Been on vacation for two weeks now. Come back from my vacation and with horror i read what M$ have done; No roms on this site anymore......words cannot express my sorrow.........where are we going to
what do you mean ? most of the roms will be relocated to p2p networks, torrents or free filesharing sites
Muahhh!!!
This is what Mocrosoft has rached.
The Scene has just moved to the Underground!
Instead of using the possibilties and advantages of an interested and active
Community they just moved the whole to the Underground.
One time again Microsoft looses 100 Point in my eyes!
Well In the PC area Linux is developing quiet fast to be able to rival with the MS Systems. What a pity that on the mobile Device Scene there isn't the same!
Sorry for my bad english.
!God bless the XDA-Developres!
how to keep track
xplode said:
what do you mean ? most of the roms will be relocated to p2p networks, torrents or free filesharing sites
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would it make sense to create a content page of where the roms are stored or how should we keep track of all the locations? a penny for your thoughts please!!!
The answer is the google
streamline
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The answer is the google
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there must surely be a more effective way to do this. Google is great but not efficient and hence time consuming.
what is a good idea is what explode has done, but i fear M$ will quickly catch on
Well maybe the comunnity should buy a server in Papua New Guinea.
Or a another Country that doesn't like M$
Hey, I would like to know how many developers for the roms/kernels would use this if I were to set it up.
I'm currently setting up an android website that would list latest news and all that, and if developers would like I can give free mirror hosting for their roms/kernels, no ads, no wait time, no registration crap, I'm personally tired of going megaupload/freeupload etc and waiting 60 seconds or having to find the "real download link" which is why I am setting this up and asking how many would use it?, completely free, the developers would just need to email me the file or I may setup a special username for them to gain access to upload to the mirror page.
I would make it so each device has their own page, but all the roms/kernels are on one page seperated by the developer who did it, so you don't have to search through many topics etc..all on one page for each device.
Great Idea Ill pass it around to let them know
This is great. Yes. You should. I'm coming out with a HTC Sense rom for Samsung GT-I9000 Captivate called CommonSense. I'd love some mirrors.
-ThingThree
wow!! Okay So literally A YEAR later LOL! (Sorry been busy with work and school)
I can say I will probably be launching my site in the next week or two! I really hope some developers will enjoy free mirrors etc Minimal ads (Just a couple google ads) and none of this "Wait 5 seconds to download" crap!
SO Who's ready for SOME MIRRORS?
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wow!! Okay So literally A YEAR later LOL! (Sorry been busy with work and school)
I can say I will probably be launching my site in the next week or two! I really hope some developers will enjoy free mirrors etc Minimal ads (Just a couple google ads) and none of this "Wait 5 seconds to download" crap!
SO Who's ready for SOME MIRRORS?
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The reason sites do the wait five seconds thing is to allow more time for users to view and possibly click ads, thus increasing revenue. If you are seriously trying to undertake an arduous thing like this, you may want to reevaluate this stance. Server costs for the bandwidth and storage are going to be astronomical if you plan to offer this to anyone on XDA provided it takes off.
Minus is the best free hosting IMO, no wait, fast dl.
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Well lately I've been posting actually. But I've been noticing one thing. Where you upload your rom / * files. They suck. Or let me describe:
"Hi pay us $80 to get this at 0.0002 mb/s and not corrupt or don't use are site!
*hidden under all this garbage a actual slow download link*
"
Yea. Please just stop uploading to those sites. There must be a better way! We love your roms but we HATE waiting up to a hour to get them. And sometimes they a horrible. So we waste about 2 hours with a horrible rom thanks to you. a site. and more!. So please xda if possible, find a better site. Even use DROP BOX. Let us keep are SANITY. Or xda, have your own file hosting site just for rom chefs!
- iToast
Dropbox keep suspending my Wallpaper collection links. Too much public traffic
Google Docs is a nifty alternative. No wait time and full speed download. I use it but i'm not sure everyone even knows they can.
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Or xda, have your own file hosting site just for rom chefs!
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Wow! That's a VERY generous offer! You do realise it'll cost you a fortune to pay for xda's hosting, as it will require a massive amount of space and bandwidth.
You are a VERY generous man
I am disappointed in the recent megaupload downfall.. The stuff XDA had links to were roms for our devices which certainly wasn't illegal to host. Anyway, I can't do much, but I have a web server sitting in a server room at no charge to me. I have a few roms I downloaded, and I wanted to make a basic site. I would like to add more to this, so.. help me get some more stuff on this site.. Also, I am open to suggestions on improvement and any assistance one may be able to provide. I understand there are other free providers like megaupload, but they are riddled with copyrighted material as well which may kill them too, so hopefully I can do a little here to attempt to make a difference (or until my boss yells at me about maxing out the bandwidth supporting a community from a single server on a 10Mb pipe..).
Right now there is only Atrix and Optimus V stuff on it, I just half-assed it together at work.. and am pretty busy.. so I will post as much as I can when I can..
Hmm, a 10Mbit pipe.. Guess that will be not enough to host Rom's for a popular site as XDA is. If only 100 people will download at the same time, the speed will only be 12,5 KB/s
Nevertheless it is a good thing that you want to support the community!
I would tend to think it wouldn't take long for the 10MB pipe to be completely saturated with the amount of people that are on xda.
I agree but at least someone can get some good use out of it.. I expected significant traffic once there was a better list of software on it..
I'm thinking 20 seconds... But they are available for those who need it.. I would love to lease from akamai or something of the likes.. But I have enough trouble paying bills as it is!
So Megaupload has been shut down, and now Filesonic and Fileserve have decided to not allow anybody to download files they did not personally upload.
How long before similar hosting sites follow suit?
A lot of legitimate websites depend on those places to host files for their users to download, even this one. This frustrates the hell out of me because now all over the internet links to legitimate legal files are shut down because of the assholes that feel the need to use these websites for unlawful purposes.
I tried to download a ROM earlier to find it was hosted on filesonic. Tried to download a zip file of something that was hosted in megaupload. I know a ton of files from useful threads on this community are hosted on these 3 sites or sites like them, and its going to be even harder for users that want to play with an older device that has been forgotten but the files and information was still there. Now they will find the information but won't have access to the files they need.
Its about more than pirating....
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Its about more than pirating....
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exactly!
if the OP actually read the news, it's not about pirating but rather money laundering, they are just trying to hype everything else with the pirating banner
as the feds needed a "valid" point to conduct a search warrant into the possessions and freeze the bank accounts of that guy
I did read the news. That is why Megaupload alone did not affect me so much, but Piracy also played a major role, and because of such OTHER file hosts are shutting down services and making files unavailable.
Or are all File Hosting sites laundering money and have something to run from?
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So Megaupload has been shut down, and now Filesonic and Fileserve have decided to not allow anybody to download files they did not personally upload.
How long before similar hosting sites follow suit?
A lot of legitimate websites depend on those places to host files for their users to download, even this one. This frustrates the hell out of me because now all over the internet links to legitimate legal files are shut down because of the assholes that feel the need to use these websites for unlawful purposes.
I tried to download a ROM earlier to find it was hosted on filesonic. Tried to download a zip file of something that was hosted in megaupload. I know a ton of files from useful threads on this community are hosted on these 3 sites or sites like them, and its going to be even harder for users that want to play with an older device that has been forgotten but the files and information was still there. Now they will find the information but won't have access to the files they need.
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Your blaming the pirates? Your anger is wrongly distributed, my friend. All your post really says about you is that content with the action that has taken place.
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They sey that the guy may get 50 years of prison...
it's the money making scheme thing they are removing from their sites
a lot of them were doing that to attract people
were you download a file, and the guy hosting the file was getting paid per MB by the filehosting service
i'm actually glad all those are shutting down, that was a horrible thing to see here in XDA
always making members building huge list of ROMs or whatever Mods, on those sites and bumping up the size of the actual download, so they get more money out of the each download
we had a lot of users complaining about that
that money has to come from some where, and Advertising alone doesn't generate that much money to make it viable by the filehosting site
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I did read the news. That is why Megaupload alone did not affect me so much, but Piracy also played a major role, and because of such OTHER file hosts are shutting down services and making files unavailable.
