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Okay you all know i've been working on this website for a few weeks now. This means staying up till 3-4am in the morning, coding non-stop. By the fall of this week, it will be released to the public as a beta for 1-2 days where bugs can be submitted so I can fix it up, to make it a pleasant experience for the user!
Okay so edit again And yes IT's ALL FINISHED!!!!!!
All that needs to be done is to add categorys and content via the admin panel, but i need people to help me out (its a big job)! If you don't want to help all the time, at least help me get through the forums so after i've seen them all I can keep on top, because atm i'm under a huge pile of stree (see what I mean)
Website is here: www.touch-innovation.com
See latest post for the new update
http://www.sprinttouch.net/
Thanks for letting me know about that ,
But it's not very advanced, and doesn't have a lot of stuff.
Napbree said:
Hi,
First of all, I am a website designer & coder.
I have the biggest urge to make a website, dedicated for the HTC Touch, and provide people with the best registry hacks/tweaks. The good programs - and link back here to download them. Etc.
I'd provide a forum for support on all of this as well. I was wondering, who would use this site, and support it? And, is there a website like this all ready?
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If this website did get alot of support, and became popular, I would expand it further too other HTC devices
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What would the website contain?
- Home cooked ROMS
- Original ROMS
- Games
- Programs
- Registry Hacks
- Themes
(if you have any suggestions please let me know)
Thanks
Nathan
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What better site than the one your on?!?!?!?!?
This is a awesome site, it's just to cluttered, if you see what I mean. You have to file through them all to find things you want, and then when you find something you need, you dont know if it's the latest version etc.
And this isn't the only good site, there's ipmart etc. and this is my way of trying to merge them all together
It will have a way to add your own stuff, so it's like the users own little admin panel, except everything they do, has to be rectified by the admin
So I just thought I'd simplify the process.
Bump... Surely more people want this?!
If you look at the number of members and posts at SprintTouch.net, I'd say there isn't much interest in a stand alone site. By comparison, SprintMogul.net dwarfs st.n. Granted, the Mogul has been out longer than the Touch, for Sprint anyway. Phones come and go all the time, so I'd think you'd be better off creating a site that's manufacturer or OS specific.
Well that's because you have to register. The site I will make, you won't have to register. It will be simple and quick
iam in
heyyyy whats up man
i like the idea i was thinkin the same open website and i guess we can make good work i work programmer and i have 2 desingers and one for adobe and the 2nd flash
any way i would like to say iam with u from nw but the xda is the best and will stay the best if u dont mind gimme ur yahoo id and ill contact with you .
Hi,
It's good to know that lot's of people have wanted to do this It means there's a lot of interest. I have contacted you
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So far, I have dont the main page - everything's going to be dynamic, and fetched from the mysql db.
It's coming along nicely I think it should be done within 1-2weeks - if I put my mind to it!
you're a bit too late)) http://xda-developers.com
Does no-one read my first post
I am compiling a site, of everything here, and other forums. It is somewhere where you dont have to register. And you dont have to go through lots of messy threads
In the long run it will be better :0
Napbree said:
Does no-one read my first post
I am compiling a site, of everything here, and other forums. It is somewhere where you dont have to register. And you dont have to go through lots of messy threads
In the long run it will be better :0
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Lets go. Sounds good.
UPDATE:
So far, I have done the basics - news system, categorys, sub categorys, descriptions, and download/view details page. I am currently going over everything now, to implement more features etc.
It's coming along really nicely!
you say that you dont need to register to use the site, but if you want to download from say Xda-Developers, then you need a username and password!
Yeah I have that one covered as well!
Usually, if someone post's something, they supply a download link to say fileshare, I can provide that. And if I am allowed, and I give proper credit to this site, surely I can upload myself, and give a download link?
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Yeah I have that one covered as well!
Usually, if someone post's something, they supply a download link to say fileshare, I can provide that. And if I am allowed, and I give proper credit to this site, surely I can upload myself, and give a download link?
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How would you make sure the version you are offering is the most current one?
Well, I would keep everything updated, I roam these forums everyday, so I won't miss anything. And If the people who said they want o help are commited they can help.
