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Xda Uploads - The new way to share ROMs

I've noticed that many developer use Rapidshare, Megaupload, etc to share their ROMs, however these sites are very annoying in that they throttle bandwidth, force you to wait, force one download at a time, etc - unless of course you are willing to pay.
I have attempted to help a number of ROM developers by granting them FTP access to my hosting - but I have realised that this is only a temporary measure - and that a better way must exist.
So the solution it here - Xda Uploads - http://xdauploads.vidmes.com
Developers can upload their ROMs to a temporary location on my site via FTP then, using Xda Uploads, they can move the file into their own folder in the http://vidmes.com/xda/ folders.
At the moment it is still in beta, and a number of features are missing - but, depending on the feedback from developers, features will be added and bugs fixed.
So, Xda Upload!
NOTE: All those who already have FTP accounts from me are welcome to keep them and assist in moderating\maintaining the xda folders

Excellent!!!

How about adding some of the originial roms like the WM5 OEM/Operator ROMS as well ...or is there a legal issue there?

rdosti said:
How about adding some of the originial roms like the WM5 OEM/Operator ROMS as well ...or is there a legal issue there?
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Go for it
If there is a legal issue, then I'll get an email from my hosting company and I'll pull the offending material down. Worst case, my site goes down for a couple of days (and this has happened before...).
btw. I haven't seen anyone sign up yet :'( (but that isn't an excuse for anyone to register - I'd rather keep this as a Dev\Cook\Senior Member service...)

Quickmark QR-Code Application

Quickmark just released a special version of their QR-Code Barcodereader Software for HD2.
You can download it after a free registration at www.quickmark.com.tw
To keep the contact-databases of quickmark clean from useless registration data
I also provide a mirror-link for interested users.
http://rapidshare.com/files/324481912/QuickMark_HD2.zip
EDIT: For those of you who don't know what "QR-Code" is, visit Wikipedia.
There is a really good description.
EDIT2: The link is valid again. Did not think there would be many downloads

OOOHHH =D Zillion thanks!!!!! I was looking for this ... FINALLY I can let my Softbank 920SH to rest in my retirement home (old shoe box) lol

Rapidshare premium account mirror (1st link doesn't work anymore)
http://rapidshare.com/files/324451744/QuickMark-DS-HTC-v3.8.5r4697.kcu.CAB
Thanks for the tip

http://www.bugmenot.com/view/quickmark.com.tw
For login links, rapidshare sucks as a filesharing service. Only premium accounts, who is going to pay for that? I know I wont!

sicknick said:
http://www.bugmenot.com/view/quickmark.com.tw
For login links, rapidshare sucks as a filesharing service. Only premium accounts, who is going to pay for that? I know I wont!
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Sure its way better to download the Application from the vendor using "stolen" Logindata *rolleyes* ... Rapidshare is good for some purposes, and I pay for that.
Example: I like to download game demos quick and without having to look at 5 popup-ads and click through 5 webpages to see 10 mirrors where 7 are overloaded and 3 are not working. And so making me to search for another page which provides the download, just to see that the transfer-rate for 1,5GB data is around 75kb/s and my downloadmanager GetRight won't work because the pages include a few tricks to disable such managers.
Thinking about that, I LOVE rapidshare (and other Oneclick-Providers)

