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HD2 Services On Craigslist

Browsing through Craigslist for an HD2 I came across multiple posts of people that are offering to upgrade the HD2 to winmo 6.5.x or Android for a fee of anywhere from $30-$60 dollars. I don't think it's right for people to be making a profit from something that they did not create. I highly doubt that they are taking part of the fee that they charge and donating it to the developers for their work. I've been flagging their posts in hopes that they get removed and will post information as to how to do install Androids themselves for free. I don't know if it's appropriate to ask you to do the same in your local cities and encourage the public to donate to the developers themselves instead of paying the $30-$60 dollars to someone that has done nothing to earn them except for ripping off the work of someone else. If I was a chef and stayed up for countless hours, missed family time and what not and found out that someone was making money off my work, i'd be livid. Just wanted to make you guys aware of a situation that is unacceptable.

I don't personally feel that by offering to set someones phone up with all the bells and whistles for a fee is wrong.
If a person doesn't feel like reading up and spending time learning how to setup their phone and wants to pay someone to do it for them that is there choice.
Saying that the person setting the phone up for them isn't right because they are collecting a fee to set up "open source" and freely distributed software onto there phone to save someone who is busy and doesn't have the time to spend hours reading on this forum to accomplish this is just silly.
Yeah all us phone junkies who don't have anything else better to do then sit on XDA and read and learn about our (hobby) for hours on end may seem normal to you and I but a HUGE portion of people do not have the time or wish to waste time on this when they can pay someone to have a tricked out phone to show off at the office.
And beyond that..the economy is in the toilet. People are trying to make a buck any possible way they can to feed themselves.
I have been buying HD2's when I see them cheap on craigslist and bringing them home, tricking them out and then reselling them for $100 to $150 profit for awhile now.
it has kicked in some extra income nicely helping buy kids school cloths, wife a nice dinner, etc etc
Just my two cents.
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marduk79 said:
Browsing through Craigslist for an HD2 I came across multiple posts of people that are offering to upgrade the HD2 to winmo 6.5.x or Android for a fee of anywhere from $30-$60 dollars. I don't think it's right for people to be making a profit from something that they did not create. I highly doubt that they are taking part of the fee that they charge and donating it to the developers for their work. I've been flagging their posts in hopes that they get removed and will post information as to how to do install Androids themselves for free. I don't know if it's appropriate to ask you to do the same in your local cities and encourage the public to donate to the developers themselves instead of paying the $30-$60 dollars to someone that has done nothing to earn them except for ripping off the work of someone else. If I was a chef and stayed up for countless hours, missed family time and what not and found out that someone was making money off my work, i'd be livid. Just wanted to make you guys aware of a situation that is unacceptable.
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+1... Unless these guys are giving donations to the chefs. These guys are also a lot here in Florida. That's why I also give an ad offering a FREE help in putting Android on their HD2.

Very much not trying to start a flame war here because I believe people have the right to do as they please...
But you must have some serious time on your hands to post on craigslist for free services. I need to reinstall my notebook, would you knock that out for me?
Just giving you a hard time.
But on the other issue you brought up. I personally donate to chefs who are elite and really drive some innovation with fixing issues, be it on the vibrant, HD2, nexus, etc. I own and follow six different phones and follow the serious chefs for those products. and kick into the beer fund from time to time. Again just like some who spend there time fixing up a phone for someone who doesn't feel like learning it themselves is really no different then people grabbing roms from here and throwing it on their phones. they technically (could) read, learn and create roms for there own personal use but they rather have someone who is a little smarter do it for them and if they are feeling generous they may kick in a couple bucks as a thank you.
People "don't" have to pay to get their phone tricked out but if they dont feel like spending the time learning it then hell....why not make a buck doing it for them.
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If we lived in a perfect world sure it would be great if they gave part of the profit to the original devs, but we dont and honestly if it get more people into Android is that a bad thing? Most noobs cant even figure out how to put widgets on their screen(had to help a lady do that) so there is no way they can do it themselves even if to us its easy so why not make them happy and the geek can make a little cash. But I agree donating a little to the devs would be the nice thing to do.

All of you have some very valid points. I just found it frustrating that the dev's would see no money from their own product. At the very least what can happen is that the dev's get introduced to other groups of people who in turn may come here, learn to flash their own rom and eventually donate.

CL service providers
I agree with both perspectives on this issue.
a. Yes, there are sereral ppl providing such services
b. Yes, there are several students openly stating they learned how to do this and will do this for you for pizza money (Like $10-$15, so much for big business ideas)
c. Yes, the ppl doing this should donate to devs periodically.
d. Yes, there are several youtube videos out there showing step by step instructions on how to do the upgrades.
e. Yes, several so called craigslist experts end up bricking customer's phones, leave with buggy setups, incorrect radios, robotic voices :-D
I think its best for devs to continue their hard work for the community that appreciates and benefits from their work is far larger than the select few who go K2. The donations will continue to pour in as the development reaches to immaculate full-featured build solutions. At which point, the devs could consider options for official sales of their roms and android builds.

donating or selling are they the same ??

wow i carnt post about the jig offer because they at xda keep deleting my threads whats that all about then, and whats the differance with donate and selling c**p. Just because i send it via a package they say no selling, what is donate then, selling or donating your services.:

The donation must be voluntary.

Also this should be in the General section.

Well.. In my case:
I provide Voltage Control application for free;
however some volunteers donated money to me voluntarily, making voluntary donation
Donation is like: you can get the product, no matter if you pay or not.
Selling is like: you can get the product, but you MUST pay for it sooner or later.
Hope it is all clear now

Why not "send" ppl a jig only if they "donate"
Fyi this should go in general.

I can understand where you are coming from. You are just trying to help out the community. If you are selling for a profit, then it is taboo in this forum, and go against the very essence of the spirit of Xda.
Ask yourself this, if you are the one, will you allow this?
Just my 2 cents.
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If this about the usb jig to force a dead sgs into download the idea method and all details are already given freely here. He is only selling it to those who cant wont not able to do it on their own. I think he needs to mention this.
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Simple question. If i donated a penny then would you send me a jig? If not then there is clearly a set price which classes it as a sale.
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Thats pretty sad - if you can publish a cost breakdown to show that you are not doing this for profit but to help the community, they SHOULD NOT remove it. Sometimes people cant wrap their head around a rule to make exceptions. On the other hand - we'd be swamped by ebay vendors "making screen protectors for the community". I think your project is an exception and has to be treated as such.

SkinBobUk said:
Simple question. If i donated a penny then would you send me a jig? If not then there is clearly a set price which classes it as a sale.
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You see.. unlike software which is "made once and distributable unlimitedly", he has to make 1 FOR you. If he is kind enough to volunteer his services- you can chose to donate for that or not. But to have him cough up for the cost of material and postage - its ridiculous.

Although this is in the wrong section, I do have to agree that he should certainly be allowed to charge a minimum price for it. The components that make up this jig cost him money, he should be able to charge exactly the same price (plus shipping). In this example, he would have freely volunteered his time to build the jig. So users should then be able to donate money to help compensate him for his time, on-top of this minimum price (if they wish).
However in saying that I think some members of this community has the wrong idea in general. Everything doesn't need to be free and generally should not be free. A good community should want to compensate other members of the same community who have helped out the community as whole. The issue is simply that it's not always practical to charge a fee. Even if a community member wants to compensate someone else for their efforts, it's not always possible or practical. There should be no such situation where someone who has been helped doesn't wish to express the basic human concept of gratitude. Money is not always practical, but in the case of a good community some sort of thanks should always be in order. Gratitude is a form of currency also, especially now that XDA has a thanks button.