I might create a php bot, to search for the highest number, shouldn't be too hard
So far, pretty much everything that the user see's is finished! I am just tweaking the rating system - for now, no comments.
But I still have the admin panel to do, but I can still put the website live and add everything via phpmyadmin. I don't like to keep people waiting.
If anyone has donations, then donating to my paypal would be great, and I will add you to my affliates which means more visits to your website
My paypal is booboonathan[[(at)]]gmail[[(dot)]]com (remove the ( and [[ )
Thanks!
Okay - I had to postpone due to family issues and such, and well i've come back but I don't know if I should waist the rest of my time doing this website. Its practically done - Minus a design and just need to implement a few cool effects such as ratings, comments and screesnhots etc.
I have big planns for this website (no wait, rephrase. I had big plans) But I need to know if any of you would use this website? It will be a simple layout, and much easier to get access too.. It will also have news feeds to it's far easier to be able too check if something has been updated.
Hasn't that ever annoyed you? When you see a cool program and you isntall it but you don't realise it's had an update - and you have to go routing through the messy forums (sorry, but it's true - this is a forum, they're all messy) and look for the latest one?!
Either way please tell me if you would use it, it would be free of course
Thanks
So for quite some time, there has always been issues and complaints about users not being able to download roms from the links posted by the devs on new releases and/or updates (4shared, Rapid share, Mega upload to name a few)
with that being said they are always complaining and begging for someone who gets a complete download to re-upload with a mirror, to make their lives easier...understandable. But if there's one thing I know, "Most" devs hate it when users fill their threads up with a bunch of links...why? well that’s simple:
It confuses others (especially noobs) as to which link is the correct one and the one intended for download by the OP. This means that if someone put a faulty link/mirror that contained a bad file, un-signed zip, or their own custom version of the rom/mod that they decided to play "dev" with and screwed it up rendering it full of bugs...the Dev and/or OP has to deal with the complaints when that user comes back to post. Leaving him confused and dumbfounded as to what the hell they are talking about because nobody else is reporting these issues.
Download count just so happens to be very important to a lot of devs. It gives them a general idea of how many users are flashing their work, which can not only make them feel appreciated and needed by the community because of all the attention...but also create a ratio of problems to success. Example, 300 users download, only 50 come back to report bugs, the rest either don't post at all (I call them ghost readers) or give good feedback. Now, out of that 50 only 7 reported bugs can be legitimately confirmed, which means the other 43 people either did not follow directions clearly, or already had some other stuff going on that effected their experience. Why are these numbers important? Because, if the numbers of bugs are high...the dev knows to update quickly and correct things, if the number of user errors are high...the dev knows he needs to re-adjust his instructions or make them more clear and descriptive so that nobody misunderstands. And if the number of successful flashes are high...well...you know. And all of this can be based on number of downloads...which other users screw up when they post their own links!
Lost and forgotten is what all these mirrors, linked threads/topics, and uploaded fixes by random users become when the topic is over populated (especially big named threads like Eugene, CM, Wes Garner etc). So if the thread has 105 pages and an important link was dropped by a user that proved to be helpful way back on say...page 23! How in the hell is anyone who hasn't been following the entire topic to know that? And nobody in their right mind, who has a life, is going to sit there and skim all 105 pages. So if you must, or feel, that you have a useful link pertaining specifically to the topic that can help others, the best resolution would be to PM it to the OP, so that they can update the first post where all users can easily refer back to if need be.
Now with the why covered, let's move on the the what. And the what is what I have to offer:
A hosting service that I paid for out of my own pocket. This is my way of contributing to the community, as I do not offer donations, sorry. But for the exchange of helpful information, resources, mods, and great roms! I hereby offer all devs, and I do mean DEVS ONLY (yes that includes themers) the use of this hosting service is at no cost to them.
How beneficial is this you ask?
