(wasn't sure if this should be in the apps section, or Q&A...sorry if this is the wrong forum)
I recently purchased a Nexus 7 with the hopes of turning it into a photoframe for my grandmother and aunts. They don't have facebook, or G+...etc. So my hope is to create a generic account for them on several services (G+, dropbox, skydrive, flickr, etc.) and then setup the Nexus 7 to auto-download photos from these services and add them to the local gallery (maybe once per hour or day). Then use the gallery, daydream or another app to create a slideshow.
I'm hoping to allow other family members (who are located around the country) to upload photos to these services.
Much of this is flexible, but the end goal would be to allow lots of family members to be able to share photos with my grandmother (and at 102, she's not really in a position to get a social network account and really know how to use it). So ideally, I'd like this to be as "automated" as possible for them.
Are there any apps that may help? If not...other suggestions (on how to get close to my desired outcome) are welcome!
If it's helpful:
This is a Nexus 7 16GB wifi only
They DO have wifi and an "always on" connection
Thanks!
Set up a Google account expressly designed for this, and give everyone who wants to post photos the account login. Then post their pics to an album on G+. Use this account solely for this purpose. Anyone who adds it to their device will have access to the photos via gallery so long as photo sync is turned on for that account.
Thanks Solutions Etcetera! (follow up question at the bottom)
I ended up creating an account dedicated for the device, and while I liked your idea about giving out the login info ...I went another way with it. (mostly to simplify it all for family
I logged into the device account via a browser and then to picasaweb.google.com (if it takes you to Google+ photos, you should get a box that asks if you want to go to the "old albums" or something...do that! I found a setting in there that allows uploads via email.
(you may know the rest of this, but I'm putting it here in case anyone else comes looking.
So I enabled it (via checkbox) which provides an email address of a <long random bunch of numbers>@picasaweb.com.
You can also add a "passphrase" which turns the email address into <long random bunch of numbers>.<passphrase>@picasaweb.com.
Now, any family member can simply send an email to that address with an attached photo (or multiple photos) and they get added to a folder called "Dropbox" (that's google's name...not mine, and not related to the "Dropbox" service).
Then, as long as I have photo sync'ing turned on, on the N7....it seems to work.
My Question:
Anyone know how long the sync interval is?
I can send the account an email...it shows up online, and shows up in the "Gallery" almost instantly, but Daydream seems to ignore changes. I found by restarting the device it sees the new images, but I was hoping for something a bit more "automatic." Stopping just daydream and letting it start again on it's own didn't seem to update with new photos either.
Does anyone have any ideas how to nudge it along? so it more actively finds new photos once they're in the web album?
Thanks!
Without restarting the device, I think you're at the mercy of the media server. Don't really know why it varies so much in updating the media library index, but it is probably designed to minimize impact on battery.
Thanks for all the quick replies, ideas and solutions....er....Solutions.
I had the same issue with the sync interval on daydream. It is not clear to me if you have the photos stored locally. My problem was that there was a .nomedia file in the local photo folders I wanted displayed as part of daydream.
I found this thread while trying to do the same thing. I solved it a little differently. I used dropbox (the actual service, not the folder) to store photos and used dropsync (free) to synchronize the files to local folders. I used daydream to display the synced folders. This also puts all photos locally so my mom can take the tablet with her and have a photo album to share with friends.
Related
Is there an iOS like "PhotoStream" manner of getting pictures onto N7?
Picasa?
I know one can plug into USB, just look for a more streamlined method.
Thanks for any input!
It's called Google+
Sign in the G+ go to settings and it's called "Instant Upload"
any picture you take, it'll auto upload to G+ (in essence it's Picasa also)
BTW, Google had Instant Upload before the "PhotoStream"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aCYZ3gXfy8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y_xKVSRAy8
And FYI, any photo/video that is automatically Instantly Uploaded are marked as Private, so on you can see them, then you can choose to Share them to your Circles.
You can use drive, box, photobucket and dropbox as cloud storage to sync files between devices.
Currently using drop box but I've found I can't choose to sync individual folders such as camera uploads from my phone...that way I don't have all my drop box files filling up my N7. Anyone have a suggestion?
If you use a Mac and came from IOS, then you might know of the new feature called PhotoStream.
Take a pic on your iPhone/iPad and if your on WiFi it will upload the Picture to all of your IOS devices and Mac computers.
Well I found this super cool way to get your GS3 or any Android phone to get this feature to work, in fact it will auto upload your Pictures and Videos to iPhoto when your GS3 is on WiFi or 3G/4G.
