I have considered getting one of those online services ie like RapidShare etc and has considered signing up for one, but which one is "ultimately" best?. I know claiming which one is best might be a bit sketchy.
But I would prefer a place where I can basically decide to make folders either accessible to all so they are public so that people can access the folders through a webinderface and download from it. Or that people need to put in a password/key to get aceces. Or ultimately that I am the only one who can access them.
As well as allowing "some" people to upload stuff to the public folder etc.
But can any of these online services handle that?
O I think it can "handle it"...
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O I think it can "handle it"...
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I believe Box.net covers most of your specs....
Personal account is free and stores up to 50g.
Dropbox does pretty much everything you're looking for. Other people can upload to a folder, but you have to share it with them. A shared folder takes away from their amount of storage as if it were their own.
If you exceed 10 gigs of external traffic in a single day, Dropbox suspends the specific file(s)/folder responsible for the excessive traffic for a few days... at least for the first offense, not sure about after. I learned this the hard way.
Dropbox also only gives you a couple of gigs of storage. It's by far the nicest file-sharing client, but very limiting. I use Dropbox to share small files - recoveries, individual images, tutorials, etc. For most of my personal storage and larger files that I need to share, I use crappy file sharing sites like Megaupload etc.
The great thing about Dropbox is that you don't have to link people to some spammy site where you have to wait however long for slow downloads. Click the link and you're prompted to download.
However, if you plan on sharing large files or need a ton of storage, I'd go with something else unless you're willing to pay.
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This service is actually spectacularly useful, making your files accessible to you via the website where ever you go, or through the PC app and of course even more convenient with the Android and iPhone apps.
You can also invite people to share folders with you giving both/all of you access to the same storage location for convenient file sharing.
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Cheers,
Mik
I guess not then :lol:
This has been bothering me for quite a while, so I conjured a little story to help sooth my frustration.
Lets say my Android device is the new tenant of a nicely formated loft, this loft being 16gb of square space. To commemorate this new exciting space my device throws a house party. Most of the Apps he invites are pretty well behaved, but some start spilling drinks, then puking on the carpet, then having an orgy, then bukkake-ing the root directory. After discovering such acts, the device politely requests the disruptive guests force quit and leave. "I need more space on my phone." the device replied as each questioned on their way out. To his disbelief, NONE of the Apps cleaned up their mess! Even worse it seems some of the classier Apps, though more organized seem to have been influenced too. Unfortunately the device is forced to live with it, as the police force stopped responding to calls in his neighborhood. One man tries, but it always returns to a mess.
I hope that entertained someone.
i know exactly how you feel... there is at least 7 unused folders just wasting space on my phone. not to mention random mp3's hidden deep within my phone...
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i know exactly how you feel... there is at least 7 unused folders just wasting space on my phone. not to mention random mp3's hidden deep within my phone...
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I hope you understand about the unused folders and NOT the bukkake-ing!!
hello, nice story!
I won't say that I am even close to being a developer but I do develop some apps and the thing that I wan't to point out is that apps do not run when they are installed or uninstalled. It's not each application job to clear up the mess it may have created but package manager's which apparently leaves some files be just in case you would like to reinstall the app later(?)...
I would propose to look for a more efficient package manager or doorman/janitor for your loft
That's why I don't invite the guy whos only existence is to make farting noises!
Very good point. However, one thing I don't know is if uninstalling through the market cleans up the SD card better than using a third party mass uninstall app. Something you may want to experiment with.
Back at it again...
Here I am again, and I still don't flippin get it!
After reading some of your comments I realized my main point kind of got glazed over(no pun intended @Scudderb)
My big issue is that there's no hierarchy in place for this crap. In windows, program files are stored in the 'Program Files' directory. In Android (and I credit google and the developers for this sloppy BS) Apps are just throwing all their **** in with my stuff on the ROOT.
How is this acceptable. Seriously, HOW? And if its all cache files and/or temporary documents than WHY THE **** ISN'T ALL THIS CRAP BEING PUT INTO A TEMP/CACHE FOLDER.
I'm PISSED! Why does every app I install get to put their own folder on the ROOT WITH the FOLDERS and FILES that actually matter to me ex: like my music, pictures, movies, documents (OH and by the way, a lot of apps developers do a REALLY ****ty job with their NAMING CONVENTIONS so the folders being created may or may not even look related to the app that put it there!)
::end rant::
My apologies for the colorful language, folder structure and hierarchy are something I design as a web designer so when I see this crap going on in my phone like the inmates are running the asylum... I get angry.
