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Attention any needy dev....

I have a scratched up Wildfire S that I am willing to donate for someone to figure out how to get s-off without a clip. PM if your intereseted. I'll even ship.
You MUST show proof that you are compitent to try this and not just wanting the phone. US shipping only. Anyone else out there that wants it if a dev isn't interested I'll trade it for a Best Buy gift card valued at $50 and its yours.
I am not trying to sell this (thats what the Marketplace is for...) but I don't want someone triksy just trying to grab a free phone. If you know someone who is working on this, PM and I'll see if they want it.
PM though, would really like to donate this to the "Cause."
L8r,

You are best off contacting Alpharevx team and asking them if they would be willing to work on it. They are the only team dedicated to unlocking the new phones with S-on security.

but unlock it via xtc clip in a shop is not a very big problem...
i´ve unlocked the WFS of my wife with 10€... in a mobile shop..
maybe i´m mistaken but alpharevx reussed to do it...

Alpharev couldn't unlock it. So they stopped trying.

grhand82 said:
I have a scratched up Wildfire S that I am willing to donate for someone to figure out how to get s-off without a clip. PM if your intereseted. I'll even ship.
You MUST show proof that you are compitent to try this and not just wanting the phone. US shipping only. Anyone else out there that wants it if a dev isn't interested I'll trade it for a Best Buy gift card valued at $50 and its yours.
I am not trying to sell this (thats what the Marketplace is for...) but I don't want someone triksy just trying to grab a free phone. If you know someone who is working on this, PM and I'll see if they want it.
PM though, would really like to donate this to the "Cause."
L8r,
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If you unlock it yourself with XTC clip and then maybe donate it to an established developer on this forum so they can join in the development of CM7, MIUI etc.

He want's to donate it locked so that someone could work on cracking the S-on issue. If this issue is sorted then the floodgates are open to everybody, not just one guy that can work on ROMS for a small amount of people.

imlgl said:
He want's to donate it locked so that someone could work on cracking the S-on issue. If this issue is sorted then the floodgates are open to everybody, not just one guy that can work on ROMS for a small amount of people.
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true... I guess. But if AlpharevX couldn't do it..
damn you HTCdev.

*se-nsei. said:
true... I guess. But if AlpharevX couldn't do it..
damn you HTCdev.
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They barely even tried. If they really want to unlock it then they would.

Maybe HTC put a special lock on the wildfire s that hackers couldn't unlock it. Or wildfire s is a special cases phone that even devs couldn't see it like it never existed.
EDIT: there fumble is that they don't have this phone that's why they do not care about it. Also ROM Manager wildfire s in not in the list.

Very sad indeed!
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jikantaru said:
Maybe HTC put a special lock on the wildfire s that hackers couldn't unlock it. Or wildfire s is a special cases phone that even devs couldn't see it like it never existed.
EDIT: there fumble is that they don't have this phone that's why they do not care about it. Also ROM Manager wildfire s in not in the list.
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Old hardware and other stuff, that's why Alpharev couldn't unlock it.

This made me feel a lil better about our device http:// forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18343570&postcount=12
I think the people at HTC know how great this phone is and could be, and don't want it to over shadow their new devices coming out. I don't see the upgrade coming any time this year being so close to the major shopping holidays.
1 more thing, wouldn't it be special if the upgrade came with root access, I mean why just unlock boot loader. They say the reason their not locking boot loaders anymore is for development purposes.

that's their standard answer. already seen it elsewhere. don't expect too much.

