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October 6th:
Im working on the website now for us. I'll be changing this thread from "gauging interest" to the "development thread" for users of the portal to post comments and such on this thread.
a good idea my friend, but a question:
A webpage containing info for herald users, or a kind of startportal with links?
If so, that is a good idea, because there is portals, like htc's one, but it sucks big time, there is never any new stuff there, and the links provided is not so good.
I have done alot of webdesign myself, but im a better graphics designer then a coder so if you need help, just say so
Great idea, am also a web page designer and would be glad to update the page with new links as they found.
A few basics to start with would be good such as:
blogs in mobile version (engadgetmobile,gizmodo,msmobiles,modaco...)
not sure if its possible but some sort of e-mail client would be nice such as google has done with their homepage.
ofcourse you can't forget to add your fav vidz for the week or month (or atleast what you would type to search cuz everyone uses their own means for viewing videos)
of course everyone would love to see some apps on there (i'm guessing if this became widespread you could only add freeware)
the main one would be a link to the herald forum here on xda dev (im sure i ain't the only who would use this)
Thats all I can think of now, keep us updated and I'll b glad to help with anything that I can.
Great idea btw
cheers
Yes, more of a portal idea.
I'll get to work on it tonight!
Please share links you believe would be of value to have in this portal.
Suggestions anyone?
neptune said:
Great idea, am also a web page designer and would be glad to update the page with new links as they found.
A few basics to start with would be good such as:
blogs in mobile version (engadgetmobile,gizmodo,msmobiles,modaco...)
not sure if its possible but some sort of e-mail client would be nice such as google has done with their homepage.
ofcourse you can't forget to add your fav vidz for the week or month (or atleast what you would type to search cuz everyone uses their own means for viewing videos)
of course everyone would love to see some apps on there (i'm guessing if this became widespread you could only add freeware)
the main one would be a link to the herald forum here on xda dev (im sure i ain't the only who would use this)
Thats all I can think of now, keep us updated and I'll b glad to help with anything that I can.
Great idea btw
cheers
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I second those ideas! Joystiq.com blog would be awesome.
I can offer you webspace so you don't have to use your school's server. I can also register a domain. Let me know if you need anything. Send me a PM and we can discuss things. Good idea you have there.
id like to built a small, only herald based forum. if you got a webspace with php imma do my best to get a fresh designed mobile device board
xsillence said:
I can offer you webspace so you don't have to use your school's server. I can also register a domain. Let me know if you need anything. Send me a PM and we can discuss things. Good idea you have there.
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Sounds good man!!!
Can you rigester .com's?
In this event, I'd like to leave suggestions open for website ideas..
www.HTCPortal.com?
Whats nice is, this could be used by ALL browsers of XDA, not just us Herald guys.
Tha1nonly,
If you would like to design a forum that will run in 320x240 that we can post messages from our device, that would be AWESOME! Let me know what you plan on doing with that, and I'll be sure to include the link in my portal.
Yes, of course. Send me a PM
I was trying to find the best games or apps for wm5 or 6 that are freeware.
Any suggestions? And the most helpful would be a free p2p program. I found winmobile but it costs 20 dollars and I would rather use a freeware alternative if possible. Thanks
kell.shaw said:
I was trying to find the best games or apps for wm5 or 6 that are freeware.
Any suggestions? And the most helpful would be a free p2p program. I found winmobile but it costs 20 dollars and I would rather use a freeware alternative if possible. Thanks
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um, for freeware programs use http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ it has some really good stuff. check it out
http://www.freecabs.de/ is formatted to browse from your phone. German-hosted site in English. Good mix of free for life and trial-ware.
http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ sikol121 already mentioned it, though...but it bears repeating.
http://www.freewareppc.com/ Very current.
http://www.modaco.com/ make sure what you download is made for your PPC.
http://www.pdagold.com/ Czech site, very current.
http://www.pocketpcfreewares.com/ I like this site a lot for its ratings by the author. Site can be sorted by rating, allowing you to ignore a lot of drek software.
http://www.ppcsg.com/index.php?showtopic=58687 This is just one amazing (although somewhat dated) list of software for phones. Not all freeware, mind you.
http://www.pocketpcmag.com/_top/bestsites.asp A somewhat dated list of websites catering to PPCs.
