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Dear Eris Users who Are Waiting for Root,
I'd like to start by addressing all of you as a large audience. I may ask certain groups to leave. I hope they will respect that wish and then come back and join the larger group when I am done with each piece.
We all got the Droid Eris from Verizon. We all got it for different reasons. A lot of you, if not all of you, are here because you wanted an HTC phone that was rooted. You wanted the custom roms, the themes, the su privileges. This shining aura that was "root" was so appealing, that you took a plunge and bought the device before any work was really done on that. Now, some of you feel that you should receive, neigh, deserve root. I am so saddened by what this community, Eris users, not XDA, has turned into. The disbelievers, the demanders; what are you still doing here, complaining? Just leave if you have something mean to say.
To everyone: I'm a firm believer in the idea that if you don't have something important, information wise/helpful, to say on the forum, then don't post at all. I try to keep my fingers off the keyboard, and I have for a long time, but I cannot hold my silence. I used to post every day. I used to be excited to get onto XDA and see if something new had happened while I was away. When we got our own section of the forum, I was overjoyed! (Not really, but we needed a section) We had a pristine new subforum to play around in, and we trashed it. Our original root thread had to be closed because of how off topic and ridiculous it was. Our new thread has gone to crap and turned more into a flame war, than a place where we are looking for exploits and posting findings. Sadly, I wouldn't blame XDA for shutting that one down too. We, as a whole, have alienated developers and are now in danger of not getting root for a number of reasons.
No one deserves root, just like no one deserves $20 from a random stranger. Sure, it'd be nice to get it, but no one deserves it. We should all be thankful for the man hours that people have put in, for no money, to try and give us $20 a piece... I mean root this thing. Seriously, it's a community, not a business. Also, those who feel like it's not worth it to wait around, just leave. Don't make an exit if you're sitting around and not helping but you feel the need to announce that you are fed up, or tired of it. Root will come eventually. There has yet to be an android phone that hasn't been hacked, and we will not be the first one.
Lastly, I'm tired of the "HTC NEEDS to release the source code because it's our right to have it" argument. Sure, the source would help, but the iPhone has been hacked again and again and again with no source code. It comes down to good developers, and a thankful community. So, please stop riding that bandwagon. The source code will get here eventually, but you have to be patient.
To those of you who have been helpful: Thank you. To anyone who tried an exploit and posted findings, thank you. To anyone who compiled an exploit, who dumped their phone, who offered help, incite, or even a "keep it up", thank you. That's what a good hacking community does.
To Jmanly, Binny, Zifnab, rigamrts and others: Thank you for everything you've done to help us out. You are all a tribute to being a good forum member. We would not even be a fraction of where we are without Jmanly's guidance and it was sad to see him leave.
Where to go from here: I think we need to restart. Create a new thread where no negative talk will occur, people will only post things that help move us forward and people post their thanks to those who are doing all of us a favor. None of us deserve root. It's not owed to us because we got the phone. We should all be thankful for what some people with the know-how are doing for us. That should be all I have to say. I hope we can change a little bit for the better and maybe we can get back to trying to root.
-Video
Well said!
This is well put.
I can never quite understand the flaming or negative stuff.
I learned when I started out in WinMo Xperia Threads that people hassling or acting "Entitled" while you are working hard on a Mod or Rom or anything can be quite disheartening.
If it can be agreed upon, I would like to open a new thread, for root status and updates. (hopefully for the last time)
Or I can just add it to the bounty thread that is already open (I know and understand that most of us do this for the love of hacking and modding and out of a sense of community, but it is also a nice gesture and could really help someone that devotes time and effort to this)???
I would monitor it constantly and report any flaming and abuse to one of our great moderators immediatley.
What do you think?
here's how i felt when i first got my eris.
i was like great now i can see what's up and possibly help get root for the new addopters cause i did not get my g1 durring the first run. i missed out on the fun times of all the posts of people trying to hack the phone.
so when i first landed in the eris waters it was great the late night whiteboard sessions were fun throwing any idea no matter how idiotic it sounded and going to town. then we had our first 2 casualties jman and me cause some one took it apon himself to attack a guy who didn't even have our phone and was willing to help.
then we had today where that same person took it on himself to flame another dev the same way. now the 7 day ban might calm him down or send the message not to come back. but i thought it sould have been a perma-ban cause of past actions plus the disrespecting of a mod which is a no no. that mod i respect cause he acted profesionally and gave the community hope that this type of behavior will not be tollorated.
hopefully if things keep going in a positive direction i might jump back into fold but feel very heartbroken cause of the few bad apples.
