Is it possible to access G1 SD drive over WiFi? - G1 Apps and Games

I would like to access my G1 SD drive over WiFi to transfer files. Is this possible?

try aFile in market
wrong section?

I bet we could get Samba running on this thing pretty easily

I like this app called Discover. Gives you a web interface to your phone's filesystem.

kiddyfurby said:
try aFile in market
wrong section?
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crap, i clicked on the wrong forum when posting.
Thanks for the replies.

Thanks
aFile works great.
BTW, aFile was formerly Discover.

cyanogen said:
I bet we could get Samba running on this thing pretty easily
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Please please do

had a few mate of mine going wow when i showed them this

Cross-compiling Samba is a major pain in the ass! Going to try to get it working though.

i think ftp / scp will be much simplier...
btw you can mount the device as a webdev share if you use afile

In the marketplace, download OM ANTuner. It's excellent! It currently only allows downloads thru your computer browser, and I sent a request for the dev to include read and write capability to and from the android, also compatibility over GPRS/EDGE/3G. I was getting 800-1000Kb/sec transfer speeds!

andonnguyen said:
In the marketplace, download OM ANTuner. It's excellent! It currently only allows downloads thru your computer browser, and I sent a request for the dev to include read and write capability to and from the android, also compatibility over GPRS/EDGE/3G. I was getting 800-1000Kb/sec transfer speeds!
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aList has been working great for me the pass couple of days. Its really slick how fast it works and its easy to use.
Does OM ANTuner do anything that aList doesnt?

I'm using SwiFTP
Set my home router to always give me the same DHCP reservation.. I then use a good FTP client (On a Mac so I use Cyberduck)... basically just start SwiFTP's server and have the FTP client connect... brain dead simple.
Use it to transfer my iTunes music (non DRM tracks) from iTunes to a folder then drag to Cyberduck and other files.

There's a new app that showed up in the market over the past day or two search by date. It's an obvious name but seems to be read only.

Om sdcard wifi access is what it is called.

Related

Browser uploads

I did all the searching I could before posting this so I hope my first thread doesn't turn out to be a fail. Firstly I got root on my phone the other day and installed the Magic image and it works really well!
My question is does anyone know if browser uploads can be enabled somehow through root? I have a torrent server setup at a friends ISP and it would be really nice to be able to upload torrent files to it on the go. Is this currently possible or is there anyone currently trying to get it working?
darrin0101 said:
I did all the searching I could before posting this so I hope my first thread doesn't turn out to be a fail. Firstly I got root on my phone the other day and installed the Magic image and it works really well!
My question is does anyone know if browser uploads can be enabled somehow through root? I have a torrent server setup at a friends ISP and it would be really nice to be able to upload torrent files to it on the go. Is this currently possible or is there anyone currently trying to get it working?
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you might rename this thread to something like Torrent/Browser Uploads .. there may be other people looking for info on this .. i honestly have no clue .. there is only one other thread talking about torrent connections and that's via tethering .. so there could be some connection
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=478241
happy reading!
I guess I should elaborate, what I am talking about specifically is when you go to a page with an upload form, where you would normally select a file it just says "Uploads Disabled".
I'm not actually trying to do torrents on the phone, I essentially just want to upload a file over the browser.
Have you tried with the steel browser?
darrin0101 said:
I guess I should elaborate, what I am talking about specifically is when you go to a page with an upload form, where you would normally select a file it just says "Uploads Disabled".