As to the question of what's best, that isn't a question people like to tackle. What I like best are things that pack a lot of function, and freeware is usually the world of the one-trick pony. I have selectively used a great deal of freeware, but if it's a unitasker, I usually look for something else that does the job along with a few other jobs I need done. That may not be how you define best, so my advice is try stuff, and if you don't like it, delete it.
P2P
http://www3.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/research/projects/siemens-mopi/
This site is a research portal for a project that's attempting to port eMule over to ppc protocols. It's interesting, but they don't have any downloads from the front page, so I doubt that anything happened.
P2P isn't really friendly to PPCs. All that data xfer would really wear out the battery fast. Easily as fast or faster than calling people. Also, even with an SD chip, you're limited to 2GB of storage, so it's not like you're downloading movies, or more than a dozen albums. Not sure why you'd want this functionality in a PPC.
**************** for good gaming and application. i got lot of stuff up to now. just try u need to register
MOD EDIT: The site you posted is a WAREZ site. This is a breach of forum rules.
I have also removed the link to "Cracked" software in your signature. WAREZ is the enemy of the developer and we are a site that promotes development.
Hi
For many of us, we live behind a digital wall called censorship. And we happen to have to use tools like TOR etc to get access to many homepages. Unfortunately that means that sites like Megaupload thinks all of us TOR users etc are the same downloader, so they tell us we can not use their servers.
Ergo, many many many of us can not D/L your ROM´s.
If you post new ROM´s, please submit torrents for the billions of us that does not have a free internet.
Sincerely yours - one of the billions of blocked Megaupload users.
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Great idea!
I LOL:ed at the title of this thread, it sounds like an adult movie .. the ROM cockers! =)
801run said:
Great idea!
I LOL:ed at the title of this thread, it sounds like an adult movie .. the ROM cockers! =)
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plus 1 id be pissed if i could not download.
This thread has to win the "Thread title of the year award"
Plus one... i hate megaupload but haven't choice.
There are other solutions, but they are not freee....
A great idea. It's something I've thought about before but, thinking about it, you would have to rely on everyone to seed the files to make sure we all had (pretty much) instant access.
This is my understanding of it anyways.
Just throwing it out there but another area on the forums for torrents would be sweet but I can't imagine the work that would create!
Much respect to all Devs and Site Admin.
I agree, and love the title of this thread, hail ROM Cockers!!!
That's not ideal. Not everyone has the bandwidth to seed a single file. And like majority of torrent users they do not seed at all.
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sign +1 ololo
i won't be downloading from torrents. but, why the hassle when v-b-n has a server where cookers can put their files? and he's not saying "pay if you want to use it" it was free last time i checked. So, instead of inventing new solutions, use what this forum has to offer. And, if you want to improve, donate to him, so he can maintain the server
HAHAHA! Rom cockers!
Winner
+1, Great idea.
I've often wondered why torrents have not been utilised here. Considering that we're all phone enthusiasts here it's fairly likely that the majority of us are general tech enthusiasts too and therefor would have a decent collective bandwidth to serve these ROMs. Personally I have quite a considerably large pipe and I'm more than happy to seed anything that is legally distributable.
I think the argument you are making here is valid, but torrents is by no means a good way to distribute builds as they are frequently upgraded. You'll end up with hundreds of dead torrents in a week...
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Rom builders already have the VBN server with direct downloading so, no need for torrent nor useless miseplled thraeds
I find within 24 hours the VBN site is overloaded and no more download slots avail.
However I am willing to host a tracker server however I have very limited bandwidth for uploads so speed will struggle at the start.
I am however willing to build it on a linux based server (Eg LAMP) as as first pass and then if someone can organize hosting of a smallish VM then the entire VM can be moved from there onwards
It should be possible to script in a way that a cook only has to upload his rom to the site via FTP and it will automatically create a tracker/torrent from it.
Lots of "maybe's" and "should's" but willing to help where I can.
I am 100% against it!!! I do not like torrents from the day one and if someone wants them - well, post them yourself and contribute a group that wants to see torrents.
Megaupload is much more reliable and if you cannot wait 40-50 seconds to download the build, then too bad...
Sorry - Im not trying to be negative but it is pretty selfish to make a thread and state "All ROM cockers: Please torrent your ROM´s! No Megaupload please" ... no go AT ALL!!!
So - I am the "minus one" ...
I think they are saying that Megaupload blocks then due to national firewall and work arounds?
I agree with not liking torrent at all. Megaupload is as good as it gets with downloading. Why cant you guys use Megaupload?
