to access the files there directly, but if you always have to copy stuff back and forth first then... meh.
Well the great thing about DropBox is that it integrates into windows just like a regular folder.
Once you've installed the application (which has a very small footprint) you can use the Windows 'Send To' context menu option and send anything to the DrobBox folder on your computer and it syncs with the account, making whatever you put in there available from any web-connected device. (either in a public or private folder which you can also set up)
You can also setup shared folders between people/teams which has a semi-type check-in/check-out feature that shows when others are working on them. So, say I'm working on a design doc - I can open it directly from my DropBox folder (since its a regular windows folder) make changes, edits etc, save it and it syncs the new version with anyone else I'm sharing the folder with.
As far as the tablet goes, it really is an extension to storage but only in a minimalist sense. Launching the Android App shows you all your DropBox folders and you can navigate though folders and open files or download them to your tab (without having to mount the tab to your computer or do that SD card dance). The primary point being, you can access them directly from the DropBox app and not actually have them on your tab.
I use it mainly to store books and other documents (also my bootanimations and screenshots) so when I want to access them (or give access to them) I can share the link, or open the files directly on my tab - make changes, save and it saves to DropBox.
It really is flawless and elegant.
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It really is flawless and elegant.
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It's also entirely reliant on people and systems over which you have no control. It can fail without warning, just because something between you and their servers goes wrong, and you have zero assurance of security either.
I hate the "cloud". I think it's stupid, pointless and potentially downright dangerous. You have zero control over your data or who has access to your data.
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It's also entirely reliant on people and systems over which you have no control. It can fail without warning, just because something between you and their servers goes wrong, and you have zero assurance of security either.
I hate the "cloud". I think it's stupid, pointless and potentially downright dangerous. You have zero control over your data or who has access to your data.
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What.are.you.talking.about?
All that reads like over sensitive hyperbole and paranoia to me.
You're suggesting that just because you have files in your DropBox folder that it's unsecure?
Anything can fail without warning - that's hardly an ongoing and preventative concern of mine. I could turn on the light in my bathroom and *might* pop and yet, here we are. I'm not about to take a flashlight in with me every single time *just in case*.
Your HDD can fail. Your CPU can pop. Your MB can short... I mean, what are you expecting? Putting files on DropBox is no more unsecure than burning it to a DVD or copying it to a Flash drive or leaving it on your HDD.
There are *levels* of security and DropBox is far more secure than you give it credit. If security is a serious concern of yours, turn off the internet.
And regarding the cloud. See paragraph 2.
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Well the great thing about DropBox is that it integrates into windows just like a regular folder.
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I know it does on Windows, but my tablet doesn't run Windows.
As far as the tablet goes, it really is an extension to storage but only in a minimalist sense. Launching the Android App shows you all your DropBox folders and you can navigate though folders and open files or download them to your tab (without having to mount the tab to your computer or do that SD card dance). The primary point being, you can access them directly from the DropBox app and not actually have them on your tab.
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That's the whole point why I don't like these kinds of things: it's cumbersome if I always have to go through this or that application first in order to use a file. It should just be mounted on a specific directory and that's that. I can only hope someone will create something like that for Android soon.
I wonder though if there is any way of mounting SSH connections, like for example as through Fuse as is possible on Linux. Then I wouldn't have to worry about these kinds of things at all as I have ample amounts of storage space on my server.
The company I work for, one of the largest IT corporations in Europe, SELLS cloud services. I know what I'm talking about.
Your files are not secure, no matter the assurances you're given, and Dropbox has had some pretty major security flaws in the quite recent past. And as a recent screwup on Amazon's cloud services recently showed, if something goes wrong or some dumbass makes a mistake, you might not even get your data back intact. That sort of thing happens a lot more often than you think, too.
Hell, we sell the bloody services to the world, but our own internal network services are down more often than a whores knickers!
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The company I work for, one of the largest IT corporations in Europe, SELLS cloud services. I know what I'm talking about.
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I'm not questioning whether you know or don't know what you're talking about.
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Your files are not secure, no matter the assurances you're given, and Dropbox has had some pretty major security flaws in the quite recent past. And as a recent screwup on Amazon's cloud services recently showed, if something goes wrong or some dumbass makes a mistake, you might not even get your data back intact. That sort of thing happens a lot more often than you think, too.
Hell, we sell the bloody services to the world, but our own internal network services are down more often than a whores knickers!
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They are secure. Which, as you know, is a relative term.
If you need *more* security then don't use it. I don't know how much simpler it can be.
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I know it does on Windows, but my tablet doesn't run Windows.
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That's why there is an Android App. The service is a ubiquitous sharing that acts like a regular Windows folder while in the Windows environment. It's not *beholden* to the Windows environment.