Awesome post
as acid said, very well put.
i too never understood why not just in the "eris" section but yet in any section people have demanded such items to be released.
I agree with rigamrts, I have watched this board with aw in some of the things people have said to one another. If I had root to this phone I would P.M. the members I wanted to have it just to keep out the ones that act childish. But then wouldn't I be just as childish? So I would just stop, Do my own thing, and wait as a few of the people here have done. People with no interest in this device have nothing to lose by leaving besides maybe hearing their friend saying "come on man, come back. We won't let that happen again." Its a shame this happened in our community but as with the physical community I live in there are jerks. People that you wish would leave on their own accord but stick around with T.P. stuck to their shoes looking like idiots. Anyways, thanks for the help, keep working, and feel free to leave if things get retarded again. I would do the same.
I think it would be cool if everyone who was interested in CONTRIBUTING to the root, whether that be via coding, finding exploits, packing these things/making user friendly tutorials, could form, basically, a Dev team. They/we could have a blog, a place where they/we can get together and chat amongst ourselves about ideas and whatever. Hopefully, then, we could have a more concrete group of people WORKING TOGETHER to achieve this one goal.
If any of the people working on root are down for it, let's make it happen. Cool? Cool. Cool? Cool.
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I think it would be cool if everyone who was interested in CONTRIBUTING to the root, whether that be via coding, finding exploits, packing these things/making user friendly tutorials, could form, basically, a Dev team. They/we could have a blog, a place where they/we can get together and chat amongst ourselves about ideas and whatever. Hopefully, then, we could have a more concrete group of people WORKING TOGETHER to achieve this one goal.
If any of the people working on root are down for it, let's make it happen. Cool? Cool. Cool? Cool.
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i could create a bolg on one of my unused email account
I think that moving the thread to the new one should work..
We have a couple of moderators all over this now..
And I can update everyday
I need you guys to update me on what to put im the 1st post so that we can get back on track
I think the blog is a great idea but the thing is we also need to keep the discussion here at XDA, the place that originally got us together. If we don't keep the support here we won't have a well known place to meet new Eris users that could potentially help. We can't do that because of one bad apple, this Is our meeting place and we need to show XDA the respect by continuing to trust their mods to do their jobs. Ya that guy should have been permanently banned but he wasn't so let's not punish XDA for that decision. My two pennies.
I agree that we need to hang out at XDA, but I also feel that we could move to somewhere where we can bounce around ideas without people hijacking threads or starting flame wars. I'm not trying to keep people in the dark, I just want to try a different place. Oh, and I'd like some people who know what they're doing to sign on. I'm just a visionary, I can't code. Haha
Ok guys here is the deal after what happend today I am a little upset I spend hours each day searching the web for exploits, why... to help. Here is what I may do, I might buy some webspace and set up a area for us to work together on. I am going to see if Jman will will join us, this is just a idea for right now. I will let you guys know when I clear my head.
Aren't there free blogs? Let's not throw money at this quite yet.
Oh, and I'm sorry you got upset with some people and also that I haven't been here in, well, a month or more. I thought the community was going stagnate. I'm here to stay and, like you, I'll be scrounging for exploits and doing my best to help those with the know-how by doing the leg work if they do the real work.
Free yes but I would like some were were we can upload files to and what not. Just a idea for right now.
Clear ur head man...take care
When ya come back.head over to the new no flaming thread
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Aren't there free blogs? Let's not throw money at this quite yet.
Oh, and I'm sorry you got upset with some people and also that I haven't been here in, well, a month or more. I thought the community was going stagnate. I'm here to stay and, like you, I'll be scrounging for exploits and doing my best to help those with the know-how by doing the leg work if they do the real work.
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rigamrts.blogspot.com
just set up one for us.
Videofolife13 said:
I think it would be cool if everyone who was interested in CONTRIBUTING to the root, whether that be via coding, finding exploits, packing these things/making user friendly tutorials, could form, basically, a Dev team. They/we could have a blog, a place where they/we can get together and chat amongst ourselves about ideas and whatever. Hopefully, then, we could have a more concrete group of people WORKING TOGETHER to achieve this one goal.