Just pmed the op I think I'm might have found something just hope the op still has the phone and accepts to post it to northern Ireland if anyone else is willing to donate a wfs please sent me a pm I will return your handset once I'm finished.
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I would Eoghan only I'm already s-off and rooted....

meanmug said:
This made me feel a lil better about our device http:// forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18343570&postcount=12
I think the people at HTC know how great this phone is and could be, and don't want it to over shadow their new devices coming out. I don't see the upgrade coming any time this year being so close to the major shopping holidays.
1 more thing, wouldn't it be special if the upgrade came with root access, I mean why just unlock boot loader. They say the reason their not locking boot loaders anymore is for development purposes.
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Made me feel a little better too. But, i don't think they will unlock the bootloader. If they really wanted to, they would've done it AGES ago. Get my point?
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CLOSED - [REWARD] for Ice Cream Sandwich ROM

MOD EDIT: I am closing this thread. It has become pathetic the amount of trolling and arguing and complaining - you would think this was a thread with a bunch of high school kids if it wasn't for the timestamps saying otherwise.
In addition, after further review this effort falls short of the general XDA guidelines for bounty threads in that it is not for one specific developer, but instead a free-for-all for whomever gets something *done* first, and then that is a subjective nightmare.
And further, the idea of donating to an effort of this sort always leads to further the sense of entitlement which always infects XDA.
All pledges can be considered moot and you may choose to donate to whomever you want to.

put me down for $20 for full 1.0 release of ROM

Im in for $20 but what are you talking about when you say full code?

There are lots of people that would love this but you also know you posted this in the wrong forum this should be in general... the mod will move this so you will probably need to look for it there .....
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ilostmypistons said:
Im in for $20 but what are you talking about when you say full code?
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Put me down for for 25

wrong section for 1, second ICS will come to our phone as soon as its possible trust me.. your not the only one that wants ICS

put me down for 20 im excited to experience the hype over ics

ehusidic said:
put me down for 20 im excited to experience the hype over ics
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Download the sdk you can play with it a little .....
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20 from me also
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Epix4G said:
Download the sdk you can play with it a little .....
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It just isn't the same unless ive got it in my hand.

Wow! Others want ICS as bad as me!
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20 from me also
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Due to the rapid responses and at least one for even more than $20, we might get this REWARD up to 4 figures within 24 hours which would be an awesome stimulant for thosE capable of compiling a ROM for our beloved Sprint E4GT.
EVERYONE: Seems this thread has been moved to GENERAL. I don't care if they but it under LIEUTENANT or even CORPORAL as long as we get our ROM ASAP! Thanks y'all and tell your friends so we can make the total reward even more enticing and get our ICE CREAM SANDWICH even sooner!
UPDATE: We're already up to $165. GO TEAM GO !!!

I seen bounty threads in the past. The just don't work from what I saw. It's easy to pledge, but, when the day comes to paying it's just as easy to forget.
Personally I believe a bounty should be more organized. There should be a pot that people donate to. So, the money is actually there to help entice any developer to get more motivated. That would eliminate half ass promises. With this system we will be able to tell how much money one can make for fulfilling the desired request. Problem is deciding who is trustworthy enough to handle this pot.
If this system is somehow adopted I will be donating to the cause.

personally i was the first one to provide my confirmed donation for the OG Evo wimax on AOSP thread, so its on the honor policy. True there could be better ways to entice, but this is a start.
@OP - usually the subject of the thread is modified with the date and pledge amount total

cdszoke said:
I seen bounty threads in the past. The just don't work from what I saw. It's easy to pledge, but, when the day comes to paying it's just as easy to forget.
Personally I believe a bounty should be more organized. There should be a pot that people donate to. So, the money is actually there to help entice any developer to get more motivated. That would eliminate half ass promises. With this system we will be able to tell how much money one can make for fulfilling the desired request. Problem is deciding who is trustworthy enough to handle this pot.
If this system is somehow adopted I will be donating to the cause.
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exactly! stop promising to donate to whoever does it first when you know more than half of you won't donate anything and reap the benefits...

Ill drop $35.0 if its even possible without source. Which you would probably need lots of luck.
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elliwigy said:
exactly! stop promising to donate to whoever does it first when you know more than half of you won't donate anything and reap the benefits...
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Yep, I wonder how many edited posts we'll see in here. lol

subbed!
dis gon be gud

is dat sum bounty thread?
...this never ends well...

