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New Google Maps Mobile

Haven't seen this posted here yet.
Looks like Google released a new version of GMM. No longer do I get those pesky wininetread errors.
The new version is 1.2.0.2
I'm running Shadow as well.
Here's the link I used from pocket ie: http://www.google.com/gmm
The file is called: googlemaps_compressed
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Do you have a linky at all?
Matt

Link to new Google Maps
http://www.google.com/gmm/GoogleMaps.CAB

...or just go to google.com on your phone and you should get a link to if from there on the home page...
Smiffy.

Sadlybrokeboy said:
Do you have a linky at all?
Matt
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Guy, that's lazy.
And then noobs complain when other members are blunt.
Google is google, and the biggest search engine in the world. Google Maps Mobile is one of their most famous --and only PPC apps-- how could you or anyone else not find the App? Type Google Maps Mobile on your phone or PC?
Sorry, to put this in the spotlight but this is an obvious example why members get upset at new users and don't worry it is not just about you. Currently there are been an ongoing issue about Noobs.

Plays nice in WM6
This new version seems to work better in WM6 ... I can now drag my screen to move the map without the annoying data/refresh errors I used to get in the last version.

Good catch.
The initial version of the program was pretty unuseable due to the error messages.
Hope this version is better!

agovinoveritas said:
Guy, that's lazy.
And then noobs complain when other members are blunt.
Google is google, and the biggest search engine in the world. Google Maps Mobile is one of their most famous --and only PPC apps-- how could you or anyone else not find the App? Type Google Maps Mobile on your phone or PC?
Sorry, to put this in the spotlight but this is an obvious example why members get upset at new users and don't worry it is not just about you. Currently there are been an ongoing issue about Noobs.
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OK - I'm not taking it personally, I just thought it common sense to post a link when talking about a new peice of software - that's all
Cheers
Matt

looks very nice... now if only in canada we had unlimted data plans

weinson said:
This new version seems to work better in WM6 ... I can now drag my screen to move the map without the annoying data/refresh errors I used to get in the last version.
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amen to that. the only thing that would make this version crap all over live search is.....
street view

hiimcliff said:
amen to that. the only thing that would make this version crap all over live search is.....
street view
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Street view is so rediculously stupid. In fact I was talking to a director at Google a couple of weeks ago and told him to stop focusing on that poc street view and fix gmm. GMM, after their search engine and maps is probably the most useful thing they have going.
I then proceeded to show him how gmm was incapable of finding the party we were trying to go to because of all the errors. We eventually got there. This new gmm came so quick after that incident... hmm I wonder...
Seriously though, street view??? Can you think of a singe legitimate use for it beyond the cool hey there's where I used to live in manhattan?

agovinoveritas said:
Guy, that's lazy.
And then noobs complain when other members are blunt.
Google is google, and the biggest search engine in the world. Google Maps Mobile is one of their most famous --and only PPC apps-- how could you or anyone else not find the App? Type Google Maps Mobile on your phone or PC?
Sorry, to put this in the spotlight but this is an obvious example why members get upset at new users and don't worry it is not just about you. Currently there are been an ongoing issue about Noobs.
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They also make Total Commander for PPC!!! get facts fight if your going to have a go at someone!!!

You dont have unlimited plans?
What a shame.......if you only signed up with fido previously! HA.
aximfan said:
looks very nice... now if only in canada we had unlimted data plans
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But no new features
Yes, the new GMM is nice, in that the wininet error is gone. I haven't played with it too much yet, but the one thing I DID notice is that there is still no hybrid view, with streets superimposed over a sat view.
Again, haven't played with it too much yet, but I haven't seen anything new, outside of the error fix. Has anyone noticed any new functionality?
-pvs
[EDIT] Well, I clicked around with it a bit, and while I AM happy they fixed the glitch, I'm saddened that they couldn't add a few new features, for instance:
1) Hybrid view, as mentioned above
2) The ability to move it's cache to a storage card
3) The ability to preserve my historical locations, searches and directions between upgrades
But again, I'm happy they fixed the wininet glitch. And I guess ... what do I want for free, right?
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kinggofg;1310852 said:
Seriously though, street view??? Can you think of a singe legitimate use for it beyond the cool hey there's where I used to live in manhattan?
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Ok, heres just one easy one to explain..say youre disabled, and you arent able to get around much for certain reasons etc..would give you a chance to kinda go exploring, and see things, which you otherwise wouldnt be able to....Im sure I can come up with a few more, thats just the easiest/quickest to explain.
btw, Sorry to wander offtopic.

