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Hey all developers
I'v started a small site which i hope will grow fast
I'm offering all developers free hosting for your ROM's on my server.
romn****.info.
I got several developers interested and signed up already and im working on better design at the moment.
It has high speed and unlimited bandwidth and lots of storage.
All developers has unlimited storage so no worries about that.
Any interest?
Send me a pm
ask questions here and let me know what you think of this in this topic??

what about using dropbox?
it's site with 2G free space which easly could be used as exchange box for developers, like for usual users...
nice feature is direct downloading to sd card in android client, so you don't have to download rom with desktop browser and then send it to phone download, reboot to rescue, flash, be happy
try my referral link https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTcwMTc5NDA5 which would add me some space above that 2G for free

I'm just offering a service
Its good speed, lots of storage, not limited as dropbox is.
And i offer own personal website for each developer if they want.
And im trying to have many roms at one place.

jell said:
what about using dropbox?
it's site with 2G free space which easly could be used as exchange box for developers, like for usual users...
nice feature is direct downloading to sd card in android client, so you don't have to download rom with desktop browser and then send it to phone download, reboot to rescue, flash, be happy
try my referral link https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTcwMTc5NDA5 which would add me some space above that 2G for free
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Dropbox has issues when you have a lot of people using your public links, which I had through only hosting a little radio ROM.
God knows how they'd cope with me hosting ROMs there. I might upload a few and see
But a good and generous offer from the OP

anon2122 said:
Dropbox has issues when you have a lot of people using your public links, which I had through only hosting a little radio ROM.
God knows how they'd cope with me hosting ROMs there. I might upload a few and see
But a good and generous offer from the OP
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Thx anon2122
And if developers need domain hosting i can help out with this to so.

IPv6 support & ROM torrents?
Getting IPv6 support for your site & creating torrents of ROMs may certainly help you with site performance & creating a niche for yourself.

we are looking into this and we will see what happens

A cautionary note...
If sites like this proposed ROM hosting site do proliferate it will become even more important for all ROM releases to have an MD5 sum posted in a place other than on the ROM hosting site.
It is not beyond imagination that phone software could be maliciously compromised at source. Then where would we all be?
But, to be clear, I cast no aspersions on this particular cove making this current hosting offer.

croques said:
If sites like this proposed ROM hosting site do proliferate it will become even more important for all ROM releases to have an MD5 sum posted in a place other than on the ROM hosting site.
It is not beyond imagination that phone software could be maliciously compromised at source. Then where would we all be?
But, to be clear, I cast no aspersions on this particular cove making this current hosting offer.
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That is in fact very true, and should be done on all occasions for any ROM release. Passwords get cracked, hosting sites get compromised etc. so it's a good idea
I have an auto md5 script somewhere I use on villainrom.co.uk, and i dont think it was too hard to make. Maybe these should be used more often

I believe the main obstacle is to establish a secure and reliable repository for the ROM checksums. If that will be available, I don't think responsible ROM developers will have problems with using it, one by one - especially if the more popular ROMs will join the effort.

Working with Pulser and should atleast have the function added by the end of the day.
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We are currently working on a custom ROM kitchen for most ROMs and will try to add as many ROMs to it as we can, you can add what applications you want and such.

There's non so blind as those that can't see...
l1nuxfre4k said:
We are currently working on a custom ROM kitchen for most ROMs and will try to add as many ROMs to it as we can, you can add what applications you want and such.
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.... meanwhile you've made no response to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=719113#8
Just how are you going to ensure the security and integrity of ROMs entrusted to you? How am I, as a punter, going to know whether your site is to be trusted or if someone on your site, (or from outside even) has tampered with the ROM I'm downloading?
You cannot ignore these issues and just hope they'll go away. Just how are you going to manage the risks? Tell us please!

croques said:
.... meanwhile you've made no response to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=719113#8
Just how are you going to ensure the security and integrity of ROMs entrusted to you? How am I, as a punter, going to know whether your site is to be trusted or if someone on your site, (or from outside even) has tampered with the ROM I'm downloading?
You cannot ignore these issues and just hope they'll go away. Just how are you going to manage the risks? Tell us please!
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I did NOT ignore that issue
i answered the following
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Working with Pulser and should atleast have the function added by the end of the day.
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As pulser send me the script i will implent this in the final version of the site

ticho said:
I believe the main obstacle is to establish a secure and reliable repository for the ROM checksums. If that will be available, I don't think responsible ROM developers will have problems with using it, one by one - especially if the more popular ROMs will join the effort.
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Had an idea or two, which I am looking into soon
It would be totally external to this site. I am looking into encryption stuff just now

