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[DONATION]Android @ HD2!

HTC HD2 + Android!
Donation thread:
How much do you want to donate for Android on HD2? Post that here!
(Also read the donation categories please!)
No REAL donation jet!
UPDATE:
Please write in the post WHAT you actually are donating for (the 4 categories below).
A 100 % fully working Android ROM (impossible) or a working haret.exe solution?
Those of you who already posted the donation amount: please EDIT the post and add the new info. Do NOT post again!
4 donation categories:
1. = Full Android system via ROM upgrade (almost impossible).
2. = Fully working Android via haret.exe (all features working).
3. = Partly working Android via haret.exe (camera/etc. not working is OK).
4. = Barely working Android via haret.exe (only booting Android).
Please keep in mind that this thread is ONLY containing donation amounts. NOTHING else!
Any discussion about whether Android is possible or not, is not allowed here!
(Mods: If possible please sticky this thread. I think we all have interest in running Android on the HD2.)​
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Hello people.
Recently the dual boot software "Gen.Y DualBOOT" for Android/Windows Mobile was released.
The software allows one to pick between the two OS when the phone is turned on.
BUT, the software only works when a Android version is installed to the phone.
For now Android can only be installed into; Diamond/Raphael/Blackstone/Topaz.
And I think "HEY?" "Where is HD2?" - The phone with a crystal clear 4,3" big screen.
The phone with a 1Ghz Snapdragon processor and a capacitive screen like most of the another Android devices.
The Google Nexus One phone is with Android. The specifications between Nexus One and HD2 seems to be fairly similar.
So the question is now: Can we get Android on our beloved HTC HD2? The answer is MAYBE.
Cause we need the developers to work at this. And it seems that our device has not high priority.
So I thought that a donation would speed up the progress.
So people please if you want Android on your HD2, and wants it before HTC HD35 is coming, make a donation for the case.
Write in this thread how much you wants to donate, and in which currency.
I will gather the donations in this post and hopefully the development will take a rush!
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Okay, since the list of people wanting to donate is growing really fast,
I wont update with names and donation amounts here any more,
since I then have to make double work.
I've made an Excel document with all the information.
The file is attached here, and will be updated currently.
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Last update: 30-01-2010
Total sum:
$ 790.
€ 1155.
£ 105.
The donation amount is off course depending on some criteria. Common thing is that we all wants a working and stable version. So the better Android version = the higher donation amount.
Notes:
1. The thread will be updated periodically. I'm busy with school and work, so don't worry if your name isn't at the list for a day. It will be updated!
2. How the donation is handled and details is arranged when/if someone comes with the software for Android running at the HD2. Paypal is an option, when the times comes.
3. The donate button in my signature has nothing to do with this donation thread!

$50 from me.

$50 (3. = Partly working Android via haret.exe (camera/etc. not working is OK))

$20 from me (paypal preferred )

Good to see that other people are willing to donate also
Keep 'em coming guys!

the donate donation link is blocked in my country
any other way to donate

a.bakir said:
the donate donation link is blocked in my country
any other way to donate
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How the donation is handled and details is arranged when/if someone comes with the software for Android running at the HD2. Paypal is an option.

a.bakir said:
the donate donation link is blocked in my country
any other way to donate
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Just post how much you wants to donate. Nothing else.
"How much do you want to donate for Android on HD2? Post that here! "

20$ from me

50 euro for me

Categ 1 : 30 €
Categ 2 : 20 €
Categ 3 : 8 €

20€ from me.
I hope the money is fair divided between the developers

£20 from me (paypal preferred)

30 Euro from here (Paypal)

put me down with £10

Count me in...!
Yeah,
I want that dual boot on my HD2 to...
At home Win7 on a macbook...
At work Android on a WM phone...
15 Euro will do...
Greetings,
SatScan

I will donate 15€ to first stable Droid port on my HD2.......(Cat.-2)
I promise with my honer of word.
And I regarde others 15€ to give when importants updates, come releases.

