Some of you may have noticed a Malware alert message from Google while trying to visit Droidzone.in to download Roms. Those who were using Supernova or Starburst may also have noticed that these threads have disappeared from the Desire Dev section.
As the Rom developer of these roms, and owner of the site, I would like to assure everyone that Droidzone.in does not voluntarily host malware on our site. Yes, our site was compromised by malware, and the attack seems to have been somwhere in the last two weeks. We think it might have come from some third party themes used in the site design. Google had detected the php injection and alerted me, which was when I became aware of the issue.
The problem with Google is that they blacklist sites with links to sites which are found to have malware. That means forum.xda-developers.com too became blacklisted at some point, which forced the Admin/Mods to disable my threads which had links to my site.
We have now cleaned up the whole site and are in the process of reuploading files to it. Right now, droidzone.in is only a stub, and download links point to sourceforge. We will be rewriting all the install instructions and add other content later.
Edit: Just wanted to thank af974 for his quick response with this issue.
Thread is again Online.
Thanks DroidZone for you cooperation.
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As a new user, I am already finding many people looking for software and ROMs.
If a new subforum could be created to contain all the ROMs that people have cooked and (perhaps in another subforum) software/tools that would be useful, this change may allow users to find information much easily and reduce duplicate threads.
A lot of what you are asking can be found in wiki. (roms, How to)
As for sofware if you are looking for something I have found handango a good place to start.
I was thinking more along the lines of unofficial ROMs that people have already cooked. I generally frequent the Wizard upgrading forum and see threads with custom roms on many of the pages. Only roms I found on the wiki were retail/official roms. Also, I noticed that a search using the word "rom" does not turn up any results.
In regards to software, it would be freeware and tools such as lokiwiz, total commander etc. On second thought though, the software subforum may be unnecessary or can just be consolidated into one thread as a sticky.
The search for 3 letter words does not work, there is a post about that in about (thus "new rom" returns nothing.
Roms end up in wiki as users post them to ftp and link then to wiki.
(mods move then to a safe place on ftp and fix the link (if they know about it).
If you are finding no cooked roms in wiki its due to the fact that the cooker did not post them or if he did nobody linked them.
If you feel like adding a good/great/useful software section open a page on wiki, it free for all and that would solve your problem and maybe a few others as well. (in my link there is wiki developement and there you will find a smaple page which will give you a few ideas about how to set up a page).
This forum is more about roms and hacks around roms than software. Software does pop up in general as in "I am looking for a free ftp client".
Not sure if you will ever find a stick for it as threads get long and people will just enter "resco explore" on every other page (as an example).
which side[QUOTE=Tsuioku;1041009]As a new user, I am already finding many people looking for software and ROMs.
If a new subforum could be created to contain all the ROMs that people have cooked and (perhaps in another subforum) software/tools that would be useful, this change may allow users to find information much easily and reduce duplicate threads.[/QUOTE]
Which Side??
Well there are many based on the device
Wiki must have tools
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Must_have_tools
Wiki BA roms
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=BA_Upgrades
Check wiki for more
Dear Admins
The links to the archive does not work.
Its by far the best way to keep up on threads as it is possible to see threads listed by the date they are startet... Never miss anything
A typical link is: http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/f-260 /DEV/HACKING section...
Could someone please get it back.
Martinhdk said:
Dear Admins
The links to the archive does not work.
Its by far the best way to keep up on threads as it is possible to see threads listed by the date they are startet... Never miss anything
A typical link is: http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/f-260 /DEV/HACKING section...
Could someone please get it back.
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Sorry to sound like an arse, but what's "does not work" mean?*
I can access it fine, also putting .html on the link gives a different view : http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/f-260.html
*I'm a programmer, I get so many bugs saying stuff doesn't work.
Dave
Martinhdk, thanks for reporting it. We did have an issue with this earlier and it has been fixed since.
I've got to say that these directions on this website are some of the hardest to follow. I think that the xda-developer website should be maintained as a wiki rather than a forum (or at least the main section should be a wiki). When I go to wikipedia, I don't have to sift through twenty posts to find out the history of 'Nevada' or the chemical makeup of 'acetaminophen.'
I understand that this web site is made for experts, but I've got to say that I've found many others who have scoured the website for information specific to their particular situation and gotten lost because that information is sandwiched between two threads and then between two other posts. Then they start a new thread and get chastised for posting about an issue that has already been hammered out in another post.
Conversely, I find that the simple instructions--like those found on youtube--simplify the instructions too much. The instructions work great for a select few, but most people run into problems during the install and have to turn to xda-developer to find more information.
A wiki would solve both of these problems. First, it would eliminate the knee-jerk reaction of noobies to just post their problem without reading. They would only be allowed to post to the forum if their particular problem wasn't resolved in the wiki. And if a lot of noobies kept posting about a problem that's already been solved, it would be up to the editors of the wiki to tweak the article to minimize confusion.
Secondly, with a bunch of experts working together to simplify the complex information means that they could have simple instructions with specific links for the situations where those instructions would not work. Some of the forum posts are like this, but they are few and far between.
The wiki that currently exists is mainly for information about the phones, not detailing instructions for development.
The reason I decided to rant was that my wife asked me to root her NookColor 1.3.0 and I proceeded to gather data on this process. I went to this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1054027 and started reading the instructions for 1.3. It stated "2. Copy onto your flashable CWM SD card using Windows Explorer." I asked myself "How do I get a flashable CWM SD Card?" After some snooping, I found the instructions above 1.3 (in 1.2) where it stated "CWM Bootable from SD Card: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=987735"
I followed the link and it was this next page that got me. It has 6 different links to different versions of CWM, instructions regarding uRecImg and uImage files (I do not know what these are) and an admission in the first paragraph that the author will no long actively edit the thread. If this were a wiki, someone else could take the baton.
Please write back, as I'd love to hear from the community. I'm sure there's a plus to the forums; however, so far I haven't seen it.
The issue is that if anyone can edit content, then it cannot be trusted or treated as reliable...
Trolls could easily adjust commands so they would break devices.
The only way to let people see how reliable content is, is to ensure it is only editable by the named author, with their profile showing previous details to help decide if they are reliable or not...
"How do I get a flashable CWM SD Card?"
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If you come to a forum like XDA it should be to learn, which involves a lot of reading and depending what it is and on what device you wish to do it, a lot of practising. The answer to the question I've quoted is on the first page of your first link, which is why its always a good idea to read the first few pages of a thread, as certain things that aren't understood in the OP are answered in the first few pages.
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First of all thanks for a great ROM. Long time lurker. I wanted to reply in the development thread but did not have the post sufficient post count.
I found the issue with the connection being refused for some websites. It has to deal with the \system\etc hosts file. The file has lots of urls blocked. I noticed this as well when trying to click shortened twitter links and why the browser was not able to load them. Removing some lines from the host file should unblock those sites.
Hope this helps
Hello there!
Apparently today i've been browsing and browsing on the net, and found some very interesting plethora of archived links from Wiko's support site.
Since the site is unaccessible via normal browsers and all possible shenanigans:
i tried my luck at pasting the link over Wayback Machine and i have a feeling development could be revived by chance on the brand
(besides the fact i found from tons of search results many telling about the whole Fastboot issue- since, apparently, the company behind it, Tinno, sanded up an huge chunk of the fastboot commands by rendering flashing impossible).
!!Keep in mind, don't guarantee every device is saved on their source codes (plus their own stock ROMs) hosted at their own server (including Wayback)- some may be missing and unrecoverable!!
If one of the devices you like gets downloaded as a tiny .zip file (few kbs or mbs), consider it "unsalvageable" from Wayback-
but you can always attempt to copy & paste the link on your browser
(that is, by removing wayback's link before the support's site comes up- and if it is unavaliable even on the servers, then that sucks)
support.wikomobile.com on Wayback
Happy modding!
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NOTE:I'm aware i'm posting this on the wrong thread, but i'm doing this in order to help the Wiko community in some way- since this is a Wiko thread eitherway, but sadly not a global forum for it.