Wah... Wah... Wah... I want files hosted where I prefer. - Off-topic

i don't understand why people keep using rapidshare. there is nothing rapid about it. its crap. mediafire has been recommended by several computer magazines. there is no waiting involved. just download the file...

It'll be interesting to hear the replies for this... I've never really given much thought to this, but I understand what you're saying.

neavissa said:
i don't understand why people keep using rapidshare. there is nothing rapid about it. its crap. mediafire has been recommended by several computer magazines. there is no waiting involved. just download the file...
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Totally agree.
Rapidshare is ANYTHING but rapid (apart from rapidly removing cash from your credit card!)....especially in the ME.
Files can usually be attached to the forum cant they??? OR are we in that grey area again....Smiles...

Im a total newb here but I love MediaFire compared to Rapidshare. It has been a pain waiting for all the wait times.

mediafire is so much better than rapidshare. like i said. no waiting, no paying, no nothing. and it is so simple. max upload is 100mb i think. plenty in my opinion...

and what about XDA FTP?
Why we are not using also XDA FTP server? limited disk space? limited donw/up data limit? rapidshare and megaupload completely suck!
mediafire looks great )

i agree i hate waitin nad havin to pay for that...but thanks to rapidhacker though, i still agree we shouldnt have to wait

I would prefer mediafire too, but if someone's gonna take the time to upload a file for everyone, then I'm not gonna complain.
With that said, do you have DSL? If so, just turn your modem off for about 2-3 minutes and start it back up and you'll be able to download what you wanted without having to wait an hour or however long rapidshare likes to make us wait!
Eric

i believe that would depend on how ones isp's dhcp rules are if one keep the same ip it would not work

ericc191 said:
I would prefer mediafire too, but if someone's gonna take the time to upload a file for everyone, then I'm not gonna complain.
With that said, do you have DSL? If so, just turn your modem off for about 2-3 minutes and start it back up and you'll be able to download what you wanted without having to wait an hour or however long rapidshare likes to make us wait!
Eric
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Or just pay for an account and have access, then you are not limited.

Guys, if there is a huge file most of you REALLY want to be hosted, I can offer up to 100 Mbytes of Webspace on my (paid-for) database back-end. Just let me know what files you want me to host and I'll mirror them.

something is wrong with your ISP then because I download daily from rapidshare at around 850k/sec

Depends on site you select
The best for me are GlobalCrossing and Level3, other are slow like fart

Ehm, still I haven't had a proper look at rapidshare really, but I guess one should pay in order to download stuff from it.
It is something I'd like to avoid, as many other users do I think.
So, any other (free) solution would be welcomed....
I really don't care about speed as my provider filters connections in order (they say) to limit peer-to-peer... the truth is: they buy bandwidth from another company, so they promise ther users 4 MBits but if everyone used 4Mbits everything would crash.
Anyway, as attachments aren't usually that big, I'd be happy with 30Kbps download speed....

grizzley said:
Or just pay for an account and have access, then you are not limited.
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Why pay to remove limitations when places like Mediafire have no limitations?

Don't care rapid share is blindingly fast on my 24Mb connection

sendspace/filefront/filden is free with no wait time (i use fileden, its a direct link, none of this CAPTCHA crap)

chookz said:
Don't care rapid share is blindingly fast on my 24Mb connection
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Its always me me me isnt it?
What if I said megaupload was uber fast on MY 25MB connection?
WHAT NOW!??!?!
Think of the other people...

tyeo098 said:
Its always me me me isnt it?
What if I said megaupload was uber fast on MY 25MB connection?
WHAT NOW!??!?!
Think of the other people...
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You're quite right lad... Any road, calm down... If we were to find out how many people here think about themselves only, we'd go slightly mad...
imho if one has nothing to complain about the topic subject (s)he should simply say nothing

maybe its me
I do all my stuff from my titan and can never get m .f .to work .I rarely have access to my pc and at least rapid works .I would be willing to use another site if it worked for my titan . for me all the great work here is wasted if I can't use it .my 2ยข

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online storage

hie guys i have managed to download a lot of cabs on this forum and am afraid my laptop is begining to show signs of ageing and might die on me soon so i am wandering is there a good website were i can store all my cabs so that i can just load them up again on any computer i get thanks
I'm just a n00b but I've seen a lot of the veterans around here using this site:
http://www.4shared.com/
good luck.
thanx
cvilleholdem said:
I'm just a n00b but I've seen a lot of the veterans around here using this site:
http://www.4shared.com/
good luck.
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thanx a lot mate had a look at it and it looks good i just want a sight that is really reliable not a sight that works today and the next day its shut so thats what am looking for the biggest name in the bussiness if you know what i mean
marvi0 said:
thanx a lot mate had a look at it and it looks good i just want a sight that is really reliable not a sight that works today and the next day its shut so thats what am looking for the biggest name in the bussiness if you know what i mean
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i use windows live sky drive http://skydrive.live.com/
marvi0 said:
hie guys i have managed to download a lot of cabs on this forum and am afraid my laptop is begining to show signs of ageing and might die on me soon so i am wandering is there a good website were i can store all my cabs so that i can just load them up again on any computer i get thanks
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You can get a cheap webspace, one I use to host my web is 1and1.com , they are a german company that's very reputable and reliable.
Once you have your very own webspace, download a free ftp program and upload all your files to the space.
Cheapest plan they have is 3.99(1.99 for first 3 month)per month with 10gb of storage space, or 4.99 for 120gb of space... That's plenty for any kind of backup..
Hello all, i thought I'd set up a simple free file host for you all to use as a thankyou for all the help all of you have given me and all the great ROMs and software that have been developed.
Just thought it was my turn to give something back
HTTP://UPLOAD.PUSH-IT.CO.UK

For the Kaiser guys!

This is a duplicate post from the main forum... Thought I would post it here to let all my Kaiser developers know about it too:
I have been "leeching" from XDA for a while now and I want to give something back to XDA.
I have a webhosting business. I am not really doing anything with it at this time. I was thinking about opening it up for XDA members for file hosting.
I HATE RapidShare and other "free" sites like it... I wouldnt do anything more than some banner ads on the site, maybe some GoogleAdSense... Nothing intrusive... I promise...
Would anyone use this COMPLETELY FREE SERVICE?
Im setting it up now, 100MB for RAR and ZIP, 50MB for CABS
www.FarBeyondHosting.com
Is it ok for the Kaiser gals to use it? We do have some
What is the allocated space per user account?
stylez said:
Is it ok for the Kaiser gals to use it? We do have some
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Hey I am more interested in knowing that rather than hosting.
Great idea mate, That would be really very helpful for all. I suggest you to contact ROM developers as they are the trendsetters.
Good luck
stylez said:
Is it ok for the Kaiser gals to use it? We do have some
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But of course!
k-semler said:
What is the allocated space per user account?
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None... Its on a VBulletin just like these forums... I am going to make sure the links are "pretty" and you dont have to be registered to download them...
You will still need to be registered to POST them as attachments... if I had some kind of ftp/file sharing thing like 4shared I might use it, but I dont... so vbul it is!
Thumbs up!
great idea!!
Awesome idea. Most file sharing sites are blocked from my work and sometimes I see these cool apps and ROMs and I can't get them until I get home.
Great job.

online storage

not sure if this is too offtopic but i was wondering and i havent looked too much into but i do use it on occasion, is why nobody uses skydrive fot there online rom and theme hosting. to the best of my knowledge microsoft has pretty much or will give anyone who is or does sign up with windows live 25 free gigs of online storage and "no popups" i dont know just thought id throw that out. peace, Veritasaequita
How fast is the server in terms of dl and upload speeds?
Many people use MegaUpload and RapidShare to host their ROMs/themes, those are hosted online.
I personally prefer MediaFire over others. You don't have to sign up and they don't slaughter your connection like some hosting sites. *coughRapidSharecough*
alritewhadeva said:
How fast is the server in terms of dl and upload speeds?
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not positive but pretty quick, i use the upload tool that u can download to ur pc, im not promoting it or nothin like that but if ya wanna peep it out hers a link to try http://skydrive.live.com/

[POLL] Prefered File Sharing services for ROM Cooks to provide downloads for users

