Related
is this ok??????
i was looking on ebay, and someone is selling somefirmware which is cooked up on here by the look of the pics ....the link (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/T-Mobile-Dash...hash=item280245658129&_trksid=p3286.m63.l1177). i know these guys work hard making these for nothing but someone is selling them.
joamy said:
i was looking on ebay, and someone is selling somefirmware which is cooked up on here by the look of the pics ....the link (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/T-Mobile-Dash...hash=item280245658129&_trksid=p3286.m63.l1177). i know these guys work hard making these for nothing but someone is selling them.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
hahahah. yea that looks like rickwyatts.....guess its ok if rickwyatt and kavana are cool with it...even if they arent, i dont think they have any sort of recourse beings that this isnt an official release and what not. but that is shady
joamy said:
i was looking on ebay, and someone is selling somefirmware which is cooked up on here by the look of the pics ....the link (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/T-Mobile-Dash...hash=item280245658129&_trksid=p3286.m63.l1177). i know these guys work hard making these for nothing but someone is selling them.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
He is hawking Kavana ROM as his own, he even uses kavana's pictures with his email address/profile.
[edit] look at the people bidding on it though... even the buyers are shady. http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=280245658129
joamy said:
i was looking on ebay, and someone is selling somefirmware which is cooked up on here by the look of the pics ....the link (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/T-Mobile-Dash...hash=item280245658129&_trksid=p3286.m63.l1177). i know these guys work hard making these for nothing but someone is selling them.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
God that is shady but where anyone can make a couple of squid they will and as gixxum quoted it's not an official release and i'm damn sure that Kavana has not got copyright of the rom in question, lets just hope that the seller has a freak accident of nature?
Meh someone trying to make money off of someone elses hard work. Happens all the time.
Aww i see, thanks for replys
IS this one of you guys?
http://cgi.ebay.com/T-Mobile-Dash-H...oryZ3312QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
thats the rom i made but im not the one selling it
Dude, BOOK THAT GUY !!!
I wish I had the time, unfortunately I don't but someone needs to take action. Damn, he's done a full professional job with the ad too, what a scammer !!!
I can't believe he's making money out of what's offered for free here and not to forget - that's not even his !
lastly, it's sad that people have actually bought the rom...pathetic!
Another Related Thread
Link
It's a disgrace that someone can make money for something that is readily available "Free" and not credit & royalty Kavana.
Wow, I can't believe people are doing this. But there is nothing we can do about it I figured because the Rom is not copyrighted material; therefore, anyone can sell it unless Kavana copy rights, which I believe can not be done since its a "cooked" rom rather then an official rom.
Somebody Has to Destroy This Guy
I swear to God, if something isn't done about this, and pronto, I am going to completely go postal on this guy.
So, for the feds out there reading this, if something happens to that guy, I probably did it. He deserves it, and good luck catching me. HAHAHA!
Haha he does deserve it, especially for doing something like this
you can report him through the ebay pages, but don't forget to use the "ask seller a question" button. I have sent a few to let him know we're not happy about it. He gets enough and maybe he'll take it down. Also, I told him I was going to contact every bidder to let them know where to get it for free.
USE THAT BUTTON!
McHale said:
you can report him through the ebay pages, but don't forget to use the "ask seller a question" button. I have sent a few to let him know we're not happy about it. He gets enough and maybe he'll take it down. Also, I told him I was going to contact every bidder to let them know where to get it for free.
USE THAT BUTTON!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Oh sounds good, I will do the same thing as well... I am going to let everyone know that they could download it from our website... It seems as if people are getting ripped off by buying a free program... Kavana and Ricky put together this for us for free therefore it should be this way... No one should try to sell it... If anyone has the right to sell the program it would be Ricky and Kavana.
jdoggraz said:
Oh sounds good, I will do the same thing as well... I am going to let everyone know that they could download it from our website... It seems as if people are getting ripped off by buying a free program... Kavana and Ricky put together this for us for free therefore it should be this way... No one should try to sell it... If anyone has the right to sell the program it would be Ricky and Kavana.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yeah, I did the same and reported him too.
By the way, anyone want to buy a custom rom? I got one for sell.
I've just had a word.
Nice and p'lite like, honest guv'nor.
I notice it is a 'Private Listing', we cant now see who buys off him.
So, having trawled through the options available for report to eBay, which one are we going to use?
Ooh I love a good vendetta ...
rickwyatt said:
thats the rom i made but im not the one selling it
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Rick
I suggest in your future ROM put comments in the home.xml files' header.
It's a DISGRACE for people to make money out of somebody else's sweat. I know how difficult and time consuming it is to make ROMs.
selling someone elses work is just wrong...
i agree with everything everyone else has said already
and reading all the previous posts makes me also think
that in buying any rom off ebay, you dont have the full
tech support like youve got oh here...
i wish i knew where people like this lived
[FONT=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif]We will review the listing(s) you have reported for violations of our Potentially Infringing Items policies. In order to keep eBay a safe and fun place to trade, we often rely on members like you to bring such violations to our attention. In light of our privacy policy, we cannot share with you any action taken by eBay with respect to this listing. If we determine that the listing violates eBay policy, we may: 1. Send the seller an informational alert; 2. Remove the listing; or 3. Suspend the seller.Account suspensions are usually reserved for those sellers that repeatedly disregard policy.If the item you reported does not appear on its face to be infringing, we may refer it to the intellectual property rights owner for review. Ifthe rights owner has a good faith belief that the item is infringing, they may choose to send eBay a formal request to remove the listing. Formore information on eBay's cooperation with rights owners, please visit: http://pages.ebay.com/help/confidence/programs-vero-ov.htmlFor more information on eBay's Potentially Infringing Items policies, please visit: http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/item_allowed.htmlIn order for us to get to you in a timely manner, please do not respond to this email. If you reply to this message we will not receive your email. All communications should be sent through the link provided above.Thank you for your report. Regards, The eBay Community Watch Team[/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif][/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif]everyone need to file reports on this stuff[/FONT]
why there is no xda-developers market place ?
Yeah, Where are the JimmyMcGee and DaveShaw bobble head dolls ?
If you want to buy sell your devices, then there has been a very humble beginning. Check my Signature for that. I am not sure if you are talking about anything else. Good luck.
dj4u said:
why there is no xda-developers market place ?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
EBay is a Market Place, xda-developers is a developers forum. If you are selling your device, please put a link in your signature to the ebay (or whatever site) page you are selling your device on.
sakshamkatyal has a thread with devices for sale that can be used also.
denco7 said:
Yeah, Where are the JimmyMcGee and DaveShaw bobble head dolls ?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It was 1am when I saw this post, I went to bed
Dave
It was 1am when I saw this post, I went to bed
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
and this is the reason why you are unbanned and alive
DaveShaw said:
EBay is a Market Place, xda-developers is a developers forum. If you are selling your device, please put a link in your signature to the ebay (or whatever site) page you are selling your device on.
sakshamkatyal has a thread with devices for sale that can be used also.
It was 1am when I saw this post, I went to bed
Dave
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That thread is bad and someone is going to get robbed and blame it on the world, starting within that thread
@redbandana
Mate anybody can get robbed at any place if the seller/robber for that matter is having this intention. If you think Ebay is secure I would suggest you to look at the facts.
As Dave has mentioned that this is a developers forum & not any market place.
That thread is just an humble beginning to consolidate the single issue of buying & selling devices.
It was not meant to make anything like market place.
Let me share one more thing with you. I being a volunteer in many of Climate change initiatives felt like sharing our devices which could help us mitigate the carbon emmission. You know how much it takes to make a single device. So you can understand if we could save some carbon emissions by sharing our devices.
Hope you would appreciate it.
Making a thread in itself emits carbon[atleast more than making a post & then avoid searching for something here & there].
Best Regards
Saksham Katyal
sakshamkatyal said:
Let me share one more thing with you. I being a volunteer in many of Climate change initiatives felt like sharing our devices which could help us mitigate the carbon emmission. You know how much it takes to make a single device. So you can understand if we could save some carbon emissions by sharing our devices.
Hope you would appreciate it.
Making a thread in itself emits carbon[atleast more than making a post & then avoid searching for something here & there].
Best Regards
Saksham Katyal
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I appreciate your thoughts on carbon emission*. I guess I have seen so much bad in this world that it takes a thoughtful person like yourself, to demonstrate that good people still exist.
