Update: They've just increased the base storage level to 15GB (or 20GB if you use my referral link)!
Copy.com is a new Dropbox competitor. It's backed by the Barracuda Networks people, so this one's going to be around a while.
You get 15GB free, and if you sign up using my referral, we both get 5GB of free additional storage.
It uses the Holo UI and there are no upload size limits! You can never have too much cloud storage, right?
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Thanks!
(I posted this in the general S4 apps forum, but I thought I'd post it here for us Sprint folks, in case some of you don't look at the other forum.) :angel:
Thanks man
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Thanks appreciate it, just signed up.
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Interesting. .. signed up!
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Thanks and done.
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Been using it a couple days and so far really good stuff.
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Same theme but when I went back to stock to grab the MDL OTA, I actually entered my dropbox info at firstrun. Was in the sprint store the first time. Dropbox gave me "an additional 48GB" of space for registering the s4. No idea if this is wide spread or if I need to go get some scratch off tickets, b7t worth a try if you haven't already.
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Grommish said:
Same theme but when I went back to stock to grab the MDL OTA, I actually entered my dropbox info at firstrun. Was in the sprint store the first time. Dropbox gave me "an additional 48GB" of space for registering the s4. No idea if this is wide spread or if I need to go get some scratch off tickets, b7t worth a try if you haven't already.
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It's for all S4 owners as far as I can tell. But be aware that this additional fee space is for 2 years only. After that you'll either need to pony up to keep the space or delete files until you are back down to your pre - gratis48GB level. Still, 50GB of Dropbox for two years at no cost? I took it and ran.
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I'm trying out my new copy storage. Here's a link to 3 ROMS: https://copy.com/aOCkeSmqaUN0
Includes:
ForceRom 1.0 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261943)
Omega 3.0 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2253528)
Stock ME2 (as referenced in the Omega thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=41332709&postcount=576)
Thanks for the referral credits, keep them coming!
Thank you !! i search this!
Thanks for the tip. Looks good on the desktop side, like you said hard to have too much storage.
However on the phone app side I really DON'T like this part:
Your applications information
retrieve running apps
Allows the app to retrieve information about currently and recently running tasks. This may allow the app to discover information about which applications are used on the device.
Your social information
read your contacts
Allows the app to read data about your contacts stored on your device, including the frequency with which you've called, emailed, or communicated in other ways with specific individuals. This permission allows apps to save your contact data, and malicious apps may share contact data without your knowledge.
Just saying.
I stopped using copy as when you read the user agreement they indicate that they have the right to use your content as they wish.... Dropbox is still golden for me.
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PapaDocta said:
I stopped using copy as when you read the user agreement they indicate that they have the right to use your content as they wish.... Dropbox is still golden for me.
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Could you point out where that is stated? The Copy.com terms look just like Dropbox's terms to me.
Copy.com: As between You and Copy, all information You provide to Copy remains your property.
leaderbuilder said:
Thanks for the tip. Looks good on the desktop side, like you said hard to have too much storage.
However on the phone app side I really DON'T like this part:
Your social information read your contacts
Just saying.
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There's an "invite friends/contacts to share a folder" option within the app. It uses the contacts for that functionality.
goalkeepr said:
Could you point out where that is stated? The Copy.com terms look just like Dropbox's terms to me.
Copy.com: As between You and Copy, all information You provide to Copy remains your property.
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"When you use the Product, you agree that Copy may duplicate and store your data, information, files and folders in accordance with Copy’s policies and these Terms. As between You and Copy, all information You provide to Copy remains your property.
We may also need to share your data, information, files and folders with third parties who assist us in providing the service. You hereby consent to such sharing. In addition, Copy may contain links to third party websites or resources. Your use of the third party materials is governed by their terms and not this Agreement. We are not responsible for or endorse these third parties."
https://www.copy.com/about/tos
And Dropbox: (https://www.dropbox.com/privacy):
Files. We collect and store the files you upload, download, or access with the Dropbox Service (“Files”). If you add a file to your Dropbox that has been previously uploaded by you or another user, we may associate all or a portion of the previous file with your account rather than storing a duplicate.
Service Providers, Business Partners and Others. We may use certain trusted third party companies and individuals to help us provide, analyze, and improve the Service (including but not limited to data storage, maintenance services, database management, web analytics, payment processing, and improvement of the Service’s features).
