Can the 15gb onedrive camera roll bonus still be unlocked. For instance, microsoft might provide you with some free space when you subscribe or download one of their products or services, or simply by utilizing the features of onedrive. Dec 15, 2015 so i read about the changes to onedrive and wanted to capitalize on the opportunity to claim the 15gb camera roll bonus before it will be removed in 2016. On july 27, 2016, the amount of storage that comes with your onedrive will change from 15 gb to 5 gb. The free storage will include the 15gb and the 15gb bonus for activating the camera roll features of onedrive if youve already used the app on ios, android, or windows phone. Microsofts decision was poorly received by onedrive customers, who created an. Dec 14, 2015 onedrive users who sign up by january 31, 2016 will be able to keep their 15gb of free storage and 15gb camera roll bonus, even after microsoft reduces its free storage tier to 5gb next year. Onedrives free storage will also be reduced from 15gb to 5gb, and the 15gb camera roll bonus. Here is how you get an additional 15gb of storage on microso fts one drive. Dec 11, 2015 its possible for you to keep your base storage quota and camera roll bonus, even after the changes roll out. Look at onedrives storage page and you will see 15 gb listed next to camera roll bonus thats how the.
Optin to keep your 15gb of onedrive and 15gb of camera roll storage microsoft apologized for slashing onedrive storage and offered a manual optin to keep 15gb of free. Onedrive customers using more than 5gb of free storage will also receive a free office 365 personal subscription with 1tb storage for 12 months. Dec 11, 2015 onedrive users can keep their free 15gb of storage and camera roll bonus after all, if they optin by jan. We are also discontinuing the 15 gb camera roll bonus. Camera roll not using bonus 15 gb storage on onedrive. I used to brag about microsoft one drive, and how their free 15 gb limit was superb. In order to reach the top of storage space race, microsoft is now offering an additional 15gb free over the existing 15gb of free cloud storage to onedrive users, and the offer can only be availed. Dec 11, 2015 because of a vocal response from the community, microsoft is letting devoted fans keep their 15gb of free storage, while paying customers continue to lose theirs.
To contact onedrive for business support from your pc or mac, select the. Microsoft reverses course on onedrive, restores 15gb free. Jan 15, 2016 i wanted to unlock the 15gb camera roll bonus storage before the end of january after which everybody who didnt sign up here will lose the bonuses but enabling the camera roll upload on the. In what the xbox maker describes as a limited time offer one that will end before octobers icloud drive formal rollout iphone users can enjoy 30gb of storage for free, with 15gb of basic space allied to 15 gb camera roll bonus. Dec 15, 2015 back in early november microsoft announced a number of drastic changes to its onedrive cloud storage service. You must act manually to keep the base storage quota of 15gb and. Dec 14, 2015 microsoft apologizes, will let free tier onedrive users keep their 15gb free storage and camera roll bonus posted by evan selleck on dec 14, 2015 in microsoft back at the beginning of november of this year, microsoft made a controversial announcement. So is the 15gb camera roll bonus for onedrive already gone. A free onedrive user today has 15gb, and can get up to 15 extra gigabytes with the camera roll storage bonus. The company has decided you can keep your 15gb of free onedrive storage and 15gb of camera roll bonus storage, but that extra cloud storage doesnt happen by default you must manually optin by january 31, 2016.
The combined allotment of 30gb should be enough for most users that arent looking to. Stop microsoft from taking away your 15gb onedrive free. This weekend, microsoft announced that it has doubled its allotment of free storage space on its onedrive cloud platform from 15gb to 30gb. As it could be expected, no user that relies on onedrive liked these changes. Microsoft allowing onedrive users on free tier to keep 15gb.
Jan 30, 2016 sunday, january 31 is the last day that current onedrive users can claim their 15gb of free storage, along with the additional 15gb for the camera roll bonus. Microsoft last year said it would reduce the free cloud storage limit onedrive for general users from 15gb to 5gb. Keep your free 15gb storage on onedrive despite change by. Microsoft allows onedrive users to keep their 15gb of free. Onedrive users who sign up by january 31, 2016 will be able to keep their 15gb of free storage and 15gb camera roll bonus, even after microsoft reduces its free storage tier to 5gb next year. Dec 11, 2015 microsoft is making two changes to its previous strategy. Microsoft had started emailing users of its onedrive cloud storage service who didnt optin to microsofts previous onedrive offer that the reduction from 15gb to. Go to the app settings and enable camera backup note. Dec 14, 2015 microsoft now confirms that onedrive users can still keep their free 15gb of storage and 15gb of camera roll bonus, provided if they optin by january 31. I would like to delete the camera roll pictures, but maintain their existence on one drive. The 15 gb camera roll storage bonus will also be discontinued. However, i installed the onedrive app on my ipad and iphone, activated the camera upload on both, and didnt receive the extra 15gb. If you took advantage of microsofts camera roll bonus earlier this year, you.
