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EVOReviews Wants to expand testing

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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SAShady said:
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.

ydoucare said:
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.....

Thank you, Rob! (ptfdmedic)

The following is crossposted from the midNIGHT ROM threads.
I'm not sure if Rob posted anywhere here yet, but as per his Twitter feed, he's having to make some sacrifices as a parent and is selling his Epic and extras on eBay. Unfortunately, this also means that he will no longer be developing for right now.
On behalf of myself, all of ACS, and the userbase at large, I'd like to thank Rob (ptfdmedic) for everything he's contributed to the Epic community, and all of the time and effort he's put in, in his already busy schedule and hectic life. Our very best wishes are with he and his family.
I and ACS fully support Rob's mission to spread autism awareness. I would like to encourage everyone who has not yet added an awareness banner to your signature to do so now, whether Rob's version, or the version in my signature, by ZHkilla.
But don't just toss up a banner and call it a day - if Rob has taught us anything, it's that autism is a disease that we the public really must understand better. Read the Wikipedia article, read Rob's blog, and keep in mind the challenges that parents of autistic children, and autistic individuals themselves face. Understand that those on the spectrum are people first and foremost, and that while they may be a little different, they deserve all the respect that any decent human beings deserve.
Once again, thank you Rob, for your generous donation of time and effort to making our phones run better, making this community more harmonious, and raising autism awareness. I didn't mean to steal your thunder if you were planning on making an announcement here as well as Twitter... but I wanted to say a few words anyway.

+1000...Thank you!

Thank's Rob.

Rob, thank you for everything you have done here for all of us and for always doing it with class and a huge heart. All the best to you and your family.

I read your blog a while back on The Man with Bare Hands and it really touched me. I never got around to posting a banner but will do so when I get home tonight. Best wishes.

Man that really sucks. I don't post here often but I check in on xda every time I have a free minute. You guys are all great at developing but ptfmedic has always stood out to me not just because of his roms but because he always seems to be very helpful and very patient with the questions around here. Genuinely seems like a great guy. I have also followed his blog on many occasions and yes a lot of it is vey touching. If he has to go I'm sure he will be missed by many.
My question is (without knowing any details about his situation) Is there enough members in the Epic forums to make a one time say $5 or $10 donation to a save ptfmedics Epic fund. Seems like he goes through a lot on a daily basis and that phone could be his only outlet. I hope I am not out of line even suggesting this but I hate to see such a valued member of this community have to leave.
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Thanks,donation sent,wish it could be more...
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This sucks . hate to see you go Rob.

You will be missed bro.
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+1 on that one I have the Midnight Rom on my phone. I respect his decision. Is he broke or does he have to spend more time taking care of his family or both?

Thank YOU ROB!!! Will miss your work! Wish you and your family good luck! Stay strong!

Rob, dude. Thanks for everything! I have been running your ROM every since release. You are very talented bro and hope to see you in my next phone venture when things get better.

Wanted to add my thanks. Much respect Rob.
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A sad day for XDA
Rob,
Thank you for everything you've done for my phone and things you have taught me about life while reading your blog. I wish you and your family all the best.
THANK YOU

Thanks, k0nane
I also started the same type of thread over at ppcgeeks as well.

If k0nane still needs a phone maybe everyone could donate to a "buy Rob's phone for him" fund and kill two birds with one stone.

The head Chef of ACS doesn't have an Epic?

heathmcabee said:
The head Chef of ACS doesn't have an Epic?
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I've been going through the roundabout process of getting a new one for quite some time now. I should have one within the next week. Up until about 4/5 I'd had one since launch.

jamice4u said:
+1 on that one I have the Midnight Rom on my phone. I respect his decision. Is he broke or does he have to spend more time taking care of his family or both?
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Read his blog. It will give you a huge insight into his life and the daily battles he goes through. I've been lucky enough to be on his beta test team since version 2.6. In that time I got to know him as a person and not just as a member of the forums and rom chef, and for that I feel like I've been very lucky.

Thank you Rob.