For Devs:
unlimited online storage space for all zips, rar's, and other files that are specifically related to the xda development (No personal storage like mp3's, movies, and family portrait please)
direct download links! No pop-ups, No ads, No human text box verifications
unlimited links- they never run out of time or number of downloads they will stay on the internet forever!!!! (or until you remove it)
Detailed info- keeps track of number of clicks, page views, downloads, you name it, you get your own personal page to view this statistics at any time
No size limit! Big or small, you upload it all (multiple uploads at once supported as well) I have not seen anything in any of these forums over 200mb...so if you're running up 1-2 gigs of use in a matter of days I will be investingating your usage!
For users
No more 4shared yay! Lol
No time wait (30 secs, 90 secs or whatever) Downloads start immediately after clicking the link!
No pop-up or separate browser pages to go to, download starts without the need to open a new page or tab, so you can easily continue on reading through the forum you are in
Links are never broken-they will always work until the OP removes it
No signing up, no memberships.. paid or free, just download. Same benefit as downloading links uploaded directly through Xda, except you don't have to be logged in to click these!
To keep things under control and fair I will only allow 3 request per week for access to this service. I'm not sure how many devs are registered and active but I'm quite sure there are a lot. Eventually all devs who are interested will have the opportunity, but for my own conveyance I will only take 3 request a week, because I will not be online everyday to take all request, this also give me the time to help each individual to get set-up and answer any questions they may have.
I do not discriminate by phone make or model. All devs are welcome to this offer regardless of what phone they developed for. However; I will only post this thread here in the Vibrant forums, well, because that's the phone I use. But Mods are more than welcome to sticky it or link the word to other locations so that all devs can read. My only rules are:
Must be and already have been a member of XDA for at least one year.
Must provide at least two links to their work contributed here in the xda forums
Must have a valid email address and/or twitter account. (simply so that I can contact and update you if any changes or problems occur)
Must only use this service for the development of roms/themes/mods. Please do not take advantage of my kind heart, and use this hosting service for your own personal purpose, I will know, and I will take away privileges.
How to sign up for this?
Simply PM me if you are interested... with the above^^ requirements, and I will give you all the details and instructions you need.
Unfortunately, I will not start taking request until Monday of next week, a relative has just passed away a couple of days ago, and I am closing a deal on a new home, trying to fit time for a funeral, and moving all in one week can be a headache. But you are welcome to start sending me request if you like, but as I said I will only deal with 3 at a time. So if you send a request and don't hear back, please do not continue sending me your inquiry. Your voice has been heard and will be responded as soon as I get to you. Thank you.
Wow, I'm not a dev or anything like that but this is real nice of you. Kudos to you sir.
Working in the er its nice to know when your help is appreciated. So thank you.
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bguzmanz2 said:
Wow, I'm not a dev or anything like that but this is real nice of you. Kudos to you sir.
Working in the er its nice to know when your help is appreciated. So thank you.
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This will not only help the devs, but the forum community in general, making it much more easier on both ends, so i thank you for this. Kudos to you.
TL;DR
You might also want to post this in the Dev sub-forum too. It's over here --> Vibrant Android Development.
Thanks for providing the service.
I hope you have some serious monthly download allowences. I do some hosting not related to XDA and I'm easily pushing 30Gig a month, which spikes even more depending on releases.
What your doing is awesome none the less.
If you find that you are pushing some serious downloads you could always turn some builds into torrents and use your machine as the master seed and let others help out that want to help out. Lord knows my machine at home has been seeding many Linux builds over the past months.
http://burnbit.com/
Not to disrespect you in any form or way, I appreciate this thread to the developers but this idea has been made quite a while ago since the first-generation of Android phone (G1).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=665957
AndroidSPIN has been around for a long time and has provided hosting for developers and their ROMs as well as a pretty organized database.
zephiK said:
Not to disrespect you in any form or way, I appreciate this thread to the developers but this idea has been made quite a while ago since the first-generation of Android phone (G1).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=665957
AndroidSPIN has been around for a long time and has provided hosting for developers and their ROMs as well as a pretty organized database.
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Yes, I already know this. But please understand this is specifically for xda...androidspin is its own website in itself, also still has its limitations as well as ads and opens new pages/tabs for downloads. My service does not do that, and is without limits.
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That is very helpful, and I appreciate it. But no I have no monthly cap, and I pay for my services once per year.