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The key takeaway here is Dropbox and Copy are using the essentially the same language to do the same thing. I don't see anything different between the TOS of the 2 services. Of course you are consenting to let them copy and store your files. That's what a cloud storage provider does. And both of them use third parties to help provide services.
so basically they are the same?
PapaDocta said:
so basically they are the same?
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Yeah, that's what it looks like to me. Nothing about either service worries me.:good:
goalkeepr said:
And Dropbox: (https://www.dropbox.com/privacy):
Files. We collect and store the files you upload, download, or access with the Dropbox Service (“Files”). If you add a file to your Dropbox that has been previously uploaded by you or another user, we may associate all or a portion of the previous file with your account rather than storing a duplicate.
Service Providers, Business Partners and Others. We may use certain trusted third party companies and individuals to help us provide, analyze, and improve the Service (including but not limited to data storage, maintenance services, database management, web analytics, payment processing, and improvement of the Service’s features).
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The key takeaway here is Dropbox and Copy are using the essentially the same language to do the same thing. I don't see anything different between the TOS of the 2 services. Of course you are consenting to let them copy and store your files. That's what a cloud storage provider does. And both of them use third parties to help provide services.
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Dropbox does not say they will access (and save!) your contacts, calls messages and how many times you contact each. And when I installed Dropbox on my system it did not ask for permission to do so.
Read the differences in the permissions tab: Copy VS Dropbox https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dropbox.android&hl=en
I see a huge difference one specifically says they can/will save your social contact and stats - that one is copy.
Again it's a choice to use the service or not I was just bring it up because it's so glaring and I don't/haven't installed apps that do that.
leaderbuilder said:
I see a huge difference one specifically says they can/will save your social contact and stats - that one is copy.
Again it's a choice to use the service or not I was just bring it up because it's so glaring and I don't/haven't installed apps that do that.
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This, and any other, app that allows you to share information with your contacts will have that permission (and corresponding description) in its manifest (e.g. Twitter, Facebook, Gmail, Box, Pocket, AirDroid, SoundCloud, EverNote).
I don't see any cause for concern, but everyone's tin foil hat is sized differently. :highfive:
Related
I had an App update from Google Play. Turns out all it is for now is another icon for Google Docs.
Sweet, read about it. Wonder if it be as good, or better, than dropbox
Dropbox
It is going to be tough to beat drop box. Trying it now.
I got my email saying I was upgraded, still looks pretty much the same as Docs. For those interested in file hosting below is Romracer's UCL4 radio as a sample download. It displays the files in the "zip" but if you drop down the "file" menu you can download it as the complete zipped file.
http://tinyurl.com/7wmbg9p
Might wanna read the terms and conditions of Google Drive. Looks like Google has decided that the moment you upload something, all rights are transferred to them and they can do whatever they want with anything you upload whenever they feel like it, even if you stop using the service:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57420551-93/who-owns-your-files-on-google-drive/
m4570d0n said:
Might wanna read the terms and conditions of Google Drive. Looks like Google has decided that the moment you upload something, all rights are transferred to them and they can do whatever they want with anything you upload whenever they feel like it, even if you stop using the service:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57420551-93/who-owns-your-files-on-google-drive/
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Long press - uninstall
Thabks for the heads up
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Long press - uninstall
Thabks for the heads up
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Go to the FAQ's regarding this article and other questions and continue reading: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57420402-93/the-google-drive-faq/?tag=mncol;txt
In their Content section of TOS the first line reads "You retain ownership of any intellectual property rights that you hold in that content. In short, what belongs to you stays yours."
Legally, in their TOS, they are stating that they cannot take your content to serve their own purposes. It's only to help improve services/ads for you - which they are already doing with your Gmail account.
I understand that but wouldn't want my business documents to be analyzed by them at all. That's why I have to pay for a cloud solution just to make sure everything is secure. I have to maintain HIPAA with a lot of my biz items
It's an expense I was trying to reduce or eliminate
m4570d0n said:
Might wanna read the terms and conditions of Google Drive. Looks like Google has decided that the moment you upload something, all rights are transferred to them and they can do whatever they want with anything you upload whenever they feel like it, even if you stop using the service:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57420551-93/who-owns-your-files-on-google-drive/
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Sounds like facebook
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I just got Drive activated. It's pretty cool.
