For the last 6 months I've been hosting files for developers in the Eris section. I made the site so people wouldn't have to use all that MultiUpload crap, got sick of the waiting 60 seconds to download a file, entering a verification code, etc etc.
Anyways, the site's worked well. You can direct link to your files, upload everything via a simple web interface.
I just thought I'd offer the site to developers in other forums now.
http://android.grdlock.net
Anyways, if you're interested in using it to host your files, just make a username on the site real quick, shoot me a PM, and I'll give it upload permissions.
And no, this isn't an advertisement or anything. People in the Eris section have just liked using the website over MultiUpload, so I thought I'd offer to let other people use my bandwidth as well.
As a former Eris user, his site has been very helpful for many developers.
I never understood why people used MultiUpload/MediaFire/etc when dropbox gives away 2gb accounts for free.
Or as developers, you can get PAID for people to download your ROMS if you use FileServe
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Hey people, im sure this will be locked fairly quick but, does that mean ALL the ROMs we are playing with will be removed!??!
mrvanx said:
Hey people, im sure this will be locked fairly quick but, does that mean ALL the ROMs we are playing with will be removed!??!
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unfortunately it does...
walshieau said:
unfortunately it does...
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well that SUCKS!!!!
I guess we shall be hosting our own then, the FTP may be gone but we can get around that surely!? (possibly a nice breach of T&Cs there....but dammit!!)
ok,
what we need now is to host all the ROMS on rapidshare ASAP.
Does anyone have an unlimited account on there?
what i can say is everyone start getting your hands on all roms from the ftp you can and ill have a server setup in a few weeks that can host 1TB with a 100MB connection.... so everyone start downloading...
walshieau said:
what i can say is everyone start getting your hands on all roms from the ftp you can and ill have a server setup in a few weeks that can host 1TB with a 100MB connection.... so everyone start downloading...
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GO GO GO!
i cant believe M$. Just shows how large this site is getting if it attracts such attention
downloading
okay, I think my next phone will be a Nokia again.
Hate the lack of support from HTC and M$ now makes it even worse.
Never had problems with Nokia and the official 1.18 rom just sucks..........
I wouldnt quit on the HTC front JUST yet, its just the ftp that is affected by this remember. We will sort something out
This is INDEED a SAD SAD DAY ! taking a deeeeep breath !
Gawd damn, stop d/lling, you're killing the forum
Anyway, Im not shocked that MS asked that, just dissapointed.
But Im sure this won't be the end of days. Since there are already good How to -guides available in the forum and the operators/manufacturers still provide ROM updates, so what we could do, is to create links to manufacturers/operator released ROMs.
Then with good guides we can do ROM upgrading/tweaking and stuff like before.
See my sig
I guess we are slowing this forum down BIG TIME!
Im surprised there isnt alot of threads about this in the other devices forums?!?!
Well, i think the M$ was very stupid doing that. The first and most important is that a community like Xda-Developers only do something good for them: marketing, development and support their mistakes!
Well, that was not the first stupid thing that came from M$...
You know I really liked my P900 back in the day..
The Sony really took a beating and lasted a long time.. The SE website wasn't too bad either..
If they came out with something better more along the lines I would have no problem Dumping M$ for all there $hit they pull..
This is a DEVELOPER Forum..
How are people going to DEVELOPE and Test if they do not have the resorces..
Anyway it won't stop anything.. the files will just be hosted elseware..
Anyone with google will be able to find them...
All this does is gives us another reason to hate them..
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what i can say is everyone start getting your hands on all roms from the ftp you can and ill have a server setup in a few weeks that can host 1TB with a 100MB connection.... so everyone start downloading...
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Thanks. Please be sure to let us know if there is anything that we can do to help.
Ninja1
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Thanks. Please be sure to let us know if there is anything that we can do to help.
Ninja1
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The FTP content for Hermes (EVERYTHING), including the Uploaded folder is now on my home fileserver too.
