Hey guys, not entirely Vibrant related, but due to the overwhelming support you guys showed with bringing down Skriller, I thought you may all enjoy listening to this radio show I did tonight.
http://goo.gl/kDfSD
Synopsis:
Use legit markets
Support your developers/community
Pay notice to app permissions
Skriller $ucks
Pay for paid apps
So what happen to skiller?
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Guy should be hung from his nut sack.
Vibrantnew-b said:
Guy should be hung from his nut sack.
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I'm not asking what should happen, im saying what happen to him. The op saying "bringing him down" so "we" succeed in bringing him down. But what happened?
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I think we succeeded in giving him a headache and alot of negative press. They say that ANY attention is better than none at all tho. I know the site was down for like a day or so but it was up and running not shortly after and is currently. Here ya go:http://lmgtfy.com/?q=akaskriller
Skrillers site it up... BUT, I believe we were able to get all the paid apps off the site (which I am sure was a big draw for some to his site) and I believe a lot of the developers ROMs have been removed. I imagine the stuff up there now is his kanging.
Still illegal to have it behind a $5 donate wall.. still not crediting our developers... but the community is a lot better off now than it was a month ago.
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Skrillers site it up... BUT, I believe we were able to get all the paid apps off the site (which I am sure was a big draw for some to his site) and I believe a lot of the developers ROMs have been removed. I imagine the stuff up there now is his kanging.
Still illegal to have it behind a $5 donate wall.. still not crediting our developers... but the community is a lot better off now than it was a month ago.
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Not trying to defend him but access to the site costs $5 not the roms or cracked apps. The apps are not on his site, their just links. So technically its not illegal.
What you guys did was helpful somewhat. You made people aware of his action but bought attention to him. Good or bad, doesn't matter.
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Not trying to defend him but access to the site costs $5 not the roms or cracked apps. The apps are not on his site, their just links. So technically its not illegal.
What you guys did was helpful somewhat. You made people aware of his action but bought attention to him. Good or bad, doesn't matter.
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You are incorrect. You can't put Android behind a $5 donate wall, which it is. He DID have paid apps on his site, because of us, he no longer does. Maybe the guy who made the app will actually get paid now. There is a thought.
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I found this add on craigslist
he is charging $25 to just install android on HD2, I dont know if its right or not???
He's basically scamming you of something you can do for free.
You're already on XDA, how easy is it to use the search function and learn to do it yourself? Also, you have a variety of rom's to pick from ... and I don't think 25 dollars is right. What would developers think when they find out their work is being sold for profit.
My advice, don't.
Thats my point exactly, how would developers feel when their hard work is being sold without even informing them????
About me I already had tried android on my HD2 and right now happily using WP7 rom on my HD2.
My main point was can't we do anything to stop people like this making money from others hardwork
How many of these threads do there have to be?
He's not selling android, he's not selling the dev's work, read what it says, he's selling a service of putting it on to someone's phone. You'd be surprised how many people are still wary to touch their device in-case something goes wrong, so paying someone else who knows how it's done is no issue at all, people buy and sell services to each other every damn second of the day, this is no different.
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Thats my point exactly, how would developers feel when their hard work is being sold without even informing them????
About me I already had tried android on my HD2 and right now happily using WP7 rom on my HD2.
My main point was can't we do anything to stop people like this making money from others hardwork
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your point is nothing...but flaming..xda with junk...just as on craigslist
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your point is nothing...but flaming..xda with junk...just as on craigslist
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FYI I am not flaming XDA with junk, I just wanted to make sure that XDA members are okay with this kind of services.
I owe a lot to XDA and because of XDA I am in love with my gadgets.
If everyone is okay with these kind of services, then I dont have any problem.
Well do a search and you would of seen dozens of threads just like this
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If you're not advertising for the guy, how about removing the link to the advertisement?
As it stands, it seems like you're advertising for him.
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If you're not advertising for the guy, how about removing the link to the advertisement?
As it stands, it seems like you're advertising for him.
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I am not advertising for anyone, and I believe that whoever has clicked on that link is a XDA member, and I dont think that any XDA member would give someone $25 to install android on their HD2, instead they will do it on their own as lots of information is available on XDA forums.
I kept the link so that if someone from XDA need to take action against that guy, they can go through that link. But as everyone is okay with this type of services I am removing the link.
I would also like MOD's to delete this thread as it is of no use now.
Sorry once again to everyone if I have made any mistake by creating this new thread
Thank you for drawing my attention to that.
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I am not advertising for anyone, and I believe that whoever has clicked on that link is a XDA member, and I dont think that any XDA member would give someone $25 to install android on their HD2, instead they will do it on their own as lots of information is available on XDA forums.
I kept the link so that if someone from XDA need to take action against that guy, they can go through that link. But as everyone is okay with this type of services I am removing the link.
I would also like MOD's to delete this thread as it is of no use now.
Sorry once again to everyone if I have made any mistake by creating this new thread
Thank you for drawing my attention to that.
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MOds...just close this thread.....useless piece of info and discussion...we dont care what craigslist sell....
Seriously backlashsid, calm down. The OP was simply stateing his aggravation over people selling developers hard work, we at XDA are all aggravated by this, but it cannot be stopped. The OP did nothing wrong.
Mods please delete this post, this didn't turn out at all how I wanted it to. I wasn't trying to get a new phone from anyone or anything like that, sorry I came off that way. I also wasn't trying to make any monetary gain. I just shot this thread up real quick before I went somewhere today and I obviously didn't think about how it would be perceived to everyone.
Are you kidding me, you come here and ask us to pitch in money to buy you a phone?
Please go back to the other side. We support our own developers and moderators who put in countless time and energey to develop, publish, and
answer. This is who we should support, and don't always properly do so.
And they don't come with their hands out telling us if we give them this, they will do that.
Go back to you little site and quit trolling here.
So you want us to buy you a phone so you can review and post about kernels/roms/boot animations on your Comcast At Home site?
I mean....we do this here for free... I'm not sure exactly what service you offer, but other than putting out an opinion that is probably incredibly biased by your personal taste....doesn't seem like anything anyone would be interested in...
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This looks like something xda frowns upon, and why would we buy you a new phone. I will gladly donate and help developers who bricked there phones to help the community. But this is like a homeless person begging for money..
Donating to get a review of stuff, uh no...
are there people out there stupid enough to fall for this?
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are there people out there stupid enough to fall for this?
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Not anyone here, almost everyone here, is someone intelligent, or maybe not..
Wait, I got a great idea, why don't y'all buy ME another Epic, then I will travel all around taking pictures of the donated Epic with my Epic, then I will post them to my new, slightly unknown website!
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wow. . .
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Come on, people, be nice. It never hurts to ask.
At the same time, if what you're asking is ridiculously laughable, then...well...never mind. Carry on, people, until the thread's deleted. This might prove fun for an otherwise boring work day.
Sure, I'll gladly reciprocate if you don't mind first contributing towards the needed hardware for my website soon to be called porsche911review.net
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TO BE CLEAR sky deaner is the village idiot at the evo boards..
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Will someone chip in so I can start a 60inchplasmareview.com website?
Seriously dude, nobody's going to buy you a phone so you can "review" it and put links to roms and stuff on your free Comcast website. If you were a developer, and wanted to help the community, maybe.
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stuff on your free Comcast website.
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This is what gets me....hell Domains are CHEAP, hosting is CHEAP. As many hits as you don't get a day, you could probably run a site for less than $50 a year.
Wow, I didn't mean to offend anyone, I just can't afford the phone to do the testing on, so I thought I would throw it out there. If someone I knew had the phone I would just borrow it from them every time a new kernel dropped for updating. Mods can remove this thread, offending people was the last thing I wanted.
$450? The hell?
Look on Craigslist, in my area Evo and Epic 4G's go for around $200-250
Edit: Not to mention that you could get one with a bad ESN for even less.
That reminds me, I wonder if my Angelfire website is still around.....
Alright this might sound sketchy to some of you, but I think alot of people can vouch for me. A guy on my local craigslist is selling a clean esn galaxy nexus for 400$. Said it was mint, said theres nothing wrong with it, just wants an iPhone. If I had 400 I would buy it in a heartbeat, sadly I blow all my money on tablets and other phones lol. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone wanted to send me a money order or cash via the mail, unless this guy takes paypal, I would love to buy it for someone and then ship it out to them. 400$ is a bargain for this phone, I think, anyway.
http://albany.craigslist.org/mob/2790351654.html
Why don't you buy it and flip it for money?
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If you read the topic you would know I said I dont have 400$..
Alex530 said:
Why don't you buy it and flip it for money?
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He doesn't have the money for it.
See how simple that was without the smart comment OP?
People skim all the time.
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that doesnt even have a phone number to contact him. why dont you gtfo here instead of posting scam?
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that doesnt even have a phone number to contact him. why dont you gtfo here instead of posting scam?