Rob... your a really inspiring guy, you like too please everyone and use your free time to do this for us when you already do so much for your family... I never knew much about autism untill you opened my eyes and when I read your blog I see how much stress you go through and your about the nicest guy I've talked to... hope to see you around when you can get a new phone, thanks for all the work you've done for this community (this post probably doesn't have that great grammar, sorry)
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Cat's out the bag (this is for the entire community)

Welcome, thank everyone for taking the time to read this. I have been a busy body in the shadows trying to do something for a member of our Community. Let me start from the beginning. I'm sure everyone here is familiar with user/developer PTFDMedic. He created the Midnight roms, among other things. He's a well respected member of the community, a friend to me, and one of the strongest persons I have ever met in my life. He is also very open and honest about his personal experiences in life be it the bad, the good, and the personal. He blogs @ a site I suggest everyone read over once. www.lostandtired.com. He works his butt off taking care of his family, his wife and three autistic boys (which troubles me to even type it like that because he takes care of his THREE BOYS, the fact that they have autism does NOT define them).
Now the point of this, this all started the same day I wrote my rant about not getting my Nexus, on the way home I was thinking about reading that he sold his Epic to pay for car repairs on his van to keep bringing his children to speech therapy. I felt kinda bad that I have an Epic, brand new, and now I'm about to be holding onto the Nexus S. I'm by no means rich I just chose to pass on other things and save to get the phones I want. But still all in all at the end of the day I have two different phones, both top of the line, and here is Rob doing all the things necessary to raise his family and (if you don't develop for the phone/theme anything) it's hard to understand but when you are working on the code and have to pay close attention to what you are doing, you kind of loose sight of all the things that were nagging at your on the back of your mind. I serious mistake in the code and you can potential brick your device. So even though developing can create it's own headaches, and oh yes it can, it also helps you escape all the other things on your mind. That being said, I felt really bad that Rob was loosing his outlet, both to develop and his connection with you guys here on the forums.
Soon as I got home I set up an account and stuck in a mere $50 and got determined to translate that $50 into a new phone. I contacted my friends @ ACS and told them what was up. Withing no time we had $125.00 in there. Next the Bonsai team (can't thank you guys enough) joined in and we got $250.00 in the account. This ofcourse is the going rate on an Epic on ebay. While I was doing all of this (completely behind the scenes it was going to be a total suprise when I purchased the phone from Ebay, checked it to make sure it worked out all right, then mailed it to Rob who was clueless all along) I start noticing a few posts where he says that he really wants the Nexus S, he would love to develop on a device that doesn't have TW.
We finally got the cash together to buy the Epic and we all had us another conversation, why stop here. Why not push the envelope and let this man have his dream, and get a Nexus S. That would put us from 100% to 50% of the phones cost and two different development teams have put in a large amount so why not ask the users. They can and deserve to be a part of this anyway. Perfect, but it ruined one thing. Rob would def find out about this, going public. So I've notified Rob about the current. $250, the whole ordeal that we have been creating, everything. And then asked the mods permission for this post, which was granted first thing this morning. Now we are here and you're caught up with me. Have a heart, and give back to a man who has given to you!
By all means only donate if it is within your means!!! Rob was totally against us spending our money on him so Rob, if your reading this, your not allowed to post in protest!!!
All previous donations have gone to my account, that money is forwarded, and now the donate button here goes directly to Rob! He'll have to keep me posted on progress from here on.

Keep the good work Rob...

I hope to contribute if I can but this is definitely for a good cause! Your doing a good thing dreams as well as bonsai and ACS!

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I hope to contribute if I can but this is definitely for a good cause! Your doing a good thing dreams as well as bonsai and ACS!
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Thank you for that. And thanks for the support, he most definitely deserves it.

I would but I don't have a credit card or paypal im still in Highschool
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deano0714 said:
I would but I don't have a credit card or paypal im still in Highschool
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Its cool bro you still showing your support!

