Database Info

Website ONLY with/for ROMs!

Hi folks,
It just came up in my mind. You ALL cook great ROMs! Some with more features, some with less features, different "tastes", different colors. Still you are ALL great and I really appreciate your work!
If somebody would make a website where you can host FOR FREE all your ROMs, keep an archive, give you the opportunity to post/host your ROMs directly by you (not some guy posting ROMs from different sources), would you be interested? No spam, no blinking ads, no timed-downloads, no download limit, etc.
I didn't found ANY website "specialized" in ROMs but I'm willing to make that for free, because this is my job (code websites). I'm thinking at ranks, comments, categories, etc. For sure, the discussions will be made here on XDA, but for some reasons I feel the need of an "index", where you can just open the website and see the latest ROM made by your preferred chef, in a "non-forum" view.
Still, I don't want to work 2-3 days for something that you - that are the heart of this "ROM cooking world" - wouldn't use/like.
What do you say? Anybody interested? It sounds very interesting for me!
P.S. for moderators: I know that this topic should be in the "general" section but I've opened it here as most of the chefs kinda read only this section of the forum. Thanks!

Do you mean something looks like this?
http://f1ip.net/plug.php?e=index&f=./Downloads/KaiserFiles

Iced Coffee said:
Do you mean something looks like this?
http://f1ip.net/plug.php?e=index&f=./Downloads/KaiserFiles
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No, something totally different, where each chef can post its own ROMs and all the files/articles are published in a "news-like" website.

Why would we want to keep up stuff in two different places?
Its tough just keeping up with one forum! I dont think I want to deal with two of them!

ai6908 said:
Why would we want to keep up stuff in two different places?
Its tough just keeping up with one forum! I dont think I want to deal with two of them!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm not talking about DISCUSSIONS, just about files. Like keep all the files, of all ROMS, in one place, with the opportunity to vote the release, comment (not discuss!) it, find older files, etc.
For me, as a visitor, is hard for me to read 200-300 pages of discussions in order to see what's the latest build, what modifs does the latest ROM has, etc. If that ROM would have an "older"/anterior post, I could see what was in the old ROM and what's in the new one. All this in a more "web-like" way, without digging in a forum.

im keeping my roms on xda as usual, but i dont mind if you want to post mirrors on your site

if it's worth anything, I think it's a good idea

Razva said:
I'm not talking about DISCUSSIONS, just about files. Like keep all the files, of all ROMS, in one place, with the opportunity to vote the release, comment (not discuss!) it, find older files, etc.
For me, as a visitor, is hard for me to read 200-300 pages of discussions in order to see what's the latest build, what modifs does the latest ROM has, etc. If that ROM would have an "older"/anterior post, I could see what was in the old ROM and what's in the new one. All this in a more "web-like" way, without digging in a forum.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I agree its tough to find what you want in this forum! But who is going to maintain the website? I think its a good idea too! But who is going to do it? I know fi1p does that on his own, and there is one more person that I know of who does that too.

ai6908 said:
I agree its tough to find what you want in this forum! But who is going to maintain the website? I think its a good idea too! But who is going to do it? I know fi1p does that on his own, and there is one more person that I know of who does that too.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If you read my first post...I'll do everything, because I owe a webdesign/webhosting company, so making a website is not so "rocket-science" or me.
I kinda have some spare time this weekend so the idea was to use this spare time to make this website.
As at least 3-4 of you find this idea interesting...I think i'll do it.
Next question, what "name"? htcroms?
htcroms.org AVAILABLE
htcroms.us AVAILABLE
htcroms.mobi AVAILABLE
htcroms.biz AVAILABLE
htcroms.info AVAILABLE
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Any other ideeas?

i prefer htcroms.us

spiderio said:
i prefer htcroms.us
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah, but some of us (including me) are from Europe, so a US domain would spoil some google rank and search results...
htcroms.org (organization?)
htcroms.info (the cheapest)
htcroms.mobi (the "mobile" one, same price as .org)
htcroms.biz (it's not a "show-biz" website so this is kinda inappropriate)

.org and i'm with the other chefs i'd keep me roms here but if you want to post info on your web then feel free

stylez said:
.org and i'm with the other chefs i'd keep me roms here but if you want to post info on your web then feel free
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ok, so one vote for .org
Other votes?

Just a noob expresing him self.
SUPERB idea! Thumbs up...
Just for the vote - i vote .org...

mark wild said:
SUPERB idea! Thumbs up...
Just for the vote - i vote .org...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
So 2 votes for .org.
Any other votes or ideeas?

htcroms.mobi because we talking about a mobile phone

htcroms.mobi
htcroms.mobi - my vote !! It's good.

