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what's this have to do with the xda forum, htc, development & hacking?
I make custom programs, = Development...
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I make custom programs, = Development...
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Good cause I'll donate.
you might want to put some restrictions.. cuz im guessing you wont be able to develop anything anyone thinks up (like a new dialer, new contact manager etc etc all at once (i dont know if yur capable but even if you are.. you wont be doing much else but developing for months haha))
its a very noble cause though! great idea and i love where your heart is
I hope i dont get any Crazy Requests, but i hope to Get some money in, Thanks.
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you might want to put some restrictions.. cuz im guessing you wont be able to develop anything anyone thinks up (like a new dialer, new contact manager etc etc all at once (i dont know if yur capable but even if you are.. you wont be doing much else but developing for months haha))
its a very noble cause though! great idea and i love where your heart is
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Yea I agree I just donated and I was thinking of m request and it might take a while
Jokesonyou, did you donate on paypal?
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Jokesonyou, did you donate on paypal?
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Yes sir a 20 USD donation
Jokes On You said:
Yes sir a 20 USD donation
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make sure it was sent out to [email protected], because for some reason, i have the same Balance... $130 Usd. Starange.
EDIT: Thank you Octavia Lopez, for your Donation.
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what's this have to do with the xda forum, htc, development & hacking?
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Agree
Same question here
What is going to make if all here is for free?
This forum is not for making money, is for sahreing knowledge, help others and enjoy the FREE ROM´s and apps from the real Devs.
If I´m donating will be to this site!
Welcome to xda-developers.com
This site is about certain PDA-phones, made by a firm called HTC in Taiwan. Their makers named them 'Wallaby', 'Himalaya', 'Blue Angel', 'Wizard' and 'TyTN', but almost nobody knows them by those names. The mobile provider O2 sells them under the brand-name 'XDA', and that's what we had in our hands first. They're also known as Qtek, MDA, SX-56, Hermes and many, many other names.
Since we develop software for it, we need information, and nobody seemed eager or ready to give us what we needed. So we 'reverse-engineered' the devices, found a lot of information, and shared it with the world. But as our site grew we realised that lots of ordinary users were also suffering from a lack of support. They started using the xda-developers forum to communicate and before long the forum was as much a user forum as it was a developer forum.
We hope that you will enjoy this site and find it as useful as we do. We encourage you to donate or otherwise support this site. Of course absolutely all proceeds from donations will benefit this community.
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Agree
Same question here
What is going to make if all here is for free?
This forum is not for making money, is for sahreing knowledge, help others and enjoy the FREE ROM´s and apps from the real Devs.
If I´m donating will be to this site!
Welcome to xda-developers.com
This site is about certain PDA-phones, made by a firm called HTC in Taiwan. Their makers named them 'Wallaby', 'Himalaya', 'Blue Angel', 'Wizard' and 'TyTN', but almost nobody knows them by those names. The mobile provider O2 sells them under the brand-name 'XDA', and that's what we had in our hands first. They're also known as Qtek, MDA, SX-56, Hermes and many, many other names.
Since we develop software for it, we need information, and nobody seemed eager or ready to give us what we needed. So we 'reverse-engineered' the devices, found a lot of information, and shared it with the world. But as our site grew we realised that lots of ordinary users were also suffering from a lack of support. They started using the xda-developers forum to communicate and before long the forum was as much a user forum as it was a developer forum.
We hope that you will enjoy this site and find it as useful as we do. We encourage you to donate or otherwise support this site. Of course absolutely all proceeds from donations will benefit this community.
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Okay sorry
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Wana Be MOD
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Show more respect or you´ll get banned newbie
Learn and respect the rules
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Wana be somebody
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Okay orb300
orb3000 said:
Show more respect or you´ll get banned newbie
Learn the rules and then you can be somebody
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Thats mean.
MOD BREAK
please show respect for each other in this forum.....be nice!
thank you and have a nice weekend.
Liam
Who says that you'll really give the money to WorldVision? And who says that you'll actually develop the application? ...
DHA Major,
This seems like a very good idea, ie people donate to a worthy cause and they get a development back via you. You have several problems to overcome though to make this happen:
1) Credibility - people need to be convinved of your technical abilities and your ability to deliver.
2) Honest - you already have someone questioning whether the money will go to the cause. Not sure how you address this.
3) Apathy - Sadly a lot of people enjoy having things for free while not making any form of financial contribution. If you look through some of the threads on here from a while back you will see that some even demand things get developed and delivered even though developers are given their time, effort and technical abilities for free (search through some of the Schaps threads on XDA to see what I mean).
