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Jul 31, 2014 | 10:23 pm

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Backing up pictures from Android to the cloud

I feel as if there should be an easy answer to this, but I'm seeing all sorts of conflicting info...

I have a Nexus 4 running Android 4.4.4. I have ~12GB of space and ~8GB is used for storing photos and video. I'm dangerously close of running out of space.

I'd like to move all of the existing photos off of the phone and into the cloud, but still have them visible when I go to Gallery or Photos. (In other words, I don't want to have to open up a separate app to see them. It should be as seamless as my Dropbox folders appearing in my libraries on my PC.)

Right now everything is automatically backing up to Google+ (and OneDrive). But from what I've read, if I delete the photo from my phone, the photos will also be removed from Google+. (I just tested it, and that does in fact seem to be the case.)

Presumably I could backup all of my photos from my phone and then manually upload the photos to Google+, then delete them from my phone, but that seems silly. Is there any way to remove them from my phone but ensure they remain with Google+?

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