So
.org - 2 votes
.mobi - 2 votes
Other?

.net exists already
so .mobi should be best

I think .mobi is good for the topic so yea its a good idea.

[Android] Donations to buy a Polaris to mssmison (for testing)

Hi my friends! I've written a private message to vilord, dzo and mssmison to report the current status of Android for our devices and this is what mssmison answered:
I'd love to help man, but my phone died a couple weeks back and I've been unable to get a replacement
Vilord and I had planned a lot of work on the Polaris, but without anything to test on it's not going to get done.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
As you may already know, he is one of our best bets to a fully working Android. He has helped a lot, along with other wonderful people that bring us the best of their knowledge.
Well, I don't know how many of you donated money for this project, but it's definitely necessary to provide our developers with test devices.
I make a call to all of you that could help with a small donation for the cause. If you know where to buy a Polaris or you don't use yours anymore, please, notify us using this thread. The community will appreciate your help.
jamezelle has set up a donation link for him: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webs...e=Vogue Android Development&currency_code=USD
Please, if you donate money, write down the amount and confirmation code in this thread to know how much money we've got.

Hi, SuperJMN.
I will donate if needed.
Already tried to flash -> a bit unstable, but Android will give second live to Polaris.

hi buddies
i will donate for sure if it helps
feel free to contact me

chourmovs said:
hi buddies
i will donate for sure if it helps
feel free to contact me
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It's great you are supporting him! If only we could get more people to find him a good device... It doesn't matter if it's a very little donation. Many a little makes a mickle.
He's from Canada. Do you know anybody from Canada that is wanting to sell a Polaris? Maybe we could send one to him if we get enough donors.

it 's cheaper every week
maybe we can look on ebay

chourmovs said:
it 's cheaper every week
maybe we can look on ebay
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I've taken a quick look at eBay and found some for about $195. Maybe we could find a bargain there.

i paid mine 100 euros 6 monthes earlier for example

mssmison doesnt need a brand new one
http://cgi.ebay.fr/HTC-Touche-Cruis...phonie_Téléphones_mobiles?hash=item414d0e5d9d

chourmovs said:
mssmison doesnt need a brand new one
http://cgi.ebay.fr/HTC-Touche-Cruis...phonie_Téléphones_mobiles?hash=item414d0e5d9d
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Wow, that's a good deal! Let's see what mssmison thinks.

Selling mine Polaris for 60 euro's, everything works.. Hardspl flashed, 6.5 rom etc.. I have a new phone, so my htc polaris is unused for a while now..
Interested? Pm.
Greetings from the Netherlands.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=635220
vogue or polaris ?

chourmovs said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=635220
vogue or polaris ?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I received a message from mssmison. I have just realized that his original device was a Vogue, not a Polaris Sorry, I misunderstood it.
Well, I'm going to change the topic of this thread to fit the reality. My proposal is this: now that a donation link is set up, we could use it to raise the numbers enough to buy a Polaris, too. If you make a donation, specify that it is to buy a Polaris.
I trust that mssmison will be honest and he will get one once he gets the money. I will send him a PM to inform about it.
He told me that he's going to use it as a test device and extra phone to develop for. This could make possible to fix things quickly!
You've got to take into consideration that Vogue and Polaris are similar devices, but not the same, and we have way less developers... I think this is the only mean to keep the dev scene alive.

Venigo said:
Selling mine Polaris for 60 euro's, everything works.. Hardspl flashed, 6.5 rom etc.. I have a new phone, so my htc polaris is unused for a while now..
Interested? Pm.
Greetings from the Netherlands.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Venigo, I see your offer and hope I can give you an answer soon. Please, hold on until the donations are done. The donation link is up.

it sounds good
i can donate 15$
i purpose that you put name and gift amount on the first thread to follow this
edit (i didn't see that)
https://www.paypal.com/ca/cgi-bin/we...7353d6a9263490 doesnt work for me
With a donation link, can we follow the donation count ?

chourmovs said:
it sounds good
i can donate 15$
i purpose that you put name and gift amount on the first thread to follow this
edit (i didn't see that)
https://www.paypal.com/ca/cgi-bin/we...7353d6a9263490 doesnt work for me
With a donation link, can we follow the donation count ?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Of course! I will update the first post with the name of the donors and the amount that has been given.
Please, try the link. I think it's fixed now (first post)

I will review your app.

