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Just got this email thought I would pass it along to you guys. Works great.
Even though the holidays have passed, we're really stoked to give you one more present -- a new experimental release! Under the wrapping you'll find a bunch of new toys, including a brand new Camera Upload feature. Here the new stuff:
• Automatically uploads photos and videos in the background using Wi-Fi or a data plan
• 500MB of free space on first photo uploaded automatically
• Upload files of any size (no more 180 MB limit!)
• Support for resuming file uploads when there are network issues
• Various performance improvements & bug fixes
During this beta period, we are also offering additional free space to test automatic uploading of photos and videos. For every 500MB of photos and videos automatically uploaded, you'll receive another 500MB space bonus, up to 5GB total (including the initial 500MB space).
Grab it here:
http://db.tt/4ZL2gCdt
Is this 5GB you can get on top of the referral limit, or are they from the same limit?
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ragnarokx said:
Is this 5GB you can get on top of the referral limit, or are they from the same limit?
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On top of!
Android Police article
But wait, that's not all! During the beta period you can rack up some more free storage. The first sync gives you an instant 500MB bump, and for every 500MB of photos and videos you upload automatically, you'll receive an additional 500MB of free storage, up to 4.5 more gigabytes. That's 5GB just to help test out the new Dropbox, all for free.
I should also mention that this free space isn't separate from any free space you may have earned from the desktop client beta they announced yesterday.
What are you waiting for? Click or scan the QR code below to grab the experimental release APK. Who knows how long the beta will last...
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Not at home so can't they out the beta desktop but installed the apk and uploaded my photos and got my first bonus 500mb. Gonna delete them from Dropbox and upload again until I can get home
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Not at home so can't they out the beta desktop but installed the apk and uploaded my photos and got my first bonus 500mb. Gonna delete them from Dropbox and upload again until I can get home
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I think its the automatic upload only you could do that but youd have to take quite a bit of pics.
I had already posted this on android apps section but maybe I should have done here like you
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good lord, I lost like 40-50% battery in an hour or 2. wifi syncing only.. investigating. Anyone else?
blueluck77 said:
I think its the automatic upload only you could do that but youd have to take quite a bit of pics.
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Or long videos.
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Or long videos.
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lol. ya, set my camera to record nothing for a couple of minutes and uploaded that
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lol. ya, set my camera to record nothing for a couple of minutes and uploaded that
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I'm just going to transfer all my por....tv shows onto my phone, then upload those
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I'm just going to transfer all my por....tv shows onto my phone, then upload those
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Lmao, nice! I tried deleting my uploaded pics from Dropbox and reuploading them but it seems to be too smart for that. Or dumb. It won't upload the same ones twice.
I have bumped from 2 to 5 gigs. Thanks for the info
There seems to be a stop at 5 gigs for this method. I bumped from 2 to 7 gigs, and it seems to have stopped. Best method is to start the camera with filming and just leave it at that. When it stops start recording again. ~20 min gives 500 mb more
I only got my 1st 500mb
If go on my computer and upload there will I get it?
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Doodsz said:
I only got my 1st 500mb
If go on my computer and upload there will I get it?
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Every 500MB of auto uploads you do you get another 500MB
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Oh okay thanks.
500mb upload is a lot :/
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I'm hoping that when those 4.0 Sense devices come out with their 50GB of Drop box space there'll be a buildprop hack so we can all upgrade. I've already got 2 Box.net accounts with 50GB each and a Bitcasa account but Dropbox is just so much more functional.
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I'm hoping that when those 4.0 Sense devices come out with their 50GB of Drop box space there'll be a buildprop hack so we can all upgrade. I've already got 2 Box.net accounts with 50GB each and a Bitcasa account but Dropbox is just so much more functional.
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I don't like how there gonna give away 50gb extra, I mean I pay for it but some froobs will get it free?
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Is ok if I copy all my pics form digital camera in phone and after upload in dropbox with apk in first post?
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Is ok if I copy all my pics form digital camera in phone and after upload in dropbox with apk in first post?
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No you need to use the auto upload feature, ie you need to take enough videos/pictures to fill up 500MB, the first 500MB is from first upload though
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Box.com has a promotion where they offer 50GB of cloud storage (with no expiry date, unlike Dropbox) to users who buy an LG Android device.
http://blog.box.com/2011/11/50-gb-free-on-all-lg-devices-and-new-android-features/
Turns out, it works with the Nexus 4. Got upgraded from 25 to 50GB as soon as i downloaded the Box app and logged in.
