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Need help with DROPBOX!

i have a dropbox account, but im needing more storage, if you dont have a drop box please sign up and download dropbox on your computer, using the link below. This will allow me to gain extra storage on dropbox. In return i can only offer thank you's!
http://db.tt/L5XSwaB

fear676 said:
i have a dropbox account, but im needing more storage, if you dont have a drop box please sign up and download dropbox on your computer, using the link below. This will allow me to gain extra storage on dropbox. In return i can only offer thank you's!
http://db.tt/L5XSwaB
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Or you could actually pay to get more
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fear676 said:
i have a dropbox account, but im needing more storage, if you dont have a drop box please sign up and download dropbox on your computer, using the link below. This will allow me to gain extra storage on dropbox. In return i can only offer thank you's!
http://db.tt/L5XSwaB
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or just sig it like meeeee

You could try min.us. 10GB of space with an extra 1GB for every referral up to a 50GB limit.

Thumbnails file is HUGE (1gb)

Hi,
I noticed that my Nexus S has a lot less free SD partition storage after ics update. Found out that the thumbnails file is huge, its over 1gb big. After deleting it now its back to 900mb. Is this a Google joke or something? How can a thumbnails file for a couple of hundred pics be 1 gb big, like 1/3 of the big files!? Is there a way to change this?

if you are on ICS, it's normal

Hmm that's a bad combination. Having no options to expand memory on Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus and at the same time thumbnails taking ridiculous amounts of storage...

AllGamer said:
if you are on ICS, it's normal
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No way that it's normal. My imgcache.0 file is 19MB, I have about 900 pictures on the phone (Camera, backgrounds, edited stuff, downloads).

madd0g said:
No way that it's normal. My imgcache.0 file is 19MB, I have about 900 pictures on the phone (Camera, backgrounds, edited stuff, downloads).
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19 MB sounds like a fitting Size. But my thumbnail file is again at 900 MB within one day after deletion of the old file, which is crazy.

nah, i too have 1GB total on combined thumbnails, i do keep a lot of photos in my phone, also take into account the ones for the High Quality Called ID/Contact pictures

AllGamer said:
nah, i too have 1GB total on combined thumbnails, i do keep a lot of photos in my phone, also take into account the ones for the High Quality Called ID/Contact pictures
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Wait, did you just say high quality contact photos? At least when we are talking about the google contacts they are severely downsized and look like retro pixel art when viewing contact details or an incoming call...taking new high res pics doesnt help as it will be downsized again after sync to the google cloud.
Still im really pissed at the face that we are talking gigabytes of data for thumbnails. If i didnt see it myself i wouldnt believe it.
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AllGamer said:
also take into account the ones for the High Quality Called ID/Contact pictures
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I'm quite sure those aren't saved on the SD card, but in phone internal storage.
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Shahpur.Azizpour said:
19 MB sounds like a fitting Size. But my thumbnail file is again at 900 MB within one day after deletion of the old file, which is crazy.
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You didn't say if you have any Picasa folders or are running Google+ photos sync.

madd0g said:
I'm quite sure those aren't saved on the SD card, but in phone internal storage.
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You didn't say if you have any Picasa folders or are running Google+ photos sync.
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I have a picasa folder with about 20 pics. The rest is stored locally only. No g+sync.
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This seems strange. I mean a plain 1980x1200 jpg is around 600kb (I picked a random file from my drive), how can a couple of 200x200 pictures add up to 1GB?

sakisds said:
This seems strange. I mean a plain 1980x1200 jpg is around 600kb (I picked a random file from my drive), how can a couple of 200x200 pictures add up to 1GB?
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Exactly my thought. This just makes no sense. And it wasn't like this on GB. With Gingerbread I had 1GB more free storage.

Really weird hmm ... I know that the Picasa/Google+ photos (whatever they call it these days now) can add up to used storage, but those thumbnails are stored in a separate folder (com.google.plus), where the gallery thumbnails is in com.google.android.gallery3d.
So basically the imgcache.x file is 1Gb large ? Are there more files ? A screenshot of the folder would be interesting.