I have the whole hermes site up and tuning on p2p.
why not go bittorrent sevrer? great for deniability.
no... easier than that;
an IRC bot that people have to issue a command to; when they do so, their IP is added to an access list and they can login to an FTP server; after each file download they must reauthenticate with the bot.
this means access is no longer public and somewhat more "underground" although instructions on how to access it is easily available; this is precisely how the Xbox distribution service Xbins works (note that Xbins do not distribute "warez" only modification tools and hacks for the Xbox)
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no... easier than that;
an IRC bot that people have to issue a command to; when they do so, their IP is added to an access list and they can login to an FTP server; after each file download they must reauthenticate with the bot.
this means access is no longer public and somewhat more "underground" although instructions on how to access it is easily available; this is precisely how the Xbox distribution service Xbins works (note that Xbins do not distribute "warez" only modification tools and hacks for the Xbox)
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I agree there should still be a centralised way for us to access ROMs, just so frustrating since we have ALL paid for the devices, which in the process pays M$ for the WM we get, we are the best source for them to get bug reports and in field tests carried out on the software. Its not illegal (as in piracy, stealing software) but this software is readily available to people who look hard enough!! (from the operators!).
If it wasnt for this site ALOT of people would have abandoned the WM platform (i know i would have if i had to stick with the ORIGINAL ROM i had on my HTC TyTN!).
My opinion is a torrent would be the best option for us. If i knew how to set one up id have one running for the content the Hermes uses.
hello
i have setup a website www.our-xda.co.uk as a portal for downloading roms and other cool stuff that used to be available from xda-developers ftp site.
i have started by uploading artemis roms etc the phone i actually have but in order to be effective i need other roms from the other devices. please can users with these devices log-on to the website and upload whatever they have and i will make them available for others to share and so we can continue to develop these devices.
thanks
l6cum
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hello
i have setup a website www.our-xda.co.uk as a portal for downloading roms and other cool stuff that used to be available from xda-developers ftp site.
i have started by uploading artemis roms etc the phone i actually have but in order to be effective i need other roms from the other devices. please can users with these devices log-on to the website and upload whatever they have and i will make them available for others to share and so we can continue to develop these devices.
thanks
l6cum
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Your website looks pretty cool.
Just wondering if you wouldn't mind posting a link for a nice ROM (Windows Mobile 2005) that is fast, reliable & stable for Xda 2! Thanks!
And one more thing....... could you please specify on your website what device each ROM is for.... cos it doesn't say that for some ROMs! Thanks!
I backed up the entire xda-developers ftp site before they took off the roms.
which means i have every rom that was available.
Unfortunately i dont know how i can get them to you.
I do have a website, but cannot handle the bandwith required to host them.
hit me back with some q's
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Alex
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I backed up the entire xda-developers ftp site before they took off the roms.
which means i have every rom that was available.
Unfortunately i dont know how i can get them to you.
I do have a website, but cannot handle the bandwith required to host them.
hit me back with some q's
Regards
Alex
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Thanks a million dude! Can u recommend a WM 2005 for Xda II?
A humble request to the uploaders
As a die hard ROM fanatic, i want to try more than one ROMs a day and the rapisdhare makes it impossible to download more than one file per day,thanks to their "pay or scoot" policy.
Do find other Sources which even pays you for every downloads of your file who wont bother us ROM fanatics with their "Your daily limit has reached" dialogue.
Regards and great work y'all.. Keep it up
I am a BIIG fan of Xda dev forum
Cheers
You could just buy a small account at rapidshare. It's cheap, and you will be thinking; why didn't I do that before...
As a ROM leecher, you should be happy that there are people who are actually cooking roms for such an old device.
There's no such thing as a free lunch...
Just wanted to throw this out there...
I started a tumblr account to start reviewing ROMs, kernels, themes, etc...I like to think I can offer some pretty good insight. I will also post tutorials and such, but a lot of that won't pertain to you guys, as most of that is just taken (and credited) from here.
