I have just installed Dropbox on both my PCs and on my Android. This is a great way of synching files between 2 computers without the need for emailing them to yourself or continually copying them between computers.
THe PC version is here:
https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTc1MjQzMTQ5
For the Andriod version search 'Dropbox' in the market.
With Dropbox on your Andriod you can access files from your home PC without having to actually have them installed on your device. Never forget a file again and save valuable space on your SD card!
How did I ever manage without it?!
Yeah, it's really good stuff
Dropbox for android is awesome!
I wish it would actually sync to your SD card, instead of just letting you access it online, as offline sync is my favorite use for it on my laptop. It would use a lot of data, so maybe a setting to only sync on wifi.
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I have been playing around with trying to make a Titanium backup of my phone's apps and data that can easily be moved over to the g tablet. I currently have been
making the backup
swapping the sd card
copying files from sdcard2/TitaniumBackup to sdcard/TitaniumBackup then batch restoring the apps and files.
I will play around to see if this process could be easier, possibly automated.
I'll keep you posted.
Anyone else working on this or have any alternative solution?
Check out the Titanium Backup sync to Dropbox feature, you might be able to configure it in a way that would accomplish your goal.
I have set up dropbox sync, but uploading/downloading takes quite some time. I started another thread about how I would like to be able to connect my DX to the G tablet via usb. If I could get that to work transfering files would be faster and I wouldn't have to swap sdcards all the time.
I just found a post about using an app called aFileSync. http://www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/tools/afilesync_nxn.html I'll try to play around with it and see if it works. If I can get it to work well, I will write up a FAQ.
I just would really like to be able to keep all my app settings/savestates/etc from my phone and my tablet.
Hal0053 said:
If I could get that to work transfering files would be faster and I wouldn't have to swap sdcards all the time.
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FTP works well over a good wifi connection...that is what I use for transfers to / from PC
Astro also has a SMB module that I use when I want to access files on network shares
Update:
I have got my data to go across both my DX and Gtablet.
I made a label for all the apps (mostly games) that I want to backup. Backup on titanium. Sync to dropbox. On the other device I open dropbox, download the titanium files, move the files into my /sdcard/TitaniumBackup, open titanium and restore. It takes less than a minute to complete.
It isn't automated like I would have originally hoped, but at least it works!
Anyone using WIFI file transfer app?? I jjust installed it and man, what a pleasure. No more messing with the flaky Nook cable. I can wirelessly transfer to and from my nook SD card from my desktop computer. This is making the copying of files so much nicer.
Did you mean WiFi Explorer?
Where do you go to get this app?
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Several do it, I used to use paid ones but "file expert" has that ability built in and is free.
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Where do you go to get this app?
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I use Samba, makes your SD card a shared resource on a Windows network. It's slower than USB but all I use my cable for anymore is charging and the last time I swapped SD cards was when I moved to CM7.2.
https://market.android.com/details?...51bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5mdW5reWZyZXNoLnNhbWJhIl0.
I use eStrongs file manager. Hardly used a cable in years...
I tried ES File Manager but could not get connected with my PC on LAN. Took my head out of you know where and now I've got it working.
Is there a way to do batch file transfers with wftp? It took me a while to upload a bunch of books to my NC using that program one file at a time. Other than that I do like it alot better than having to hook up the usb.
I use good old Dropbox, mostly because it is the easiest ad I can just drop something in there without having my nook with me.
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I use DropBox as well. Simple to use and I can upload file from any PC I am on whether it is installed or not.
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Is there a way to do batch file transfers with wftp? It took me a while to upload a bunch of books to my NC using that program one file at a time. Other than that I do like it alot better than having to hook up the usb.
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If in windows ftp integration of internet explorer lets you open as a window for drag&drop of multiple files at once.
Haven't seen any other browsers with integration like that, only reason I keep internet explorer around even though I use something else for actual browsing.