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That's the whole point why I don't like these kinds of things: it's cumbersome if I always have to go through this or that application first in order to use a file. It should just be mounted on a specific directory and that's that. I can only hope someone will create something like that for Android soon.
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I'm not sure how you can suggest it's cumbersome if you haven't tried it. Open the DropBox application, navigate to a file and select it and it opens in whatever app you have it set to open. They only different between than and opening a native application and then finding the file you want to open and opening it is that using the DropBox method, the file has to be downloaded first - which maybe is a thing for you, I don't know.
If you want it on your tab, select the file and download it - it saves to the local DropBox folder and at that point you can access it locally like any other file. The only other option is to manually put the file on your tablet - via cable, SD card, email - whatever method you see fit. To me, *that's* cumbersome.
Like I said, DropBox is more about access than storage. People use DropBox because they want access to files over the web in the same manner they would over a home network (without using bloated VNC's and multiple programs). If you have no need for such a function then DropBox doesn't sound like something you'd use.
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I'm not sure how you can suggest it's cumbersome if you haven't tried it. Open the DropBox application, navigate to a file and select it and it opens in whatever app you have it set to open. They only different between than and opening a native application and then finding the file you want to open and opening it is that using the DropBox method, the file has to be downloaded first - which maybe is a thing for you, I don't know.
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It doesn't differ at all from opening file manager, navigating to samba share and downloading a file from there. That's why I said I'd like something that allows me to mount the whole thing as a regular directory on my tablet, THEN it would be useful. Like for example, the eBook reader I have shows as a collection all the books I have. If the cloud storage was mounted on a directory I could just point the eBook reader to that directory and POOF, they'd all be visible and accessible without having to copy anything back-and-forth.
Unfortunately there seems to be no such service for Android. Atleast not yet :/
If you have no need for such a function then DropBox doesn't sound like something you'd use.
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Look, I'm not bashing DropBox. I just voiced a wish for additional functionality. I already have DropBox-like functionality via file manager and browsing to either Samba-share or SFTP-share, with 2Tb storage, on my own server, but if I could just mount the thing on a directory it'd be a lot, LOT more useful.
gammaRascal said:
What.are.you.talking.about?
All that reads like over sensitive hyperbole and paranoia to me.
You're suggesting that just because you have files in your DropBox folder that it's unsecure?
Anything can fail without warning - that's hardly an ongoing and preventative concern of mine. I could turn on the light in my bathroom and *might* pop and yet, here we are. I'm not about to take a flashlight in with me every single time *just in case*.
Your HDD can fail. Your CPU can pop. Your MB can short... I mean, what are you expecting? Putting files on DropBox is no more unsecure than burning it to a DVD or copying it to a Flash drive or leaving it on your HDD.
There are *levels* of security and DropBox is far more secure than you give it credit. If security is a serious concern of yours, turn off the internet.
And regarding the cloud. See paragraph 2.
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Do a Google search using the terms Dropbox Security Breach and then read the article at CNET, a reliable IT information source. FloatingFatMan is right, at least about the security of Dropbox. I'm a bit leary of the Cloud for the same reasons. Do you know who is controlling your data or any of the folks who have access to it?
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Yu huh...
We all have Apps (apk's) we want to share with our family/friends with Bluetooth, The only thing is most phones will not allow this.
( The only requirement is both devices must have a File Manager/Explorer like... ES File Explorer, Astro, Neptune..etc)
1. Turn on Bluetooth on both devices make discoverable & pair.
2. Go to your sdcard where you have those Apps that you paid $$$ for...cough... cough
3. Now Rename your the App you want share with Bluetooth to: Example...from MADBirds.apk to MADBirds.zip
Now highlight & hold your renamed App...Example...MADBirds.zip & now your File explorer should now give you some options, select send/share, then Bluetooth, next select device you paired with & send, have the other device accept file & download will start on device.
4. Go to the sdcard/Bluetooth folder on receiving device & rename...Example...MADBirds.zip to MADBirds.apk & Install the App.
5. Remember to rename your App on your device back to...Example...MADBirds.apk
6. Now you can brag to them... "thats right I''m the man or the **** "
*** I'm sure there's more ways to do Bluetooth Transfers, but all you need is a file explorer... this is quick & easy once you get the hang of it.
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Easiest Way to transfer APKs over Bluetooth: AndroAppLink
Use AndroAppLink. It's a free app transfer manager for Android. And it's extremely easy to use. It only needs to be installed in the sender's phone [cool eh!] and also, it does not use up any extra phone memory or storage for transferring apps. It's just too nice and clean.
The download link is sourceforge.net/projects/androapplink/
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Amazon paid apps?
I have GTA: SA from the Amazon app store just because they gave me $15 for ordering something. When I get the APK over to another device it shows that the user does not own the content. How can I get past this?