Along with the reviews, I also mirror whatever I'm reviewing so I can provide a direct download link (with ge.tt).
Check it out, tell me what you think...just started a few days ago, so don't hammer me too hard.
flashthatzip
FOLLOW ME!!!
Hey guys,
I was just contacted by TrueXDAnoob about a link to download SalsaSlde.
I checked my extremely old Minus.com account and to my surprise, everything was still there.
I have a rather large collection of ROMS for the Espresso, as well as my own MODS, there and since I don't use that account anymore, I won't be deleting them.
So for anyone who may need something for their Slide in the future, here are the links to help!
ROMS
http://min.us/mEspressoROMs
STOCK FROYO MODS
http://min.us/mEspresso
GB MODS
http://min.us/mGBmods
If any devs come across it and want their work removed, please pm me and I will do so.
Doc
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whoaaa didn't expect to see you here...hahaha you own this phone too?
Lol! Yup indeed I do! I was just lurking about back in the old days when this was new!
It's mostly a really good alarm clock now, but it still gets some use! I'm amazed at how well it still runs! If only my galaxy had the glass of the slide!
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Hey everyone, I'm not sure why, but apparently all download links in the folders I posted no longer work. I can't even download if I'm logged in! I am trying to figure it out though. In anticipation of minus doing this purposely, please let me know if there is anything specific you would like a copy of. If I can regain access, ill upload it to a more reliable source.
Hopefully, it'll just be a server issue and everything will start working again as expected. But if it is not, please understand I do not intend to get anything more than the most important items and any requests. There is just too much and my available space elsewhere is going to be limited.
I apologize for this happening, but hopefully ill be able to salvage some of it. I will update with any new information here.
Doc
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DocHoliday77 said:
Hey everyone, I'm not sure why, but apparently all download links in the folders I posted no longer work. I can't even download if I'm logged in! I am trying to figure it out though. In anticipation of minus doing this purposely, please let me know if there is anything specific you would like a copy of. If I can regain access, ill upload it to a more reliable source.
Hopefully, it'll just be a server issue and everything will start working again as expected. But if it is not, please understand I do not intend to get anything more than the most important items and any requests. There is just too much and my available space elsewhere is going to be limited.
I apologize for this happening, but hopefully ill be able to salvage some of it. I will update with any new information here.
Doc
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So yeah... some specific roms i would be looking for are Salsa Slide and 3rdSense...
DocHoliday77 said:
Hey everyone, I'm not sure why, but apparently all download links in the folders I posted no longer work. I can't even download if I'm logged in! I am trying to figure it out though. In anticipation of minus doing this purposely, please let me know if there is anything specific you would like a copy of. If I can regain access, ill upload it to a more reliable source.
Hopefully, it'll just be a server issue and everything will start working again as expected. But if it is not, please understand I do not intend to get anything more than the most important items and any requests. There is just too much and my available space elsewhere is going to be limited.
I apologize for this happening, but hopefully ill be able to salvage some of it. I will update with any new information here.
Doc
Sent from my SGH-T999L using xda premium
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I have plenty of extra space on dev host I am not using, I can help if needed. Or have you signed up for the new copy.com site? If not, here is my referral link for 5 gigs more for both of us.
mikef
XDA Senior Moderator
Thanks! Ill check that out when I get on my computer. Had not heard of it before.
I've emailed minus asking them about the situation. They claim to answer every email so hopefully ill know something soon.
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Just a quick update.
Even though they advertise in large print on their contact page "We Answer Each and Every email", I have not heard anything back from minus.com.
I sent tbem another just a few minutes ago so I haven't given up. But it is not looking good and I doubt ill get anything back.
When I signed hp, I chose them because they promised to NEVER delete a file. Well apparently this is one of several things they promised but didnt deliver on.
In protest, I have to recommend that no one ever use this service! They even removed their faq page and the forum where people could get support.
Im really sorry to anyone present and future who may have needed this stuff. I will give it a little more time for them to answer before asking a mod to close this thread though.
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