Hi guys.
A lot of developers that create some apps are having a problem of advertising them and getting feedback from users (me included). So I think we should help each other by installing, testing, rating and reviewing each other's apps. So any one of you who have their app (with small number of downloads) post it here (google play link) and I will try it and publish a rating and a comment on Google Play.
I don't ask you to do the same and I will do it whether you try my application or not. If you do the same I will be very grateful.
Link to my app: Quote Box v1.1
Thank you.
P.S. You'll get your rating and review as soon as I see it here.

I've released my first app on the market called Select Who? It's an alternative to who draws the shortest straw, coin toss, rolling the dice and spin the bottle.
Everybody puts their finger on the screen and the app will then select one of these at random.
I apologise ahead of time about the adverts I know they are a bit intrusive, I'm trying to think of an alternative.
I would love to get some honest feedback from you about it and any improvements I can make.
Select Who?

I think this thread is a great idea.
I actually run an Android YouTube channel and blog site.
Although i might not be interested in every app idea that may come to this thread, i am more than willing to look at every app and possibly do a great review on it on my channel and site.
In fact i have developers email me all the time to review their apps.
Mostly because it has increased download numbers and a few have reported up to 40% increases in sales the day i post my reviews =)
But i am pretty particular about the app's that i review for my viewers. So don't be offended if i don't review your app =)
You can either email me at [email protected], send me a PM here on XDA or PM me on YouTube.
Good luck to all the dev's =)

Boblert said:
I've released my first app on the market called Select Who? It's an alternative to who draws the shortest straw, coin toss, rolling the dice and spin the bottle.
Everybody puts their finger on the screen and the app will then select one of these at random.
I apologise ahead of time about the adverts I know they are a bit intrusive, I'm trying to think of an alternative.
I would love to get some honest feedback from you about it and any improvements I can make.
Select Who?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hey, I tried your app.
This is what I wrote: "It's very good idea but It only works for two finger for me. Fix that and I will give 5 stars."
Also maybe to work a little bit on a layout to attract more people, but if you fix "the fingers thing" I will give you 5 stars. Only two fingers recognized on my HTC Desire.
Cheers.

iskoric said:
Hey, I tried your app.
This is what I wrote: "It's very good idea but It only works for two finger for me. Fix that and I will give 5 stars."
Also maybe to work a little bit on a layout to attract more people, but if you fix "the fingers thing" I will give you 5 stars. Only two fingers recognized on my HTC Desire.
Cheers.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thank you for the feedback. Unfortunately this is due to the desire not having true multitouch and only support dual-touch multitouch. I will work on the layout. And left you a review for you app as well

J-Roc said:
I think this thread is a great idea.
I actually run an Android YouTube channel and blog site.
Although i might not be interested in every app idea that may come to this thread, i am more than willing to look at every app and possibly do a great review on it on my channel and site.
In fact i have developers email me all the time to review their apps.
Mostly because it has increased download numbers and a few have reported up to 40% increases in sales the day i post my reviews =)
But i am pretty particular about the app's that i review for my viewers. So don't be offended if i don't review your app =)
You can either email me at [email protected], send me a PM here on XDA or PM me on YouTube.
Good luck to all the dev's =)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
can you give your blog address?
Sent from my GT-S5830 using Tapatalk 2 Beta-6

The Android Arcade - Android gaming blog

hey folks,
I started a new blog dedicated to Android gaming news and reviews. I know what you're probably thinking, yet another gaming blog. Even so, I would love for you guys to just take a peak. It's called The Android Arcade. I know there have been folks trying to start up a blog but fail to make it through their first month but my team and I are seeing this to the end. I have staffed the site with great writers and we publish articles at least twice in a day (more as folks start discovering us).
We have also created a dedicated game section where you can quickly see which games are worth your time. Think of it as a curation of the noteworthy games. The list is scarce at the moment but we'll be adding a lot more soon. The game section could be found at:
http://games.theandroidarcade.com
So I hope you guys stop by and check us out. If you have any suggestions or games you'd like us to cover, please let u know. A phone/tablet app will be released in the next couple months
Cheers!

I've seen your posts on /r/Gaming every now and then. Keep it up, man! I check every one of your posts! My username on Reddit is Noontoker17.
Not very professional, I know.

I appreciate the support. We like the /r/androidgaming subreddit to be sure to check us out there too!

Yeah, that's what I meant. /r/AndroidGaming. Whoops.

Looks a lot more professional than Droid Gamers

Hey, I've got a few games up on the Play Store. Two of them are in my sig. Any chance of them getting coverage on your new blog?

