I haven't seen a thread on this forum directly about Dropbox. If you aren't using it you should be, it's a great tool to share files across all platforms (pc, phones, etc). You get 2 gigs of storage space free, if you use the referral below you will get a 250mb upgrade for signing up.
If others want to put their referral links feel free!
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Been using Dropbox since my original droid i love it use it all the time
My referral: http://db.tt/cHYWdFkQ
Sign up with Dropbox!
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Dropbox is ok, but I prefer Sugarsync. Dropbox forces you to use their folder for file syncing. Sugarsync allows you to sync your existing folders.
Sugarsync gives you 5 GB free - signup HERE.
Dropbox is working great on Android. Can't live without this app.
Here is my referral link: http://db.tt/12szKzM
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Hi guys
Checkout 'Es File Explorer' it has dropbox, box.net & sugersync integration into advanced fiemanager with much better control.
http://www.estrongs.com/en/download.html
Enjoy
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Also Dropbox doesn't offer good security at all. Encrypt if you have sensitive data.
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Guys..don't use DropBox. According to the ToS...it now has EXCLUSIVE rights to anything you add to it. Pictures, mp3s, ANYTHING.
Use Samba instead. Anything computer on a the same wireless can access your phone. You need only browse to it and enter the password.
ChristianPreachr said:
Guys..don't use DropBox. According to the ToS...it now has EXCLUSIVE rights to anything you add to it. Pictures, mp3s, ANYTHING.
Use Samba instead. Anything computer on a the same wireless can access your phone. You need only browse to it and enter the password.
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According to the tos they claim no rights to your files, you retain full ownership. Maybe you would like to give that another read
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By using our Services you provide us with information, files, and folders that you submit to Dropbox (together, “your stuff”). You retain full ownership to your stuff. We don’t claim any ownership to any of it. These Terms do not grant us any rights to your stuff or intellectual property except for the limited rights that are needed to run the Services, as explained below.
We may need your permission to do things you ask us to do with your stuff, for example, hosting your files, or sharing them at your direction. This includes product features visible to you, for example, image thumbnails or document previews. It also includes design choices we make to technically administer our Services, for example, how we redundantly backup data to keep it safe. You give us the permissions we need to do those things solely to provide the Services. This permission also extends to trusted third parties we work with to provide the Services, for example Amazon, which provides our storage space (again, only to provide the Services).
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Nice find Endoroid, thanks for the actual TOS.
Now hopefully the thread wont keep getting jacked!
I know the TOS says one thing but I used to listen to a lot of Security Now and I found that they were full of holes. I just stopped listening because of time issues.
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Yeah, security issues are a different thing then Dropbox stating that they have full rights to your data.
Good point on encrypting your data though.
I only use it to backup my photos so security is of no concern for me
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Also Dropbox doesn't offer good security at all. Encrypt if you have sensitive data.
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Don't know about Dropbox, but if you use Sugarsync, your data is encrypted both during transit and in storage. When you access the files using a web browser, a https session is used.
Here's my referral link. 500mb free for both of us if you sign up this way
http://db.tt/BDYfVbM2
Related
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/05/spotifys-android-app-should-frighten-apple/
Anyone know if this app is out yet? Its only available to UK and some other countries. But I would like to get it working over in the US. I've never used the service before but it looks damn cool.
No, it's not been released anywhere yet to my knowledge...
There was an app released to Market yesterday and removed today Called Droidify, did anybody dl it and would be willing to share it?
http://getsatisfaction.com/spotify/...t?utm_medium=widget&utm_source=widget_spotify
I've downloaded Droidify and removed it right away because it asked for a premium account.
Yeah I was trying to locate it as well and to no avail.
Droidify
Here's Droidify I have from backup.
You DO have to have a premium account for full access.
It's a zip files, so I think you will need to unzip it, put it on your sdcard, then install from there.
(MODS: If this is inappropriate, please feel free to delete this message. I don't think it is because it was a free application).
so, how are we gonna get this to work in the states? proxy?
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so, how are we gonna get this to work in the states? proxy?
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That's why I removed it.