All The Best,
Redb
sakshamkatyal said:
@redbandana
Mate anybody can get robbed at any place if the seller/robber for that matter is having this intention. If you think Ebay is secure I would suggest you to look at the facts.
As Dave has mentioned that this is a developers forum & not any market place.
That thread is just an humble beginning to consolidate the single issue of buying & selling devices.
It was not meant to make anything like market place.
Let me share one more thing with you. I being a volunteer in many of Climate change initiatives felt like sharing our devices which could help us mitigate the carbon emmission. You know how much it takes to make a single device. So you can understand if we could save some carbon emissions by sharing our devices.
Hope you would appreciate it.
Making a thread in itself emits carbon[atleast more than making a post & then avoid searching for something here & there].
Best Regards
Saksham Katyal
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I´m completly agree with you
And let me add for the people who don´t know that the most similar to a market place is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=434069
Let´s use it
Cheers,
I am glad you people support it too.
orb3000, bro thanks for your concern as well.
hey hey hey. calm down guys. i know ebay dealextreme made-in-china etc. is market place. But how can i ask them what i need ? By the way in xda-developers has lots of professional users and technicans. So that they know what i need better than an ebay seller. this was just an idea for this situation.
Dont argue for an idea. i repeat that was just an idea...
So i just got the new windows phone Lg fantasy/Miracle e740 from a tester and i'm willing to sell it so i get at least my money back. If there is anyone interesed, just comment at this thread. I'm gonna apologize if i shouldn't wrote this announce here
SoByX said:
So i just got the new windows phone Lg fantasy/Miracle e740 from a tester and i'm willing to sell it so i get at least my money back. If there is anyone interesed, just comment at this thread. I'm gonna apologize if i shouldn't wrote this announce here
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This is not the place for buying & selling, there is a specific sub-forum for buy & sell,post it there along with Where in the world R U located & how much is the money U spent on it. Tell the details
Please place your information on the "Wanting to Sell" forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=476
I cannot find a thread for the ZTE Zinger Z667T yet.
Maybe it is too new? Or am I searching badly?
Low end phone but it is a dirt cheap GSM ($10 !) yet fast dual core with KitKat 4.4.2
https://www.phonearena.com/phones/ZTE-Z667_id8985
The hardware buttons are WAY too bright and and haptic feedback is way too strong.
Hoping those can be addressed someday as well as reprogramming hardware buttons.
Framaroot and towelroot do not work on it. Bootloader rom replacement is probably a pipedream?
Apparently this phone is also sold as the "Whirl 2" same exact specs and internal model number (Z667G) for $10 at some dollar stores
This post is a must read for the possible future of these models:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/and...ndroid-gsm-t2936545/post57312948#post57312948
2015-05-13 Whirl2 has been partially rooted (adb shell root)
I picked one of these up as well. I would be happy just with root, no need for a ROM here. I am curious how long it will take to get root access. I might play around with rooting, but really have no idea where to start at.
PhilD41 said:
I picked one of these up as well. I would be happy just with root, no need for a ROM here. I am curious how long it will take to get root access. I might play around with rooting, but really have no idea where to start at.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have 7 of these! Would love to root them so I can run a VNC server on them.
_ck_ said:
I cannot find a thread for the ZTE Zinger Z667T yet.
Maybe it is too new? Or am I searching badly?
Low end phone but it is a dirt cheap GSM ($10 !) yet fast dual core with KitKat 4.4.2
The hardware buttons are WAY too bright and and haptic feedback is way too strong.
Hoping those can be addressed someday as well as reprogramming hardware buttons.
Framaroot and towelroot do not work on it. Bootloader rom replacement is probably a pipedream?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah, I tried Kingo Root as well. It ran for about 15 min and reset twice. Its doing something with it, but not rooting. I'd like vnc as well. Good luck guys!!
The only chance at root for now perhaps is for someone to go through all the permutations that geohot allows inside of towelroot via modstrings:
https://towelroot.com/modstrings.html
Hopefully zte did not patch it after June 3rd because then none of the futex bug root hacks are going to work and we might have to wait a long time for another exploit to be found.