I'm not actually trying to do torrents on the phone, I essentially just want to upload a file over the browser.
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Most likely uploads like that are blocked by the carrier. If they allowed that it would bog down their network and slow everyone else down. The only uploads permitted are pictures to like facebook or myspace.
Well if i remember quite correct , it also says "UPLOAD DISABLED" when surfing via WIFI ..
Its more due to the fact that the G1 has no file browser by default and the published one doesnt go deep enough into the system (aka the browser just dont recognize them) ... :-Z
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see here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=467209
i also mailed the Steel and the Linda File Manager developer about this issue
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=2519
please star this and maybe reply
What torrent application are you running on this server? BarTor handles torrent uploads to several popular torrent clients (uTorrent, Vuze, KTorrent). If it's not one of those, we can certainly look into supporting the client you are using. I realize this is not quite the same as what you are asking for but I thought I'd chime in anyway.
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What torrent application are you running on this server? BarTor handles torrent uploads to several popular torrent clients (uTorrent, Vuze, KTorrent). If it's not one of those, we can certainly look into supporting the client you are using. I realize this is not quite the same as what you are asking for but I thought I'd chime in anyway.
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This sucks .. for each site and upload a different app <.<
Huh? BarTor is one app, which enables download of torrent files from anywhere and upload to anywhere that is running one of the supported torrent download clients. It was only a suggestion as an option for darrin0101.
I get what you are saying though, and if this post was not specifically about torrent uploading, I'd probably not have commented at all. I wonder why no one has recompiled the browser with a file manager, or to use an existing one? I'd do it if I didn't have to download the entire android source to do it...
Well, i would if i could more than php and mysql ^^
I don't know if a filemanager can take the role for this because i dont know if the browser has a pick file hook
further this should be for nonrooted android users as well
But i would'nt say no to a fix for this only for rooted users :>
Just set up an FTP server on the remote system, and use one of the FTP clients on the market for uploading? uTorrent allows for automatic loading of new torrents in a specific folder.
Oh, and shall i upload pictures to websites this way too?
attach files to rapidshare this way too?
attach files at a forum this way too?
and so on..
has there been any progress on this yet? i would like to be able to upload pictures to my site, which is wordpress powered so i have an upload form.
Maybe give loccy a ring and see if he knows how.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=551119
bassbox said:
Well, i would if i could more than php and mysql ^^
I don't know if a filemanager can take the role for this because i dont know if the browser has a pick file hook
further this should be for nonrooted android users as well
But i would'nt say no to a fix for this only for rooted users :>
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I doubt that's doable granted it would probably involve modifying objects in the Browser.apk, so the people who would be able to use it on their phones would be the rooted users who can push modified browsers to their Android phones.
U have to use the oprea browser it let u upload anything.
i don't like opera too much, granted it works for this issue but the ui is ugly imho. besides i'm a bit ocd and i prefer to have the original pieces of software but working the way they should have been from the start. which usually means modding the stuff that came on the phone
santana00 said:
U have to use the oprea browser it let u upload anything.
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i couldnt get opera to work on www.youtube.com
youtube.com probably won't work with any browser, at least until java for android comes out. why not just use the youtube app?