I just happened to have a copy because I had backed up before doing a flash.
I was able to get spotify working on my computer but I get a force close with droidify while trying to log in and I'm in the us by the way.
to clarify...
The RIAA is slowly killing anything decent as far as web-based apps like pandora and is currently bogging down spotify's entry into the US market in an attempt to basically blackmail them into unreasonable and exorbitant royalty scales which (IMO) are entirely designed to "prop-up" and perpetuate a bloated, ineffective and out of touch industry. So my question is, for those of us that have the spotify apk, or have the droidify apk, will they stream to US based IPs? Or will the transmission be blocked (as it implies on spotify's homepage) and if it is, is there a nifty way to route the traffic through a proxy based overseas so the US users can actually enjoy this innovative app instead of being locked out by the corporate, capitalist will of the RIAA?
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The RIAA is slowly killing anything decent as far as web-based apps like pandora and is currently bogging down spotify's entry into the US market in an attempt to basically blackmail them into unreasonable and exorbitant royalty scales which (IMO) are entirely designed to "prop-up" and perpetuate a bloated, ineffective and out of touch industry. So my question is, for those of us that have the spotify apk, or have the droidify apk, will they stream to US based IPs? Or will the transmission be blocked (as it implies on spotify's homepage) and if it is, is there a nifty way to route the traffic through a proxy based overseas so the US users can actually enjoy this innovative app instead of being locked out by the corporate, capitalist will of the RIAA?
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here's a link that let me set up spotify on my computer in the us
http://tinyurl.com/q9khoo
thx for the link
Think I'll play with it a bit and see what all the fuss is about. If I like it enough I suppose the monthly fee would be worth it. A lot more functionality here with custom playlists, caching of playlists on my mobile and whatnot. I'm currently a Pandora subscriber, spotify is offering everything I wish they could, though their pricing is much more attractive. I wonder if spotify would balk at the use of a US credit card?
The site allows you to download the official app manually if you're having problems with the market, so here it is. Still need a premium account, though. The download was free and since you need to pay to use the service, I don't think I'm doing anything bad by posting it here...
Rather pissed off I have to have a pay account, because they wont take american credit cards
http://jdsawyer.net/2011/07/02/put-it-in-the-cloud-are-you-nuts/
Well, I sure as hell am not using this app anymore on my phone to help push files to it. And I dunno if devs on XDA will want to continue putting their stuff onto here anymore to help ease distribution. I wouldn't.
Thoughts?
Thoughts? Some legally illiterate blogger misunderstands TOS and starts scaremongering to get publicity.
As one of the comments states there are more serious concerns about storing files on a cloud service, especially with groups like anonymous and lolz secz that would hack it just to show it can be done.
Cloud storage systems are often more secure than personal computers. They attempt seurity. Most of the PC's I've seen you just need the IP and your in. I have yet to find a completely secure system. (My security is just several layers of chroots)
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Cloud storage systems are often more secure than personal computers.
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where u get the info from?
ryanjoehere said:
where u get the info from?
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Personal experience
Never had stolen or stole any data from cloud storage systems. But have had friends had tons of data right off their computers. Most people don't put ANY effort into security other than a login password.
tvall said:
Personal experience
Never had stolen or stole any data from cloud storage systems. But have had friends had tons of data right off their computers. Most people don't put ANY effort into security other than a login password.
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You're lucky then.
800,000 sidekick users might have reason to dissagree.
Dropbox is free (2gb) and works just about flawlessly.
Let the the lawyers figure this silly nonsense out, I'm not gonna stop using it. Now, if you upload copyrighted material to dropbox, and then post a public link to that material, that's on you.
I've never used it, but this news article will definititly make me think twice before signing up. Not to say i won't, possibly, someday, but i have no need for it right now, and this "scaremongering" as you put it worked. I'll just stick to uploading things to my google account for now.
http://gizmodo.com/5817885/dropboxs-new-tcs-pushes-users-into-a-panic-over-privacy-and-ownership
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BazookaAce said:
http://gizmodo.com/5817885/dropboxs-new-tcs-pushes-users-into-a-panic-over-privacy-and-ownership
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Thanks for that!
