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Rapidshare finish?

Anouncement here in the Netherlands that Rapidshare is down and removing all iligall content on the moment till 24.00 hours out of order the prediction is that only 2% of the content will stay the rest is deleted.
So I,m afraid that we lost a lot of HTC roms and other HTC ware.

rapidshare sucks, finally people will move to something more useful
www.mediafire.com might be a good start

gabriel31337 said:
rapidshare sucks, finally people will move to something more useful
www.mediafire.com might be a good start
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This is only a matter of time (days) for others like mediafire they also get the same problems as the biggest one rapishare

Heijdemann said:
This is only a matter of time (days) for others like mediafire they also get the same problems as the biggest one rapishare
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I know, but at least there is no waiting limitation so far

I hate rapidshare , usually I use zShare but mediafire seems to be a nice filesharing service.

i dislike rapidshare for many reason i personally use megaupload

udK said:
I hate rapidshare , usually I use zShare but mediafire seems to be a nice filesharing service.
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zShare looks nice, I will test download speeds as mediafire I'm using now seems to me kind a not fast enough, but so far it's just OK

im willing to donate some of my webspace if you guys want it....let me know

Do we need to chip-in and get the space we need? We are like fam, and fam sticks together.

yes megaupload works flawlessly every time. Rapidshare totally sucks.

man all these uploading sites sinkes
just be a little more pro and upload on your gmail free web space
the resault will be undeletable fast download 2+ gig web space with all the files you wish for

a7medo778 said:
man all these uploading sites sinkes
just be a little more pro and upload on your gmail free web space
the resault will be undeletable fast download 2+ gig web space with all the files you wish for
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Very good idea..

a7medo778 said:
man all these uploading sites sinkes
just be a little more pro and upload on your gmail free web space
the resault will be undeletable fast download 2+ gig web space with all the files you wish for
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And how can others get the content from your web space account?

If it were all so easy? I am not sure of the copyright or trademark infringement, but I would suspect if they were hosted on someones FTP server then the owners would be sent something along the lines XDA-Dev were sent in regards to having ROMs on their FTP site.
It's not all clear cut these days, and its becoming increasingly difficult to host items like this without the problems that this would attract.
Then you have the issue of throughput, which costs. I am on a private ADSL connection that I share with someone else, and I also run a webserver here, but I couldn't cope with uploading more than 10k/s AT ANY TIME. Which is all well and good but thats a total connection from that machine.

can't use gmail on home pc when tethered using T-Mobile
a7medo778 said:
man all these uploading sites sinkes
just be a little more pro and upload on your gmail free web space
the resault will be undeletable fast download 2+ gig web space with all the files you wish for
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ahhh man. To good to be true

Haha uploading scks and downloading scks with Rapidshare.
How long do I have to wait before everything is deleted?
Rapid???? What is Rapid????
I won't miss them.

They're back. Technical glitch, nothing to do with legal problems, according to their news page.
Sorry Rapidshare haters. Personally, I've not found them to be that bad /shrug.

Ohhhh.... that's a pitty
Haha only joking
Regards,
Leo
dan13l said:
They're back. Technical glitch, nothing to do with legal problems, according to their news page.
Sorry Rapidshare haters. Personally, I've not found them to be that bad /shrug.
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[TORRENT] Eugene373's AOSP 2.4 - Eclair ROM on Bittorrent

To moderators: Where should I put / start a thread announcing torrent/ magnet link availability of a ROM?
I'm seeing posts in the forums from people having trouble with the various filesharing sites. I've had some time-wasting grief there myself in recent days with some the ROMs.
For anyone tired of the speed-choking fileshare sites (like...they slow down....and then stop completely 43MB into a 45MB file), I'm seeding this ROM on bittorrent.
Caveat: My uplink is only 110KBytes/second, but if several people download then seed these files, the cumulative transfer rate should be nice and quick....
The primary torrent is here: http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5286019
If you don't like The Pirate Bay for some reason, then Google "AOSP24.zip" and "torrent". Most other torrent sites pick up a new torrent from any other torrent site within 24 hours.
If Pirate bay is down or blocked, then here is the DHT Magnet Link, Cut / paste it into your bittorrent client. You don't need the torrent file.
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:xumhprzuxjc3ge4xjlondzwt47ztmt p3&dn=AOSP24.zip&tr=http%3A%2F%2Ftracker.openbittorrent.com%2Fannounce
(There are two extraneous spaces in this magnet link (between "mt p3" and "bitto re", XDA's editor did it...I've tried to remove them).