$10 sent... I moved on from the Epic to Nexus S4G but Midnight ROM made my Epic experience a lot more enjoyable and the developer is class.

styckx said:
$10 sent... I moved on from the Epic to Nexus S4G but Midnight ROM made my Epic experience a lot more enjoyable and the developer is class.
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Thank you robs on his way to a nexus!
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i find this thread absolutely inexcusable, wheres the fighting and the name calling? guess ill be the first one to start
DREAMS! you are an excellent themer and a good guy! so take that!
ptfmedic! I'm sorry but i cant sit idley by and watch you as you get the hottest sexiest phone and make a damn good rom on it. so to defeat your plans i am gunna donate more money! then you wont know what to do with it mwhahahahahaha >.>
anyways no doubt about it pftmedic has done a lot for this community and i hold no reserves about donating to his get "rich quick fund" P) see you on the other side brotha (the awesome cool nexus side )

I am so glad to see this thread, let's get this man a phone!!
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WOW dreams you are truly a good person and karma will pay you back ten fold for your good deeds

shabbypenguin said:
i find this thread absolutely inexcusable, wheres the fighting and the name calling? guess ill be the first one to start
DREAMS! you are an excellent themer and a good guy! so take that!
ptfmedic! I'm sorry but i cant sit idley by and watch you as you get the hottest sexiest phone and make a damn good rom on it. so to defeat your plans i am gunna donate more money! then you wont know what to do with it mwhahahahahaha >.>
anyways no doubt about it pftmedic has done a lot for this community and i hold no reserves about donating to his get "rich quick fund" P) see you on the other side brotha (the awesome cool nexus side )
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OMG shabby, you are a fool! Glad to have you on the other side as well, Don't worry, I'm still working on the Epic, any work I do for it will transfer over pretty well. Plus I believe Rob might me continuing on the Epic too, but you'll have to hear that from him not me!

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WOW dreams you are truly a good person and karma will pay you back ten fold for your good deeds
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Thank you. TBH, this makes me feel better than anything else I have done for the community hands down.

Thnx for info

Donated $40. Hope that helps. Rob is a good person.
BTW, make sure to click the "update total" button under the donation amount BEFORE you fill everything else in.

good luck, rob. Midnight Roms were my rom of choice on the Epic. Just swapped into my Nexus S today and I will spread the word via twitter rt's !

Though i do not own a Nexus S nor an EPIC. (G2 user) But i definitely would love to return something to the developers. No matter who it is. Two of my friends have the Nexus S and i might bag one next month. Hell tomorrow morning first thing...3 Donations coming your way!
To the selfless developers here at XDA - Kudos to you, you guys are the real deal!

I am out of work, have a car payment, 3 kids and bills up the a**, but I gave $1. Every little bit will help. And hell I don't even have an epic or nexus.

3 kids and has time to play with phones?!

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Though i do not own a Nexus S nor an EPIC. (G2 user) But i definitely would love to return something to the developers. No matter who it is. Two of my friends have the Nexus S and i might bag one next month. Hell tomorrow morning first thing...3 Donations coming your way!
To the selfless developers here at XDA - Kudos to you, you guys are the real deal!
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How do you do that? Paypal doesn't allow me to add money via SBI! And I don't really have credit cards! Please, I wanna contribute. And completely agree with you... doesn't matter who he is. He deserves for whatever he's done! Otherwise, I'm still WinMo guy. Gene and Leo!

How much to donate to Overcome ROM v2.0.0 GOLD ◄► GINGERBREAD!!! ◄►

How much to donate to Overcome ROM v2.0.0 GOLD ◄► GINGERBREAD!!! ◄►
I've just upgraded to the Gold ROM and feel it's time to donate to the coffee fund. But how much is appropriate? Please help me by indicating how much you donated in this poll.

It's not just case of 'ill donate how much everyone else has' you donate how much you think they deserve.
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Ummm.... this is a great idea, and I don't mean to be picky, but what if we gave, oh, say $35? How about $5? Don't want to hear from those people? Or how about those who gave in Ruples and have no idea how many dollars that equates to?
My point: you might want to revisit your ranges. At least to make them a little less rigid.

Hi, everybody!
I donate $ 10...
P.S.: i will offer other coffees in the future, if i can!