For me ... around 100 to 150 $
i hope to see android on HD2 soon

£25 from me !!

5€ from me (Paypal)

can google remotely disable a device?

Any thoughts?

Go to www.google.com
Type: can google remotely disable a device?
Read.
Done.

Short answer: no
Long answer: no
Thoughts: if you're worry about that, use this as your daily drive. It is tamper-proof.
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I was told by a play store support person that in the event of a stolen device (stolen from shipping/receiving people), they will remotely wipe the device.
So from that I gathered that they can.

Yes they can remotely wipe a device, there is a permission for it and a Nexus S with leaked ICS had it done IIRC.

Yeah. Google, the carriers, and governments have certain remote access / wipe abilities. Some of these are consensual, like in the case of a stolen device. Others, not so much.
Not trying to sound all tin foil hat up in here.

ml2514 said:
Any thoughts?
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I was wondering the exact same thing....
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Anyone have anymore thoughts on this question???

It's been answered, what more do your want?
It's not just this device though, look up the brick permission.

I believe they can wipe and brick it..
Even if they couldn't, they can block the device from accessing Googles servers which would render it almost useless for anything other then a media player
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About a year ago Google removed some apps from the playstore that contained malware they also removed those apps from peoples phones at the same time. If you search for it there is a forum on here somewhere discussing it, I looked it up about a month ago when someone else posted the same question. Here's a link to a short artcile about killswitch from endgadget.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/google-implemented-an-android-kill-switch-those-rascals/

Rusty! said:
It's been answered, what more do your want?
It's not just this device though, look up the brick permission.
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I was wondering something more along the lines of HOW they are able to do this, which hasnt been answered.

Well google has better things to do than disabling your device !
Okay no offense a geek might end up here and write a long essay on how nothing is impossible and how google could inject malicious scripts or already has hidden piece of encrypted coding that could pose a danger - but trust new seriously all that is possible as of now if remote wipe on case of stolen the device btw if a few web blogs including a few threads in here(some of which provides digestible evidences) are to be believed then google can surely wipe remotely !

yes google can disable and remotely wipe your device
http://androidandme.com/2011/09/new...faces-online-developers-confirm-authenticity/

For wiping you phone, you can use something like Lookout. It allow you to wipe, track your phone much like findmyiphone from Apple. If only works if whoever got your phone keep it on or haven't wiped it himself.
Earlier this year, the major cellphone companies in the US have agreed on a deal with the US government to build a stolen cellphone database. Eventually, any cell phone company in the US will check against this database prior to provisioning a cellphone in their network. The centralized database is targeted sometime near the middle of 2013. That works in the US but that still not preventing stolen cellphones to be used outside the US.

I believe the google motto goes as "do no evil". Whatever else will be present in their policy. Theoritcally you need not be google to wipe a device. A person with the right knowledge could certainly use an exploit particularly via social engineering, the most common exploit of all. Personally I have monitored my traffic many many bytes. I don't see anything that would leave me to believe this. If there was and could be proved than that would be one hell of a court case. Google would be badly damaged from such a thing and is it worth all those dollars to be lost?
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Yes they can.
Yes they did.
Yes they will again.
No you wouldn't know how they do it because the relevant software is non-free spyware, therefore you can't know what it does behind your back at all.
And don't try to tell me that android is free and open software. It isn't.

