Is there a way to sync data between my Xoom and Evo 3D, preferably wirelessly? I'd like to be able to sync pictures and videos or other files.
This is a good question. I have a Desire and we should seek a solution that would work between different kind of android devices and also perhaps between more than two devices.
So far I'm using two apps to do this, but not an ideal solution yet. The data sync is more kind of a workaround.
Syncing pictures/video/folders
-Titanium Media Sync [https://market.android.com/details?id=com.keramidas.MediaSync] to sync folders between device and either dropbox or ftp. This works quite well, but I still need to do it kind of manually it feels. Not 2-way. I need to manually sync folders from my ftp(originating from desire) to my Xoom when i see it necessary to update. But it automatically uploads folders of my choosing to ftp/dropbox. The app is still being actively developed, and it keeps getting better. I like all the options for choosing/filtering files to be synced, but it may look difficult at first. There are options to sync immediately when you say take a picture or wait until the device is on a charer/wifi.
Syncing app data
-Titanium Backup [https://market.android.com/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup] to sync app data for spesific apps/games back and forth. I do this for the games I currently play when i want to pick up from the progress I had on either phone or tablet. Make a new backup of game. Long hold on game in backups-list. Choose "send backup" and send to mail or dropbox folder. Download on other device into titanium backup folder. Go into Titatnium backup on that device and find the new backup you just copied in there and restore it.
The best thing would be to just sync the entire titanium backups to Dropbox and the do the same on the other device and it woul sync, but I do not dare to test if that would work... anybody do that?
There are also other similar apps that do these kind of syncing, I just happened to allready be using titanium backup. Also, there are apps that spesifically sync the data (game progress) of popular games like angry birds.
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frigorific said:
This is a good question. I have a Desire and we should seek a solution that would work between different kind of android devices and also perhaps between more than two devices.
So far I'm using two apps to do this, but not an ideal solution yet. The data sync is more kind of a workaround.
Syncing pictures/video/folders
-Titanium Media Sync [https://market.android.com/details?id=com.keramidas.MediaSync] to sync folders between device and either dropbox or ftp. This works quite well, but I still need to do it kind of manually it feels. Not 2-way. I need to manually sync folders from my ftp(originating from desire) to my Xoom when i see it necessary to update. But it automatically uploads folders of my choosing to ftp/dropbox. The app is still being actively developed, and it keeps getting better. I like all the options for choosing/filtering files to be synced, but it may look difficult at first. There are options to sync immediately when you say take a picture or wait until the device is on a charer/wifi.
Syncing app data
-Titanium Backup [https://market.android.com/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup] to sync app data for spesific apps/games back and forth. I do this for the games I currently play when i want to pick up from the progress I had on either phone or tablet. Make a new backup of game. Long hold on game in backups-list. Choose "send backup" and send to mail or dropbox folder. Download on other device into titanium backup folder. Go into Titatnium backup on that device and find the new backup you just copied in there and restore it.
The best thing would be to just sync the entire titanium backups to Dropbox and the do the same on the other device and it woul sync, but I do not dare to test if that would work... anybody do that?
There are also other similar apps that do these kind of syncing, I just happened to allready be using titanium backup. Also, there are apps that spesifically sync the data (game progress) of popular games like angry birds.
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i will try media Sync. I want to find something I can sync data on my Mac too it possible
If you sync to dropbox with titanium media sync it would be updated on your mac (in your dropbox folder). But remember - it's a one-way sync so files wouldn't sync back the other way. Not everyone needs it to though... And I don't know if that's even possible. You could anyway access stuff through the dropbox app of course..
Btw. I just remembered the two other big alternatives:
Dropsnap
https://market.android.com/details?id=me.ctso.dropsnap
Sugarsync
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.sharpcast.sugarsync
I haven't tried them myself but one of them would probably also do a great job for what you wanted. Dropsnap seems a bit simpler in function than t. media sync and sugarsync seems to rely on having their software on your computer. I allready had dropbox so I didn't want one more sync/cloud service
fred
Another option:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1148612
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Just found another (possibly better) option:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1319352
With this, you might be able to just select the app, not the files to sync.. easier...