Like drop box. Just more integrated
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I'd love to see if Titanium backup will provide this as an option to store backups...
Uncle Irish said:
I understand that but wouldn't want my business documents to be analyzed by them at all. That's why I have to pay for a cloud solution just to make sure everything is secure. I have to maintain HIPAA with a lot of my biz items
It's an expense I was trying to reduce or eliminate
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Looks like they have updated the article a few times since I posted the link with some additional info/clarification.
If it's still not kosher with you, check out Wuala. They just bumped up the free storage to 5Gb, and I've come across some promos over time and I've got about 12Gb of free storage now. It's completely encrypted (client side as well as server side) and none of their servers are in the US.
m4570d0n said:
Looks like they have updated the article a few times since I posted the link with some additional info/clarification.
If it's still not kosher with you, check out Wuala. They just bumped up the free storage to 5Gb, and I've come across some promos over time and I've got about 12Gb of free storage now. It's completely encrypted (client side as well as server side) and none of their servers are in the US.
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Where are their Servers? Not sure which Country is "safe"?
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so on my phone, where are my drive files stored? I'm assuming this is like dropbox, and I should be able to go in and have all 5GBs accessible from other apps (quickoffice, etc..) even when I don't have data service? Or will I still have to use the option to "make available offline"?
The point of Drive, & other "cloud" services... You don't store them on your phone.
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The point of Drive, & other "cloud" services... You don't store them on your phone.
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well, guess what. SOMETIMES your are in a location that does not have service and you still need to work on a doc.
CLOUD based computing is not solely about keeping everything off your local machine. It's entirely about convenient access to your data elements in a centralized/remote location. Drop box provides local access to your files, not just "CLOUD".
The whole point is to have auto sync'd data on your device without you having to worry about downloading something before getting on a plane, traveling to a foreign country, working in a desert without data connection, etc... (all things I do).
If a business had to rely solely on having network access to work on their data, there is NO WAY they would do that. The risk is too high.
Uncle Irish said:
I understand that but wouldn't want my business documents to be analyzed by them at all. That's why I have to pay for a cloud solution just to make sure everything is secure. I have to maintain HIPAA with a lot of my biz items
It's an expense I was trying to reduce or eliminate
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Yeah, I hear ya! I'm not sure I would want sensitive Business docs on Google Drive especially if you are guaranteeing a security standard to your customers. But for personal use it's not a bad alternative at all.
However, make sure you read the TOS for anyone you go with. Most still have a clause that they need access to your data to move to different servers if need be (wherever in the world they are). And if its lost in transition (which is unlikely) they are not responsible for where it ends up or what happened to it which in turn, would violate your standards you have set for your clients.
Spending the bucks for sensitive data storage is part of the cost of doing business unfortunately.
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bp787 said:
well, guess what. SOMETIMES your are in a location that does not have service and you still need to work on a doc.
CLOUD based computing is not solely about keeping everything off your local machine. It's entirely about convenient access to your data elements in a centralized/remote location. Drop box provides local access to your files, not just "CLOUD".
The whole point is to have auto sync'd data on your device without you having to worry about downloading something before getting on a plane, traveling to a foreign country, working in a desert without data connection, etc... (all things I do).
If a business had to rely solely on having network access to work on their data, there is NO WAY they would do that. The risk is too high.
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Agreed. There is an option in the Google Apps settings (just as there was in Google Docs) to have them available offline. Where it stores on your phone I haven't seen yet as I cannot set it up. When I go to Google drive to set up it reports that they will Email me when Google Drive is ready for my account. Maybe Canada is getting it last.
And I'm a paying Google Apps for Business user!
That language has to be there. Once you upload it they need to be able to do stuff with it. It also covers integration with other google products. Without those terms you wouldn't be able to access your google docs in you gmail, google calendar, google etc, etc. Technically they are different google products. IMO I trust my data more with Google than any other cloud provider. You trust them with how much personal information in your email, and on your phone?
I have a 100 GB account and once I get everything on it I'm dropping sugar sync. 100GB for $10/mo.
X10D3 said:
That language has to be there. Once you upload it they need to be able to do stuff with it. It also covers integration with other google products. Without those terms you wouldn't be able to access your google docs in you gmail, google calendar, google etc, etc. Technically they are different google products. IMO I trust my data more with Google than any other cloud provider. You trust them with how much personal information in your email, and on your phone?