Benjamin Dobell said:
Although this is in the wrong section, I do have to agree that he should certainly be allowed to charge a minimum price for it. The components that make up this jig cost him money, he should be able to charge exactly the same price (plus shipping). In this example, he would have freely volunteered his time to build the jig. So users should then be able to donate money to help compensate him for his time, on-top of this minimum price (if they wish).
However in saying that I think some members of this community has the wrong idea in general. Everything doesn't need to be free and generally should not be free. A good community should want to compensate other members of the same community who have helped out the community as whole. The issue is simply that it's not always practical to charge a fee. Even if a community member wants to compensate someone else for their efforts, it's not always possible or practical. There should be no such situation where someone who has been helped doesn't wish to express the basic human concept of gratitude. Money is not always practical, but in the case of a good community some sort of thanks should always be in order. Gratitude is a form of currency also, especially now that XDA has a thanks button.
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Exactly. I agree - and i dont see the same vehemence in people encouraging donations to the devels who work so hard that i see in people protesting against soliciting money.

ragin said:
If this about the usb jig to force a dead sgs into download the idea method and all details are already given freely here. He is only selling it to those who cant wont not able to do it on their own. I think he needs to mention this.
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Simple question. If i donated a penny then would you send me a jig? If not then there is clearly a set price which classes it as a sale.
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Thats pretty sad - if you can publish a cost breakdown to show that you are not doing this for profit but to help the community, they SHOULD NOT remove it. Sometimes people cant wrap their head around a rule to make exceptions. On the other hand - we'd be swamped by ebay vendors "making screen protectors for the community". I think your project is an exception and has to be treated as such.
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You see.. unlike software which is "made once and distributable unlimitedly", he has to make 1 FOR you. If he is kind enough to volunteer his services- you can chose to donate for that or not. But to have him cough up for the cost of material and postage - its ridiculous.
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ok thanks for all replys, origionally i sent an email to xda asking them if i could have a sticky and every sale i would give xda 50p donation which also gives them some support. was i wrong.
As 1 of the readers posted, the parts do cost. At the moment it is quite hard to find the micro USB plugs which are costing roughly between £1.50 and £2.50 locally. The resisters work out at 42p each and there are 2 of them. 1 is a 300k and the other is a 1k. Also the heat sinc tubing is costing about 20p per plug. Then there is the solder, the electric, petrol to fetch the items and finally the postage that works at £1.00. Therefore the is no profit, not to mention that my time to make them is FREE.
All I wanted to do is to support XDA with a donation of 50p for every one sold and help people with illness or bad eyesight or just not the ability to recover their phones with out having to send it back to the service department because of a lack of knowledge in electronics.
P.S. Selecting the wrong pins on the plugs when soldering could potentially wreck your phone and I think it is really courageous of people with no electronic experience to try and do this.
Thanks for all you replys and support. Let's hope XDA support this and give people the chance to support XDA with their donation.

i also believe that because this site is very public and people are free to download the roms it all sounds very easy and things can and will go wrong from time to time.
lets have a safety net.

Right mate. What I suggest you do is put them on ebay and say these are cool on xda, or post them in xdamarketplace. And quit moaning.

HazzBazz said:
Right mate. What I suggest you do is put them on ebay and say these are cool on xda, or post them in xdamarketplace. And quit moaning.
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who's moaning, i realy dont mind putting them out somewhere else, just trying to put a safety net in the same place as the roms. But do other people think there should be this option.
and why do you care anyway who am i to you.

Although I dont know about whole issue, so just posting based upon info in this thread
Your point is totally valid, but the way you presented it might have been wrong.
You could have proceeded like this
I am giving solution of so and so problem... here are steps
All the steps in details with components required...
With usual warning : Try at your own risk
Those who are unwilling to take risk/lack skills could have asked you to assemble components and mail it by paying cost of components + postage
People happy with service/willing to support you could have Voluntary donated......

ok what i have asked xda is, if people send me the parts with a return envolope i will assemble it and then return it, with donations wecome if you like my work.
this is a free service with no commitment to give me anything.

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Although I dont know about whole issue, so just posting based upon info in this thread
Your point is totally valid, but the way you presented it might have been wrong.
You could have proceeded like this
I am giving solution of so and so problem... here are steps
All the steps in details with components required...
With usual warning : Try at your own risk
Those who are unwilling to take risk/lack skills could have asked you to assemble components and mail it by paying cost of components + postage
People happy with service/willing to support you could have Voluntary donated......
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great minds think alike

I've got a better idea.
I don't know how much your selling these for but lets just say £5
I think you should charge £7.50
The £2.50 is a donation to XDA developers to continue running the site, and then you cover your costs.
Personally speaking, I could get these manufactured in bulk for peanuts if you wanted just PM me and i'll do the work - they will be coming from China though...

Interested in Android 5.0/Official CM? Support & Donations needed- P600 Model

17 November 2014: Goal has been reached and tablet is now in the hands of RaymanFX. Still feel free to support and donate to help him continue to prepare for his upcoming works. You can see his progress at github.com/raymanfx and
http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/q/status:open+exynos,n,z
Under Christopher Hesse
Hello everyone,
I am creating this thread on behalf of @RaymanFX , a recognized developer who needs a device to develop for us.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=3463426
He is looking to develop for the P600, WiFi only model and is looking to make AOSP/CM roms and kernels for us.
Here is a previous thread of his: http://forum.xda-developers.com/find-7/orig-development/rom-teameos-revival-nightlies-t2826587
And here is a list of previous threads: http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php?searchid=319162976
Quote by RaymanFX:
most of you probably don't know me since I did not develop for Samsung devices for quite some time now.
I would be interested in aiding the Exynos 5420 development scene (in particular on the Galaxy Note 10.1) and prepare a custom Android distribution for it (Team EOS 5.0 - Lollipop).
I can get all the required drivers and binaries I need for development, since most of it is open source luckily.
And the Nexus 10 (manta) can still be used as reference for many things.
All I need is a development device to debug on.
It is particularly important that this is the Galaxy Note 10.1 EXYNOS (WiFi-only variant), and not the LTE (Qualcomm) variant.
I created this thread to ask whether someone has a spare device lying around, maybe because of the little development on Exynos 5 devices, or if people would be willing to donate a device (I'm a university student and unfortunately can not afford the full price for a new device. I'm willing to dive into the Exynos development scene and spend time on this device though, including extensive debugging).
Thank you two for your reasonable thoughts.
I think the main reason why the previous developers stopped developing for this device rather quickly is the Exynos chip.
The main difference between me and anyone else is (or so I believe) the fact that I am especially interested in developing for the Exynos 5420 chip and the drivers for it (mainly from the Insignal forum source).
As far as bricked devices, I can say I had a Samsung device before, and as long as the bootloader is unlockable and access to ODIN (The firmware flashing tool) is granted, a hard brick is rather hard to achieve. I see little risk here, and I assume my previous development experience will prevent me from making major mistakes in that regard.
A new device would cost me approximately 350€, so if we could collect about 300$ with donations (which would equal something like 270€), I'd pay the remaining costs.
People are of course free to check my development history and/or references first and see if they think I would benefit the aosp development scene for this device.
The ROM I mentioned (Team EOS 5.0 lollipop) is essentially AOSP 5.0 with selected features that we code ourselves, like EOS Weather, or the NX gesture interface.
If people however see the need for an official CM maintainer, I'd be happy to become this as well, all I need is a device to debug and develop on, I'd be willing to spend the time to officially maintain this device.
Other developers and/or contributors should also expect support from me in areas of kernel development or AOSP custom ROM development. I believe in 'sharing is caring', so all my knowledge and achievements on this device shall benefit the community.
If some of you could maybe contact the people who raised donations before, I'd be thankful and gratious for the support. All donations will be listed here and the whole process shall be as transparent as possible.
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Original thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...laxy-note-10-1-2014-exynos-developer-t2936508
He is very committed to getting this device and developing for us so let's get him this device. He needs at least $300 so just write below how much you would be willing to donate if the funds were raised for the device. I will update this post with the names and how much people are willing to donate :good:
If at least 30 people donate say $10 for example then we can do this easily. I pledge $10 dollars so lets get this started!!
List of donations so far:
Euro:
22sl22: €10
@r4yN €20
@benni_1994 €20
@GrimReaper1908 €15
@ollimi1 €10
@henriavelabarbe €25
@murmlgrmpf €10
@TOMMY1985 €10
@zazael €10
@rglebien €10
@SubZeroEffort €20
Dollars:
@emilycloud $20
@mrtoast $30
@benjamimgois $10
@talz13 $50
@mikep2323 $25
@buffalo_guy $20
@bokmob $25
@redbaron $20
@JosephFeliciano013 $5
@jwjessie488 $20
@aelunyu $25
@MxCraft $30
 @Googfan $15
Total so far: Approx.€403/$503

20$ from me (sry I'm a poor student )
We'll be doing this via PayPal, I assume?

r4yN said:
20$ from me (sry I'm a poor student )
We'll be doing this via PayPal, I assume?
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$20 is perfect, any donations are helpful
Yes PayPal. If you look at his profile there's a link there. I'll add your name to the list :good:

Alright, I've just donated 20€ (which equals ~25$ if I'm not mistaken). It would be great, if @RaymanFX confirmed the transaction (I've refered to XDA in the transaction note, but if you need the transaction ID, write me a PN)
PS: I know I said I'd donate 20$, but I figured since he's german, I could just as well donate 20€ instead :highfive:
And I also know that you usually don't donate until enough pledges have been made, but I have faith that we will make it. And if we don't, well, consider it a donation for the effort, lol
Edit: Transaction ID # 89F56830A9644882H

$365 on eBay (refurbished)
http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-...1386122200?pt=US_Tablets&hash=item2a3b7493d8

r4yN said:
Alright, I've just donated 20€ (which equals ~25$ if I'm not mistaken). It would be great, if @RaymanFX confirmed the transaction (I've refered to XDA in the transaction note, but if you need the transaction ID, write me a PN)
PS: I know I said I'd donate 20$, but I figured since he's german, I could just as well donate 20€ instead :highfive:
And I also know that you usually don't donate until enough pledges have been made, but I have faith that we will make it. And if we don't, well, consider it a donation for the effort, lol
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Hey, thanks a ton
I can cofirm the 20€ (!) donation is now on my PayPal account.

RaymanFX said:
Hey, thanks a ton
I can cofirm the 20€ (!) donation is now on my PayPal account.
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thanks for confirming
Btw since you're german, THIS might be an interesting offer (although I'm not sure about the warranty)
265€ = ~330$ (free shipping within germany)

I'll donate 20€ at the end of the month!
You can add me on the list

Is there anyway to donate directly from debit card? Paypal has problems with my card and renders the service unusable.

Pazzu510 said:
Is there anyway to donate directly from debit card? Paypal has problems with my card and renders the service unusable.
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It depends. If you live in Germany it will obviously be easier. If not, it depends from country to country. What country are you in?

Hi there,
nice to see that at least one person is not scared away by the exynos cpu
You can count me in for 15€
I have a question though:
How is this handled? Are we donating all at once when enough people have expressed their will to donate?
Or should I already donate so that you can be sure that I'm serious?

