[FUNDRAISING] Mi9 SE for Henrique Pereira to bring OFFICIAL Pixel Experience. - Xiaomi Mi 9 SE Guides, News, & Discussion

*DISCLAIMER* This is a VOLUNTARY Fundraising to help Henrique Pereira to buy a Mi9SE to bring *OFFICIAL* Pixel Experience Rom.​
You can already find all information here, and check the fundraising-status: https://telegra.ph/Mi-9-SE-Grus-fundraise-05-31
Hlcpereira said:
Hello everyone my name's Henrique Pereira, also known as Hlcpereira. I'm nowadays part of PixelExperience Team, as the Mi 8 (dipper) maintainer. An user asked me about the possibility of having PE for Mi 9 SE. Though I'd like to help, I wouldn't do blind builds, due a lot of reasons, but mainly because it's against my principles, and also because PixelExperience doesn't allow from now on build without the device anymore.
After some time and talking, at the end a bunch of people asked about crowdfunding a Mi 9 SE. I don't like the idea of opening a fundraise, but as it's the only way that I can imagine of me getting the device, decide to open that fundraise campaign.
The goal is about 1500 BRL (~377 USD). That price does include fee taxes (~90 USD), as Mi 9 SE isn't available officially in Brazil (and if it was it would cost more than 400 USD easily).
The device will be used to development proposes only, as the development and maintainship of the PixelExperience ROM for Mi 9 SE and also maybe for some kernel development only.
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You can donate:
Paypal: http://bit.ly/hlcpereira_paypal
Picpay (Brazil Only): http://picpay.me/hlcpereira​

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Can we see how many people have contributed and how much money has been collected or missing?
Thanks

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You can already find all information here, and check the fundraising-status: https://telegra.ph/Mi-9-SE-Grus-fundraise-05-31
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Just open the link, bottom

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I´am sorry link do not work me at work (my mistake). I keep my fingers crossed.

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THE GOAL HAS BEEN REACHED. YOU CAN STOP DONATING. NOT A SINGLE CENT IS NEEDED ANYMORE!
Some things I'd like to make clear before anything.
1 - As per XDA rules and as it was also request by anothers moderators in the past (Copy and pasta ftw): There is absolutely NO obligation on the developers part to release a final product. Although this is what everyone wants, including myself, @Hlcpereira, the entire reason for a donation drive in the first place is because it's not the easiest thing in the world to do. This means it may not even be possible in the long run. There's a great potential for hurt feelings and "bad juju" if people donate with the expectation that a final product will 100% be released. Donations should be seen as support towards a best-effort on the part of the developer. Yes, I'll try my best and put all my efforts on it, but you must be aware that I also have a life. Android custom ROMs development is considered a hobby and not a job.
2 - The goal might get reduced in the meanwhile due possible money that I get to cover taxes and/or part of the device cost, or if I find a good deal for example. The goal previously was at ~377 USD as is in the OP, now is at ~339 USD.
3 - In case that the goal won't beat within sometime I will return the money of each one that donated, and that's mainly why I'm using PayPal (and Picpay for those who live in Brazil). If that happens and you didn't receive your money back I'd kindly ask you to PM me in here or at telegram.
4 - As soon as the amount funded reach the goal, I will stop the fundraising and I will request to close this thread.
For those interested, I've worked on Motorola Moto Maxx/Droid Turbo, Xiaomi Mi 5/5s/5s Plus and OnePlus 5/5T previously, and nowadays I'm working on Xiaomi Mi 8, as stated in the OP.
For those who can't/couldn't open the telegraph article the current status is: 339/~339 USD.
I'll be keeping that status up-to-date here and at telegraph article.
My github profile: https://github.com/Hlcpereira
Current donators:
* @ale.giordano
* 国枢 刘 (Some other donators used that same Paypal account)
* Dovy Maman
* Fabrizio Tomassini
* Zen Bahalwan
* Berry Pille
* Marco Dalla Stella
* Giulio Mattoni
* Vincenzo Fina
* 楽天　昴 新井
* Maximilian Riefer
* Gilmar Pelegrini Júnior
* Björn Krebs
* Jan Vecek
* @phidung3721
* @e_henning
* @dbjungle
* Paweł Bittner
* Tommaso Nannetti
* Mohamed Shanooz
* @asseroin
* Kay Füssel
* Jakub Čeppan
* @moorware
* Sebastian Schmidtke
* Maxim Bodgan
* José Angel Pérez Velázquez
* Bálint Szabó
* @piter5533
* @vikla
* @bertl7
* @Hobby-Student
* Jordaen Davids
* Abel Lencz
* PERFUMUM
* Joachim Frischknecht
* 和豊 清水
* Ireneusz Gawłowski
* @sjlim
* Bastian Ackermann
* Juan Lexu

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Honestly I'm kinda lineage fans since it doesn't/or at least it has less-proprietary software.
But hey, it maybe a good start to trigger the others.