If any of the people working on root are down for it, let's make it happen. Cool? Cool. Cool? Cool.
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Well I have the pro programs for Mac and Windows to make killer video tuts, so once we have this thing rooted, I can get that out of the way.
Oh and I can host web space for you too on my server, I just don't have any domains to run the site on. You could use your ways to get a domain. (Try shorturl.com that's what I use for most of my websites.)
Questions to [email protected].
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Well I have the pro programs for Mac and Windows to make killer video tuts, so once we have this thing rooted, I can get that out of the way.
Oh and I can host web space for you too on my server, I just don't have any domains to run the site on. You could use your ways to get a domain. (Try shorturl.com that's what I use for most of my websites.)
Questions to [email protected].
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Good Stuff Cookie...
Come over to the new thread an help us out
Its in my sig...
No one deserves root, just like no one deserves $20 from a random stranger. Sure, it'd be nice to get it, but no one deserves it. We should all be thankful for the man hours that people have put in, for no money, to try and give us $20 a piece... I mean root this thing. Seriously, it's a community, not a business.
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Video I can agree where you are comming from, it does suck the fun out of the puzzle of rooting the device with all the flaming and demanding. But on the other side where I am, I am not a programmer or a linux genius. So we almost feel like leechers taking your work with out compensation for it. So the Pool for the dev that roots the Eris is our attempt to do our part in the give take relationship we have in this community.
Sure I could spend hours and hours and hope to get where you guys are or I can offer my monitary thanks for all your work.
I am not trying to point this thread in the wrong direction and I don't want to see a bunch of "I agree" replies. Just want to convey our side, the noobs and amatures that can't do the things that you do.
I am waiting patiently and if there is anything we the non-dev's can do let us know.
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Free yes but I would like some were were we can upload files to and what not. Just a idea for right now.
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I have my own web server that we can use. Let me know if you want to set something up.
would a google wave account work i have invites?
Due to recent developments, I've updated the information in the OP;
The actual exploid.c exploit was created for the Droid 2 by Sebastian Krahmer at http://c-skills.blogspot.com/. You can donate to him via Paypal to [email protected]
The phenomenal Dan Wager got it nand unlocked on 2.2 and reflashed to 2.1 and got everything working right for the Evo. You may know him as the phenomenal regaw_leinad - he put the guide together, and he's been updating it and helping people root like a madman ever since (does this guy ever sleep?). You can donate to him here. Note: he did all of this, and he doesn't even have an EVO! Wouldn't it be great if he got enough donations to get one of his very own?
Unrevoked worked on some of the early work involved, and it's their method that is used in the root process. They don't accept donations, and instead ask that people make a donation to the EFF, the organization that was behind the recent ruling so that it is now 100% legal to root your phone. You can make a donation to them here.
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Don't let anyone tell you who to donate to. Choose yourself, you'll feel better.
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To all of those that hopped on the bounty for root 2.2 bandwagon - I'm calling you out!
To the best of my knowledge, the dev who uncovered the exploit (Sebastian Krahmer) isn't a memeber here, and the unrevoked team (who worked the exploit into full root) doesn't accept donations, and suggests you doanate to the EFF instead.
You can find out about the EFF and the important work they do for all of us here;
http://www.eff.org/about
And their donation link is here;
https://secure.eff.org/site/SPageServer?pagename=DON_splash
So I'm sure each and every person who said they would donate to whoever found root already put their donation through to the EFF, or will in the near future, right?
Right?
I really and truly and sincerely think we should come together and hook Regaw up with an EVO.
I know the root effort was spread between several individuals but I've known Dan for a while now and he not only Rooted the 2.1 OTA for the Hero he also put a lot of time and effort into making 2.2 OTA EVO root a reality.
AND he/we (I was his sidekick ) made one of the best roms for the Hero, RegawMODv2.1
RegawMODv2.1 is like 6 months old now and STILL spends most of its time on page one in the Hero dev section. It's a bare bones, stripped down, tastefully themed Sense rom. I think the EVO community would benefit greatly from Regaw joining us here.