Now i am in formed of whats going on. lol
i am fairly sure that nothing is going to happen when you upload your music. Just don't link it online to share it with the world.
what a crock. Its a lowball way for companies to get peoples ideas and work without paying for them. I knew cloud storage was too good to be true for long.
Doesnt look like ill be using any of them for this. Oh wait I dont have to since I use website servers to host my own stuff.
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what a crock. Its a lowball way for companies to get peoples ideas and work without paying for them. I knew cloud storage was too good to be true for long.
Doesnt look like ill be using any of them for this. Oh wait I dont have to since I use website servers to host my own stuff.
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What is?
All it does is allow them to do what YOU want them to do with it, such as when you share drop box folders and their content with others, you're giving DB the right to share your data at your request.
TravisBean said:
Dropbox is free (2gb) and works just about flawlessly.
Let the the lawyers figure this silly nonsense out, I'm not gonna stop using it. Now, if you upload copyrighted material to dropbox, and then post a public link to that material, that's on you.
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Exactly, if you have files stored in dropbox, no one can use the file unless you copy a link and share it... i mean its not like 4shared where you upload something then can search the site for files like copyrighted material and what not... The only way someone can access your stuff if you share the folder or link with them....
Unlike dropbox, the app Minus offers 10gigs of free space!
Minus offers 10gigs of free space, unlike dropbox and zumodrive. I just wanted to share the application with my XDA friends! Here's the link!
http://minus.com/rajverma3135http://minus.com/rajverma3135
SO Enjoy
@rajverma nice find
Another alternative is SugarSynch.com which offers 5gb free.
Also for those that have their own storage/server somewhere this is what i did.
I used iqbox-svn as synch software on the clients and VisualSVN As software for the server.
It doesn't have any web interface or recovery like dropbox has but heck it's all free and if you got the space/server might as well utilize it.
Ps: Sry for thread jacking
omg, i rly think i will use this!
i just registered.. with one single step, without even a need of email!!
holy ****, all registrations should be that fast xD
Minus.com is taking over the world
Seriously though, it seems to be a far superior alternative to Dropbox. Good for hosting files too, with no Bandwidth limitations. I'm sure a lot of people here will use it to share their dev work.
Thumbs up from me!
CX also offers 10GB free space and it works on all phone / desktop models just like dropbox
this minus, only works for android, iphone, and windows
not as useful as the other 2
Nah man, I'm good with dropbox. These alternatives come with a catch of MINUS the features.
nice, almost filled my dropbox, thanks
meh
it is a lot more initial storage, but i have almost 16gbs free on dropbox from referrals. on top of the reliability and capabilities of dropbox, i find everything i need satisfied that way.
That is a nice find. Is there a way to organize the files with folders like Dropbox?
The big selling point of dropbox is not the size of the space but the ease of use. Their app works easy, site works easy, etc.
I gave sugarsync a try and their website was some CSS/javascript clusterfuck, everything required loading and had to be fancy. Dropbox on the other-hand is a simply file tree, and everything is right there.
Sounds interesting. I will give them a try. Thanks
I simply created an ftp server using iis on my pc and made the root directory a folder on my 1tb storage hard drive. Than used dns redirrection on my website to have it a named server ftp.
Though not all people have the resources i LOVE it.
I have as many files/movies as i need at my disposal on my phone and can link without the worry of getting my links shut down.
Sorry if i'm a little off topic i just thought i'd throw my 2¢ in.
I thought google was doing something similar ????
How is the upload and download speeds
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What about resume support?
Yep, I've been on minus for a few days, and I like it more than Dropbox. Got 12 gigs, and if you want more storage use my referral link in my sig. Both of us will get an extra gig.
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How is the upload and download speeds
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Depends on ur ISP really.
that is quite generous of them to give 1gb per referral, I think dropbox only gives 0.25gb.
Aeneid said:
that is quite generous of them to give 1gb per referral, I think dropbox only gives 0.25gb.
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That's what it used to be - don't know about now.