Avoiding Broken Donation Promises
elliwigy said:
exactly! stop promising to donate to whoever does it first when you know more than half of you won't donate anything and reap the benefits...
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Idea: Everyone who posts on this thread is giving us their XDA ID info. When it comes time for all of us to "pay up" I'd be happy to post a Shame Page to let everyone know whose word is worthless.
P.S. I'm also good as exposing "bad people" because criminals routinely try to purchase my software, printers & MICR cartridges or use them to commit crimes so I regularly help law enforcement catch and convict them via my Criminal Alerts page
OK people, let me know what you think or offer your own ideas!

keeping y'all honest !
Here are the people who have promised to donate so far. Maybe they can remove their posts but they can't remove mine!
$20 weltwon
$20 xlGmanlx
$20 ilostmypistons
$25 digweed4me
$20 ehusidic
$20 expr
$35 humdrum2009
$160 Current Total
It's the HONOR SYSTEM. If you want the ROM and have any honor, post your $20 message below. I will continue updating the donors and total until we get the Ice Cream Sandwich ROM for our Galaxy S2 Epic 4G Touch!

what's your policy for donating to our Nitro HD developers?

I'm new to smartphones, android, xda and custom ROM dev, well, as of buying this phone 6 months ago. I am curious what are the guidelines for donations for dev done? Typically, I will download a ROM and if I keep it running for longer than a day, I will donate to the developer, if I continue using it and they continue dev with significant updates, I'll chip in again.
is that about right? Also, what amount is generally accepted as about right?

scott0 said:
I'm new to smartphones, android, xda and custom ROM dev, well, as of buying this phone 6 months ago. I am curious what are the guidelines for donations for dev done? Typically, I will download a ROM and if I keep it running for longer than a day, I will donate to the developer, if I continue using it and they continue dev with significant updates, I'll chip in again.
is that about right? Also, what amount is generally accepted as about right?
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As much as you want. I don't chip in until a very very stable version of a Rom and that amount is significant
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is that typical? waiting until a "very very stable" version is released? I've been throwing down way too early then.
i understand donating as much as I want (it's not exactly a want scale, though, economics do apply) but the question was what amount is generally accepted as about right. going by what apps cost, one may assume $2 is about right, I don't happen to be one of those people, but that's what some may perhaps feel is about right.

hmmmmm, quiet in here for some reason, lots of views, 1 comment. i wonder why.

This is kinda an awkward conversation to have lol. It's mostly up to you. I've donated to CM, for example, because RC unlocked the potential of our phone before anyone else really. There's no requirement to donate, for sure, and a lot of devs do what they do to make their own devices better. And if you've gone through the work to make your phone better, why not help others?
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shouldn't be awkward. I would imagine the only people it's awkward for are those who don't donate. could be wrong but with all the *donate to me* buttons and sig space devoted to dev combined with the spirit of this community ( clicking thanks for helping, for example) I would have thunk more people would chime in, obviously this forum is built around dev and that dev is supported by donations
I've never felt awkward donating to anything, more importantly, I've never felt awkward discussing things that deserve donations so I am unclear on why xda posters who do would feel awkward chatting about donations.

I have yet to donate because the only rom I've ever flashed is CM9 RC1. I imagine there's a way to donate to the folks at Cyanogen. I'll have to look.
I'm definitely willing to donate if I find myself using someone's work, but I've just been hesitant to try so many things because I wouldn't know what to do if I screwed up. I know there's good support by our devs, but I find myself waiting until the community deems a rom virtually foolproof and stable.
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Why doesnt xda allow ******* or other online money generating site linking?

