rocky s.
Well-Known Member
Hey all,
Have tried a host of new flagship phones over the months as it became time to bid good-bye to the pioneering thunderbolt, including the Galaxy S 3. None have really dazzled me until just picking up the N2 at Verizon the other day. So far I love it - right down to the surprise of the gosms texting notification flashing green in contrast to the blue missed call/email blinking led!! I think what makes this more satisfying is that some may recall the frozen blue led on gosms notifications on the S3 that never seemed to get a fix.
Anyway, sorry for the opening praise, but my real question is about the way photos are saved. I have a batch that made the trip over on the sd card from my S3 to the N2 and they are all showing saved where they should. But...I have about 500 other photos that mainly get restored in the gallery via the google sign-in and sync process during set-up. When I check storage under settings, it would appear that these photos occupy some space on the phone's internal memory. Yet, when I try to find them in my phone files, they don't show as there. I discovered that they probably are really stored in an album on Picasa, which is where google keeps them I guess so that when you set up and sync your new phone, your photos get restored. That's all good, but my question is, if these photos are being stored in this Picasa "cloud," then why are they eating space out of my phone's limited internal memory? And, if they really are, how do I get them outta there and onto my sd card? And, finally, since when I go to my phone's internal memory files no such pictures can be located, how do I get to move them?
Or really do I just have this all wrong?
Thanks to anyone who can assist and enlighten!
Have tried a host of new flagship phones over the months as it became time to bid good-bye to the pioneering thunderbolt, including the Galaxy S 3. None have really dazzled me until just picking up the N2 at Verizon the other day. So far I love it - right down to the surprise of the gosms texting notification flashing green in contrast to the blue missed call/email blinking led!! I think what makes this more satisfying is that some may recall the frozen blue led on gosms notifications on the S3 that never seemed to get a fix.
Anyway, sorry for the opening praise, but my real question is about the way photos are saved. I have a batch that made the trip over on the sd card from my S3 to the N2 and they are all showing saved where they should. But...I have about 500 other photos that mainly get restored in the gallery via the google sign-in and sync process during set-up. When I check storage under settings, it would appear that these photos occupy some space on the phone's internal memory. Yet, when I try to find them in my phone files, they don't show as there. I discovered that they probably are really stored in an album on Picasa, which is where google keeps them I guess so that when you set up and sync your new phone, your photos get restored. That's all good, but my question is, if these photos are being stored in this Picasa "cloud," then why are they eating space out of my phone's limited internal memory? And, if they really are, how do I get them outta there and onto my sd card? And, finally, since when I go to my phone's internal memory files no such pictures can be located, how do I get to move them?
Or really do I just have this all wrong?
Thanks to anyone who can assist and enlighten!