Just my two cents;
On Villainrom.co.uk we already run md5 checks when we push out files, and we sync the mirrors often, and it will check each file when it does. Any files that does not match the one we have locally will be deleted and reuploaded.
For complete control its important that people check the md5sums. This will not only let them know they got the correct rom but also that their download was not corrupted.
One thing we are looking into is a rom downloader. We would distribute a small .exe file that would download the rom from our mirrors and then verify the downloaded file against the sha1/md5 we have on file, before making the file available to the user. This would be optional.
Btw there is an inherent risk in installing custom roms in the first place.

One thing also that would work is to make a updated list in a thread with checksums for current ROMs so its easy to check here.

l1nuxfre4k said:
I did NOT ignore that issue
As pulser send me the script i will implent [sic] this in the final version of the site
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Oh that what it was about was it?
But you having a script on the backend of your site to allow you to compute and display checksums won't work for me.
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It would be totally external to this site. I am looking into encryption stuff just now
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But that could work.
mcduck1 said:
On Villainrom.co.uk we already run md5 checks when we push out files, and we sync the mirrors often, and it will check each file when it does. Any files that does not match the one we have locally will be deleted and reuploaded.
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Mmm.... That's what the policy on paper might be... the actuality is a bit different. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715728&page=6#60 And the question was raised by someone else on the villain site without much response.

l1nuxfre4k said:
One thing also that would work is to make a updated list in a thread with checksums for current ROMs so its easy to check here.
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And what's to stop the thread being edited? Look, you probably see me as a nuisance just making trouble for you. I assure you I'm not. If you want a workable business to provide income - and I guess that's your motivation for this - you need to think long and hard about security. Maybe Androids are 'safe' right now... but next week or next month? It won't be long before the bad guys are seeking to look over my shoulder when I use my Android to check my bank account or make a flight booking with my credit card. At the moment I 'trust' developers with a track record in this forum and assume that released ROMs are pulled apart and scrutinized by other teams. That aids my security.
With your planned site, a ROM could be released, scrutinized by other developers on release, but a week later altered by someone adding some malevolent code to the ROM. If I can imagine it then someone is probably planning to do it!

croques said:
Oh that what it was about was it?
But you having a script on the backend of your site to allow you to compute and display checksums won't work for me.
But that could work.
Mmm.... That's what the policy on paper might be... the actuality is a bit different. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715728&page=6#60 And the question was raised by someone else on the villain site without much response.
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I'm pretty sure that one was addressed somewhere. I can't remember where, but I remember seeing that the file was updated since there was a fix shortly after release.
But I'm thinking of something better than just a script on the site. I'm talking about a public-key verifiable list of MD5 sums. Need to look into it a bit more.
But TBH I think a bit much emphasis is being placed on this. I work in IT security, and have to say that whilse caution is always good, really the only way to be safe is to make the ROM yourself, compiled from AOSP, and sift each line of source code manually.
But yeah, all OTA updates ARE md5'd and issued, as mcduck actually made that code
I'm embedding this for releases too soon

Mirror for all gtab kernals, roms, recovery

Update 5/28 noon 30
I am uploading right now, however I never thought that I should create an uploading directory until today. That way if I am uploading files like I am now, someone doesnt start downloading and they get a bad file. So with the exception of what I am doing now, from now on anything I upload will go into a temp dir then I will transfer to its proper place.
I am going to work on an FTP for anon uploading, give me some time, I am concerned about Malware, trojens, and other malicious acts by people on the web, I want this to be a safe place for all Android users to access files for their devices.
I am also considering adding 3-5 more devices to the mirror, but I would need to get the Anon FTP up first, my upload speeds suck so damn bad.
Also, I might just add that Wiki that droid512 suggested, and let whomever has more time and knowledge admin it. 2 kids, broken back, severely damaged arms/hands and being on pain meds ALL the time screws up my ability to jump on the puter and help out.
Jim
Link to Mirror
Open Directory is enabled.
http://www.blackmugmedia.com/Android/GT/Mirror/
Update 5/25 11pm
Open directory browsing is enabled for www.blackmugmedia.com/Android/ I figured it would be alot easier to be able to go through the different directories and locate any file you may need.
I am still uploading, my home connection sucks, 768 up.
Right now I am setting up my server hosted on fatcow with a mirror of all gtab roms, kernals, stock recovery, etc. Organized in directories for GSM, cdma, and wifi.
I would like to enable anonymous uploading, however....I am a security freak, so for right now ill upload everything I have for my cdma Verizon tab, then start downloading GSM and wifi files to place on the server.
If you are a Dev and want your project mirrored, send me a pm with a link and ill grab it and upload it.
I will update this post with links to the directories a little later today when I have enough stuff uploaded.
Effective today....these files will stay for the next 3 years.
If I can find a way to allow anonymous uploading and still have high security, I will update this post.
Mods, feel free to sticky if you like
Jim
Link to Mirror
Open Directory is enabled.
http://www.blackmugmedia.com/Android/GT/Mirror/
I am uploading and still creating the remaining Directories. As I am web retarded, you cant browse contents yet, but that.......will happen.
Link to Mirror
Open Directory is enabled.
http://www.blackmugmedia.com/Android/GT/Mirror/

