Pixelify-Google-Photos VS gphotos-sync

Pixelify is a method of obtaining unlimited storage backup on Google Photos by rooting an Android device or emulator and installing the Pixelify module using Magisk and LSPosed or EdXposed. This allows for unlimited backup even from an iPhone by utilizing the Partner Sharing feature on Google Photos. To do so, one needs to create an email address to backup photos from the iPhone, and share the photos to a second email address using Partner Sharing. Then, on the device where Pixelify is installed, turn on auto-save. This way, when a photo is backed up on the iPhone, it also gets saved on the second email address, allowing the original email to be deleted while the photos are still stored without using any Google storage.

Also on a rooted device you should be able to get unlimited photo storage : https://github.com/BaltiApps/Pixelify-Google-Photos

There is an xposed module called "Pixelify GPhotos" that does exactly that.

Gcam , Xmanager , Anyme (better MAL client app) , Cloudstream , Pixelify GPhotos (Lsposed and Magisk required ), RetroMusic , Kiwi Browser , Es File Explorer , Revanced , Cloudflared WARP ( handy if you want ipv6 on a mobile data network)

Pixelify GPhotos: add Google Pixel-exclusive features on Google Photos for any device

For people thinking this is impossible. Check https://t.me/pixelifyGooglePhotos

https://github.com/BaltiApps/Pixelify-Google-Photos (download it from within the LSPosed app)

Technically any roms with this module https://github.com/BaltiApps/Pixelify-Google-Photos

If you have a rooted phone, use this for unlimited storage on Google photos: https://github.com/BaltiApps/Pixelify-Google-Photos

Sadly, it’s not configurable. It’s just an inherent limitation of the API (1). Takeout is the best alternative, but for something more realtime you can use tools (2) that wrap the browser UI which also exports full quality.

(1) https://github.com/gilesknap/gphotos-sync#warning-google-api...

(2) https://github.com/JakeWharton/docker-gphotos-sync

What I did was a very painful process of using Google Takeout and gphotos-sync ( https://github.com/gilesknap/gphotos-sync ), manually merging what I knew was missing, and using file counts by month/year to track other missing objects. gphotos-sync is limited by the same API issues as rclone, which is another perfectly fine utility to use, besides the API limitations. On a side note, I use rclone to backup everything to "storj" every night ( delta sync ).

Of course you can do the same perodically or use https://github.com/gilesknap/gphotos-sync

I haven't tried immich yet, but I am using https://github.com/gilesknap/gphotos-sync with great success. I wonder how hard it would be to set up a workflow to get the synced photos into immich.

https://developers.google.com/photos/library/reference/rest/v1/mediaItems/list or https://github.com/gilesknap/gphotos-sync

I pull mine from Google Photos, with a docker image running a tool: https://github.com/gilesknap/gphotos-sync

Its not perfect, but as a backup, it works well.