[Q] - Any Apps out there for this?

My buddy wants to get into android, but he was curious if there was an app where he could control his computer remotely. Like tell it to download something?
That seems extreme and not feasible to me. Any apps out there close to this though?
I need to pull up gmote and see its capabilities.
s15274n said:
My buddy wants to get into android, but he was curious if there was an app where he could control his computer remotely. Like tell it to download something?
That seems extreme and not feasible to me. Any apps out there close to this though?
I need to pull up gmote and see its capabilities.
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I think that you might be able to control your computer with VNC but I haven't tried.
In regards to downloading... sure. There are a lot of torrent apps that will connect to your bittorrent clients (such as utorrent or whatever). You just need to make sure everything is set up properly.
Yeah, he has utorrent on his computer currently. So can he see his desktop on his droid and open up programs on his computer?
If so, that seems unreal to me. I looked and saw on gmotes site they had a beta that sounded like this.
Can anyone confirm? Thank you guys.
s15274n said:
Yeah, he has utorrent on his computer currently. So can he see his desktop on his droid and open up programs on his computer?
If so, that seems unreal to me. I looked and saw on gmotes site they had a beta that sounded like this.
Can anyone confirm? Thank you guys.
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If he's using a Windows Desktop, there is a RDP client on the App Market, just search for RDP. He will need to have his router setup to forward the proper ports (3389 TCP) to his computer for it to work, but I've used it to download things in a pinch, and copy it up to a webserver to download on my G1....
he's not gonna be doing anything ridiculous on it, remember there is a HUGE resolution difference b/t G1/DROID/Mobiles in general vs Computer Resolutions...
Okay, sounds very intriguing.
Let me word it differently though:
From his Droid, would he be able to see his desktop and scroll to uTorrent and tell it to download something, to his computer, not the droid.
You guys are awesome. I am floored that our G1 can do what you guys have told me. I obviously need to move beyond flashing roms and themes and learn what the guts can do.
s15274n said:
Okay, sounds very intriguing.
Let me word it differently though:
From his Droid, would he be able to see his desktop and scroll to uTorrent and tell it to download something, to his computer, not the droid.
You guys are awesome. I am floored that our G1 can do what you guys have told me. I obviously need to move beyond flashing roms and themes and learn what the guts can do.
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Really what it sounds like you're asking, is he can remotely connect to his desktop, use it to search for and download the torrent file, and open it in the torrent client...? Complete remote control of his computer from off-site...? I don't know about you guys, but I have to search for and find a torrent file from a tracking site (demonoid, thepiratebay, etc.) and d/l that, then open it in my torrent client (utorrent).
I don't think this is capable yet... but I'm interested to hear more about this from those that know.
Remote Desktop Client works just like RDP and will allow you to log into your computer at home from your android phone using your windows login. Once logged in you have your trackball to move the mouse and can do anything you could do sitting in front of your computer. Its a $15 app which is really high for android OS but its been more than worth $15 all the times its saved my butt.
I also use it to monitor my utorrent download remotely.
s15274n said:
Yeah, he has utorrent on his computer currently. So can he see his desktop on his droid and open up programs on his computer?
If so, that seems unreal to me. I looked and saw on gmotes site they had a beta that sounded like this.
Can anyone confirm? Thank you guys.
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If he has uTorrent then he can just set up the webui and forward his utorrent port on his/her router to the ip address of the computer. then download Transdroid (what I use because it has a decent widget) and set that up. TIP: use no-ip (or whatever) to set up a static ip address and change the name (like [email protected]) so you can just input that in the Default Server settings in the Transdroid preferences. It also uses isoHunt, Mininova, BT Junkie and even allows you to enter your own to search for new torrents. When you find one to download simply select it and it sends it to the computer. From there the uTorrent client will open the torrent that was sent and starts the download process. You can easily track the status of the active torrents on the client with it as well.
There are some out there that will even let you scan a barcode of a movie (useful if your in the video store) and it'll lookup the movie and send the torrent to your pc and it'll start downloading. If you have a decent enough internet connection you can go to the video store, scan a movie in the New Releases section, leave empty handed, get some Jack In The Box and by the time you get home the movie can already be on your computer ready to be viewed/burned. And it's not just for movies. It's for any other type of torrent.