I have a 100 GB account and once I get everything on it I'm dropping sugar sync. 100GB for $10/mo.
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Hmm, I would rethink that move if it's for certain sensitive business data. No doubt, as with any Cloud service, they need access to your data for moving to different servers, backing up etc. But Google has added in their TOS that they can have access to the content of your data to provide you with personalized advertising and product promotion based on what your content contains.
This is what the whole human cry was about several weeks back when Google announced it's revamping of their TOS for their services. Most other Cloud service providers, if not all, highlight in their TOS That in no way do they have access to the Content of your data.
sKiNz-PouNdeR said:
Hmm, I would rethink that move if it's for certain sensitive business data. No doubt, as with any Cloud service, they need access to your data for moving to different servers, backing up etc. But Google has added in their TOS that they can have access to the content of your data to provide you with personalized advertising and product promotion based on what your content contains.
This is what the whole human cry was about several weeks back when Google announced it's revamping of their TOS for their services. Most other Cloud service providers, if not all, highlight in their TOS That in no way do they have access to the Content of your data.
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A BIG +1
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This app in my humble opinion is better than dropbox, ADrive, and others that probe that I can not remember.
for starters, you sign the easiest way and without confirmation, the system is completely free and never have to do upgrade by cost.
Input give you 10 gigs of space in the cloud, you get 1 gig extra friend you invite, reaching maximum 50 gigabytes.
From what I like most is that you can upload a single file of 1 gigabyte.
It is easy to use and share those files can do public or private.
The public can comment and like. can be partners and friends, go to a user or anyone to follow.
For this and more they recommend.
the link: http://min.us/rxWcpu
In my case I had to activate proxy to download files to my speed. If you want me to check my Public folders can be searched as: kazutoaoi
free version doesn't support Android.
There seems to be loads of cloud storage popping up everywhere nowadays
Id much rather use a reputable one, Like dropbox, google drive, microsoft skydive (i think thats what its called ?)
I dont really fancy uploading precious photo's / documents to some homemade cloud storage server
also, android is google, everything i use is google, i like the whole idea of everything being together as one
google will rule the world one day !!
esmund said:
free version doesn't support Android.
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Why you say that? I use android on my N7000. First I register and then turn it down on my cel from the app store gogle play. works 100%
The app is completely free. Not exist, the paid version
azzledazzle said:
There seems to be loads of cloud storage popping up everywhere nowadays
Id much rather use a reputable one, Like dropbox, google drive, microsoft skydive (i think thats what its called ?)
I dont really fancy uploading precious photo's / documents to some homemade cloud storage server
also, android is google, everything i use is google, i like the whole idea of everything being together as one
google will rule the world one day !!
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Competition forces companies to keep innovating. Competition is good. I'll give this a go and see how it stacks up
Too low download speed
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I agree with what azzledazzle said.
I don't want to upload important data to newer / lesser known cloud storage.
I already have Google Drive (use it to store important data, weekly reports etc) and Box and Drop Box : use it to share data.
Boy124 said:
I agree with what azzledazzle said.
I don't want to upload important data to newer / lesser known cloud storage.
I already have Google Drive (use it to store important data, weekly reports etc) and Box and Drop Box : use it to share data.
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Some people actually do not use online storage for sensitive data. I'm uploading old videos right now, they take up a lot of space so this is pretty useful.
Please click my referral link so I get more storage!
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Too low download speed
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In my case I had to activate proxy (settings / proxy) to download files to my full speed. If you want me to check my Public folders can be searched as: kazutoaoi
I'm using Dropsync, and I have to say it's pretty awesome.
My folder pics http://kazutoaoi.minus.com/
In this thread, I just want to discuss what online cloud storage you use and your setup. It would be awesome if you could rate, or just describe your experience using it.Recently I've been thinking of paying for one of these services. The future seems more and more integrated with the cloud. Thinking of buying extra Google Drive storage to go with full-res upload on Google+. Also does anyone use a NAS server on their Wi-Fi Network? If so also let us know about it, really interested in that too.
So...