Yay!!
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Box.com has a promotion where they offer 50GB of cloud storage (with no expiry date, unlike Dropbox) to users who buy an LG Android device.
http://blog.box.com/2011/11/50-gb-free-on-all-lg-devices-and-new-android-features/
Turns out, it works with the Nexus 4. Got upgraded from 25 to 50GB as soon as i downloaded the Box app and logged in.
Yay!!
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The only problem is you have to use Box.
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The only problem is you have to use Box.
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Plus the upload size limit is terrible! Something like you can only upload 100mb files!
There aren't many providers who offer large amounts of storage for free. I for one don't mind the upload limit.
Been using box for about 3 months now and I've had no issues with it. It has a decent android app too.
Plus, Titanium Backup Pro syncs directly to Box. Good way to keep a backup of your apps (Which don't usually exceed 100mb)
Thanks now I got 50gb of storage
Nice!
Just installed on my Nexus 4 and sure enough, upgraded to 50GB.
Thanks for the heads up.
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Wow....that is awesome! Thanks for posting that!
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Box can give me 4343345 GB of storage but with the 100mb upload size limit I still won't use it.
Nice find tho, I had no idea.
I already have 50 free gigs from an Android promotion awhile ago. So it would be pretty sweet if I had the Nexus 4, so I could attempt to see if they would upgrade my account to 100gigs
A "friend of mine" did this on an LG display phone in a carrier store and it worked in upgrading his account no matter what phone he used. Login once from am LG phone and the 50GBs are yours. This of course was over a year ago. They could have fixed that by now.
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this didn't work for me :'(
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is this offer available outside US too?
I never had a 100mb upload issue I have a couple movies and my digital comic collection on there the comics are in a 5gb zip I'm pretty sure if you use the desktop client there are no limits
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Plus, Titanium Backup Pro syncs directly to Box. Good way to keep a backup of your apps (Which don't usually exceed 100mb)
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This. I backup all my Titanium backups to Box. Works like a charm. I don't care to use Box for anything else.
delete please
Yea free 50GB Box, oh wait I don't use box.
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I never had a 100mb upload issue I have a couple movies and my digital comic collection on there the comics are in a 5gb zip I'm pretty sure if you use the desktop client there are no limits
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Yea but to my knowledge in order to get the desktop client you will need to upgrade which isn't free.
I didn't use Box before, went ahead and signed up on my G2x. Thanks for the tip. Between Box, Dropbox, Skydrive, and Drive, I don't think I should have any storage woes. Ever.
Thanks
Sometimes it seems like Google is kicking itself in the shins... If they want to promote a product with their device, it bewilders me why they wouldn't give away Drive space
I just ordered a HTC 8x (keeping my 32gb SIII for now) from Verizon and had a few questions. I have not used a Windows phone since my HTC TP2 - which I loved until the HTC Incredible came out. Is there an app that allows WiFi tethering - like FoxFi? I don't use it all that much but when I travel it is nice. I am grandfathered in to unlimited so the tiered plans are not an option. I also use mass txt messages several times (13 team members) a week and I am currently using GoSMS to do it. I am hoping there is a similar app that allows mass txting on Windows Phone OS - stock would be great. Does the wireless charging system use more power than the traditional hard wired cables?
Looking forward to WM8 & thanks all for any help!
Currently
On WP8 only way to tether (I could be wrong) is to pay carrier extra fee. I am waiting on another option as well, and as far as mass text you can do that in the groups setting I send out text to 16 people at a time for basketball games and such. And the room feature seems to be nice but I haven't used it yet. There is also http://xyo.net/lumia/ which will tell you what apps are somewhat equivalent.
WP8 -- in settings has an option for internet sharing (no app needed) that provides up to 5 other devices (at least on my 920 with AT&T). I assume that this is a general option in WP8 ...
I have the shared data plan that allows tethering, so I am not sure if networks need to have it allowed in order to use it ...
But, the option is there without the need of an app ...
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I just ordered a HTC 8x (keeping my 32gb SIII for now) from Verizon and had a few questions. I have not used a Windows phone since my HTC TP2 - which I loved until the HTC Incredible came out. Is there an app that allows WiFi tethering - like FoxFi? I don't use it all that much but when I travel it is nice. I am grandfathered in to unlimited so the tiered plans are not an option. I also use mass txt messages several times (13 team members) a week and I am currently using GoSMS to do it. I am hoping there is a similar app that allows mass txting on Windows Phone OS - stock would be great. Does the wireless charging system use more power than the traditional hard wired cables?
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wi-fi tethering is a built-in feature in WP8 (since WP7.5) - it's called "internet sharing". i have no problem with at&t, using my nokia 920 as a wi-fi AP for my notebook and my ms surface rt. i can even go remotely to my work computer through VPN.
you can create a group, adding anybody from your contacts. after that you can send email or text sms to all the contacts from this group - just by one click.
and yes, you don't need any additional applications for these features.
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On WP8 only way to tether (I could be wrong) is to pay carrier extra fee. I am waiting on another option as well, and as far as mass text you can do that in the groups setting I send out text to 16 people at a time for basketball games and such. And the room feature seems to be nice but I haven't used it yet. There is also http://xyo.net/lumia/ which will tell you what apps are somewhat equivalent.
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i've been a t-mobile customer, and now i'm an at&t client. i didn't pay anything additional for using my phone as a modem (through bluetooth or wi-fi, whatever) and i'm not paying now. the only payment you should be aware of - for the data, you use. i subscribed to a data shared mobile plan in at&t - $90/mo for 6Gb shared data (plus unlimited voice and text) for up to 10 (i believe) lines (i use 4) plus $35/mo per device. i pay $225/mo for 3 smartphones and 1 simple phone. we've never overlimited our 6Gb plan. though if you do, it costs $15/1Gb.
the room is a cool feature, but it works only for WP-phones. but as i said you can group your contacts to be able to email or text all of them by one click.
I think on Verizon unless I am on the Share all plan I am not allowed to use the wifi/bluetooth tethering. At least without an app like FoxFi. Speaking of contacts... how are they managed on WP8? I will go out on a limb and say iCloud is definitely out and probably so is Gmail... hope its that easy.
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the only payment you should be aware of - for the data, you use. i subscribed to a data shared mobile plan in at&t - $90/mo for 6Gb shared data
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The 6Gb data share plan (for families, or 5Gb for individual) is needed to enable tethering with AT&T ...
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... how are they managed on WP8? I will go out on a limb and say iCloud is definitely out and probably so is Gmail... hope its that easy.
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Gmail is seamless, and so are your contacts if they're synced with Google.
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eth3rton said:
I just ordered a HTC 8x (keeping my 32gb SIII for now) from Verizon and had a few questions. I have not used a Windows phone since my HTC TP2 - which I loved until the HTC Incredible came out. Is there an app that allows WiFi tethering - like FoxFi? I don't use it all that much but when I travel it is nice. I am grandfathered in to unlimited so the tiered plans are not an option. I also use mass txt messages several times (13 team members) a week and I am currently using GoSMS to do it. I am hoping there is a similar app that allows mass txting on Windows Phone OS - stock would be great. Does the wireless charging system use more power than the traditional hard wired cables?
Looking forward to WM8 & thanks all for any help!
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I'm sorry man...but why the hell would you ever leave the gsIII for any other phone period? All the things you need are on Android and the gsIII.
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While the SIII is a great device it is NOT the end all of phones. There are still plenty of force closes and lock ups on the device. I am just wanting to try something different and I have been looking forward to WM8 for a long time. Here's hoping.
^ you might want to read the WPcentral forums, and the iPhone forums, as they do the same lock ups and force closes.
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While the SIII is a great device it is NOT the end all of phones. There are still plenty of force closes and lock ups on the device. I am just wanting to try something different and I have been looking forward to WM8 for a long time. Here's hoping.
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the only way to avoid lockups is turning off these phones.
I don't think I've had a lock up or app crash on Windows Phone. They were all too common on iOS though.
But can we leave all the playground arguments over best platform to some other forum? they're only phones at the end of the day.
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I don't think I've had a lock up or app crash on Windows Phone. They were all too common on iOS though.
But can we leave all the playground arguments over best platform to some other forum? they're only phones at the end of the day.
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You're the first person in this thread to mention best platform, no one is arguing.
Crashes are present in Windows Phone as well, but are less obvious as the system simply closes down the app without saying a word.
In most cases, crashes are due to the poorly written app and not the system.
Although I have a killer wifi and university that restarts my phone lol.
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^ you might want to read the WPcentral forums, and the iPhone forums, as they do the same lock ups and force closes.
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After reading several of your posts, I still can't figure out if you are a WP8 supporter or not.
Either way, I have been on Android for my entire cell phone career for several years and most recently had the GS3. I can't even tell you how many force closes I have had from apps, lag and slowdown because of horrible resource management of the OS, dalvik cache slowdown, etc. I rooted all of my devices and was heavily into the technical side of things.