No credit to me, I found it online, but tested it out and its great.
You will need to have a DropBox account setup on your Mac as well as on your GS3, turn on the Auto Upload feature in the app on the GS3 and watch how fast it puts all your pictures in iPhoto without having to Sync your GS3 to anything.
http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57470315-285/sync-photos-from-your-android-device-to-iclouds-photo-stream/
Cool.
Semi related in case folks are looking for a more Googleish option. Google+ has an "Instant Upload" feature (you can limit it to wifi or upload over cellular too) that uploads your photos and videos to picasa web albums / Google+ (set to private by default). Here is some info... well I can't link because I'm new... Just google "google + instant upload" and you should find instructions easily.
I find that even if you don't use Google+ auto uploading is at least is a handy supplemental backup feature.
With Telus and some other carriers you automatically get 49gb free for 2 years when you log in to Dropbox from your S3.
Additionally, if you have Google AdWords credit laying around, you can get up to 16gb free by creating an adwords campaign, worked well for me:
http://lifehacker.com/5851116/use-google-adwords-to-quickly-max-out-your-dropbox-referrals
This will basically ensure that I have enough storage for a very long time for all my photos and videos, even after the 2 years is up.
Does anyone know if there is a way to share albums on picasa so that they will then the tablet will then sync the shared album. Failing that, is there a way to copy entire picasa albums to another gmail account without having to upload the whole thing again?
Bascially, I set up a 2nd user account for my partner, but all our photos are associated with my gmail account, would be nice if I could share them so she has access to all our photos etc.
Feel like google are missing something here, escpeially when you look at the marketing angle of their new commericals!
In the meantime, I will keep playing around and searching the net until I find a solution!
Hi All,
I'm a newbie but a long-time follower of this site, so please excuse me of any ignorance. I tried searching for my issue but didn't find anything relevant, hence posting here.
I have ATT Stock Samsung Galaxy S4. I have one primary google account(A) which takes care of apps downloading, gmail etc. I also added another google account(B) mainly to manage my Photos. So, whenever I take new photos, I have instant upload/auto-backup for this account B. My sd card just crashed couple of days and I have formatted it and it's all good to go now.
Now, I am looking for ways to see all my google+ photos of Account B in my Gallery app since auto-sync is turned on. While it shows up everything in Google+ photos app, I would prefer to see everything in Gallery app. I tried changing "Content to Display" in Gallery settings to show Picasa as well Device photos, but it keeps showing account A's picasa web albums and not account B.
I am really tired of looking everywhere, so I'm hoping one of you could patiently help me.
Thanks!
K
hi there.
two days ago i got my new s5. i like it and all but all the image storing and online storage is a little much at first. but since my previous phone was stolen and i lost a couple of hundred of fond memories (pictures) i was determined to store them online this time. i set up a dropbox account that seems to come with the phone and i used picasa or whatever google drive calls my online gallery (never used this before).
it's neat and i figured out how to hide online pictures so it serves as a backup.
NOW TO MY PROBLEM:
since everything is new to me here (had sgs2 before) i played around in the gallery that is now largely different. i seem to have set something to the wrong setting because now it doesn't show ANY PICTURES anymore. not from any folder/album. from one second to the other everything was gone (from the gallery). the pictures are all there, though. i can access them with any other app (es file explorer, google pictures, camera, etc.) but i want my gallery back. it says "no items - after you take, record or upload pictures or videos to dropbox, items will be shown in gallery"
this leads me to suspect that i might have switched my gallery to displaying the contents of my EMPTY dropbox account. i don't want this but i am unable to change it back. besides i have an app for dropbox stuffs so why is this feature even integrated?
settings shows me the following:
accounts:
[g] my gmail account
SNS DATA CONTROL:
sync via wifi only [v]
CLOUD SYNC
dropbox sync
tap to sync content
FILTER
filter by
TAGS
tag buddy
off
face tag [_]
above i can only access "Add Account" which brings me to a menu displaying all my accounts (or some): samsung, google, dropbox, facebook
PLEASE HELP ME!
i did not find any help searching because there seems to be a similar problem with people's media storage malfunctioning. i don't believe that is my problem but i tried resetting the media storage anyways. i am sure it is something that i did to hide my pictures. how do i get them back? i don't plan on using a different gallery app but maybe it is the only solution?
regards
L2
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EDIT:
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i actually just installed quickpic and it shows all my pictures which proves to me even further that nothing is wrong with the pictures but just that my gallery is screwed up. how do i unscrew it?
Clear data for gallery app under settings/applications.