GrimReaper1908 said:
Hi there,
nice to see that at least one person is not scared away by the exynos cpu
You can count me in for 15€
I have a question though:
How is this handled? Are we donating all at once when enough people have expressed their will to donate?
Or should I already donate so that you can be sure that I'm serious?
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The donating is a personal thing. I worded things in the op to be safe. It's just easier if people pledge, say they are gonna donate, and then once the amount has been reached people can actually donate.
Say for example, there are no pledges and we raise 200 dollars that people have already donated in a few weeks and then people lose interest and not a lot of donations come in anymore. I don't want people to be angry if the dev doesn't end up getting the tablet. :good:
Better to pledge but if you want to donate right now that's fine. Either way i'll add you to the list

Could you in the title add that this is for the exynos variant. It mislead me into thinking this was for the snapdragon until I read a little.

Ok I'm in for $20. Maybe a little more if we get close! Awesome guys.

In for $30 ?
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I just sent $10... hope that helps !

I'm in for $50

Hey everyone,
just letting you know I was donated another 10€ yesterday, so we're at over 200$ now!
That's more than 2/3 of our goal, so there's only 100$ left.
Keep on going, we're almost there now.
Thanks to the community for having so much faith in me and enabling development for this device.

RaymanFX said:
Hey everyone,
just letting you know I was donated another 10€ yesterday, so we're at over 200$ now!
That's more than 2/3 of our goal, so there's only 100$ left.
Keep on going, we're almost there now.
Thanks to the community for having so much faith in me and enabling development for this device.
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Yes, only 100 dollars left now, we are nearly there! This is going really well.
Do you have the name of the person who donated? I can add them to the list :good:
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RaymanFX said:
Hey everyone,
just letting you know I was donated another 10€ yesterday, so we're at over 200$ now!
That's more than 2/3 of our goal, so there's only 100$ left.
Keep on going, we're almost there now.
Thanks to the community for having so much faith in me and enabling development for this device.
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Ill throw in 25 dollars. Would you like me to donate now? If yes I can do when I get home.

S-Off Rant

I know the only method for this is Sunshine's method to which he charges $25 roughly £12 ish. Now whilst he no doubt wants to receive cash for efforts there are many Developers, be it ROM, Kernel, or Themes that kindly do it free and if you can spare a donation have it as optional.
This is not me wanting something for nothing however there are many especially in today's world that are financially strapped for cash. I believe in sharing and kindness and the reward to not charging is knowing that many are grateful.
Sunshine will no doubt have made some nice cash however the other devs here are richer in heart and kindness.

Firewater (the pre-cursor for Sunshine) was free and no doubt they got through a few handsets trying to get the exploit to work. Their choice to charge for Sunshine is exactly that and allows them to better support more devices and find new exploits in newer build of Android.
I happily paid for it and would do again

well i think they have the right to charge for all the hard work they have done ... but really $25 !?? it's too much ... maybe if they made it $10 instead of 25 ... hundreds of people might pay for it and they'll have much more profit on the long run !

You don't like the price find an exploit yourself or don't use the product, I mean my god. They made the product, they have the expertise, they spent the time, and they can charge whatever the heck they want. Trust me there is no shortage of users willing to pay that very nominal fee. Suck it up and pay for services and products you want or don't use them. I'm so sick of these types of spoiled entitled posts on a DEVELOPERS FORUM

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I know the only method for this is Sunshine's method to which he charges $25 roughly £12 ish. Now whilst he no doubt wants to receive cash for efforts there are many Developers, be it ROM, Kernel, or Themes that kindly do it free and if you can spare a donation have it as optional.
This is not me wanting something for nothing however there are many especially in today's world that are financially strapped for cash. I believe in sharing and kindness and the reward to not charging is knowing that many are grateful.
Sunshine will no doubt have made some nice cash however the other devs here are richer in heart and kindness.
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Sir, there is no requirement for you to be S-Off. Your device will function without having S-Off. And if being "financially strapped", then again stay stock and avoid any Rooting/Tweaking/Development of one's device. Since all of these will void one's warranty, and if cash is an issue then don't void one's warranty. BTW sir, you can take the rant to those Social Media Sites, off XDA.
Thread Closed and thank you.

[BOUNTY] Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5 SM N920V

While other Note5 variants have recieved root/recovery methods, once again Verizon models seem to have been left in the dust.
I dont know about you guys, but I have owned the Note5 since launch, and have been actively checking multiple forums, Waiting for root and possibly a new recovery! I would love to see CM on my phone some day. I know for a fact a few of my friends would be happy to pledge a few dollars each, to the person who can provide a method.
Personally i would like to pledge $10.00 USD to the person who can bring us an easy root/recovery for this device.
I will talk with my group of friends, and see if i can take up a bit more. (im not super rich)
My hope is that this will steamroll with the people on the same system as I, and we can get a few more pledges.
The parameters for the mission:
-Be the first person to create or find a method to achieve the following:
-Successfully obtain Root access from a fully stock SM N920V Note5 Verizon Variant
-Make a post in this thread with Screenshots/photos
-provide full step by step instructions that anyone else reading the forum can follow
-Wait for atleast one member to follow the same method and confirm it works as described on their fully stock device with the SM N920V build.
-Claim your bounty via PM from the pledger(s)
Payment will be processed between each member and the bounty collector via PM on an individual basis.
If you would like to make a pledge, Please make a post in this thread, and make the subject line the amount you would like to pledge.
A huge thank you in advance, from myself, and all the patrons who have dedicated a few dollars to the cause, this means more to us than.... well chances are if you are developing the method, you know how much it means to the community.
If you are a developer, please contact me with details or updates about progress, if you are working on this project.
Additionally, please feel free to post some information about the progress, the community would love to know!
Latest update 5-14-2016
Check the next post for The Pledge List --->

Pledge list
Total Pledges So Far: 2480.00 ~ 2500.00USD
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The Pledge List:
Listed in order received.
hunsinger89 - 10.00 +
romeujrdf - 10.00
thevillageidiot - 10.00
desertboy - 10.00 ~ 20.00
2swizzle - 20.00
Swaggerlilyjohnson - 10.00 ~ 20.00
mj0528 - 20.00
xavierxxx2p - 120.00
BmoreBadBoy - 20.00
0xDFA - 10.00
toskabab - 500.00
taifengdian - 20.00
Oatswesow - 50.00
Bmillz - 50.00
Maplewood - 25.00
gaston_garcia - 10.00
stronggeek - 25.00
Itboso - 50.00 ------970
got556 - 50.00
flandro - 25.00
dotHash - 25.00
EvanTheGamer - 50.00
xxpawzxx - 10.00
juan5600 - 30.00
hoopsta131 - 20.00
ScottsoNJ - 20.00
tsitalon1 - 50.00
TheHunterOfShadows - 20.00
hova1888 - 20.00
SCMeRollin - 50.00
oops_iv - 20.00
jerry247 - 10.00
grimloktt - 20.00
CeeDub - 20.00
Flippy02 - 20.00
vptom - 50.00
trbarrett24 - 500.00
toskabab - 500.00

romeujrdf
+10.00

thevillageidiot
+$10.00

wow i am coming back to samsung after a very lnog time my last samsung phone was galaxy s3 and there we so many developers. So i bought note 5 after my one plus one lol i got surprised to see thee are no developers here and very few developments.

Bounty
desertboy83 in for $20 for full root with r/w access
$10 for temp root or whatever it's called.

I'm in for $20
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Not to be a party pooper but hasn't it been said that if the note 5 Verizon and AT&T will go into a bootloop intentionally if rooted?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/note5/general/verizon-att-samsung-note-5-knox-root-t3183641
http://www.idigitaltimes.com/samsun...d-features-att-and-verizon-models-wont-468357

