Recent content by tdellaringa

How to delete Photos on Nexus 5 but keep them on Google Photos This is the most maddening feature about a phone I otherwise love. I know there are other threads about this here, but NONE of them solve my problem - and I think things may have changed with the recent Google Photos changes. At...

Ah great. I turned off all the Google+ stuff. So I assume now I can delete photos using the file explorer with abandon, and my google photos online will stay intact, correct? It's kind of a bummer I can't view the files in ES File explorer as thumbnails to get an overall view of what is in...

Hmm, I have Android L lollipop - I don't seem to have that in settings...

To be clear, I need to make sure sync is off for photos/videos if I want them to stay on G+ correct? I have auto share off, but where is sync?

Yeah restarting, they are all there. So there's no file manager on the phone by default I can use then? Can anyone suggest a good one? I have auto backup turned off - but do I also need to turn off sync somewhere else? I originally had photos on G+ because I was using Picasa for our photos...

So yeah, in Airplane mode, I can see ALL photos and videos. But when I delete one of those photos, it says it will delete it everywhere, with no other option.

Not sure - how do I take my phone offline?

Hi, I've been through a lot of threads on this, but nothing is solving my problem. I have tons of photos on my phone that take up a lot of space, they were pulled from G+ before I turned off auto backup. Then, I scanned a bunch of photos and uploaded them to G+ over the holiday, and they were...