I'll happily send one of these phones to any established developer who has proven they can root other phones without known exploits, no need to return it, PM me.
Or better yet, maybe we all can somehow contribute to a "bounty" for rooting it, which might motivate talented people.
count me in for a root also!
+1 for root, I'd love it
I'm not sure how to do this officially but I'll offer a 100K (100,000) dogecoin reward for any developer producing a working root for this device.
Note the reward is for the actual developer, not someone who just finds another tool that does it.
Less than 5% of dogecoin remains unmined so they are bound to increase a bit in value over time.
Maybe others can contribute to the reward as well.
_ck_ said:
I'm not sure how to do this officially but I'll offer a 100K (100,000) dogecoin reward for any developer producing a working root for this device.
And another 100K (100,000) for an opensource unlock calculator (from imei).
Note the reward is for the actual developer, not someone who just finds another tool that does it.
Less than 5% of dogecoin remains unmined so they are bound to increase a bit in value over time.
Maybe others can contribute to the reward as well.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Awesome. Does anyone know if there is a better section for this?
Where would be the best section to post so a dev would see this? I'm sure we can get a real bounty going.
Picked some of these for Perk TV They run pretty well.
poot.apk
_ck_ said:
I'm not sure how to do this officially but I'll offer a 100K (100,000) dogecoin reward for any developer producing a working root for this device.
And another 100K (100,000) for an opensource unlock calculator (from imei).
Note the reward is for the actual developer, not someone who just finds another tool that does it.
Less than 5% of dogecoin remains unmined so they are bound to increase a bit in value over time.
Maybe others can contribute to the reward as well.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I found a way ....how about the poot method?
xxyngdevlperxx said:
I found a way ....how about the poot method?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Tried a couple different versions, and no go on all of them. It say can't get a handle on it, permission denied off the bat.
How can we get some traction on this? I got $5 in my paypal account ready to roll.
All the stores are sold out in my area, but if I can get another one for $10 I'd gladly send it to someone with the skills to try and root it.
Yeah I would also like to see this rooted so I can VNC into it
nelagster said:
Yeah I would also like to see this rooted so I can VNC into it for
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I heard this gets you banned? I can't get any good discussion going about this because people freak out over breaking the rules by even talking about it.
theredspecial said:
I heard this gets you banned? I can't get any good discussion going about this because people freak out over breaking the rules by even talking about it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Do you have a source for this? I am trying to figure it out also. I agree people do freak out too much though.
I don't know where I saw it but there are claims that the app can see other apps being used and they then ban you based on that.
theredspecial said:
I don't know where I saw it but there are claims that the app can see other apps being used and they then ban you based on that.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah I knew about that because of the app (I can't remember it now) that will emulate finger presses. But has anyone confirmed if VNC will get you banned?
Hi guys , as lot of us I want a Pixel Rom with the Pixel Experience and most of all the Pixel Camera (So we can really use our camera sensor )
I have been in talks we some Developers of Pixel Roms and ask them if they would be interested in trying to make a Pixel Rom for our Mi5s and 4 of them answered me with a positive answer.
I'm creating this thread because for them to try to build the Rom we would need to join forces and Donate enought money so we could purchase them a Mi5s.
So if you are interested in a Pixel Rom and don't mind giving up a Buck for the cause just let me know in the Pool to see if this would be possible.
So I created a CrowdFunding campaing to see if we can reach the goal , I set the goal to 460$ to see if we could get two Mi5s to the two Dev's who are most interested.
If you want this to happen just donate 1$ it's a Beer and it would help alot!
http://fnd.us/51Fx7c?ref=sh_96jnqa
How about we also post this to reddit? Maybe a few people over there are also interested
werzum said:
How about we also post this to reddit? Maybe a few people over there are also interested
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Great idea we could also post to miui forums!
so the central post will be on reddit ? or here?
i think here will make more important the campaign
Central post should be here and we should have links on Reddit and mi forums
bozy09 said:
Central post should be here and we should have links on Reddit and mi forums
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Airborntx said:
so the central post will be on reddit ? or here?
i think here will make more important the campaign
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I agree that the Central Post should be here and if we would create on the oher Forums we should link it to this one.
I don't have a Reddit account if you guys don't mind creating for me I would appreciate.