1) Is it possible to instantly save to cloud storage like dropbox without saving to the phone first? For example if I take an image or video, it is instantly saved inside dropbox instead of my phone memory.
2) Is it possible to set cloud storage to sync files immediately when I save a file in my phone memory/sd card? For example when I take a picture, it is save to my phone, I also want a copy of the picture in my cloud storage (e.g. dropbox) immediately automatically.
3) What cloud storage is the best?
4) How to do backup using cloud storage?
Thanks
#1 may be possible, but it's not straightforward. You'd have to map the remote location as a local partition, maybe through Samba or FTP, then change the phone's settings to save to that mapped "folder." It's not so straightforward, and is prone to error, like what would happen if the network connection was down (or went down while you were recording video)?
The easiest solution is #2. There are a bunch of apps which do that (Dropsync and FolderSync Lite are 2 examples).
As far as comparing, it's best to do your own research, as everyone's preferences will differ, slightly. Here is a ZDNet article comparing different cloud services. Pogoplug and UbuntuOne both have apps which will automatically upload any pictures you take, making them single app solutions, if all you want is to back up pictures.
Is there an app to SYNC photos (not just backup) only while charging & only Wi-Fi?
Yesterday I did an incredibly stupid mistake. I was in recovery mode trying to wipe cache,when I almost accidentally dropped my phone and somehow tapped on delete everything twice while trying to save it from the fall, everything happened so quickly and suddenly I was on the "select language screen" and thinking "what the f did I just do". I had google photos backup off because I don't like how it acts and I lost ALL my pictures and videos, funny enough, I transferred everything from my S9+ to OP6 and everything was on both devices for a few days, this accident happened just 1 day after I did a factory reset on my S9+ to get it ready to sell it, since all my files were already "safe" on the OP6.
Soooo... my question is if there an app to sync camera photos and videos just like whatsapp or iCloud does?
I know google photos can upload all the pictures I take but it is missing the option of "backup only while charging" plus it just uploads ALL pictures taken with the phone (like, MEGA and dropbox).
Let's say I take 100 photos monthly but delete 70 during the month when cleaning my phone from useless temporary or blurred photos.
At the end of the year I would have 360 pictures on my phone storage but 1200 pictures on Google Photos, most of them useless. If I select all the 1200 and delete them from google photos, doing that would also delete the 360 on my phone storage.
I just want to use my phone normally and delete useless pictures on my phone gallery and eventually having the exact same photos on the cloud while syncing only overnight while charging and on Wi-Fi.
Alternatively, if there is no other app to do this. I think I can do this:
1) let everyhing upload to google photos using at least the option of Wi-Fi only, while it will drain my battery a bit, I don't take that many pictures a day.
2) Maybe once a month, move all my pictures on my phone gallery (i.e. 360) to a folder "camera_watheverothername", then delete all my pictures on google photos (i.e. 1200) but since they are not in the original folder, they won't be deleted on my device, just on google photos.
3) Move all my pictures 360 again to original camera folder
4) Will the 360 pictures be uploaded again to Google Photos when I move them back??
Another option could be just doing the "cleaning" from google photos instead of from native gallery but I wouldn't like to do that as I don't really like google photos app and how it asks for confirmation to delete each photo, it is already just moving them to the trash so asking confirmation to continue instead of an "undo" button is only a waste of time
Well, if you're rooted, then there is a way:
https://www.xda-developers.com/google-photos-backup-while-charging-only/
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Well, if you're rooted, then there is a way:
https://www.xda-developers.com/google-photos-backup-while-charging-only/
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I'm not at the moment and I think that is only to only backup while charging but still is not syncing what is on the phone, just uploading everything to google photos
vwite said:
Yesterday I did an incredibly stupid mistake. I was in recovery mode trying to wipe cache,when I almost accidentally dropped my phone and somehow tapped on delete everything twice while trying to save it from the fall, everything happened so quickly and suddenly I was on the "select language screen" and thinking "what the f did I just do". I had google photos backup off because I don't like how it acts and I lost ALL my pictures and videos, funny enough, I transferred everything from my S9+ to OP6 and everything was on both devices for a few days, this accident happened just 1 day after I did a factory reset on my S9+ to get it ready to sell it, since all my files were already "safe" on the OP6.