I also do agree that VBN is over capacity most of the time, which will not let you download if it is.
Recently I've noticed that the free uploading websites have been going down and/or uploads being removed... Many of the ROM's are being pulled down. Well it's time to find a new way to host the files for free...
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Recently I've noticed that the free uploading websites have been going down and/or uploads being removed... Many of the ROM's are being pulled down. Well it's time to find a new way to host the files for free... I would say make a free account on 000webhost, upload a mini site describing your ROM, and upload your ROM. 000webhost gives 1.5GB of space. But others may have better ways so collaborate.
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You can't do that, it goes agaisn't the rules of 000Webhost.
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You can't do that, it goes agaisn't the rules of 000Webhost.
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Hmmm, I thought that I read that somewhere... Oh well, like I said collaborate, how are you gonna share your custom ROMs now?
So I'vo got a hosting space that is used to host an HD2 rom. I don't have limitations in terms of space and bandwidth but I don't want use for now...Maybe later...
How about 4shared, mediafire ?
The other solution would be to everybody send 1 € or $1 and to acquire an unlimited hosting plan with access to the devs only...
Why aren't people just using the torrent system? You can torrent from just about any modern device.
Its free, and if bandwidth is an issue for a dev, you can throttle upload speed easily and let initial leechers pick up the slack.
Not to sound sarcastic, but torrenting was made in large part FOR collaberation and sundry, not just pirating. Ironic that we've shifted back to reliance on download server services.
If folks lose the "hit and run" mentality propogated by Megafileserveuploadetc sites we can simplify this entire dynamic drastically.
[Atrix 4GWannabe] XDA Premium suggestions - Analytics opt-out, Setting backup/restore
XDA should open torrent tracket
Sounds funny but that's not bad idea, although that would work only for new/popular files...
+1 Bit Torrent... I'll seed!
im not sure why i didnt think of it either, i am not going to lie that i have been a tad illegal here and there, but i was upset about some legal files getting hit in the cross fire, i have a usb 3.0 1TB drive for my files and a 50 DL 15 UL connection with an always on connection, ill torrent my ass off knowing i wont get a letter for doing something illegal
I dont find it really a huge issue, since there are still many ways to get files if you really need or want them. Plus you can share public files from dropbox which is a fairly good way as long as you have the storage and a decent upload speed.
Where to Host android files
Through the grape vine i have learned of a new site set not yet open but sounds great for developers. its androidromhosting.com , its suppose to open soon and specialize in hosting all things android for the community, developers will have opportunities for their own portals and all kinds of cool stuff. I know some of the people involved and I will update here as soon as it opens !!
Alaq!
can you reupload fastboot wipe? all the links are dead
So I read an article about Tribler which is a decentralized bit torrent program. It doesn't use any type of central server but utilizes peoples computers for tracking the torrent.
So my question is, what do you guys think about start using it for sharing the ROMs and such for the phones? With all the big file sharing companies shutting down the sharing function, this could be a good way of quickly share the files. It will be heavy duty at first but the more people that jump on it we could get files out there quickly.
Any way. The website for it is http://tribler.org/ It may just shoot you straight over to the download site. I don't mind utilizing some of my bandwidth to share the files.
Read more about Tribler at their wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribler
swehes said:
So I read an article about Tribler which is a decentralized bit torrent program. It doesn't use any type of central server but utilizes peoples computers for tracking the torrent.
So my question is, what do you guys think about start using it for sharing the ROMs and such for the phones? With all the big file sharing companies shutting down the sharing function, this could be a good way of quickly share the files. It will be heavy duty at first but the more people that jump on it we could get files out there quickly.
Any way. The website for it is http://tribler.org/ It may just shoot you straight over to the download site. I don't mind utilizing some of my bandwidth to share the files.
Read more about Tribler at their wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribler
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Great Idea... but, would it tie up my [email protected] 3MbpsDwn/1.5MbpsUp net?
ndwgs said:
Great Idea... but, would it tie up my [email protected] 3MbpsDwn/1.5MbpsUp net?
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You would probably be able to pick how much bandwidth you can dedicate to the upload. All regular bit torrent clients I know of allows for that. So you can say you want to allow for it to use.
I do enough downloading off file lockers(zevera.com ftw) that if I started hosting torrent downloads I'd probably have fbi at the door.
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Tribler - definately the way to go! I'm in.
Let me know how I can help.
Why not just upload it to pirate bay or something?
What makes this new bit torrent client unique
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