ONEDRIVE CLOUD STORAGE IN ANDROID CELL … · 3 SUMMARY You can use "OneDrive" cloud storage in an "Android" cell phone or tablet

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"ONEDRIVE" CLOUD STORAGE

IN

"ANDROID"

CELL PHONES AND TABLETS

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SUMMARY

You can use "OneDrive" cloud

storage in an "Android" cell

phone or tablet.

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TOPICS

• A Live Demonstration of

"OneDrive" Cloud Storage In An

Android-x86" Virtual Machine

• Accessing "OneDrive" Cloud

Storage From "Android"

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• Inside an Android cell phone or table,

you can install the free "WPS Office"

app or the free "Polaris Office" app for

viewing files that you have stored at the

"OneDrive" server farm.

When we tried to edit files that were

stored on "OneDrive" with these two

apps, the revised files did not upload

back to the "OneDrive" server farm.

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• Inside an Android cell phone or

table, you can probably install the

Microsoft's free "Office Mobile" app

for creating, viewing, and editing

files that you have stored at the

"OneDrive" server farm. However,

we have been unable to get "Office

Mobile" to install into any actual

Android cell phones or tablets.

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Live Demo of

Microsoft's OneDrive

In An "Android" Virtual

Machine

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Accessing "OneDrive"

from "Android":

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Accessing "OneDrive" From "Android"

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• Two ways in "Android" to view

data and photo files that you

have stored at the "OneDrive"

server farm:

Method 1: Use a "Web Browser"

and

Method 2: Use Microsoft's

"OneDrive for Android" app

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• Method 1: (Use "Browser")

Advantage: Can view files that

are stored up at the "OneDrive"

server farm, using Microsoft's

free Web-based "Office Online".

Disadvantage: Cannot edit files

using Microsoft's free Web-

based "Office Online".

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• Method 1: (Use "Browser")

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Disadvantage:Cannot view or edit

files using the free "Polaris Office" or

the free "WPS Office" (formerly

known as "Kingsoft Office).

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• Method 2: (Use "OneDrive for Android"

app)

Advantage: If you install the free

"Polaris Office" or "WPS Office"

(formerly called "Kingsoft Office"), you

can view files that are stored up at the


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• Method 2: (Use "OneDrive for Android"

app) (continued) Disadvantage:

Once you edit files with "Polaris Office"

or "WPS Office", they stay down inside

the "Android" device in cache and are

not uploaded back to "OneDrive".

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• Method 2: (Use "OneDrive for

Android" app) (continued)

Disadvantage:

Cannot run the free Web-based

"Office Online" to view or edit files

that are stored at the server farm.

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• In summary: When you use

"Polaris Office" or "WPS Office"

"OneDrive for Android" fails to

upload the edited file back up to the

"OneDrive" server farm so it is only

useful for viewing files that are

stored up at the "OneDrive" server

farm.

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• Microsoft's free "Office Mobile" is

supposed to remedy this problem

but we have not been able to get it

installed in any cell phones or

tablets.

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• See

https://onedrive.live.com/about/en-

us/apps-that-work-with-onedrive/

and

https://help.queens.edu/hc/en-

us/articles/202933554-How-Do-I-

Store-and-Share-Files-in-Microsoft-

OneDrive-

https://onedrive.live.com/about/en-us/apps-that-work-with-onedrive/

https://help.queens.edu/hc/en-us/articles/202933554-How-Do-I-Store-and-Share-Files-in-Microsoft-OneDrive-

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Using the "Browser" app in

"Android", you can use the

Web-based free "Office

Online" view files and

photos that are stored at

"OneDrive" but you cannot

edit them:

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Accessing "OneDrive" From

"Android" (continued)

• Power On or wake up your

Android cell phone or tablet:

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• Click on the "Apps" icon:

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• Click on the "Apps" icon:

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• All of the installed apps will be

displayed.

Click on the "Browser" app.

The Web browser will be

displayed:



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• Click on the "Address bar".