Good idea. Torrents can be good LOL.
I think you should probably still upload to places like mediafire. Just cause torrents need seeders and when you run out it sux.

darthspartan said:
Good idea. Torrents can be good LOL.
I think you should probably still upload to places like mediafire. Just cause torrents need seeders and when you run out it sux.
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I know what you mean! I *hate* that!
I leave a torrent up until a torrent hasn't been touched for 3/4 weeks. Then I take it down on the basis no one wants it.
These files have limited shelf-life. In a month few people will want THIS file. They'll be on to the next one.

I would find a less dodgy link to be honest mate.
If it had not been thorugh thepiratebay's trackers I would have helped you seed for a while.

Eugene373 AOSP 2.4 - Eclair ROM

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=589344 Soooo.. Why would we need a torrent when the rom itself is 2 posts up? Also.. Me thinks eugene, who barley bothers with these whiny forums, isnt gonna be to happy about a torrent link for his rom.

very fast, just downloaded at 700k/s.

meh, no reason to complain about it being torrented... although I would just give the magnet link, as linking to piratebay.org is probably not kosher, as they obviously have pirated material too... I'm not even using that rom, but gonna seed 30:1

vixsandlee said:
I would find a less dodgy link to be honest mate.
If it had not been thorugh thepiratebay's trackers I would have helped you seed for a while.
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As far as I know, openbittorrent.com isn't a "pirate bay" tracker. It's just a tracker. Not sure it matters.
Pirate Bay is just a convenient site to load the torrent onto. *This* content isn't pirated and I don't care about anyone else's.
If you google "aosp24.zip" and "torrent", within 24 hours most of other torrent sites will have picked up the torrent.

AndroidSPIN FAST Direct Download
I've placed a mirror of this ROM on AndroidSPIN as I see people are having issues downloading from 4shared.
Head here to download Eugene Eclair 2.4.
Enjoy.

Get your Seed on, lol.....

androidspin ftw!!
the forums are kinda inactive tho...

I'll be seeding, I prefer a speedy torrent over those filesharing sites any day of the week.

[DEV TOOLS] Everything android

I have decided to make a zip file of of everything you will need to start modding, rom building, and app making. These go from basic to advanced level. Inside the zip you will find multiple FREE apps that I have found on xda or other sites. This is not and never will be warez. I know a lot of these have been posted before but i see all the time people asking how to do this and how to do that and links being given and apps being told to use but no one has ever just put everything into one large file for easy access.
Also inside the zip is an instruction manual to the files inside the zip. It briefly explains what each files does and provides a link to the main site in which is was found so you can go and continue your learning.
Also inside is a txt of a lot of the adb codes that i have used since joining this site
and the last thing in this zip is a manual on how to sign an app using private keys just in case you are able to design an app and want to share it with others in the market.
Im sure there are millions of other programs that I am missing here and can continue to add to it but for now these are the tools that i have used to build roms, create updates and themes, and design apps.
If u have suggestions please feel free to comment with a link to the app and to the apps main web page for easy access.
enjoy
BTW the file is huge but well worth it. DO not download to your phone. lol
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=C8ASNZCW
http://www.android.streetm3dic.com/index.php?n=modules/files&a=8&d=1

Great job, I am sure many will want this.

Awesome! Been wanting to do and learn more than just what other dev's do, this is a seriously good thing, thank you!
Edit - Link 404's on me.

Link seems to be broken.

PlagaDeRock said:
Link seems to be broken.
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yup just realized it. stupid drop box.
ill have it back up in a few

Thanks this will be Great. I like to learn as much as I can. Then I will be able to help other noobs. Lol

Was bout to do this myself along with a Menu/automated batch script to certain things. A kitchen if you will.

alright you guys i have it uploading to a different server. it will be up shortly

Papa Smurf151 said:
alright you guys i have it uploading to a different server. it will be up shortly
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the only reason it doesn't work is because you put a space in the name of the zip. No spaces allowed. It will work fine after that

regaw_leinad said:
the only reason it doesn't work is because you put a space in the name of the zip. No spaces allowed. It will work fine after that
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thank you my friend. Link is up and working now. It is temporary until i have the link from megaupload.com cause im sure drop box will over use the bandwith but until then enjoy you guys

Holy Mother of ***************************** that is a big zip haha
Lookin forward to seein whats in it after the 10 minutes of downloading are up lol

regaw_leinad said:
Holy Mother of ***************************** that is a big zip haha
Lookin forward to seein whats in it after the 10 minutes of downloading are up lol
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Yeah its a huge file but worth it lol

downloading! been wanting to start something of my own....
maybe a rom or an app

lmao my drop box got suspended for excess traffic. GAY
i put up another link that can get as much traffic as needed.

it was working...i finished downloading the file right in time..
by the way..can you make a list of everything that's in the file and what is for and so on?

someonenewhere said:
it was working...i finished downloading the file right in time..
by the way..can you make a list of everything that's in the file and what is for and so on?
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look in the file. there is instructions with all that info

I see it now..lol geez I'm blind!

