[Nexus 4 Android Development] joshndroid:
I've opened mako up to the google shares idea as well here is how it will work

Google Drive Shared Downloads Please read if interested

Rules -

1. I WILL NOT be keeping your PM or your email address anywhere once you have been added to the share, i WILL be respecting privacy so I expect the same in return.

2. I WILL however, be creating a google doc (probably in each rom folder) to signify by XDA username only who is in the share. (This is for a couple reasons, 1 - because I can keep track of who I have added to the share, 2 - people can see if they have been added or not to the share to either remind, 3 - It keeps people accountable when their, somewhat, online identity is linked to something.)

3. Do NOT spam me with PM's if I dont get to add you within a day. I am very active on the forums due to mobile access, but to add to the share I will need to be at home. If you have not been added and see your username in the google doc after 2 days, politely PM me again.

4. If you do not use the below template (as it has all the information I will be requiring on my end to add you), You wont be added (so 2 days will pass, you wont see your name or a rom and then check the info u sent me).

5. First download for yourself is going to be rather big (about 4 roms worth). I want to keep atleast a couple roms in the share so that if something is wrong, I can pull a download or whatever at it will not affect anything to severely.

6. You will not have any access to modify or delete the files. I am the owner and you guys will only be able to download/view (which is all you need).

Okay so how can you let me know your in.

First PM me using this template:

XDA Username -

Email (google drive account) -

Rom -

Devices (some have more than one) -

I will add you to the share, I will add you to the local google doc, you will get a device folder and your files will start to sync locally to your PC.

Couple quick FAQ's

How do you know when a new rom is on the share?

You could check it manually, I also was toying with a solution that I could share within the drive that would conduct periodic checks, problem is is that it would rely on a generated file as well as direct links (something that is hard to come by on file sharing services to firstly predict and script & usually requires you to manually click a share button to get a link).

However, there is a google chrome based extention that will notify you by tracking a folder when something new has been added to a google drive folder - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/d...lgpplpibfnckna

This will only track and send an email based on tracking 1 folder.

I am looking into the paid version myself ($2 - http://ez34.net/ezdrive/folder-notif) that will track 10 folders (which is a lot).

Why don't you use the OTA app functionality?

The OTA app, while great seems to be an on/off thing. I have it set to the correct file locations but it seems it works for some of my devices and not for others. I have tried changing to other branches of the apps to no avail. It just doesn't seem stable enough, remember im working with 6 devices at the moment.)

Can I get roms from the other locations?

Yes. I have done this setup to quicken my workflow to get roms out, the quicker you guys get them, the happier you's are. Now the primary issue I have it sync'ing to other file services to ensure I limit my bandwidth in uploading (to reduce wait times) and to keep things concurrent across. If i upload to google drive first and sync to other locations on my end, its quicker than me manually uploading to locations.