Here you go. As you see on the screenshot the file is 870 MB big.
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Really weird hmm ... I know that the Picasa/Google+ photos (whatever they call it these days now) can add up to used storage, but those thumbnails are stored in a separate folder (com.google.plus), where the gallery thumbnails is in com.google.android.gallery3d.
So basically the imgcache.x file is 1Gb large ? Are there more files ? A screenshot of the folder would be interesting.
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Oh, that's a different thumbnail data file then, the ones I've been talking about were in /sdcard/Android/data/*. But it's still ****ing huge, my same file on this location is 244,2M, that's for 800 Camera pictures.

I have no clue why this file is so big. And deleting doesn't help.

Try disabling the ICS Gallery app via Apps info page, then delete the thumbnail file, if it gets remade again then the Gallery app is the culprit (you can use Quickpic as an alternative).
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I just did a quick scan of my sdcard to see if I had any large thumbnails. It turns out that all my thumbnails are normal size(between 10-30k).
Bugless Beast ICS 1-5

Shahpur.Azizpour said:
Here you go. As you see on the screenshot the file is 870 MB big.
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For what it's worth, I am running ICS on my Nexus S 4G (CM9 Alpha19) and I don't even have a file in that location...
sleepy

sleepyEDB said:
For what it's worth, I am running ICS on my Nexus S 4G (CM9 Alpha19) and I don't even have a file in that location...
sleepy
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Hmm very strange. Suddenly the file didn't reappear in my folder too. This has to be an app that creates this file but don't know which one. Its not the regular gallery app though.

Shahpur.Azizpour said:
Hmm very strange. Suddenly the file didn't reappear in my folder too. This has to be an app that creates this file but don't know which one. Its not the regular gallery app though.
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Yeah, I've installed pete alfonso's ROM and the thumbnail file wasn't created there.

Dropbox v2.0.9 + 5Gb Freespace

Requirements: Android 1.6+
Overview: how it´s work.
• 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, they 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 their desktop clients. Uploading from either desktop clients or Android app will count towards the same 5GB free space.]
for every 500mb upload you get 500mb spave free up to 5gb.
it's plus 5gb on top of what you already have.
pretty awesome
Note:-Only images and videos taken using your phone's Dropbox through camera upload tab are valid.
Themed Black version is also uploaded (Not my work) thanks to this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1403571
Please press the thanks button if i have helped ..(XDA Rule )
Enjoy Have Fun
Downloads :-
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Original : http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=893051&d=1328718069

got the 500mb .... any tips on how to get the 5gb the fastest? THANKS!

trillonometry said:
got the 500mb .... any tips on how to get the 5gb the fastest? THANKS!
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U have to upload next 500MB photos and videos to get next 500MB free ...thats it
No fastest method ...this is the only method as far as i have experienced

trillonometry said:
got the 500mb .... any tips on how to get the 5gb the fastest? THANKS!
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There's a post to download dummy jpgs for upload in the Epic Touch forum. What i did was upload my own, by batch renaming copies til I had enough. to upload to the 5g. Only took a few minutes to get it all done.

just make a 4.5 gb full hd video and then wait for upload ;-)
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dropbox

How do we get the 25gb of space on dropbox that you get with this phone?

SkizzMcNizz said:
How do we get the 25gb of space on dropbox that you get with this phone?
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Download the Dropbox app from the Play Store.
Log onto or create a new Dropbox account with your HTC Phone
Follow the on screen instructions.

I did that and it still says that I have only 2.5 gb of space =/ There were like only two pages of instructions. One that said something about how to get 500mb of storage and the other asked whether to use wifi or wifi and data

I had to do 5 of seven things on a list, then I got my 25. plus 2.5, plus 500mb. So I got 28, and from what I understand, it's indefinite, not 2 years.