Should be available for most wifi transfer apps, any that use ftp for share at least.
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I used swift ftp server on my nook and whatever ftp client you like on any platform. On windows I use filezilla.
I got Wifi Explorer Pro from getjar and it does everything. The interface is very nice also. Best of all because it is on getjar it is a paid app that is free.
The idea of Motocast (access files on home computer from phone) seems really useful. I see there is also an app called SugarSync. Has anyone tried both and like one better than the other?
I know Dropbox is also available, but I don't want cloud storage. I want to get the files on my home PC. Or can Dropbox also do this?
Yes, I should try both and decide myself. But my current phone isn't very current and I'm not eligible for an upgrade for 16 days, 4 hrs, 13 minutes, 36 seconds. So until then, I'm stuck with just browsing forums and looking through play.google
Thanks much for any replies . . .
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The idea of Motocast (access files on home computer from phone) seems really useful. I see there is also an app called SugarSync. Has anyone tried both and like one better than the other?
I know Dropbox is also available, but I don't want cloud storage. I want to get the files on my home PC. Or can Dropbox also do this?
Yes, I should try both and decide myself. But my current phone isn't very current and I'm not eligible for an upgrade for 16 days, 4 hrs, 13 minutes, 36 seconds. So until then, I'm stuck with just browsing forums and looking through play.google
Thanks much for any replies . . .
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SugarSync is also a cloud service. It stores all of your synced files on their servers, and then syncs it to your device.
I have no idea how Motocast works, since I just use SugarSync (heh , paid user even!) but if you are against cloud storage for whatever reason (privacy, etc), Motocast might be a better choice.
Thanks for the reply, podspi.
I installed Motocast on my home computer last night and setup one folder for testing. I logged into Motocast on my work computer this morning. I was able to open files from my home computer at work! Pretty cool! I assume it works as well on a Droid.
I have read more about SugarSync. Looks like it can do the same! You can put files on their cloud, buy you can also use your computer as a "personal cloud". I have nothing against cloud storage, but I would rather be able to access all my home files without having to put them in cloud storage first. My home computer is always on so that should work out for me.
Hi! There are so many cloud services out there, but it's difficult for me to pick the right one.
I travel a lot, and keep most of my data that I want to be backed up on my external hard drive. I would like the cloud service to come with the software which would let sync certain folders to the cloud from that external hard drive. Such a software should also monitor all of the changes I make in those folders, and follow the changes.
On the occasional basis, I would like to be able to share a file or two from that cloud.
When I install a new windows, I would like that software not to archive my computer with the external drive, but to recognize my old external drive and keep it running/syncing, etc.
The space I need is about 150GB and it's rising at the speed of 30GB per year.
Option, I would really enjoy, although I don't think it's possible, would be to share a folder with my parent's and let them sync it to their computer with read-only access.
If you guys could recommend something, I would be really grateful.
Dropbox will be the best for you
I am in the process of building up apps on my new S8. I have spent all day installing and uninstalling Office-type apps trying to find one that will allow access to my NAS for saving and retrieval. Has anyone found an app of this type that allows local network storage?
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Not what you're asking, but if you don't find a better solution, you could consider saving locally to a specific folder on the device, and use the free SyncThing app and desktop client to automatically sync those things to the NAS through your computer. SyncThing is great.
I don't actually have experience with NAS because I'm using 2x 24-port SAS controllers in my desktop PC to access a huge amount of space that's treated as one, and of course through the Windows share, is available on the network, but I don't usually try to save something directly from an app to it, although I have used X-plore File Manager to copy or move files that already exist from one location to the other.
Good luck!
Interesting question. I've got several Windows shared drives on y local network, and I can open them from Solid Explorer, but they get copied to a temp file on my tablet, and you can't save them back to the drive. I tried using an Excel file with Google Docs and Microsoft Office / Excel.
I don't see a way to map the shared drives inside the applications. Cloud storage seems accessible, but not local shared drives.
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