[HOW TO] transfer files to your phone wirelessly (wifi)

this works and i love it
http://www.trickyways.com/2010/09/how-to-transfer-files-between-android-computer-wireless/
great find...
Works like champ!
There is a app called awesome drop in the market that does the same thing but has like a 5sec setup time.
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App
slinky1914 said:
There is a app called awesome drop in the market that does the same thing but has like a 5sec setup time.
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App
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Not quite the same level of control...all files get stored in a folder called "drop". You then need to move these to whatever folder you want.
I prefer being able to choose where the files get sent. Thanks for the app link though...it is a very quick setup and simple if you are using another computer for a quick file transfer.
I am using an app called WebDroid. It works perfectly and lets you browse through every folder on your phone via wifi in a web browser.
jonnyg1097 said:
I am using an app called WebDroid. It works perfectly and lets you browse through every folder on your phone via wifi in a web browser.
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Websharing is another app that works the exact same way.
Why not just use dropbox? This seems much more labor intensive to setup.
Astro file server also has an SMB Plugin for those of you running a samba file share system. I store all of my files on my linux file server anyway. For those times when I'm out of range of my wifi, I'll use an ftp client on my phone and log on to my ftp server. I also use dropbox. It all depends where the file is, where I am, and where the phone is.
I also love double twists new airless sync. That works just fine with my iTunes library.
Great tip though. Thanks!
kamesen said:
this works and i love it
http://www.trickyways.com/2010/09/how-to-transfer-files-between-android-computer-wireless/
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I love this, did not know about this. Thank you for sharing.
This makes my life so much easier.
kamesen said:
this works and i love it
http://www.trickyways.com/2010/09/how-to-transfer-files-between-android-computer-wireless/
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That's what I use and I don't think it could be easier. Just setup a username and password one time. Any time after that you just start the ftp server and type the address into a file browser on your computer.
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flashman2002 said:
Why not just use dropbox? This seems much more labor intensive to setup.
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+1
Seriously, just use Dropbox. I'm sure everyone uses Dropbox for other purposes anyways. Why not just download the DB client for Android and give it another use?
Enhanced said:
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Seriously, just use Dropbox. I'm sure everyone uses Dropbox for other purposes anyways. Why not just download the DB client for Android and give it another use?
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Dropbox is awesome and I do use it, but if you want to place files directly on your root or access files above root for modding purposes, this method is great.
To each his own I guess.
If you're running an i9000 ROM try Kies Air in the Samsung Apps store. it does the same thing and it works over Mobile AP or Wifi
ES File Explorer is free and you can access shared folders on a local WiFi network very easily. Dev Site
marvin02 said:
ES File Explorer is free and you can access shared folders on a local WiFi network very easily. Dev Site
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Is it possible to post a quick "how to" or shoot me a PM?
I use ES File Explorer and love it and was unaware of the feature.
Their website isn't very helpful (the English version anyways) with no stickies on how to configure.
Any help is appreciated.
I'm currently using the ftp version the OP posted, but it's a bit buggy and temper-mental for me.
I used to use ES File Explorer but now use File Expert. It's all in one and has a few nice features, but the server scan is much slower which I don't use anyway.
You need to know a bit about Windows Printer & File Sharing and have at least 1 folder shared on your PC first.
In ES File Explorer, switch to the Network tab, then Menu -> New, and either scan or add a server. If you scan you'll see your PC's IP address, which can make it easier if you don't know it. Select that and you'll see all the shares. Select the one you want and then you'll need to enter the username and password of your Windows account the first time.
File Expert is a little better because it can remember the user account for that PC for all shares.
Anyway, after that you can copy and paste files back and forth and even play media over wifi, or copy tibu and nandroid backups to the PC just like you would between folders on the phone.
I'd love it if it was the other way around. CIFS share the android root or even sdcard on the PC!
I use Awesome Drop for quick small transfers, otherwise I use the SwiFTP server. FTP just seems like tried and true technology to me.
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awesome find..works great
WiFi File Explorer Pro works fine for me (I don't need root access)-
1. Open App
2. Type provided address into browser
3. Upload/download/zip/extract the SD and Ext SD using the browser
4. Profit
WiFi Direct
I am hoping we get WiFi direct here pretty soon. But seeing Samsungs update record I won't be holding my breath.

