Setting up Flickr account

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yasser s

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When looking at Images & Video > Options, there is an option for Open Online Service. Selecting this, I am getting stuck trying to setup my Flickr account. The default is to create a Flickr or a Voc account. Since I have a current Flickr account, I opt to register my current account. I am stuck authorizing the username and password. Since Flickr was acquired by Yahoo, I changed my login parameters to use my yahoo username. Unfortunately, each time I try and register my Flickr account on the phone it says incorrect username or password (password is correct). I'm wondering if this setup is looking for the original Flickr username or the newly acquired Yahoo connected username.

Does anyone have tips on getting this setup?
 
I was searching through threads and noticed that some people use Shozu. can't say that I see the point of loading another application when Nokia ships the N95 with the Vox / Flickr account setup. Has anyone gotten this to work?
 
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Maybe you guys tried this already, but the flickr app on nokia's needs a different password them your normal flickr pass. Go to www.flickr.com/nokia to get that password.

Cheers!

-olly
 
No prob! I did the same as you the first time I set it up, sitting there entering my usual Flickr password into the app, and wondering if the stupid yahoo login change had affected it.

I hate that they made me start using a Yahoo ID in the first place!

Anyway, to an earlier comment about Shozu. I've been a long time Shozu user, but with my recently purchased n73 decided to give the Nokia app one more try. The more I've used it, I find that it does some things better than Shozu, and not others.

Shozu advantages: auto uploading, also auto prompting you for upload (it'll ask if you want to send the photo to Flickr right after you take it). Also, uses less data... this isn't a concern for me, because I'm unlimited, but could be for some. The last advantage is that Shozu allows you to sync up with comments on your pics.

Shozu disadvantages: must keep a daemon running at all time in the background. If installed on memory card it interferes with USB Mass Storage mode. Has been flaky lately, not uploading everything I tell it too.

Nokia App advantages: Integration, of course. Also, the way that tags work is nice in some ways, makes me more diligent about tagging my photos (all you do is, on a seperate line in the body of the post, put "tag: trees, clouds, whatever"). More reliable when uploading.

Nokia App disadvantages: doesn't auto upload, doesn't background itself automatically while uploading (though you can do this manually of course).

Personally, I think I'm sold on using the Nokia app. It's been working very well the last couple days, and It's just one less 3rd party prog that I need installed.

-olly
 
I never used Shozu with my 6682 either because I thought the same thing..... until I tried it! What I like about Shozu is that it automatically prompts you to upload the pic right after you take it. One click and it uploads it in the background. The built in Flickr account requires way too many clicks. Shozu also marks the pics you've uploaded successfully so you know what to safely delete and what not. Very helpful! It also gives you the option to NOT upload while roaming as data roaming charges apply. I have an unlimited data package but I get charged when roaming and my bill last month came $40 more than usual!
 
The Nokia app has a huge problem, it strips out the exif data, so you can't tell which phone pics were taken with, when they were taken, or what the settings were.

-kap
 
Well that's stupid if the EXIF data is stripped. What good does that do and what are the advantages. Not like it saves bandwidth. I'm still not sold on Shozu though, if anything, photos can be uploaded via email using your special flickr email upload address and titled, described, and tagged in the body.
 
My guess is it's unintentional (read it's a bug...). I'm typically not one to promote an app like Shozou, but I've been using it for a bit now and it really does seem to work quite well. Nothing like shooting a bunch of pictures and having them uploaded in the background without any interaction.

-kap
 
I was referring to the Nokia uploader, not shozu. Also I haven't used the Nokia app in a while so if it was a server end issue it may be fixed.

Re: chopsu3i - I have an N73, there may be a newer version of the software on the N95.

-kap
 
Hi there,
Apologies for the shameless self-promotion here but I'd just like to answer a question posed earlier about the advantages of ShoZu over other uploaders.

We have actually developed and patented our own replication engine which means it is much more advanced than MMS, email, etc, but it all happens quietly in the background so a lot of people may not actually be aware of the technology behind it. The reason you need a client on the handset is because the client speaks to our servers in the middle in it's own language, our servers then send out to the third party sites, not the handset. What this means is that we can make data replication from the client to our server really solid and implement features like auto-resume on dropout. Also, once you've uploaded a file it is saved in your ShoZu account on our server so if you want to add titles or descriptions later, or send it to a million friends, all your phone does is connect to send that little bit of extra data and our server does the rest. You'll only ever pay for 1 upload, and without the encoding overheads of email. Even if you use our 'Email' option, your files are still replicated to our server via this engine and our server is the one that sends out the email.

All of these things just happen in the background without any intervention from yourself, and this is where our app is different and why it has been adopted quite heavily by the music industry recently. ShoZu is also a completely open gateway which can integrate to any number of third parties, we're adding new sites all the time, but at the moment our email and FTP integrations are pretty flexible for most of the unusual places people want to send things to!

Sorry for the long post, I hope this helps answer the original question.

Mark
 
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