ChaoticDruid said:
Ok, heres just one easy one to explain..say youre disabled, and you arent able to get around much for certain reasons etc..would give you a chance to kinda go exploring, and see things, which you otherwise wouldnt be able to....Im sure I can come up with a few more, thats just the easiest/quickest to explain.
btw, Sorry to wander offtopic.
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Agreed, sorry to wander...
I'm just excited to try the new GMM.
How about a legitimate use for an average person. Everyone needs GMM, very few need street views. Street view is the kind of thing that seems cool and you can talk about at cocktail parties, but you will never use. I use mapping software nearly everyday. And if they get traffic working, could increase productivity in this country by millions if not billions of dollars.

kinggofg said:
Street view is so rediculously stupid. In fact I was talking to a director at Google a couple of weeks ago and told him to stop focusing on that poc street view and fix gmm. GMM, after their search engine and maps is probably the most useful thing they have going.
I then proceeded to show him how gmm was incapable of finding the party we were trying to go to because of all the errors. We eventually got there. This new gmm came so quick after that incident... hmm I wonder...
Seriously though, street view??? Can you think of a singe legitimate use for it beyond the cool hey there's where I used to live in manhattan?
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yes. i love it. i live in nyc. now when i go somewhere that is unfamiliar i check it out on street view first so i know exactly what im looking for when i get there. i love it.

I will agree that the street view is not that important. It's more like a 'wow, this is cool' kind of feature.
All in all, this new release appears to be very stable. No annoying errors.
I think this is the future of GPS programs. It is much easier to distribute new maps when available, and add new features.
I envision a program similar to this which simply caches the maps you use most often on the device, and updates them via your data plan whenever an update is needed. If you go to a new city or state, the device starts caching the new area.

GPS works better. yey! You can now configure the GPS, so there's actually a chance of it working

new option in GMM
DTX is corrrect, there is now an option to specify which serial port your GPS is on unlike the previous version. I didnt find this useful because I always set my GPS up under Start-Settings-GPS but you do have an option now to over ride this setting.
I drove around all day yesterday trying out the new GMM to see if the WINNET error would reveal its ugly head and it didnt. I was even out in BFE yesterday and when I would loose cell coverage and then come back in the GMM went to work to catch me back up.
My only wish list thing would be to orient the map depending on which direction you are heading. This was a feature in Pocket Streets that I found very handy instead of playing a guessing game as to which direction to turn...
Enjoy!

[REQ] Train Time Application

I don't know about anyone else in the UK but I could really do with an app that allows me to search for train times.
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk just about works in Opera but it's slow to render and fiddly to have to fill in the boxes as it doesn't scale very well onto the WVGA screen. What I reckon would be great would be an app that can do the searching for you, with nice big boxes making it easier to type your start and end points.
I've searched around and not found anything out there that seems to do the job. I came across a .jar programme here (http://www.getjar.com/products/903/LiveUKTrainTimes) but It's not very user friendly and only does live departures/arrivals rather than a search of the National Rail Enquiries database.
Anyone know of anything out there that would do something like this? Or does anyone want to take a stab at developing it? I've seen the thread for the Australian train times but haven't tried it out as yet.

dom_mitchell1 said:
I don't know about anyone else in the UK but I could really do with an app that allows me to search for train times.
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk just about works in Opera but it's slow to render and fiddly to have to fill in the boxes as it doesn't scale very well onto the WVGA screen. What I reckon would be great would be an app that can do the searching for you, with nice big boxes making it easier to type your start and end points.
I've searched around and not found anything out there that seems to do the job. I came across a .jar programme here (http://www.getjar.com/products/903/LiveUKTrainTimes) but It's not very user friendly and only does live departures/arrivals rather than a search of the National Rail Enquiries database.
Anyone know of anything out there that would do something like this? Or does anyone want to take a stab at developing it? I've seen the thread for the Australian train times but haven't tried it out as yet.
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If you find anything, I'd also be interested.
What I've done is downloaded the timetable in pdf format and use adobe viewer to view this on the phone. Obviously there is more trainlines in the UK than there are in Ireland so this maybe wouldn't work for you. (Only 4 lines in Northern Ireland)

I would definitely use that! I love the national rail site because it lets you set favourite journeys. An app like that would be indispensable to me.

Have you tried the show directions option in google maps?
This uses the application Transit on the "Public Transport" tab and seems to work well for me in Switzerland. But, I don't know about UK - give it a go.

Have you seen this amazing application?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=479216

Looks good, I am also interested, especially since I use Chiltern, Virgin and TFL a lot. Being able to get train times in a minute on my phone would be great.

jolas said:
Have you seen this amazing application?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=479216
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Testing this now!

Cheesy Dave said:
Have you tried the show directions option in google maps?
This uses the application Transit on the "Public Transport" tab and seems to work well for me in Switzerland. But, I don't know about UK - give it a go.
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Annoyingly I don't think it does work in the UK (at least it doesn't for me). I can only use walking and driving. Mass Transit is a no-go.
jolas said:
Have you seen this amazing application?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=479216
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Am I right in thinking this app lets you know how to get from a to b on underground systems? I'll have a look but I don't think it does the kind of thing I'm hoping for. I'd like to have an app that pulls data from the National Rail Enquiries website. Even better would be a push of any issues with 'Favourite' lines esepcially at rush-hour.
I'll have a look at that app; even a solid knowledge of the London Underground sometimes fails when meeting a friend at a pub in a random part of Town I seldom visit!
O and O said:
Looks good, I am also interested, especially since I use Chiltern, Virgin and TFL a lot. Being able to get train times in a minute on my phone would be great.
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That is the dream my friend! I use a mixture of Southern, South Eastern and TFL. No so fussed about tube times; is there every such a thing as a timetable down there in reality? Certainly doesn't seem to be the case on the Northern Line coming out of London Bridge in the morning!

Use National Rail's WAP site which looks nice and big in WVGA -
http://wap.nationalrail.co.uk/
or you can text the station you're going from and too and it will tell you the next 3 train times - all the info is here:
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/passenger_services/info_on_the_move/

Or try:
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/mobile
It is a bit more user friendly

baconsarni said:
Or try:
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/mobile
It is a bit more user friendly
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There must be something missing as this comes up as a Page Not Found.

Jus saw this thread.
I have uploaded a vey basic UK rail departures application the the following url:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=620076
You can see the screenshots there.
Soon there will be a new version with advanced functionality and a new interface.
Hope it helps

national rail has a mobile site
http://pda.ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/
works pretty well for me anyway

T-Mobile UK Mobile Broadband Accelerator

For those of you who have been disappointed with the compression that T-Mobile applies to images downloaded across their mobile network, there is now a solution!
Go to accelerator. t-mobile. co. uk (sorry, can't post links yet) in your Desire's browser and choose from one of three options:
Highest speed = reduced image quality (recommended)
High speed = standard image quality
Lower speed = original image quality (not recommended)
Obviously, choosing original image quality means pages will load slower and use more data so it won't be for everyone, but at least it stops pictures from looking like a fuzzy mess .
According to this thread (support. t-mobile. co. uk/discussions/index?page=forums&topic=801038047a8ee12012a7f988ce0007fbe) at the T-Mobile support forums this may also work on other phones but you may have to spoof your user agent.

KazeXT; thank you, been waiting for a solution for this for a while now!

Oh my god!
many thanks!
to you and all your descendants!!!

thank you very much for this

edited off.

Looks like the site is down and my images are crap quality again. I hope they haven't shut it down for good!
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

I checked the site again just now and it still seems to be there. Remember, you need to access it from the browser of the phone you want the settings to affect (presumably using the data connection rather than wi-fi). That's how I understand it at least...

Yeah its back now. It was just down a few hours thanks.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

At last! YAY!!!
Thank you T-Mobile (for once) and KazeXT for finding this! Seems to be exactly what they should have provided long ago
I wonder how long the setting lasts though, is it permanent until you decide to change it again or does it reset at each reconnection/after some other period of time?

http://support.t-mobile.co.uk/help-and-support/index?page=support&cat=WEBNWALK_USB&tab=0&id=GP30
Downloads but won't run - "file type manifest not found"
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And there's no website at www.accelerator.t-mobile.co.uk (OP) so puzzled by this

al89nut said:
http://support.t-mobile.co.uk/help-and-support/index?page=support&cat=WEBNWALK_USB&tab=0&id=GP30
Downloads but won't run - "file type manifest not found"
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And there's no website at www.accelerator.t-mobile.co.uk (OP) so puzzled by this
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You need http://accelerator.t-mobile.co.uk instead (i.e. no www!) - I'd recommend just highlighting this and Fox2Phone-ing it to save some typing on the phone ;-)
PS - thanks to the OP (KazeXT) for posting this!

Been looking for the solution for a while. Thanks for helping me out !

alanjrobertson said:
You need http://accelerator.t-mobile.co.uk instead (i.e. no www!) - I'd recommend just highlighting this and Fox2Phone-ing it to save some typing on the phone ;-)
PS - thanks to the OP (KazeXT) for posting this!
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I get "webpage not available" for that

al89nut said:
I get "webpage not available" for that
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Hmm, weird. And you accessed it with WiFi off and on the T-Mobile network, not whilst roaming onto Orange? I accessed it about an hour ago and it worked fine for me...

Right - wifi off. Nobody said that! But I realise how stupid I've been!

Ahh - the OP mentioned it in passing in post #7, that was what tipped me off! In retrospect I can see the logic, as if you accessed it from outwith their network they wouldn't have your account details and therefore wouldn't be able to log your settings! Glad it's working now for you

[Q] WM7 internet Data Counter

Good day guys.
I got my brand new omnia 7 and i was wondering abiout the possibility to keep in control the 3g data used per month.
is there any apps or any way to control the amount of data used (and i'm talking about the data used through the carrier).
Thak you very much

WM7? What's that?

GenkaiMade said:
WM7? What's that?
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oh s##t you right! I was hung up to Windows mobile but now is WP7.. I meant Windows phone 7. I don't belive there is not internet data counter!!!

I have a live tile on my homescreen which is a link to the following website;
http://wap.o2.co.uk/myo2account/myprepayallowance
This webpage gives me my remaining credit, how many free texts I have left and how much data I have left. So it provides a data counter.
This is for UK O2 Pay as you go, but I'm sure other carriers provide similar mobile web pages for their customers to see their account status.
There's really no need for an app. Just find out the URL from your carrier and pin the page to your home screen. Et voila!

Jim Coleman said:
I have a live tile on my homescreen which is a link to the following website;
This webpage gives me my remaining credit, how many free texts I have left and how much data I have left. So it provides a data counter.
This is for UK O2 Pay as you go, but I'm sure other carriers provide similar mobile web pages for their customers to see their account status.
There's really no need for an app. Just find out the URL from your carrier and pin the page to your home screen. Et voila!
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well... One of our cerriers doesn't provide such option... And besides, it is one of the minimum requirements that a phone like this should have... What surprises me the most is that no app has been developed yet... =[

murdok83 said:
well... One of our cerriers doesn't provide such option... And besides, it is one of the minimum requirements that a phone like this should have... What surprises me the most is that no app has been developed yet... =[
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Wait - Your carrier doesn't have a website? Who are you with, Joe's Garden Shed Aerial Sales?