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Any development for this device is extremely valuable. Count me in.

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I'm on board!

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donated… great idea… love to see PE for Mi9SE...

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Donated ... It's time slowly to do bye miui :laugh:

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Donated!
MIUI is so unsatisfying. Hope to see PE for the Mi 9 SE in the near future

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I am working on bringing PE for our Mi 9 SE . I don't need money , I need help .

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Minhaz Ahmed Muhe said:
I am working on bringing PE for our Mi 9 SE . I don't need money , I need help .
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Please, entry in Mi9SE global Telegram @GrusFamily

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Minhaz Ahmed Muhe said:
I am working on bringing PE for our Mi 9 SE . I don't need money , I need help .
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What I recommend you to do then.
First: start learning about git stuff. Using the github web interface is asking for trouble, since authorship of the commits, which you can be accused of kanging (which is pretty much a reason that all ROMs are not accepting some people) and also because you're not showing any skills, You'll may turn into reason of joke around the Android Custom ROM development community. There's a lot of material about git around the internet. Here at XDA has a pretty much nice guide about git.
Second: By your XDA profile you have never tried build even a single unofficial ROM build, you are a simple user (yet). I recommend you to "start little". Unless you're a guy that came from the future, and that already saw everything of grus sources (device trees) and everything necessary for it in the ROM side sources (like indisplay fingerprint stuff), I'd rather say to wait for the stable device sources and then start taking "baby steps", building the ROM that the devices trees were made/adapted for, and looking/searching to know what does every single stuff/part of the sources. Ofc I don't know everything about Android itself and maybe will never know.
The only thing about that I'll really complain a lot and say that's a must is: You must never be a dickhead, acting like you're a fricking pro developer, while you're just a newbie, arguing with and pissing off more experienced guys; or an scammer, just to fool users not inside custom ROM development stuff itself or that are ingenuous, bcz of money, all that as some "developers", as they like to be called themselves, are (or were, because some gave up of doing that thankfully) doing.

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I would help but I don't have a paypal account

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@givemerobot You can donate without PayPal account via payment card or you can easy create your own account: http://bfy.tw/OExT
fewer words and more deeds :good:

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Donated, thank you for your initiative!

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Hlcpereira said:
What I recommend you to do then.
First: start learning about git stuff. Using the github ..................
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I've already uploaded my Device tree and proprietary blobs on my github account , Synchronized PE repos . Since this is my first attempt to build a rom for an unsupported device , of course I had to kang some stuffs from a similar device like Mi 8 SE .
Right now I am trying to fix some errors which appear while entering the final build command .

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[email protected]:~/android/PixelExperience# mka grus
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PLATFORM_VERSION_CODENAME=REL
PLATFORM_VERSION=9
CUSTOM_VERSION=PixelExperience_grus-9.0-20190623-1223-OFFICIAL
TARGET_PRODUCT=aosp_grus
TARGET_BUILD_VARIANT=userdebug
TARGET_BUILD_TYPE=release
TARGET_ARCH=arm64
TARGET_ARCH_VARIANT=armv8-a
TARGET_CPU_VARIANT=kryo300
TARGET_2ND_ARCH=arm
TARGET_2ND_ARCH_VARIANT=armv8-a
TARGET_2ND_CPU_VARIANT=cortex-a75
HOST_ARCH=x86_64
HOST_2ND_ARCH=x86
HOST_OS=linux
HOST_OS_EXTRA=Linux-4.18.0-22-generic-x86_64-Ubuntu-18.04.2-LTS
HOST_CROSS_OS=windows
HOST_CROSS_ARCH=x86
HOST_CROSS_2ND_ARCH=x86_64
HOST_BUILD_TYPE=release
BUILD_ID=PQ3A.190605.003
OUT_DIR=/root/android/PixelExperience/out
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ninja: no work to do.
ninja: no work to do.
$(shell date -u +%d) was changed, regenerating...
$(shell date -u +%d) was changed, regenerating...
[95/961] including device/xiaomi/grus/Android.mk ...
device/xiaomi/grus/rootdir/Android.mk: error: init.qcom.rc: No source files specified
build/make/core/prebuilt_internal.mk:35: error: done.
18:29:19 ckati failed with: exit status 1
#### failed to build some targets (05:43 (mm:ss)) ####
[email protected]:~/android/PixelExperience#
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NOW THIS :3
[961/961] including vendor/xiaomi/grus/Android.mk ...
ninja: error: unknown target 'grus', did you mean 'run'?
18:40:06 ninja failed with: exit status 1

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moorware said:
Donated a penny, thank you for your initiative!
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Are you serious? If you don't want to contribute, then bug off. Don't be disrespectful.