I currently use my HTC One X with Dropbox, Instant Upload enabled. In addition I store my iPhoto library on Dropbox. Everything is synced seamlessly, however takes forever for me to download them.:silly:
SkyDrive
Personaly i use SkyDrive since i am one of the older users i got the free 25GB of storage and no other service has been able to top this yet.
I use both the desktop software and the network drive mapping trick if i am on a computer without admin permissions.
I mainly store files here handy to other people or files that i want to be able to access easily on a range of diffrent computers.
In addition i got a 1GB network share hosted by DD-WRT for easy file transfers over the network.
I'm the dev of Send It - which integrates a bunch of cloud storage solutions (not trying to plug just giving my experience of using them all).
In my testing I've found Google Drive or SkyDrive to be the best implementations from a technical standpoint. Dropbox I found to be very slow both uploading and downloading compared to those. Box is also a nice solution and if you have an LG device you get 50GB free, but I found the online UI pretty clunky.
If you're looking to use it from a Phone then I would suggest Google Drive just because if you already use Google services its so much easier. Or if not SkyDrive. My 2 cents
Google Drive, because it is most reliable and fast, plus it is integrated with google services that i use, and Google provides simple desktop and mobile app for sync (i know that almoust every storage service have it, but i like simplicity of Google one)
I'm sticking with dropbox, simply because of how fast and simple it is!
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Just getting into dropbox and mediafire however I find that wetransfer is a great alternative to storing data in your gmail. Also teamviewer allows remote connections very simply and easily to store data via xfer to remote computer tablet or smartphone
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I'm using the cloud storage of One.Com, because my website is hosted there, too. you get 5 GB at first, the first year is free. pretty fast and can be integrated into windows as an "network" drive, there is an app for Ios and android, too.
Some advice please?
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I'm the dev of Send It - which integrates a bunch of cloud storage solutions (not trying to plug just giving my experience of using them all).
In my testing I've found Google Drive or SkyDrive to be the best implementations from a technical standpoint. Dropbox I found to be very slow both uploading and downloading compared to those. Box is also a nice solution and if you have an LG device you get 50GB free, but I found the online UI pretty clunky.
If you're looking to use it from a Phone then I would suggest Google Drive just because if you already use Google services its so much easier. Or if not SkyDrive. My 2 cents
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Well, thanks for letting me know bout Send It. Its Really Neat, great job. Its probably making lots of people think, why didn't I think of that, it is so simple yet it works flawlessly.
However, what I want to ask is, is using a few cloud services to have this "safety-net" if any of these cloud storage services fails so that I don't lose my work a good idea? Or is it already safe enough? Its not about the lack of storage though. I just want to know that my files are safe and backed up so I don't have to worry about it. Is what I am thinking really not worth the cumbersome mess where Less is More applies? Any help is really appreciated
I am currently using Dropbox and Box. I use Dropbox the most because it is faster and allows for larger uploads. I currently have 25GB of space to use (thank you fiverr). I use my Box account for documents, some music, and smaller backup files since it is slower and has an upload files limit of 250MB. I was able to get it early when it just started and have a 50GB account with them.
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I do not use cloud storage except Google Music, it really help free up my phone storage. Though I still keep songs my phone, I have all my songs streamable which is nice.
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skydrive
vanillapuff said:
In this thread, I just want to discuss what online cloud storage you use and your setup. It would be awesome if you could rate, or just describe your experience using it.Recently I've been thinking of paying for one of these services. The future seems more and more integrated with the cloud. Thinking of buying extra Google Drive storage to go with full-res upload on Google+. Also does anyone use a NAS server on their Wi-Fi Network? If so also let us know about it, really interested in that too.
So...
I currently use my HTC One X with Dropbox, Instant Upload enabled. In addition I store my iPhoto library on Dropbox. Everything is synced seamlessly, however takes forever for me to download them.:silly:
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i think skydrive is great for windows phone users as all office files, pictures etc get uploaded in a touch.also some apps allow skydrive backups
I have no problems using Dropbox. However when I am using it on mobile too I don't put large bulky files in it.
vanillapuff said:
Well, thanks for letting me know bout Send It. Its Really Neat, great job. Its probably making lots of people think, why didn't I think of that, it is so simple yet it works flawlessly.