It might be a good start for you to develop and release an application for us to see what you can do (sorry, I have not been on here for a while so if you have already developed and released an app on here without me seeing it then that's great). Once that is in place then you need to find some way of ensuring that people donate and that there is evidence that the donations are heading off to the charity as expected.
I applaud your idea; just not sure how you get around some of the problems highlighted above.
Good luck.
WB
17 November 2014: Goal has been reached and tablet is now in the hands of RaymanFX. Still feel free to support and donate to help him continue to prepare for his upcoming works. You can see his progress at github.com/raymanfx and
http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/q/status:open+exynos,n,z
Under Christopher Hesse
Hello everyone,
I am creating this thread on behalf of @RaymanFX , a recognized developer who needs a device to develop for us.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=3463426
He is looking to develop for the P600, WiFi only model and is looking to make AOSP/CM roms and kernels for us.
Here is a previous thread of his: http://forum.xda-developers.com/find-7/orig-development/rom-teameos-revival-nightlies-t2826587
And here is a list of previous threads: http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php?searchid=319162976
Quote by RaymanFX:
most of you probably don't know me since I did not develop for Samsung devices for quite some time now.
I would be interested in aiding the Exynos 5420 development scene (in particular on the Galaxy Note 10.1) and prepare a custom Android distribution for it (Team EOS 5.0 - Lollipop).
I can get all the required drivers and binaries I need for development, since most of it is open source luckily.
And the Nexus 10 (manta) can still be used as reference for many things.
All I need is a development device to debug on.
It is particularly important that this is the Galaxy Note 10.1 EXYNOS (WiFi-only variant), and not the LTE (Qualcomm) variant.
I created this thread to ask whether someone has a spare device lying around, maybe because of the little development on Exynos 5 devices, or if people would be willing to donate a device (I'm a university student and unfortunately can not afford the full price for a new device. I'm willing to dive into the Exynos development scene and spend time on this device though, including extensive debugging).
Thank you two for your reasonable thoughts.
I think the main reason why the previous developers stopped developing for this device rather quickly is the Exynos chip.
The main difference between me and anyone else is (or so I believe) the fact that I am especially interested in developing for the Exynos 5420 chip and the drivers for it (mainly from the Insignal forum source).
As far as bricked devices, I can say I had a Samsung device before, and as long as the bootloader is unlockable and access to ODIN (The firmware flashing tool) is granted, a hard brick is rather hard to achieve. I see little risk here, and I assume my previous development experience will prevent me from making major mistakes in that regard.
A new device would cost me approximately 350€, so if we could collect about 300$ with donations (which would equal something like 270€), I'd pay the remaining costs.
People are of course free to check my development history and/or references first and see if they think I would benefit the aosp development scene for this device.
The ROM I mentioned (Team EOS 5.0 lollipop) is essentially AOSP 5.0 with selected features that we code ourselves, like EOS Weather, or the NX gesture interface.
If people however see the need for an official CM maintainer, I'd be happy to become this as well, all I need is a device to debug and develop on, I'd be willing to spend the time to officially maintain this device.
Other developers and/or contributors should also expect support from me in areas of kernel development or AOSP custom ROM development. I believe in 'sharing is caring', so all my knowledge and achievements on this device shall benefit the community.
If some of you could maybe contact the people who raised donations before, I'd be thankful and gratious for the support. All donations will be listed here and the whole process shall be as transparent as possible.
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Original thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...laxy-note-10-1-2014-exynos-developer-t2936508
He is very committed to getting this device and developing for us so let's get him this device. He needs at least $300 so just write below how much you would be willing to donate if the funds were raised for the device. I will update this post with the names and how much people are willing to donate :good:
If at least 30 people donate say $10 for example then we can do this easily. I pledge $10 dollars so lets get this started!!
List of donations so far:
Euro:
22sl22: €10
@r4yN €20
@benni_1994 €20
@GrimReaper1908 €15
@ollimi1 €10
@henriavelabarbe €25
@murmlgrmpf €10
@TOMMY1985 €10
@zazael €10
@rglebien €10
@SubZeroEffort €20
Dollars:
@emilycloud $20
@mrtoast $30
@benjamimgois $10
@talz13 $50
@mikep2323 $25
@buffalo_guy $20
@bokmob $25
@redbaron $20
@JosephFeliciano013 $5
@jwjessie488 $20
@aelunyu $25
@MxCraft $30
@Googfan $15
Total so far: Approx.€403/$503
20$ from me (sry I'm a poor student )
We'll be doing this via PayPal, I assume?
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20$ from me (sry I'm a poor student )
We'll be doing this via PayPal, I assume?
