[CHEFS PLEASE READ] Alternative sites for our rom storage!

[dockular]

Right now, most chefs are using Rapidshare to store their roms. If they want to continue doing so to earn points, that's fine. However, it makes downloading roms extremely difficult for people who are in countries in which Rapidshare restricts access. Rapdishare also uses a very advanced CAPTCHA for non-members that takes 2 or 3 tries (with 120 second delays in between each attemt) to solve. Try logging out of your rapidshare account to see what I'm talking about..

If you'd like to give your downloaders the fastest access possible to your roms, I have put together a list of sites that are superior to existing methods. The sites below had to pass a series of tests:

For uploading:
At least 100mb file limit
No account or sign up needed.
Truly 1-click: Arrive at the site, click upload file, thats it.

For downloading:
No account or sign up needed
No captcha codes
no timers or waiting period
No country or regional restrictions for downloading
truly 1-click: download instantly starts with one click.

http://www.filedropper.com - 5gb (Best site IMO. Most usuable, largest file size limit, tenured... not a "fly by night" file storage service)
http://www.mediafire.com - 100mb
http://www.filesend.net - 120mb
http://www.snapdrive.net - 500mb
http://www.Sendspace.com - 300mb
http://sharedzilla.com - 1GB
http://www.badongo.com - 1GB


CONCLUSION:
Filedropper.com by a mile. However, even though all 7 of these sites are awesome, they are all free which means none of them (even filedropper) are guaranteed to last. If we want to ensure availability for our uploads WE ALL NEED TO BE USING ASAPLOAD.COM (http://www.ASAPLOAD.COM) for our rom uploads. It provides 1-CLICK UPLOADS TO 8 MAJOR FREE FILE STORAGE SITES AT ONCE, 3 of which are mentioned above! (See next paragraph for Complete list)

*IMPORTANT NOTE FOR UPLOADERS!*When uploading, you can only choose 4 of the 8 available hosting sites. BE SURE THAT YOU CHOOSE BODONGO, SHAREDZILLA, AND SENDSPACE! The fourth mirror is up to you since the rest of them all have annoying timers. Your uploaded file is given a single link, and from that link users can choose which of the 4 download sites they would like to download from. Here is an example link http://asapload.com/110261 (the photo is of my and my gf if you were wondering). The other nice thing is that it gives you the download link as soon as the file transfer begins, so you can post the link as it is uploading.


ASAPLOAD.com uploads to:
Badongo.com (1.00 Gb) awesome
Sendspace.com (300.00 Mb) awesome
Sharedzilla.com (1.00 Gb) awesome
Depositfiles.com (300.00 Mb, 60 sec download delay)
Easy-share.com (100.00 Mb, 20 sec download delay, captcha)
Megaupload.com (100.00 Mb, pain in the butt)
Rapidshare.com (100.00 Mb, pain in the butt)
Zshare.net (100.00 Mb, 60 sec download delay)

Look, even if you don't use ASAPLOAD.COM, just uploading with any one of the sites i mentioned at the top of the post will help everyone else out by sparing them that awful 120 second timer and by giving users in other countries hassle free access.

Honorable Mentions:
http://www.uploadcomet.com - 2,000mb filesize limit but 30 second delay timer before download
http://www.rarhost.com - 250mb limit specifically for hosting rar files, including split archives. Displays contents of archive online. Unlimited split rar files.

[xmoo]

www.uploaded.to 250 MB free!

[dockular]

www.uploaded.to 250 MB free!

I tried that one man. It was so slow I couldn't even complete the upload of a jpg image. Sorry.

[famewolf]

I would request you repost this information in the Development and hacking forum so ALL the types of phones can benefit from your excellent post. I started to just quote it but I'd like you to get full credit for your work.

[SouthernLuke]

Rapidshare was fine till they went to that damn cat image.

I see the cat image, I immediately close out the window or look for a mirror.

[mfrazzz]

Guys, why are we still using Rapidshare? I have put together a list of sites that are far superior to rapidshare and megaupload. The sites below had to pass a series of tests:

Nice post, and I agree with Famewolf that you should put this up in the top of the forums (not Kaiser specific).

I also agree with I don't understand why some people continue to use RapidShare and Megaupload when they are such a pain for so many people.

2 others I would suggest (They do require an account for uploading so fail that criteria that you set) is:

www.2shared.com
www.4shared.com

I really like 4shared and how you can do the folders and have a private and public areas all in the same account. Also like how 4shared lets you setup a subdomain easily to access your folders.

I'll have to give asapload.com a whirl. I used to use Sendspace a lot but some people complained about it (and the files will disappear after 30 days if nobody downloads it), but cool that this asapload.com using it and others.

Thanks for this info!

[famewolf]

For example...sendspace is already error'ing out on your example pic...


Mirrors
Sendspace.com
Sorry, an error occurred.

Sharedzilla.com
Download l_265ac9e5d948e1f9a14306b5b0560b5f.jpg from Sharedzilla.com

[dockular]

For example...sendspace is already error'ing out on your example pic...


Mirrors
Sendspace.com
Sorry, an error occurred.

Sharedzilla.com
Download l_265ac9e5d948e1f9a14306b5b0560b5f.jpg from Sharedzilla.com

i figured sendspace had recently changed an upload protocol or something so I assumed that in the next day or two asapload.com would have it corrected. either way, 3 other working mirrors is still better than 1, right! i will post this to the main xda forum. Thanks for giving me the credit famewolf!

[mattarse]

I like drop.io myself, 100mb free and atleast for what Ive been using it for is quick.

[GSLEON3]

You wouldn't like rapidshare (what an oxymoron) if you were trying to download something in 12 parts and being told you have to wait 2 hours between each part.

