[Q] Easiest way to automatically transfer pictures to computer or cloud? - Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

When I take a picture on my phone I want it to be transferred to my computer or to google drive or to some cloud. I used to use MightySMS and it would do this (but only stored the pictures for a limited amount of time). I use airdroid now but find it some times fails to connect and it doesn't automatically transfer pictures. Any suggestions?

I like to transfer pics to my computer over Google drive so I use syncme wireless. Seems to work good.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bv.wifisync&hl=en

imgoingtowin said:
When I take a picture on my phone I want it to be transferred to my computer or to google drive or to some cloud. I used to use MightySMS and it would do this (but only stored the pictures for a limited amount of time). I use airdroid now but find it some times fails to connect and it doesn't automatically transfer pictures. Any suggestions?
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Dropbox app do this automatically.

you don't have google photos? it's a system app originally installed on xperias and it has a function to save all your photos to your google photos profile. I use google photos to store my pictures and it's really working good

PlayMemories Online is a good choice for constant backup as its integrated in the Album app and as you have an xperia device you will have almost unlimited storage space ( it counts the GB used in MB somehow )

Foldersync
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maddboss said:
you don't have google photos? it's a system app originally installed on xperias and it has a function to save all your photos to your google photos profile. I use google photos to store my pictures and it's really working good
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Just to make sure, the default setting is not to share the uploaded photos, right?

imgoingtowin said:
Just to make sure, the default setting is not to share the uploaded photos, right?
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it doesn't share the photos automatically, but you can share them if you want. it stores them in your own private google photos account

the 'photos' app linked to gplus compresses images after a certain amount of GB has been used, I wouldn't recommend it unless you don't care about photo quality

behelit said:
the 'photos' app linked to gplus compresses images after a certain amount of GB has been used, I wouldn't recommend it unless you don't care about photo quality
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I've been using Photos app and have selected to keep photos the original size/quality. The trade off is they now count towards space in Google Drive (or some google product) where as allowing compression then counts as 0 space used. I noticed Sony has a cloud service that allows for unlimited storage of uncompressed hq photos, maybe I'll give it a try.

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[Q] syncing pictures over two devices...?