How to upload your camera roll in ios to onedrive groovypost. Dec 16, 2015 while microsoft is sticking to its recently announced plans of removing unlimited onedrive storage, the company has however now decided that is going to allow onedrive users to keep their existing 15gb of free storage and the 15gb camera roll bonus 30gb in total of free storage. The feature can be disabled immediately after you get. If pictures are not showing in your samsung gallery or onedrive camera roll. Microsoft has announced that that onedrive users can optin to keep their current 15gb of free storage and the extra free 15gb if they have the camera roll enabled on their smartphone, if they opt.
Dec 12, 2015 microsoft reconsiders, lets you keep your 15gb of onedrive storage. Free onedrive storage dropped from 15gb to 5gb for all users. The caveat is that the retention of 30gb free onedrive cloud storage space is not automatic. Microsoft announced that if you want to keep the 15gb cloud storage and 15gb bonus camera roll storage they offer for free for current onedrive users, all you have to do is click on a link and. Onedrive gives you 15 gb of space but you can net an extra 15 gigs with a little known camera roll bonus.
Dec 11, 2015 onedrive users on free accounts will be able to keep their 15gb, but theyll need to opt in to do so. How to boost your free microsoft onedrive storage back up. The 15gb bonus is not taken as a separate storage of onedrive but is integrated into the existing one. Following the backlash received when microsoft announced they were not only limiting onedrive storage for paying office 365 customers, but also reducing the free storage options from the current 15gb to just 5gb as well as scrapping the 15gb camera upload bonus, they have now allowed current onedrive users to retain their 30gb, for the moment at least. Back in early november microsoft announced a number of drastic changes to its onedrive cloud storage service. Microsoft is also discontinuing the 15gb camera roll bonus offer. Because of a vocal response from the community, microsoft is letting devoted fans keep their 15gb of free storage, while paying customers continue to lose theirs. By opting in they will get 15gb of free online storage powered by onedrive as well as a 15gb bonus for activating the camera roll feature of the onedrive app on their mobile device. January 31 is the last day to claim onedrives 15gb of. You can keep your 15gb of free onedrive storage after all pcmag. Free onedrive storage will decrease from 15 gb to 5 gb for all users, current and new. Sep 22, 2014 this weekend, microsoft announced that it has doubled its allotment of free storage space on its onedrive cloud platform from 15gb to 30gb. In november, microsoft made the controversial decision to reduce its unlimited onedrive storage to 1tb for office 365 home, personal and university subscribers starting early next year. If youre a new onedrive user, youll also start with 15 gb of storage so with this promo youll have a total of 30 gb.
Microsoft will reduce free onedrive storage to 5gb and remove. Microsoft apologizes, will let free tier onedrive users keep. Claim your free 15gb of onedrive storage today or lose it. Microsoft now confirms that onedrive users can still keep their free 15gb of storage and 15gb of camera roll bonus, provided if they optin by january 31. Microsoft apologizes, giving back 15gb free onedrive storage. Get additional 15gb free onedrive storage now daves. Dec 11, 2015 microsoft caves and gives 15gb back to legacy onedrive users. Last year, microsoft announced plans to drop the free onedrive storage amount from 15gb down to 5gb, and also discontinue the 15gb camera roll bonus. How to boost your free microsoft onedrive storage back up to 15gb. Microsofts free 15gb of onedrive storage ends today the verge. In that section, you will find the option to claim 100 gb of free storage for onedrive. I already typed up an article showing you how to bump your total onedrive storage to 30gb for free but today were taking that to a new level. If you also have the 15 gb camera roll bonus, youll be able to keep that as well. Before posting on our computer help forum, you must register.
Microsoft onedrive users can optin to keep their free 15gb. Microsoft offering 15gb extra of free onedrive storage across. Microsoft now plans to offer office 365 personal subscriptions to any onedrive user that is. That lasts for 3 months from the time microsoft informs you that your free 15gb limit and your 15gb camera roll allotment has ended, sometime in early 2016, or if you have o365, beginning. Read what do i do when my samsung onedrive bonus expires. Windows smartphone owners question microsofts commitment. This weekend will be your last opportunity to protect your onedrive account from the reduction of the free storage allowance from 15gb to 5gb, and the removal of the 15gb camera roll bonus. Click here to verify you have received a 15gb camera roll bonus. Microsoft allowing current onedrive free users to keep. Here is how you get an additional 15gb of storage on. Microsoft offering 15gb extra of free onedrive storage.
