TeraBox 4.24.0 for Android

TeraBox 4.24.0 is the Android app of Flextech Inc.'s cloud storage service. It uploads photos, videos and documents from your phone to online storage, so you can free up space and open the files later on another device; the app is free to download and use.

Quick facts

What the app does

Phones fill up quickly with photos and videos, and cloud storage is the usual way out: files move to a server, and the phone keeps only what you need right now. TeraBox is built around that idea. You sign in, choose what to upload and then browse your storage from the app whenever you need a file again. The same account works in the Windows client, which makes it easy to move a video from the phone to a computer without a cable. Because the whole point of the app is to hold your personal files, the most important decisions are about trust and settings rather than features: what you upload, who can see shared links and what happens if you lose access to the account.

Step-by-step guide

1. Install the app from a trusted source and check the permissions it requests; storage access is needed, contacts are not.
2. Sign in or create an account with a strong, unique password.
3. Choose which folders to back up and review the upload settings before you start.
4. Once a backup completes, open a few files in the app to confirm they are there before deleting anything from the phone.
5. Install the Windows client if you also want the files on your PC.

The developer's official site is flextech-official.com.

Privacy and security tips

• Read the privacy terms before uploading personal documents or ID scans.
• Use shared links with care and remove them when no longer needed.
• Turn on any additional sign-in protection the account offers.
• Do not open files shared by strangers; they can hide malware.
• Keep a second copy of irreplaceable photos elsewhere.

Mobile data and battery

Uploading large videos over mobile data can use your allowance quickly, so restrict backups to Wi-Fi if your plan is limited. Background uploads also use battery; letting them run while the phone charges overnight is the easiest way to avoid that.

Pros and cons

• Pro: frees space on the phone.
• Pro: files available on phone and PC.
• Pro: free to start.
• Con: large app.
• Con: personal files stored by a third party.

Alternatives

Our listings include Google One, MEGA and MediaFire, other cloud storage apps for Android, and ZArchiver or RAR for packing files into archives on the phone.