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kizer said:
I hope you have some serious monthly download allowences. I do some hosting not related to XDA and I'm easily pushing 30Gig a month, which spikes even more depending on releases.
What your doing is awesome none the less.
If you find that you are pushing some serious downloads you could always turn some builds into torrents and use your machine as the master seed and let others help out that want to help out. Lord knows my machine at home has been seeding many Linux builds over the past months.
http://burnbit.com/
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Kudos to you sir
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try it and soon you will get email from your hosting company of over usage. Unlimited in your contract means nothing.
They might make you pay for overusage by saying that you abused their network.
Klyentel said:
That is very helpful, and I appreciate it. But no I have no monthly cap, and I pay for my services once per year.
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Congrats I wish I had an unlimited bandwith host. I can get away with gigs of storage, but they caped me around 60gig a month.
Anyways hope it works out.
good luck, ive tried this a few times but seems like devs like those crappy upload sites. i'm gonna take a guess and say you are on a site like hostgator or something with "unlimited" bandwidth, watch it cuz its only unlimited untill you use to much resources.
Just an idea.
Why don't we create a distributed system using available tools/software like torrent files.
We need one or more torrent server/tracker and list of volunteers to be reliable seeders. Once you sign as a seeder, you will receive a list of # files you'll seed 24/7 until you receive an updated list.
I don't mind seeding 5-10 files 24/7.
We can retire any file at any time if there is no interest and archive it.
By archiving i mean switch to more "standard" way of hosting it like http or ftp access.
And when a new release is out the downloading will be even faster.
Hi Peeps,
We all want to get our downloads as easy as possible!
We all want to upload our roms, builds, Apps, cabs and fixes as easy as possible!
But not all filehosters are easy or free.
I'm gonna try and help all of us.
I setup a domain for all to use for FREE, up to 300MB per file.
When your files don't get downloaded, they will be deleted after 30 day from last download.
If you want to support this project you can get a Premium account, and you will get up to 500MB per file, and files will not be deleted, like the free account.
I would like to know from the WinMo Chefs, Android Builders & App Creators what they think of it, and if they will use it?
Feel free to check it out @ www.bytefiles.com
The first public post is in the:
General HD2 Forum
Spam plus trolling this equals a double ban but the idea is good, but it's not really an alternative it has the same functions and less feature I would just use multiupload or mediafire they are the best so far when it comes to features and funticionality.
Just use multiupload will be easier.
Samsunguy said:
Spam plus trolling this equals a double ban but the idea is good, but you still have to pay.
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Let's hope the idea is goog enough to not double ban me
And most roms and builds are not larger then 300MB, so it's free if they want it.
And the download will only be deleted if it's not downloaded.
Only more options if you want to support me!
Tnx for voting people! ! !
Hi,
I've created this page with the intention of having one place dedicated to the HD2, were you can download and upload all kind of files to this device without any limits, waiting times and so on.
I´m tired of any time i want to download a rom, or some other file have to wait, or the download takes for ever...All the services and pages that have upload services have limit's.
I've come here to ask for help to get together all the files,developers that wan't to share their work trough this page.
If any user or developers want's take part on this project, please contact me.
For now i'm still finishing some details but it's possible to register and upload.
- The upload's will only be available after approval.
Page: www.hd2stuff.com
This is not a commercial page at all, all free, no ads.
Feed back and opinions are welcome.
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For the moment i can't solve the problem with the front end upload.
For all developers that wan't to use this can do it trough FTP:
Code:
Host: web1015.ixwebhosting.com
User: upload
Pass: HD2stuff
And all user that wan't to help uploading.
NOTE: All files uploaded will have to be approved before posted online for download.
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Sign to share:
Code:
[URL=www.hd2stuff.com][IMG]http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/7371/hd2sgin2.png[/IMG][/URL]
I don't know if this is in the correct section
Thanks.
xokos said:
Hi,
I've created this page with the intention of having one place dedicated to the HD2, were you can download and upload all kind of files to this device without any limits, waiting times and so on.
I´m tired of any time i want to download a rom, or some other file have to wait, or the download takes for ever...All the services and pages that have upload services have limit's.