And for a limited time, microsoft is offering a ton of it for free. Microsofts free 15gb of onedrive storage ends today the. From early 2016 the free space will be cut down to 5gb, and the camera roll storage bonus will be discontinued. Samsung gallery and onedrive onedrive microsoft support. Get to and share your documents, photos, and other files from your ios device, computer pc or mac, and any other devices you use. You can keep your 15gb of free onedrive storage after all. If this reduction in size is purely down to a few people abusing the system, then wouldnt it be just as easy to reduce the size to 50gb or so. Microsoft reconsiders, lets you keep your 15gb of onedrive.
Meanwhile, dropbox offers a free 2 gb plan with the option to earn additional storage for referring friends and other tasks. The 15 gb bonus of camera roll is being used since the total storage capacity of onedrive is 30 gb, which is the 15 gb free that offers plus the 15 gb of bonus, which will be used according to the number of elements on the cloud. The service offers up to 15 gb of free online storage and works seamlessly with. Aug 02, 2016 there are some important changes to onedrive, and we wanted to follow up on our previous email to ensure you are aware of them. Prime members automatically receive 5gb of free storage for files and videos, as well as unlimited jun 09, 2016 microsoft used to offer 15gb of free storage in onedrive formerly skydrive, and a bonus offer added an extra 15gb for a camera roll. Microsofts free 15gb of onedrive storage ends today the important part.
Theyll also be able to keep the 15gb bonus storage for their camera roll, for 30gb total. Microsoft announced the onedrive offer as an incentive for the new iphone 6, iphone 6 plus and the ios 8 users. Microsoft is letting you keep your free 15gb onedrive plan. Existing users can keep the 15 gb free storage offer along with camera roll bonus, but any new user will be limited to only 2 gb storage. Microsoft caves and gives 15gb back to legacy onedrive users. Onedrive users can keep their free 15gb of storage and camera roll. Right from the very beginning, 15 gb of free storage space is offered to its users. Use the office mobile apps to stay productive and work together, no matter where you are. Currently i have 40gb on my onedrive, including loyalty and camera roll bonus, and 18gb available. When you enable camera backup, it may erroneously show you received only 3gb. It also got rid of the 15gb additional camera roll storage as well.
Apr 22, 2016 microsoft is emailing onedrive users to tell them that its planned changes which will reduce free storage from 15gb to 5gb, and remove the 15gb camera roll bonus will come into effect on july 27. This must just be another way of making more money for an ailing. Microsoft onedrive offering 30gb of free cloud storage for. If you dont have onedrive account yet, sign up before 31st january 2016 to get free 15gb base storage with optional 15gb camera roll bonus for free, as microsoft is still reducing the free storage space offered to new onedrive users. Free tier onedrive users would no longer have 15gb of cloud storage, but see it reduced to. Microsoft allowing current onedrive free users to keep 15gb free storage and camera roll bonus chris hauk dec 14, 2015 microsoft made a november announcement that it would be reducing its unlimited onedrive storage for office 365 home, personal and university subscribers to 1tb early next year, while free users would see their storage reduced from 15gb to 5gb, and see their 15gb cameral roll bonus. Microsoft allowing onedrive users on free tier to keep 15gb free. January 31 is the last day to claim onedrives 15gb of free storage and camera roll bonus if you currently have 15gb of free storage on microsofts onedrive cloud.
If you already have the camera backup option enabled, you dont have to do anything, the 15gb extra storage will just be added automatically. In addition, for our biggest fans who have been loyal advocates for onedrive, we are adding a new offer that lets you keep your existing 15 gb of free storage when the changes happen next year. January 31 is the last day to claim onedrives 15gb of free. If you also have the 15 gb camera roll bonus, youll be able to keep. Note that it may not be added immediately so stay tuned and that users who have camera backup enabled already get the extra storage automatically without the need to do. Every onedrive account starts with 15gb of free storage, so youll have at least 30gb with the camera roll bonus, and perhaps more a subscription to office 365 home includes 1tb of storage, there have been other promotions and bonuses in the last few years, and some of you have purchased additional space. Look at onedrive s storage page and you will see 15gb listed next to camera roll bonus thats how the extra free storage is. When first announced, the move had seen major user backlash. Microsoft onedrives 15gb free cloud storage reduces to 5gb. Microsoft informs users of its plans to reduce free onedrive storage from 15gb to 5gb on july 27. Microsoft has doubled its 15gb cloud storage space for free users if they activate the camera backup feature in its onedrive app for android or ios before the end of september. Nov 03, 2015 free onedrive storage will decrease from 15 gb to 5 gb for all users, current and new. How to get more free onedrive storage as mentioned earlier, when you sign up for onedrive, 15 gb will be offered to you and this can be increased in many ways. Onedrives free storage will also be reduced from 15gb to 5gb, and the 15gb camera roll bonus will be discontinued.
