I saw an add in my local Clist the other day where a guy was offering access to free and most paid apps for download. He obviously wanted to charge a fee for this and didn't give a lot of details. He did say he'd add an app and then add "his servers", which update weekly. Sounds to me like another guy making a buck off of off something meant to be free and developed by the hacking community. I did a google search but only turned up old stuff from at least a year back. All of which had been patched. Anyone know what key words I'm missing or what he's using, it could be cool?
**Mod Edit - Warez requests are against the rules you signed up to when you joined the site. Please read and understand them BEFORE posting in future**
That would be completely against the forum rules.
Developers have to eat. This is piracy and not only against the rules @ XDA, but against the law.
Uncool.
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What's up Techies? What I was wondering - is where the line is drawn? How do you know your are commiting the action or process with what files?
From what I gather it is the illegal distribution Of copyrighted materials. I was reading and it seemed a guy just mentioned a program and he was chastised and boom thread closed. He may have posted a link and I didn't realize - I can't find the thread again, I was just meandering about the forums....
Mr. Clown shut his arse down though... And a couple other tech peeps were like hey bro, no no...
Just Wondering.
-MyPocketWizard-
Wikipedia said:
Warez refers primarily to copyrighted works distributed without fees or royalties, and may be traded, in general violation of copyright law. The term generally refers to unauthorized releases by organized groups, as opposed to file sharing between friends or large groups of people with similar interest using a darknet. It usually does not refer to commercial software counterfeiting.
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That sums it up.
Ok. So posting a link to help someone out would be ok, so long as its not copyrighted I guess?
Appreciate it.
-MyPocketWizard-
dyliho said:
Ok. So posting a link to help someone out would be ok, so long as its not copyrighted I guess?
Appreciate it.
-MyPocketWizard-
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The way I've always looked at warez was... Is it full version, not beta or trial, and are you paying for it?
In other words, are you downloading something that you'd otherwise have to pay for in order to use?
Links to sources of that kind of material, even though it is not an actual warez item, are just as bad.
Inspired Ace 1.0.1¦ XDA Premium
Warez is obtaining paid software for free or circumventing ways to pay for it. Providing links to sites/materials is just as bad and won't fly here.
We all need to read the Stickies, too. This is discussed in there. I think the post you referred to was asking for Warez, which is taboo here at XDA. The history is that access to, and discussions of, Warez\Pirated software threatened to shut down XDA several years ago. Imagine what life would be like without XDA.
Warez talks (solicitating links, request, posting, discussion or any talk) by any kind in threads or PM's will be shut down
@ Everybody - Rock On and thanks. That's a big ten four. Glad I asked...
-MyPocketWizard-
Re: Disabled U.S Army Veteran Needs You
This is how disabled/able United States Military Veterans are treated not only by their government (not all of them) but by the people who we and our brothers and sisters have not only dedicated/lost/sacrificed our lives, our families wishes hopes and dreams and the list can go on forever.... For something so small as an act of love, "Fighting" For The Greater Good of not only ones nation but for those all over the world, or a simple vision we soldiers and or warrior's, may have. Which is why I posted this where I believed it would be accepted and taken seriously.
I did not mean to offend anyone. Nor did I expect to have my cry for help or rather my voice silenced for something as harmless as another humanbeing asking for help. I really see no difference in what Iv posted to what others have posted as far as help goes. Im not meaning to nor wish this to bring up any painful memories but maybe this must be said.
I will not name drop nor am I disrespecting you in any way. My heart sank when I read what was going on with a fellow XDA, major contributors member of their family. My heart still aches just thinking of it. Donations were appropriate to be asked of by us members/family and in no way demanded. Im going to leave it at that.
Maybe the mods saw the thread created as a joke (which wasn't). Or for whatever reasons Im not aware of just found it unworthy of XDA. Ask Undercover and freskboy what I pm'd them. I asked undercover to pm freakboy what I pm'd him.
JESUS DEATHSTAR look me up on face book.
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First off this isn't an American site. It is an international community with members all over the world. The closing of that thread was not in any way disrespectful to members of the American military or their family. That post was in clear violation of the rule below.
13. Advertising and Income Generation
Commercial advertising, advertising referral links, pay per click links and other income generating methods are forbidden. Do not use xda-developers as a means to make money.
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I know, I know. It's been done. But I'm a website developer and designer... that's the air I breathe lol
The question here is simple: Would you like to be an author and review devices?