A bunch of us shared folders on Dropbox for Co0kie's Home Tab development work, testing, graphics etc.. I got mine up to 10GB in no time.
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That's what it used to be - don't know about now.
A bunch of us shared folders on Dropbox for Co0kie's Home Tab development work, testing, graphics etc.. I got mine up to 10GB in no time.
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It's still one gig. I got my boss to sign up. I have 14gb now
SkyDrive FTW
25GB for free, and no limit for Office files and photos! 5GB can be sync'ed.
And all you need is a Live ID or Hotmail account.
Its live now with android app...
desktop client too..
very nice in my opinion. love that it just makes a folder on my desktop to share stuff with all of my devices and the public if i wanted...
also the share feature is very nice as you can pick and choose who you want to share the content with !
great
Thanks google
Google Drive
Google Drive for Android
italia0101 said:
Its live now with android app...
desktop client too..
very nice in my opinion. love that it just makes a folder on my desktop to share stuff with all of my devices and the public if i wanted...
also the share feature is very nice as you can pick and choose who you want to share the content with !
great
Thanks google
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Well, the same way as Dropbox...
100 GB for $4.99 month.
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100 GB for $4.99 month.
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It hit, I upgraded to 80g for $20/year. Not more then 20min later they rolled out the new plans. Sooooo happy i upgraded when i did!
25 GB $2.49
100 GB $4.99
200 GB $9.99
400 GB $19.99
1 TB $49.99
2 TB $99.99
4 TB $199.99
8 TB $399.99
16 TB $799.99
16 000 Go for 605€ !
For me it says "Google Drive is not ready"
Interesting read....
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/how-far-does-google-drives-terms-go-in-owning-your-files/75228
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For me it says "Google Drive is not ready"
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Same here...any workarounds for this?
Nick N said:
Interesting read....
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/how-far-does-google-drives-terms-go-in-owning-your-files/75228
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Very interesting.. Not only will they host my files, but they will also allow anyone access to them. Glad someone dug around the privacy policy a bit, we'll see how this all pans out in the coming months. I for one will be staying away from google drive..
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Very interesting.. Not only will they host my files, but they will also allow anyone access to them. Glad someone dug around the privacy policy a bit, we'll see how this all pans out in the coming months. I for one will be staying away from google drive..
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FUNK THIS ****!
Google Drive — Terms
“Your Content in our Services: When you upload or otherwise submit content to our Services, you give Google (and those we work with) a worldwide licence to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works (such as those resulting from translations, adaptations or other changes that we make so that your content works better with our Services), communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute such content.
The rights that you grant in this licence are for the limited purpose of operating, promoting and improving our Services, and to develop new ones. This licence continues even if you stop using our Services (for example, for a business listing that you have added to Google Maps).”
i'd rather use skydrive, since i like the ms office web apps better then the google docs, but they dont have an official android app
just to mention about google "owning " your files once you upload... this isnt correct
it may be badly worded , but it basically means that if you share something with public / google + then it will be used with these services ,
not that they can go through your drive and save whatever they want...
basically this:
“Some of our Services allow you to submit content. You retain ownership of any intellectual property rights that you hold in that content. In short, what belongs to you stays yours.”
Reasons for the uses:
Use, host, store: Obvious
Reproduce: Backup
Modify, create derivative works: Convert to Google Docs format, Resizing photos etc
Communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display, distribute: Sharing (If you ask them to)
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just to mention about google "owning " your files once you upload... this isnt correct
it may be badly worded , but it basically means that if you share something with public / google + then it will be used with these services ,
not that they can go through your drive and save whatever they want...
basically this:
“Some of our Services allow you to submit content. You retain ownership of any intellectual property rights that you hold in that content. In short, what belongs to you stays yours.”
Reasons for the uses:
Use, host, store: Obvious
Reproduce: Backup
Modify, create derivative works: Convert to Google Docs format, Resizing photos etc
Communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display, distribute: Sharing (If you ask them to)
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I readed article about that. It says: when you upload any file to google drive, you give licence/permission to google to use, change, modify, share with public your material etc.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57420551-93/who-owns-your-files-on-google-drive/
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yea but most forgot to mention that other paragraph i posted before...
they arnt steeling your data... it just says you can share it using there services if you want 2
for example of that article of yours....