Jim Coleman said:
Wait - Your carrier doesn't have a website? Who are you with, Joe's Garden Shed Aerial Sales?
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I don't know this guy, but I'd love to... anyway, my carrier (WIND) does have a website but it doesn't give the chance to track the amount of bytes that have been used... i know.. it's sad!!
Nonetheless, I keep saying that this option should be given for this amount of money

it is indeed a bit weird that a smartphone wouldn't provide this information, but hopefully MS wise up a bit and bring it in as part of an update sometime soon.
i don't believe you'll see a proper app for this (possibly a homebrew one might come along though) as the proper APIs for this haven't been made available (i think anyways).

The Gate Keeper said:
it is indeed a bit weird that a smartphone wouldn't provide this information, but hopefully MS wise up a bit and bring it in as part of an update sometime soon.
i don't believe you'll see a proper app for this (possibly a homebrew one might come along though) as the proper APIs for this haven't been made available (i think anyways).
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...BUT WHY???!!! Please, oh God, TELL ME WHY THEY DID THIS TO US ...
why couldn't they add these simple features like:
-Ringtones&vibrations loving each other
-Data counter telling you that you're spending way too much time online
-A camera that you can silence in order to take picture of your neighborhood
WHY... WHYYYYYYYYY?????

murdok83 said:
...BUT WHY???!!! Please, oh God, TELL ME WHY THEY DID THIS TO US ...
why couldn't they add these simple features like:
-Ringtones&vibrations loving each other
-Data counter telling you that you're spending way too much time online
-A camera that you can silence in order to take picture of your neighborhood
WHY... WHYYYYYYYYY?????
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Well one could equally well ask why your carrier refuses to share with you your data usage via its website.

Jim Coleman said:
Well one could equally well ask why your carrier refuses to share with you your data usage via its website.
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I like your sarcasms... Because you were sarcastic, weren't you?!
Anyway, it is like not being able to keep track of how many minutes we've talked... Mah, to be or not to be
...

i definitely understand what you're talking about. and yes there is still a lot missing. hopefully MS actually takes the time with these updates to implement some of these features which i don't think would take all that long to code. but for now, be patient. perhaps post your ideas on social.microsoft.com, as that is the direct communication line with them. and perhaps in one of the pinned threads (future updates i think it is), so that we can keep track of features we'd like to see.

murdok83 said:
...BUT WHY???!!! Please, oh God, TELL ME WHY THEY DID THIS TO US ...
why couldn't they add these simple features like:
-Ringtones&vibrations loving each other
-Data counter telling you that you're spending way too much time online
-A camera that you can silence in order to take picture of your neighborhood
WHY... WHYYYYYYYYY?????
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do we even know why you need a silent shudder???

some want it. from what i've read in the past, HTC phone's shutter sound obays the actual volume you set, so if you set the volume to 0, you get no shutter sound. this doesn't apply to Samsung and LG phones though. but i think having a silent shutter should be added.

[INFO] XDA File Server for DEV's and users!