To transfer everything , we need a use cable to connect two phones ,
After hearing multiple user support is coming with the latest jelly bean, I decided to buy a Nexus7 (32GB 3G) immediately - will share it with my girlfriend and this way we both can comfortably use gmail for example. First I thought the profiles will not be separated too heavily. The opposite turned out to be true: profiles are completely isolated - apps have to be installed/purchased/configured separately, I can live with that, at least we don't mess with each other's data. But I observed another functionality when connecting to PC through USB - switching a user on the tablet is followed by a plug&play sound on the computer, the "Nexus 7 - Portable Media Player" disappears and reappears with all different files and folders. What you open this way is the user-specific /sdcard folder which points to /storage/emulated/0 for the first user and to /storage/emulated/10 for the second user. Unfortunately this doesn't appear to be a permissions setup to adjust.
But now... where should I copy movies and music so that it's visible for both users? Does anyone happen to have a suitable solution preferably not involving the need to root the device? Thanks.
P.S. -- for those interested in the feature, I forgot to mention, that the overall user experience while switching profiles is very good. It's quick and you'll find your apps running. There are little circles with google avatars on the bottom of the lock screen to pick a user.
With multiuser, there is no need to purchase and install multiple copies of apps. Check the other topics on multiuser.
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rmm200 said:
With multiuser, there is no need to purchase and install multiple copies of apps. Check the other topics on multiuser.
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Fact is, that in the other account, there is none of my applications visible, only those coming pre-installed. I can find the applications I'm using in my first account in Play market, and it offers me to either INSTALL or BUY depending on if it's paid - a user has no access to applications installed by other users - no speculation, this is how it works for me. Nexus 7 3G, 4.2.1.
The only message that suggests shared application is when I run Settings -> Users -> Add User, this appears: "... Any user can accept updated app permissions on behalf of all other users".
data file sharing to another user
jozin said:
After hearing multiple user support is coming with the latest jelly bean, I decided to buy a Nexus7 (32GB 3G) immediately - will share it with my girlfriend and this way we both can comfortably use gmail for example. First I thought the profiles will not be separated too heavily. The opposite turned out to be true: profiles are completely isolated - apps have to be installed/purchased/configured separately, I can live with that, at least we don't mess with each other's data. But I observed another functionality when connecting to PC through USB - switching a user on the tablet is followed by a plug&play sound on the computer, the "Nexus 7 - Portable Media Player" disappears and reappears with all different files and folders. What you open this way is the user-specific /sdcard folder which points to /storage/emulated/0 for the first user and to /storage/emulated/10 for the second user. Unfortunately this doesn't appear to be a permissions setup to adjust.
But now... where should I copy movies and music so that it's visible for both users? Does anyone happen to have a suitable solution preferably not involving the need to root the device? Thanks.
P.S. -- for those interested in the feature, I forgot to mention, that the overall user experience while switching profiles is very good. It's quick and you'll find your apps running. There are little circles with google avatars on the bottom of the lock screen to pick a user.
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nexus 7 4.2.2..
example,on first user,just put any file folder to android/data/ then switch to second user,go to android/data you will see that folder,then cut and paste to any folder you want in second user...that the way how I share file folder to second user....
file transfer to second user nexus 7 4.2.2
in first user,go to file manager find android/obb,put any file to obb not data,if no obb in android just make new one,then go to second user,in file manager,open android/obb,you can see your file in it,just cut and paste to any folder you want in second user...
I'm having trouble with this too. I'm running 6.01 and trying to move data between two users on the same phone (Nexus 5x). There is no obb folder, if I create one on one side it doesn't show on the other side. Creating a "share" folder in the Android folder? Same thing.
I'm looking for something like this: https://www.pushbullet.com/. It requires Android 4.0 or higher, so this itself won't work, but I'd love to have a one click send-to-nook app that I can use to send stuff from my laptop without a cable (especially for pdfs). I was never able to get Gapps working, so emailing myself won't do it. Anybody know of anything similar? Thanks!
Neat idea--less cumbersome than Dropbox for that purpose. How about something like https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smarterdroid.wififiletransfer
Says it's compatible with my Nook--doesn't mean it will work. There seem to be a few similar. Google "wireless send file to android app"
Meanwhile, I need to look at that
Update: I tried the app and I like how it works...but: when I transferred a book into the internal My Files folder it did not show up in the Library, even after a refresh. Under the My Files tab it did appear but could not be read. So I tried a transfer to the My Files folder on the sdcard. That showed up in the Library right away. Not sure if the process can be tweaked, but it's worth looking at more closely. It may be worth noting that ES File Explorer has an ftp interface (news to me but I found it) but it's not as user-friendly as the WiFi Transfer app.
If you have a dropbox account you can use dropsync instead of the official app, it can sync entire directories so it works much like the desktop client.
However, it doesn't do direct over-the-wifi transfer, so perhaps that's not what you're looking for.
Try airdroid,not exactly one click but drag and drop
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