The 25GB is only two years afaik - the 2.5GB/whatever will be indefinite. Log into the Dropbox website on a computer after you've gone through the setup on the phone and it should tell you you have the bonus 25GB.
Even if it is only two years, allowed me to not pay for 50GB Dropbox for two years

Can I get 50gb from returning my device lol
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After creating an account on your phone from the dropbox app..... Go to dropbox(dot)com/gs and. Complete 5 of the 7 steps to get the 25gb for 2 years....I did this the day I got mine.
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i just signed into my dropbox from the app i downloaded from the market. i got my free space a few minutes later that was confirmed in an email, but i only got 23.? gigs not 25. but i already had around 4 so im right around 30 right now. camera burst and instant camera upload is a quick way to gain a few gigs,but you gotta upload 500mb of pics for 500mb of space so you have to delete alot of pics from your phone and dropbox after your done. nothing a little multi selecting cant do.

SkizzMcNizz said:
I did that and it still says that I have only 2.5 gb of space =/ There were like only two pages of instructions. One that said something about how to get 500mb of storage and the other asked whether to use wifi or wifi and data
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After you log onto the Dropbox site there is a list of I believe 7 items you can do for additional space such as installing on a desktop, sharing a note etc. To receive the additional space from having Sense 4.0 you need to complete at least 5 items on the list.

[Q] No Internal Memory

I need some help here. I have no internal memory on my blaze. I have no games, a hundred pictures or so, and a decent number of apps downloaded. I have used app2sd to move as many apps to the external sd card, but I have consistently run out of memory in a variety of ROMs. I am currently using AOKP ROM, but it is the same case with a few others I have used. I cannot take pictures because my memory is full. Things like evernote will not sync, nook can't download books, etc.
Anybody got any suggestions? I am not really even sure what is taking up all the memory, none of the files are even that large. I can provide any info needed, just not sure where to begin.

Bradlees said:
I need some help here. I have no internal memory on my blaze. I have no games, a hundred pictures or so, and a decent number of apps downloaded. I have used app2sd to move as many apps to the external sd card, but I have consistently run out of memory in a variety of ROMs. I am currently using AOKP ROM, but it is the same case with a few others I have used. I cannot take pictures because my memory is full. Things like evernote will not sync, nook can't download books, etc.
Anybody got any suggestions? I am not really even sure what is taking up all the memory, none of the files are even that large. I can provide any info needed, just not sure where to begin.
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I used clean master which gave me a good 250mb back. You should try it.
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Bradlees said:
I need some help here. I have no internal memory on my blaze. I have no games, a hundred pictures or so, and a decent number of apps downloaded. I have used app2sd to move as many apps to the external sd card, but I have consistently run out of memory in a variety of ROMs. I am currently using AOKP ROM, but it is the same case with a few others I have used. I cannot take pictures because my memory is full. Things like evernote will not sync, nook can't download books, etc.
Anybody got any suggestions? I am not really even sure what is taking up all the memory, none of the files are even that large. I can provide any info needed, just not sure where to begin.
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Try getting a dropbox, google drive or skydrive account and loading all your files such as pics, videos and even titanium backup folder etc. Using file explorers suchas astro will still let you view the files as if they were on your phone. Also go through all your apps and clear all the caches. Browsers such as Mozilla can have very large caches especially if there synced to your pc. I use dolphin browser, other small browsers such as opera mini might help based on your preferences, try a few. Google+, maps and other google apps tend to keep a large cache on hand. The online album syncs such as dropbox should resolve the issue.
Oh and google drive offers more space initially than dropbox, skydrive gives you 7 gigs off the jump. If it helped hit thx

jbats said:
Try getting a dropbox, google drive or skydrive account and loading all your files such as pics, videos and even titanium backup folder etc. Using file explorers suchas astro will still let you view the files as if they were on your phone. Also go through all your apps and clear all the caches. Browsers such as Mozilla can have very large caches especially if there synced to your pc. I use dolphin browser, other small browsers such as opera mini might help based on your preferences, try a few. Google+, maps and other google apps tend to keep a large cache on hand. The online album syncs such as dropbox should resolve the issue.
Oh and google drive offers more space initially than dropbox, skydrive gives you 7 gigs off the jump. If it helped hit thx
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I've downloaded skydrive as I've been using windows 8 on my pc and pretty happy with it thus far. Is there a way to change my setting\s so pictures, etc are stored here? Or would I just basically upload them and then delete them from the gallery?