Updated at 8 p.m. to clarify that the first sentence of the Google terms states: "You retain ownership of any intellectual property rights that you hold in that content. In short, what belongs to you stays yours." For more on this topic, See Rafe Needlemen's FAQ.
italia0101 said:
just to mention about google "owning " your files once you upload... this isnt correct
it may be badly worded , but it basically means that if you share something with public / google + then it will be used with these services ,
not that they can go through your drive and save whatever they want...
basically this:
“Some of our Services allow you to submit content. You retain ownership of any intellectual property rights that you hold in that content. In short, what belongs to you stays yours.”
Reasons for the uses:
Use, host, store: Obvious
Reproduce: Backup
Modify, create derivative works: Convert to Google Docs format, Resizing photos etc
Communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display, distribute: Sharing (If you ask them to)
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"Derivative works" is a legal term.. It means they can modify, add to, or delete from your items and reuse however they see fit, for the purpose of improving their services. That's broad enough that they technically could, say photoshop that nude picture of your gf and use it somehow. But don't take my word for it.. I'm only a lawyer.
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I think im gonna keep it but I'm gonna wait it out to see if they kinda clear the air with their terms. I hope they integrate it with chrome 20 for regular desktops though that would be cool.
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"Derivative works" is a legal term.. It means they can modify, add to, or delete from your items and reuse however they see fit, for the purpose of improving their services. That's broad enough that they technically could, say photoshop that nude picture of your gf and use it somehow. But don't take my word for it.. I'm only a lawyer.
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Quite honestly, why does Google want a picture of anyone's girlfriend? They just have very broad terms to avoid being sued as much as possible. I highly doubt they'd ever do anything like that, but either way, as with any website, don't upload anything that could ever get you into trouble or anything you don't want publicly seen. Nothing ever gets deleted completely and you don't want to do something later regrettable.
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Quite honestly, why does Google want a picture of anyone's girlfriend? They just have very broad terms to avoid being sued as much as possible. I highly doubt they'd ever do anything like that, but either way, as with any website, don't upload anything that could ever get you into trouble or anything you don't want publicly seen. Nothing ever gets deleted completely and you don't want to do something later regrettable.
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That's exactly my point... "technically", they can do what they want. Will they? Probably not. I write contracts to protect my company as much as possible... Google's lawyers are no different.
thing is they need those rights to be able to to index the files and create thumbnails... thats what they are using it for
Mega storage is always free!
Just signed up for it looks promising. Thought would share here so that Dev's can post ROMs for us to download.
MegaCloud is a free cloud storage based service which automatically synchronizing your files to all linked devices. Group work and group sharing has never been easier.
As a free account holder you start off with 16GB*.
By installing MegaCloud on your mobiles you can get 3GB extra.
By performing actions on free page, you can get 1.5GB extra.
By inviting friends, you can get an additional 500MB per referral; and more.
This is my unique link, which will give both of us extra 500MB please click on this if you want to help me out lol if not that's fine general link it's on the bottom.
http://www.megacloud.com/referrals/2/4cc34bdcd9376ef595cc4ed868056e53?1340361880 ---- Thanks :good:
http://megacloud.com
If you are a student you can get 28gb for free: http://www.megacloud.com/edu
Thanks ill definitely check this out.
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For those that sign up, be smart and never store personally identifiable information on something like this.
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I only got 8 gb .
Sent from a thingymajig that sends things.
The off-topic referral thread.
Now thank me and make me mod. lol
Guess you didn't know this is a site run by the Chinese government that they use to steal your data so that they can one day replace you with specially-trained operatives who will insidiously take over your lives so that all the world eventually will be China.
True story.
showbo said:
For those that sign up, be smart and never store personally identifiable information on something like this.
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Will do!
As mentioned above, there is already a thread where you can post referral links.
Thread closed.