If this thread is in a wrong location, I apologize.
I am an EVO and Jetstream owner. The Jetstream is my new sole web device. I'm looking for a way to easily sync the pictures between both devices to a cloud service. This would really eliminate the need to transfer pictures from one SD to the other.
I know Photobucket has this option, but I was hoping google Picasa offered it. Or Flickr?anyone have this already set up and functioning?
You can use Picassa, it will sync with all devices using the same account.
Is there a specific Picasa app? There are a few available. HTC has a Picasa plug in for the gallery app under HTC hub, but I didn't see any upload options. I'll look again.
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Been working on this for a few days now....
I'm still having difficulty finding out exactly how to sync a gallery and Picasa. I tried photosync which is found on the market and is a nice app, but it that keeps it from successfully syncing for me.
You say you can sync with Picasa... How? What method? My gallery in htc has no such option and I don't see any other apps besides throne I mentioned that does this.
Can you tell me your method?
I appreciate it.
Try google+ its tie into type picassa account and when you take pictures it auto sync rip picassa.
I found out by accident cause I was taken pictures on the phone and for some reason all these pictures showed up on my tablet picassa album. I tracked it down to google+
baseballfanz said:
Try google+ its tie into type picassa account and when you take pictures it auto sync rip picassa.
I found out by accident cause I was taken pictures on the phone and for some reason all these pictures showed up on my tablet picassa album. I tracked it down to google+
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Well, that solves only half the problem.
Using google plus does sync my library to Picasa, but but it does not sync backwards. Meaning, if I add a picture to Picasa, it doesn't come back down to my Jetstream. Because of this, it doesn't sync my two devices.
Here is what I have tried so far:
1. Google+, works but only one way sync.
2. Froyo gallery 3d apk, gives the option to sync Picasa web albums in settings> accounts & sync > Gmail, but I couldn't get it to sync.
3. Photosync app from the market, worked perfectly but for some reason will only sync 14 photos Lolol?
At this point, idk.
If anyone else comes along with a method, Let me know. Ill be lurking.
typhoonikan said:
Is there a specific Picasa app? There are a few available. HTC has a Picasa plug in for the gallery app under HTC hub, but I didn't see any upload options. I'll look again.
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On my SGS2 with ICS, I use Android's built in sync from Accounts and Sync, there are two options which seems like they do the same thing: Sync google photos; sync picasa web albums. May you guys know different, see attached.
I use ICS Gallery app to browse my synced photos, and at some point, after a system reset, a strange folder appeared and I can't get rid of it: Scrapbook photos. It doesn't have anything inside and I can't delete it.
typhoonikan said:
I'm looking for a way to easily sync the pictures between both devices to a cloud service. This would really eliminate the need to transfer pictures from one SD to the other.
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Use FolderSync app on both devices. It offers two-way sync between local-remote folder pair (sub-folder is supported). As a remote service, you can use Dropbox, Box, Google Drive, FTP etc with it.
Best of all: It supports filter which means you can use it to hunt down jpg files from entire sdcard too.
Yeah, try Google+ it has unlimited space for pics(I think) and it syncs with the gallery.
Just use Dropbox the more effective way to access pictures from any device.
typhoonikan said:
If this thread is in a wrong location, I apologize.
I am an EVO and Jetstream owner. The Jetstream is my new sole web device. I'm looking for a way to easily sync the pictures between both devices to a cloud service. This would really eliminate the need to transfer pictures from one SD to the other.
I know Photobucket has this option, but I was hoping google Picasa offered it. Or Flickr?anyone have this already set up and functioning?
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Google for Sugarsync. It should solve all Your problem. It is specially designed cloud storage for pics&videos (however You can also upload other files). I remember it had about 3GB (not quite sure)
psac said:
Just use Dropbox the more effective way to access pictures from any device.
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Yeah, but there are just 2 Gb free unless you have S III or you trick Dropbox.
or if you don't want to use any cloud based service:
a simple Python script using ADB Pull and Push
Yeah, but there are just 2 Gb free unless you have S III or you trick Dropbox.
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You can go upto 12GB just by inviting your friends.

S3 Gallery and Instant upload

Is it only me or ...
With "Sync Google Photos" and Sync Picassa Web Albums" activated I still cant sync my camera pictures with google+....
And the only way to make it work is to install Google+ app but then you can see picture twice in Gallery ... (one under camera pictures and the other under Instant upload folder....)
Help would be really appreciated....
What I did so far :
reset phone settings,
wipe dalvik
tried to sync with another account
tried over wifi
Sync report ok.... I have no clue !!!!
Thats how mine is. I just delete the camera photos after they sync.
Google + just uses the instant upload to put them in your private web folder. Having the sync enabled allows the phone to download those photos from your web albums and allows you to manually upload when you want. I dont think its for auto uploading like google +
blackhemi4x4 said:
Thats how mine is. I just delete the camera photos after they sync.
Google + just uses the instant upload to put them in your private web folder. Having the sync enabled allows the phone to download those photos from your web albums and allows you to manually upload when you want. I dont think its for auto uploading like google +
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So basically you mean that there is no way to sync camera photos without using Google+ app ?
I thought I could with my previous Galaxy Note... I dont understand what the "Sync Google photo" is for then....
mrdindon said:
So basically you mean that there is no way to sync camera photos without using Google+ app ?
I thought I could with my previous Galaxy Note... I dont understand what the "Sync Google photo" is for then....
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As far as I know, not automatically. You can always go to the gallery, hold the camera folder and sync the whole album manually to wherever you want.
the link is broken on the google support site, but it use to read this:
Android 4.0 devices have a system setting that allows you to Sync Google Photos.
This setting enables syncing of your Google Photos from your web albums to your device's Gallery app. As a result, if you have a large number of photos in your web albums that have been uploaded through Picasa Web Albums or Google+, you may notice a high amount of battery or data usage during this sync.
This setting also enables or disables sync for Instant Uploads to Google+. However, to enable Instant Upload, you must enable Sync Google Photos as well as enable Instant Upload within the Google+ app
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I am having trouble with background data usage from the 'Gallery' app. I think it is related to videos uploading when I'm off of wifi. In settings / accounts / gmail - I had instant upload on, and then in G+ I had to sync photos and videos only when on wifi and only when charging, but it's still using network data to background sync... and I have droidwall installed and 'gallery' is not one of the apps I white listed for network data.
Any ideas? for now I turned off background data since it didn't seem to affect any regular use of the phone and it does block the gallery app. Seems like there are quite a few options in the gmail accounts as far as photos go so not sure what they all do or what I should bother with. I do know that on my SGS, SGS2 this background usage wasn't happening and I had things setup then like I do now.