Mac Kies Beta Released

According to SamsungJohn, Mac Kies Beta is out:
https://twitter.com/#!/SamsungJohn/status/83735635332055040
Have at it folks!
Captainkrtek said:
According to SamsungJohn, Mac Kies Beta is out:
https://twitter.com/#!/SamsungJohn/status/83735635332055040
Have at it folks!
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Initial impressions and notations:
1) It works, finally. As a Mac user, I can say it's certainly nice to have SOMETHING that allows me to move files from my Mac to the tab without going through FTP or HTTP services.
2) With the above said, it's VERY limited. For example, it'll let you delete off the device, however copying to the device is a bit primitive, and it's very limited, like it'll only copy the movie files with the extensions it wants you to be able to copy.
3) Not sure why it doesn't put Movies in the Movies folder (it puts them in "Videos" folder), as with Audio\Songs too. So weird, like one team worked on the project that was completely apart from the rest of the Samsung Android world.
4) The overall functionality seems lagging... and it doesn't offer any sort integration with iTunes or Google Music or any other third party interface... so for music it's utterly worthless faces with competition from Doubletwist....
But overall it's a good very preliminary attempt for Mac integration by Samsung. It's a necessity for them since their #1 competitor which is iPad is very compatible with PC and iPad, in a very user friendly way. Thus far, this is the biggest issue with the Tab 10.1 for me... media sync, and media compatibility. Sammy really has to overcome these before it stands a chance to go mainstream against the iPad.
bella92108 said:
Initial impressions and notations:
1) It works, finally. As a Mac user, I can say it's certainly nice to have SOMETHING that allows me to move files from my Mac to the tab without going through FTP or HTTP services.
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how did you get it to work? im an avid mac and android user and i cant figure it out
jatoprieto said:
how did you get it to work? im an avid mac and android user and i cant figure it out
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Did you download the one in the OP's link? I've downloaded their past versions and they haven't worked witth the Tab, only this newest beta release does. It works by just plugging into the galaxy tab, lol.
bella92108 said:
Did you download the one in the OP's link? I've downloaded their past versions and they haven't worked witth the Tab, only this newest beta release does. It works by just plugging into the galaxy tab, lol.
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yes i did, i didnt have any previous versions.
ps i restarted the computer and it works now.
thanks
jatoprieto said:
yes i did, i didnt have any previous versions.
ps i restarted the computer and it works now.
thanks
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Nice! It's nothing amazing, but it's something I suppose. If nothing else you can now rename your device through your mac, hahaha. It's worthless for video x-fer to me because it doesn't even use the default movies folder lol.
But hopefully it's a sign that Sammy is getting on board with making syncing easier for us all.
bella92108 said:
Nice! It's nothing amazing, but it's something I suppose. If nothing else you can now rename your device through your mac, hahaha. It's worthless for video x-fer to me because it doesn't even use the default movies folder lol.
But hopefully it's a sign that Sammy is getting on board with making syncing easier for us all.
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im transferring a movie now. do you think we could move it from on folder to another using a file explorer app?
jatoprieto said:
im transferring a movie now. do you think we could move it from on folder to another using a file explorer app?
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Yeah of course you can move it but do you want to have to go in and move it every time you transfer to it? Easier just to use an FTP app and drop it directly where you want it the first time, hehe.
And I don't like that it only lets you transfer the most common of movies, not formats it doesn't like, haha
bella92108 said:
Yeah of course you can move it but do you want to have to go in and move it every time you transfer to it? Easier just to use an FTP app and drop it directly where you want it the first time, hehe.
And I don't like that it only lets you transfer the most common of movies, not formats it doesn't like, haha
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Amen to FTP. Been preaching it for the past week, but seems like folks weren't listening. Oh well.
Fyahstarter said:
Amen to FTP. Been preaching it for the past week, but seems like folks weren't listening. Oh well.
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It's certainly not ideal to FTP into a device over WiFi (54mbps on average with a Wireless G router), when we have a USB cable mashed into the bottom of the phone (300-400mbps on average). It's convenient to manage syncing of a file here or there via wifi\ftp, but certainly not conducive to large file transfers.
Hopefully since Samsung Kies is available for Mac, a developer will seize the opportunity to adapt an app like Doubletwist to whatever technology Kies uses ... tho my guess is Sammy has a strong position against 3rd party use of it... ugh.
I'd happily pay $10 for a method of USB iTunes Music and VIDEO syncing. Would make my life a lot easier.
I haven't gotten my Tab yet, but will this be essential if I am to root via my Mac? (i.e., will adb connect or see the device on the Mac without the new Kies beta?)
I download and install that kies pkg, but when i connect the SGT only show a "samsung modem" and nothing happen, i disabled usb debug and the tablet say kies is connected but my mac dont do anything, any ideas?
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omg what a big jerk haha i didnt see the Kies app forgot this.

Roll your own cloud storage!