I've come here to ask for help to get together all the files,developers that wan't to share their work trough this page.
If any user or developers want's take part on this project, please contact me.
For now i'm still finishing some details but it's possible to register and upload.
- The upload's will only be available after approval.
Page: www.hd2stuff.com
This is not a commercial page at all, all free, no ads.
Feed back and opinions are welcome.
I don't know if this is in the correct section
Thanks.
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I wonder why there is no responses from the chefs or devs
In past time, there was VBN server. It makes us (users) easier to download the rom.
Maybe you should post in in the ROM developement section
Make the title eye catching
Cheers
silverwind said:
I wonder why there is no responses from the chefs or devs
In past time, there was VBN server. It makes us (users) easier to download the rom.
Maybe you should post in in the ROM developement section
Make the title eye catching
Cheers
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Witch rom developement section?Only for HD2 there as 4...
I like this idea! I hope you have luck!
Still testing upload frontend.
Some help, testing and feedback is welcome.
Thanks.
posting it in the dev section is likely to get it moved
Hey xokos,
I checked out your site awsome man really great idea. I am voting for this to be posted in the XDA Portal. I have a copy of the official T-Mobile ROM if you would like it up loaded to your site. Just PM me with instructoins on how to upload it if you want me to.
Nice idea. Hopefully devs will jump into this.
Cool idea! Would love to see devs are using this site. Thank you very much for this idea and good luck.
Voted to the front page.
The page is stopped...
Will try to upload all the rom's, will take some time but hope to call more users.
Bummer man that could be a really useful site to devs and users of HD2.
Great Idea
Thanks for this , hope it takes off
Mark
Still no help from users or dev's...
I have a few files that i have found usefull, but they were not programed by me, and i think most of them came from this site, so i guess they could be found by anyone anyhow. You want them?
The point isn't if everybody can find the files, it's to get them all together(as many as possible), everything to the HD2, rom's, radios and so on...
xokos said:
The point isn't if everybody can find the files, it's to get them all together(as many as possible), everything to the HD2, rom's, radios and so on...
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Have you got the upload function fixed yet? I still think you have a great idea here with this site. A central website for just grabing a download or uploading something to share with someone else that you don't have to go through any waiting or bull crap adds.
Hello everyone,
I've been with XDA for over a year now (almost 2 years) and I was thinking about how I could contribute to this awesome community. I really don't know anything about creating ROMS, or scripts, or kernels....but I do know some things about Usenet. So, my question would be, should I create a newsgroup for the EVO, and then post the roms to that newsgroup? I would ask permission from the ROM creators first, and then I would post the NZB files so people that have access to Usenet could grab them.
Thoughts?
Why? What we do here works fine.
Hello Im a noob great well not really, but to posting yes, Id like to post in the dev section, but I guess too many idiots ask stupid questions so I guess Ill get my post count to 10, lol here's 1
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Why? What we do here works fine.
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To answer why: Most ROMS are posted via Rapidshare or something like that. I don't have a rapidshare account, nor do I want to get one. I do have access to newsgroups, and because my download speed is unmatched on newsgroups, that why I would post there. Also, once it's posted, the retention is a long time (1100 days for my usenet account).
FVUK yes.
up it to usenet....
WAY FASTER speeds and better organized
If you do it, please upload the server address
thanks
Well, I was thinking about doing one better than that and just posting/hosting the NZB files
Well, definitely check with devs first, as I know some take tracking download counts seriously. As for Rapidshare or any of the other file sharing sites, I don't have an account on any of them, but I download stuff just fine.
I download from those sites as well. What I'm looking at is a way I can contribute to the community....If I can spend time uploading different ROMS, and if it helps spread the word.....then I feel like I did something.....
Do it. Please.
Setup an nzb site and organize the rom's and radio
If you do it, ill donate some. $$ for your troubles.
Usenet would be awesome. And fast.
I really despise file sharing sites..too slow
I received permission from Myn to post Synergy RC1 to Usenet. I posted the ROM to alt.binaries.android. Attached is a zip of the .nzb file. People that dabble with Usenet, please download and let me know if it's all good.
Thanks!