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Ummm.... this is a great idea, and I don't mean to be picky, but what if we gave, oh, say $35? How about $5? Don't want to hear from those people? Or how about those who gave in Ruples and have no idea how many dollars that equates to?
My point: you might want to revisit your ranges. At least to make them a little less rigid.
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Just looking for a general idea, nothing scientific, people can round up or down as their conscience allows.
It's in dollars as that is what paypal asks for when you hit the donate button.
btw is "Ruples" that new RussoIndian currency? ;-D

Give him $50

Why not $100? Be generous, the overcome team is generous!

As far as I can see, this thread is only gonna go downhill.
Donations are not about how much you donate, they are a gesture of goodwill and appreciation. There is no need for anyone to know how much someone else has donated, the only people who need to know this is Team Overcome and they already know.
Against my better judgement Im not going to close this yet but be warned, if it starts to slide I will.

Donation generally means what you can give. There is no set limit. If you think its awesome and can only put in $5 then thats OK, if you can afford more then give more.

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Donation generally means what you can give. There is no set limit. If you think its awesome and can only put in $5 then thats OK, if you can afford more then give more.
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+10
Donating is not tiping. The devs are saying "if you want to give us money for what we are doing, then give what you can".
If you can only afford to give 5.00, then give that, but if next month your electric bill is cheaper and you can donate more, donate what you can afford.
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This thread makes zero sense and a mod should close it.
The value of a dollar will different to each and every person. Thus making donation amounts all over the place.
I mean, who asks this.
What next?
Go to a party and ask everyone.. so how much does your job pay you? /sigh

kable said:
This thread makes zero sense and a mod should close it.
The value of a dollar will different to each and every person. Thus making donation amounts all over the place.
I mean, who asks this.
What next?
Go to a party and ask everyone.. so how much does your job pay you? /sigh
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I asked this and found it useful.
Happy for the thread to be closed if people can say in all honesty they are offended.
Thanks all who contributed

Best Donation Link ----> Donate to XDA
Couldn't resist

Me Donate 10

I can't believe this thread is still alive.

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I can't believe this thread is still alive.
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rangercaptain said:
I can't believe this thread is still alive.
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ain't meeee ... silly topic

well i've recently used hermes... and lovin it so i'm donating some usd not much but should get you some hot dogs.. mine you i'm living off third world salary... so its a lot already for me
but anyway its me appreciating your teams great work and i hope to continue supporting your cafein addiction lol

[Donation Fund] Epic for a CM7/MIUI DEV

Hey Epic Community,
I'm starting up a donation fund that will allow us to buy Samsung Epic for a CM7/MIUI developer. Several members including me have pm'd devs like cyanogenmod and toastchf. As we are waiting confirmation, I thought we start off the donation drive in meeting our goal. Also fusingblackrose in the miui.us forums is also helping with a ASOP kernel for the epic. If you think there are other devs in the XDA community willing to help us out please let me know and I will see if they will support the Epic if we donate one to them.
Currently a used Epic on ebay is around $125 -/+ $10 at a good price.
If you are going to donate to this worthy cause please reply with how much and I will keep this OP updated! Again, this is a community effort! Any and all donations are welcomed. Once we meet our target number of about $125, I will set up Paypal link for everyone to donate.
Current Donors:
omair2005 -$10
lynyrd65 - $10
shiroimin -$10
Ceelos09- $10
jdelano -$10
anonymous donations
Total: $60+

how are you getting an epic for 125 dollars?
edit: nevermind i see you put ebay. going back to my hangover

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how are you getting an epic for 125 dollars?
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Whatever is cheapest on ebay i guess..
http://www.ebay.com/ctg/Samsung-Gal...&_sticky=1&_trksid=p5360.c0.m299&_sop=1&_sc=1

You ignorant nitwits. I am a CM developer.
Bringing someone in who doesn't know the hardware would just set them back even further.
And trust me when I tell you this, I've exhausted a lot of the resources in #teamdouche to attempt to get somewhere.

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Hey Epic Community,
If you are going to donate to this worthy cause please reply with how much and I will keep this OP updated! Again, this is a community effort! Any and all donations are welcomed. Once we meet our target number of about $125, I will set up Paypal link for everyone to donate.
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I'll do a 10 spot as well.