Sticky vote
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Why dont you install a hosting/upload script and then create user accounts for devs who wish to use the service.

TheATHEiST said:
Why dont you install a hosting/upload script and then create user accounts for devs who wish to use the service.
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Ok look buddy, all that **** went over my head like a 747. ha ha, yeah. Web stuff, I dont get it.
However...I was going to give Devs FTP accounts like I did for Spacemoose, but I posted it in the "General" section and I dont think it was seen by any devs.
So, tell you what, if you care to, give me a call, help me get what you suggested a go, and mabe make it a little easier? I dunno. All I know is I dont have money I can spare to donate, but I do have 3 years of hosting paid up and my domains attached to the server, so......I figured it would help alot.
Oh, updated OP with links/structure... etc.

Well tbh im not really an expert in hosting. If I want a website I just get a webhost with Cpanel etc then upload the script I want to use/configure/install it.
I wouldnt really know bets place to start on a raw dedicated server or VPS as im more a windows guy and bets software like cpanel etc is linux based afaik.
Do you have any hosting software installed or is it just a raw server with OS? And how much traffic and bandwidth did you get with your 3 year hosting?

Im hosted through Fatcow. Ive had this hosting plan for the past few years, never really used it.
Its Linux, Cpanel, all set up. Really just need to familiarize myself with it again, as I haven't looked at it in 2 years.
Ive done 1 FTP account so far, takes like 2 minutes to do, spent time creating directories for the hosting of roms/kernals/recovery/apps, etc. Just slowly chipping away at uploading what I have, then I will start downloading files from this forum if they still exist, then put them up on the mirror.
Open directory is active now, figured it was the easiest option for people to scroll through.
So, I guess I started something that will probably end up being very big, as once the Tab is all uploaded, then I start on the Droid X, then I'll pick a device to start with. Hell, as far as I am concerned, Ill host a mirror and repository for all Android Devices.
I have unlimited bandwidth and space, I informed Fatcow of my intention, they thought it was cool, said I was ok and I started.

this is awesome man I appreciate it. i vote sticky but i also vote a vzw wiki since theres totally not enough stuff for cdma tabs

droid512 said:
this is awesome man I appreciate it. i vote sticky but i also vote a vzw wiki since theres totally not enough stuff for cdma tabs
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I was searching through some of the scripts fatcow offers me, well besides the chat room thing I installed just to make my wife laugh, but a wiki add on, so yeah, its possible if someone wants to admin it I can put it up.

If anyone feels the directory structure should be different than what I came up with, please feel free to jump in and say so. I'm not going to get all butt sore because the world of android users think that my gift could benifit from a better layout.
Also, I think I will indeed instal that wiki page, if a few of you more experienced uber nerds want to admin the wiki, shoot me an email or pm and ill get you set up. I would do it, but my entries would probably be lame, and wrong.
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Hey man,
Will you please upload modems i posted to your directory? Is it ok. I am just saying since you never know what free file hosting sites will do to your files. Just look at dropbox latest policy changes

I can certainly put the modems up. I was busy the past 2 days, decided to give Ubuntu 11.04 a spin, and was digging it so much I forgot to do other stuff. So ill get back to making directories and uploading today.
And what do you mean modems you posted to my directory?. Am I not fully awake yet?. I'm confused.
DarkPal said:
Hey man,
Will you please upload modems i posted to your directory? Is it ok. I am just saying since you never know what free file hosting sites will do to your files. Just look at dropbox latest policy changes
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Updated OP.
Mods, care to make this sticky?.

any way you can upload a update.zip for a "stock" verizon tab. I cant load mine from recovery, i get the ! when i try

oldmacnut said:
I can certainly put the modems up. I was busy the past 2 days, decided to give Ubuntu 11.04 a spin, and was digging it so much I forgot to do other stuff. So ill get back to making directories and uploading today.
And what do you mean modems you posted to my directory?. Am I not fully awake yet?. I'm confused.
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My modems are on mediafire. Its stickied to this forum. Since free file hosting are dodgy maybe you can put them up.

All about dead links to ROMs

It is really sad because most links for not so old ROMs are DEAD. Most of them were stored on MegaUpload, which is totally dead.
Sincerely, I am really surprised that NO ONE of the ROM-masters bothers to create a torrent for their ROM. WHY? Don't you want your work to be alive and well?
I don't really know if it is permitted to publish here links to torrent files, but I think that torrent is a contemporary technology, and if used right is a huge improvement on WORK SHARE for those who has a talent in something worth.
Starting from this post I want to publish some link to torrent-files of ROMs, that were checked on real devices.
1. Aurora ROM v5: Aurora_v5.zip.torrent
(Now downloading the fresh v6, will release a torrent when it's done, the Hotfile.com gives only about 80kb/sec download)
Edit: Aurora_v6_SE.zip.torrent
2. RevolutioN v3.0: RevolutioN.xMas.Edition.v3.0.A2SD%2B-signed.zip.torrent
P.S.: And again my word for ROM-makers - if you want people to enjoy your work, it is in your hands. Give them a good link, an alive one.

Torrents always need a seed. As soon as the need for the Rom disappears, so do the seeds. Then its just a .torrent file pointing to an empty tracker
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rootSU said:
Torrents always need a seed. As soon as the need for the Rom disappears, so do the seeds. Then its just a .torrent file pointing to an empty tracker
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Is it very hard for ROM-maker to seed 5-6 versions, or the only last 2 versions of his work?
And, in the torrent files, when you create them, you may enter web-seeds, the direct link to the file on some server. Do someone need a hosting? I can host about 50 roms! And I can seed them at home as torrents. Is it something hard in our days?!

Revertron said:
Is it very hard for ROM-maker to seed 5-6 versions, or the only last 2 versions of his work?
And, in the torrent files, when you create them, you may enter web-seeds, the direct link to the file on some server. Do someone need a hosting? I can host about 50 roms! And I can seed them at home as torrents. Is it something hard in our days?!
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What, forever? Get a grip man!!!
..and why rely on technology that isps and work places treat as illegal and block / throttle. Ftp is the best way forward. Torrents are old hat. Didn't know.people still used.it ha ha
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Do you think, that relying on some slow and questionable upload sites is better?
This is about a week that I've decided to flash some new ROM on my wife's Desire, and I have been trying to download for some days! 99% of the links are dead!
If someone from ROM-masters want to host their ROMS on my server, welcome! I have about 20GB free and 1,5TB of bandwidth monthly. And I have an Internet at home, I can seed them. In our time it is possible, you know?
Why no one has proposed a help like this? Is it illegal somehow? Just think about Ubuntu and others - they give a torrent to the community.
P.S.: And if you have blocked torrents at work, or even at home (that is nonsence!) you always can use some online services, that download torrents for you and give you a direct link.

Thank you if you are willing to help developers host their roms. But developers would proactively update their download links if they really want to keep their work alive. If they don't then they probably moved on to something else or doesn't care at all or both.
They don't owe us anything for they do this thing on their own terms. They are grateful for every donation but that doesn't mean that they owe you support. It's a donation not a pay for service.
2cents.

stankyou said:
Thank you if you are willing to help developers host their roms. But developers would proactively update their download links if they really want to keep their work alive. If they don't then they probably moved on to something else or doesn't care at all or both.
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Just look there: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1268279
There is a new release of the ROM today, but it is on hotfile.com, that is giving only 50-70kb/s speed! It takes forever to download. Is it very hard for developer to make a torrent file and seed it? I understand that they don't owe me anything, but should the people choose the better way to distribute their work?

If that's what they can offer or if that's their preference then who am I to complain? I am just a leecher. Yes it would be a pain to download. I don't prefer torrents tbh and I can also go and say "Is it very hard for developer to make upload this to mediafire hotfile?"

stankyou said:
If that's what they can offer or if that's their preference then who am I to complain? I am just a leecher. Yes it would be a pain to download. I don't prefer torrents tbh and I can also go and say "Is it very hard for developer to make upload this to mediafire hotfile?"
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Is it hard for someone else make a torrent? Is it hard to mention it in the topic?
I am willing to help in that manner, why others do not?

Well no one is stopping you from helping them out in that department and I bet the devs would appreciate it.
As for me, I still prefer file hosting sites as with the majority of people here I guess. I really don't wanna go and install a torrent client on my laptop anyway.

stankyou said:
Well no one is stopping you from helping them out in that department and I bet the devs would appreciate it.
As for me, I still prefer file hosting sites as with the majority of people here I guess. I really don't wanna go and install a torrent client on my laptop anyway.
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It's a pity that I have no rights to post in dev-topics yet. I will try to make a big topic here, post more torrent links for now...
You don't have a torrent client installed? It's hard to imagine in what swamp you are living

Never really had any reason to install one. I'm not into too much downloading stuff anyway.
You only need 4 more post. So you'll prolly be posting there in a bit.

stankyou said:
Thank you if you are willing to help developers host their roms. But developers would proactively update their download links if they really want to keep their work alive. If they don't then they probably moved on to something else or doesn't care at all or both.
They don't owe us anything for they do this thing on their own terms. They are grateful for every donation but that doesn't mean that they owe you support. It's a donation not a pay for service.
2cents.
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I don't even ask donations.... and mattman donates me (and others) ftp space that he pays for, for nothing.
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Added torrent for RevolutioN.xMas.Edition.v3.0 in first post. Didn't try on wife's Desire. Will try sometime later

rootSU said:
I don't even ask donations.... and mattman donates me (and others) ftp space that he pays for, for nothing.
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May be you need a torrent for your works? I can make some, seed and host. Just PM me if you'd like.

Thank you for the offer but no need. I will put up a mirror if ftp fails. I like to track download statistics myself
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Only two more posts Rever! You've done well out of this (pointless?) debate

Personally I think this is a good idea. I already use this method for testing and distributing Linux distros.
of course if the ROM is open source which all Android roms should be then there is plenty of good free hosting specifically for open source projects. Two I can think of being Google code and Sourceforge
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BTW: Can anyone advice other good roms, that will be good to release as torrents?

Hmm Aurora v6; 1 hotfile, 2 live mirrors not much need of torrent there.
Just hope u ask the Devs first.

DEVELOPERS ONLY- developer weekend conference.

THIS IS FOR DEVELOPERS ONLY. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ANY SKILLS AT ANDROID DEVELOPMENT, OR ARENT CURRENTLY PLANNING ON OR CURRENTLY MAKING SOMETHING NEW FOR OUR DEVICE DO NOT REPLY. THIS IF FOR DEVELOPERS ORGANIZATION ONLY. IF YOU WANT TO LEARN THE BASICS OF DEVELOPING THOUGH, OR WANT TO SEE IF YOU CAN HELP US, DO NOT POST HERE, ASK ANY DEVELOPER THROUGH PM.​
Well, I had to get that out of the way.
Me and Adriel were talking for a while today, and were thinking of having a developer conference for all developers of our device on the weekends. He has a business gotomeeting account we can use to audio chat, and share our computer screens live (and not use actual cameras for privacy reasons). We can have up to 25 people at a time. What we want to do is to get as many developers as we can on so we can talk about all our current projects, ways we tried to get stuff working, and what we want to do going forward. We also want to use it so that people (like myself) who are newer to development can ask the more experienced devs questions to get themselves better, and we can all maybe be on the same skill level eventually, and in general get more stuff for our devices going. Me and adriel are both able to do this on Sunday (me in the afternoon, Adriel TBA), and we wanted to see who else can join us. I want to be able to get this as a monthly thing if possibly on the weekends, and maybe weekly per availability on a smaller scale. Also if we can get it working, I want to find a free version to do the same thing, and allow anyone with development experience to host a group to allow general users to ask questions, and try to learn development themselves. I believe besides just normal test/audio chat being able to see each other's computer screens (hide anything personal first) would allow us to use much easier visual learning, and help the community as a whole. Tell me what you all think.

You can count me in.. I'm pretty new to development though... I'm just starting to get my feet wet... My only dev work (sorta)... Is the porting of the Lewas Rom to my beloved EVO 4G .... But I'm definitely interested in developing for this device (well at least learn something)...