Best regards
Wow i can't wait for it ???
fereidooni said:
Wow i can't wait for it
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
weve still got ways to go unless by some miracle the price of the device drops to $20 We need to get as many onboard as possible!
bozy09 said:
weve still got ways to go unless by some miracle the price of the device drops to $20 We need to get as many onboard as possible!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i do my best
Lads , after the dev reach His potential, what Is he going to do with the device? Kept or send it to another one? I have questions about that
So have you actually found a developer who ported camera software from pixel/nexus phones before ? (I suppose camera is the main goal for us, no doubt pixel is doing this job much better having same hardware). The camera app itself doesn't affect picture quality that much, it is rather result of usage of underlying algorithms. Porting rom (or doing it feel it like pixel has from the box using lineage or another existing rom) won't be a big problem for a specialist, but all underlying software may not be so easily accessible, because it uses google developments that they likely don't want to expose. I'm not a rom developer so just want to clarify things (maybe they already released all required drivers in open source and it is only problem of testing it on a real device )
Airborntx said:
Lads , after the dev reach His potential, what Is he going to do with the device? Kept or send it to another one? I have questions about that
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi there , I think the point would be for him to stay with the device and we would only consider that of sending to another one if the choosen Dev won't be able to do anything per say.
krelly said:
So have you actually found a developer who ported camera software from pixel/nexus phones before ? (I suppose camera is the main goal for us, no doubt pixel is doing this job much better having same hardware). The camera app itself doesn't affect picture quality that much, it is rather result of usage of underlying algorithms. Porting rom (or doing it feel it like pixel has from the box using lineage or another existing rom) won't be a big problem for a specialist, but all underlying software may not be so easily accessible, because it uses google developments that they likely don't want to expose. I'm not a rom developer so just want to clarify things (maybe they already released all required drivers in open source and it is only problem of testing it on a real device )
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What I did was asking some Developers from the Pixel section if they would be interested in making a Pixel Rom for the Xiaomi Mi5s and if they would be able to try to Port the Camera Firmware or Algorithms from the Pixel to the Xiaomi Mi5s.
Of course they can't know for sure if they are going to be able to do it but they said they would love to try , and that's the best answer we can get from anyone to be honest.
We have broken closed source libs lolololo. The camera is the toughest part of all. Totally.
j1505243 said:
We have broken closed source libs lolololo. The camera is the toughest part of all. Totally.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If there is progress in this direction, then certainly is good news.
I think the only possible problem for this is that Google locked their prop libs to work only on Pixel. But I doubt it!!
I have disassembled the Google camera application and it checks the phone if it is Pixel or not.
If the libs were locked down I think it would mean an unnecessary double check.
I am a software developer myself and I am considering porting this to our device, however, I have no experience with android so far so it will take a bit of time.
mesziman said:
I think the only possible problem for this is that Google locked their prop libs to work only on Pixel. But I doubt it!!
I have disassembled the Google camera application and it checks the phone if it is Pixel or not.
If the libs were locked down I think it would mean an unnecessary double check.
I am a software developer myself and I am considering porting this to our device, however, I have no experience with android so far so it will take a bit of time.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I would like to help, but like you I'm a software developer and I don't know if I can help with my knowledge. But it's cool to see peoples interested to the improvement of this camera.
When and where do we donate money?
And I would like to see comments from the developer
John.D.. said:
When and where do we donate money?
And I would like to see comments from the developer
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'd like to know this too
Take me?I am responsible for informing the Chinese people of the miui forum
bozy09 said:
Great idea we could also post to miui forums!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
---------- Post added at 04:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:27 PM ----------
sogou search 小米商城 and download ，I dare say you will come back to thank me（Because recently discounted）
Airborntx said:
Lads , after the dev reach His potential, what Is he going to do with the device? Kept or send it to another one? I have questions about that
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Nexus Experience rom is very similar to pixel. http://www.nxrom.us/mi5splus.html I can't tell a difference from it vs the pixel rom on my 5x other than some LOS features included.
Google photo thinks it's a pixel (unlimited storage)
Flashing the google camera - https://www.xda-developers.com/google-camera-hdr-ported takes care of the camera part, although I use a separate app for video recording since its video recording is buggy and FCs