What service/provider of cloud type storage do most people here use? Any good recommendations?
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mario24601 said:
What service/provider of cloud type storage do most people here use? Any good recommendations?
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Personally I use Google Drive + Google Music for my tunes. Frankly the integration makes it a no brainer to me. That isn't to say it would be best for everyone but for my uses it's perfect. However most people will tell you to sign up for all of them and use them all then pick one. After all you can never have too much free cloud storage. And that will allow you to try them before you go Premium, if in fact that is something you were considering. I know Dropbox is great too. Cubby invites were all the rage here lately but I have never tried it. There's a thread. It would probably help you get better recommendations if you told us what you plan on using the service for.
i use Dropbox.. got over 100+Gigs because i have a GS3 + One X and a few other reasons.. i also use Google Drive + Google Music and all other Google cloud features
New accounts only get 2GB of space tho
currently i use google drive and dropbox. i think the free space on those services will increase in the future because there is a lot of competition
Google Drive
Dropbox
Amazon Cloud
I use them all, but 4share is my preferred one.
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I have Dropbox (4GB), Ubuntu 1(5GB), Google Storage for Developers (100GB) and Skydrive(25GB).
I know that's a lot of them, so I use SMEStorage to manage 'em together, well except for Dropbox and Ubuntu1
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destro63x said:
I use them all,
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This :good:
Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, SkyDrive ......
It depends what you need, for pure file storage dropbox or google drive are probably the best.
If you are looking to stream media from a cloud then I am not sure what is best here. Anyone have any suggestions for streaming media (files that I own already rather than other options)
i use:
dropbox
skydrive
box
sugarsync
cubby
google drive/gmail
they're unique in their own way, but generally similar; free with paid extras. i have about 115GB+ of free online storage, so no need for any paid versions. i suggest try a few out and see which service suits your needs best.
I use Wuala. I think it's reasonably priced and there's a bonus that everything's encrypted!
Thanks everyone! What I would like to do is stream home pictures and videos. Any of these good for this?
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I like the idea of my data being on my own systems. As a result, I set up ownCloud on my Linux server in my basement (tho I believe a Windows variant exists). With the help of DDNS which provides me with a URL, along with some port forwarding, I basically have my own web address I can access from anywhere and log in to my ownCloud server. You are limited only by your hard drive space. I'm currently rockin a 300GB personal cloud server. I'll be looking at 6TB once I get my new drives in for the RAID 5 array I plan to set up.
On the same server I also have Subsonic running. I paid the couple bucks donation fee (10 to 15 or so) to unlock the full mobile license with the mobile app for Android, iOS, etc. There again, using my DDNS URL I tied Subsonic's Android app into my server at home. I can now stream all of my media straight from my box at home.
In short:
For music and media - Subsonic
For everything else - ownCloud
The future plan: 6TB for personal cloud usage for music, pictures, videos, documents? Oh yes. :good: Even my current 300GB setup is significantly more than I would get with any free service elsewhere. I'll take it.
total win.
Another mod for subsonic for your own cloud media server.
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I use ubuntu 1 and google drive. Ubuntu is my favorite tho.
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DualSportDad said:
I use ubuntu 1 and google drive. Ubuntu is my favorite tho.
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I'm quite fond of Ubuntu One myself. I use it for auto-uploads of my pictures on my phone. Since Ubuntu is on all of my systems, once I fire up my laptop, desktop, whatever it auto syncs locally. Of course, Dropbox does this too, but U1 also gives me 5GB to boot. I assume Dropbox is still @ 2GB for starters?
I use Dropbox, Google Drive, Sugarsync, Ubuntu 1, Amazon MP3 and Google Play Music. All serve a purpose and all get used. 16GB is not enough. Cloud storage is critical for me. Ubuntu 1, Dropbox and Play Music are the best imo.
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Google's Music Manager seems pretty nice, Can upload 20k songs for free I've been having trouble trying to import songs from my desktop though...
espionage724 said:
Google's Music Manager seems pretty nice, Can upload 20k songs for free I've been having trouble trying to import songs from my desktop though...
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Probably a stupid question, but will my itunes library import over to the music manager?
psmith79 said:
Probably a stupid question, but will my itunes library import over to the music manager?
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Yes it will. There's an option to auto update as well that adds any new music you add to itunes
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So I've got my 25$ credit burning a hole in my Google wallet, I've long ago spent my money on the paid versions of the apps I want and to the devs I want to support.