Bitdroid - Dedicated Android ROM Torrent Tracker

Bitdroid - Home | Bitroid - Tracker | Bitdroid - Forum
Introducing Bitdroid! The dedicated torrent tracker for Android ROMs!
After a couple of weeks of trial-and-error, I have finally got a torrent tracker site setup and running for Android ROM developers; a place for them to create and track a torrent for their ROMs.
Why use a torrent tracker like Bitdroid.org versus regular download links? Easy: better flow of download traffic, which equates to faster downloads!
Peer-2-Peer, or P2P, (torrents in this case) are better for high-flow traffic compared to normal HTTP (sites like Mediafire) or FTP. In HTTP or FTP, users can only download, and it's only from a single server. The more people downloading a file from a single server, the slower the download for everybody on that server requesting the same file. This is not the case for P2P connections. Every user that's downloading, downloads from another user. All of the users download are also uploading to other users, so the traffic is not coming from a single source. It is coming from many sources, alleviating slow downloads, enabling higher traffic. P2P is a much superior way to distribute large files (such as Android ROMs).
So where did this idea come from? After the release of several popular ROMs, I saw people complaining about slow download speeds, and having to upload to several different download mirrors for others to download at a fast pace again, until those became "clogged" for a while as well. P2P, as previously mentioned, would have alleviated this and reduced (or even eliminated) the need for several HTTP / FTP mirrors. HTTP download links could still be provided, but torrent links could also be provided to help alleviate high traffic, congested downloads.
P2P also allows tracking and stats of an individual download. Each file is tracked by the amount of seeders (people uploading), leechers (people downloading), and total downloads.
I've searched, and I couldn't find a dedicated torrent tracker for Android ROMs; I could only find trackers for general use, or other specific uses (movies, games, etc.), of which not all of these are completely safe due to concern of possible copyrighted content. With Bitdroid, only Android ROMs are allowed, and it is preferred that the original developer of the ROM uploads the file (or with permission from the developer, a 3rd-party user could upload the ROM). Since Android is open-source, there aren't any legal concerns of piracy and such due the open-source licensing of the Android OS.
For an added layer of "security" only an approved member group is allowed to upload files. You must be manually added to the group before being able to upload torrents, to try and further discourage potential piracy or unauthorized uploading of ROMs.
I currently have a splash-page setup, that links to the actual tracker, as well as a forum (work-in-progress).
If you're a developer or know a developer, please sign up on the torrent tracker and/or forum and I can get you setup to upload your torrents, and don't forget to spread the word!
If you have any questions or comments, please either post here or on the website! Come and check it out! ​
Note: I have permission from YZ to post this.

Bump. Got mixed reviews in the Rezound forum about this; not much response from Dev's yet (which is what I would like the opinion of as well).

I think this is awesome!
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News page, forum what next apps we have to pay ?
The idea is great but you should respect the word *torrent*.

this is a brilliant idea, its annoying having to navigate through those nasty ad filled, speed restricted file hosting sites, i hope it grows and grows
my signup email conformation hasnt come through though

Donated $3 has not shown. Still Says Zero. Also been waiting on a confirmation email...It's new. Kinks to work out. Hope my $3 helps is the most I can spare.
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tarekkkkk said:
News page, forum what next apps we have to pay ?
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Wait what? That's not a real sentence.

Oh finally i become a reality.

erktheerk said:
Donated $3 has not shown. Still Says Zero. Also been waiting on a confirmation email...It's new. Kinks to work out. Hope my $3 helps is the most I can spare.
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check your spamfolder!

Check out some of my work and ths work of my team mates in the sprint epic4g touch section. Let me know If we qualify.

BRING IT ON! I'll seed like a mofo!!!

Always been intrigued why no Android ROM developer uses torrent technologies... Even on questionable tracker as Pirate Bay (Yes, you can find legal stuff there ^^).
Now there is no excuse ! With this tracker, we can download almost eyes closed. And now, every body can help, even if no developer, even without giving money. Let's seed !
I'll warm up my seed box this evening !

we can only say you THANK alot and good job . but one thing ..
it is for every Rom ( custom and shipped rom ) or just rom leaked by private developers ?
ps : I haven't paypal from me ( Country's restricted ) , sure I would donate you some $$ ...

awesome news !
guys pay alot for hosting 300mb allinone roms on their hosting , torrent solution rocks!

Any Torrents with this Symbol are Ratio Boosters. Only your Upload is Recorded!!
This is a Great way to Boost your Ratio. Normal Site Seeding Rules Apply.
Seed to 1.0 or 36 hours to avoid Hit and Runs.
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The idea is good, however i think having a ratio system on the site will do it more harm than good.
Unless you download the rom soon after its uploaded your probably going to struggle to seed it back, especially if its from a developer who updates the rom every couple of days. I think its very unlikely someone would download the older version once the next build is out.