Mr_LJE said:
You can count me in.. I'm pretty new to development though... I'm just starting to get my feet wet... My only dev work (sorta)... Is the porting of the Lewas Rom to my beloved EVO 4G .... But I'm definitely interested in developing for this device (well at least learn something)...
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Another original Evo user! awesome! Well instead of using gotomeeting we might just use google+ hangout- much easier, and dont need adriel to be on each time. I suggest taking your username and creating a google account with it for the hangout. for example mine is [email protected]. I will be on all weekend on google+ now.

Count me in!

I may or may not be available but most devs know how to contact me.
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Count Me in
What is Optimus Prime's full name?
Optimus G. Prime

well the only issue I see here is gotomeeting doesn't support linux, so that eliminates me.
Whats wrong with everyone just hoping on an irc channel?

Shelnutt2 said:
well the only issue I see here is gotomeeting doesn't support linux, so that eliminates me.
Whats wrong with everyone just hoping on an irc channel?
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Shelnutt2, i was gonna suggest this type of thing. i noticed the current irc room is just noobs and what not who need help fixing/lgnpst'ing their phones. why not make two rooms #lgog-help and a dev room for you guys and testers.
that way, the dev talk isn't washed out with people needing help fixing their phones and dumb questions about eta

Shelnutt2 said:
well the only issue I see here is gotomeeting doesn't support linux, so that eliminates me.
Whats wrong with everyone just hoping on an irc channel?
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We decided to use Google+ instead. Much easier since its browser based, but only ten people. If someone wants to get $3 we can get up to 250 on oovoo.
Also IRC is good, but it doesn't allow us to see the persons screen, so no visual help. I can then see exactly what you click on, and just talk and not worry about talking while working. And if someone's getting help they can just listen to suggestions, and not have to look at a chat screen if they don't have multiple monitors. Also for chat for developers I was thinking of maybe using something besides freenode. Its not very mobile friendly, and I personally don't like it. Gtalk is the best for one on one it seems like, but we something like palringo- download the app on any OS for any smartphone/computer/tablet. Chats as big as we want for free, and it supports pictures and short audio clips. Also private messaging, bots, and such. And you just right click some bodies name to mod, admin, ban, or silence them. And permanent ban is possible. Then we can keep anyone not wanted out, but still let normal users that don't bug the channel float around and watch our chats. If anybody has another alternative to palringo, please tell me. I want us all to be as connected as possibly, and in all formats without it being a hassle. I want us accessible to each other, and even to normal flashaholics through chat, screen cast, and audio. Always accessible in case someone has an issue with a ROM or mod. Makes development easier.
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Gtalk can have multiple people in a party chat. Also, there are several irc apps for Android.
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xboxfanj said:
Gtalk can have multiple people in a party chat. Also, there are several irc apps for Android.
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Okay. How would you go about doing that on GTalk? Still fairly new to it.
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Okay. How would you go about doing that on GTalk? Still fairly new to it.
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On android, just open a chat, then menu, add friends and you can pick who to invite... Probably something similar on other clients.
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I'll edit this as needed; however, I would like to get this seriously off it's feet. These are the following courses that I would be the best to learn for now. And have different developers teaching the course work once a week.
If we start tomorrow, we'll literally start extremely easy; however, it'll get harder. I think it'll be best if dedicated an hour and a half to all lessons (More for more difficult subjects) and developers teaching should have an agenda in mind. Here's a weekly schedule that sounds like it'll be beneficial.
Week 1: Copy & Paste Rom
Folder and File Structure (10 minutes)
Top Level Modifications (20 Minutes)
Updater Script (Commands and Permissions) (20 Minutes)
Implementing Aroma Scripts and Modified Updater Script (40 Minutes)
Week 2: De-compiling and Theming
Week 3: Setting up Linux Development Environment
Week 4: Developing a ROM from Source
Week 5: Developing a Kernel from Source
If you're a developer and want to teach any one of these, please reach out to me.
Some responsibilities for teaching include recording your screen as you present. This is specifically to be able to upload the video to youtube afterwards so that anyone can watch if they miss the session. The only disadvantage for users that watch the video is the inability to ask questions during the tutorial.
I'll also make accommodations for the developer depending on what they need. I'll help find solutions for video capturing software, which shouldn't be difficult.
Hopefully we can get this off the ground so that people are more knowledge about ROM development. Most of these tutorials can already be found online; however, it's always difficult to get started.
Thanks,
Adriel

If anybody wants, I am on right now. I can do the week 1 tutorial for new people, or talk about current projects with other devs.
I am on google+ under evo dev. my gtalk and email to find me is [email protected]. If you cant find me on google+ shoot me an email, and ill send you invite to a hangout. just put your hand over your camera so you can switch it off, then turn on screen cast. You can also use a normal chat if you dont have a headset or built in mic.