Decided to download on my phone. About an hour later with 1-2 bars of 3g and I'm at 20% *headdesk* oh well its the only internet access I have this week
Hero, rooted, DC 2.09.1

this is awesome Smurf... this will surely help get some more devs for the long forgotten Hero nd keep this forum interesting. Thanks a lot.

Thanks, downloading now.

Maybe it's just me...

why are we not sharing files via .torrent
the multiload/rapidshare thing is crap!
I'd be more than happy to start a few files, I think there is enough traffic here to justify, and files would fly! I can support an FTP server for uploads.
Just sayin'...

Not everyone is going to seed, not everyone knows what a torrent is, etc. It is much quicker doing it with multiple mirrors. If one is too slow, you can just download from another. I haven't had any problems with the multiple mirrors. Why is it crap to you?
Think about it, people here have trouble flashing .zips. Now you want to ask them to download a program and set it up just so they can download a file, instead of just clicking 2 buttons and entering a capcha. Their heads will explode.

I guess I think it's crap because I've just spent 45min to D/L 230mb in files and now have to wait 51min to start the third... and if I miss the window, I have to start all over again! Not all the files are this bad, but not all have a choice of mirrors. I understand your point, but these files are small, and just a few seeders, the root of .torrents anyway, would easily keep things flowing. I would seed... it's the "rule"

I'm with andybolt on this one. I understand that people can be clueless and unwilling to learn so lets compromise and have multiload/rapidshare links and torrent links. There are even torrent clients that run through the browser and you can create a link that sends them to the site and starts a specified torrent for them. Don't even have to click on a link. I'd be happy to seed, it'd be a simple way to contribute, and I know some of us would love to contribute in some way, along with beer money of course.

I'm all for torrent files, that would be better.

I'd like to see this too. I'll write up a quick tutorial on how to download torrents if a mod will sticky it. Then we can answer any torrent related questions in that thread.

The only disadvantage I see is that I often download them on my phone.
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IM all for it
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eallan said:
The only disadvantage I see is that I often download them on my phone.
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Use ttorrent, I download torrents on my thunderbolt. I would be more than happy to leave stuff seeding on my box at home though. I have stuff years old still seeding. Also transdroid to control my transmission client on my ubuntu box.
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psylink said:
Use ttorrent, I download torrents on my thunderbolt. I would be more than happy to leave stuff seeding on my box at home though. I have stuff years old still seeding. Also transdroid to control my transmission client on my ubuntu box.
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Thanks for the ttorrent app recommendation. 4g torrents at work now yay
Thunderbolt «» das BAMF Remix

Yeah I think is crappy too. I wish it would be easy. Although the direct download one is good
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Nice... I didn't get flamed on this one. So, what are we interested in starting with? I've sported a dozen roms, and am currently running Bamf 1.5 Remix, with a few of extra's. If anyone knows how to get started sharing, I have some space to offer. I seed all I "leech" but have not messed with uploading aTorrent, and does a tracker need to be involved?

I support releasing it via torrent as well. I have a 30/5 package at home and that 5 portion of it hasn't been doing much lately. I will leave stuff seeding until it's no longer needed.

I'm all for dling through torrent, as I have a habit of leaving them up until I realize my connection goes to crap, which is usually a week or so.

meh for being a long-time lurker, I'm not sure if this would be a good or bad idea.....I guess the only way to tell is to try it out right? Lets hope a dev picks up on the idea and gives it as an option for us to download.

I have an idea. How about someone start seeding for the devs and send us info to add it as a mirror?
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adrynalyne said:
I have an idea. How about someone start seeding for the devs and send us info to add it as a mirror?
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I'll seed the BAMFS as soon as I get to the house.

Just a comment: I often download these files at work and there's no way I'm running a bittorrent at work. So I, for one, very much prefer that we keep them hosted via http. Secondly, there have been many people with fat pipes who offer to host things for free. If somebody hosts via multiupload or some other site like that, they're just not looking hard enough for free hosting. But that said, multiupload is more preferable to torrent for me.

Jaxidian said:
Just a comment: I often download these files at work and there's no way I'm running a bittorrent at work. So I, for one, very much prefer that we keep them hosted via http. Secondly, there have been many people with fat pipes who offer to host things for free. If somebody hosts via multiupload or some other site like that, they're just not looking hard enough for free hosting. But that said, multiupload is more preferable to torrent for me.
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It never hurts to have more options.