While I've tried most of the usual cloud storage services - Dropbox, Google Drive, SkyDrive, SugarSync - I thought I'd try rolling my own, and it works! Yes it's easier with existing services, but just thought I'd have a go just to see if I could..
You can create your own cloud storage on Google App Engine using the open source CloudDav - the instructions on the CloudDav page make it very straightforward if you're familiar with the App Engine Python SDK. Just get the files from the repository (I used TortoiseHg to download to my Windows 7 64 bit machine), create the app on App Engine, edit the downloaded template to create a yaml file with the app name, deploy the app, and that's it.Took me literally just a few minutes.
It's easy to authorise user logins for any Google account, including Google Apps accounts on your own domains (I tested that too), and with WebDav File Manager on my N7 it's working fine.
Obviously it's free of charge only within the limits of the App Engine free quotas, but at least it's another source of cloud storage space.
Only problem was getting an @ character on the keyboard, believe it or not - copy/pasting that symbol was really hard to do, am going to ask separately about that!
Todo... to try with files encrypted with Boxcryptor on my PC. But can't see why it shouldn't work.
Those of you with a spare box could look into ownCloud. I think they have a Windows client, but I'm not too sure. I run it on my Linux server in my basement. If you set up a DDNS account (I used no-ip.com) and forward your server port through your router, you can essentially access your server via it's own URL, such as:
http://heresmyexample.zapto.org/owncloud
or whatever it may be.
The nice thing about ownCloud is the data resides on your server and your server alone. Of course, if your server blows up, you're toast, but it's another alternative worth mentioning. Mine has about 300GB free, so I basically have a 300GB cloud server to myself. I talked to a guy who had 8TB in his ownCloud server... can you imagine??
Pros:
You own it (therefore it's your data on your server, no where else)
You manage it (thefore it's your rules)
Your space can be exponentially higher than any other free service
Cons:
You own it (therefore you need to provide a spare box or build a new one)
You manage it (don't go tinkering in any core config files now, ya hear?)
Hard drives aren't free
Anyway, just another on the list of many. :good:
JaSauders said:
Those of you with a spare box could look into ownCloud. I think they have a Windows client, but I'm not too sure. I run it on my Linux server in my basement. If you set up a DDNS account (I used no-ip.com) and forward your server port through your router, you can essentially access your server via it's own URL, such as:
http://heresmyexample.zapto.org/owncloud
or whatever it may be.
The nice thing about ownCloud is the data resides on your server and your server alone. Of course, if your server blows up, you're toast, but it's another alternative worth mentioning. Mine has about 300GB free, so I basically have a 300GB cloud server to myself. I talked to a guy who had 8TB in his ownCloud server... can you imagine??
Pros:
You own it (therefore it's your data on your server, no where else)
You manage it (thefore it's your rules)
Your space can be exponentially higher than any other free service
Cons:
You own it (therefore you need to provide a spare box or build a new one)
You manage it (don't go tinkering in any core config files now, ya hear?)
Hard drives aren't free
Anyway, just another on the list of many. :good:
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This is a bit cleaner because your phone sees it as local storage. You can still use your own server at home, but this way you can stream music, videos, book, whatever you want. And all of your apps can access the data. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbiz...GG6dB9uixiT_-zNAopLpSrly2Ggb1bg&feature=inbox
JaSauders said:
Those of you with a spare box could look into ownCloud. I think they have a Windows client, but I'm not too sure. I run it on my Linux server in my basement. If you set up a DDNS account (I used no-ip.com) and forward your server port through your router, you can essentially access your server via it's own URL, such as:
http://heresmyexample.zapto.org/owncloud
or whatever it may be.
The nice thing about ownCloud is the data resides on your server and your server alone. Of course, if your server blows up, you're toast, but it's another alternative worth mentioning. Mine has about 300GB free, so I basically have a 300GB cloud server to myself. I talked to a guy who had 8TB in his ownCloud server... can you imagine??
Pros:
You own it (therefore it's your data on your server, no where else)
You manage it (thefore it's your rules)
Your space can be exponentially higher than any other free service
Cons:
You own it (therefore you need to provide a spare box or build a new one)
You manage it (don't go tinkering in any core config files now, ya hear?)
Hard drives aren't free
Anyway, just another on the list of many. :good:
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Sounds good, ta, must try that. It's mainly the set-up time issue, including setting up backups too of course. It's the old adage about people not always taking backup seriously until they have a disaster... eg I moved to mainly Google Calendar a few years back after my computer died and I lost some days' appointments, as Google are more likely than me to backup (though I do backup my Google Calendar daily too).
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Sounds good, ta, must try that. It's mainly the set-up time issue, including setting up backups too of course. It's the old adage about people not always taking backup seriously until they have a disaster... eg I moved to mainly Google Calendar a few years back after my computer died and I lost some days' appointments, as Google are more likely than me to backup (though I do backup my Google Calendar daily too).
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I hear ya. Backups are key for any situation, no matter how big or small. My ownCloud server *is* my backup server, but that doesn't mean that's the end of the line for backups. My ownCloud info is then synchronized elsewhere so if my actual server blows up, I'm still in good shape. Of course, the average joe may not be as religious about backups as I am, but then again the average joe is unlikely to have any interest in their own cloud server either.
Like I said, just another option on the table, since I have little doubt there's a few users around these parts who might find ownCloud is exactly what they want. :good:
+1 for promoting home storage. If you have a old p4 box laying around your house or you can get one for cheap its fairly simple to setup your own fileserver. Really all you need is a computer and a few hard drives to have as much storage as you want. I have about 500gb free on a fileserver that I dedicated to my nexus 7 and Razr device.
If anyone needs steps just let me know..
Dennelly said:
+1 for promoting home storage. If you have a old p4 box laying around your house or you can get one for cheap its fairly simple to setup your own fileserver. Really all you need is a computer and a few hard drives to have as much storage as you want. I have about 500gb free on a fileserver that I dedicated to my nexus 7 and Razr device.
If anyone needs steps just let me know..
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I'm curious what OS you're using as your platform, and how exactly this is brewed up.
Dennelly said:
+1 for promoting home storage. If you have a old p4 box laying around your house or you can get one for cheap its fairly simple to setup your own fileserver. Really all you need is a computer and a few hard drives to have as much storage as you want. I have about 500gb free on a fileserver that I dedicated to my nexus 7 and Razr device.
If anyone needs steps just let me know..
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Hello,
A home fileserver sounds very cool.
I would be interested in the easiest method known to man.
GT-P3113, CM9 RC2, MetalliKernel SuckyCPU
booda3000 said:
Hello,
A home fileserver sounds very cool.
I would be interested in the easiest method known to man.
GT-P3113, CM9 RC2, MetalliKernel SuckyCPU
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Do you have any spare computers at home? I don't know if I can link to other sites here but lifehacker has a lot of tutorials on how to do this. If you tell me what you have exactly I can see whats best for you
Denelly,
Thanks in advance!
I have an old 1.6ghz, 512MB RAM laptop. I could dedicate it.
My desktop is a 1.6ghz dual core Atom CPU, 3GB RAM. I'd like to run along side the fileserver.
Im gonna check out lifehacker.
GT-P3113, CM9 RC2, MetalliKernel SuckyCPU
Hi, I'm wondering what's the difference between having a cloud and a VPN? I mean, what can you do with a cloud that you can't with a VPN? File sharing and stuff like that are already possible with VPN.
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Hi, I'm wondering what's the difference between having a cloud and a VPN? I mean, what can you do with a cloud that you can't with a VPN? File sharing and stuff like that are already possible with VPN.
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It really all depends on how each service is configured. VPNs have a lot more functionality than cloud storage, but they were both designed for different purposes.
If your only looking for file/folder storage go with one of the mentioned Google apps or storage services (like Dropbox).
If you need access to individual computers or programs/apps on your home network then go with a VPN.
VPNs can chew through data plans if your not careful, they have quite a bit of overhead that will make them feel slow as well. On the flipside a cloud storage service will be efficient & easy on bandwidth.
Dennelly said:
Do you have any spare computers at home? I don't know if I can link to other sites here but lifehacker has a lot of tutorials on how to do this. If you tell me what you have exactly I can see whats best for you
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Hey Dennelly, I have my win 7 PC collecting dust. It has good two core cpu, I think 3.2 and good nvidia card with 512mb and 4 drives, 320gb primary and the others are 2tb, 1tb, and a 500gb.
Any steps or recommendations would be appreciated.
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After doing some more looking (thanks again everyone for the discussion) I thought I would add a candidate called GoodSync to the mix. It can incorporate all the cloud services we currently use (dropbox, etc) with our home cloud solution.
Sorry I don't have enough posts to post the link.... effin noobs
I'm on tablet when I get on pc ill help you guys out
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You don't even need a spare pc either. I have OwnCloud running on a VM on my main computer which is great for organising all my files and then I've combined that with Plex Media Server so that I can stream my movies/music easily. So if I want to download a file I access the owncloud directly and if I want to stream it I access it through Plex
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You don't even need a spare pc either. I have OwnCloud running on a VM on my main computer which is great for organising all my files and then I've combined that with Plex Media Server so that I can stream my movies/music easily. So if I want to download a file I access the owncloud directly and if I want to stream it I access it through Plex
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how does it work on the wan side of things?
I've used a lot of the home storage solutions mentioned in this thread, but I always have a problem with having to have an always on computer in my home.
Has anyone figured out a fix for this?
eawooten said:
I've used a lot of the home storage solutions mentioned in this thread, but I always have a problem with having to have an always on computer in my home.
Has anyone figured out a fix for this?
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This is a concern of mine too.
I'd like to implement a cloud server that doesnt use my home bandwidth.
For free too!
I think I know where this is heading....,
GT-P3113, CM9 RC2, MetalliKernel SuckyCPU
eawooten said:
I've used a lot of the home storage solutions mentioned in this thread, but I always have a problem with having to have an always on computer in my home.
Has anyone figured out a fix for this?
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One possible solution is to use a router that has its own USB port. I have a dirt cheap belkin router with two usb ports that has TomatoUSB loaded to it. I then configure the firmware Ftp server for wan access. I can then access files on a USB attached storage device if needed via ftp. The down side is the speed is limited to your broadband upload speed. I cannot stream content across the internet, but I can copy content to and from my devices internal memory. I also have the added benefit with tomatousb of having a media server to stream content on the local lan.
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