Hi,
On the 14th of March i started a new project called XDA File Server. The purpose of the site is to host files for Dev's and give users a nice spot where they can find them. And so far it's been busy! 1,7TB has been uploaded allready and 11000+ vistors and more then 11000 files served!
The server it self runs on a 100mbit optic fiber line and should provide a decent speed to most people.
On the moment you'll find ROMS for the asus transformer, lg optimus 2x and xperia s (orginal firmware on the moment), i'm still expanding but it takes time and money! Hope you guys/girls like it !
the url: http://www.xdafileserver.nl
You can also follow me on xdafileserver on twitter.
Korumera

*bump*
I'm still working on a easy and clean design so dont panic when you see one design first and a few seconds or minutes an other one, the downloads will go on.
Some stats so far:
almost 1000 unique vistors in only 3 days! 190GB downloaded so that's nice too. If any other dev's need xs let me know. I'll add some stock roms as well by gee one for restoring

Stock recovery might be a good addition as well.
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk

Thanks for the tip
I'll find a good version and add it

Actually now that i think about it a good selection of tools like nvflash, adb, nachoroot, vipermod, drivers, superwipe, CWM 3.something and 5.something, Rogue recovery, other stuff that might be useful. Sort of like a one stop shopping kinda place.

This is such an awesome gesture. Thank you!
Another suggestion: Maybe you can have some pages (or the main pages) on your site link through coralcdn.org by appending .nyud.net to the domain part of your URL. By doing this, for public content, HTTP requests are automatically redirected through a custom peer-to-peer network using DNS and distributed amongst a huge number of caching proxies, reducing the load on the original server as well as bringing content closer (network topologically) to the requester.
Note: I am not connected to coralcdn.org in any way.

Dreamboxuser said:
Actually now that i think about it a good selection of tools like nvflash, adb, nachoroot, vipermod, drivers, superwipe, CWM 3.something and 5.something, Rogue recovery, other stuff that might be useful. Sort of like a one stop shopping kinda place.
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Good idea! I'll msg most of these dev's if they are ok with the mirror ( think they are but it's nice to do). And i'll make a folder for these things.
I'm still working on the site to make it as fast as possible for users that are on the other side of the world, but it's not going to be routed trough any dns service of anykind it's on a 100mbit fiber line it should be fast enough and it should support proper download managers (so you could resume).
I'll show some stats from this week later on

I'm in indonesia if that's far enough away for ya. Sometimes it drops out but that's at my end and it still maxes out my 3g.
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk

Ok i've added some other developers roms to the server and i've registerd a new url for it you can now bookmark
http://www.xdafileserver.nl for all your roms!
If you are a dev or know one that needs a place to host their roms let them contact me and i'll see what i can do.
@Moderator Is it possible to sticky this topic? makes it much easier for me to keep people informed!

Ugg getting annoyed tried 15 times to download mar 27 cm9.
Keeps saying file is finished at like 15 megs.
Is there anything going on or is it just me?
edit: seems my 3g doesnt like your server. On a landline it seems to be working well.

Nopes it's running on full speed on the moment. But i'm going to change setup soon so perhaps that will fix it for you
oh and for those on 3g try: THIS and let me know of that works

Moving to a more appropriate place

I find your project very useful.
Do you consider including other devices as well?

Hi
Yes that's the general idea indeed. But i'm starting up slowly with some dev's and adding more while to goes on. First wanna see how much data this is gonna take .
A member of team xperia is uploading some files and is gonna use it for the 2011 range (and the comming 2012) after that i'll find and ask a galaxy 2 dev if he want's to mirror/host the files on my server

Just a note that the word 'you' on the website's main banner should read 'your'. As if you don't have enough to do.
Thanks for your work and such a cool idea for a Site.
Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk 2 Beta-4

Ok thanks
haven't checked the text yet and gonna rewrite it soon. I'm working on an different site (same layout) but more options!

Hi,
Sorry for the bump (@mod's is it possible this get's a sticky), i would like to know which phone you would like to see next on www.xdafileserver.nl

Korumera said:
Hi,
Sorry for the bump (@mod's is it possible this get's a sticky), i would like to know which phone you would like to see next on www.xdafileserver.nl
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Nexus S?
Sent from my ice cream powered Nexus S

I can't figure out how to get this file: http://xda.servebeer.com/TF101/Stock Roms by gee one/With Root/ics_92117_stock_EBT_SOS.zip
It's from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1552303

Hi
Try this link HERE
let me know!