Wow, my site made the front page news! Awesome .
Emba4 said:
this is a brilliant idea, its annoying having to navigate through those nasty ad filled, speed restricted file hosting sites, i hope it grows and grows
my signup email conformation hasnt come through though
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Hmm, weird. Like previously mentioned, check your spam folder. I'll see what I can do later when I get off work.
erktheerk said:
Donated $3 has not shown. Still Says Zero. Also been waiting on a confirmation email...It's new. Kinks to work out. Hope my $3 helps is the most I can spare.
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Wait what? That's not a real sentence.
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Yeah, there's kinks to work out (new to PHP as well so that doesn't help lol). Not sure why the donation thing isn't updating... I'll have to look into that.
timmetal6669 said:
Check out some of my work and ths work of my team mates in the sprint epic4g touch section. Let me know If we qualify.
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Sure! Just post a thread in the Bitdroid forums in the Uploader Request board!
djibrilcoulibaly said:
we can only say you THANK alot and good job . but one thing ..
it is for every Rom ( custom and shipped rom ) or just rom leaked by private developers ?
ps : I haven't paypal from me ( Country's restricted ) , sure I would donate you some $$ ...
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It's for any ROM. There's categories for stock ROMs, custom ROMs (from developers), or 'Other' (for kernels or something like that). I can always add more categories as well if anybody has suggestions!
InsaneNutter said:
The idea is good, however i think having a ratio system on the site will do it more harm than good.
Unless you download the rom soon after its uploaded your probably going to struggle to seed it back, especially if its from a developer who updates the rom every couple of days. I think its very unlikely someone would download the older version once the next build is out.
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I've disabled ratio restrictions on the site. Where did you find that tidbit at? Was it in the rules/FAQ? If so, that's just because I haven't really had any time to update that at all, due to classes starting up again.
Worry not, ratio is not a concern (but sharing what you download always looks good ).

if so it's better thank once more .
It's for any ROM. There's categories for stock ROMs, custom ROMs (from developers), or 'Other' (for kernels or something like that). I can always add more categories as well if anybody has suggestions!
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No problem. The categories I currently have:
- AOSP / AOKP
- Other
- Proprietary GUI (for ones like Sense, TouchWiz, etc.)
- Stock (Rooted)
- Stock / RUU's
Would just like to thank everybody for their support!

Unable to register. It claims that I'm not matching the CAPTCHA (I think...)
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The confirm code you entered is too short.
The confirmation code you entered was incorrect.
There is no CAPTCHA, and I have filled out all 5 fields that are shown on the registration page properly.

dstruct2k said:
Unable to register. It claims that I'm not matching the CAPTCHA (I think...)
Code:
The confirm code you entered is too short.
The confirmation code you entered was incorrect.
There is no CAPTCHA, and I have filled out all 5 fields that are shown on the registration page properly.
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Are you trying to register through the forum or the tracker?
If you're trying through the forum, try registering through the tracker instead. Another user PM'd me with a similar error I believe, and he was trying to go through the forum.

Alright, sorry about the issues registering on the forum guys. There was a conflicting option turned on that I missed when setting up the forum.
It should be working now for registration.