Soooo... my question is if there an app to sync camera photos and videos just like whatsapp or iCloud does?
I know google photos can upload all the pictures I take but it is missing the option of "backup only while charging" plus it just uploads ALL pictures taken with the phone (like, MEGA and dropbox).
Let's say I take 100 photos monthly but delete 70 during the month when cleaning my phone from useless temporary or blurred photos.
At the end of the year I would have 360 pictures on my phone storage but 1200 pictures on Google Photos, most of them useless. If I select all the 1200 and delete them from google photos, doing that would also delete the 360 on my phone storage.
I just want to use my phone normally and delete useless pictures on my phone gallery and eventually having the exact same photos on the cloud while syncing only overnight while charging and on Wi-Fi.
Alternatively, if there is no other app to do this. I think I can do this:
1) let everyhing upload to google photos using at least the option of Wi-Fi only, while it will drain my battery a bit, I don't take that many pictures a day.
2) Maybe once a month, move all my pictures on my phone gallery (i.e. 360) to a folder "camera_watheverothername", then delete all my pictures on google photos (i.e. 1200) but since they are not in the original folder, they won't be deleted on my device, just on google photos.
3) Move all my pictures 360 again to original camera folder
4) Will the 360 pictures be uploaded again to Google Photos when I move them back??
Another option could be just doing the "cleaning" from google photos instead of from native gallery but I wouldn't like to do that as I don't really like google photos app and how it asks for confirmation to delete each photo, it is already just moving them to the trash so asking confirmation to continue instead of an "undo" button is only a waste of time
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Google Photos is smart enough to know when there are duplicates, unless the meta data has changed some how. (Like date the picture was taken, or location, etc...)
You can use the backup option in your OP6:
Settings
Advanced
OnePlus Switch
Uncheck everything except Photos and Videos
Upload the Backup folder to your PC/Laptop
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vwite said:
I'm not at the moment and I think that is only to only backup while charging but still is not syncing what is on the phone, just uploading everything to google photos
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In the comments section of the linked post provided by MickyFoley, someone said download the copy of Google Photos that still had the option, install it, select the option to back up only when charging, then update the app. Your setting for backingup while charging should persist through the update.
I know another workaround and no root is required. Just downgrade the app to a older version with that option, turn it on and Update the app, then the option is still there after the update.
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vwite said:
Yesterday I did an incredibly stupid mistake. I was in recovery mode trying to wipe cache,when I almost accidentally dropped my phone and somehow tapped on delete everything twice while trying to save it from the fall, everything happened so quickly and suddenly I was on the "select language screen" and thinking "what the f did I just do". I had google photos backup off because I don't like how it acts and I lost ALL my pictures and videos, funny enough, I transferred everything from my S9+ to OP6 and everything was on both devices for a few days, this accident happened just 1 day after I did a factory reset on my S9+ to get it ready to sell it, since all my files were already "safe" on the OP6.
Soooo... my question is if there an app to sync camera photos and videos just like whatsapp or iCloud does?
I know google photos can upload all the pictures I take but it is missing the option of "backup only while charging" plus it just uploads ALL pictures taken with the phone (like, MEGA and dropbox).
Let's say I take 100 photos monthly but delete 70 during the month when cleaning my phone from useless temporary or blurred photos.
At the end of the year I would have 360 pictures on my phone storage but 1200 pictures on Google Photos, most of them useless. If I select all the 1200 and delete them from google photos, doing that would also delete the 360 on my phone storage.