Bradlees said:
I've downloaded skydrive as I've been using windows 8 on my pc and pretty happy with it thus far. Is there a way to change my setting\s so pictures, etc are stored here? Or would I just basically upload them and then delete them from the gallery?
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You need to download sky drive to your PC. You can edit the settings from your PC to automatically sync PC when on, and doesn't matter where u delete from PC or phone ,online album will sync delete across all devices. I use all three giving me a total of 14.5 gbs of space, I only keep drop box sync on and use the other two selectively.
Also probally best to setup sync over WiFi only to avoid overage on your data network usage

Did everything work out for you?

jbats said:
Did everything work out for you?
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Ok, so things did not work out for me. I have files synced and uploaded to dropbox and skydrive. However, all the pictures were already stored on my external sd card, the real external sd card which has about 4 of 8 gb free still. So, I'm at a bit of a loss here as to what to do. The 1.39 available storage on the internal usb storage is completely full. THere are no games, music, and a few pictures on it and that it is it. What is taking up so much space?

Bradlees said:
Ok, so things did not work out for me. I have files synced and uploaded to dropbox and skydrive. However, all the pictures were already stored on my external sd card, the real external sd card which has about 4 of 8 gb free still. So, I'm at a bit of a loss here as to what to do. The 1.39 available storage on the internal usb storage is completely full. THere are no games, music, and a few pictures on it and that it is it. What is taking up so much space?
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Look at it in a file explorer only u can see what's on it not us
Try astro file explorer
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I have the same problem with mine. Use a file manager and delete the ".thumbnails" folder in the DCIM folder and it frees up a few hundred mb. It might be hidden so you may need a root explorer or plug your usb into the computer
That's how it is for me at least.

Bradlees said:
Ok, so things did not work out for me. I have files synced and uploaded to dropbox and skydrive. However, all the pictures were already stored on my external sd card, the real external sd card which has about 4 of 8 gb free still. So, I'm at a bit of a loss here as to what to do. The 1.39 available storage on the internal usb storage is completely full. THere are no games, music, and a few pictures on it and that it is it. What is taking up so much space?
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You dont sync your browser from phone to pc do you? I use to with mozilla, but ended up with a mobile browser weighing in at around 120 mb (ouch). Use a smaller browser. Another thing do you regularly clear your caches? These can stack up. Also if your photos are all uploaded to dropbox and such, DELETE them from your phone. The ones you use for wallpapers,contacts etc., store on your external card that way to be safe and not delete them when you clear your gallery after new uploads. Last thing check your downloaded files from setting and see which ones can be moved to sd card. Other than that explore your files.
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Try wipping Dalvik and cache partition and any thumbnails inside the DCMI folder.

jbats said:
You dont sync your browser from phone to pc do you? I use to with mozilla, but ended up with a mobile browser weighing in at around 120 mb (ouch). Use a smaller browser. Another thing do you regularly clear your caches? These can stack up. Also if your photos are all uploaded to dropbox and such, DELETE them from your phone. The ones you use for wallpapers,contacts etc., store on your external card that way to be safe and not delete them when you clear your gallery after new uploads. Last thing check your downloaded files from setting and see which ones can be moved to sd card. Other than that explore your files.
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I found the culprit with es file explorer. Sizes of folders were not showing up if I connected to the pc and tried to use the windows file explorer. THere was some file that was almost 1gb in the cwm folder.
I use chrome and it is synced. Should I turn this off?

Bradlees said:
I found the culprit with es file explorer. Sizes of folders were not showing up if I connected to the pc and tried to use the windows file explorer. THere was some file that was almost 1gb in the cwm folder.
I use chrome and it is synced. Should I turn this off?
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I would. Also have you ever tried dolphin browser? It loads web pages alot faster, throw in adaway to block popups and youll be solid. Both you can get from the play store. Its up to you but I use jetpack (playstore) with dolphin to improve speed.
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Back up all your apps (Either with Titanium Backup) Wipe and factory reset everything,(In cwr go to mounts and format all except external_SD) flash your ROM. Now you should be all clean. Then I suggest getting a 32 GB SD card and use Link2Sd and Directory Bind to move actual apps to your external SD. Here is a great guide on how to use both apps http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33884286
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