Greetings all,
I'm sure this is has been said before, but how about people hosting roms via bit-torrent? I have a great connection....I figure hosting the rom via bit-torrent would be better than rapid share ect, ect, ect....just a suggestion..
Holy crap I had this thought the other day also! I think it would be a good addition to cyanogen considering how much bandwidth they constantly use. I guess in my example though it would be tricky with the nightlies. Give an opportunity for the community who utilizes it to give back though. Good post
I appreciate where you're heart's at but without your very own 100mbps server and a reputation for uptime you're not going to generate much interest. People want direct links not torrents. They'd prefer rapidshare over torrents.
But your offer is nonetheless appreciated by those of us who know that while roms may be free bandwidth is a commodity.
Wrong. I'd imagine most people on XDA know how to use bittorrent. And if they did, they'd be crazy to prefer rapid share which has wait times. The best thing to do would be to provide links to both, and let us decide. I for one know what I would pick.
Major problem, OP: Most American ISP's throttle the crap out of torrents. Comcast will take a torrent with 10,000 seeds which on other ISP's will see >5,000KBps, but on Comcast or AT&T, it will crawl to 15KBps.
d0ugie said:
I appreciate where you're heart's at but without your very own 100mbps server and a reputation for uptime you're not going to generate much interest. People want direct links not torrents. They'd prefer rapidshare over torrents.
But your offer is nonetheless appreciated by those of us who know that while roms may be free bandwidth is a commodity.
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*cough* http://goo-inside.me/
Snipa and I are always looking for more ROMs to host. Devs are free to PM me, and I'll either get them set up with an FTP account, or rsync (rsync preferred).
I would definitely participate in sharing these via torrent. I doubt that a dev will post a torrent link up, but a user could download, make the torrent, upload it to somewhere free like heet and then PM the dev the link and then maybe he will post it up as an alternate source of downloading. The only problem with this is unless you have a seedbox, most people will probably hit and run making download speeds terribly slow. If someone has a 100mbit seedbox then I am all for hosting torrents to download.
d0ugie said:
I appreciate where you're heart's at but without your very own 100mbps server and a reputation for uptime you're not going to generate much interest. People want direct links not torrents. They'd prefer rapidshare over torrents.
But your offer is nonetheless appreciated by those of us who know that while roms may be free bandwidth is a commodity.
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rapidshare sucks ! id take a torrent over rapidshare
An idea would also be to add ALL the possible mods and themes.
For example:
Torrent contents:
MikFroYo 4.5
Cyan Dragon Theme
Cyan Flower Theme
Cyan Skull Theme
all the add ons
Matte Blues
etc etc etc
It'd be a huge download but with the links in the torrent description to all the various threads they came from, newbies and lazy people wouldn't have to browse the forum for days and days to find everything.
Plus, if someone made a super torrent with all the roms and another one with all the themes, one with all the kernels, etc (with links in the description), one could back-up our entire section of the forums.
I'm pretty good with torrents but my uptime is crap, otherwise I'd love to help!
i would really prefer a usenet post over a torrent, but id take a torrent over rapidshare anyday. i always wondered why people don't use filedropper.com instead of rapidshare. it's free an no queue times.
this could be done by the ROM users as a way to give back. seed a torrent.
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drmacinyasha said:
Major problem, OP: Most American ISP's throttle the crap out of torrents. Comcast will take a torrent with 10,000 seeds which on other ISP's will see >5,000KBps, but on Comcast or AT&T, it will crawl to 15KBps.
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I have Comcast, and this doesn't happen to me. :|
Torrents are a sure way to get a cease and desist from my ISP.
huskerpat said:
Torrents are a sure way to get a cease and desist from my ISP.
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Only if your downloading music.... or videos. There are legal uses for them
Torrenting is legal.
Torrenting copyrighted items is illegal.
I would be willing to seed this every day, if we ever do it.
Im with this plan as well. I hate rapid share, etc.......
OneStepAhead said:
i would really prefer a usenet post over a torrent, but id take a torrent over rapidshare anyday. i always wondered why people don't use filedropper.com instead of rapidshare. it's free an no queue times.
this could be done by the ROM users as a way to give back. seed a torrent.
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Oh, I'd prefer usenet over torrents also, but who really knows about usenet? Next thing would be, hey...how about IRC.....
I'd be more than willing to seed, I have an old ubuntu server with rtorrent on it....it's not much, but I'm sure I could seed the hell out of some rom's
also, i would have to give a +1 to filedropper. Everyone should try it. I love the 1mb /second downloads!
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but who really knows about usenet?
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Both of you forgot the first rule of usenet.
Usenet is dying.
I see this being a good option. Mirrors aren't always available. Sites go down, or throttle bandwith. Rapidshare and some others have horrible ads that even Firefox with ABP doesn't always catch (it gets 99% but still).
And like it was said before, you can have one torrent with the ROM, kernel, theme, add-ons and more. If you don't want a certain theme then mark it to not download (although it would be nice if you did as long as you will seed for others).
I do see this being an issue for CM nightlies so I guess this doesn't even affect me that much.
PS: downloading music and movies via torrent aren't technically illegal, either (as long as you own a physical copy of the music or movie). I have gotten a few e-mails from Comcast and all they ever say is to stop SHARING the file. They can only get you for uploading them (because they can't prove digitally that you don't have the CD or DVD at home).
Any decent apps to download torrents on your phone? Never thought about doing it but i guess its possible.
Hello All,
For all the Devs and Chefs I have setup a file sharing site for you all.
Please upload a Rom to it and let me know how your experiences pan out.
http://xdaupload.alpcsolutions.com/
I hope it is of use to you all. Its my way of saying thanks to you all.
For the next week if you PM me you account detials I will upgrade you to the Premium for free. After the week I will see what the takeup has been like and possibly put everyone onto premium for free.
