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Across the Fence:  Warning for anyone with an Android phone  |
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naturemaiden
True Blue Farmgirl
2569 Posts
Connie - Farmgirl #673
Hoosick Falls
NY
USA
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 Posted - Aug 24 2012 : 12:22:39 PM
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hi girls,
I recently upgraded my cell phone to a samsung galaxy epic touch. so far great phone. downside is that it forces you to sync with your google account (which was never an account i used much to begin with).....which in turns pulls all pictures from your blogspot blogs, picassa, etc into your phone.
annoying.
SO, i proceeded to erase hundreds of pics off my phone because i didnt need them on there or to take up the space. it pulled all the pics off my 'modern day laura blog', etc. (just didnt know it at the time)
thought nothing of it.
until today....i went to my modern day laura' blog, and MOST of my pics are gone!
I'm irate. this phone should have had a warning about deleting pics synced from google accounts. in further researching, i found other people with the same issue.
so, if you get an android phone, which IS a great phone, be careful when you first get it. 'syncing' everything will pull whatever you have off the internet associated with your google accounts and into your phone. and if you delete those pics from your phone, those pics from picassa, and blogspot blogs (and whatever else from google) will be deleted too.
thankfully i have most of my pics on my computer so i can re-add them. just too annoyed to do it today. so if you stop by my blogs and pics are missing, thats why. hope to get to it restored by the weekend.
connie
http://www.naturemaiden.com/ - Soap & Candle
http://modern-day-laura.blogspot.com/ -My Personal Blog
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Edited by - naturemaiden on Aug 24 2012 12:28:14 PM |
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farmmilkmama
True Blue Farmgirl
2027 Posts
Amy
Central MN
USA
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Emily Anna
True Blue Farmgirl
863 Posts
Emily
Fort Atkinson
WI
USA
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Posted - Aug 24 2012 : 5:47:08 PM
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That seems so ridiculous to me. Sometimes I hate technology. Sorry you have to go through all the extra work!
Emily |
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showthemlove
True Blue Farmgirl
50 Posts
Vanessa
Vermillion
SD
USA
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Posted - Aug 24 2012 : 7:12:46 PM
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That is good to know. Also seems like a danger if a bad guy has the software to sync with YOU and your GPS wherabouts. I heard that someone can just sneak a picture of you, put it in their software and track you from your FB or other account. Frank Abignale said this. He is the "Catch Me if you Can" real life man. Intriguing speaker but had a lot of warnings.
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edlund33
True Blue Farmgirl
1515 Posts
Marilyn
Renton
WA
USA
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Posted - Aug 24 2012 : 8:39:18 PM
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Wow...thanks for the heads up. Sorry you lost all your pictures and have to re-upload them, that's a bummer! I just bought a new phone and have been debating on whether or not to link up my Facebook, etc. I've already run into the google account issue when setting up my email to go to my phone. I will definitely ease into this new technology slowly and carefully!
Cheers! ~ Marilyn
Farm Girl No. 1100
http://blueskyanddaisies.blogspot.com
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. - Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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naturemaiden
True Blue Farmgirl
2569 Posts
Connie - Farmgirl #673
Hoosick Falls
NY
USA
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texdane
Farmgirl Legend Chapter Leader Chapter Guru
4658 Posts
Nicole
Sandy Hook
CT
USA
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Posted - Aug 26 2012 : 09:15:25 AM
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Oh how frustrating. Don't have an Android, but good warning, especially with the google accounts, too.
Thank goodness you have copies.
Nicole
Farmgirl Sister #1155
KNITTER, JAM-MAKER AND MOM EXTRAORDINAIRE
Chapter Leader, Connecticut Simpler Life Sisters
Suburban Farmgirl Blogger
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queenmushroom
True Blue Farmgirl
985 Posts
Lorena
Centerville
Me
USA
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Posted - Aug 26 2012 : 4:23:22 PM
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Another warning make certain your Bluetooth and wifi is turned off if you are not using it. If it is on, anyone can steal your info off your phone and you won't even know it. It also uses alot of battery.
Patience is worth a bushel of brains...from a chinese fortune cookie |
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naturemaiden
True Blue Farmgirl
2569 Posts
Connie - Farmgirl #673
Hoosick Falls
NY
USA
2569 Posts |
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Across the Fence: Warning for anyone with an Android phone |
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Warning for anyone with an Android phone