I just want to use my phone normally and delete useless pictures on my phone gallery and eventually having the exact same photos on the cloud while syncing only overnight while charging and on Wi-Fi.
Alternatively, if there is no other app to do this. I think I can do this:
1) let everyhing upload to google photos using at least the option of Wi-Fi only, while it will drain my battery a bit, I don't take that many pictures a day.
2) Maybe once a month, move all my pictures on my phone gallery (i.e. 360) to a folder "camera_watheverothername", then delete all my pictures on google photos (i.e. 1200) but since they are not in the original folder, they won't be deleted on my device, just on google photos.
3) Move all my pictures 360 again to original camera folder
4) Will the 360 pictures be uploaded again to Google Photos when I move them back??
Another option could be just doing the "cleaning" from google photos instead of from native gallery but I wouldn't like to do that as I don't really like google photos app and how it asks for confirmation to delete each photo, it is already just moving them to the trash so asking confirmation to continue instead of an "undo" button is only a waste of time
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Google photos most definitely has a WiFi backup only.
Having errors while trying to post, but you can disable mobile data backup on Google photos
mikex8593 said:
Google photos most definitely has a WiFi backup only.
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I know, I never said it didn't
mikex8593 said:
Having errors while trying to post, but you can disable mobile data backup on Google photos
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what I wanted is sync only while charging AND on Wi-Fi but that's just an extra. I have chargers and unlimited data, what I really want is two-way sync
vwite said:
what I wanted is sync only while charging AND on Wi-Fi
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My mistake. Not sure of any that only sync while charging. Will look into it.
Looked into it. Dropbox has that option. I have it installed but don't use much.
I use Dropbox and it has both of those options.
If anyone is having the same issue, I think this might do the trick:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=MetaCtrl
I'll try the MEGA option since mega has 50 GB free and I'll report back
ajsmsg78 said:
I use Dropbox and it has both of those options.
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please read post #8
vwite said:
If anyone is having the same issue, I think this might do the trick:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=MetaCtrl
I'll try the MEGA option since mega has 50 GB free and I'll report back
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I just remembered; why not use BTSync, now called Resilio Sync.
3 years ago it was BTSync, and free. Looks like there might be a fee now, worth a look I guess...
Edit: Added screenshots of the app, showing it has camera backup option and looks like you can enable Battery Saver and have the phone only sync while it's above a certain percentage, up to 100%
surface13 said:
You can use the backup option in your OP6:
Settings
Advanced
OnePlus Switch
Uncheck everything except Photos and Videos
Upload the Backup folder to your PC/Laptop
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regarding this, is there any way to pull the photos and videos from oneplus servers using a laptop or a non oneplus phone (without specifically restoring with Oneplus switch app, just pulling the files) ? My next phone most likely won't be a oneplus unless they do something great with the 6T but I'm still getting the S10 on march
surface13 said:
I just remembered; why not use BTSync, now called Resilio Sync.
3 years ago it was BTSync, and free. Looks like there might be a fee now, worth a look I guess...
Edit: Added screenshots of the app, showing it has camera backup option and looks like you can enable Battery Saver and have the phone only sync while it's above a certain percentage, up to 100%
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It may be another option but since you say there might fee I'll stick with the MEGA AutoSync unless it stops working or starts draining battery but that app is doing exactly what I wanted I was able to add plenty of conditions of when to sync (even added some extra ones with tasker integration) and when I delete pictures on native gallery app, they are deleted from MEGA server on next synchronization
That way if I ever lose my phone or my data again, my folders on MEGA will be exactly as on my phone without a bunch of useless pictures that were previously deleted on the phone's gallery
vwite said:
regarding this, is there any way to pull the photos and videos from oneplus servers using a laptop or a non oneplus phone (without specifically restoring with Oneplus switch app, just pulling the files) ? My next phone most likely won't be a oneplus unless they do something great with the 6T but I'm still getting the S10 on march
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I don't believe the backup is uploaded to their servers. It is stored locally in your phone and they recommend transferring the backup to your laptop/pc, as you lose data on the phone with flashing.