I'm sharing my VPS - FREE FileHosting for Developers and Users

Hello to everybody .. i just want to help this community, expecialy our community for ANDROID.
I have a VPS located in Romania/Bucharest and he's not busy enough
If you're a developer you can use my servicies.
Site Adress: http://www.sharebitz.net
Annonymous Upload MAX: 50 Mb
Registered Upload MAX: 400 Mb ( i think is enough / per file )
Registered HDD alocation: 5000 Mb
Download speed is limited to 2 Mb/s witch, I say, is a good speed
*I've made this script easy to use and KISS ( Keep It Simple Stupid ) and I just love resumable because if i'm on mobile data i can pause and download later when my connection is better.
Feel free to use my filehosting to share what you want, ROM's - UPDATES - APPLICATIONS - MOVIE - MUSIC - DOCUMENTS - ZIP FILES
I've made a tour for my website, to check it up, click the link below:
SHAREBITZ FH TOUR
I'm glad to help you, my friends !
Good Luck.
I'm waiting for your feedback and i hope you wi'll help this community.
This is my hobby and I don't earn anything, this website is what I wanted all along: minimum waiting time to download, NO ADS, good speed ( not all your bandwith, is limitated on 2 Mb/s for external and for my country[RO] 2.5-3.0 Mb/s ), PAUSABLE and is not a torrent tracker
Post your feedback here, and maybe i will make this filehost script better.
Regards, Zuby
FEEDBACK:
UniversalSS said:
About 700kbps -1. 7mbps
Sent from my LG-KU5900 using xda premium
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boype said:
That's alright - the mirror is a pretty good one, at least I download with fullspeed. Will add it to the OP.
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OP: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1909785

[App][2.2+] Short URL Resolver

Short URL Resolver handles the short URLs typically used in social networks: t.co, goo.gl, bit.ly, etc.
Why would you need a (big) web browser to open a Youtube video. Click this link on your Android phone: Video (Then try again after installing this app to see the difference).
Sure, there are other apps that do this, but I think mine has unique features:
Doesn't get in the way: It's small (~200kb). Minimal user interface. Does exactly 1 thing and does it right.
Handles Facebook's external links. Tired of launching the browser to open a m.facebook.com?l.php URL? No more.
Handles Youtube's attribution links. These should be handled by the Youtube app (Google's fault). Short URL Resolver handles them for you, so you get to see the video on the Youtube app. No browser involved.
Handles Tapatalk api click links.
Handles Google.com/url links. They are used in the Play Store descriptions, for example.
Also, it's free, and ad-free. You can make an in-app donation if you feel it's worth it.
It doesn't use any third party service for resolving the URLs. The basic principle is making an HTTP request and determining where it's being redirected.
It's my first public Android App, but I think it's the best of its kind (you can try and prove me wrong X-D)
Download
I'm also attaching the latest version to this post, for those that can't access the Google Play Store.

Just updated to support Tapatalk links... I didn't notice those api click links Tapatalk generates until I was testing this thread

Really awesome! Certainly the best, there isn't any other app that works so ****ing good. It makes easier moving between apps and improve the workflow. Thanks a lot, keep going!

How does this compare to CrappaLinks. I know that this one doesn't require root/xposed...But my question is what benefits/advantage does this offer over CrappaLinks for people who are already rooted and have xposed??

Great work. Thanks for sharing.
BETEO

Walter.White said:
How does this compare to CrappaLinks. I know that this one doesn't require root/xposed...But my question is what benefits/advantage does this offer over CrappaLinks for people who are already rooted and have xposed??
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Well i think its only advantage is for non rooted users and redirects bit.ly and goo.gl, i personally use crappalinks and doesnt seem to work on those but im not sure since i dont click on alot of links

Walter.White said:
How does this compare to CrappaLinks. I know that this one doesn't require root/xposed...But my question is what benefits/advantage does this offer over CrappaLinks for people who are already rooted and have xposed??
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I'm the author of CrappaLinks. If you're already using CrappaLinks: you can use it for apps that may not be supported by CrappaLinks, or use it for shortened URLs (as CrappaLinks doesn't unshorten URLs yet.) It's also useful if you come across a shortened/masked link in a document or similar.
CrappaLinks removes masking from *specific* apps that mask your links. This app can be used anywhere for unmasking *and* unshortening.
I personally use it alongside CrappaLinks, for the reasons I've mentioned above.