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$20 is perfect, any donations are helpful
Yes PayPal. If you look at his profile there's a link there. I'll add your name to the list :good:
Alright, I've just donated 20€ (which equals ~25$ if I'm not mistaken). It would be great, if @RaymanFX confirmed the transaction (I've refered to XDA in the transaction note, but if you need the transaction ID, write me a PN)
PS: I know I said I'd donate 20$, but I figured since he's german, I could just as well donate 20€ instead :highfive:
And I also know that you usually don't donate until enough pledges have been made, but I have faith that we will make it. And if we don't, well, consider it a donation for the effort, lol
Edit: Transaction ID # 89F56830A9644882H
$365 on eBay (refurbished)
http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-...1386122200?pt=US_Tablets&hash=item2a3b7493d8
r4yN said:
Alright, I've just donated 20€ (which equals ~25$ if I'm not mistaken). It would be great, if @RaymanFX confirmed the transaction (I've refered to XDA in the transaction note, but if you need the transaction ID, write me a PN)
PS: I know I said I'd donate 20$, but I figured since he's german, I could just as well donate 20€ instead :highfive:
And I also know that you usually don't donate until enough pledges have been made, but I have faith that we will make it. And if we don't, well, consider it a donation for the effort, lol
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Hey, thanks a ton
I can cofirm the 20€ (!) donation is now on my PayPal account.
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Hey, thanks a ton
I can cofirm the 20€ (!) donation is now on my PayPal account.
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thanks for confirming
Btw since you're german, THIS might be an interesting offer (although I'm not sure about the warranty)
265€ = ~330$ (free shipping within germany)
I'll donate 20€ at the end of the month!
You can add me on the list
Is there anyway to donate directly from debit card? Paypal has problems with my card and renders the service unusable.
Pazzu510 said:
Is there anyway to donate directly from debit card? Paypal has problems with my card and renders the service unusable.
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It depends. If you live in Germany it will obviously be easier. If not, it depends from country to country. What country are you in?
Hi there,
nice to see that at least one person is not scared away by the exynos cpu
You can count me in for 15€
I have a question though:
How is this handled? Are we donating all at once when enough people have expressed their will to donate?
Or should I already donate so that you can be sure that I'm serious?
GrimReaper1908 said:
Hi there,
nice to see that at least one person is not scared away by the exynos cpu
You can count me in for 15€
I have a question though:
How is this handled? Are we donating all at once when enough people have expressed their will to donate?
Or should I already donate so that you can be sure that I'm serious?
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The donating is a personal thing. I worded things in the op to be safe. It's just easier if people pledge, say they are gonna donate, and then once the amount has been reached people can actually donate.
Say for example, there are no pledges and we raise 200 dollars that people have already donated in a few weeks and then people lose interest and not a lot of donations come in anymore. I don't want people to be angry if the dev doesn't end up getting the tablet. :good:
Better to pledge but if you want to donate right now that's fine. Either way i'll add you to the list
Could you in the title add that this is for the exynos variant. It mislead me into thinking this was for the snapdragon until I read a little.
Ok I'm in for $20. Maybe a little more if we get close! Awesome guys.
In for $30 ?
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I just sent $10... hope that helps !
I'm in for $50
Hey everyone,
just letting you know I was donated another 10€ yesterday, so we're at over 200$ now!
That's more than 2/3 of our goal, so there's only 100$ left.
Keep on going, we're almost there now.
Thanks to the community for having so much faith in me and enabling development for this device.
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Hey everyone,
just letting you know I was donated another 10€ yesterday, so we're at over 200$ now!
That's more than 2/3 of our goal, so there's only 100$ left.
Keep on going, we're almost there now.
Thanks to the community for having so much faith in me and enabling development for this device.
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Yes, only 100 dollars left now, we are nearly there! This is going really well.
Do you have the name of the person who donated? I can add them to the list :good:
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RaymanFX said:
Hey everyone,
just letting you know I was donated another 10€ yesterday, so we're at over 200$ now!
That's more than 2/3 of our goal, so there's only 100$ left.
Keep on going, we're almost there now.
Thanks to the community for having so much faith in me and enabling development for this device.
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Ill throw in 25 dollars. Would you like me to donate now? If yes I can do when I get home.
This is not a Nexus 6 specific question, but I'd like to hear from other users about how much to contribute to a developer whose work you either use or who makes a special contribution to the Android community. I typically donate only once, and I try to make "generous" donations. Question is, what is considered an appropriate dollar amount. As I said I try to be "generous", but that is a vague term, and I am not a wealthy user. I won't state here what I consider "generous" for fear of embarrassing myself or others.