Agreed tht xda is not a place to make money....but a little change doesnt hurt right? ....some devs really deserve something for their awesome work ....and b4 u mention donating , i wanna say tht not everyone can donate ....mere students like myself dont have paypal a/c or credit cards.......this is just a random thought tht came to my mind....i mean developers have made the site what it is today...surely they could do with such linking ....
Cheers
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Because money generating sites, like ads, are annoying.
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-RDR- said:
Agreed tht xda is not a place to make money....but a little change doesnt hurt right? ....some devs really deserve something for their awesome work ....and b4 u mention donating , i wanna say tht not everyone can donate ....mere students like myself dont have paypal a/c or credit cards.......this is just a random thought tht came to my mind....i mean developers have made the site what it is today...surely they could do with such linking ....
Cheers
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I am very sure this rule will not be changed. If you can't donate money, then donate your time helping others here. Put up a donate button on your profile that links to a dev you like so others can make a donation on your behalf. Not literally as the system doesn't work that way, but virtually.
Edit: I believe that it would never be allowed for legal liability reasons after thinking further. What if one of those was a scam, and XDA had allowed it to be published? In our over-litigious society, it is sometimes better to disallow an activity for all rather than allow the chance of abuse by the few that could jeopardize the whole system.

mf2112 said:
I am very sure this rule will not be changed. If you can't donate money, then donate your time helping others here.
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hell i do tht bro ....

Sites like the one that everyone uses (3 letters, dot, two letters), are a scourge on the internet...
Sure, it gets you a few cents for every thousand clicks, but it subjects anyone without an adblocker to a pile of obnoxious ads, and delays everyone by 5 seconds per link...
Imagine if that service was to go down, or be hacked... If the database is lost, all the links posted using it are useless! Nobody can convert from the paid referral link to the original contents, so the links are dead...
For this reason, plus the fact that it pisses everyone off to see these links in use (and it goes entirely against what XDA is about - sharing, and doing this for fun), such affiliated links are not permitted.
If users are in need of some free space to store ROMs etc, then check out http://d-h.st/ (Dev-Host). Anyone who's a recognized contributor/themer/developer can get their account upgraded for free if they check out the thread in the Recognized X area

---Donations for New GS3 dev testing here---

Moderator EDIT...Paypal link and the original post contents removed, this is not in the spirit of XDA, nor is it appropriate as a proper "Bounty Thread", no one should have to donate anything to get anything here, work is done here in and for the spirit of development.

Idk if this will work out since you can't generally guarantee that if he buys a S3 he'll get a brand new one with the same issue you guys are having
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I KNOW exactly which phone he will be getting...(my wifes),so if people have faith then it will get done. and it will cost a lot less than people think.
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when my wife gets home I will take pictures of the exact phone (that Nardholio will be receiving) and myself to help ensure people that this is not a scam. by the way its the purple s3 Nardholio. hope you don't mind.

So are you giving him your wife's phone or selling it to him? If you are selling it to him, how much are you asking for the donations to cover? Was just curious where the donations came into play.

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So are you giving him your wife's phone or selling it to him? If you are selling it to him, how much are you asking for the donations to cover? Was just curious where the donations came into play.
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I think he is probably buying her a new phone (S3?) To replace that purple one and giving it to the other guy to develop on. If the story is true.
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Whiplashh said:
I think he is probably buying her a new phone (S3?) To replace that purple one and giving it to the other guy to develop on.
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That makes sense, I didn't even think of that.

I've communicated with him and believe him. I've even given him $5 even though the phone is for me lol
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Lets just say I have my ways of being a procurement specialist...and im the real deal. Its just that this is the first time I actually have something that I can contribute to android development and xda. I am the antichrist of iphone.
And with 5 bucks the ball is rolling. I know a lot of people have doubts but some people actually like the satisfaction it gives them to be able to do the right thing. And for even more proof give me a few minutes. I think im going to start doing screen shots to show where we are with donations (for the non-believers).

Sorry folks, thread closed...This was not a proper "bounty thread"
This is not how things are done here, see OP for edited info by me.
K.G. EDIT: Lying to the insurance company would be considered fraud and that has no place for discussion on XDA. Allowing threads to beg for money to pay the deductible would make XDA an accessory.