This guide explains how to automatically transfer photos from your mobile device (Android) to kDrive Infomaniak.

Once this feature is enabled, the photos from your mobile device (located in the folder of your choice) will be backed up gradually into a folder of your choice on kDrive.

Prerequisites

• Have a kDrive.
• Have the mobile app kDrive (app for Android smartphone or tablet).

Enable sending to kDrive on Android

To send photos to kDrive:

1. Open the mobile app kDrive (Android).
2. Tap on the photo/initials at the bottom right.
3. Tap on Settings:
   
4. Tap on Photo backup:
   
5. Enable Automatic Backup using the toggle switch.
   • Android may ask you at this point for access to all your photos, which you should accept:
     
6. Tap on Select a kDrive:
   
7. Select the kDrive user (if you have linked several to your device) and then the kDrive associated with that user:
   
8. Select the folder in your kDrive file tree (you can create a new folder if necessary) that will hold your content and confirm at the bottom:
   
9. Select the folder(s) on your mobile device containing the photos to be sent to kDrive, then tap the cross:
   
10. Configure the rest (including sending videos, monthly sorting, request to delete content left on the device, recursivity, synchronization delay, etc.) then click on Save:
    
11. If you have chosen to send all your existing content and not just new photos, then the upload of your files begins and you can follow it with the notifications of your mobile device:
    
12. The new content gradually appears on all your devices, for example on the Web app kDrive (online service kdrive.infomaniak.com), in the specified location: