Whoever first successfully creates a working wear24 ROM with NFC enabled and Google Pay Support, will win the money pool. In order for one to claim the prize they must PM me with a working ROM, I will test the ROM and if it is valid, I will award them the money pool. In order to participate you must donate at least $5.00 USD to the money pool, make sure to notate the donation with your username.
You do not have to participate in order to donate money to the pool. Show your support to the dedicated DEVS! The higher the pool, the harder and faster they will work!
Edit:
Here is the pool. The deadline is July 4th 2018. If no one claims the prize the funds will be refunded to the supporters.
Good idea
Definitely
I just picked one up for $59.99 Brand New and I'm quite interested if development will pick up now.
Would be excellent if it's 2 types: NFC enabled and NFC enabled minus the Verizon's bloatware.
Anyone know the best way to start a donation pool? Paypal? Kickstarter? or is there a website dedicated to competitions and such?
Can we just port existing firmware from similar devices like LG Watch Sport?
Asked for AsteroidOS rom for Wear24 - https://asteroidos.org/about/
Answer:
Hi Den,
Awesome! It looks like Asteroid could potentially work on that watch
since the kernel has been made available:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android-wear/development/wear24-gpl-so
urce-code-contact-info-t3742750
If you are interested, you can follow this guide:
https://asteroidos.org/wiki/porting-guide/
Have a nice day,
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So, we need to wait for someone to do the port of AsteroidOS to that watch.
Here is the pool. The deadline is July 4th 2018. If no one claims the prize the funds will be refunded to the supporters.
How does this work? Whoever claims the price commits to working on this and getting us NFC? If yes, I’m in!
xendula said:
How does this work? Whoever claims the price commits to working on this and getting us NFC? If yes, I’m in!
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Whoever first successfully creates a working wear24 ROM with NFC enabled and Google Pay Support, will win the money pool. In order for one to claim the prize they must PM me with a working ROM, I will test the ROM and if it is valid, I will award them the money pool. In order to participate you must at least donate 5.00 to the money pool, make sure to notate the donation with your username.
Undergroundstudents said:
Whoever first successfully creates a working wear24 ROM with NFC enabled and Google Pay Support...make sure to notate the donation with your username.
You do not have to participate in order to donate money to the pool. Show your support to the dedicated DEVS! The deadline is July 4th 2018. If no one claims the prize the funds will be refunded to the supporters.
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Well it looks like I just made your first donation of 5 bucks usd.
C'mon folks, this would be great to get done! Just make sure whenever it is that each and every step required is written down for less experiened (but willing to try) folks like me.
Thanks!
We need more people to chip in! It's only $5 and you all know we REALLY need this!
This is really sad :crying:
I am planning to start working on the asteroidos port today, I'll let you know you guys about the progress.
can_undeger said:
I am planning to start working on the asteroidos port today, I'll let you know you guys about the progress.
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Awesome. It would be sweet if you could figure out a way to install it without taking the device apart. But if you can't, I'm willing to do the Wear surgery to get it rooted. I've been sitting on an extra T-Mobile sim, so I'll go ahead and pop that in while I have it open.
What I'm trying to say is, when you're ready for somebody to test it, I'm game.
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This is really sad :crying:
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Aww if you want you can send it directly to me and I can deposit it into the pool for you
Hi, I appreciate your speculating as it attracts people’s attention and make this topic discussable.
Related
We are all very happy that someone have shown interested to our offer =)
all those have wished to donate and have their names enlisted on this post please start donating to Captainkrtek(read his post)
donate at(paypal): [email protected]
Those who have donated please post your paypal email here with the amount donated.
PROJECT AND DISCUSSION THREAD(always check last page)
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Okay, recently there has been a great demand for Android on HTC Touch2/Mega. This thread is being started from the discussion that took place on this thread
Few of the members are working very hard day and night to port android on touch2 device but lack of knowledge about kernel developing or building is causing failure. We urge to the developers with knowledge of porting android to other htc devices to help us making our dream come true of using android on our device.
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what dzo replied to one of our member on this forum is:
From the specs it looks like the touch 2 should run android quite well. I don't have time to help you much but it shouldn't be hard to get the 7x00a kernel running. You really need a kernel developer though.
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we even made this offer to dzo but due to lack of his time he is unable to help us. =(
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This is the post which gave the idea to create an offer for a developer.
In this thread:
Our aim is to collect all the donation and meet the price of a Touch2 device
Our offer to the developer is a new Touch2 device so that he can test and port android into it or if he wants the donation in cash instead of a device would be fine too. =)
Rules to donate: those who are interested or want to help us to see this dream come true must enroll their name in this thread with the amount of donation first. Then after a developer agrees to accept this offer he must be donated directly from each of the user who'll enroll their names in this thread.
*rules or regulations can change on the other users interest.
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So far people wished to donate(but unfortunately many haven't donated yet which is slowing the project):
duchu - $5
vesipyks - $10
raghul - $10
htcshane19 - $7(£5)
[email protected] - $15
lavs - $5
kamileon1 - $25
kapq - $5
costa0212 - $12(10€)
ThePhotoGuy - $7(£5)
LtBlue - $10
msio7 - $7(£5)
DannyBiker - $7(£5) through google checkout
maciej.panecki - $25
sshlord - $13(10€)
Martijn D - $20 + $10
BBICS - $12(10€)
liamatburnblue - $23(£15)
hawsey - $10
alien_from_far - $23(20€)
xmonster - $10
czdjj - $10
Our fist aim is to collect $280 for a Touch2 device for the developer. But unfortunately we have only received $122 till now which is slowing the project down. =(
I can donate 5$ via paypal
I will tell about this thread in russian mega's community.
I will give 10 €
Bounty
I can give £5 via paypal
$10 here ;]]
what is the paypal account to donate in?
andras_m said:
what is the paypal account to donate in?
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if you want to donate then first enroll your name here with the amount. we are currently looking for a developer who will agree to take up this project and this offer will be for him. which means you will have to donate the developer directly.
i'll up the ante...
hi all,
hey, i saw that my name is listed in the post as donating $10. i'll be willing to donate US$25 to the pool. just let me know when you get the developer and the paypal account sorted out. then i'll transfer the money over. cheers!
ps - i can't always check this thread too often because of work, so i need to sort out how to set up the email notification. but in case i can't figure it out - can someone email me at kamileon1 (at) live (dot) com (no spaces) when i need to transfer the money. tanx
i can donate 5 EUR via paypal too, EUR means € but not £
please correct it
5 euros...but with Google Checkout. Possible ?
EDIT :
If only we had more money now : I got my brand new HTC MEGA for 125 € in a phone shop because they thought there was no way to change the language of the the phone. There were some left but not much...
thank you again guys for showing the support.. we have at least crossed $100 now.. have to make $200 more.. and then hope for the best.. =)
In the original post, $300 are mentioned for the project. Is that the amount for the phone only or does it include the $100-200 for the developer ?
we must collect the money for the device first($300)
if the job is done as a reward we can collect another $100 to offer the developer..
The device has to be new ? Even so, like htcshane19 said in the other topic, I'm pretty sure we can find a better price than $300.
I can call the store where I bought it new for €150 to see if they have some left, but I doubt it...
in Bulgaria new HTC Mega costs $220 ...
Guys...I'm sorry but you can count my contribution out : I had the opportunity to buy an HTC Magic at the price of my HTC Mega. Therefore, I'm selling it to pay the Magic.
If I didn't need the money that much I would have offer you mine for 170 €, it's practically new (5 days old) but...
we need more donation guys..
Originally Posted by sweetbinodray
Sir,
You do not have mega to try out whether is it possible to port android on mega or not? We are thinking if we give you a mega to try out then is it possible for you to make little time for us and port android on mega? After that we want you to share it, so we all can have android on our mega. It has two benefits. One with help of your's our dream comes true and second we have another phone so you can do further experiments.
Hope for your positive response. Thank you.
NemanjaLO replied
I will help, as soon as Cotulla and NetRipper patch haret for Mega. You can send me device for work, but if I don't succeed for any reason I will return device.
Best regards.
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even if you cant donate please share our donation link to other forums/websites.. we finally have a developer who is willing to give this device a try.. =)
facebook and youtube may help get people interested
kamileon1 said:
hi all,
hey, i saw that my name is listed in the post as donating $10. i'll be willing to donate US$25 to the pool. just let me know when you get the developer and the paypal account sorted out. then i'll transfer the money over. cheers!
ps - i can't always check this thread too often because of work, so i need to sort out how to set up the email notification. but in case i can't figure it out - can someone email me at kamileon1 (at) live (dot) com (no spaces) when i need to transfer the money. tanx
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Same here I'm willing to donate 25$ to the pool. The more we will donate the faster we will see the result. It is better to donate 25$ instead buing new phone with android installed.
My email m _ panecki (at) wp (dot) pl
Edit: Closed per OP request. ~TheRomMistress
Hi,
I purchased the TG01 in February and I have lost my temper with it because it's so horrible, but I know there are a few developers out there looking for a real device to work with, so I thought I'd sell it.
I'm looking for anything over £65, It's in good working order with a few scratches on the screen and it's generally in OK condition, but the speaker is quite quiet.
If you're interested please reply to this thread.
Thanks
PS, I will consider swapping phones if you want
tjcooper17 said:
Hi,
I purchased the TG01 in February and I have lost my temper with it because it's so horrible, but I know there are a few developers out there looking for a real device to work with, so I thought I'd sell it.
I'm looking for anything over £65, It's in good working order with a few scratches on the screen and it's generally in OK condition, but the speaker is quite quiet.
If you're interested please reply to this thread.
Thanks
PS, I will consider swapping phones if you want
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Hold that thought, we might be able to buy it from you for the Android project if we can raise the money. £65 shouldnt be too difficult to raise!
Please dont sell it before speaking to us about it.
I'm in Blackburn Lancashire, whereabouts are you?
bally3 said:
Hold that thought, we might be able to buy it from you for the Android project if we can raise the money. £65 shouldnt be too difficult to raise!
Please dont sell it before speaking to us about it.
I'm in Blackburn Lancashire, whereabouts are you?
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.. is there an Android TG-01 developer fund - I'll contribute if you're able to buy a cheap TG-01
i'll contribuite too..
I have posted in the Android discussion thread and Alex has kindly offered to hold the donations:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=672234&page=25
decide between yourselves if you will and start a donations thread and get the money rolling. Someone needs to pm tjcooper17 to ask him if hes still got it and whether he's happy to wait until the money is raised.
I'll ask dzo (or any developer users recommend with a track record for Android development) once we have confirmation that the purchase is going to happen.
Best of luck
tjcooper17 can you post some pics of the device since you say it has some scratches and also what comes with the phone, is the box, charger and everything with it and lastly is it sim locked to orange or unlocked?
Hi guys,
I'm in Shaftesbury, Dorset. The device is locked to Orange, I'll post some pictures in just a minute and I'll send it with everything I got in the box:
Phone
Charger
Manuals
USB to PC Lead
CD Drivers
I should be able to get you the device including delivery for £70 if that's OK.
Pictures in just a second
I'm having real trouble uploading the pictures at the moment, is there an email address i can send them to?
tjcooper17 said:
I'm having real trouble uploading the pictures at the moment, is there an email address i can send them to?
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why you need to upload pictures ?
endrix said:
why you need to upload pictures ?
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I think he wants to show us the phone.
Well, I believe him anyways
@tjcooper17:
What about making the pictures smaller?
Than you could place them here at xda as an attachment on your next post.
Sorry to butt in on this thread! We have a donation thread for TG01 Android development :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=804051
.. and a direct link to PayPal :
https://www.paypal.com/uk/cgi-bin/w...63663d3faee8dc60d77e6184470d51976060a4ab6ee74
.. so far, £15 has been donated
Regards,
Alex.
OK I've compressed them quite a bit, didn't realise how big they were.
thanks for the pics.
The thread for the donations has been closed down by mods.. I'll pm the mod on how we can do this without collecting money on here. The only other way I can think of is if enough people pledge to put money towards the phone, then we donate to you directly.
Leave it with me.
TG01 donations thread closure
Pilot:
"the best thing to do is pledge a certain amount and keep a list
then when you have the funds needed then start gathering the pledges amending the list saying who has followed through"
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It appears that the word donations is contentious.
So if we want to do this, the best thing is everyone PLEDGES what they are willing to put towards a device on this thread, once we have enough money and a developer who wants to help, we can pay tjcooper17 someway and get him to send the device to the developer.
Sorry about the mess, I guess these things are there to protect xda users from fraudulent transactions so its probably wise not to ignore them.
On that note, I will say if anyone has any suggestions how this can be done without hickups, please feel free to put your ideas forwards.
Lastly, Endrix is the lead developer here, I have been asked why I am not accepting the device myself, it is simply because I do not possess the reverse engineering skills to take this project forward and neither do I have the time to learn to do so.
I am quite happy to help out where I can and look forward to purchasing a tg01 if android is successfully ported to it which I look forward to being a part of.
Update 12/8/2011:
The campaign is closed, currently the device is paid by:
Albert W - suicideclown
Logan L - Loglud
James B- jtbnet
Charles S - 150pilot
Nick W - Indirect
For people that expressed interested in donation can still donate, but the funds will go directly to the NT development team, as either reserve for another donation developer device, or as funding for the celebratory party for when the bootloader is finally broken and we can get custom rom into our beloved NT
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Hi my fellow Nook Tablet tinkers and enthusiast, adamoutler has expressed interested in helping us developing for NT, he has extensive experience breaking bootloader for hardware locked devices. I want to see if we can get enough interested from the forum to poll together $280 - $300 dollar to cover the cost for the NT and shipping.
What you guys think of the idea? If we can get enough interest, I am in for $10.
Here is adamoutler own input on the topic
AdamOutler said:
I've been sitting back watching this thread for a while now. It's time to stop this foolishness. First off, the first post was started with absolutely no information.. basically 'you know what would be cool?'.. then the rest of the discussion has been a bunch of randomness. Why has not a single person mentioned the datasheets for the processor or memory? Why has Boone posted a memory dump of IROM? This thread contains nothing useful.
UnBrickable mod is the way to go. Put a device in my hands and ill enable it to boot from USB or sdcard. The device uses a hardware initiates boot chain. This chain can be broken at the hardware level.
This is an omap4430 device right?
Give me a device. Rebellos and I will locate the boot mode 5 pin which unlocks the boot from one NAND. We will then require an interceptor bootloader which is where Rebellos specializes. Once we hardware unlock the device and the interceptor bootloader is in place, the device will accept an insecure bootloader flash.
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Origionally the plans was to send a donated NT to Rayman84, but adamoutler expressed more confidence that he can do it. So Indirect, Loglu and Rayman84 talked it over and agree to give the donated device to adamoutler instead.
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Update:
Indirect has graciously offer to take up the responsibility of money collection, purchasing and shipping the NT, so we can send the money to his Paypal account:
Indirect said:
Everyone who wants to donate, send the cash to:
[email protected] (it's my paypal account) and I'll order for Adam Outler's nook tablet.
...
He's the guy who did the unbrickable hardware mod to the Samsung Captivate
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PS: looks like KF just got CM7. With such great team of developers and active/supportive forum members, I have confidence that we will get there very soon also.
Donation so far:
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gordon1hd1 - $10 (money send)
lipps - $10
ugic - $10
whatwhat456 - $10
suicideclown - >$10 (money send)
B00M! - $10
r2tbone - $10
nookabee - $20
Lucifus - $20
nook_lover - $10
thatdude90210 - $10
GTOJim - $10
kusje - $20
magius - $20
phroeix - $10
plainspoken - $20
Loglud - >$20 (money send)
jtbnet - >$20 (money send)
150pilot - >$20 (money send)
Indirect ->$20 (money send)
If I were to purchase one for someone else, it would be rayman. He is the person that cracked the Asus Transformer...
I would make a small donation if we could agree who should get it
suicideclown said:
If I were to purchase one for someone else, it would be rayman. He is the person that cracked the Asus Transformer...
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+1 on rayman. Great dev.
Any idea on his level of commitment if he were to receive a nook?
I mean I wouldn't want to be like 'HERE IS 250$ BUY A NOOK YOUR HIRED!'
Sure free stuff is nice.. but, it just seems more polite to ask them first..
I think either one would be great. Dalingrin have experience pushing the limit of the NC kernel which has some similarities to the NT kernel. He is also a driving factor for getting CM7 stable on the NC, as well as leading the effort on getting ICS on the NC. I think he can contribute the most in helping us getting a custom and stable CM7 going, even working within the limitation on the NT stock kernel.
I am not too familiar with Rayman's work, but by the sound of the reference from the forum members here, he would be an awesome developer to help support the NT. By the way what is his expertise?
I don't mind we who we donate the NT to, as long as he/she p hehe) can be a great contributor to the NT forum, and help us get custom ROM on the NT sooner. Or even maybe even a custom ICS compatible kernel.
Let see how much interest we can get for a device donation. Once we get the necessary commitment ($260 inc Tax) for a NT, then we can reach out to the developers to see if either one of them is interested.
I'd be in for $10.
Another 10$ from me for sure
I'm in for $10
FWIW here is dalingrin's reply on the NC forum to that question
boomn said:
FWIW here is dalingrin's reply on the NC forum to that question
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does anyone know Rayman, and can ping him to see if he might be interested.
gordon1hd1 said:
does anyone know Rayman, and can ping him to see if he might be interested.
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Ill reach out to him, I know what IRC he hangs on.
Hi,
suicideclown managed to get the message to me and here I am
So, yeah, it sounds interesting, BUT:
I'm European so I wouldn't be able to buy one myself
Does the NT even work decently outside of US?
I work on a number of devices, so my spare time is limited
For my previous work, you can checkout at least www.androidroot.mobi
It's mostly directed towards transformer so far, but we have been discussing branching out to other devices, lol. I'm also working on ICS for TF and Notion Ink Adam and I have gotten quite far with that. (including porting to newer kernels)
Disclaimer:
Even if I spent 24/7 on a thing like this, there's no guarantee it's doable. IF I were to get a device I'd certainly spend a considerable amount of time trying to unlock as much as possible, but there's no guarantees ever with things like this.
I realize my response is a bit cryptic, but I just want to make clear how things would work if I were to receive a device in this way (So far, I have bought every single device I've hacked on!)
rayman84 said:
Hi,
suicideclown managed to get the message to me and here I am
So, yeah, it sounds interesting, BUT:
I'm European so I wouldn't be able to buy one myself
Does the NT even work decently outside of US?
I work on a number of devices, so my spare time is limited
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We could ship you one , It works fine outside the US, you just wouldnt be able to take advantage of the barnes and noble content. .
Would you also need a power converter for europe, or do you have one of these already?
I would donate $10 to getting him a nooktablet.
If he wants, we could have the tablet shipped to me and I can remove the apps that it uses to authenticate to Barnes and noble.
Sent by breaking the sound barrier
Indirect said:
If he wants, we could have the tablet shipped to me and I can remove the apps that it uses to authenticate to Barnes and noble.
Sent by breaking the sound barrier
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Is there a need for that? I'm in Singapore and I managed to register just fine. If shipping is a concern, I am a big fan of Borderlinx (you will need a Citibank credit card for that). They are an excellent reshipping service and you can usually google up a discount coupon code.
I've got $10 on it
I am wondering if it would be easier to buy it from Amazon reseller and have it ship to Europe, instead of me or someone else handling the shipping.
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Hi my fellow Nook Tablet tinkers and enthusiast, rayman84 has expressed interested in helping us developing for NT, he has great experience developing for the Asus Transformer. Since he is in Europe, we will have to buy and ship him the NT our-self. I want to see if we can get enough interested from the forum to poll together $280 - $300 dollar to cover the cost for the NT and international shipping.
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Note that I can't commit to developing for it!
What I mean is:
I'll spend time (a fair amount of time!) trying to break it open
I'll spend time developing whatever tools I might need to get it done (and release source)
I won't be making custom roms and similar if 1) succeeds.
Developing is a very broad word, and it easily leads to misunderstandings, so just wanna set expectations right
rayman84 said:
Hi,
suicideclown managed to get the message to me and here I am
So, yeah, it sounds interesting, BUT:
I'm European so I wouldn't be able to buy one myself
Does the NT even work decently outside of US?
I work on a number of devices, so my spare time is limited
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1. Shipping can be handled easily.
2. Yes, the only thing is in order to purchase anything from the Market the Nook would need to have a bank account that is either from the US or Canada. This would be a non issue of course as I doubt you would need anything from the B&N Market, and even if you did you could always load up a giftcard and tie it to a B&N account and make purchases that way.
3. A number of us would greatly appreciate any time that you would be able to devote to this device.
$10 from me
I am sure most of you here know about DoomLord!
He is an experienced developer and has done great works for many previous Xperia Models! Do check his signature in the link below.
We (SXS owners) are all waiting for DoomLord to get an SXS in his hands! But unfortunately its not yet launched in his country. He couldn't wait any more for it and he just bought an 'HTC One X' today!
Link Here!
SXS is a great mobile. And with developers like DoomLord we can expect great things in the mobile. Now we just have to donate some money to him so that he can get an SXS and start development in it. What say buddies?
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Thanks to the following who donated DoomLord to get him an SXS.
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[SIZE="1"]All in USD[/SIZE]
Slid_the_First 5
cholek3 10
RawkBob 15
harfot 15
djguml 20
kenan3cn 20
mart35 25
Arabaldo 15
GT35pro 12
bognik 10
cngn 100
Kingcool88 15
black97one 40
huss66 15
superlimau 5
Gyrael 10
Somemadcaaant 50
jimi83 10
schalmers 20
sixdaysandy 20
poo-tang (Xperia Gamer) 40
seburton 10
Rheidizded 5
awf 15
MaXmeOliver 10
Axell31 15
evo02 15
goodwin_c 10
gaspoza 10
roadracer 15
wing_zero8556 15
gm007 20
bustervic 10
Please do PM me to report anything regarding this post!
DoomLord is a very very talented developer, I really hope we could donate the money he need to buy his own SXS!
I also think we all should write to Sony and tell them to donate a phone for him! Just as they have done with other phones to other devs!
Sent from my LT26i using Tapatalk
Yeah. I read somewhere that Sony had donated some mobiles to CyanogenMod team for development purpose. But I wonder how we can contact Sony!
Sent from my LT26i using XDA
Kingcool88 said:
DoomLord is a very very talented developer, I really hope we could donate the money he need to buy his own SXS!
I also think we all should write to Sony and tell them to donate a phone for him! Just as they have done with other phones to other devs!
Sent from my LT26i using Tapatalk
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i already contacted Sony a few weeks back... they said that their device loaning program is not available in India
P.S. regarding donating a device... there is no pressure guys... if the community wants they can, else no big deal...
Yes, I will make a donation...Uh oh, i just did it!
Rheidizded said:
Yes, I will make a donation...Uh oh, i just did it!
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Thanks mate but please hold on till most of the community decides about this... I don't want your donations to go to waste incase the donations fall short...
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA
I wouldn't mind donating if Doom actually will continually develop for the S. As he is more interested in the One X (Yea, I read the India thread, because I read all the threads for the S to see whats going on) I am afraid that he would develop more for the One X and leave S more or less in the dark.
So if Doom commits to developing his kernal and such for the S as well, I will be willing. But at this point in time, I am not interested in contributing in buying a phone for someone who may/may not be doing steady (read: things every once in awhile, and making full working, not rushed products) development for the phone.
I'm not saying that I don't trust you Doom, I just don't know you as a person and I'm not one for giving money into a potential hole and not get a result . So I will also wait and see where this thread goes .
Nothing personal, I know you are one of the best developers for sony/SE devices, I'm just a careful person
im sure majority of people here would be happy to donate, if everyone donated like a few dollars im sure it'd be enough
This is very well worth it. We have seen first hand he does not favorite 1 particular device. He spreads his work over all his device's. Someone needs to set up a donation system. As we need doom here with xperia S. There's only so much he can do without the device. He's time spend with kernels for past xperia's is the sort of experience we need. No doubt we will see lots of Rom makers but all roms need kernels so it makes perfect sense.
Sent from my LT26i using XDA
Is there a way to set up a donation system where the money is pledged but only actually taken when a goal is reached. That way we could all 'donate' but if the goal is never reached, we wouldn't actually be paying.
3Shirts said:
Is there a way to set up a donation system where the money is pledged but only actually taken when a goal is reached. That way we could all 'donate' but if the goal is never reached, we wouldn't actually be paying.
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yes u are right... so we can have something like "pledges", where in users who are willing to donate put up pledges of the amount they are willing to donate... if the final pledges come to target amount only then everyone can start donating...
in my opinion this is a very transparent way where in everyone knows clearly what is going on...
we did this for the Xperia Play and it worked out well... u can ask the whole Xperia Play community for the development support i give...
i am very much interested in Xperia S but stupid Sony has delayed its launch here in India... i had already begun work for custom kernels, everything was nicely setup (kernel sources, patches, git repos) but this weird bootloader issue is annoying, else u guys would have had a working custom kernel 2 weeks back
BUT again i want to remind everyone that this is totally upto the community... i am not forcing anyone to donate, nor am i begging for a device i already develop for the Xperia Arc, Play and just bought the HTC One X so i am already very happy with the devices i have ...
I remember for the X10 there was a sort of pledge thread created when they were trying to crack the bootloader (or was it GB? I cant remember anymore :/)...
I don't remember how it worked out, but I remember there was quite a list compiled, it just takes some monitoring from the starter, but I think even a paypal account was created and monitored, and the transaction codes were monitored and such.
It was a pretty advanced system, because I remember the payments had to even get sent back at some point, but that turned out okay...
I suppose something like that could work, its just gotta get looked into all there needs to be is a target, and someone willing to monitor a thread and/or the paypal account in case the target isnt met. If the target isn't met, it's simply a matter of reversing all the funds.
The paypal account could also be repurposed into other goals (ie: Further developments, etc etc..)
3Shirts said:
Is there a way to set up a donation system where the money is pledged but only actually taken when a goal is reached. That way we could all 'donate' but if the goal is never reached, we wouldn't actually be paying.
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Have seen this done before. But we have to hope that all xperia S owners are truthful and we Have no bad pledges that don't get paid up. What would be nice is a sticky thread name and shame list. Come on people lets show are support.
Our site xperiagamer.com will be putting out some tweets today to help get people's attention. Lets make this happen
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poo-tang said:
Have seen this done before. But we have to hope that all xperia S owners are truthful and we Have no bad pledges that don't get paid up. What would be nice is a sticky thread name and shame list. Come on people lets show are support.
Our site xperiagamer.com will be putting out some tweets today to help get people's attention. Lets make this happen
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heheh "shame list"
thanks mate for ur continuing support!
shmoejoe said:
I remember for the X10 there was a sort of pledge thread created when they were trying to crack the bootloader (or was it GB? I cant remember anymore :/)...
I don't remember how it worked out, but I remember there was quite a list compiled, it just takes some monitoring from the starter, but I think even a paypal account was created and monitored, and the transaction codes were monitored and such.
It was a pretty advanced system, because I remember the payments had to even get sent back at some point, but that turned out okay...