Or are all File Hosting sites laundering money and have something to run from?
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Destron5683 said:
I did read the news. That is why Megaupload alone did not affect me so much, but Piracy also played a major role, and because of such OTHER file hosts are shutting down services and making files unavailable.
Or are all File Hosting sites laundering money and have something to run from?
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So, one file host gets shut down due to a completely unrelated incident, other companies lighten their vulnerabilities to play it safe, and now you can't download roms for dead devices? Damn the guy downloading a poor quality cam rip of paranormal activity 3! Don't blame the legislature, or any other legislatures or any other aspect of the government, don't blame Lamar Smith, don't blame the file host sites who want to play it safe, let's blame it on the guy who didn't hurt anyone as he wasn't going to buy the movie anyway. Torrenting is just sharing made easier, we traded tapes back in elementary school that we'd recorded off of the radio. This is the same thing on a larger scale and it scares people.
This is more , the piracy its only a excuse.
You have to think more before post.
Because if you see, in deep this problem.
Start they see Kim can be a big problem for they industry.
And usa / fbi use this excuse for start making other country´s follow they rules and what they want.
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it's the money making scheme thing they are removing from their sites
a lot of them were doing that to attract people
were you download a file, and the guy hosting the file was getting paid per MB by the filehosting service
i'm actually glad all those are shutting down, that was a horrible thing to see here in XDA
always making members building huge list of ROMs or whatever Mods, on those sites and bumping up the size of the actual download, so they get more money out of the each download
we had a lot of users complaining about that
that money has to come from some where, and Advertising alone doesn't generate that much money to make it viable by the filehosting site
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That part I was not aware of, as I have never used an account to host files there. I didn't know people hosting the files got paid per MB and tbh that makes sense why pirates would use them. Thank you for explaining that point.
My anger is directed at they fact that now a LOT of important links in this site and many others are now broken. And the fact that pirates have made these places havens to host their wares is a primary reason these places are now running scared.
And I know it happens. A while back I got interested in Hombrew development for the Wii as I had a unique idea for how to use the remote. So I set out to hack my Wii to allow it to run Homebrew apps. There is a legal way and a non legal way. The legal way would allow you to run Homebrew but no retail games. The illegal way allows you to play pirated games. In my search for information I came across a website with thousands of links to illegal Wii games - all hosted on places just like that.
Now I know why - but the fact remains if people didn't do that - and the sites were used for legitimate purposes we wouldn't be here today.
And I KNOW there was more to the megaupload than that - but now all of them are shutting down and scaling back because of it. And who put tha excuse in their hands???
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This is more , the piracy its only a excuse.
You have to think more before post.
Because if you see, in deep this problem.
Start they see Kim can be a big problem for they industry.
And usa / fbi use this excuse for start making other country´s follow they rules and what they want.
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first pirates, now america? wow...
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first pirates, now america? wow...
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Well for you its possible sounds stupid.
But who shutdown mu.
FBI.
In first i dont understand why its so active USA.
I hope dont you think iam american hatter, or anything like that.
my question is why FBI are doing this jobs.
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Well for you its possible sounds stupid.
But who shutdown mu.
FBI.
In first i dont understand why its so active USA.
I hope dont you think iam american hatter, or anything like that.
my question is why FBI are doing this jobs.
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Is there a better translator you could use? I'm not trying to offend you, but I can't tell what you're saying. To be perfectly honest, it sounds like random anti-American phrases and statements tossed in a blender.
He's asking why an American authority is the one to close down MU.