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Well lets see. I have 7 feedback, very active, over 1000 posts, and 305 thanks because im a themer. Before you come running your mouth thinking im posting scams, find out who the OP is. Second, it has no phone number because not everyone likes giving out personal information in public, and with that comes to spam. Your an idiot.
a lot of fake ads on CL most likely you will get a reply like "i just sold it but you can get it cheaper at some website" I don't hit ads that have no phone number.
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a lot of fake ads on CL most likely you will get a reply like "i just sold it but you can get it cheaper at some website"
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Its not a scam, and its not spam, the guys legit, was willing to meet me at the verizon store to do the deal, talked to him on phone. Im not stupid and would not post something on here if I didnt think it wasnt legit.
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Well lets see. I have 7 feedback, very active, over 1000 posts, and 305 thanks because im a themer. Before you come running your mouth thinking im posting scams, find out who the OP is. Second, it has no phone number because not everyone likes giving out personal information in public, and with that comes to spam. Your an idiot.
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+1. Muffstuff is good people. Gtfo troll
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TheMuffStuff is solid - just click on him - thousands of posts, I've IRC'd with him in the #bionic channel lots of times - lay off man! Muff is the man! I'm tempted to front him the $ to turn it around and split the profits - LOL.
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TheMuffStuff is solid - just click on him - thousands of posts, I've IRC'd with him in the #bionic channel lots of times - lay off man! Muff is the man! I'm tempted to front him the $ to turn it around and split the profits - LOL.
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Haha thanks.
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He doesn't have the money for it.
See how simple that was without the smart comment OP?
People skim all the time.
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Funny. I read the whole post. What I meant is find a way to get it and flip it for money thus giving him a profit. Plus this was for the op and not for you. But thanks for your "assistance".
People don't think half the time.
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Alright this might sound sketchy to some of you, but I think alot of people can vouch for me. A guy on my local craigslist is selling a clean esn galaxy nexus for 400$. Said it was mint, said theres nothing wrong with it, just wants an iPhone. If I had 400 I would buy it in a heartbeat, sadly I blow all my money on tablets and other phones lol. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone wanted to send me a money order or cash via the mail, unless this guy takes paypal, I would love to buy it for someone and then ship it out to them. 400$ is a bargain for this phone, I think, anyway.
http://albany.craigslist.org/mob/2790351654.html
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Im pretty sure there is no craigslist ads/ links allowed.
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that doesnt even have a phone number to contact him. why dont you gtfo here instead of posting scam?
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Muffstuff post a scam?! Muffstuff gtfo?
You gotta be kidding me. Muffstuff is a very active and reliable seller, as well as a ROM theme cook.
Please don't make me laugh at your stupid comments. Best you gtfo before you embarrass yourself some more.
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Posting has been deleted. Has it been sold.
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Not sure if it has filtered down yet but any of us trying to get software hosted on Megaupload are out of luck us the US DOJ has shut it down :-(
Even more reason we dont want SOPA/PIPA, They could toast places like XDA for "hosting" or even linking to "pirated" stuff eg if a copy of swype ended up on here, or even WM or WP7 roms.
Bad times
I will miss MU, it was the best free file sharing site, for anything, mostly as it was fast, had a well designed UI, and didnt have stupid captchas that you couldnt do on your mobile.
they are attempting to open the site again with megavideo.bz
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscent...r_megaupload_shutdown_attacks_doj_others.html
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they are attempting to open the site again with megavideo.bz
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Word is anonymous has successfully attacked the FBI and DOJ websites. Seems to me turnabout is fair play.
Dumped into the innertubes from my Rezound
Hackers will pay them back... die hard 4 coming to united states for real now: D
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3 sites of the US government has been hacked including US DOJ in response to megaupload shutdown.. It's payback time!!!
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Wohoo!!! You're going down, parasites!! Let this be your lesson for messing with the netizens!!
That totally sucks, Megaupload was beast . Anyone want to download LOIC?
Sucks BIG TIME!
Glad I was able to finish my downloads day before yesterday
The irony for those premium members
I think is moving time for sites from US, to outside US. If China is smart enough it will host them . Like allways US it will lose alot of internet money, wich will come in Europe, Russia and Asia.
Good luck USA ......
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they are attempting to open the site again with megavideo.bz
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What ever you do don't go to that site, you will be unknowingly ddos a site, but now you know the site is a fake created by 1 of the anon.
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What ever you do don't go to that site, you will be unknowingly ddos a site, but now you know the site is a fake created by 1 of the anon.
