Downloading files on XDA2 - General Topics

Forgive me if this has been covered elsewhere, but can't find an answer through searching.
When I try to dowload files from a forum, Pocket IE downloads the DOWNLOAD.PHP file - which of course don't do nothin'.
Is it possible to download files from this site directly onto PPC using Pocket IE?
Cheers.

Open the PHP file in a text editor (like Word, I suppose)
There should be a link (it may be a relative link) to the file in there.
If you don't know enough about HTML & HTTP to be able to figure it out, don't download files from forums.

madkat said:
Open the PHP file in a text editor (like Word, I suppose) There should be a link (it may be a relative link) to the file in there.
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Had a look at a text dump of the file (after emailing it to my web-based email account so I could view it on my terminal at work). No link there.
madkat said:
If you don't know enough about HTML & HTTP to be able to figure it out, don't download files from forums.
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Thank you for your advice. I was planning to drive home tonight, but since I don't know enough about the internal cumbustion engine, I suppose I'd better walk.
Stuart Walker
www.hyperchamber.com

Good answer
Good answer, Stuart!! I like it a lot!!

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Voice dialling

Does the xda 2 have voice dialling features? If not, how could I get around this?
Re: Voce dialling
delon said:
Does the xda 2 have voice dialling features? If not, how could I get around this?
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You can use the Microsoft Voice Command program
HTH
Stefan
You can find it @ a.b.warez.pocketpc
or pay 40U$.
Sorry, I'm a newbie with newsgroups.... Could u help me setup the newsgroup for a.b.warez.pocketpc? Any help would be greatly appreciated..... thanks....
I've got the same problem. I would love to check that newsgroup as well but I do not find a newsserver containing that group.
Could somebody please post the address of a newsserver that is able to check that group?
Thanks a lot...
how to enter news groups
get the address of the new group server of your isp
use a newreader program like outlook express or something else
scann for usegroups sellect the newgroup you want and enter it
news groups is not really http based
well are not as a rule anyway
I am living in a students home with LAN-connection to the net. So there is no dial-up ISP. The newsserver of my university does not accept the above mentioned group.
Is there a kind of workaround to read this group?
News groups
For all you newbees; Let me address this message first;
:!: It's illegal to download software from newsgroups! :!:
But I can't stop you from doing so... :twisted:
the best way to read newsgroups is to take 5 steps;
1; Get a program that reads alt.binaries posts; like grabit and install the progam.
2; Get a newsserver account or check your ISP. (mostly they also have access to newsgroups but are limited.)
like;
I use www.usenet.com
www.easynews.com
www.usenetserver.com
www.giganews.com
www.supernews.com
www.astraweb.com
www.usenetmonster.com
www.100proofnews.com
(get a account that gives you unlimited download. Should cost you about 15 U$ a month.)
3; then find a post message site like (www.nfonews.com)where groups tell other people what they are posting and where you can find the files. (like the Voice Command from M$) :lol:
Alot of Dutchies are using FTD. (This is a program)
But there are numerious sites that will give you this info.
4; Once you have the info where you can find your ‘points of interest’, start your grabber software and subscribe your news account info.
Then find the location. E.g; alt.binaries.warez.pocketpc
Grabber finds the location and you can start downloading your ‘points of interest’.
Most files are wrapped as *.rar files. So you need to have a rar program to unpack the files. There are also *.par files. you also need those files if the program is brokendown in hunderds of *.rar files. *.par files are a sort of repair files. Let say you mis a couple of *.rar files of LOTR dvd. (yes you can find everything) Mostly the uploader will place also *.par files to repair the lost *rar files. So you still have the full program you are downloading.
5; The last thing you have to do is buy a bigger hard disk. B/c you are constantly downloading new things.. 120gb is not big.
More info @ :arrow: http://www.shemes.com/community/viewforum.php?f=6
Hope this helps you a little bit more on your quest for golden software treasures..