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Piracy is a issue but its being used as a scapegoat so the industry could have more control & insure future profits. With technolgy becoming more advanced & cheaper artists/fans dont have to depend on the majors.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidth...the-real-reason-why-megaupload-was-shut-down/
http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/01/20/megauploads-takedown-how-is-swizz-beatz-involved/
]So, one file host gets shut down due to a completely unrelated incident, other companies lighten their vulnerabilities to play it safe, and now you can't download roms for dead devices?
I used that as an example. Actually the ROM I couldn't download was for my SGSII Thank You.
Damn the guy downloading a poor quality cam rip of paranormal activity 3! Don't blame the legislature, or any other legislatures or any other aspect of the government, don't blame Lamar Smith, don't blame the file host sites who want to play it safe,
Why WOULD I blame the government for blocking illegal activity? Its no secret that ripping and uploading a movie for people to download for free is a crime. So the government is enforcing the law. So how is the government to blame for these people uploading illegal files to these places? I don't care how or why its a law its still a law and up to the government to enforce. Weather I agree with it or you agree with doesn't matter. Its still a law and THIS istuation had nothing to do with SOPA or Lamar Smith.
let's blame it on the guy who didn't hurt anyone as he wasn't going to buy the movie anyway. Torrenting is just sharing made easier, we traded tapes back in elementary school that we'd recorded off of the radio. This is the same thing on a larger scale and it scares people.
If you want to torrent - then torrent. I don't care. I don't care if people DO pirate movies, music or anything else. But torrenting is a relationship between the people sharing those files and the people getting those files. If you and the person your getting those files from get caught and go to prison its of no consequence to me. But in this instance millions of people are affected because they no longer have access to legitimate files.
Weather Piracy is the reason MU was shut down or not DOES NOT MATTER. The fact remains that people WHERE using the places as pirating havens and HANDED the government the excuse to say piracy IS the issue and has the rest running scared/
If pirates were not using these places to host millions of dollars in illegal files then the headline would be different.
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I did read the news. That is why Megaupload alone did not affect me so much, but Piracy also played a major role, and because of such OTHER file hosts are shutting down services and making files unavailable.
Or are all File Hosting sites laundering money and have something to run from?
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Maybe developers in gen should start a co-op dev site?
IE a host owned and operated by and for developers, it could be a not for profit which for those who don't no means your goal is basically A. Be in black B. profits go to future of buissness or owners ie. people that pay for hosting. C. Try to help more in their communities and with customers than competion.
Basically through makeing yourself a not for profit your just helping everybody especially since I am pretty sure most devs dont make anything off donations.
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Maybe developers in gen should start a co-op dev site?
IE a host owned and operated by and for developers, it could be a not for profit which for those who don't no means your goal is basically A. Be in black B. profits go to future of buissness or owners ie. people that pay for hosting. C. Try to help more in their communities and with customers than competion.
Basically through makeing yourself a not for profit your just helping everybody especially since I am pretty sure most devs dont make anything off donations.
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That is an excellent idea. A place that only hosts files for developers and users of smart phones and tablets and nothing else.
+1
paallday said:
Maybe developers in gen should start a co-op dev site?
IE a host owned and operated by and for developers, it could be a not for profit which for those who don't no means your goal is basically A. Be in black B. profits go to future of buissness or owners ie. people that pay for hosting. C. Try to help more in their communities and with customers than competion.
Basically through makeing yourself a not for profit your just helping everybody especially since I am pretty sure most devs dont make anything off donations.
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this is by far the best answer
anyone with the $ to host and maintain a free not for profit file services is welcome to do so
then the Admins/Mods of the site can easily ban anyone not following those principals
however!
there's still a gotcha!
apparently Teamwhiskey got shutdown by the gov under the same pretext as pirating even though all they did was ROM, or maybe that was just their SOPA protest that lasted longer than expected
yup, just checked their site it's back up
while on the same topic
yes ROM can technically be categorized as Pirated good as well, except for pure AOSP and CM releases
all other ROMs specially Windows, or TouchWiz or Sense based ROMs are all subjected as Pirated Warez if the crap does hit the fan