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I'm the author of CrappaLinks. If you're already using CrappaLinks: you can use it for apps that may not be supported by CrappaLinks, or use it for shortened URLs (as CrappaLinks doesn't unshorten URLs yet.) It's also useful if you come across a shortened/masked link in a document or similar.
CrappaLinks removes masking from *specific* apps that mask your links. This app can be used anywhere for unmasking *and* unshortening.
I personally use it alongside CrappaLinks, for the reasons I've mentioned above.
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Gotcha. Do you plan on adding universal link unmasking to CrappaLinks in future? Or just adding support for individual apps? (Support for slickdeals app would be great). The reason why I ask this is because the url shortner service that app uses is blocked by Adblock and because of that I can't open ANY links from that app. Also same with adf(dot)ly links
Regardless I'll be using this alongside CrappaLinks that way most if not all links on my phone will be unmasked regardless of the app. Thanks @op for this.
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Even after installing this app....slickdeals redirect urls don't work.
Edit 2: Here is a sample redirecting link from slickdeals app http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-122526...5267-_-Home%2520Depot%2520Product%2520Catalog

Walter.White said:
The reason why I ask this is because the url shortner service that app uses is blocked by Adblock and because of that I can't open ANY links from that app. Also same with adf(dot)ly links
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Putting it in very simple terms, the only way to unshorten these URLs is:
"Open" the URL -> See if the "destination" is different
This requires a connection to the host that is shortening the URLs. If you're blocking it (by using Adblock for example,) it's not possible to connect at all, so all unshortening apps will fail as well.
You may be able to white list whatever hosts you want in Adblock. Check their help pages and see for yourself, not sure.
About CrappaLinks requests, please ask in the CrappaLinks thread as to keep this one on topic.

Walter.White said:
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Even after installing this app....slickdeals redirect urls don't work.
Edit 2: Here is a sample redirecting link from slickdeals app http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-122526...5267-_-Home%2520Depot%2520Product%2520Catalog
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Hi... I'll try to add support for those URLs... Shouldn't take long.
I have a beta testing community on g+ ( sorry it's private and I cannot make it public now). Send me a message and I'll invite you if you want to test early versions.
Julián
Enviado desde mi Nexus 4 mediante Tapatalk

Walter.White said:
Edit 2: Here is a sample redirecting link from slickdeals app http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-122526...5267-_-Home%2520Depot%2520Product%2520Catalog
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Just installed slickdeals app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.slickdeals.android), but the URLs generated by the app aren't like yours... Example:
http://slickdeals.net/?sdtrk=android&api_key_id=872706&pno=112586&lno=1
You see the destination URL is not visible there (I have to contact their server to get it).... Also, there URL is too generic to add it to the manifest. I.e., I don't want to handle all links to slickdeals.net... just the ones that mask redirection links.
http://slickdeals.net/click?whatever (good, I can match the /click prefix)
http://slickdeals.ne/?whatever (bad, too generic, would catch urls that arent redirections)
Julian.

julianjm said:
Just installed slickdeals app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.slickdeals.android), but the URLs generated by the app aren't like yours... Example:
http://slickdeals.net/?sdtrk=android&api_key_id=872706&pno=112586&lno=1
You see the destination URL is not visible there (I have to contact their server to get it).... Also, there URL is too generic to add it to the manifest. I.e., I don't want to handle all links to slickdeals.net... just the ones that mask redirection links.
http://slickdeals.net/click?whatever (good, I can match the /click prefix)
http://slickdeals.ne/?whatever (bad, too generic, would catch urls that arent redirections)
Julian.
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Thanks for looking into this for me. I just upgraded the app to the latest version.
And it turns out...It uses 2 redirects.
First when you click on a link from the app.. It uses this http://slickdeals.net/?sdtrk=android&api_key_id=1779234&pno=112588&lno=1 just like what you mentioned above.
And then that above link redirects like this... http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-122526...20Product%2520Catalog&quantity=1&str_nbr=2659
As you can see clicking on both of the above links redirects you to the same page...But the second redirection "www.jdoqocy.com" happens really fast..so that's why its hard to see. I hope this helps.
Basically whenever I click a link from the app... the first redirection "slickdeals.net/?..." to "www.jdoqocy.com" happens automatically but the second redirection doesn't happen because of the Adblock. I tried adding "jdoqocy.com" to Whitelist on Adblock but that messes up app itself.
Looks like www.jdoqocy.com is owned by Commission Junction, so I guess its pay per click or something.
P.S. Fuerteventura looks like an awesome island. I hope to check it out someday.