[ROMS] Mirrors for CyanogenMod cm9-cm12

Hello
I notice that most of you have problems with the roms hosted in some servers. I also notice that most of you don't have problems on files hosted in google drive. So I'm providing a mirror in google drive to cm9, cm10, cm10.1, cm11 and cm12 for the people that have low speeds in the servers posted on the roms threads.
IMPORTANT: Please check, after you download, the name of the file if it matches with the rom you wanted. Errors are human. Even if I had careful with posting the links I can also make mistakes. ALWAYS check the md5sum.
Note: This is only for CyanogenMod roms!. Any other roms will not be created a mirror, so don't bother on asking for it.
Note 2: Some users can also provide the links if they want. For the rest of people who enjoy these kind of work, possibly the links will be on the last pages.
Note 3: There is also odin stuff folder that contains everything so you can flash a recovery. There is also instructions on how to do it. The instructions were based on a thread here in xda (credits are present in the text file)
Folder that contains the CyanogenMod roms
I also provide the MD5sum for those who want to test it before flashing (I highly recomend you doing this)
MD5sum for CyanogenMod 10.2 - Alpha 9 --> 4f7a03b8f3885a7c4521a20e24022990
Md5sum for CyanogenMod 11.0 (20150322-UNOFFICIAL) --> 946d0939607fa53bbc76d94f425edd35
Md5sum for CyanogenMod 12.0 (20150501-UNOFFICIAL) --> 4c089a2d7552146078214b2011c2c23c
Credits
CyanogenMod
arco68
arsradu
and to all others that help bring CyanogenMod to Galaxy W

GOOD THINKING AND THANKS FOR BRINGING ALL UNDER ONE THREAD.:good:

i've inbox you mediafire link. hope it help

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i've inbox you mediafire link. hope it help
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Thanks, I already saw, but I will not add them. For the reasons I explained in the private message. The main reason is hard to maintain since they aren't my links and old links when there is a new release

thank you very munch . :good:

Well...thank you. Dropbox might not have been the best choice though. You will probably run out of bandwidth and then the links will become unaccessible. I've also got a dropbox account. But there is a reason why I chose not to use it for this. Nonetheless, thank you for opening this thread and offering your support.
PS: if I remember correctly, there might already be a similar thread around here. Not sure if that one's updated though.
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Good point about the bandwith. Didn't think about it. But well, I investigate and notice that the bandwith limit of dropbox is very low for the ammount of people present on forum. As far as I'm aware google doesn't have that kind of restrictions. If the bandwith run out I will remove them.
But if people don't have problems with google drive there is no sense in uploading in a new server. But if someone has, report it and I will see what can I do
Ps: @arsradu I never notice on a thread like that to be honest but I'm not saying that doesn't exist

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Good point about the bandwith. Didn't think about it. But well, I investigate and notice that the bandwith limit of dropbox is very low for the ammount of people present on forum. As far as I'm aware google doesn't have that kind of restrictions. If the bandwith run out I will remove them.
But if people don't have problems with google drive there is no sense in uploading in a new server. But if someone has, report it and I will see what can I do
Ps: @arsradu I never notice on a thread like that to be honest but I'm not saying that doesn't exist
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1941028
But as I said, that one doesn't seem to be updated anymore. So opening this one was a good decision. Not sure that opening it in the development section was such a good idea though. ) But nonetheless, thank you.

Yes, seems it's not updated. Well regarded to the section I think that this was the appropriated section because, in my opinion, doesn't fit in general section, in questions and much less in themes. But if any moderator disagree on this feel free to move it as you like. I don't mind. The idea was to bring new mirrors for the roms and avoid asking on the respective threads to keep them clean.

Since it happen what arsradu said dropbox mirrors were removed. I don't see much problem on this because as far as I know google drive don't have the limits that dropbox have. So google drive should be enough.
Either way if someone has problems with google drive report it and I will think on another solution to those kind of people and add a second mirror.