I can't go into the specific details but if you are interested you can PM me or reply to this thread as "Notify Me" and I will promptly PM you as soon as I can with more information. Everyone who joins before the site starts up has to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement stating you will not share the information with anyone but those who are involved. - Don't worry the NDA is digital.
XDA receives free advertising credits on the site for life, because this is the site that grew my passion over the years. Not much else will be posted in this thread. Sorry if it is a waste of space.
The website will not share traffic with XDA, but it will definitely promote XDA. If I have the authorization later on to promote it here, great! If not, that's great too. Not looking for free publicity I can handle the marketing.
All I want is to know who would be interested in learning more. Might be in the wrong section too haha I figured it was more of a question
Are you in?
Hi Everyone
Good Evening
i am the new member of xda. i had heard lot about using pirated/cracked app in android. In many sites the paid apps are available for free. certain sites restricts use of such app while certain encourages.
i want to know whether it is safe to download such apps in mobile. if YES please suggest the best & safest site for such paid app.
is there any harm to my phone privacy using such paid app for free
thank you
XDA is a forum and community of developers, and here we don't discuss pirated/warez apps that cheat and steal from developers.
Is it safe? Of course it's not safe. Pretty much everybody here has rooted their devices, or is looking to. And you're asking about pirated apps? Might as well ask if it's safe to have sex with a back-alley prostitute without a condom. C'mon, man. Most paid apps only cost a few bucks at most, and if you're trying to get more gold or gems or doughnuts or whatever, rethink your priorities in life.
You need to read the site rules very carefully, http://forum.xda-developers.com/announcement.php?f=256
Warez are not at all allowed to be discussed here.
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As a disclaimer, I'm a light participant, I like to root and play around with custom roms and have been lurking around for a few years learning from XDA. That said, though I don't wish to join any wars, I do feel it necessary to call this as I see it. This was just my experience, and seeing what I view as hypocrisy, deception and retaliation, felt I should post it. Ymmv
Short version, echoe banned me, deleted all my posts, and labeled me a "Major C**t", for simply asking a question and calling out their hypocrisy and deceitful behavior. I've paid for their apps before, but I'll stick with XDA exclusively now. Echoe seems to keep evolving and making new reasons to charge for content, always under the premise of theft by some XDA developer. Yet after this incident, it's clear to me Echoe simply wants to be paid for their work, which is fine on the surface, and I previously did just that to access current AEL kernel development. But in practice they seem to just flame XDA and develop new revenue schemes on that premise. Then deceive, edit posts, and ban users (paid users mind you) for simply asking what's up with your access policy and why the policy mysteriously got edited?
Background, I previously had used the AEL kernel on my Sprint Note 4 (N910P). For various reasons Echoe had chosen to leave XDA, but you could access content from their forum. Then you needed a pro app if you wanted to access content sooner than it was posted to their forum. So, I purchased the pro app and was a member in their forum.
Fast forward a few months, I'm now done with my Note 7 debacle and back to my Note 4. Check playstore for echo creations pro update and no go, so is gone. Go to the echoe forum (echoerom.com) to see what's up.
I see this post http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...w-to-access-the-private-non-stop-development/
Indicating "Premium" content for a fee, with access to private forums being granted free to members registered at least 9-12 months.
As i have no access to this new "premium" content, I posted a thread stating I've not visited the site in awhile, but according to that post, I should have access, unless I read it wrong.
I recevied one reply, linked to the post I referenced, except the post was now edited to remove any reference to free access to this "premium" content for prior members. See edited post here http://www.echoerom.com/thread/1742...on-stop-development/?postID=245814#post245814
As I was certain that post was edited, and with my original thread being locked after just that one reply to edited post, I naturally inquired through a new thread. Including links to the cached version and questioning the now locked thread.
Which resulted in all my threads/posts being deleted, being banned, and of course the deragoty label.
So yeah, beware of www.echoerom.com and their constant evolving revenue schemes, and especially of their closely held non-public forum.
It's funny when people think they can just do whatever they want and assume others are too stupid to their blatant attempts to deceive. The funnier thing is, had I received some kind of response indicating I for whatever reason still needed to pay the "premium" fee, I likely would have. The whole deceitful response was unnecessary.
...Just wondering what you are expecting from all this?
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...Just wondering what you are expecting from all this?
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Nothing, just putting it out there to inform people. I'm positive there's talented developers over there, but if anybody is considering paying for access there, expect that to be temporary until they come up with a new fee. It's a shame because they could just be upfront and honest and people would likely pay.