However, what I want to ask is, is using a few cloud services to have this "safety-net" if any of these cloud storage services fails so that I don't lose my work a good idea? Or is it already safe enough? Its not about the lack of storage though. I just want to know that my files are safe and backed up so I don't have to worry about it. Is what I am thinking really not worth the cumbersome mess where Less is More applies? Any help is really appreciated
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I suppose it depends on how easily you can upload to multiple services at once. Cloud storage is great for portability for but offline backups are always the best as you control them. Most, if not all, of these services have versioning too which is some form of backup if you accidentally overwrite a file. That's a big reason of why DropBox became so popular was ease of use, you didn't have to do anything.
I find Dropbox best for my pc, on my phone I use SkyDrive via Send It to quickly sync specific files, all of them have something different to offer. Personally I would say try a few and see which best fits your needs and then stick with one
vanillapuff said:
In this thread, I just want to discuss what online cloud storage you use and your setup. It would be awesome if you could rate, or just describe your experience using it.Recently I've been thinking of paying for one of these services. The future seems more and more integrated with the cloud. Thinking of buying extra Google Drive storage to go with full-res upload on Google+. Also does anyone use a NAS server on their Wi-Fi Network? If so also let us know about it, really interested in that too.
So...
I currently use my HTC One X with Dropbox, Instant Upload enabled. In addition I store my iPhoto library on Dropbox. Everything is synced seamlessly, however takes forever for me to download them.:silly:
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Google drive and skydrive are best ever
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Also you should know the popularity of dropbox ...
I am glad I found this thread as I was getting ready to ask the same question as the OP.
I have been using Ubuntu One which will give you 5.5 GBs of space if you use this referral link (5 GBs if you go directly to their website without using the referral link):
http://bit.ly/VOm9O7
I like it a lot:
Simple to use Android and PC interface.
Good layout on webpage.
Automatically syncs from phone.
Decent amount of space if you have a referral link.
But there are two things I don't like. First, it will not let you pick what additional folders you want to have automatically sync'd. Second, it doesn't appear to allow uploading videos saved in the Android camera folders (it might if selecting each video manually but that ties into the first issue).
So that brings me to my question. Does anyone know of a service that allows users to pick and choose what folders they want to have automatically synced to the cloud? If I could just do pictures and videos; that would be awesome! Additionally, SMS and MMS messages and maybe contacts would be nice as well.
Skydrive since almost the day it came out. Awesome integration with Windows 8, Surface and WP8.
Box and google drive. Box is the best cloud service and astro file manager helps me managing my files. Though there is already a box app in the play store but astro file manager is much easy to manage the files.
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PogoPlug
PogoPlug, because the oly cost is for the device, and the only limit to your storage space is the size of the HDD(s) you connect to it!
Well, thanks for all the advice, but what i really am interested in is a secure way to backup my photos. I believe that cloud storage is a lot safer somehow, but has no privacy, not that I care much. A downside might be cost, but don't have to worry about that for another year. 25GB of Dropbox from HTC . I think the more backups you have, the better? If I am just going to keep local copies, what are some good Photo Library apps for a Mac? Mac and Android Fan, no, not an alien. Or is there a way to set up a private wireless drive and upload straight from the phone.
skydrive
Install Cloud Mail.Ru and get free 100 GB on your virtual disk.
Cloud Mail.Ru for Android - a free service to save photos, videos, music, presentations, documents and other files.
With Cloud Mail.Ru all your files will always be at hand. Upload the files to your cloud drive and they will automatically be available on all your devices.
* Upload photos from your mobile phone. Adjust the automatic saving to disk in the cloud Camera Uploads. To save traffic is recommended to download when connected to Wi-Fi.
* Share files and folders with friends and colleagues in one click.
* Save the traffic - you can send a link to a image, video or document by SMS, e-mail, instant messenger or social network.
* Cloud Mail.Ru for Android allows you to watch videos and listen to music. View MS Office documents: Word, Excel, Power Point, PDF, as well as files in other formats (on some models requires additional program installation).
* Manage your files from anywhere - rename, delete, move them between folders.
* Keep your important files in a safe storage! Whatever happens to your drive on your PC or phone, all files stored in the Cloud will stay with you.
* Cloud Mail.Ru app available for Android, iOS, Windows Phone smartphones.
* You do not need any wires, flash drives and memory cards. All you need is a free app Cloud Mail.Ru and internet connection.
The application has been tested and is compatible with Android version 2.2 and later.