Decad3nce said:
You ignorant nitwits. I am a CM developer.
Bringing someone in who doesn't know the hardware would just set them back even further.
And trust me when I tell you this, I've exhausted a lot of the resources in #teamdouche to attempt to get somewhere.
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hey Decad3nce, in no way am I trying to belittle your efforts and achievements because you have done a lot of work.. but this whole situation started out with several members wanted MIUI really bad. as miui/cm7 use same asop kernel, we thought a donating an epic to another dev would speed up and help your efforts?

Decad3nce said:
You ignorant nitwits. I am a CM developer.
Bringing someone in who doesn't know the hardware would just set them back even further.
And trust me when I tell you this, I've exhausted a lot of the resources in #teamdouche to attempt to get somewhere.
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I think they just assume that since your team isn't blabbering away on some cm7 thread that all plans have been abandoned.
Just let them be deca...there will be a lot of eggs on a lot of faces once you guys finish it. That alone should be plenty of motivation.
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hey Decad3nce, in no way am I trying to belittle your efforts and achievements because you have done a lot of work.. but this whole situation started out with several members wanted MIUI really bad. as miui/cm7 use same asop kernel, we thought a donating an epic to another dev would speed up and help your efforts?
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No it won't. It really won't.
I've personally exhausted half of teamhacksung in an attempt to refactor the gpio pins. toastcfh is and will always mainly be an msm arch guy, samsung epic is a completely different platform; he'd have to learn a whole new set up.
In case of MIUI "developers", they wait until we have our work done, and have a device repo merged into CM until they decide to support the device. They just take our work and merge it into their repo and start cranking out builds.
This **** you guys are doing is getting on my last nerves man. I know your intentions are good and you mean well, but god damnit. Money doesn't buy you support.
Patience.
If you want to check my credentials, and continue to belittle my work and step all over my credence in this matter. Go for it.

omair2005 said:
hey Decad3nce, in no way am I trying to belittle your efforts and achievements because you have done a lot of work.. but this whole situation started out with several members wanted MIUI really bad. as miui/cm7 use same asop kernel, we thought a donating an epic to another dev would speed up and help your efforts?
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FYI, no such thing as an AOSP kernel.

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I think they just assume that since your team isn't blabbering away on some cm7 thread that all plans have been abandoned.
Just let them be deca...there will be a lot of eggs on a lot of faces once you guys finish it. That alone should be plenty of motivation.
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I mean this is a community of epic users. Not everyone knows whats going on with CM7 dev. and its hard to find answers unless you search through threads not even pertaining to epic cm7 or irc which i'm never on. A simple thread explaining what has and hasn't been done would make matters much more clearer. Also what harm would it do if we get one more dev on board?

omair2005 said:
I mean this is a community of epic users. Not everyone knows whats going on with CM7 dev. and its hard to find answers unless you search through threads not even pertaining to epic cm7 or irc which i'm never on. A simple thread explaining what has and hasn't been done would make matters much more clearer. /QUOTE]
They tried to have a thread about CM7 development and after two different threads fell to trolls and people *****ing about not having CM7 there probably won't be another until a major breakthrough happens.
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Quit while youre ahead guys... its been done. Listen to Deca, he knows the stuff. Just wait for source code and be patient. I dont want to lose another dev, specially one like Deca.

Decad3nce said:
You ignorant nitwits. I am a CM developer.
Bringing someone in who doesn't know the hardware would just set them back even further.
And trust me when I tell you this, I've exhausted a lot of the resources in #teamdouche to attempt to get somewhere.
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Lol. As I am someone who is now a bit older than most on here, I have learned patience. I think some of the younger people on here don't have the patience and get more restless every time another phone gets Cyanogen. My name is on a donation list and I haven't even gotten paid yet..lol. I think the donation fund was started with the best intentions but we haven't hit a wall yet. Nullghost, DevinXtreme and Deca have repeatedly said they need the Gingerbread source to make things several times easier. Until that point comes and an impass is reached, we are kind of pissing into the wind. I can understand Deca's frusteration because, in a way, its like saying that our devs aren't good enough to get the job done. I don't think that's the case at all.
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Decad3nce said:
No it won't. It really won't.
I've personally exhausted half of teamhacksung in an attempt to refactor the gpio pins. toastcfh is and will always mainly be an msm arch guy, samsung epic is a completely different platform; he'd have to learn a whole new set up.
In case of MIUI "developers", they wait until we have our work done, and have a device repo merged into CM until they decide to support the device. They just take our work and merge it into their repo and start cranking out builds.
This **** you guys are doing is getting on my last nerves man. I know your intentions are good and you mean well, but god damnit. Money doesn't buy you support.
Patience.
If you want to check my credentials, and continue to belittle my work and step all over my credence in this matter. Go for it.
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man i didn't think raising money would get you this vexed! If donaters agree, I can completely end the donation drive or we can gladly donate it to whatever you think fits best. You are most knowledgeable when it comes to this..