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uhoh.... already had. what to do now?!
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I've asked before, I'll ask again, why can't we do ROM's with torrents?
We can. But they still have to be hosted somewhere(s).
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I've asked before, I'll ask again, why can't we do ROM's with torrents?
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This is going to be AWESOME!!!!
There is going to be a fire-sale in the US soon from now. I'm investing now in some popcorn cause this show is only just starting
Viva the revolution ... haha
Just a quick question. So the Movie and Music industry is complaining about not hitting their 100 billion target for last year and now blaming it on the public. Funny how not 1 sent of that money goes to bettering any community but rather line the already filthy rich people with just more money.
Good Job America. You just showed us how greedy you really are. If you don't want people to pirate your stuff get better security or employ more competent people to make it unpiratable. Not my problem you make it so easy to copy your stuff. That's your own fault.
Sad to Learn about the news on MU.... ):
well, according to me,no one can stop piracy...Until and Unless The I.T. Law Introduce some new Technology to tackle this problem.
because even if MU is gone, there are 100s or 1000s of new sites that are based on "one click" hosting online service.
so it's impossible to stop Piracy. and what a foolish reason to accuse MegaUpload LOL...i guess Federal prosecutors need to get life...
or
they are noob to Internet world.
or
there is some politics behind band over Mu...
Oh well...Will Miss You MU.
i used to take arrows to the knee then i took SOPA to the knee
Yepp, I can't access any files on there..
New MU address http://109.236.83.66
Now I'm sure this has been posted before, but after searching for like 20 minutes I could only find one to unlock a phone to go to a different carrier, not for root.
If no one knows of one, I would like to start one on We The People's website so people like us on Verizon can have the same opportunities as others do on other carriers that don't lock down this so dang hard.
Now of course, being the sh***y administration that Obama's is, last year they changed it from 25k signatures to 100k (and from 5k to 25k back in 2011) to be taken seriously. But I KNOW there is more than 100k Verizon users on here on XDA.
The only tough part would be spreading the word in the 30 days we have to achieve this to everyone who wants this. Maybe XDA can work with us and somehow create a pop-up to when you are on the site or app notifying them of this petition to sign? I know a lot of people would also shrug it off and think it's just spam, so maybe even a PM to everyone?
Now, to get Verizon to take this seriously as well, we would need to have a foolproof plan. We would need to put rules on this for them to even consider this. Such can include (but not limited to, add any you think should be added):
•soon as you root/unlock your device you have now voided your warranty (as it already is) and therefore would need to pay full price for a new phone IF you bricked your device or any other NON physical damages (Water, drops, cracks, etc)
•maybe even pay a small time fee of $50-$100 per phone for this root so they can actually earn some extra money (don't be cheap, you pay $200-$600 dollars per phone, and donate money here so it's the least you could do for freedom).
•That's all I've got for now, but I've been up since 8pm last night working, so my brain isn't fully functional right now so please add!
I'm sorry, but I don't think we will ever have the same abilities as other carriers. If we want to stick it to the man, we will have to do it how we have always done it. Behind their backs and find ways around the locks for what we want. Them giving us the ability outside of a Dev device, won't happen. They don't want us having any more power than that they will allow.
I like the thought, but I really don't see it happening bud.
Nice thought, Dennis but I doubt this would work. Many reasons, but probable the biggest is Verizon has heck of a lot more lawyers (working for them) than we do
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epagib said:
Nice thought, Dennis but I doubt this would work. Many reasons, but probable the biggest is Verizon has heck of a lot more lawyers (working for them) than we do
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lol i'm not sure the relevance of the lawyer comment? i'm not saying we need to force verizon to do this, just something to make them aware that out of over 100 million users on their network, a nice little portion would like this option. they can still make plenty of money out of it, whether it be that one time fee i suggested, or if something happens to your phone other than physical damage, you have to buy a phone at full price.
This thread has been cleaned of all talk of warranty fraud. That is not only illegal, but also against XDA rules. No further discussion on the matter will be tolerated.
Stryke_the_Orc said:
This thread has been cleaned of all talk of warranty fraud. That is not only illegal, but also against XDA rules. No further discussion on the matter will be tolerated.
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I must've missed what was said, can you PM me?
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Dennisg34 said:
I must've missed what was said, can you PM me?
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You replied to what was said, basically stating the same thing I said.
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You replied to what was said, basically stating the same thing I said.
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Oh OK I remember now, thanks!
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