Sry sounds like they did it on a development phone. Not a consumer model. The idea of big brother google wiping my phone for talking spat against their roman empire seems far fetched. Anyhow can be done by anyone. There is a huge market for exploits.
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http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=173390
They can do anything
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http://www.ubergizmo.com/2012/09/an...e-vulnerability-google-knew-three-months-ago/
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Its great but google cannot do whatever they want. If they were caught wiping a personal device. It would make national headlines. People would trust them less. They would be no better than the worlds richest malware. Ya also get the same level of wipe from an app like cerberus. Defining the lines is tough. I am getting at the fact if there is an open port on your device. Proper knowledge could be used to wipe the system without the aid of google or an app. If it is possible. It can be done.
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Free 100gb of Google Drive Storage on your Oneplus One or ANY other device

So as many of you guys know if you don't live under a rock, Today HTC has a special offer going on for free 100gb of Google Drive storage if you sign in from a selected HTC phones..
So me being all that I am, I thought of something very quick.
Unethical or whatever you may call it, I went and made a visit to my nearest Tmobile store and I approached the closest HTC M8.
I promptly went into settings and did a factory reset and then proceeded to logging into my Google account. Right after that all you
have to do is open the Google drive app (it should already be pre-installed for you so no need to go download it) once you are there
you will be prompted a screen that shows the actual offer. Like I said it depends on which phone you are on and how much free storage you will
be given. Use the chart below to see what you will get.
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Tap Redeem and that's it. You may have to close out of Google drive again and reopen it for it to show up but it works perfectly. Best part is that it is free 100GB if you sign in from an HTC M8 for 2 years!
Also you can as very well use it on your other devices like me on my oneplus one Good luck to you guys and enjoy :good:
Important FAQ's for Offer
Which HTC Android devices are eligible for additional storage on Google Drive?
New HTC One (M8) (+100GB for two years)
HTC Desire 816, HTC Desire 610 (+100GB for two years)
HTC One max (+100GB for two years)
When upgrade to HTC Sense 5+ and Sense 6 becomes available on certain 2013 HTC models,
including HTC One, HTC Butterfly S, HTC One Mini and HTC Desire 601. (+25GB for two years)
How long is this Drive storage offer valid?
The offer must be redeemed before January 1, 2016. For most devices, you'll have your storage for 2 years, starting on the date you redeem the offer.
Can I apply the storage to another Google Account?
No. The free storage is not transferable and will only apply to the Google account you are using when you redeem the offer.
if I purchased a used/refurbished HTC device or unlocked the bootloader on my device, can I redeem the offer?
No. The offer is only available to original buyer of a device over its lifetime. Users who unlock the bootloader on their device are not eligible to receive this offer. so YOU MUST HAVE A LOCKED BOOTLOADER!!
Read more about the FAQ here: https://support.google.com/drive/answer/3333549?p=drive_offers_htc&rd=1
Official HTC Offer page: http://www.htc.com/us/support/htc-one-m8/howto/465031.html

Haha nice trick

lopman said:
Haha nice trick
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Thanks man, Gotta enjoy free things when life throws them at you. :highfive:

SystemErrorOne said:
So me being all that I am, I thought of something very quick.
Unethical or whatever you may call it...
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You have a conscience and choose to ignore it. That's nothing to be proud of.
SystemErrorOne said:
Thanks man, Gotta enjoy free things when life throws them at you. :highfive:
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Is that a quote from the looters at Ferguson last month? I'm sure you wouldn't be giving yourself high fives if you were on HTC or Google's end of the deal.

CafeKampuchia said:
You have a conscience and choose to ignore it. That's nothing to be proud of.
Is that a quote from the looters at Ferguson last month? I'm sure you wouldn't be giving yourself high fives if you were on HTC or Google's end of the deal.
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There's nothing wrong with what I did. Others could say the same about users continously finding exploits to root and void warranties but you don't see anyone *****ing about that. I did this because it's simple and its not as if I stole any physical money, hardware, ect
Its your choice how you look at it.

SystemErrorOne said:
its not as if I stole any physical money, hardware, ect
Its your choice how you look at it.
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Wrong. You took something with a fixed monetary value without paying. The fact that it's non-physical is a non-argument.

While it is clever, I agree with CafeKampuchia, and it also probably violates these forum rules:
6. Do not post warez.
If a piece of software requires you to pay to use it, then pay for it. We do not accept warez and nor do we permit any member to request, promote or describe ways in which warez, cracks, serial codes or other means of avoiding payment, can be obtained. This is a site of developers, i.e. the sort of people who create such software. When you cheat a software developer, you cheat us as a community.
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9. Don't get us into trouble.
Don't post copyrighted materials or do other things which will obviously lead to legal trouble. If you wouldn't do it on your own homepage, you probably shouldn't do it here either. This does not mean that we agree with everything that the software piracy lobby try to impose on us. It simply means that you cannot break any laws here, since we'll end up dealing with the legal hassle caused by you. Please use common sense: respect the forum, its users and those that write great code.
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so after 2 years, does the account become deactivated or do you loose all the data thats on Google Drive?

One Month With Ogury

Hi Am Paul, an indie android developer in Uganda,
Last month I received an email from a one, Adrian Williams, VP of publishing with Ogury Ltd. (ogury.co)
It's not your conventional Ad network, it shows an impression called a "recommendation". These are interstitials that are shown at the start of the app life cycle.
Since their implementation wasn't going to interfere with my already existing monetization schemes such as admob, i took the plunge. This was mid August, most of my traffic is from the US, India, Korea, Indonesia, combined EU in that order. I average 20,000 impressions on Admob daily. And have 40,000 people currently with one of my apps on their devices.
Their dashboard isn't the best and takes time to update itself.
So far they don't have a section where you can feed in your payment details. However within the first week of the next month, you're sent an email with a verified amount and you're asked to send them am invoice asking for the money and include your payment details.
And today (19th Sept) I received the August Earnings.
They have a minimum payment threshold of $50 and can pay via PayPal as well as bank transfer.
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I frankly didnt believe it all and didnt want to share anything here until i had actually received the Money.
So if you want to add a monetization avenue that wont affect your existing banners and interstitials, I believe this is worth a plunge.
Goodluck bros (and sisters, all 3 of you)

compatible with google policy ???
Hi Paul,
My big concern is that .. is ogury compatible with new google policies .

Sorry, I made an error, ads aren't shown outside the app itself.
They are shown at the start.

paulasiimwe said:
Sorry, I made an error, ads aren't shown outside the app itself.
They are shown at the start.
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How nice that you created an account just to praise them.
Does anyone has reliable infos ?

I Know it looks bad but im a legit developer with apps on play store,
email me or go on hangouts for more info : [email protected]
Search for an app on Google Play called Image Converter made by dev called "Paul Asiimwe", check the info and you'll see that same email.
You can ask me all you want there.

After plenty of time, I can settle with my final opinion about Ogury, based on my personal experience.
Pros:
High CPM.
Easy to implement.
Nice staff.
Clean dashboard.
Low payment threshold.
Ads can be disabled by the user. A pro for user compliance (although the button to do so is quite hidden).
Cons:
Usually low fill rate, although there has been a short period with 100% fill rate.
Poor SDK. There's no pre-load. It may be updated in future though, I guess.
Requires heavy authorizations. Personally, about 20-25% of my users never accepted those new permissions and never updated.
Requires a background service. I wasn't running any service before and received some complaints by users who noticed the change.
Ads can be disabled by the user. Also a con, because fill rate is 0% now. Luckily, they can't do it easily - LoL.
Intricate procedure to ask for a payment (it's not automatic).
Hefty fee (14€ for me) on the bank transfer (you probably want to be paid via Paypal).
No one told me about the above mentioned things related to payments.
Payment was late and was received after a solicitation.
Based on this, if you chose Ogury I suggest to implement it before the launch, because doing it on the way may upset the user base.
After all, the revenue was very good and it's worth as long as you can find a way to keep users happy.

Hi Paul,
My concern is do they have fast supporting? And what about the time for approval?
Thanks alot!

TramPham said:
Hi Paul,
My concern is do they have fast supporting? And what about the time for approval?
Thanks alot!
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I can tell that support is super rapid and there's no time of approval. I needed 1 minute to register, and 15 minutes to implement the code. Ads are instanlty live.