JohnCorleone said:
Lol. As I am someone who is now a bit older than most on here, I have learned patience. I think some of the younger people on here don't have the patience and get more restless every time another phone gets Cyanogen. My name is on a donation list and I haven't even gotten paid yet..lol. I think the donation fund was started with the best intentions but we haven't hit a wall yet. Nullghost, DevinXtreme and Deca have repeatedly said they need the Gingerbread source to make things several times easier. Until that point comes and an impass is reached, we are kind of pissing into the wind. I can understand Deca's frusteration because, in a way, its like saying that our devs aren't good enough to get the job done. I don't think that's the case at all.
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haha yeah i know you are waiting to get paid.. list is potential donors. but i'll probably end the fund before it takes off

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omair2005 said:
I mean this is a community of epic users. Not everyone knows whats going on with CM7 dev. and its hard to find answers unless you search through threads not even pertaining to epic cm7 or irc which i'm never on. A simple thread explaining what has and hasn't been done would make matters much more clearer. /QUOTE]
They tried to have a thread about CM7 development and after two different threads fell to trolls and people *****ing about not having CM7 there probably won't be another until a major breakthrough happens.
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yes I just read this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16147166&postcount=24
So i see where dec is coming from.. once again I meant no disrespect starting this donation fund.
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omair2005 said:
haha yeah i know you are waiting to get paid.. list is potential donors. but i'll probably end the fund before it takes off
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Oh hey man, I know you have good intentions and all but I do see the other side as well. Since the Epic is my first smartphone I have never even gotten to try Cyanogen or Miui before. I am sure they are great and I look forward to the chance to try both. I am sure it won't be much longer.
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Sigh... I really wish people would read more..
The real reason we don't have cm7 is not because of gb source... (if that were the case we SHOULD have had cm6 already), but the fact that samsung has poorly documented drivers for their hardware, and we are stuck guessing/emailing the actual hardware providers for chip layouts and certain calls and actions... HTC and other phones have all of that information well documented and the makers of the phone will actually help you instead of just saying "IDFK" cyanogenmod, miui, and aosp are all in the same boat as they all coincide with each other. It is bs because I know that unless we get this information, we probably won't ever get a fully functioning AOSP Kernel/rom... now, I took programming classes in college and I know the steps to developing something and how it works, but the gentlemen working on these ports asdfghjkl, ahgmsk, Decad3nce, epicCM team and more really do know their stuff. However, I really do think we need proffesional help. At this state, no amount of money, no amount of bickering, and no amount of ETA asking will help these things be developed... All they can do.. is wish and hope that the gb source will help.

Well the idea behind the donations I think is that many of our devs have either jumped ship to other phones or are banned from XDA, so new devs could help.

JohnCorleone said:
Lol. As I am someone who is now a bit older than most on here, I have learned patience. I think some of the younger people on here don't have the patience and get more restless every time another phone gets Cyanogen. My name is on a donation list and I haven't even gotten paid yet..lol. I think the donation fund was started with the best intentions but we haven't hit a wall yet. Nullghost, DevinXtreme and Deca have repeatedly said they need the Gingerbread source to make things several times easier. Until that point comes and an impass is reached, we are kind of pissing into the wind. I can understand Deca's frusteration because, in a way, its like saying that our devs aren't good enough to get the job done. I don't think that's the case at all.
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Honestly, the source is right around the corner...