Hyperlink code to force ftp download

What is the proper format for html hyperlink code that will cause a file to download to the phone and not have the browser try to open it? I have files that are text, they are GPS files, but they don't have a TXT extension and IE keeps opening the files as text.
If it matters (but I don't think so) I'm running a reasonably stock HTC WM 6.0 ROM on a Hermes.
Regards,
GPSGary
You want to do this server-side? Or client-side?
FTP download code
I'm trying to write html code that will cause a file on my web site to download directly to the phone file directory without the browser trying to open it. It would be extra useful if I could make it download to a specific existing directory.
Regards,
GPSGary
Well, I hate to say this but you can't. That's the simple answer.
The complicated answer is that you need to set up some sort of server-side script to place the headers manually, or you need to modify some of the settings for your server's remote access handler. On Apache servers, this can be done via a file called .htaccess.
If you have a .htaccess file that you can modify, just enter this at the top of it:
Code:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} \.(gps|cab)$
RewriteRule .* - [T=application/octet-stream,L]
Note that I didn't know the extension you're talking about so I put "gps" up there. I also added "cab" because many servers have a tendency to not send the proper headers for cab files. Feel free to add other extensions using this same method.
Again, this is assuming you have an Apache server, and you have the privileges to modify a .htaccess file.
Forcing ftp type download
No Apache server so isn't there some other way?
Anyone got a good Java script?
Regards,
GPSGary
Hi there,
as far as I know, you don't need java:
ftp-links are always proposed to "Save File", so your link should be ftp://www.domain.com/folder/filename.txt
This will cause any browser to download the file instead of opening it.
In that case, you definitely need an real ftp access to your file ... (ftp = FIleTransferProtocol).
Best regards,
I've encountered this before and resorted to zipping the file. You can also spoof the system by renaming the file to *.AAA The user, of course, will have to rename the file on their end. I have better luck with .zip unless it's for my own use. Any file which is recognized natively by the browser will open within the browser. This includes .txt, .htm, .html, and any other file associations you've successfully loaded.
gepp said:
No Apache server so isn't there some other way?
Anyone got a good Java script?
Regards,
GPSGary
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That's what I'm tellin' ya. It's IMPOSSIBLE to do this with client-side scripting, i.e., Javascript.
I'd like to help you get this resolved. Can you clarify some things for me?
Are you using Geocities, Fortunecity, Google Pages, or one of the other free site services out there?
Do you understand the distinction I'm making between client-side and server-side scripting?
What server software are you using, if not Apache?
Are you able to utilize a PHP or Perl engine? (I can tell you how to send the file headers manually through either of those.)
I promise I'm not trying to be rude or anything. I just want to make sure we're both on the same page here. I can tell you the best way of getting this resolved, but I need to know where you stand, and I need to know the extent of your web development knowledge.
PHP or Perl will work
I'm on a Yahoo small business server. I've used PHP so that will work on my site and I know enough to fiddle with it if need be. Less proficient with Perl but have some exposure.
Regards,
GPSGary
Awesome. That works. Here is what you will basically be doing with PHP then.
PHP:
ob_start()
$GPSFile = '/path/to/file.gps'; //This is where the file is located on your Yahoo Business server
$DownloadName = "File.gps"; //This is the name that pops up when you're prompted to download the file (it can be different than the name above).
$TypeOfFile = 'text/plain'; //If you still have issues, change this to 'application/octet-stream'
header("Cache-Control: public, must-revalidate");
header("Pragma: hack");
header("Content-Type: " . $TypeOfFile);
header("Content-Length: " .(string)(filesize($GPSFile)) );
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=' . $DownloadName);
header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary\n");
od_end_clean();
readfile($GPSFile);

How can I send files to another phone WITHOUT using bluetooth...