I never had an iPhone but have played with many. Never was my cup of tea, but I won't talk bad about it since I simply don't know enough.
I finally grew tired of it all and purchased a HTC 8X last week. I can tell you that WP8 OS is such a breath of fresh air coming from Android. There is absolutely no lag or slowdown whatsoever....ever. I can pop in and out of apps, do whatever I want and it constantly stays smooth. No ram dumps or reboots required. I also have not had a single force closed app or random reboot like some people have reported. It has been an absolute flawless experience so far.
Just thought I would post some positive energy after a lot of negative. Is WP8 a lot more simple than Android? Yes. Is it a bad thing? No. It's such a seamless and smooth experience that I'm not sure I can' go back to Android at this point. At least not for a while. YMMV.
You quote me why? Who was negative? Just stated a fact, dont be so defensive.
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You quote me why? Who was negative? Just stated a fact, dont be so defensive.
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I'm not being defensive at all. Just stating my opinion based on your quote. The other reason why I quoted you is that I've seen you all throughout this WP8 forum sort of talking down on WP8. Just curious as to why and which side you are on. Not saying you have to pick a side or you can't talk down on WP8, but just curious.
What have I said down? That it lock ups? Is that a lie? App crashes? Is that a lie?How about random reboots? I could go and mention a host of other things but there is no point.
So don't quote me with baseless rhetoric.
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What have I said down? That it lock ups? Is that a lie? App crashes? Is that a lie?How about random reboots? I could go and mention a host of other things but there is no point.
So don't quote me with baseless rhetoric.
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You know, apologies are in order. I think I completely got you confused with someone else.
Anyhow, my bad. At the same time, my experience with WP8 that I posted doesn't change. I'm loving this OS so far! :good:
A ton of folks are, enjoy it. Don't take this stuff seriously, it's just a phone at the end of the day.
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Hello, I'm having problems with the amount of data used on the one. For me normal is around 20mb a day on 3g use. Now I have this..
How is this possible? Is there something wrong? I only have 1gb data and from the first of June to the fifth I have used 250mb..
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Only thing I can think of is blinkfeed. Do you have autosync on?
Youtube and streaming music takes up a lot as well.
Only on wifi..
Is it possible to have so much data use just by checking software update? I did that a couple times..
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Have you got any auto photo backup services switched on system, dropbox, googke+ etc? If you take Zoes on this device you get all the jpegs and the videoclip uploaded which can be a huge amount of data
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No, I haven't.
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Just today it used 87 mb.. Could it be weather related? My htc clock refreshes every 6 hours, but for the blinkfeed weather you have to turn on sonrthing in location settings. Turned that of now. But it seems very strange to me. Is it not possible that I did it myself because I checked the software updates a couple times? Then I at least now where the problem's coming from.
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Anyone that can help me?
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Anyone that can help me?
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Get 3G watchdog so you can see what each individual app uses.
check with your provider to see if it matches. the phone could be reporting inaccurately.
Watchdog can't help me on this one.
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the first night I had my phone i streamed a 2 minute song and data usage said it was 20mb..i knew that was wrong and it didn't match what at&t said i used. check with your provider...
So Vodafone site says I used 148 MB. Like wth?
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I am having a heavy data usage problem as well. I use my phone to listen to music on my motorcycle, streaming GMusic.
My buddy has a Note II, I have the one. We both streamed music from Gmusic all day, same amount of time. Both of us have "high quality" turned off (unchecked).
At the end of the day he had used 100MB, I had used 873MB!! (reported as being used just by Gmusic). Both phones are on the same account so I login to AT&T to check data usage thinking it had to be a flaw. Nope I've used .9gb his phone says .1gb. WTF?
I still haven't figured it out and have used most of my 3GB in one weekend. Suckage.
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I am having a heavy data usage problem as well. I use my phone to listen to music on my motorcycle, streaming GMusic.
My buddy has a Note II, I have the one. We both streamed music from Gmusic all day, same amount of time. Both of us have "high quality" turned off (unchecked).
At the end of the day he had used 100MB, I had used 873MB!! (reported as being used just by Gmusic). Both phones are on the same account so I login to AT&T to check data usage thinking it had to be a flaw. Nope I've used .9gb his phone says .1gb. WTF?
I still haven't figured it out and have used most of my 3GB in one weekend. Suckage.
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I know how you feel.. I'm quite confused.