The current address will be

highlighted.

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• Type

onedrive.com

• Press the Enter key of the

keyboard:

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• Click on the "Sign In" button:

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• Type in with your "Microsoft

account" (an email address that

has been provided to you by

either Microsoft or another email

provider):

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• Type in the password for your

"Microsoft account":

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• You should now be seeing the

data files, data folders, and photo

albums that are stored in your

account at the "OneDrive" server

farm:

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• To create a document file or a

folder, click on "Create":

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• In this example, we clicked on

"Word document" and a new

"Word document" opened up in a

new "Office Online" tab.

"Office Online" is Microsoft's free

Web-based editor and viewer for

"Microsoft Office" documents.

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• However, we were unable to edit

the newly-created .docx

"Microsoft Word" document.

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• Click on "X" on tab of newly-

created "Microsoft Word"

document to close the document.

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• The newly-created "Microsoft

Word" document has the default

name of "Document1.docx".

One "Document1" shows up in

our browser-based view of the

files that are stored at the


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• Use RIGHT mouse button to

click on an existing .DOCX

document to open it:

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• Once the document opens in the

free "Office Online", you cannot

edit it:

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• Click on "X" on the tab of newly-

created "Microsoft Word"

document to close the document.

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• We are now back at the "Files"

view of our "OneDrive" account:

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• Click on the Home button to

close the Web browser:

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• You are now back to the default

screen of the Android device:

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If you install the "OneDrive" and

"WPS Office" apps into your

"Android" device, you can view

files and photos that are stored at

"OneDrive". However, if you

attempt to edit the files and

photos, they will fail to upload

back up to the "OneDrive" server

farm.

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• Click on the Apps button:

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• Click on the "Play Store" (or

whatever "..Store" app is

available:

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• Click on "Apps":

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• Click on the "Search" icon and

search for

onedrive

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• Click on "OneDrive":

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• Click on "Install":

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• Click on "Accept":

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• After the installation completes,

click on the "Home" button to

close the "..Store".

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• You will be back at the default

home screen of "Android":

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• Click on "sign in now":

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Click on "Next":

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• Click on the "OneDrive" logo:

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• Click on "Files":

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• The files, folders, and photo

albums that are stored at the

"OneDrive" server farm will be

displayed:

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• Click on an existing .DOCX

"Microsoft Word" document:

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• Click on "OK":

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• Click on the "Home" button to

close the "Browser" app:

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• Click on the "Apps" button:

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• Click on "Play Store" or whatever

"..Store" is available:

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• Click on "Apps":

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• Click on the "Search" magnifying

glass and then type in

office:

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• Press once on the Enter button

of the keyboard:

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• Click on "WPS Office":

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• Click on "Install":

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• Click on "Accept":

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• After the installation completes,

click on the "Home" button to

close the "Play Store":

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• Click on "Apps" or "Recent" and

locate the "OneDrive" app:

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• Click on the "OneDrive" app:

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• You will probably be in the "Files"

screen of "OneDrive for Android".

If you end up at another screen:

Click on the cloud "OneDrive"

symbol and then click on "Files".

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• When you click on a "Microsoft

Office" file, "WPS Office" will

open it.

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• From within the "WPS Office"

app, you can edit "Microsoft

Office" files.

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• Click on the floppy disk "Save"

button of the "WPS Office" app to

save your changes:

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• Click on the "X" button of "WPS

Office" to exit and return the

revised "Microsoft Office" file

back to your "OneDrive" cloud

storage locaton:

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• You will be returned to the "Files"

screen of "OneDrive for Android":

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You can probably use Microsoft's

free "Office Mobile" app in an

Android device to edit files that

you have stored at the


However, we have been unable

to get "Office Mobile" to install

into any "Android" cell phones or

tablets.

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ONEDRIVE CLOUD STORAGE IN ANDROID CELL … · 3 SUMMARY You can use "OneDrive" cloud storage in an "Android" cell phone or tablet