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jeryst

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They keep putting all sorts of cool abilities into Android, and yet they wont build in a simple "undelete" function so that you can get back a file that you delete by mistake. Apparantly they are all perfect and never delete a file by mistake.:mad:
 
hhhmmm...

look below in my signature. you should use dropbox to hold your important files.
1. it will sync all the files you put into it.. across to all your devices and computers.
2. help you share your files to others.
3. all backed up!!! and you can find old deleted files and versions of those files.
 
Having recovered/undeleted files off of flash drives, SD cards, etc. before, I can tell you, its a royal PITA reconstructing them with a full computer.
 
I just feel that some type of recycle bin should be a part of every operating system. Even something as simple as putting a deleted file in a trash area and letting you do a final delete. Even the simplest email system has this functionality, so operating systems should as well. Ok, down off my soapbox now.
 
On Linux OSs depending on the file manager, e.g. Dolphin on KDE, you might get a choice, either delete forever or move to the trash. As Android doesn't include a file manager as standard, it all depends on whether it's implemented in whatever third-party manager you decide to use.

If one is coming say from Windows, there's the recycle bin, it's always there.

For my uses, the "Do you really wish to delete this item, Y or N?" comfirmation is enough.
 
^ditto
And im not a computer guy but that windows trash can always pissed me off having to empty it all the time lol.
Dont think ive ever knowingly deleted something and then wanted it back tbh :)
 
I've deleted a few things inadvertently on my phone, the worst being a video of my son scoring a goal in his soccer game. But I agree, with the memory limitations of phones, I'd rather take the risk of losing something than having a trash can taking up space on my phone just in case.
 
Rick said:
I like Google drive, that's also great for important files or for managing/syncing files across more than one PC (ie your desktop and your laptop)
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wait.. let me get this straight...
google drive can...

I have 7 locations..
1. my phone
2. my tablet
3. my computer
4. my coworker's iphone
5. my cowoker's laptop
6. office server
7. home server

I get on my computer.. open a word document that is located on the Dropbox. I edit a few things... hit save.
and the other 6 locations.. and the online google drive .. will all automatically sync up? so that all have the same copy?

the computer and Laptop.. must always have a full copy of all files on dropbox.. so when the internet is not available.. I can still work and have all files.
is that true???
 
Yes, Dropbox works as described in post#17. But you do have to designate a file as a "favourite" on your mobile device in order to have it saved as a local file that you can work on when there is no Internet. One great feature of Dropbox is that it keeps a backup of (almost) every historical version of a file. One time, a large Word file I was working on became corrupted and I was able to go to the Dropbox website to go back and find the last un corrupted version.
 
EarlyMon said:
Dropbox syncs up like that.
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funpig said:
Yes, Dropbox works as described in post#17. But you do have to designate a file as a "favourite" on your mobile device in order to have it saved as a local file that you can work on when there is no Internet. One great feature of Dropbox is that it keeps a backup of (almost) every historical version of a file. One time, a large Word file I was working on became corrupted and I was able to go to the Dropbox website to go back and find the last un corrupted version.
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I know all this... Dropbox does all this.

what I want to know.. does GOOGLE DRIVE do this??? per that poster (RICK) said
 
jeryst said:
I just feel that some type of recycle bin should be a part of every operating system. Even something as simple as putting a deleted file in a trash area and letting you do a final delete. Even the simplest email system has this functionality, so operating systems should as well. Ok, down off my soapbox now.
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It's funny how people differ. My Macbook has a trash can, but I don't use it - I prefer to use the "rm" command from the terminal to delete files, and there's no trash can when using the command line.

I actually find having to delete everything twice rather annoying, but suspect it's really a matter of what you are used to. I didn't start out on systems with GUIs and recycle bins, so don't assume that behaviour.
 
The lack of a standard recycle bin on a mobile device is a symptom of the technologies youth. Mobile computing is still a relatively new thing and certain productivity focused design features get overlooked as they're designed primarily for casual use, versus a work tool.
 
Being new doesnt make it flawed lol. Its learned from user experience, got rid of relics and optimised itself for pocket sized devices :)
"Are you sure you want to delete/uninstal X? Yes/no"
Or you can simply root and as with a PC, save a backup image regularly that you can roll back to if you mess up.
Anything else is app related imo and its the app's fault if it doesnt have an "undo" and users want one. Photo editing apps have it so its possible and isnt an android limitation by any means :)
 
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