Today I was cleaning up my SD card for the umteen'th time, and found that Foursquare was dumping its temp files directly onto the root of my directory. I blew my top and had to get it out of my system... so..
A MESSAGE TO ALL THE APPS PULLING THESE SHENANIGANS: GROW UP!
The problem here is that it's hard to do it right
For custom data, files are supposed to be saved into "/data/data/com.appname/blah" (that's from the top of my head, could differ slightly). That's the directory to use for data files, but there's one big issue with it: it's on the internal memory storage. We all know that internal memory on Android (without custom ROMs) is.. limited. That's probably why most devs are using SD for larger files.
There's also the "Android/data/com.package_name.blah/blah" directory on the SD card. This directory should be used by apps to store files into and is automatically deleted when the user removes the associated app (but only when you're running Froyo or greater).
The issue with this approach is that users (and developers too, when testing the app) will lose all their data when removing an old version of a specific app. Let's say there's a bug with the Market again and the app suddenly gets uninstalled. User will have to reinstall, result: data will be all gone. That's only one of the many doom scenarios.
I can't speak for other developers, but that's more or less the reason why I started to use a common directory outside of the preferred ones when I was doing apps. It's not a great situation, I fully agree. But would you rather have your data accidentally deleted?
If anyone knows a good way to get around this issue, I'd love to know more about it...
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Thanks for the reply @Stripeymilk
I can think of multiple solutions:
#1 Development community adopts a universal directory for files deemed 'User' or 'Save' data that should be stored for future use. (or Google creates this for developers)
#2 Development community adopts the practice of allowing users to pick the directory users want to store an apps data in. (prompt at app's first start)
#3 Store files/data in the cloud.
#4 Users dump trash in the lobbys/living-rooms of developer's and see how quickly they find a solution.
#5 USE THE "Android/data/com.package_name.blah/" FOLDER WHEN ALL YOU'RE REALLY DOING IS STORING CACHE/TEMP FILES!!!
BOTTOM LINE: Its not hard to do it right, Its just hard to get people to do it.
You make it sound so easy
1) I'm all for it, but Google needs to put its weight behind an approach like that because otherwise people will say "I like /Data better than /data or /Mydata or /MyData". It's a bit like coding conventions: everyone wants to be different.
2) Good for techy people, not so good for "normal" users. Could make it easier with a small "file manager", but that's too much work for indie devs. Could be a nice idea for a new open source project though.
3) Great idea, could actually work if the associated account would be created automatically (like in Cut the Rope for Android with Scoreloop), but:
- The backup functionality in Android for storing data in the cloud is available for API level 8 and greater, making it of not so much use when you're targeting API level 5 or 6 and greater. Could be fixed by using something like Google Storage combined with Jets3t instead, but that would be useless for apps written in C++, like many games are.
- Cloud storage isn't free. Developers can't pay for that as it would be too expensive. If every Android user would've gotten free cloud storage from Google it could be a nice alternative, but (yeah, there's always a but) most current users don't have that.
4) If you're prepared to send your trash by plane to another country, go for it!
5) Agreed. Useful for temp data.
I'm not trying to make it sound easy, believe me I know how it isn't. I'm trying to make it sound simple, because really.. it is...
In response:
1) I agree and this is exactly what I mean by the real hard part is getting people to do it. This requires widespread endorsement by developers big and small - that this is a 'best practice' that should be adhered to. I think the gate swings both ways though.
example: Twitter didn't invent hash tags, their users did, and with its widespread adoption, Twitter adopted/implemented it too.
2) Another good point, though this process can be curated to drive the user in the right direction (holding their hand). The XBOX 360 does this for every game you play, the first thing it does is ask you which storage device you want to use for game saves.
example: in combination with solution # 1, the default folder the app saves to could be '/data/theAppsName' and the prompt could say "This app saves files to your SD CARD in '/data/theAppName'. Would you like to choose a new location?" [Yes] [No] [?]. The [Yes] option brings up a simple file manager, the [No] option uses that location, the [?] option brings up an easy to understand write up on what its asking and why its asking it.
3) We'll get there eventually, my point really was if you've got the resources, why not. Its a solution better than #1 and #2
4) I plan on sending human clones to create trash individually and exponentially
5) AMIRITE~!
In all seriousness though, thank you @Stripeymilk for taking the time to go in depth and have a conversation about this. I seriously think it doesn't take an act of Godogle to solve this (to what I beleive) is a big issue!