Gentlemen/Ladies, Have faith
Where there is a will, there is a way
- English proverb
All things are possible, such as removing the devices capability to detect root. There just has to be a person to take on the challenge, and reverse engineer or work around the code. Androids Open source nature should play to someones benefit! The terms they use are root prevention. Preventions were meant to be bypassed. if the device shows a black screen and says " device is rooted... etc" then obviously the root has worked, now how do we get past that? Im no programmer/coderninja, but any good ideas from those who are are more than welcome on this thread. Knowledge is power.
Please make sure people see this, if we can gain enough of a following, it will attract the right people for the job!
Thank you all for showing support in this cause thus far. Im updating the thread with pledges now.
danon.brown said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note5/general/verizon-att-samsung-note-5-knox-root-t3183641
http://www.idigitaltimes.com/samsung...ls-wont-468357
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hunsinger89 said:
Where there is a will, there is a way
- English proverb
All things are possible, such as removing the devices capability to detect root. There just has to be a person to take on the challenge, and reverse engineer or work around the code. Androids Open source nature should play to someones benefit! The terms they use are root prevention. Preventions were meant to be bypassed. if the device shows a black screen and says " device is rooted... etc" then obviously the root has worked, now how do we get past that? Im no programmer/coderninja, but any good ideas from those who are are more than welcome on this thread. Knowledge is power.
Please make sure people see this, if we can gain enough of a following, it will attract the right people for the job!
Thank you all for showing support in this cause thus far. Im updating the thread with pledges now.
The idigital times link is invalid
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The link is fixed now.
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I'd also like to put 20 dollars toward this but it has to be permaroot ill put down 10$ for anything removed by reboot. the note 5 is so close to a perfect phone that not having root annoys me so much. Having ad away and drive droid and the multitude of other features that i have grown accustomed to would make this phone perfect.

If it's for at&t as well, I got 20 on it

Swaggerlilyjohnson said:
I'd also like to put 20 dollars toward this but it has to be permaroot ill put down 10$ for anything removed by reboot. the note 5 is so close to a perfect phone that not having root annoys me so much. Having ad away and drive droid and the multitude of other features that i have grown accustomed to would make this phone perfect.
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If it's for at&t as well, I got 20 on it
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Thanks for the support thus far guys, Be sure to share it with people you know to have a better chance of making this happen and attracting the right hacker

$20 here.

Throwing $20 pledge unto the pile. How much do you think it'll take to get the right hacker interested?

Roger that!

edit: nevermind, i'll pledge $10 for now, i'd like to see if we can get a full root (preferably that doesn't trip KNOX)

You guys are nuts! You honestly think anybody is going to waste their time and efforts on a "dead" phone for 10 and 20 bucks? What are you, 12? At the very best, whoever takes on this project will render their $700 phone useless through trial and error and may need to go through multiple phones to get it right. It'll probably take the right guy at least a few grand. Nobody is willing to go through that for 10 and 20 bucks, and there aren't enough of us to build up the money we need if we're only pledging $10 . If you REALLY want results, you're going to need to up your ante. I will pledge $500 myself, but that's still not going to cut it. Whoever takes on this project needs at the very least the price of the phone.. Start adding zeros to your numbers people!

toskabab said:
You guys are nuts! You honestly think anybody is going to waste their time and efforts on a "dead" phone for 10 and 20 bucks? What are you, 12? At the very best, whoever takes on this project will render their $700 phone useless through trial and error and may need to go through multiple phones to get it right. It'll probably take the right guy at least a few grand. Nobody is willing to go through that for 10 and 20 bucks, and there aren't enough of us to build up the money we need if we're only pledging $10 . If you REALLY want results, you're going to need to up your ante. I will pledge $500 myself, but that's still not going to cut it. Whoever takes on this project needs at the very least the price of the phone.. Start adding zeros to your numbers people!
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Not just money bro. ..you also get bragging rights. ..I remember when the s3 got finally rooted. .he became over night celebrity. .then you have j case who rooted the black phone in under 5 minutes. .that was the phone they claim could not be rooted. ..I understand your point ..but with enough donation we can get our goal. ..it will take time....for now adguard is your best friend, haven't even missed root.