Hmmm... Never bothered me. Of course I am a premium member & don't mind paying for things that work. But some people think apps should be okay as warez too.

Most people that use RS or Mega, use it because they have premium accts there & truly, I can't remember the last time either of those two were down.

BTW, you missed Filedropper.
http://www.filedropper.com/ - 5GB Limit

[Nagrom Nniuq]

Nice list. Sticky would be good. Having to get premium status when there are WAY better alternatives for free is just plain stupid.

If someone provides something as a legit service for free, that has nothing to do with warez. That is a rediculous comparison. Do you use a paid email a account because Gmail's multi-gigabyte free service is like warez?

[dockular]

GSLEON3, its just that not everyone on this board has a paid account. In fact, most don't. I think giving people alternatives that work just as well and don't require money is going to be met with less resistance than getting an entire forum to start paying for a service.

Free, no signups, increased file size limits for non members, no captchas, and no time delays on the downloads.... why play devil's advocate to that, man? Just trying to help the entire community out at large.

I love filedropper, but I left it off because at the time of writing they weren't accepting any new uploads... wasn't sure what was going on. I'll edit my first post now!

[Haxxxess]

Thanks for sharing the list of hosting sites.
Btw, cute gf

[Dr Puttingham]

Rapidshare was fine till they went to that damn cat image.

I see the cat image, I immediately close out the window or look for a mirror.I agree, that darn cat! Don't mind waiting a little while to DL a file but when you question my being able to "see" those cats in THAT particular pose, in 4 or so letters... let just be nice and say KMA.

Anything seems better for me....

[Haxxxess]

Rapidshare has been giving "happy hours" lately. Which means, u can download withouth waiting nor putting any captcha

[12ka4]

Try www.adrive.com It gives 50GB free storage.
Enjoy :D

[famewolf]

Try www.adrive.com It gives 50GB free storage.
Enjoy :D



While adrive.com does indeed give you 50gb of storage and let you make files shareable or not with no deletion the author specifically said he did not want hosts that REQUIRE you to create an account and adrive does.

[dockular]

While adrive.com does indeed give you 50gb of storage and let you make files shareable or not with no deletion the author specifically said he did not want hosts that REQUIRE you to create an account and adrive does.

Not to mention, I really don't think roms will be pushing the GB limit any time this decade. I could be wrong though!! Good info on Adrive for other needs like HDD backup, though. Thanks.

[Vukile]

We should have moved to torrents a long time ago. Encouraging seeding and leeching wont be a problem for serial ROM flashers.If your download times out youre screwed,especially on RapidShare. I dont use download accelerators anymore.

[fb401]

Rapidshare & MegaUpload are the worse and sendspace downloads SLOW most of the time. Whenever I upload, I go MediaFire all the way.

[MikeSel^]

drive.freevirtualservers.com

[S.V.I]

I have a question about using rapidshare and other uploading services:
what do I need to cook into my rom to make it download from rapidshare and other upload links?
I usualy use OperaMini4.1, but even PIE won't do it; and since most people seem to prefer rapidshare (I'm talking about most cookş and other people that upload :( ) I would like it to be possible to be able to download from those links using my ppc.
any help here?

[_Alex_]

This thread was waaaay too opinionated to start with. We all know there is a problem with certain storage sites and there is no reason we need to point fingers or put them down, other than just stating the facts.

I've since changed the original post and have cleaned up the posts that were incendiary, so this post stays on topic and everyone gets the same info without needing to look like these two guys.

http://i27.tinypic.com/9plw6h.jpg

Plus, the suits get hot and stinky, so I try to avoid wearing them when necessary :D

[.ForumUser]

This thread was waaaay too opinionated to start with.I completely agree, people some how get 'attacked' for liking Rapidshare, strange, works great for me, each to their own, there's loads to choose from, I love it.

[singhnx]

Hey guys, with everyone uploading their cooked ROMs, I thought that a review along with a listing of the top free file hosting sites that I saw might be helpful to some of you.

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/top-free-file-hosts/

[SH4YD33]

www.asapload.com

[@rj*n]

Right now, most chefs are using Rapidshare to store their roms. If they want to continue doing so to earn points, that's fine. However, it makes downloading roms extremely difficult for people who are in countries in which Rapidshare restricts access. Rapdishare also uses a very advanced CAPTCHA for non-members that takes 2 or 3 tries (with 120 second delays in between each attemt) to solve. Try logging out of your rapidshare account to see what I'm talking about..

If you'd like to give your downloaders the fastest access possible to your roms, I have put together a list of sites that are superior to existing methods. The sites below had to pass a series of tests:

For uploading:
At least 100mb file limit
No account or sign up needed.
Truly 1-click: Arrive at the site, click upload file, thats it.

For downloading:
No account or sign up needed
No captcha codes
no timers or waiting period
No country or regional restrictions for downloading
truly 1-click: download instantly starts with one click.

http://www.filedropper.com - 5gb (Best site IMO. Most usuable, largest file size limit, tenured... not a "fly by night" file storage service)
http://www.mediafire.com - 100mb
http://www.filesend.net - 120mb
http://www.snapdrive.net - 500mb
http://www.Sendspace.com - 300mb
http://sharedzilla.com - 1GB
http://www.badongo.com - 1GB




kudos nice post eh... every developer should look into this one eh:) aniii about me, i will give 2 thums up to MEDIAFIRE:D... best ( as i haven't used filedropper till yet:rolleyes:)
http://www.mediafire.com/

yaya forgot something hehe...
http://www.asapload.com/

[l3v5y]

Alternate site here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2401200