I can't agree more with you.
As developer (Windows, iSeries) I try to make my programs as structured and readable as possible. The same goes for the files and folders used used by the programs, but sadly, even with all the available resources, some people (colleagues) make a complete mess of it, cause "that's not/less important", as long as the program does what it's intended to do ...
It's all about the resources and people using them the right way!
Cool, didn't know about the hash tags on Twitter
Well, we're on a great site here with developers on it. If everyone here would adhere to the same standard, it could at least be a nice push to make the Android SD card world a better place.
What's the directory we're going to settle on? Any pros and cons?
I know some of these offers are posted around some of the individual phone forums, but didn't see this one here and figured more people could take advantage this way.
Please let me know if I have posted in the wrong place...
Here's how to get it if you are interested... (takes maybe a minute)
1. Go to appsumo.com/minus-for-free/
2. Enter your email address (or "an" email address! You do not have to use a confirmation email, the link will be given)
3. Click on "No thanks, just checking things out." (right below the 2 big boxes)
4. At the bottom, click "Get the Deal"
5. Choose a password
6. Click "Continue to my Codes"
7. Copy/Paste the address for Minus
8. In box 2, (Sign Up - For Free) Choose a username and password. (email not required) Click Start Sharing!
DONE!!!
Note: The only issue I have with Minus.com right now is they do not support sub-folders, so organization is not as good as it should be. I did read that they are going to implement this feature though.
Note2: Yes, Appsumo WILL send you marketing emails now, but is is very easy to stop. Open their email and at very bottom click Unsubscribe! (I have an email addie devoted strictly for use with stuff like this...just in case!)
I hope someone finds this useful!
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I know some of these offers are posted around some of the individual phone forums, but didn't see this one here and figured more people could take advantage this way.
Please let me know if I have posted in the wrong place...
Here's how to get it if you are interested... (takes maybe a minute)
1. Go to appsumo.com/minus-for-free/
2. Enter your email address (or "an" email address! You do not have to use a confirmation email, the link will be given)
3. Click on "No thanks, just checking things out." (right below the 2 big boxes)
4. At the bottom, click "Get the Deal"
5. Choose a password
6. Click "Continue to my Codes"
7. Copy/Paste the address for Minus
8. In box 2, (Sign Up - For Free) Choose a username and password. (email not required) Click Start Sharing!
DONE!!!
Note: The only issue I have with Minus.com right now is they do not support sub-folders, so organization is not as good as it should be. I did read that they are going to implement this feature though.
Note2: Yes, Appsumo WILL send you marketing emails now, but is is very easy to stop. Open their email and at very bottom click Unsubscribe! (I have an email addie devoted strictly for use with stuff like this...just in case!)
I hope someone finds this useful!
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Thanks, worked perfectly
You are quite welcome! And thank you for taking the time to reply. I'm glad it worked for you! 25GB can be quite handy!
One other thing I noticed about Minus.com is they claim they will never delete any files (unless in violation of course!) Some of the most frustrating issues I have run into is when I try to download an older file and it is just....gone! The other big one is how much was lost to us when MegaUpload was shut down.
One of my plans for my Minus account is to upload EVERYTHING I have downloaded (ROMs, Mods, Scripts, files...) and kind of re-share everything in my phones forum. Plus its always nice to have everything for a particular device archived all in one place! You just never know when you will need something from the past, in the future.
YaaHoo! Finally made it to my 10 post limit!!
WONDERFUL
Thanks!! - I've been using dropbox for all of my file sharing and storing needs. However, this wipes the floor with it!!
Cool Beans bro! Thanks for the info, and congrats on the 10 post limit lol
Nice, thanks for the info. Could always use more storage
thanks for the heads up buddy.
How does this differ from dropbox? The main reason i use dropbox instead of other services like box, even though i get less space, is because of the integrated desktop folder and no restrictions on file sizes.
Is minus any different? Thanks again.
Minus has a number of tools available. Go to http://minus.com/pages/tools for the available downloads. They have an app for Android as well as desktop applications for Windows, Linux and Mac. (They also recently enabled a mobile web page for using browser from your phone). Not sure if that is what you are looking for.
In case it's not, I poked around a little and found some info in their forum (http://feedback.minus.com/). Notably someone wrote a prog/ext to support Folder Syncing. You can find the download and info here: http://en-minusfoldersync.blogspot.com/
As far as file size goes, they currently do have an upload limit of 2GB per file and 300 files per folder, but allow unlimited folders. They allow unlimited downloads/transfers and apparently will only throttle speeds when abuse is detected on hotlinked images.