My concern is, what about the privacy policy we provide with our app ?
I think it had to be wrote somewhere that the ad network is collecting user datas.

What about other networks that specialize in the African continent like AdVine, Mobiclicks Direct, TwinPine, or Thumbtribe?

Honor 5x $1 bonanza is a SCAM

This is a scam. They are not giving any $1 Honor 5x. I already had my address in my profile and the item in my cart. I clicked on "proceed to checkout", after less than 1 second that the button appeared, yet it got stuck on order summary, how could they have clicked the shipping option, payment method, click the "I have read the term and conditions" and then click the pay button, be redirected to 3rd party website and have paid for item, in less than second of what it took me to access the payment website where it hung? It happened 2 times already.
Even if you already have item In your cart and shipping address stored in your profile, you still have to go through this process. You cannot automate these steps, they have to be done manually.
- click on proceed to checkout
- click on shipping option
- click the dot on "payment method"
- select the square on the right that says "I accept the terms and conditions"
- click the "pay" button
- be redirected to their party website
- enter your payment information and pay
I had the $1 item already in my cart. I have been refreshing like crazy. I clicked on "proceed to checkout", my timing my flawless and as soon as I got to the checkout page, it was gone, out of stock in less than second. It is IMPOSSIBLE, let me repeat, impossible, that they could have gone through those 7 steps in less time than what it took me to simply click on "proceed to checkout". This is a scam to bring huge traffic to their site, where they will make more revenue from visits, and also people will buy their legit deals, 30% off and the bundle. Also, how convenient that the winner happens to be a guy who constantly posts pictures of different phones, wallpapers, selling, comparing and reviewing phones, and he is part of the google+ honor usa community.
//plus.google.com/+GaryBell/posts/3bYAFd9NCQR
How convenient that right after I say on the honor blog that there is no proof that anyone could have won, and this could be a scam, suddenly that link/winner pops up.
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Sour grapes much?
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A scam? Really??
So because you didn't magically win, when going up against who knows how many other people, the offer must be a scam? One would have to have an understanding of how the hosted services on the internet works to be able to ascertain whether or not this is a "Scam" or not. And I can assure you that the results you encountered were the same as many others. Ever been through a Woot-Off when a BoC get's posted? Same idea....

CMed67 said:
So because you didn't magically win, when going up against who knows how many other people, the offer must be a scam? One would have to have an understanding of how the hosted services on the internet works to be able to ascertain whether or not this is a "Scam" or not. And I can assure you that the results you encountered were the same as many others. Ever been through a Woot-Off when a BoC get's posted? Same idea....
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How would you know is not just a plot to get more traffic to their store?
This is a big business we are talking about, do you think they give a crap about you? All they care about is money. Do you really think they are gonna give away free phones? lmao How convenient that after I ask on the honor blog that there is no way for us to know if is legit or not, and that they could easily create fake profiles/buy reviewers, suddenly, right after a guy pops up on the honor google plus page claiming to have won the phone lol
Whatever, i already have the phone, but i feel bad for those people who cannot afford one, had their hopes up, wasted their whole day on this, only for some other guy who obviously is well off and changes phones every month, supposedly won another new phone

Fowleri said:
How would you know is not just a plot to get more traffic to their store?
This is a big business we are talking about, do you think they give a crap about you? All they care about is money. Do you really think they are gonna give away free phones? lmao How convenient that after I ask on the honor blog that there is no way for us to know if is legit or not, and that they could easily create fake profiles/buy reviewers, suddenly, right after a guy pops up on the honor google plus page claiming to have won the phone lol
Whatever, i already have the phone, but i feel bad for those people who cannot afford one, had their hopes up, wasted their whole day on this, only for some other guy who obviously is well off and changes phones every month, supposedly won another new phone
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And the butthurt continues.
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