[Q] Would you use torrent downloads for roms?

I am thinking of setting up torrents for some of our amazing ROM's to give people another way to download which in theory could be ALOT faster than any of the direct download services Devs use at the moment.
If your a dev and think this is a great idea and want me to start a torrent for your ROM PM me or post here!
If your not sure what a torrent or torrenting is check out the good old wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent_(protocol)
After all, most if not all good Linux distros offer a torrent why shouldnt android ROMS

I would love to! But i think it would only be worth it for more popular ROMs.

zacthespack said:
I am thinking of setting up torrents for some of our amazing ROM's to give people another way to download which in theory could be ALOT faster than any of the direct download services Devs use at the moment.
If your a dev and think this is a great idea and want me to start a torrent for your ROM PM me or post here!
If your not sure what a torrent or torrenting is check out the good old wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent_(protocol)
After all, most if not all good Linux distros offer a torrent why shouldnt android ROMS
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I use torrents a lot!
The beauty of torrent is the ability to verify files being downloaded. It just might end the problem of file corruption during download ....

Probably one of the best ideas for exchanging ROMs. I hope that the rest of the devs will do the same.
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I would, but only for popular ROMs which would have more seeders. Torrents can't be used for ROMs which aren't so popular as it would result in slow downloads. Besides, torrents are much faster and no need to "Wait 60 seconds or go premium" or writing Capatchas.

This can be a solution. The only problem I see is keeping the latest version of a rom. Since lots of people may not be able to read posts it can be a lot of work for the devs to keep their opening posts updated with the latest sources.
This may not be such a big problem here in the DS forum since we are not so many (sadly the DS is not one of HTCs bestsellers) - but imagine the bashing if some don't read the latest torrent written two posts before.
Nevertheless, torrents can help, but I agree only for popular roms.

Agree completely, but yes, we need seeders....
Also the attitude of the people out here, if you download, seed it back!!!!

My main concern is speed, has to be at least 100kb/s, thus seeders are going to be a concern.

Thanks for all the replys, ok then so what ROM's do you think we should do to start with?

Definitely primo and ice cold sandwich
Swyped from my HTC Desire S....

I agree this is a good idea but unless someone has a seedbox which can seed round the clock 24/7 I can't see it working because most people won't seed back thus another dead torrent.

DuTY09 said:
I agree this is a good idea but unless someone has a seedbox which can seed round the clock 24/7 I can't see it working because most people won't seed back thus another dead torrent.
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Well I have created the page in the dev section with the links here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1559247
And my laptop for all new torrents will be running at least solidly for a good few days, I do only have about 150kb/s upload so it will not be amazing fast to start with but will add new torrents once people have download the others etc.
SEED men SEED!!!

@zacthespack
What would also be awesome if it can also be uploaded to Usenet.
Also it must be a split file with par2 files.

I have dedicated seedbox and 100 Mbit FTH line. Will look at this later if there is a need.
R.

RolF2 said:
I have dedicated seedbox and 100 Mbit FTH line. Will look at this later if there is a need.
R.
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Once my seedbox sorts itself out mine will be used for this to, over the day I have had quite a few hits so it looks like people really are interested.
More seedboxs the better, check out the dev thread on it for the torrents running at the mo, once my seedbox is working I shall do many many more

Torrents might be a good idea for the latest ROMs but the older (maybe more stable once) will have lower seeds IMHO.
Anyway, my laptop (office equipment) dsnt allow me to use torrents on any network.

Personally I wouldn't. I DL ROMs directly from my phone, and I don't know how to use torrents on my PC anyway
I don't mind if the dev includes a torrent, as long as they include a regular DL aswell.
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olyloh6696 said:
Personally I wouldn't. I DL ROMs directly from my phone, and I don't know how to use torrents on my PC anyway
I don't mind if the dev includes a torrent, as long as they include a regular DL aswell.
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Well yes I think the devs should still give a normal link, but so many complain of slow downloads etc a torrent option would give them something else to use
(plus it is very easy to use torrents and there are torrent clients for android even)

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Well yes I think the devs should still give a normal link, but so many complain of slow downloads etc a torrent option would give them something else to use
(plus it is very easy to use torrents and there are torrent clients for android even)
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Yeah man, don't get me wrong, your idea is great! I'm not trying to put you down or anything. I appreciate the effort you are putting into this 'project'
It's just my personal preference, I'd prefer to DL normal, regular zips
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It's a good idea with torrents.
I've already used torrents provided CM mirror network for sharing.