If you like, you can also save any image or video file into your camera roll folder as well. Microsoft to reduce free onedrive storage to 5gb and. Microsoft apologizes, giving back 15gb free onedrive. The trick to getting an extra 15gb of free onedrive storage. Sep 22, 2014 in order to reach the top of storage space race, microsoft is now offering an additional 15gb free over the existing 15gb of free cloud storage to onedrive users, and the offer can only be availed. Included among those changes, due to take effect early next year, was a reduction of the 15gb free storage to just 5gb and abolishing the camera roll bonus altogether. Microsoft mailed its users that the company is going to reduce its free onedrive storage from 15 gb to 5 gb and discontinue camera roll bonus storage. Apr 25, 2016 microsoft had announced the changes to onedrive last year. Existing users can keep the 15 gb free storage offer along with camera roll bonus, but any new user will be limited to only 2.
Microsoft is emailing onedrive users to tell them that its planned. As ugfunk84 said you can go to manage storage to see what your allocations are. Microsoft announces 15 gb free onedrive storage, lower. The free storage upgrade 15gb base and 15gb camera roll bonus is also available for windows phone, android and windows users. Get 15 gb of free storage with onedrive by enabling camera backup. Jan 31, 2016 the free storage will include the 15gb and the 15gb bonus for activating the camera roll features of onedrive if youve already used the app on ios, android, or windows phone. Microsoft to soon reduce free onedrive storage from 15gb. Act now to keep your onedrive 15 gb free space and camera. My wife has been using dropbox for business and loves it. Enable camera backup and get 15gb of bonus storage posted in general tech discussion. Microsoft caves and gives 15gb back to legacy onedrive.
How to instantly get over 100 gb of free onedrive storage. How to get an extra 15 gb of onedrive storage for free. Photos and videos captured using the camera app with your pcdevices builtin camera or webcam are saved to the camera roll folder in your pictures library by default. Microsoft made a november announcement that it would be reducing its unlimited onedrive storage for office 365 home, personal and university subscribers to 1tb early next year, while free users would see their storage reduced from 15gb to 5gb, and see their 15gb cameral roll bonus disappear too. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. However, after a massive backlash from its users, the company decided to continue the 15gb camera roll bonus offer. I wanted to unlock the 15gb camera roll bonus storage before the end of january after which everybody who didnt sign up here will lose the bonuses but enabling the camera roll upload on the. Get 15 gb of free storage with onedrive by enabling camera. At the moment i have gb of onedrive storage 15gb free, 15gb camera roll and 100gb enthusiast bonus. Dec 14, 2015 microsoft made a november announcement that it would be reducing its unlimited onedrive storage for office 365 home, personal and university subscribers to 1tb early next year, while free users would see their storage reduced from 15gb to 5gb, and see their 15gb cameral roll bonus disappear too. Onedrive users can keep their free 15gb of storage and camera roll bonus after all, if they optin by jan.
Onedrive s free storage will also be reduced from 15gb to 5gb, and the 15gb camera roll bonus will be discontinued. Onedrive users can keep their free 15gb of storage and camera. Microsoft claimed it is genuinely sorry for slashing the amount of your onedrive storage. The easiest way to do this is through the onedrive for windows or mac application. The collection of photos and videos you have taken is called your camera roll. The announcement first came from microsoft in november 2015 when it said that it was removing the unlimited onedrive storage to office 365 subscribers, scaling down the storage to 1tb. Microsoft allowing onedrive users on free tier to keep. Sep 22, 2014 the additional 15gb camera roll bonus storage will be automatically added in to your account. How to keep your 15gb free onedrive storage, plus 15gb.
Once done, you get the 15 gb camera roll bonus added to your account automatically. So i read about the changes to onedrive and wanted to capitalize on the opportunity to claim the 15gb camera roll bonus before it will be removed in 2016. Look at onedrive s storage page and you will see 15 gb listed next to camera roll bonus thats how the extra free storage is. Microsoft onedrives 15gb free cloud storage reduces to. Although microsoft promoted the 15gb camera roll bonus last year primarily to iphone owners, the customers who beefed loudest last week about onedrive s changes were those who had a windows.
Microsoft allowing current onedrive free users to keep 15gb. Thats why were making it possible for you to keep your base storage quota and camera roll bonus, even after the changes roll out. How to get more free onedrive storage mobiletrans wondershare. They just have to activate it once for getting the bonus space. Onedrive users can keep their free 15gb of storage and. If you use a onedrive app with the camera roll feature enabled, youll also get to keep the extra 15gb bonus which means that existing users can continue to use up to 30gb of free cloud. Free onedrive storage dropped from 15gb to 5gb for all. Then, when the free storage limit drops to 5gb, and the extra 15gb camera roll bonus is discontinued, your account wont be affected.