I would like some sort of program to send any type of file to somebody else with a WM phone, not near me, without emailing or sending an mms. Basically sometimes I find cab files that I want my friends to have, or videos etc., and they are usually bigger than AT*T's garbage of a limit. Is there any peer to peer software, or any sort of software to send directly to somebody elses phone? I've looked but haven't found answers. Thanks!
So you want to send someone a file, without bluetooth, e-mail or mms. mmmm. Maybe you should invent a time machine and see how they send files in the future. But I am not sure if the future file senders will work on windows mobile 6.
Okay....figured I would get some retarded answers by closed minded noobs.
Anybody have any real ideas? Maybe some sort of P2P software? I could easily make one for Windows (winsock), but IDK about Windows Mobile.
if you could make the program for pc
then with a tiny modification the program would compile on pocketpc
and work
thats the real str of windows mobile
Rudegar said:
if you could make the program for pc
then with a tiny modification the program would compile on pocketpc
and work
thats the real str of windows mobile
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The only thing is for PC it would use Winsock and IP address', I don't know if WM uses winsock, but I doubt it.
as i said in my post
only minor changes if any would be required
for your code to compile and work under
windows mobile be it in
.net, win32 or MFC
so yeah sockets works fine
and if you google you will prob
find more then 1 program which already does
what you need
Rudegar said:
as i said in my post
only minor changes if any would be required
for your code to compile and work under
windows mobile be it in
.net, win32 or MFC
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I realize that, but I don't think winsock is compatible w/ WM!!
I don't know much about this but could you go online and put the file on rapidshare or something from your device? Then whoever want's the file can go to the address and download the file themselves from wherever they want online?
Just a thought. I never tried, and never uploaded anything to rapidshare etc.. from my computer or from a handheld device.
You could also just send them the link via email etc.. to the original site that has the download so they can download themselves.
http://www.google.dk/search?hl=da&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=winsocks+pocket+pc&spell=1
when i say code i include any call to sockets your code may include
hotrod101 said:
I don't know much about this but could you go online and put the file on rapidshare or something from your device? Then whoever want's the file can go to the address and download the file themselves from wherever they want online?
Just a thought. I never tried, and never uploaded anything to rapidshare etc.. from my computer or from a handheld device.
You could also just send them the link via email etc.. to the original site that has the download so they can download themselves.
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That is pretty much what I have been doing, except I use my own personal server. Thanks for the input
there used to be a peer to peer software (and it was free) but the project died and the files were removed...... i can remember the name now i'll do some thinking, you may be able to dig up an old file on it somewhere.....
EDIT: Pocket g2
http://thinkabdul.com/2006/11/25/po...e-sharing-software-for-windows-mobile-50-ppc/
i attached the cab below
Thanks for that, I'll def try it out. Do you know of anything for a 1 on 1 basis? Not shared through a network or server per say, but more so connect 1 on 1 with another WM device through IP or something.
MineralGray02K said:
Thanks for that, I'll def try it out. Do you know of anything for a 1 on 1 basis? Not shared through a network or server per say, but more so connect 1 on 1 with another WM device through IP or something.
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can't say i have, i haven't ever used that p2p software but there may be some kind of privacy settings that allow for that (i've seen something similar on desktop programs)
mineralgray02k said:
i would like some sort of program to send any type of file to somebody else with a wm phone, not near me, without emailing or sending an mms. Basically sometimes i find cab files that i want my friends to have, or videos etc., and they are usually bigger than at*t's garbage of a limit. Is there any peer to peer software, or any sort of software to send directly to somebody elses phone? I've looked but haven't found answers. Thanks!
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have you tried file-sender.com?
Thanks, I will try that now! Looks like that's what I am looking for.

Sms Export

I've quested a long time to find a program that just works for this exact purpose. I've pulled my hair out trying to convert csv files in excel and coming up short with random programs that are shareware for the simple act of transferring text files from my phone to my computer - a feature that should be a no-brainer for any and all mobile devices. This program does this so elegantly (and is, AFAIK, freeware). Hie thee hence, ye'all who are searching for an sms export program go here: http://www.smsexport.com/ and be amazed.
This program will take your entire sms archive and put it into a text file. It won't put it into any fancy dandy exotic file that you can't read or have to sort or cut you off with only a few txt messages "for a trial". This is the real deal.
If this is a re-post, double post, known info, w/e then I do apologize. But having scoured these forums and not finding too many complete solutions I figured I'd oblige. Also be sure to choose the PDA version.
Discuss.
Very cool prog!
I also searched for a possibility to save sms on my pc

