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Changing to my appreciation/donation fund. I know I'm new here, and want to contribute where I can. That being said I want to contribute to the Developer(s) that get the phone root for us. In appreciation.
I know I could wait for HTC (if they) unlock it. But let's face it, we want it now and who knows if/when HTC will come through.
Again this is to express appreciation to the dev's. And duce this will buy you a few gallons of haagen dazs
If I'm out of line here then a mod can delete this, otherwise I'll start by and will keep a tally updated:
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w9sig said:
I know I'm new here, and want to contribute where I can. That being said I want to contribute to the Developer(s) that get the phone root for us. In appreciation.
I know I could wait for HTC (if they) unlock it. But let's face it, we want it now and who knows if/when HTC will come through.
Again this is to express appreciation to the dev's. And duce this will buy you a few gallons of haagen dazs
If I'm out of line here then a mod can delete this, otherwise I'll start by and will keep a tally updated:
w9sig - 25.00
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thats great that u wanna help.....more the merrier.......head over to HAUS's thread....that where all the BIG DEVs are trying to bust this out.....thats where everyone is heading to chip in
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1135100
All of the "BIG DEVS" ....heh
Anyways, Bounties always help drive developers to root things faster, Sounds cool to me.
1: Wrong section (this itself isn't development)
2: Bounties suck. Give someone a few bucks for helping you out if they're working on it. Don't hold money over their heads and tell them they can only have it if they drop their lives to give the public something that they're working on in their spare time.
Personally I think bounties just tend to start fights about who contributed what... hard to pay a bounty when 3 or 5 or 10 people contributed.
That said... I won't stop you from trying...
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1: Wrong section (this itself isn't development)
2: Bounties suck. Give someone a few bucks for helping you out if they're working on it. Don't hold money over their heads and tell them they can only have it if they drop their lives to give the public something that they're working on in their spare time.
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No they don't we don't expect them to "drop there lives" its just a bounty to raise money for the devs to show our appreciation and to reaffirm that all their hardwork will pat off besides rooting the evo out me down for five bucks
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Yeah big or small, doesn't matter to me. Since I'm such a newb, I don't know who is who.
Glad to see some think it's a good idea.
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All of the "BIG DEVS" ....heh
Anyways, Bounties always help drive developers to root things faster, Sounds cool to me.
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Did you get a 3d?
Sent from 3D land
kevank said:
Personally I think bounties just tend to start fights about who contributed what... hard to pay a bounty when 3 or 5 or 10 people contributed.
That said... I won't stop you from trying...
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Good point, ill just donate to those who I feel contributed the most I've read the whole wip s off thread so well see
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Haus isn't for bounties.. figured i'd relay his message since he's off doing better things
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Naw, no bounties please. They tend to make some people want to hoard information and are counterproductive
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Ok, I'll call it my appreciation fund. Thanks saw that.
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Stericson said:
All of the "BIG DEVS" ....heh
Anyways, Bounties always help drive developers to root things faster, Sounds cool to me.
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Did you get a E3D? I'd love to see you developing again. I'm not too sure what you've been up to recently since I've had my N1 but I remember you from back in the G1 days. Big ups!
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No they don't we don't expect them to "drop there lives" its just a bounty to raise money for the devs to show our appreciation and to reaffirm that all their hardwork will pat off besides rooting the evo out me down for five bucks
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My reasoning is the same as what Haus said. If you offer a bounty, people stop sharing information and try to get it done first and quickest because they know that only the person that gives the answer will get the money.
Example:
If I were to offer $500 to the first person to answer 50 specific questions... Do you think anyone would answer a post that said "Hey what's the answer to number 7?" Everyone would want to keep to themselves and not help anyone else.
Obviously this is different, but that's a more extreme idea to get the point out there.
If you feel like someone is working hard, or has worked hard... Donate a few dollars to them to give them something for their time. I really don't like the idea of bounties because it then puts pressure on people to keep going and ignore other things, as only one person will get the big bounty (if people actually even pay what they said they would).
Holy... I think I just saw Stericson. This phone is bringing people from everywhere!
BANG! from my shooter...
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My reasoning is the same as what Haus said. If you offer a bounty, people stop sharing information and try to get it done first and quickest because they know that only the person that gives the answer will get the money.
Example:
If I were to offer $500 to the first person to answer 50 specific questions... Do you think anyone would answer a post that said "Hey what's the answer to number 7?" Everyone would want to keep to themselves and not help anyone else.
Obviously this is different, but that's a more extreme idea to get the point out there.
If you feel like someone is working hard, or has worked hard... Donate a few dollars to them to give them something for their time. I really don't like the idea of bounties because it then puts pressure on people to keep going and ignore other things, as only one person will get the big bounty (if people actually even pay what they said they would).
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fair enough, you got me lol down with this fund
Of course I'm not opposed to giving some loot to those that deserve it though. I need to talk to the wife to decide how much I can give up to Haus (and probably others, he isn't the only one I've taken notice of) for his work. I'm sure we'll get root soon, so I'm not worried about forking over some money now to let him know I appreciate the hard work.
I'm pretty sure we didn't need a bounty for this phone to get rooted.
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I'm pretty sure we didn't need a bounty for this phone to get rooted.
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Nope, just the encryption key or for HTC to get on it.
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No, I'm not happy to see you, that's a Shooter in my pocket.
Yea, I got a 3D
I wanted to help net get a 3d so he can work on making a bomb kernel for our Phones once we get root! Because we will get root eventually! Anywhozle please state your donation and stay true to it, anything will help.... he said himself he will try to work on it. When I asked if he wanted the help in getting the fone, he modestly replied:
netarchy: "ticklemepinks, that's a loaded question heh, I won't turn it down, but I'm not going to solicit people about it either. if I get the phone, I'll work on it is about all I will say in that regard"
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I've edited a previous post of mine on the first page, but I'm going to repost it here as well in case anyone misses it.
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Since this thread has apparently been relocated, and the issues I raised with the original approach the OP took have been fixed, I can confirm that any donations going through the chipin link in the original posters post are indeed being directed at me for the purposes of raising funds to acquire an Evo 3D.
If the community sees fit to buy me the phone, I will be happy to develop for it, but I will not promise unrealistic miracles.
I can't promise that you'll suddenly win the lottery, or have better luck in life.
I can promise that any android device I own will get development time from me (yes that includes kernel development).
You should not feel obligated in any way to participate. The fact is, even if I don't get the phone, there is inevitably going to be a strong development community behind this phone. A good portion of teamwin have the phone, and given the strong sales it's a safe bet that there will be many other developers as well. Any participation in the OP fundraiser should be considered completely voluntary; I will not solicit anyone in this regard.
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I really am trying to figure out if this is violation of the rules of XDA. I see what you are trying to do, but others may not.
Also I believe this shouldn't be here either, but we'll leave those who have power to decide. Be prepared for people who are going to be rude.
Good luck!
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I wanted to help net get a 3d so he can work on making bomb kernels for our fones once we get root! cuz we will get root! lol but anywhozle plz state ur donation and stay tru to it, anything will help.... he said himself he will try to work on it. When I asked if he wanted the help in getting the fone, he modestly replied:
netarchy: "ticklemepinks, that's a loaded question heh, I won't turn it down, but I'm not going to solicit people about it either. if I get the phone, I'll work on it is about all I will say in that regard"
Start your Donations!!!! ))))
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Seriously? Need to stop and remove this garbage
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Language butchery is an art.
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Language butchery is an art.
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Language butchery is A art.
DDiaz007 said:
I really am trying to figure out if this is violation of the rules of XDA. I see what you are trying to do, but others may not.
Also I believe this shouldn't be here either, but we'll leave those who have power to decide. Be prepared for people who are going to be rude.
Good luck!
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I hope not, totally not tryin to break any rules or rub the wrong way, just trying to help, so mods if need be please remove thread. I'm sooooo not trying to start any trouble.
no head hurts after reading that
hotboy8628 said:
I wanted to help net get a 3d so he can work on making a bomb kernel for our Phones once we get root! Because we will get root eventually! Anywhozle please state your donation and stay true to it, anything will help.... he said himself he will try to work on it. When I asked if he wanted the help in getting the fone, he modestly replied:
netarchy: "ticklemepinks, that's a loaded question heh, I won't turn it down, but I'm not going to solicit people about it either. if I get the phone, I'll work on it is about all I will say in that regard"
Start your Donations!!!! ))))
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It's nice what your doing but I think the link should come down. We all know how to send him donations. I have sent in many in the past to other developers.
I would like to do the same for Mik but we can't have a post for every dev. Im sure you see why they don't want us to post things like this.
Good luck with your mission..
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EDIT: Since this thread has apparently been relocated, and the issues I raised with the original approach the OP took have been fixed, I can confirm that any donations going through the chipin link in the original posters post are indeed being directed at me for the purposes of raising funds to acquire an Evo 3D.
I will be happy to develop for it, but I will not promise unrealistic miracles.
I can't promise that you'll suddenly win the lottery, or have better luck in life.
I can promise that if I'm able to get the phone, it will get kernel development efforts from me.
You should not feel obligated in any way to participate. The fact is, even if I don't get the phone, there is inevitably going to be a strong development community behind this phone. A good portion of teamwin have the phone, and given the strong sales it's a safe bet that there will be many other developers as well. Any participation in the OP fundraiser should be considered completely voluntary; I will not solicit anyone in this regard.
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Ok, if you want to do some kind of fundraiser type thing to get me a phone to work on, I won't turn it down (I'm no fool!), but you should do something with a defined goal and visible progress, not a post with my direct donation link.
The way you've got this at the moment does not look particularly good; there's no way for anyone to know what the total raised is, etc.
Also, this is probably in the wrong forum.
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Netarchy do you even want the 3D?
If you do then awesome and can't wait.
Why $549? you can get them new for $450 off CL or from me or from ebay so why $549?
What's with all the hate for this idea?
Net is one of my favorite developers and I can only WISH he would join the 3D family.
And how is this against the rules? This is done in every other phone section.. whats wrong with being here??
This forum is getting duller by the post.
novanosis85 said:
Netarchy do you even want the 3D?
If you do then awesome and can't wait.
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It'd be a fun phone to work on sure ;D If I were a rich man I'd prolly own most of the phones from all the carriers.
arozer said:
What's with all the hate for this idea?
Net is one of my favorite developers and I can only WISH he would join the 3D family.
And how is this against the rules? This is done in every other phone section.. whats wrong with being here??
This forum is getting duller by the post.
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I do not care if they do this i just see no reason to raise $549.00 when you can get the same thing for $400 to $450 elsewhere.
The op just did it wrong i think is why many are upset because no way to track how much and my reason why $549? that is sprints over priced price not what you can get them for.
Id use 1 of my upgrades and sell it for $425 bingo saved 100$ already.See what i mean by the op? he just did it wrong is all.
rdcrds said:
Why $549? you can get them new for $450 off CL or from me or from ebay so why $549?
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I just took the retail price off sprint.com cuz net is a verizon customer and not sprint, but if it's found somewhere cheaper great!!!! but Idk if we will raise funds soon enuff to get a CL or Ebay Evo 3D, so that was my reasoning
This thread should be removed. Where are the evo 3d moderators?? The development section has a lot of garbage in it
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hotboy8628 said:
I just took the retail price off sprint.com cuz net is a verizon customer and not sprint, but if it's found somewhere cheaper great!!!! but Idk if we will raise funds soon enuff to get a CL or Ebay Evo 3D, so that was my reasoning
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Isn't netarchy on tmob with a nexus s?
I admit that I groaned when I saw this thread but I have to say that I applaud the idea. Maybe a better method could be suggested? I have no idea what that is though. I know this has been done in the past but, to be honest, I've never paid much attention to "donation" threads.
I would be happy to donate $$ to get netarchy this phone. Not just to get him to root it, but for all he's given to this community!
sent my $5. i know it isnt much, but every lil bit helps
wait would he be coming over from Verizon? sprint gives 125 for jumping carriers and the 3VO is only 200 on new plans...they might even buy his old/other phone from him....im not sure if they will from another carrier but they bought my evo 4g back from me for 150. Phone only cost me 50 bucks.
This is an ics bounty thread, every donation is welcomed.
Guru_shastri 50$
kailashpchhabria $20
Juannicolas 30$
o0 DIDDY 0o 25$
mwoliver 50$
emuking - 50$
princesa2000 - $50
craig0r - 50$ (@ the dev forum)
frankieGom - 30$
DNarsingh - 20$
Total: 375$
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Lets get this going!!!!
guru_shastri said:
Well, since i see no other option for us getting ICS i'm willing to offer 50 of my finest dollars to the first fella bringing ICS to the Jetstream.
you'r all welcom to chip in.
guru_shastri - 50$
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I pledge 50$ to this bounty.
guru_shastri - 50$
mgori - 50$
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I pledge 50$ to this bounty.
guru_shastri - 50$
mgori - 50$
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I shall pledge $20 for now. Once get ahead with a job or post graduation, shall pool in more.
guru_shastri $50
Mgori $50
kailashpchhabria $20
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no one else?
I will go with a $30 for the moment.
Thanks, hopefully someone will pick up the project..
I'd do $25, then another $25 upon completion. Problem Is we would need to raise enough money for whichever Developer to buy a Jetstream to build with.
i know. i'm hoping one of the dev's already owning the jetstream (i think there's one or two other than task650) will keep it up..
if not - maybe we could get enough money to buy one..they are cheaper than they used to be
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i know. i'm hoping one of the dev's already owning the jetstream (i think there's one or two other than task650) will keep it up..
if not - maybe we could get enough money to buy one..they are cheaper than they used to be
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I brought it up to Newtoroot from mikmik, he said for it to be done he'd need the device. He's done amazing work over the years, recently he recoded the ril from the one x to bring sense 4 ICS for the the reZound.
i think there's an opportunity here.
if we could get enough money, and one of the members here would like to sell his device, maybe we can buy a device for development.
meanwhile we must wait for the bounty to grow..
guru_shastri said:
i think there's an opportunity here.
if we could get enough money, and one of the members here would like to sell his device, maybe we can buy a device for development.
meanwhile we must wait for the bounty to grow..
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Yes. Agreed. Please guys pool in. Even if we don't get a member to sell the device, I think a new one would be like $550 or something with contract. Let's see. Hopefully Russ's contact also comes through. He will post details himself once any news available.
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I would consider selling mine at a discount to a developer or trade for a thinkpad. Otherwise I would be willing to contribute to the bounty. IDK, it depends if anyone really thinks they can do it, but I've lost faith in HTC and hope in XDA.
They are selling refurbs outright for 350 on atts site right now
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I've got a little bit of experience with compiling Cyanogen. Work is crazy-busy for me lately, so I'm not sure when I'll have time to work on it, but I will do whatever I can to get this working.
I'm not much of a developer, so any help I can get will be appreciated. We'll need to look for other devices already running ICS that have similar hardware.
Like I said, work's crazy busy, so right now I don't have much time to hunt for this info.
However, I may be able to use the HP Touchpad (which I also have, running CM9) as a starting point. The Jetstream has a Qualcomm MSM8260 CPU, where the TP is using a MSM8060. They're similar, yet obviously not identical CPUs.
We'll also need to figure out the other hardware, like what display, touchscreen, wifi, etc. hardware the Jetstream is using.
With any luck, we'll get something. It sucks that Honeycomb is closed source. That'll make things a little bit harder. At least the kernel's open source still.
I'm going to post this over in the Dev section, for anyone who wants to help with data mining.
Oh, and I don't want the bounty. Just getting ICS on this device would be enough reward for me.
craig0r said:
I've got a little bit of experience with compiling Cyanogen. Work is crazy-busy for me lately, so I'm not sure when I'll have time to work on it, but I will do whatever I can to get this working.
I'm not much of a developer, so any help I can get will be appreciated. We'll need to look for other devices already running ICS that have similar hardware.
Like I said, work's crazy busy, so right now I don't have much time to hunt for this info.
However, I may be able to use the HP Touchpad (which I also have, running CM9) as a starting point. The Jetstream has a Qualcomm MSM8260 CPU, where the TP is using a MSM8060. They're similar, yet obviously not identical CPUs.
We'll also need to figure out the other hardware, like what display, touchscreen, wifi, etc. hardware the Jetstream is using.
With any luck, we'll get something. It sucks that Honeycomb is closed source. That'll make things a little bit harder. At least the kernel's open source still.
I'm going to post this over in the Dev section, for anyone who wants to help with data mining.
Oh, and I don't want the bounty. Just getting ICS on this device would be enough reward for me.
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Thank you. Would you be able to do something about s-off too? BOGMOH has got a s-off device. He is willing to help in order to aid us others to get the same. If you have some know how, could you help out for that too?
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Thank you. Would you be able to do something about s-off too? BOGMOH has got a s-off device. He is willing to help in order to aid us others to get the same. If you have some know how, could you help out for that too?
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Doubtful. Like I said, I'm not a super-dev or anything, and things like bypassing/decrypting security are beyond me.
There's a couple people over in the Development forum who are buzzing about this. Apparently there *may* be an HTC dev willing to help out, if I understood correctly.
Let's push this!
this needs to get more attention. Otherwise it's just going to die off, I think for a developer to be truly interested we need more then $300, because building ICS for this device won't be easy. I know task has tried before and he said that he could not get it to work but I'm not sure how much time he had to play around with it since his daughter is sick. Maybe we can reach out to some tech media like Engadet, Boy Genius Report, or Tom's Hardware or even contact XDA and see if they can make a post about this on the portal homepage and really it this idea put there. I'm pretty sure that the jetstream has a bigger community then this just they might not know about xda...
its a matter of time, mainly.
this forum was never alive for more than a few days in a row..
people doesnt come here to often. we need to try and wait, and keep the posts going.
also - if someone feels the sums are too high, any contribution will count! even 5-10 dollars from a few people could make a change.
in the event of this not working, try signing my petition here, http://www.thepetitionsite.com/480/...ew-jetstream-jetstream-4g-android-40-upgrade/
What is the most insulting about the whole process is that HTC is discontinuing support (which is the only way to describe not updating software even a few months after release) and still insistent on keeping the device locked down for "user experience". I mean they could almost get XDA devs to do the support for free if they weren't so possessive about the device after the POS. Fingers crossed on that contact pulling through.
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well, i mean you never know...
but if i were to make a posting like that, i would make it say that i would do it for the users who want it but are afraid to mess up. and then i would basically state all the things that i know how to do and my forum profiles. and what i would charge would depend on how annoyingly painstaking the process is to get them the wanted feature.
in other posting this guy has said hes been hacking android since 4 yrs before g1 was released, i didnt know there was a Droid before the g1/dream
Debel said:
in other posting this guy has said hes been hacking android since 4 yrs before g1 was released, i didnt know there was a Droid before the g1/dream
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haha there wasnt
That's nothing new...if you are lazy or dumb enough to pay for it then go for it. People offer paid services like that for everything from iPhones to Xboxes..ya know
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Spastic909 said:
That's nothing new...if you are lazy or dumb enough to pay for it then go for it. People offer paid services like that for everything from iPhones to Xboxes..ya know
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It's not about being lazy, it's about the conformity. We all go to the mechanic to fix our cars unless you know how to fix it, obviously. That's just how it works man. I do think that people not giving credit to the devs and all of the people that make this happen is really messed up though.
I don't believe in these kinds of businesses, here in Puerto Rico, there are lots of stores that dedicate themselves to hack iPhones or as they call it "unlock" it. And they charge like 30$!! It's ridiculous! I get disgusted every time I see one
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eggydrums said:
I don't believe in these kinds of businesses, here in Puerto Rico, there are lots of stores that dedicate themselves to hack iPhones or as they call it "unlock" it. And they charge like 30$!! It's ridiculous! I get disgusted every time I see one
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well its the same as a computer repair store pretty much...
but i dont believe in people stretching the truth so much like the snippet that was posted in the op. i mean if you want to help someone who's afraid to do it themselves, and they are willing to give you a couple bucks why not? now i wouldnt charge $30 for anything... the highest i'd go would be $10 lol
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well its the same as a computer repair store pretty much...
but i dont believe in people stretching the truth so much like the snippet that was posted in the op. i mean if you want to help someone who's afraid to do it themselves, and they are willing to give you a couple bucks why not? now i wouldnt charge $30 for anything... the highest i'd go would be $10 lol
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Yeah I also wouldn't make a big business out of either like the people I mentioned, I'll be honest, puertorricans can be pretty dumb most of the time, lol
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rubyman94 said:
It's not about being lazy, it's about the conformity. We all go to the mechanic to fix our cars unless you know how to fix it, obviously. That's just how it works man. I do think that people not giving credit to the devs and all of the people that make this happen is really messed up though.
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Nah..I'm sticking with my lazy comment. people don't bother to learn anything anymore. Doesn't take long to read how to root and flash.
the business isn't about giving credit, it's about charging money for something that's free
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Welcome to reality!
Thing is I guarantee he is making his monies off people. Happens all the time. Business as usual and living the American dream.....even in different countries....
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Android SDK on the sidekick lol it just wasn't what it is today
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Some of you guys must not understand the difference between selling a service and selling a tangible product. You're paying for this guys time and knowledge of rooting android phones. Don't be such a stick in the mud
mrmako777 said:
Some of you guys must not understand the difference between selling a service and selling a tangible product. You're paying for this guys time and knowledge of rooting android phones. Don't be such a stick in the mud
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Agreed. I don't see the problem with it. Heck if I could make it into a side business I would. As others have said, they aren't selling the work that others have made, they're charging for their time, knowledge, gas (in a lot of cases they will travel to you) and convenience to root/hack/mod a phone that the owner doesn't want to do themselves. Yeah they can read some forums and do it themselves, but if they're willing to pay for it, it means they're either lazy and don't care or aren't technically inclined.
Some phones really aren't as simple as you would think to root and simply install wifi tether, for example. Downloading drivers, reading the root process for that device, downloading the scripts and tools, copying files to and from the phone, rebooting and the wait adds up into a lot of time and sometimes frustration. A lot of people don't want to deal with it, and if I'm going to learn all of that and sacrifice my time for someone I don't know, I want to be compensated.
I worked for Data Doctors (computer repair business) and while our prices (not set by me) were a little expensive, people gladly paid it because they didn't know how nor could they be bothered to fix the system themselves. That's business.
it took my around 5 hours the other day to figure out how to root, s-off and flash a custom rom on the Amaze. If I had already started my new job I would definitiv have paid the $15 to save me 5 hours of time.
Times are hard and knowledge is power.
If this guy knows what he's doing why not let him do it?
I think it's f*ed up that you flagged just because you're an XDA member who "supposedly" knows better.
He's trying to make some money off of his knowledge.
I mean, just because the information is here doesn't mean everyone who reads it understands it or could implement it.
Some people are not technology inclined.
YouTube has videos on how to do almost everything but just because you watch doesn't mean you'll be able to do it.
What was wrong with him trying to make money from the time and effort he invested into understanding the rooting and unlocking process of a phone?
Honestly..flagging him was a d**k move.
Took my girlfriends mytouch4gslide, he screwed up. Download ruu ....
Sent from my HTC_Amaze_4G using XDA
For me, I want to know how to root and flash my own ROMs. Without knowing how to do things yourself you're stuck with whatever this guy loads on your phone, and isn't that the point of rooting, being able to load custom ROMs.
be proud of your work cause shearing is caring i learned a lot form xda i do get paid to fix my friends phones for them but when i get paid i save it just for XDA DEV who's work i used to do the job it's not stealing it's called Redistributing & dev can always spot there work from a mile away i used to burn movies and sell it on Craigslist i even posted adds on hacking any games on android with gamecih ^_^ wow those were the days i would ask $20 a pop lol 1 day i had over 15 calls lmfao like ice cube said TODAY WAS A GOOD DAY
+ thanks to gay Bush n homo Obama
the economy is Focked
i don't wanna sell drugs / rob people not when i got 2 kids
now i work 13hr shift 6 days a week
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nguyendqh said:
Times are hard and knowledge is power.
If this guy knows what he's doing why not let him do it?
I think it's f*ed up that you flagged just because you're an XDA member who "supposedly" knows better.
He's trying to make some money off of his knowledge.
I mean, just because the information is here doesn't mean everyone who reads it understands it or could implement it.
Some people are not technology inclined.
YouTube has videos on how to do almost everything but just because you watch doesn't mean you'll be able to do it.
What was wrong with him trying to make money from the time and effort he invested into understanding the rooting and unlocking process of a phone?
Honestly..flagging him was a d**k move.
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word fam i feels you on this ho ^_^ http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=848723
No xlue
Sent from my HTC_Amaze_4G using XDA
What an Incredible job guys! (pun intended) lolwe got this in under 4 hours!
LIST OF DONATORS :good:
Andybones, Aldo101t, bejahnel, blazingwolf, binaryhat, cambunch, ceayuso, ColSanders0325, Dandroid5, dbrits17, devinhfox, GeekDragon, fwhite42, Jarheadflip, joeyd27, jonno95, junkmail9, Makaveli1490, Mr.Highway, michaelbsheldon, Mark9876, moelost, mclaser, Nitsuj17, OldNut5, Pandalero, ragnarokxg, REEPER101, ShakaShawn, slacka-vt , CaptainRewind, spazmcghee, Trink746, y2jdmbfan, zackiv31, ZooDad. -Please let me know if I left you out and you donated, very sorry if this happens it's hard to keep up with all the names cos xda name and real name can be hard to match to please don't be offended or shy to PM me. Thank guys!
Also huge thanks to bejahnel, for being kind enough to sell us the brand new phone at such a great price @ $300, and then even donating himself to bring it to $280!
Everyone should flood his PM box with thank you's, the next cheapest inc4g I found was retail at about $440
He gave it to us at $280!!!
this man is a very generous guy and a HUGE contribution to the Inc4g Android Development!
Very awesome guys, this is a great start to what is going to be a great community!
ill throw in $10 (ill paypal it tonight when i get home)
but id take my name out of the hat for getting the phone post (hopefully) s-off
any well known aosp guy would have my vote for it :good:
nitsuj17 said:
ill throw in $10 (ill paypal it tonight when i get home)
but id take my name out of the hat for getting the phone post (hopefully) s-off
any well known aosp guy would have my vote for it :good:
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This is why you deserve it!
Too modest!
thanks tho man!
$10 will go along way!
hopefully will get others to see with one of the most respected developers is in on this,
hopefully is they have a few clams they can help towards a great goal
I'll put in $10. I can't send it till Friday though as that is my payday.
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I'll put in $10. I can't send it till Friday though as that is my payday.
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that's perfect man!, i'll mark you down in the OP!
thank you!
I will donate $15 for this cause
ragnarokxg said:
I will donate $15 for this cause
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will add you to OP!
Thanks bro!
ALSO GUYS AGAIN PLEASE REMEMBER TO DONATE AS "GOODS"!
Only $160 more guys!
this is amazing how great this community is already!
I know we can do it!
This is the same team that got the erzound and about 8 other phones S-OFF at the same time!
and the evolte already!
rezound was 8 months deep before s-off came onto the scene, we have the opportunity to knock on the door now!
sure why not
I was lucky enough to get htc dev unlock, but i feel bad for those who didn't. i love the phone but without the button remap i may have returned it. --$25
oops, i forgot my xda name in paypal, it was completed 09:21:34 PDT, and subject "S-OFF/AOSP tester phone inc4g"
jonno95 said:
I was lucky enough to get htc dev unlock, but i feel bad for those who didn't. i love the phone but without the button remap i may have returned it. --$25
oops, i forgot my xda name in paypal, it was completed 09:21:34 PDT, and subject "S-OFF/AOSP tester phone inc4g"
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thank you so much added to OP!
guys in just 2 hours we have reached $175!!
only $105 more and we are in business!
it's amazing when people come together like this, it's truly an amazing thing!!
I'm in for $25.
Sent from my HTC Incredible 4G
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I'm in for $25.
Sent from my HTC Incredible 4G
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Thanks man!
also thank you to XDA user ZooDad for $20!
I too was fortunate enough to unlock from HTCDev early. I could not wait to get this phone and appreciate all the effort so far.
I'm in for $20. and will have a HDMI adapter in hand (can't find mine) at the end of the day to test if HDMI works.
Thanks for putting this together.
ZooDad
ZooDad said:
I too was fortunate enough to unlock from HTCDev early. I could not wait to get this phone and appreciate all the effort so far.
I'm in for $20. and will have a HDMI adapter in hand (can't find mine) at the end of the day to test if HDMI works.
Thanks for putting this together.
ZooDad
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thanks bro!
thanks to everyone!
as we stand we currently have $220 of the $280 needed!!
only $60 more!!!
okay guys, the paypal some of you are still not sending as goods, so we should be at $125 in my paypal and we're at "PayPal balance: $119.86 USD"
not a big deal, we just may need an extra donation to make up for what pay pal has taken out.
5/10 ppl have donated already, + mine, I'll throw in some more if I can. I'm very limited on funds as I'm sure most of you are as well, times are real tough, so thank you guys again so much.
I have every e-mail from paypal and all the records in case we don't make it.. but I am confident that we are going to reach our goal.
Yea this phone isn't that great to some people, but I personally LOVE it, and can't wait to hack the living hell outta this badboy and get us some S-OFF lovin!
this phone honestly is Perrrrfect for me, and already this community is coming together to do something great!
guys this could get us $50!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1784142
but big possibility that his 15 days ran up already.
damn i miss 30 days!
just so amazing though guys, this thread was opened at 10:30 this morning!
its not even 2pm and we are only $70 away.
already raised $220 for the great of the community.
man i love how this place.
with the right people, and right attitude, there's so much potential.
only $65 more to go!!
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just so amazing though guys, this thread was opened at 10:30 this morning!
its not even 2pm and we are only $70 away.
already raised $220 for the great of the community.
man i love how this place.
with the right people, and right attitude, there's so much potential.
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I have no idea what S-OFF or AOSP is, something to do with flashing custom radios... Will donating to this phone help to get root for all those who weren't as lucky (as myself) to get unlocked before the lockdown?
I'll donate $20.
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I have no idea what S-OFF or AOSP is, something to do with flashing custom radios... Will donating to this phone help to get root for all those who weren't as lucky (as myself) to get unlocked before the lockdown?
I'll donate $20.
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yes this will get you FULL root though
s-off gives you the full ability of root and makes thing 10x easier.
without s-off we need to flash kernels separate from the ROM and a bunch of other annoyingness.
your $20 would be greatly appreciated and would go to great cause, we are so close!
it is definitely worth it, it will greatly help this community.
I'll mark you down in the OP!
only $45 more!!!