I suppose something like that could work, its just gotta get looked into all there needs to be is a target, and someone willing to monitor a thread and/or the paypal account in case the target isnt met. If the target isn't met, it's simply a matter of reversing all the funds.
The paypal account could also be repurposed into other goals (ie: Further developments, etc etc..)
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thats a great idea...
the thing is here, in India, the Reserve bank has some strange laws because of which ppl cant send money using paypal outside of India... so in case the whole community shows interest i can talk to a few of my friends who stay in UK/USA to see how we can work this out so that incase the funds have to be reversed there wont be an issue...
I know DoomLord from 2 years ago and he is the best Kernels maker and i am ready to donate.
PS don't worry guys he can work on multiple devices at the same time trust me
DooMLoRD said:
the thing is here, in India, the Reserve bank has some strange laws because of which ppl cant send money using paypal outside of India... so in case the whole community shows interest i can talk to a few of my friends who stay in UK/USA to see how we can work this out so that incase the funds have to be reversed there wont be an issue...
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Bizarre to have such a rule, PayPal isn't fully cooperative and Sony won't lend you a device, thats just....annoying :/
Well let's see where the thread goes this week, and if the support is there, than it won't hurt to give it a try. No doubt we will find a use for the PayPal account after you get the phone, and even for later devices, a general -Xperia Development- account would come in handy.
Let just put down the amount we wish to donate and when it reaches the target, we proceed to donate the $ to him.
I've seen and used the kernel he developed for my previous arc and it's great!
Let get the ball rolling!
us$5 from me.
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20 US $ from me.
$15 from me
Let keep it coming .....
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The first half of the year is pretty much over. There has been absolutely no noise about the update from Huawei. Our beloved Tom hasn't had the chance to work on our phone for about 4 months now. Things are not looking good for our phone.
Shall we try and start a bounty for CM? Whoever decides to take on the challenge wouldn't be starting from scratch anyway. However, I do feel terrible suggesting this as I do not have a PayPal account or a credit card or anything like that. I don't know how I could donate, and gifting apps or Google Play credit isn't a thing.
Or shall we just wait since we've already waited this long? I really want to believe that Huawei is not dense enough to cancel the update again, but I'm not sure what to think anymore.
What shall we do?
ScoobSTi said:
The first half of the year is pretty much over. There has been absolutely no noise about the update from Huawei. Our beloved Tom hasn't had the chance to work on our phone for about 4 months now. Things are not looking good for our phone.
Shall we try and start a bounty for CM? Whoever decides to take on the challenge wouldn't be starting from scratch anyway. However, I do feel terrible suggesting this as I do not have a PayPal account or a credit card or anything like that. I don't know how I could donate, and gifting apps or Google Play credit isn't a thing.
Or shall we just wait since we've already waited this long? I really want to believe that Huawei is not dense enough to cancel the update again, but I'm not sure what to think anymore.
What shall we do?
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I have a paypal and google account and I would pay a hefty sum to have CM on my HAM2. Maybe $150
I suggested this about half a year ago but then Huawei promised Lollipop update so nobody paid enough attention to CM.
Here's the CM thread: http://forum.cyanogenmod.org/topic/101462-huawei-ascend-mate-2-mt2l03-device-request/
There are not that many request. Most rely on Huawei promise.
lucasho2312 said:
I suggested this about half a year ago but then Huawei promised Lollipop update so nobody paid enough attention to CM.
Here's the CM thread: http://forum.cyanogenmod.org/topic/101462-huawei-ascend-mate-2-mt2l03-device-request/
There are not that many request. Most rely on Huawei promise.
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I bet the Huawei devs are waiting on the CM devs to do the work for them. Or maybe the other way around. Why reinvent what works or is the easiest (most efficient) way to so something? So we all end up waiting.... LOL!
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Tom actually said that he needed files from Huawei's update to continue with CM, so I wouldn't hold your breath. He got a lot of stuff working but something is too outdated (go figure) to get it to a usable state.