I have had communication with several other cooks who also thought this poll would be a good idea. The fact is Rapidshare is by far the most popular used service amongst cooks. However I and many others receive many request for other mirrors due to problems.
So the question is which service is the best for the users, and the cooks. Many of us can only comment on what we have and it is too costly to try many different ones so hopefully this Poll will provide some information.
Keep in mind for cook most all of us have to have a paid account to get around the limitations of the free services.
From a cook myself I have not had any issues with Rapidshare. But I also have a paid account.
Rapidshare is probli best and easiest to upload on, but I personally am blocked out of it through a university VPN
Is there a way of uploading them directly to this website (html), may be alot of bandwith, but maybe each cook could have one file limit each
I prefer Rapishare because I have not any issues with Rapidshare and also have a paid account.Madiafire its very slow in my lokation..
roheelshah said:
Rapidshare is probli best and easiest to upload on, but I personally am blocked out of it through a university VPN
Is there a way of uploading them directly to this website (html), may be alot of bandwith, but maybe each cook could have one file limit each
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Sorry but this website is not a option I'm afraid.
Another one I forgot to add to the list is FileDropper
Bob,
I am not sure whether you know ROM hosting service that TehPenguin is offering for free of charge. http://vidmes.com/xda/Touch HD/ROMs/
It was widely used in the HTC Universal forum and it is very good. Maybe it is worth for you to have look.
Bulldog said:
Bob,
I am not sure whether you know ROM hosting service that TehPenguin is offering for free of charge. http://vidmes.com/xda/Touch HD/ROMs/
It was widely used in the HTC Universal forum and it is very good. Maybe it is worth for you to have look.
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Thanks, No not aware but I will check it out. Is there any limits on users for downloads?
Bulldog said:
Bob,
I am not sure whether you know ROM hosting service that TehPenguin is offering for free of charge. http://vidmes.com/xda/Touch HD/ROMs/
It was widely used in the HTC Universal forum and it is very good. Maybe it is worth for you to have look.
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i had a universal and used this site without any problem. i second this option. also mediafire is not bad for downloads.
khanem said:
i had a universal and used this site without any problem. i second this option. also mediafire is not bad for downloads.
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I sent him a PM but I have not heard back. I don't know how to upload to his site.
Have you tried http://dl.free.fr/ ?
It's totally free, you can set a password, and the file is online until nobody has downloaded it for 30 days.
Ok, it's french, but not very difficult to use, and actually, I don't know if you need to use free.fr as you Internet provider in order to upload files...
Or another one, that is free but I don't know it: http://www.filedropper.com/
michoob said:
Have you tried http://dl.free.fr/ ?
It's totally free, you can set a password, and the file is online until nobody has downloaded it for 30 days.
Ok, it's french, but not very difficult to use, and actually, I don't know if you need to use free.fr as you Internet provider in order to upload files...
Or another one, that is free but I don't know it: http://www.filedropper.com/
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It is not just about free for me but what the limitations are for users. Some sites limit your downloads per area, some company' block some sites, some only let you download 10 times for users. Thanks and I will check it out.
I've checked for dl.free.fr and it appears there is a bandwidth limitation for users not using Free as there Internet provider, so it's perhaps not the best.
But Filedropper seems quite good, doesn't it?
My own personal preference is any of them except Rapidshare. Only reason is that my work blocks this site
i voted for megaupload
everything i ever downloaded worked with no issue and the speed is at least acceptable
Would it be an option to put a torrent on this site and let sharing do the rest? That's what p2p networks are for right? ;-)
I prefere htcpedia or celogeek
It's not filtred by my proxy.
ron1604 said:
Would it be an option to put a torrent on this site and let sharing do the rest? That's what p2p networks are for right? ;-)
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Good idea!

Dropbox: Get double space (500MB) for (existing!) referrals and up to 16GB in total!

Hi,
I know that there are many people already using dropbox out there. With clients for Windows, Mac, iOS, Android and WinMo the software is simply awesome.
Most of you will know as well, that you can extend your free space by referring people. Usually you'll get 250 MB extra per referral. I just discovered however, that it's possible to double this extra space to 500 MB. This works for new referrals AND for already referred people!
The maximum free space thereby increases to great 16 GB!
What you have to:
1. You'll need a dropbox account. Don't have one yet? Sign up here: http://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTI0MDk3ODM5
(Of course you don't need to use my reflink. You can simply visit the website and sign up. But firstly I'd really be thankful for using it and secondly you'll get another 250 MB if you use a reflink.)
2. You'll need an educational e-mail adress. It doesn't need to end with .edu though. Don't have one? Search for free educational e-mail adresses. If you understand german you could e.g. sign up with www.uni.de EDIT: uni.de adresses seem not to be accepted by dropbox anymore. Try looking for alternatives if you don't have an educational adress yet.
3. Log in to your existing dropbox account. Then enter https://www.dropbox.com/edu into your browser. On the website enter your (educational) e-mail and confirm the sent e-mail.
Done. Your free space per referral should now be doubled.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Becksman
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WTF? I guess this translates to Fabulous Awesome Proposal and is your way of thanking for the hint?
No. It means I'd rather yank than give you the satisfaction of more storage space.
Besides, MediaFire is the way to go
it's funny though, you have just enough posts to let you include links, and this is what you give us. Spam.
Where's the clown when you need him? Must be a busy week for the mods...
OK, now I get it. Though I don't understand why you're upset. The reason why I posted this is not to share my reflink, but to pass on a useful hint, which I was thankful to learn about. I didn't really see anything wrong in including the link
Well, the Uni.de approach didn't work for me (it was invalid on Dropbox.com/edu) but I used your referral link nonetheless. Thanks!
Well,i like media fire....
SerenityofAshes said:
Well, the Uni.de approach didn't work for me (it was invalid on Dropbox.com/edu) but I used your referral link nonetheless. Thanks!
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Cheers, thanks mate. I edited the first post regarding uni.de - thanks for the info!
shr said:
Well,i like media fire....
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Yay...? Have you ever used dropbox? It's nothing like a simple file hosting service, it keeps a dedicated folder in explorer/nautilus/finder synced with their servers.
Cool trick, I don't have any need for it but I'll be sure to pass it on
Double post, my bad.
I think they actually utilize a pre-determined domain list now, as I tried to make use a californiacolleges.edu email address (which the side will allow anyone to make an email account) and it was not accepted, even though it is a .edu.
Thanks for the tip. Had to find my old college email, but doubled my space...cool.
I guess my school isn't on that list.
edit: Sorry, didn't realize how old this thread was. Followed a link from someone's signature.

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