Not for criticize (you've done a good job posting roms in other servers just for us, and all of us will be thankful to you ) but in my opinion, the best hosting server is mega.nz
It allow downloads in high speed and it's all free. I repeat, not for criticize you, just an advice (i don't have all this issues with original downloading anyway)
Greetings, buddy!
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I don't take serious no worries. I open to all sugestions people can give. But the problem here is more the bandwith limit. Dropbox has that problem so I notice that cm11 links were disable. Also the server you said if I'm not mistaken is the old megaupload. Well for what I see mega suffer the same problem as dropbox.
Free account users are provided with one option:
50 GB of storage space (no artificial limits are imposed, but in case of traffic congestion the speed is adjusted to a lower value until the servers are no longer overwhelmed)[28]
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source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mega_(website)#Data_allowances
As you can see this is a problem. Bandwith. I never expect so many people downloading so probably this limit would be reached as well probably.
Google drive has the advantage of not having this limit as far as I digged. And if t works well for everyone is fine. If not speak up

ilusi0n_ said:
I don't take serious no worries. I open to all sugestions people can give. But the problem here is more the bandwith limit. Dropbox has that problem so I notice that cm11 links were disable. Also the server you said if I'm not mistaken is the old megaupload. Well for what I see mega suffer the same problem as dropbox.
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mega_(website)#Data_allowances
As you can see this is a problem. Bandwith. I never expect so many people downloading so probably this limit would be reached as well probably.
Google drive has the advantage of not having this limit as far as I digged. And if t works well for everyone is fine. If not speak up
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I think he meant http://mega.co.nz. And it's indeed a great upload service. I'm using it too. The problem is that apparently it doesn't work so well everywhere around the world. I've got awesome speeds with this one and I strongly recommend it. But I'm not sure how well will perform for everyone. Anyway, if you decide to go with mega.co.nz, I would advice you to create an account as well. Don't worry. It's free.
And yes, it also has its limitations. But, the more mirrors you provide, the less the bandwidth consumption on each one of them will be. So it might not be such a bad thing after all to add mega.co.nz as well.
Mediafire would also be a valid alternative. But here the upload speed is the problem. Especially for bigger files such as ROMs or Gapps. The advantage though is that apparently it has a wider availability, popularity and better support on both PC and mobile site versions.

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I think he meant http://mega.co.nz.
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The website I provide is that one. If you see in the source I left on the above post the website is that. As I said is from the same guy that made megaupload. Megaupload had problems with authorities and it was closed. Then months later the creator create the mega.
Yes that's the problem. Without feedback I don't know which server it should be the best. Also we have to take in attention the bandwith of the server. Limits and etc.
For example goo rarelly I got low speeds or problems that people mention. I don't have problems with mediafire, dropbox or google driver. but is like you said. Shouldn't be the case for everyone else. Also without the feedback I can only guess what's better.
Anyway, I will consider adding one more mirror (mediafire, mega or any other suggestion that I come across) in the next couple of days. Thanks for the suggestions : )

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The website I provide is that one. If you see in the source I left on the above post the website is that. As I said is from the same guy that made megaupload. Megaupload had problems with authorities and it was closed. Then months later the creator create the mega.
Yes that's the problem. Without feedback I don't know which server it should be the best. Also we have to take in attention the bandwith of the server. Limits and etc.
For example goo rarelly I got low speeds or problems that people mention. I don't have problems with mediafire, dropbox or google driver. but is like you said. Shouldn't be the case for everyone else. Also without the feedback I can only guess what's better.
Anyway, I will consider adding one more mirror (mediafire, mega or any other suggestion that I come across) in the next couple of days. Thanks for the suggestions : )
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Thank you too for the effort. And as a suggestion regarding the feedback you were talking about...well, if you don't try, you'll never know which one is the more appropriate solution for everyone or at least for most of the users. So..go ahead. Try it. The feedback will come by itself.

arco68 released CyanogenMod 11.0 (20140105-UNOFFICIAL), so google drive mirror is online

jam90 said:
Not for criticize (you've done a good job posting roms in other servers just for us, and all of us will be thankful to you ) but in my opinion, the best hosting server is mega.nz
It allow downloads in high speed and it's all free. I repeat, not for criticize you, just an advice (i don't have all this issues with original downloading anyway)
Greetings, buddy!
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U said mega has a good speed. Man, u really should understand that not all country happen okay.
In mega i only get max speed 40kbps, but in Google drive, i got 1mbps. It's not like i don't mirror at there.
I just simply want u to know.:highfive:

Thanks for the mirror CM11. :good: i can download easily.

Thanks for the mirror! :victory:
My downloads always failed with goo, I don't know why, mostly interrupted, but Google Drive is consistent. :good:
Thanks again!

Last version CyanogenMod 11.0 (20140106-UNOFFICIAL) is uploaded