Why didn't I get my free space for beta testing the latest forum build?
If you're lucky enough to be included in our latest round of forums beta testing, you'll find that
we're offering up to 5GB free for testing the camera upload feature.
Using the new forum build of the desktop application, Camera upload will automatically import all of your photos from your camera or SD Card as soon as you plug it in it to your computer. The camera upload feature on Android automatically uploads any photos and videos directly over Wi-Fi or your data plan.
Use camera upload from the desktop application
To use the new feature, you'll need the
Experimental Forum Build (1.3.1X) of the desktop application for Windows, Mac, or Linux. Once you plug in your camera or phone to your computer, you'll automatically be prompted to upload photos to your Dropbox folder. Select
Import Pictures and Videos using Dropbox and your photos will automatically save to your Dropbox folder's
Camera Uploads folder.
Use camera upload from your Android phone
You'll need the latest
Android build (2.0.9) to enable camera upload from your phone. If you're using the Android app, you can enable the Camera Upload feature when you launch the Experimental version for the first time. You'll be prompted whether you want to enable Dropbox over your data plan and whether you want to upload existing photos and videos. Select your preferences and then as soon as you press
Upload, Dropbox will automatically start uploading eligible photos and videos to your Dropbox.
Get your free space
All you have to do to get your free space is test our camera upload feature. Here's how:
- Upload a photo using camera upload and you'll instantly get 500MB of extra Dropbox space
- Every 500MB you upload via the camera upload feature bumps you up another 500MB
- You can bump your Dropbox storage up ten times for a total of 5GB of free space. In other words, to reach your limit you have to upload 4.5GB through the camera upload feature
Dropbox space is only applied if you use the camera upload feature
Simply moving photos to your Photos or Camera Uploads folder does not give you free space. This offer is only eligible for those using the camera upload feature as described.