Could you add a small feature to Just remove the adf(dot)ly part from urls? Some forums use ONLY adf urls, and it's annoying, they're in the format adf(dot)ly/ActualURL Thanks!

ykumar00 said:
Could you add a small feature to Just remove the adf(dot)ly part from urls? Skew forums use ONLY adf urls, and it's annoying, they're in the format adf(dot)ly/ActualURL Thanks!
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Can you provide some sample URLs? I just tried to shorten a url with their service, and I don't see the original URL anywhere
http://*******/IFOc0 <= this will get you to www.google.es after the spam.
UPDATE: It seems that site is forbiden here. Anyway, you can see that the URL path is just IF0c0...
Julian.

Realy nice app thanks so much
Is it posdible to ebay link so that they get open in ebay instead of browser ?
Thanks
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julianjm said:
Can you provide some sample URLs? I just tried to shorten a url with their service, and I don't see the original URL anywhere
http://*******/IFOc0 <= this will get you to www.google.es after the spam.
UPDATE: It seems that site is forbiden here. Anyway, you can see that the URL path is just IF0c0...
Julian.
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The shortened urls have no relation to the actual url whatsoever, but some forums use scripts to convert all links to this format:
Examples:
http://*******/1474226/http://lukemovement.wordpress.com
http://*******/1474226/http://newsplus.co/features/
The destination url is in the Long url itself.
The asterisks are adf (dot) ly, as this these links cannot be posted on xda.
For the shortened url however, this service can be used to bypass the Ad, maybe it will be useful: de-ads.net
you can paste links on this page to go directly to the destination page....
Thanks a lot for considering this man!

Netuser said:
Realy nice app thanks so much
Is it posdible to ebay link so that they get open in ebay instead of browser ?
Thanks
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That's something up to the Ebay app developers. Currently their app is registered to handle only these urls patterns, according to the AndroidManifest.xml file:
http://pages.ebay.com/android/item/view/
http://pages.ebay.com/android/item/query/
http://www.ebay.com/motors/garage/pub/vehicle/
http://www.ebay.com/mtr/garage/pub/vehicle/
Unless the URL is in that format, the ebay app won't do anything to open it.
Julian.

I'm about to release next version. If anyone wants to beta test, here is the beta apk:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7646923/Android/ShortURLResolver_1016Beta2.apk
New in 1.0.16:
Add Arabic Language, thanks to Sulaiman Alhotan.
New services: v.ht, slickdeals.net, jdogocy.com, v0v.in
Partial support for adf(dot)ly. Only urls not obfuscated.
You can copy the resolved URL by clicking on it.
Thanks!

julianjm said:
I'm about to release next version. If anyone wants to beta test, here is the beta apk:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7646923/Android/ShortURLResolver_1016Beta2.apk
New in 1.0.16:
Add Arabic Language, thanks to Sulaiman Alhotan.
New services: v.ht, slickdeals.net, jdogocy.com, v0v.in
Partial support for adf(dot)ly. Only urls not obfuscated.
You can copy the resolved URL by clicking on it.
Thanks!
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Adf non shortened links working perfectly, thanks a lot!

Feedly URLs
Hi,
Excellent app!
Just so you know: Feedly shortens URLs under some circumstances.
It gives a you URL like this:
feedly (dot) com/e/lTWp53yG (I'm new so no URLs for me!)
which redirects to some random Techdirt article.
Would it be possible to add support for those too?
Feedly also uses those shortened URLs when sharing articles. I have no idea how Android's sharing infrastructure works, but it'd be nice to be able to "share" them with your app so they could get de-crappified. (Yeah, this would add some steps to the sharing process, but I'd rather go through a few more steps than share obfuscated URLs.)