[Q] Does deleting photos from Gallery also delete them from Google Photos?

My auto backup is turned on for Google Photos. Any pictures I take on my phone automatically get uploaded to my Google Photos online. If I go through my Gallery app (not my Photos app) and delete pics, will they also be deleted from my Google Photos online next time I sync?
JHop19 said:
My auto backup is turned on for Google Photos. Any pictures I take on my phone automatically get uploaded to my Google Photos online. If I go through my Gallery app (not my Photos app) and delete pics, will they also be deleted from my Google Photos online next time I sync?
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Funny how no one has addressed this yet. People are fooled by the numerous videos on Youtube on how to remove the photos. But all those videos show the exact same instructions which only remove the photos from syncing to that device. It does not delete them. Once you buy a new phone, those photos will show up again.
I would like to know where they are coming from..

[Q] Samsung Link type app to backup photos via WiFi

Is there any app that can sync photos via WiFi to PC automatically. I do not want to use cloud accounts for backup.
I used Samsung Link but that would not work on Yureka...
rajatp007 said:
Is there any app that can sync photos via WiFi to PC automatically. I do not want to use cloud accounts for backup.
I used Samsung Link but that would not work on Yureka...
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If you waive off the non-cloud option, you can have a setup similar to mine. I have Onedrive installed on my Yureka, iPad, wife's Android One and its built in on my Windows 8.1 PC. All photos taken on any of the devices show up in my Camera Roll folder on my PC. I sync photos from my 808 Pureview using Nokia Suite straight into my Pictures folder on my PC. These photos automatically get uploaded to my Onedrive account and become available on all my devices.
bobby167 said:
If you waive off the non-cloud option, you can have a setup similar to mine. I have Onedrive installed on my Yureka, iPad, wife's Android One and its built in on my Windows 8.1 PC. All photos taken on any of the devices show up in my Camera Roll folder on my PC. I sync photos from my 808 Pureview using Nokia Suite straight into my Pictures folder on my PC. These photos automatically get uploaded to my Onedrive account and become available on all my devices.
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Thanks for the suggestion. It sounds good but still it would use internet, right?
I am looking for a WiFi local ( peer to peer) type option like I have in Samsung link.
Simple, Google Photos
N'ayam Amarsh'e said:
Simple, Google Photos
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Thanks but again it uses internet...
Use xender or shareit

Google photos

Any good options for displaying my google photos on Wear OS? My wife and I share an account and all pictures we take get uploaded to the same google photos account. It'd be nice to view them on the watch. Thanks!
sether52 said:
Any good options for displaying my google photos on Wear OS? My wife and I share an account and all pictures we take get uploaded to the same google photos account. It'd be nice to view them on the watch. Thanks!
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My app NavExplorer has a way to transfer files and view photos on the watch or set them to a watch face background or complication. You would have to download them to your phone or computer before transferring them though. I'd be happy to integrate with Google Photos, though I'm not sure if there is a way to access them directly.
If you just want to view them, I believe there is a browser app for Wear OS out there so you could just open the site.

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