He's a great dude and even though I'm already rooted I will be tossing a few his way to help him join the gang
(sorry fachadick, don't mean to hijack. I agree with your point and just wanted to suggest where I think some of the "Root the 2.2OTA" pledges should go)
Done, and done. While I respect the EFF and appreciate their efforts, I chose to contribute to the Regaw EVO Fund. I know there were others involved but he was the one that actually delivered the guide, so he gets the loot.
This is the first 'bounty' thread I've ever even opened, but had I been a part of it I'd be giving to Regaw.
And this is why I don't like pledge threads because most of the time 90% of the people who pledge are nowhere to be found once the objectives have been reached. People will make excuses like "that's not what I wanted", "its too complicated", or "I can't get it to work". The only time I ever made a pledge was when we were trying to get darch an evo and followed through. even though darch never got an evo, his donations were long overdue and deserved it. Even though I wasn't stupid enough to run the ota for the evo, I'm going donate to regaw because the guy deserves it. Hopefully all the people who jumped on the bandwagon and made a pledge will follow through.
Pao23 said:
This is the first 'bounty' thread I've ever even opened, but had I been a part of it I'd be giving to Regaw.
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It's not too late, you are still more than welcome to help him out
CLICK HERE TO HELP Regaw GET AN EVO
Smaulz said:
Done, and done. While I respect the EFF and appreciate their efforts, I chose to contribute to the Regaw EVO Fund. I know there were others involved but he was the one that actually delivered the guide, so he gets the loot.
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Thank you for proving why all of those bounty threads were BS, and don't belong on XDA.
I have absolutly nothing against Regaw, I've used his guides before, seen how helpful he is in answering any question that comes his way, and think without a doubt he deserves an EVO of his own - I would love to see what he could do with it. I think the community coming together to get him one is a great idea.
But in the lead-up to root, all of these folks were saying that they would pay who found root. In this case, that would be unrevoked, and they say on thier site to send all donations to the EFF. If someone comes out with a simpler guide, also using the unrevoked method, do they get a donation also?
If I've minimized Regaw's involvement in finding root, as opposed to just putting up the first guide for it, I humbly apologize. And again, I love and appreciate how dedicated Regaw is to XDA, and think that there should be a donation fund for him to get an evo (nice one, Neb!). But this is all about the "bounty" for those who developed root, why not donate to both?
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And this is why I don't like pledge threads because most of the time 90% of the people who pledge are nowhere to be found once the objectives have been reached. People will make excuses like "that's not what I wanted", "its too complicated", or "I can't get it to work".
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Hopefully all the people who jumped on the bandwagon and made a pledge will follow through.
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this.
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The old saying "put your money where your mouth is" comes to mind. IIRC, Regaw and the other devs should easily be getting enough donations to buy an Evo for each of them.
blu3g said:
The only time I ever made a pledge was when we were trying to get darch an evo and followed through. even though darch never got an evo, his donations were long overdue and deserved it.
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I was just going to post something about how buying a person a phone creates unreasonable expectations on both sides. Kind of funny how the example I was going to use ended up being a failure anyways.
SilverZero said:
The old saying "put your money where your mouth is" comes to mind. IIRC, Regaw and the other devs should easily be getting enough donations to buy an Evo for each of them.
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I've known Regaw since last year, we've worked on a lot of stuff together and I can tell you in the last 6 months the guy hasn't received anywhere near enough donations to buy an evo, even if he were up for an upgrade
Definitely not bragging or anything, I remember when I wouldn't have had an extra dollar to donate to anyone (I wouldn't have had an EVO in that case anyways) but I've donated a little over $100 to various devs over the last 8 months or so, and I have zero stolen apps on my phone.. My point is I believe in donating to people who volunteer their time to make my Android experience better.
I would image many more than 100 people will refer to Regaw's guide to root their EVO's. If those 100 folks each donated ONLY $5 we'd have another FANTASTIC dev here with us!
fachadick, I'm sure Dan would take no offense to your comments about him posting the guide but let me offer this: Unrevoked found the root but Dan worked with Matt to help find it and get it ready for the masses.
Also, Dan himself found the exploit for 2.1 on the Hero (I know, not relevant to us, just another example of his talent and dedication.)
IMO, If someone releases a simple-root app or a simplified guide then sure, they deserve whatever people are willing to donate to them too.