If you own an Android, you have 36 TBytes free and synchronized

I opened time a go a thread where you could get 10 TBytes free and synchronized: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2506195
Tencent was behind this service and its eternal rival Qihoo countered with a service that allows you to obtain more than 36 TBytes. Also free and also with synchronized tool.
Leaving aside confidence issues and service continuity, this solution is better than Tencent's one and not only because the increase in disk space.
The synchronization tool is better with more available information about the process.
Qihoo also provides a desktop tool that allows you to access to your cloud disk as it were a USB external hard disk.
Another difference is that when you share a folder, the guest can see the content before download.
Some of the features included:
36 TBytes free
Desktop tool
Synchonization tool with Explorer plugin
Android and iPhone app
Audio/Video streaming (web content)
Recycle Bin (web)
Time machine: File control version (web)
Fast upload/download
Android and iPhone app
And some that needs to be improved
Only available in Chinese.
Desktop and synchronization applications only for Windows.
Probably the first point is the most annoying for people like me that doesn't understand this language.
I've written a full review in my blog: http://imahgin.blogspot.com.es/2014/01/yunpan-disco-en-la-nube-gratis.html
The post is in Spanish and the link redirects you to an automatic translation to English so don't expect a perfect result.
The problem with the language is that I'm not being able to translate the synchronized tool for Windows. Sentences are not in an XML file so it's hard to get it in other language.
As for the Android app, I tried to decompile and compile it again but the apk detects itself it has been modified and doesn't starts up.
Fortunately, @imapk found a breakthrough in a previous build and he managed to translate it to English.
So, these are the steps if you want to get 36 TBytes for free:
Register here: http://yunpan.360.cn/reg.. You'll receive 5 GB
Install the desktop application from here: http://yunpan.360.cn/index/download#windows and sign in into your account. I installed the client for Windows. Not sure if it works if only installs the Synchronization tool. This will give you 10 TBytes
Install the Android app from here: http://yunpan.360.cn/index/download#android and sign in again in your account. You'll receive 26 TBytes.
Attached is the translated apk to English but remember, it's not the last version. All credits goes for @imapk
mahg said:
I opened time a go a thread where you could get 10 TBytes free and synchronized: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2506195
Tencent was behind this service and its eternal rival Qihoo countered with a service that allows you to obtain more than 36 TBytes. Also free and also with synchronized tool.
Leaving aside confidence issues and service continuity, this solution is better than Tencent's one and not only because the increase in disk space.
The synchronization tool is better with more available information about the process.
Qihoo also provides a desktop tool that allows you to access to your cloud disk as it were a USB external hard disk.
Another difference is that when you share a folder, the guest can see the content before download.
Some of the features included:
36 TBytes free
Desktop tool
Synchonization tool with Explorer plugin
Android and iPhone app
Audio/Video streaming (web content)
Recycle Bin (web)
Time machine: File control version (web)
Fast upload/download
Android and iPhone app
And some that needs to be improved
Only available in Chinese.
Desktop and synchronization applications only for Windows.
Probably the first point is the most annoying for people like me that doesn't understand this language.
I've written a full review in my blog: http://imahgin.blogspot.com.es/2014/01/yunpan-disco-en-la-nube-gratis.html
The post is in Spanish and the link redirects you to an automatic translation to English so don't expect a perfect result.
The problem with the language is that I'm not being able to translate the synchronized tool for Windows. Sentences are not in an XML file so it's hard to get it in other language.
As for the Android app, I tried to decompile and compile it again but the apk detects itself it has been modified and doesn't starts up.
Fortunately, @imapk found a breakthrough in a previous build and he managed to translate it to English.
So, these are the steps if you want to get 36 TBytes for free:
Register here: http://yunpan.360.cn/reg.. You'll receive 5 GB
Install the desktop application from here: http://yunpan.360.cn/index/download#windows and sign in into your account. I installed the client for Windows. Not sure if it works if only installs the Synchronization tool. This will give you 10 TBytes
Install the Android app from here: http://yunpan.360.cn/index/download#android and sign in again in your account. You'll receive 26 TBytes.
Attached is the translated apk to English but remember, it's not the last version. All credits goes for @imapk
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nice... got new 36TB drive.. Thanks for the info.
After much trouble,I received 36 TB of space. After registration,I got 360 GB. With android client, 26 TB. The main problem was how to download Desktop tool from the Yunpan. Every time connection with their server was extremely slow and at the end cancelled! I search Baidu for backup of the client to download it. To save your time and nerves, here is my mirror:
Code:
http://www.filefactory.com/file/63kx59x12bqh/360wangpan_setup.exe
Enjoy! Yunpan is really better than Tencent as cloud storage service.
I need to use it with a proxy, before i can login, does the windows app let me do that?
unrealbe said:
I need to use it with a proxy, before i can login, does the windows app let me do that?
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I don't have installed the desktop app but I don't see any proxy settings in the synchro application.
Thanks!!
Hi, thanks a lot for letting us know about Yunpan. Got 36TB But it'll be AWESOME if anyone can translate it's desktop client to English like weiyun. Thanks :highfive:
bloodyprince said:
Hi, thanks a lot for letting us know about Yunpan. Got 36TB But it'll be AWESOME if anyone can translate it's desktop client to English like weiyun. Thanks :highfive:
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Sentences are not in an external XML file so it's hard to get this working in other languages
mahg said:
Sentences are not in an external XML file so it's hard to get this working in other languages
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The normal windows app does not upload for me anymore?
I still use Tencent instead of this, you can upload with high-speed at Tencent but not YunPan. I don't know why, may be Tencent's server is better ?
And I don't know Chinese, so I will not move to YunPan even it provide a lots of TB. :good:
very good :good:
yunpan 360 v3.7.32250 Partial Translation
i have translated the yunpan 360 for windows, based on version 3.7.3.2250, using Google Translate, and the file "language.ini" i found inside the installation directory,
this translated some of the menu items and submenus.
the translation is not accurate, feel free to change and post your modification.
Also attached small screenshot.
there is a small files inside the installation directory called 'language.ini'
in my case its under "C:\Program Files (x86)\360\360WangPan"
unpack and replace this file with the attached one, it will translate the menu and sub menu in some locations, and can be helpful
note, i modified the original file based on version 3.7.32250 (version can be found when clicking on the menu button on the upper left corner of the application and pressing "A")
hope it will help, 36TB is absolutely nice, and worth the struggle with the Chinese language.
hopefully there will be native English for the entire application bundle from yunpan
Enjoy.
levynger said:
i have translated the yunpan 360 for windows, based on version 3.7.3.2250, using Google Translate, and the file "language.ini" i found inside the installation directory,
this translated some of the menu items and submenus.
the translation is not accurate, feel free to change and post your modification.
Also attached small screenshot.
there is a small files inside the installation directory called 'language.ini'
in my case its under "C:\Program Files (x86)\360\360WangPan"
unpack and replace this file with the attached one, it will translate the menu and sub menu in some locations, and can be helpful
note, i modified the original file based on version 3.7.32250 (version can be found when clicking on the menu button on the upper left corner of the application and pressing "A")
hope it will help, 36TB is absolutely nice, and worth the struggle with the Chinese language.
hopefully there will be native English for the entire application bundle from yunpan
Enjoy.
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it does not work for me, the app is still in chinese, maybe i have a new version, because i cannot find the menu button in the upper left corner, a little help needed, thanks
tedulus said:
it does not work for me, the app is still in chinese, maybe i have a new version, because i cannot find the menu button in the upper left corner, a little help needed, thanks
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add this to the filefactory . com - as i cant post url in XDA (new user rules)
"file/6baby9i47kbf/360wangpan_setup.zip"
this is the latest installation from yunpan i downloaded few days ago
tedulus said:
it does not work for me, the app is still in chinese, maybe i have a new version, because i cannot find the menu button in the upper left corner, a little help needed, thanks
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Notice that this translation is for the desktop application WangPan, not for the sync application YunPan
360
levynger said:
add this to the filefactory . com - as i cant post url in XDA (new user rules)
"file/6baby9i47kbf/360wangpan_setup.zip"
this is the latest installation from yunpan i downloaded few days ago
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Hello, I went to filefactory and searched for that but it showed nothing. I have installed this on PC and Android but have not a clue
on how or what to do to set things up.......Welcome any advice or walkthrough.........
unable to registered account on 360 website... It requires phone no. but did accepting mine.
Ok, seriously confused. Referencing the 360 desktop application, the log-in screen has three fields, one with a person icon which I assume is the user email address, then two with locks on them. I'm using a 20-character random-generated password (thank you, KeePass), and it doesn't matter if I put it in the top, the bottom, or both, I get red cn characters telling me I did something wrong.
Can someone who can read simplified Chinese tell me what goes in which field? And lord help me, is this like Tennant which while allowing a long password in the web version will only allow 16-characters in the desktop app?
Edit: Ok, got past that to the log-in (apparently main screen is sign-up screen), and logged-in for the additional to 10T. Now trying to log in with Android app, and consistantly get "Operation Failed" (in the English translate, and I assume a similar error with the latest Android app from yunpan). So what am I doing wrong this time? Even changed my password from 20-characters to 15 to see if that would help, but no joy.
Edit (redux): I just can't get my phone to log into the yunpan account, so I downloaded one of the Android emulators (actually the Andy VirtualBox machine), installed the app there, and logged-in easily getting the entire 36T added to the account.
Works perfectly, can someone post an updated english apk? I can put it somewhere more permanent
Hardly sounds sustainable
How can they offer these things? Obviously not every user is going to upload 36TB. If they did, I'm sure about 10 users would fill up their drives
It's a bit like airlines over-selling seats because they expect a few people to no-show!
peaklabs.net said:
How can they offer these things? Obviously not every user is going to upload 36TB. If they did, I'm sure about 10 users would fill up their drives
It's a bit like airlines over-selling seats because they expect a few people to no-show!
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you probably right, but this also applies to all Cloud Storage solutions, including Copy/Apple/OneDrive/DropBox Etc...

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