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This is not a Nexus 6 specific question, but I'd like to hear from other users about how much to contribute to a developer whose work you either use or who makes a special contribution to the Android community. I typically donate only once, and I try to make "generous" donations. Question is, what is considered an appropriate dollar amount. As I said I try to be "generous", but that is a vague term, and I am not a wealthy user. I won't state here what I consider "generous" for fear of embarrassing myself or others.
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I am not afraid to state what i donate anywhere between 20-50 dollars depending on the work. Root exploits bootloader unlocks. It really depends on the work.
I am not saying no work should go un noticed. Just saying that people offer more for much looked at project compared to others. Like people love xposed they will donate more than to someone that developed something else not so popular. Again I am not bashing anyone or any developer. Just depends on what is being developed IMHO.
I like to think my donation can buy them a good six pack of beer. so in my mind around $10 maybe $25 if they are doing outstanding work .
I also usually support developers in the Play Store even if I really don't need their particular application. I have probably spent $200.... 1 dollar at a time.
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Hey guys!
When it comes to getting AOSP/CM ported to the P9 Lite,we are "attached to another object by an inclined plane and wrapped helically around an axis" because we don't have an actual dev who owns the phone itself.
Well,how about this cutesy suggestion?
What do you guys think about making a sort of a kickstarter to get a phone for an excellent dev? The same thing was done for my previous phone,the Alcatel Idol 3 5.5,and it will get a pretty much fully functional CM13 build despite Alcatels disguisting modifications which broke many things in CM(similar story with Huawei and CM).
I already have a few devs in mind,but I think it is better to first ask if we can actually make it.
And I bet I am not the only one thinking it is a much better idea to actually put our heads together and get a phone to a capable person than to give donations to individuals(like me or others) who smack into a wall in every turn while trying to get CM/AOSP to work.
I made this thread just to see if there actually is a good number of people who are interested, soooo...whoever can contribute,feel free to drop a reply!
Good idea!
That is such a good idea! I would love to see CM13 on the P9 lite since I love CM more than EMUI, I would donate and I hope it's gonna work out!
+1! I'd love having Cyanogenmod for P9 lite. I'd donate but for under a few conditions such as full support, debugging, etc. I'd love to see Resurrection Remix for P9 lite, that would be amazing!
first we need a dev who will accept this... but i don't think people will donate... in the old days, maybe... but now users just take the devs for granted and they want everything free... like they deserve it... but hey... maybe I'm wrong... count me in
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first we need a dev who will accept this... but i don't think people will donate... in the old days, maybe... but now users just take the devs for granted and they want everything free... like they deserve it... but hey... maybe I'm wrong... count me in
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I have a few devs in mind,they are all extremely capable,but we need to get the fond of around 300$,right?
Even if we don't hit 300$,if we gather even 150$,it will make it easier and more compelling for the dev to buy the device.
We can also ask the Honor 5C owners,since they can literally use the CM source of the P9 lite(the p8 Lite uses the cm builds of the Honor 4C,they are identical inside). They will probably be willing to help as well.
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There,made a thread there as well!
Love the idea. Would donate too but how do we know that the money really goes to the dev?
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Love the idea. Would donate too but how do we know that the money really goes to the dev?
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I did it for the Idol 3 users and it worked fine.
As far as I know,the fund raiser is linked to the receiver,and when a sufficient amount is gathered,the money can be pulled.
The Recognized Dev is Meticulus.
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We used https://www.gofundme.com
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Ok, as far as I can see we are now 4 donators: Thijs van Hal, The Marionette, Memovic and me. Ten donators who spend 30 dollars would be ok in my opinion. How can we arrive more people here. I saw this topic just per coincidence.
This is a good idea afterall. I will contribute if needed
So are there only four persons who want tho donate?? If we gather 6 persons it would also be nice.. so everyone would have to pay 50 euro. We need two more persons
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So are there only four persons who want tho donate?? If we gather 6 persons it would also be nice.. so everyone would have to pay 50 euro. We need two more persons
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I hope the Honor 5C users decide to help out. They can use the cm source for the p9 lite, everything will work and vice versa.
I think the Honor 5c is cheaper,so we are better off getting it instead. They are the same phones on the inside,they just have different outer bodies.
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The Marionette said:
I did it for the Idol 3 users and it worked fine.
As far as I know,the fund raiser is linked to the receiver,and when a sufficient amount is gathered,the money can be pulled.
The Recognized Dev is Meticulus.