MODs, if this is of use to everyone please put into stickys etc. If enough people donate I may be able to get a bigger server for you all.
Any issues please pop me a PM or email [email protected]
Changes Made:
7/4/11 - Single file storage for free users has been increased to 300mb. Should be enough for most sense roms.
Thanks
Ashley
I can't upload ARHD.
"One or more of the files you selected were too large.
These files have been removed. "
SbTro said:
I can't upload ARHD.
"One or more of the files you selected were too large.
These files have been removed. "
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because free member is limited to 200MB upload file size.
There are no restrictions on uploading files to my mirror.
Just log in with the username "Guest" and password "xda-dev". All uploaded files are verified before they are available to download, purely a legal precaution.
Increase
SbTro said:
I can't upload ARHD.
"One or more of the files you selected were too large.
These files have been removed. "
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Added you to premium sir.
Will change the file size to 300mb for ROMs, I have only been using the Cyanogen ones witch are 80mb, sense roms are a bit larger.
Please let me know how you find it, i can make improvements only based on what people tell me
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There are no restrictions on uploading files to my mirror.
Just log in with the username "Guest" and password "xda-dev". All uploaded files are verified before they are available to download, purely a legal precaution.
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I tried using the same software you are using but it wouldn't work with my host. Hopefully both of us being a free mirror for XDA will be of use to lots of people who have rapidshare etc etc blocked at work or their country.
I am always happy to host xda or Desire HD related files too if anyone wants.
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I am currently trailing AjaXplorer on a sub domain. http://www.dhd.iloveabath.co.uk
Only the ROMs are hosted there as I've not fully configured it yet.
AutoIndex is ok, but it doesn't play well with Firefox and the download counter will break your site if you don't modify the PHP.
I think all theses resources for devs/chefs is a good thing. As when is too much choice a bad thing!
I to can host files for free if needed
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I got fed up of multiupload and having to find a way around either a websense block because if porn adds on the side.
The more choice devs have the better.
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As my way of giving back to the XDA community and supporting further Thunderbolt development I would like to donate FTP/SCP access to a lightly loaded, IPV6 compatible file server linked via a 25MB/s (2 x 100Mbit/s) fiber backbone just outside of Washington, D.C. (On the same back-haul as part of "starbucks.com" )
ROM/Kernel/Mod developers working specifically on the Thunderbolt feel free to send me a PM and I'll get you setup ASAP with whatever you need be it Download Counters/Statistics, Version Control Hosting, hosted applications, etc. I manage servers and write web applications for a living - don't be afraid to ask for support.
Three cheers for no captchas, direct downloads and no waiting!
- Peter
Way to give back man, that's awesome!
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SilverVenom said:
As my way of giving back to the XDA community and supporting further Thunderbolt development I would like to donate FTP/SCP access to a lightly loaded, IPV6 compatible file server linked via a 25MB/s (2 x 100Mbit/s) fiber backbone just outside of Washington, D.C. (On the same back-haul as part of "starbucks.com" )
ROM/Kernel/Mod developers working specifically on the Thunderbolt feel free to send me a PM and I'll get you setup ASAP with whatever you need be it Download Counters/Statistics, Version Control Hosting, hosted applications, etc. I manage servers and write web applications for a living - don't be afraid to ask for support.
Three cheers for no captchas, direct downloads and no waiting!
- Peter
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To ride his coat tails (and to add another hosting option that isn't rapidshare type junk) I'm also offering hosting for ROMs and such, and have a basic UI for uploads. Shoot me a PM and I'll get you setup on my server.
Direct downloads are great. I cannot access any of the usual download sites (everything on multiupload) when at work. I'm always sad to see an update be pushed out to the world and have to wait hours to actually get it.
Let's get this initiative moving.
Was just thinking.. I have a somewhat powerful vmware ESX server at home that's just eating electricity.
I'd be more than happy to give a dev any number of servers that would be helpful at all to doing development.
I remember Slayher saying he needed some more CPU, I wonder if it would help.
Hip-hip-hooray! I will be glad to never have to look at the ugly "multiupload" page we're now directed to for our crackflashing.
Us at TechBurrow think that the XDA Forum is a great place for developers to upload their ROMs and what not. However one thing that could be aggravating is uploading your ROMs or any files you may have to file sharing sites, because they are too slow.
Us at TechBurrow.com want to help the developers here at this forum. If you would like to host your files on our servers for free all you need to do is contact us. We have fast dedicated servers. This would allow all users to download the files quickly.
We will also upload tutorials and videos to our website and YouTube channel with over 8,000 subscribers showing the completed ROM or whatever it may be. Just send us an email and we can get it done for you. We are a growing community with over 10,000 members, subscribers, and viewers, this will help the developers and make sharing files easier. If you are interested just send me an email to [email protected] and tell me if you need anything uploaded to our server, or need tutorials or promotion videos uploaded.
Please note that this
Hello Developers
If you are looking for a FREE , fast and secure hosting solution, please send me a private message.
I will be hosting your ROM for FREE on my server.
The following rules apply for the Hosting :
1. I support on Galaxy S 3 ROM only.
2. I will upload and provide a direct mirror to your Rom (Users will have resumable downloads)
3. Server is based in India
4. I have unlimited hosting plan, however my upload speed is limited to 512KBPS-1 MBPS. However download speed is usually 20-30 MBPS.
5. As I am a student atm, i may not be free all the time to immediately host your file. But, i will make sure that your File is uploaded within 12-14 hrs (max)
Please let me know if any one of you need any help.
Thanks
ZADUSIMPLE
interesting!!
well yeah im a junior member yet but i have been using xda since 2 years and lost my a/c due to some reasons anyways im interested in your offer so tell me where i can host!!???