I'm not suggesting anyone NOT donate to the EFF, great idea too. Personally, I'd just like to see Regaw get the hook up first..
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I was just going to post something about how buying a person a phone creates unreasonable expectations on both sides. Kind of funny how the example I was going to use ended up being a failure anyways.
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I do agree with you. I approached darch before I made that thread for him. We didn't talk much after that and I always wondered if he soured on the idea because he didn't want to feel obligated because of it.
Don't really know what else to say other than Dan is chomping at the bit to start devving for the EVO, I think he'll end up exceeding peoples expectations just because that's how he is.
Also, the link in my sig goes directly to Dan's donation account, so I wont be keeping a roster or list of donations or anything, just hopefully compelling people to help him out.
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Thank you for proving why all of those bounty threads were BS, and don't belong on XDA.
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Not sure why you're offended by my decision to follow through with my promised donation. I gave the money to the individual who directly helped me, rather than an organization with whom I've never had personal contact.
If it was a case of merely providing "an simpler guide," I guess you'd have a point, however thin it may be. But didn't regaw have a hand in actually developing the root method? Please correct me if I'm wrong, (it certainly wouldn't be the first time). That being the case, I feel more than justified in donating as a show of appreciation.
My funds are limited, so sorry, I can't be throwing cash at everyone involved. I had to choose (as I stated before) the one who delivered on the goods. Don't worry though, it won't happen again.
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Not sure why you're offended by my decision to follow through with my promised donation. I gave the money to the individual who directly helped me, rather than an organization with whom I've never had personal contact.
If it was a case of merely providing "an simpler guide," I guess you'd have a point, however thin it may be. But didn't regaw have a hand in actually developing the root method? Please correct me if I'm wrong, (it certainly wouldn't be the first time). That being the case, I feel more than justified in donating as a show of appreciation.
My funds are limited, so sorry, I can't be throwing cash at everyone involved. I had to choose (as I stated before) the one who delivered on the goods. Don't worry though, it won't happen again.
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Sorry, I wasn't offended by your specific post, it just happened to be the first one, so I jumped on it. I applaud your donation to Regaw, and again, beleive that Regaw deserves every dollar he gets, and hope that he'll be able to help out on the EVO side of things like he did for the Hero (i'm going to try and throw him a few bucks later myself)
The point I was trying to make was that the bounties weren't "for the individual that helped me directly", they were for who cracked root. In this case it the exploit was found by someone not invloved with XDA, and the root method was developed by unrevoked as a team. Unrevoked, as a team, discourages personal donations (as per their website) and asks people to donate to EFF instead.
If someone helps you directly, by all means, shoot them a donation. They deserve it. All I'm saying is that the bounty threads have to go - if a bounty says that the donations will be going to X, and people commit, they should be donating to X (or who X says should get the donation).
Hope you didn't take any of that personally...
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I've known Regaw since last year, we've worked on a lot of stuff together and I can tell you in the last 6 months the guy hasn't received anywhere near enough donations to buy an evo, even if he were up for an upgrade
Definitely not bragging or anything, I remember when I wouldn't have had an extra dollar to donate to anyone (I wouldn't have had an EVO in that case anyways) but I've donated a little over $100 to various devs over the last 8 months or so, and I have zero stolen apps on my phone.. My point is I believe in donating to people who volunteer their time to make my Android experience better.
I would image many more than 100 people will refer to Regaw's guide to root their EVO's. If those 100 folks each donated ONLY $5 we'd have another FANTASTIC dev here with us!
fachadick, I'm sure Dan would take no offense to your comments about him posting the guide but let me offer this: Unrevoked found the root but Dan worked with Matt to help find it and get it ready for the masses.
Also, Dan himself found the exploit for 2.1 on the Hero (I know, not relevant to us, just another example of his talent and dedication.)
IMO, If someone releases a simple-root app or a simplified guide then sure, they deserve whatever people are willing to donate to them too.
I'm not suggesting anyone NOT donate to the EFF, great idea too. Personally, I'd just like to see Regaw get the hook up first..
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I agree with everything you said here 100% (although I've got a soft spot for the EFF - it's my experience that most people don't even know who they are or what they do).