I have a backup on my computer at work. I'll see if I can access just the pictures and videos
surface13 said:
I don't believe the backup is uploaded to their servers. It is stored locally in your phone and they recommend transferring the backup to your laptop/pc, as you lose data on the phone with flashing
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oh then it would be useless if I lose my phone or if everything is erased from recovery, isn't it?
I would also recommend syncing pics (and data) with a pc, except you really want to use cloud only. I tried many apps. Finally I found "SyncMe Wireless" on Play Store. It is functionally, easy to use, safe. As I have my OP6 rooted and am playing around with it incl. bricking sometimes, I´ve synced all my data inclusive twrp-nandroids. No software on pc is needed, just the app on your phone. You can chose the folders you want to be synced and so on - via wifi or usb, as you like, in one or both directions.. and so on. When you want to sync it´s one click, e.g. when coming home from business. Just my input.
Flying Fox said:
I would also recommend syncing pics (and data) with a pc, except you really want to use cloud only. I tried many apps. Finally I found "SyncMe Wireless" on Play Store. It is functionally, easy to use, safe. As I have my OP6 rooted and am playing around with it incl. bricking sometimes, I´ve synced all my data inclusive twrp-nandroids. No software on pc is needed, just the app on your phone. You can chose the folders you want to be synced and so on - via wifi or usb, as you like, in one or both directions.. and so on. When you want to sync it´s one click, e.g. when coming home from business. Just my input.
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Thanks! I might try this one as well
How do you backup the photos/videos from the phone? Is there any easy and decent (not locked in to one service, etc.) way?
Until 2019 Google Photos was syncing with Google Drive. But now they removed it, and storing just in Google Photos doesn't sound great, no easy way to sync with PC, etc.
For now I am thinking to sync between the phone and PC via 100-200 GB Google Drive, and when it fills up move some photos/videos to other HDDs, etc. (I also backup to Backblaze B2 from my PC)
Is it possible to automatically sync the photos/videos taken by the phone (Huawei P30) using the standard Google Drive app? Or do I need something like FolderSync?
I had been searching for several days to find a user-friendly application which I could use to simply back up and save readable versions of the file in my phone(Huawei Mate30). There are various tools available, many of them free and others which bear a small price tag,which will perform basic back-up and restore. I tried a few which did indeed create backup files. Some of them were useful for sending the backup files to a Google account, a Dropbox account or even directly to my computer via a USB connection. But it was often difficult if not impossible to translate the file into something readable. Then I found an application developed by the Mobikin company called “Backup Manager for Android”. I installed it on my trusty Windows, connected my phone via USB and it worked as I expected. This is the most satisfying one I have ever used and is worth trying.
Hello,
I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask for help, if not I would appreciate it if someone knows where I could get this help.
I noticed today that OneDrive deleted 2500 photos from my phone without warning or without putting them in the file trash. Just because my photo library is connected to OneDrive. When I disconnected and deleted the photos from my Windows machine, they were gone on my S22 Ultra as well.
Is there any recovery software/tool that could help me recover these photos?
I would be very happy if someone could help me.
Try DiskDigger from Playstore
Did you try going to the OneDrive website? There is a recycle bin there.
ryant35 said:
Did you try going to the OneDrive website? There is a recycle bin there.
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Yes searched there, but could not find anything. I think these photos never have been in the recycle bin.
I really do not understand what One Drive did. I had these photos twice in the cloud so I stopped syncing and deleted them in the cloud. Then I activated sync again and my S22 started to upload them again to one drive. Everything seemed right. Now, after 3 Weeks I check my gallery again and all these photos are gone.
butchieboy said:
Try DiskDigger from Playstore
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Tried it and it did not find deleted photos only existing ones. I thought I would maybe root my phone, but it seems that I have to wipe it twice to do that. This would make the process of recovering even worse I think
GoGoWe said:
Hello,
I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask for help, if not I would appreciate it if someone knows where I could get this help.