Download Link : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.mail.cloud
When you try to set up account it is all in russian
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herbzilla said:
When you try to set up account it is all in russian
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Yea it is but open it in chorme and it will translate for you in english..its just two step procedure to create user name and password plus security question in case if you forget the password
Actual application is in english
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Mail.Ru?? while you are doing that, why not give them your credit card info too, heck give them all your personal info
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Mail.Ru?? while you are doing that, why not give them your credit card info too, heck give them all your personal info
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What you are talking about ? Account and password is all you need to create which you do for every cloud storage app. Some people are just over cautious
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Rajaasim1980 said:
What you are talking about ? Account and password is all you need to create which you do for every cloud storage app. Some people are just over cautious
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I guess he's implying that russian services cannot be trusted despite the fact it's the services of USA that spies on just about everything people do.
Thanks for the tip!
Sweet 100 GB...and for free. NSA can spy all they want in that cloud, same goes for the FSB. I'll just keep my "less" sensitive stuff on this cloud.
After I signd up the these 100 GB, I wanted to see if I could find something even bigger...well 10 TB from Weiyun did the trick. Althou it's a tad more tricky to get signed up, it is possible to do so (firsthand experience) A good deal of the registration and UI of the cloud storage is capable of english. The android software lacks I'm afraid.
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Kocayine said:
I guess he's implying that russian services cannot be trusted despite the fact it's the services of USA that spies on just about everything people do.
Thanks for the tip!
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Do you trust them? I have very close Russian friends, they don't even trust the most of Russian sites and IPOs and apps in play stores. Forget about all NSA craps for a second...it is sad but it is a fact that whenever you see anything like cloud.ru or mail.ru, don't you even give a second thought before you sign up.
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Do you trust them? I have very close Russian friends, they don't even trust the most of Russian sites and IPOs and apps in play stores. Forget about all NSA craps for a second...it is sad but it is a fact that whenever you see anything like cloud.ru or mail.ru, don't you even give a second thought before you sign up.
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Like the guy before you posted, be it dropbox or this, I dont keep sensitive stuff there unless encrypted. Heck, does it matter if it ends on .ru? You think russian hackers or whatever go for the russian services more than things outside russia?
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Do you trust them? I have very close Russian friends, they don't even trust the most of Russian sites and IPOs and apps in play stores. Forget about all NSA craps for a second...it is sad but it is a fact that whenever you see anything like cloud.ru or mail.ru, don't you even give a second thought before you sign up.
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I personally use these storage to upload firmwares; apps; music videos movies etc so i dont see what could be the issues of privacy there? Can you elaborate ? No one use these storage to store information about their bank details; adress or phone numbers etc
I am using it for few weeks and its quiet good for those who lack internal space for music; videos and nandroid backups etc
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Sweet 100 GB...and for free. NSA can spy all they want in that cloud, same goes for the FSB. I'll just keep my "less" sensitive stuff on this cloud.
After I signd up the these 100 GB, I wanted to see if I could find something even bigger...well 10 TB from Weiyun did the trick. Althou it's a tad more tricky to get signed up, it is possible to do so (firsthand experience) A good deal of the registration and UI of the cloud storage is capable of english. The android software lacks I'm afraid.
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I have used that one as well but upload and download speed was not great and also file sharing/uploading and downloading was not that easy and simple
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more free space
More than 360 TB :0
http://polifrogblog.blogspot.com/2014/01/1tb-2tb-10tb-36tb-how-many-tb-of-cloud.html
1TB
If anyone needs 1TB please contact me, I have spare accounts:
reunitedbeauty at gmail dot com
Regards
I have a free account of 1TB at mail.ru and all I can say uploads work better than on google drive. Drive tends to freeze my tablet, where mail.ru is almost instant.
In order to check whether an app has a new version, we have to send HTTP request to some server where a .txt file is located, and compare its content with the current app version. So, we need a static URL for that purpose. I found that dropbox.com and box.com are very good places to store the file and modify its content without changing the URL.
1st question: Are there any other alternatives for dropbox and box?
2nd question: Does it comply with Google Play Policy if we send http requests periodically to these servers without a user's notice?
Look forward to your responses. Thanks.
To your first question: There are a lot of services. You can go to a simple shared hosting. There are some providers who offers you a small amount of storage for zero costs. You can use Google's Appengine, too, or as you suggested use Dropbox.