I think donate links are a great way for the community to give back a little to those who they feel deserve it, and Regaw is at the top of that list (along with with the guy who simplifies the root process, the creator of that great theme you're rocking, the dev who'se killer kernel gives you 4 days battery, or whose rom makes using an android device that much more enjoyable for you). I just have problems with all of the bounty threads that seemed to have cropped up in the last few weeks.
edit - just reread your post, not sure if you were implying that I pulled out donating to EFF out of the blue - it wasn't my idea, they're the ones that the Unrevoked team says should get donations instead of them.
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Thank you for proving why all of those bounty threads were BS, and don't belong on XDA.
I have absolutly nothing against Regaw, I've used his guides before, seen how helpful he is in answering any question that comes his way, and think without a doubt he deserves an EVO of his own - I would love to see what he could do with it. I think the community coming together to get him one is a great idea.
But in the lead-up to root, all of these folks were saying that they would pay who found root. In this case, that would be unrevoked, and they say on thier site to send all donations to the EFF. If someone comes out with a simpler guide, also using the unrevoked method, do they get a donation also?
If I've minimized Regaw's involvement in finding root, as opposed to just putting up the first guide for it, I humbly apologize. And again, I love and appreciate how dedicated Regaw is to XDA, and think that there should be a donation fund for him to get an evo (nice one, Neb!). But this is all about the "bounty" for those who developed root, why not donate to both?
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really to me it seems like unrevoked has little to do with it. the dude who found the exploit that lets you revert back to 2.1 deserves all the credit for this. all the various unrevoked versions used were already being used to their capabilities that were already know
also just because they who found it isnt a member here why should he get the money?
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really to me it seems like unrevoked has little to do with it. the dude who found the exploit that lets you revert back to 2.1 deserves all the credit for this. all the various unrevoked versions used were already being used to their capabilities that were already know
also just because they who found it isnt a member here why should he get the money?
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This is also true, but since we're unable to donate to the person who directly found the exploit, the next step down would be the team was able to use this exploit and be the first one out to develop a root method with it. As I understand it, without this new exploit, unrevoked wouldn't have been able to add the new radios for the Evo to unrevoked, and unrevoked versions prior to 1.1 wouldn't have worked.
Which came first... The egg or the chicken? Once you all find an answer to that question, then you all will know who to send the damn "bounty" to.
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Which came first... The egg or the chicken? Once you all find an answer to that question, then you all will know who to send the damn "bounty" to.
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right - but folks aren't donating to either the egg (Sebastian Krahmer) or the chicken (EFF, by way of unrevoked).
Yeah - I'm probably over reacting again, but dammit, those bounty threads pissed me off.
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but dammit, those bounty threads pissed me off.
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I know bro. I've been opposed to them since they first started popping up around here. I'm ALL for donations and paying for hire.. I just can't stand this "bounty" crap.
I got banned off sunshine because me friend was messing with lucky patcher. ANY ALTERNATIVES TO UNLOCK BOOTLOADER
I'm having a hard time believing a "friend" was messing with lucky patcher
Nope.
Looks like you're out of luck.
Next time don't mess around with illegal apps.
Any talk of Warez or that "thing" are seriously frowned upon on XDA.
Thread closed, OP take heed of the comments from the other posters here.
Note that Sunshine is the work of several well-respected Developers on XDA...
UPDATE FOR BOUNTY: By my count (using my Droid Turbo 2 Calculator lol) the count for the bounty is now over $1700.00 and that is only counting those who put an exact amount of what they would be willing to donate. Quite a few others said they would chip in, but didn't leave an amount. Maybe we should all post what we would be willing to chip in. I'm good for $50. I know we have one guy who said he would throw in $500. I can't match that and I don't expect anyone else to either. What an awesome amount! Hope this helps!
*** I will not be updating this thread anymore as I feel it is not going to achieve root. I haven't been contacted by now regarding this and every time I try and post this in an Android General type of thread, it gets shut down bc the mods are busy people. No sense in reaching out to the dev's in other communities to see if they could help when Mods shut them down all the time. That said, I'm probably moving to a new device soon. I wish you all the best of luck on getting this guy rooted. I will still donate my part that I said I would in hopes this gets this rooted.***
I wanted to post this question here as I thought it wouldn't belong in the Q and A section. If it's in the wrong place MOD, please feel free to do your job.