If you are like me and primarily using this for sharing/storage of Android related files, I don't see many drawbacks. (Except for the lack of subfolders). Here are some links with some good information about their service:
http://minus.com/pages/help
http://feedback.minus.com/
http://minus.com/pages/tools
http://blog.minus.com/
Check the blog for latest features. The forum/feedback page is where I found the Folder Sync tool, and where you can submit requests/ideas and ask questions.
If you want to test download speed, or see what I'm doing with mine, (which is not much yet), here are links to my two folders:
http://minus.com/mEspressoROMs - Motivated by the loss of MegaUpload and all of the Mods/ROMs/etc that we may never see again, I have started uploading everything I have for my phone, kind of an archive...
http://minus.com/mEspresso - This contains mods I ported for my device. (All stock Froyo for MyTouch 3g Slide)
You can link to individual folders like this, or you can link to individual files. If they are public, anyone can browse/search them, if private, anyone can still access but only via direct link.
I hope this info helps you out. I have never used Dropbox, so I cannot accurately compare the two, sorry.
Hi all,
I searched around, but couldn't find much on this subject. I need some advice.
I'd like to share ROMs: original/stock dumps, cooked by me, cooked by others. I thought this was a no brainer, and I'd use DevHost. But then, I saw you were limited to 512MB. I can imagine times a file might get over a GB. Then I thought of my use case, I'd like to sync a directory structure up.
I use Linux usually (with throw away Windows VMs). Native GDrive support isn't so great on Linux, but I can upload a directory structure through Chrome or an applet. Which solves the directory structure issue. They don't have limits that I know of on file sizes. But then, I'm a bit worried about Google deleting files or deleting my account because of some copyrighted bits. Logos? Drivers?
My desire:
- upload (or sync up) a directory structure that I can control easily offline
- large files, maybe 1GB
- enough room, 15GB seems like enough for now
- not to get my Google account deleted
- not to get sued because of some bits in a rom
I'm offline quite a bit or on a data plan, so a constant sync isn't an advantage. And my main machine is a laptop with a (small) SSD so I'd rather not have a bunch of cached files filling that up too.
Advice on GDrive, DropBox, DevHost, others? Have people out there got their Google accounts clobbered?
Thanks,
syserr
I was hoping that someone had some opinions on this? Also, maybe someone knows of a hosting site with webdav upload capability.
Hi there,
We are in a new era of Cloud Internet technology... But the question comes could we utilize the full cloud service thoroughly?
-I don't think so!
For example, Google Drive provides us 15GB of free cloud space, but to make use of that 15GB we end up transacting of the Data usage around 50GB+
How?
Uploading contents on Google Drive = 15GB +
Browsing/Surfing 5GB extra, so 20GB.
Downloading the same contents multiple times on multiple devices = More 30GB of internet data usage!
So we are virtually requiring round about 50GB of internet data pack additionally which is kinda costly in India yet!
It would have come down to half if we could have saved the data directly on Google Drive or any other relevant Cloud Media like Drop box, Sky Drive etc without having it to get downloaded onto the PC/Smart phone/Tablet!
Currently the respected UC Browser only seems to be providing the said feature flawlessly without any limitation in file size or extension but on UC's own Cloud a storage of 2GB Fixed & 4GB Temporary!
Other browsers like: Maxthon, Puffin etc might do the same job but kind of limitations are there!
A dedicated website ctrlq.org/save/ does the job for various Cloud media but can't be compared with UC Browser in any/every aspect.
Months/Year ago Google launched Save to GDrive Button which gives the Web Admin only to implicate the feature where Users don't have choice to do so!
gutenberg org did implicate this feature enabling users to send their desired Epub file to GDrive (and Dropbox as well) directly so that they can import into Google Play Books or download afterwards.
It's worth mentioning that not every website would be willing to implement the GDrive button for visitors to save direct to cloud!
Hence we are left with only an option of opting the UC Browser.
My request to all the readers over here, is there any alternatives for this? Is it not really possible to create such application or plugin which will pop up with option of choosing download destination (Storage or Cloud) when we tap on download button!
May/may not be possible yet till today but sure enough in future we will be able to do so what UC had already done long way before.
Any opinion/suggestion or users point of view is highly appreciated!
Sad
It's very haert broken fact that no one ever bothered to answer the query! Seems the feature was asked about is kinda crime!
Shame on all of u guys...