Be sure to hit the contact us button on the site to submit games. Thanks!!
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

Looks good - you might want to consider doing percentages and recommendations. Works really well the way they do it on theregister.co.uk and when the stick a "recommended" sticker you take note - especially if you're covering a large number of games.
Always good to have some more decent reviews!

ayman07 said:
Be sure to hit the contact us button on the site to submit games. Thanks!!
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sent you a message on the website! Thanks!

Great looking website there mate

Doallyn said:
Looks good - you might want to consider doing percentages and recommendations. Works really well the way they do it on theregister.co.uk and when the stick a "recommended" sticker you take note - especially if you're covering a large number of games.
Always good to have some more decent reviews!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for the feedback. We'll definitely take this into consideration.
MrChad said:
Great looking website there mate
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thank you
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

MrChad said:
Great looking website there mate
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
ohhh.. greating website man... favorited

[APP-FR][4.0+] O'Ciney

Hey Folks !
Just to let you know that I participated on a new french app with 2 of my dev buddies called O'Ciney
App is for Movies addict (looking for a "now playing movie", some hours or movie theater nearby).
We tried to add a Movie theater mood to the app and work hard on the UX, I know it will not be useful for you guys out there but I only wanted to show you this and maybe get some feedback from the most courageous of you all
You can DL and try the app since it's on the Google Play (and it's free !)
Please give us your feelings about it and let us know how we could improve the app.
​
Have fun folks !
Your friend,
Pooley​

I have seen the post on Frandroid this afternoon and installed it.
It looks really good.
And it works really good too.
So good that i've uninstalled Allociné ^^
That's a very good start for an app, and i wish we will get nice new features in upcoming updates !!
Thanks for your work.

Hey NeBouse
Thanks for your kind words it means a lot for us.
We have to check our todo list and we will update asap the apk on the play store.
Update is coming ^^
Thanks again and do not hesitate to share

As usual with pooley, a really nice app.
All french users should try it !!

A verry good app... But no english version?

yelineca said:
A verry good app... But no english version?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
agreed. it's strange you would post your description in XDA forums in english, but have no english version of the app.

Good app
Sent from my GT-S7562 using XDA Free mobile app

yelineca said:
A verry good app... But no english version?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
ExoticHamster said:
agreed. it's strange you would post your description in XDA forums in english, but have no english version of the app.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yep we put it here since we also have some French friends out here and also foreign folks with inquiring mind
But don't worry folks we also made a Worldwide application called Whatwhat that can be found here
Thanks a lot for your kind feedbacks hope you'll love it like we do
Sent from my toilets

Unfortunately i am not french, so the app isn't all that useful to me, but i love the design. Gourgeous Visuals and cool mechanics.
If you ask me, IMDB should send you a truck full of money and ask you to build them a decent app.

The UI is really cool but the UX was not all that great. It seems you are using Allocine's API for the source of information so we have odd results at the end.
For instance I have attached suggested pictures from John Travolta's profile... WTF??? Wikipedia would be better lol
Another point is the thumbnail that hasn't been uploaded while visiting Sir Tarantino's profile.

MiDiANx360 said:
Unfortunately i am not french, so the app isn't all that useful to me, but i love the design. Gourgeous Visuals and cool mechanics.
If you ask me, IMDB should send you a truck full of money and ask you to build them a decent app.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
We'd love to do it for them if only they can read this. spam them with a little message about how much you want them to upgrade their app with our skills lol.
Primokorn said:
The UI is really cool but the UX was not all that great. It seems you are using Allocine's API for the source of information so we have odd results at the end.
For instance I have attached suggested pictures from John Travolta's profile... WTF??? Wikipedia would be better lol
Another point is the thumbnail that hasn't been uploaded while visiting Sir Tarantino's profile.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yep AlloCine's API.
John Travolta was part of the cast on that movie mate lol look at the upper left corner he is ..the lady (is that your point ?)
For Sir Tarantino guess it's due to the API.
Fact is we'd love to turn this app international (like imdb) but we need to plug it to a great web services (API). And it's hard to find a partner.
thanks a lot to both of you guys for your feedback.

pooley:) said:
Yep AlloCine's API.
John Travolta was part of the cast on that movie mate lol look at the upper left corner he is ..the lady (is that your point ?)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes I know I mean that I expected some pictures of John Travolta himself and not film posters he did. When I want to have more details about a filmography I go to the related menu.

That's why we need to use another API since we're unfortunately kinda slave of that web service reply.
And we need to know hours of movies if it is 3D or else.
We will have to ask every movie theater that want to be on o'ciney and plug us to their info. Tricky, but not impossible
Sent from my toilets