I noticed today that OneDrive deleted 2500 photos from my phone without warning or without putting them in the file trash. Just because my photo library is connected to OneDrive. When I disconnected and deleted the photos from my Windows machine, they were gone on my S22 Ultra as well.
Is there any recovery software/tool that could help me recover these photos?
I would be very happy if someone could help me.
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That is because they were not on your phone. If you deleted from your Windows PC, they should have gone to the recycle bin on your PC. Unless you changed the default behavior when you delete files. Like the others said, OneDrive has recycle bin turned on by default. If they were in your OneDrive, they would have gone into the recycle bin. After 30 days, they will be deleted from the recycle bin.
They were definitly on my Phone (I shot them with my phone) and in the One Drive Cloud.
Because One Drive screwed up and I had dublicates in the Cloud I stopped the synchronisation and removed them from One Drive. After reactivating the synchronisation between One Drive and MyPhone, I checked if my Phone started to upload these pictures that were missing in the One Drive Cloud. And it did, so left it alone.
Now, after some weeks I wanted to backup them on my PC and NAS. But then I saw that instead of further uploading all missing Photos OneDrive started to remove them from my Phone. And they are not in the Recycling bin what I cannot understand.
I previously owned an iPhone and everything worked fine with iCloud synchronisation. But the One Drive implementation on Samsung is a total mess. There are many people with the same problem as mine
It looks like i would be able to recover maybe some fotos if I my Phone is rooted.
But to root my phone i have to wipe it twice.
Is there a way to do a full backup (also with all data blocks that maybe hold my data) and recover it after the root process?
OneDrive works just like iCloud and all of the other cloud services. If you delete files from ANY device connected to OneDrive, it deletes them from ALL devices. OneDrive has a 30 day recycle bin. Meaning it deletes files every day that are in the recycle bin over 30 days. When you say, "now after some weeks." how many weeks is "some weeks"? If it was more than four then those files were deleted out of the OneDrive recycle bin. You can contact Microsoft support and ask if they can recover the files, but I don't know how long it retains data like that.
If you wipe your phone twice to root, you will lose even more data. You will be lucky to recover anything at all after two wipes.
gernerttl said:
OneDrive works just like iCloud and all of the other cloud services. If you delete files from ANY device connected to OneDrive, it deletes them from ALL devices. OneDrive has a 30 day recycle bin. Meaning it deletes files every day that are in the recycle bin over 30 days. When you say, "now after some weeks." how many weeks is "some weeks"? If it was more than four then those files were deleted out of the OneDrive recycle bin. You can contact Microsoft support and ask if they can recover the files, but I don't know how long it retains data like that.
If you wipe your phone twice to root, you will lose even more data. You will be lucky to recover anything at all after two wipes.
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I know that One Drive should Work like other Cloud Services but the synchronisation works not like it should.
Like I said, I stopped the service and started it again to reupload these photos. But because One Drive could not find them int the Cloud it decided to remove them from my Phone. So that they are also not in the Recycling bin of my Phone. Probably they have been in the Recycling bin of One Drive I never checked that. But these photos were on My Phone the first Weekend of December. I dont understand who this synchronisation could screw that up.
Does matter is gone for that and I do not plan using One Drive Sync anymore. I used the iCloud service for 6 Years and never had such an issue. 6 Months with One Drive/Samsung Cloud and I lose 1600 photos.
Do you know a way to root the device (Android 13) without wipeing? Probably there is no way right?
GoGoWe said:
I know that One Drive should Work like other Cloud Services but the synchronisation works not like it should.