Since the time Google maps/navigation became nearly perfect I've always used that, now I have this amazing tablet that would make an amazing GPS! Just I'd like to have offline maps as it would be nice not to always tether it or per pick out my route in advance
I looked into copilot but not sure how good it is, mixed reviews not to mention like 4 different versions of nearly the same app on the market. Any one bothered much with offline GPS? Any recommendations?
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Sygic is pretty good, I use it every day
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I see its only a free trial in market, how much is the full maps for US? And is the only option to pay directly to sygic.com or can the full version be purchased via the app itself?
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I see its only a free trial in market, how much is the full maps for US? And is the only option to pay directly to sygic.com or can the full version be purchased via the app itself?
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USA version cost $29.48 (at today's euro exchange rate) and can only be purchased via their website. This may suggest you may need to pay for each android device you intend to install this software. Maybe someone who already purchased this can chime in.
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USA version cost $29.48 (at today's euro exchange rate) and can only be purchased via their website. This may suggest you may need to pay for each android device you intend to install this software. Maybe someone who already purchased this can chime in.
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It seems the license can be bound only to one device at time. Look here:
https://support.sygic.com/sygic/topics/can_i_use_one_license_on_multiple_devices
However, you have up to 5 license transfers for free, look here:
https://support.sygic.com/sygic/topics/two_device_enablement
Sygic is very good. A couple of years ago when I first purchased it was a little lacking but now it's awesome.
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NAVFREE
NAVFREE!! its totaly free and it uses open street maps which are updated for free roughtly every 2 months, you can install postcodes and a large selection of FREE maps!! also different voices.
USA version
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...xLDEsImNvbS5uYXZmcmVlLmFuZHJvaWQuT1NNLlVTQSJd
WORLD version
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...xLDEsImNvbS5uYXZmcmVlLmFuZHJvaWQuT1NNLkFMTCJd
My brother and I both have Nexus 7's. When we buy pc games one of us buys it and we both install it on our laptops (I'm 16 so I still live at home with family including my brother). Is there some way for my brother to play games on his nexus that I bought on mine (without having him sign into my Google account)? I know some file explorers (like androzip) have a "backup" option which packs the app back into an apk but it fails when I try it on paid apps (obviously drm).
Thanks
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The best way is to share the same google account, if not it is indirectly a way of piracy, based on my point of view my friend.
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The only problem with sharing one account is you cannot play games very well, because say your halfway through level 5 on mc4, if your bro wants to play you would have to start a new game and loses your progress. Really stupid and fustrating as tablets are not really individual minded I don't think. I did read somewhere that you can share apps, but you have to be rooted for it to work.
Shared through a common Google account is the only legitimate way.
Could be a new Google account, used only for buying apps.
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Do you have recommendations for notes app that has offline mode and cloud syncing?
I used Catch in the past, but it's been discontinued 
So far, I tried :
- Evernote : it doesn't have offline mode unless you pay subscription. The free version doesn't allow you to take the notebook offline.
- Google Drive : it's good, but the offline mode sucks. It always try to get the online version first, until timeout then ask you for using the offline copy.
- Google Keep : it's good, but the notes organization sucks, there is none. I need to have folder OR be able to make category.
- ColorNotes : same as Google Keep.
Well, generally the Google Drive solution is OK, but now I am only holiday with limited, unreliable, slow, mobile internet. You don't want to use Google Drive in this situation.
I don't mind paying for app, but I found Evernote subscription is a bit too much for my usage.
Too bad, Catch was perfect
Thanks
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Did a quick search in play store for "notes offline" and discovered this.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.somcloud.somnote
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I just thought people might like to know that Samsungs newest promotion of getting a free ebook every month using "Kindle for Samsung" is possible on a AOSP rom. I successfully got it working on Omnirom (Kitkat)
All you have to do is get a hold of two apk's com.amazon.kindlefs and samsungservice
I got the first one by searching Google and someone posted a link to it in a comments section (I lost the link though so you will have to find it)
You should also be able to extract it from a stock based phone that got it the right way from "Samsung Apps"
Then for it to work right and let you get the free book you also need the "Samsung Account" app which is just samsungservice.apk. Easy to get from any rom or search xda I found the apk it self without having to download a full rom.
Installing both of those was enough and I got my first book free.
Hello,
thanks a lot.
I asked about this on Q&A.
Due to request. Here is where I found the kindlefs apk (in the comments)
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/141348
Direct link https://drive.google.com/?authuser=0#folders/0B7C8oVrb-ciOeFJkWjc2Qzg0UjQ
Do you get to choose which book?
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godhamba said:
Do you get to choose which book?
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Yes, out of a monthly selection of four books.