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Why don't you take a look at Settings>Usage to see which apps are actually using your data?
As I said, Android OS is using this. No further details in there
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I've had similar things happen with a couple of HTC's, not Ones. I only worked out how to stop through trail and error and I still don't understand why it happened. What I discovered was that the Mail accounts were constantly eating into my data (140Mb + one day but only 3 short emails actually received into the mailbox). The way I resolved it was to delete the Mail accounts (POP or IMAP, whatever) and then add it as new. This seemed to solve the problem. Never worked out why it was doing it in the first place mind.
The OP says its Android OS, which it could be. But there would be no harm in trying to disable/change apps and accounts to see if makes a difference. And if not methodically you should be any to ID the problem. Fingers crossed.
We are supposed to get 100gb free space w phone. I installed the app and created account. It only showed me 15gb free space for setting account. How do I view if I got the 100gb additional space? It does not show your total space in app.
Tia,
Ian B
Same issue here, I submitted a support ticket through One Drive and waiting to hear back.
AT&T removed the stock OneDrive app that comes with the bonus storage. Presumably because they have the competing Locker app preinstalled.
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AT&T removed the stock OneDrive app that comes with the bonus storage. Presumably because they have the competing Locker app preinstalled.
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Ok, I found the one drive app inside the Samsung app market. The ATT locker only gives you 5gb vs standard one drive app gives you 15gb free. Hopefully there will be a fix.
Ian B
Mr Ian B said:
Ok, I found the one drive app inside the Samsung app market. The ATT locker only gives you 5gb vs standard one drive app gives you 15gb free. Hopefully there will be a fix.
Ian B
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I think AT&T are intentionally restricting you. The fix is for you to purchase ATT Lockers extended storage and pay them monthly for it.
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I think AT&T are intentionally restricting you. The fix is for you to purchase ATT Lockers extended storage and pay them monthly for it.
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Thanks for info. Total bs on their part. Glad I bought phone outright and using on Crickett for less than their rates. Speeds capped but can stream anything w no issues at $55 for 20gb data and unlimited calls and texts. Already disabled all their apps that I could.
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I wonder if we can get the OneDrive APK from the international S6 or T-Mobile/Sprint/Verizon and install it and see if we get prompted since the AT&T S6 doesn't come with OneDrive installed at all.
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I wonder if we can get the OneDrive APK from the international S6 or T-Mobile/Sprint/Verizon and install it and see if we get prompted since the AT&T S6 doesn't come with OneDrive installed at all.
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Damn, see if you can get someone to do that. Total bs from ATT pulling that from Samsung. Wish there is a way to have Samsung go around them and give it to us.
Ian n
This is the T-Mobile .apk for OneDrive: https://mega.co.nz/#!80hShCoD!u_T1kLudQ1E1P-uFxekm-aDtKnUJ1q_vTr3mfzeliMY
I couldn't get it to install when I tried running it. It just says "App not installed." Maybe there's a trick to it someone can figure out.
Official response from MS Support.
Hi. My name is Dan Crevier and I'm an engineer on the OneDrive team. Sorry to hear you are having trouble with the free Samsung storage. It is only available for devices that have OneDrive preinstalled. Some carriers are not including OneDrive. Could that be the case for you. If not, you might double check your storage at https://onedrive.live.com/options/ManageStorage to see if it has shown up.
I hope this helps.
Dan
Here's what you sent us:
Date Created: 4/11/2015 01:04 PM PDT
What would you like to do?: Report a problem
Category: Other
Comment: Just got the galaxy s6 and i am not getting the 100gb offer.
If you have any other questions or comments, please reply to this message.
Sincerely,
The OneDrive Team
This is a partnership between Samsung and Microsoft, not between the carrier and Microsoft. I don't see what the problem is, neither parties involved had any idea that this would be impacted by the carrier removing the app. When I spoke to all three parties they assumed that downloading it would fix the issue. I think the only way anything will be done is if people speak up and communicate to Microsoft, Samsung, and the carrier. Surely ATT can push an update that would have the missing One Note APK.
I just installed an update from Play Store to OneDrive, rebooted and had a notification for the 100GB for 2 years offer. Confirmed camera backup was on, and now I'm sitting at 140GB total.
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I just installed an update from Play Store to OneDrive, rebooted and had a notification for the 100GB for 2 years offer. Confirmed camera backup was on, and now I'm sitting at 140GB total.
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If you log off from the app and login again, under settings there is an option to apply 100GB offer.
No option here