Like I said, I stopped the service and started it again to reupload these photos. But because One Drive could not find them int the Cloud it decided to remove them from my Phone. So that they are also not in the Recycling bin of my Phone. Probably they have been in the Recycling bin of One Drive I never checked that. But these photos were on My Phone the first Weekend of December. I dont understand who this synchronisation could screw that up.
Does matter is gone for that and I do not plan using One Drive Sync anymore. I used the iCloud service for 6 Years and never had such an issue. 6 Months with One Drive/Samsung Cloud and I lose 1600 photos.
Do you know a way to root the device (Android 13) without wipeing? Probably there is no way right?
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It did exactly as it was supposed to do and that is how all cloud services work.
This is how cloud services work. When you take a picture, the original is uploaded to the cloud (in this case OneDrive); a COPY of that photo is then synced with all of your devices. When you de-linked Samsung Gallery from OneDrive, your phone maintained the copies. When you deleted them from your PC, it deleted them from OneDrive. So when you resynced your phone, OneDrive deleted the copies off of your phone.
That is how all cloud storage services work.
I am still confused as to why you deleted them from your PC in the firsts place.
To my knowledge, there is no way to root a phone without wiping it. Depending on the model, you may not be able to unlock the bootloader.
I am sorry you lost a lot of photos. I'm not sure there is a whole lot you can do to recover them save getting a professional to do it and that can get expensive. The other option is to run data recovery software on your PC. R-Tools is good, but it is pricey. I used it to recover photos after two of the four drives on my NAS failed. Even then, I lost several thousand images.
gernerttl said:
It did exactly as it was supposed to do and that is how all cloud services work.
This is how cloud services work. When you take a picture, the original is uploaded to the cloud (in this case OneDrive); a COPY of that photo is then synced with all of your devices. When you de-linked Samsung Gallery from OneDrive, your phone maintained the copies. When you deleted them from your PC, it deleted them from OneDrive. So when you resynced your phone, OneDrive deleted the copies off of your phone.
That is how all cloud storage services work.
I am still confused as to why you deleted them from your PC in the firsts place.
To my knowledge, there is no way to root a phone without wiping it. Depending on the model, you may not be able to unlock the bootloader.
I am sorry you lost a lot of photos. I'm not sure there is a whole lot you can do to recover them save getting a professional to do it and that can get expensive. The other option is to run data recovery software on your PC. R-Tools is good, but it is pricey. I used it to recover photos after two of the four drives on my NAS failed. Even then, I lost several thousand images.
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Sad to hear that you aslo lost 1000 of imgaes.
To complete the story (if you are interested):
I moved my photos into a new folder in One Drive becuase I thought maybe my Samsung Device notice that as an album. It didn't. Then a while later these photos started to appear as duplicates on my phone. I wanted to have my gallery clean so is stopped the sync service removed them from the cloud (throughout my pc) and activated a while later the sync service again. Then I waited 1-2 days to check if my phone starts uploading the images i just deleted.
And yes, it did. So I was not worried that something would go wrong.
Beginning of Dezember I checked again and these photos were on my Samsung Device. I had no worries. 4 Days ago I wanted to backup them finally locally on my PC and NAS. Then I noticed they are not in the cloud and also not on my phone.
That's why I think this is not entirely my fault because I checked multiple times. What One Drive messed up:
- Dublicating Fotos only because I moved them into a diffrent Folder (at the beginning)
- Taking a lot of time to synchronise them with the cloud or rather synchronising them only after they got removed from the OneDrive recycle bin (because they where definitly on my phone after i removed them from One Drive).
But its too late, I got used to it.
Checked out R-Tools but I think it's the same problem as with all other recovery softwares. They need full access to my Phones Hard Drive, which they only get if I root it.
Nevertheless, thank you for your time and help and have a great new year
Look in the files section of Onedrive. The missing photos might be in a different folder than the rest of the gallery photos, which isn't recognized by Gallery. I would go into a PC and manually move the missing photos to the correct folder. Mine is labeled SAMSUNG GALLERY. Good luck