But, what do you want to do, if you see, the app on the user's device isn't the newest. If you want to redirect to an update in the play store, don't use such a method. Just wait until the play store notify the user. If you want to provide a link to the new version outside of the play store, store the file at the same place.
As a short idea: Use JSON or XML to provide the data on server side instead of some custom plain text structure.
pbeckmann said:
To your first question: There are a lot of services. You can go to a simple shared hosting. There are some providers who offers you a small amount of storage for zero costs. You can use Google's Appengine, too, or as you suggested use Dropbox.
But, what do you want to do, if you see, the app on the user's device isn't the newest. If you want to redirect to an update in the play store, don't use such a method. Just wait until the play store notify the user. If you want to provide a link to the new version outside of the play store, store the file at the same place.
As a short idea: Use JSON or XML to provide the data on server side instead of some custom plain text structure.
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Thanks for you reply, I appreciate it. Yes, I use JSON format to store data about an app version. The app will send periodically HTTP requests to that file and if there is an app version difference I will show a dialog to a user indicating that there is a newer version. The dialog will contain 2 buttons: UPDATE (which will redirect to Play Store) and CLOSE. I don't have issues with how to implement. The interesting moment is where to store that file. You mentioned that "There are some providers who offers you a small amount of storage for zero costs", can you please note how to find such providers? I have some fears about it, because I could have many HTTP requests and it can be suspicious for such free of charge providers.
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Thanks for you reply, I appreciate it. Yes, I use JSON format to store data about an app version. The app will send periodically HTTP requests to that file and if there is an app version difference I will show a dialog to a user indicating that there is a newer version. The dialog will contain 2 buttons: UPDATE (which will redirect to Play Store) and CLOSE. I don't have issues with how to implement. The interesting moment is where to store that file. You mentioned that "There are some providers who offers you a small amount of storage for zero costs", can you please note how to find such providers? I have some fears about it, because I could have many HTTP requests and it can be suspicious for such free of charge providers.
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It shouldn't be to much calls in a short period of time, cause you shouldn't ask the server for the file too often. If you plan to make monthly updates, its possible enough to query the file, one time in a week. In such a case, the amount is not so big even with thousands of installations. The other point with providers, is afaik they're looking about traffic, not hits, so a small file, won't create really much traffic, even with thousands of calls. If you care, look for something like cloudflare, cause dropbox is limiting too. They are shutting down public links, if they think, you abuse their service, then your file wouldn't be downloadable anymore.
But the problem you always have with those ways is, that the user possible gets the notification and opens the playstore, but Google hasn't proceed your update, or the local cache is too old, so they just got the information, that they have the newest version of your App.
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It shouldn't be to much calls in a short period of time, cause you shouldn't ask the server for the file too often. If you plan to make monthly updates, its possible enough to query the file, one time in a week. In such a case, the amount is not so big even with thousands of installations. The other point with providers, is afaik they're looking about traffic, not hits, so a small file, won't create really much traffic, even with thousands of calls. If you care, look for something like cloudflare, cause dropbox is limiting too. They are shutting down public links, if they think, you abuse their service, then your file wouldn't be downloadable anymore.
But the problem you always have with those ways is, that the user possible gets the notification and opens the playstore, but Google hasn't proceed your update, or the local cache is too old, so they just got the information, that they have the newest version of your App.
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Actually my current app has more than 100.000 active users and I plan to send HTTP requests at least once a day. It means 100.000 requests to a file in a day. That's why I worry about dropbox like sites, as you said they can simply restrict to access the file. I will take a look at cloudflare, maybe this is what I need.
Another solution would be for me to have several servers to store a file and distribute HTTP requests among them. I think this is more reliable way.
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Actually my current app has more than 100.000 active users and I plan to send HTTP requests at least once a day. It means 100.000 requests to a file in a day. That's why I worry about dropbox like sites, as you said they can simply restrict to access the file. I will take a look at cloudflare, maybe this is what I need.
Another solution would be for me to have several servers to store a file and distribute HTTP requests among them. I think this is more reliable way.
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In my opinion, it is better to leave it to Google to notify the users that there is a new update available.
As the previous user mentioned, how will you handle the situation where you notify the user that there is a new update, but Google did not process and push your update?