I am willing to put up some cash into a bounty for ANYONE who can successfully root this device. Doesn't need the Bootloader unlocked (although that would be nice). Is anyone willing to participate and donate some $$$ for this project? I have no idea where to start nor do I have the time. But I do have money to spare for a project like this. I'm trying to get the bounty to at least $500. Who's with me?
I thought if we could get this thing going we could post it in XDA General to see if any other Dev from another device would want to take a stab at this.
Moto X Force user here, and if any developer gets interested in developing for kinzie (ROM, kernel, etc), I would be happy to colaborate, so we both Droid Turbo 2 users, and Force users can be blessed with awesome stuff for this little beast.
Digital DJ said:
I wanted to post this question here as I thought it wouldn't belong in the Q and A section. If it's in the wrong place MOD, please feel free to do your job.
I am willing to put up some cash into a bounty for ANYONE who can successfully root this device. Doesn't need the Bootloader unlocked (although that would be nice). Is anyone willing to participate and donate some $$$ for this project? I have no idea where to start nor do I have the time. But I do have money to spare for a project like this. I'm trying to get the bounty to at least $500. Who's with me?
I thought if we could get this thing going we could post it in XDA General to see if any other Dev from another device would want to take a stab at this.
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If this becomes official I will contribute for sure
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I'd be down for 40 at least if it happens.
I will happily put up money for a bounty. let's make this real. this phone is way too good to not attempt a bounty. imagine the battery life on root.......
Can't wait to get a debloater and screen color calibrater.
Willing. Now it would be nice if they (devs) "waited" till 6.0 finally hit the phone to try to gain root or BL unlock but who knows better to have stayed on lollipop I think, yet I updated the update anxiety set in I guess XD
jayman94fly said:
Willing. Now it would be nice if they (devs) "waited" till 6.0 finally hit the phone to try to gain root or BL unlock but who knows better to have stayed on lollipop I think, yet I updated the update anxiety set in I guess XD
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what kernel version (3.somtheing) are you at and what security patch, there has apparently been a huge exploit recently patched you may still be able to gain root
March 1st security patch, and kernal version 3.10.84
Would be nice, but could we secure it afterward tho...
jayman94fly said:
March 1st security patch, and kernal version 3.10.84
Would be nice, but could we secure it afterward tho...
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ok so you should be in the clear (they closed up the potential for exploit in a march 18th patch, and kernel 3.18)
I have yet to see a viable root method for the DT2
Digital DJ said:
I wanted to post this question here as I thought it wouldn't belong in the Q and A section. If it's in the wrong place MOD, please feel free to do your job.
I am willing to put up some cash into a bounty for ANYONE who can successfully root this device. Doesn't need the Bootloader unlocked (although that would be nice). Is anyone willing to participate and donate some $$$ for this project? I have no idea where to start nor do I have the time. But I do have money to spare for a project like this. I'm trying to get the bounty to at least $500. Who's with me?
I thought if we could get this thing going we could post it in XDA General to see if any other Dev from another device would want to take a stab at this.
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I would be up for $50 at least... I feel crippled without my root based apps, not to mention debloat (not just disable) and tethering (other than the sim workaround).
Watching this thread daily since the true possibility of root has surfaced:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/droid-turbo-2/general/root-discussionthink-tank-t3239979/page32
Count me in for $25
Count me for 15$ for root and 25$ for BL unlock ..
Put me down for 25$ too.
25
I had a dream last night that bootloader/root was found.. Or or a nightmare...
Count me in for $25
I can do $25
Hi. I know this is taboo to talk about but I am NOT asking for a link or anything, just want to discuss. My questions are:
1. Has anyone successfully gotten root with this method?
2. Why does it brick devices?
Again, this is just a discussion, not asking for links or giving anything out.
It's not a matter of "taboo." There is no practical benefit in discussing a tool that's not available now and should never have been released in the first place. Even if your questions get answered, what useful thing could be done with that information?
haha I get that feeling of taboo too but I get more and more interested in this tool from a technical standpoint, plus everyone is so cryptic about it. More or less from what I've gathered is that jcase gained root access using a particular version of the tool, but for some reason it is too hard for your average joe to use it so he decided to not publish / further support it ... hence it was wiped from existence.
Also on one thread, I think the original bounty thread he mentioned something along that lines that the tool does not do what everyone thinks it does (queue dramatic mystery music here)