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Hello everyone,
gofundme.com is not going to work for me. I prefer to use paypal and gofundme does not work with paypal. I suggest that you just use the "Donate to me" button and I'll keep a public tally until the goal amount is reached. About $260.
Looking forward to working on this device...
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I have a few devs in mind,they are all extremely capable,but we need to get the fond of around 300$,right?
Even if we don't hit 300$,if we gather even 150$,it will make it easier and more compelling for the dev to buy the device.
We can also ask the Honor 5C owners,since they can literally use the CM source of the P9 lite(the p8 Lite uses the cm builds of the Honor 4C,they are identical inside). They will probably be willing to help as well.
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If it's possible to be done also by paypal, why not? That could more compelling for some more people.
Nomatrix said:
If it's possible to be done also by paypal, why not? That could more compelling for some more people.
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Yeah,since Go Fund Me doesn't work with Paypal anymore(people can donate over it,but the funds can't be withdrawn over Paypal),so it is far easier to just donate through the "Donate to me" button.
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Any news ???
Abdulla7 said:
Any news ???
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$0 dollars donated...
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$0 dollars donated...
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See this
https://forum.cyanogenmod.org/topic/127962-device-request-for-huawei-p9-lite/
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There is still no answer in the Honor 5C forum.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-5c/help/how-device-developer-t3455496
First we need enough persons who donate. If the users Abdulla7 and Nomatrix want to spend too we are 6 donators. That would mean 50 dollars for each person.
My suggestion is: Each User spends 50 Dollar over PayPal. If the other users are not donating within one week everybody takes his / her money back (Buyer protection of paypal). But is it even possible to claim your money back in paypal after one week?
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There is still no answer in the Honor 5C forum.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-5c/help/how-device-developer-t3455496
First we need enough persons who donate. If the users Abdulla7 and Nomatrix want to spend too we are 6 donators. That would mean 50 dollars for each person.
My suggestion is: Each User spends 50 Dollar over PayPal. If the other users are not donating within one week everybody takes his / her money back (Buyer protection of paypal). But is it even possible to claim your money back in paypal after one week?
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I'm not going to take your money. :laugh: I will refund the money if the goal amount is not reached. :good:
@Meticulus
You're signing up for an awesome (???) experience with developing on Kirin SoC. Wish you good luck!
And why people hit the CM forum for development requests. They just act like if the developers are getting paid by them to develop ROMs.
See the next post for details.
Firstly, I want to thank all the users of the original FunkyHuawei. Due to costs involved, I can no longer offer FunkyHuawei as a donation-based program.
This thread is to provide support to those using the service to recover/update/rebrand their Mate 9/Mate 9 Pro, and to get feedback. Check the free credits thread to get a free credit which you can use for the service, exclusive for XDA members.
duraaraa said:
(...) Because it is not compatible with Paypal, and will no longer be a donation system (...) hopefully I will have many of you as subscribers with the new version. (...)
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Any idea what we can expect pricing wise or if (actual) donators can carry (some of) their donation over to any new system?
Valuta said:
Any idea what we can expect pricing wise or if (actual) donators can carry (some of) their donation over to any new system?
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Pricing will be between $15 to $30 per month for individuals with one device. The higher price plan includes technical support, the lower price doesn't. It will be between $200 and $300 for businesses/resellers who are flashing multiple phones (this was a big problem with original FunkyHuawei, and has cost me a lot.)
As for those who donated, if you donated equal to or less than the recommended donation, no. If you donated more generously than the recommended donation, or donated the recommended donation very recently, I will refund the first charges from the new service. If you are one of those people, contact support once the new site launches.
If i understood correctly, than:
The developement here will go to an end.
I understand, that everyone wants to earn something. Theese are everyones rights. But now it will be like that, if something happened to your device, pay and it will be fixed, if no sit with your brick.
I am supporting, 100% about those business/ressellers e.t.c that use it, maybe donating 30$ flashing 10000000 phones and earning x100 more than donated.
This system would be ideal for them.If its business then it shall be like that.
As for the XDA Community:This is not fair.
Some people will do that, but the most part i think not.
We will loose many mate 9 users in the end. And i can bet, that someone will try to do free alternatives after time. Wouldnt it bee better, to seperate us xda users, from business.
Ok we all can donate, most of us, but i can bet that there are people who cant.
Im not saying that im not supporting this idea, but also im not saying that i support.
Hi, I was actually considering using your service but asking $30 per month per user per phone is absurd. Companies, phone resellers OK but for a private person who wants to enjoy his phone I think this is a total ripoff, no matter how much time you put into it. I hope your business fares well though!
Time to sell my Mate 9.
Good luck with funky 2.0.
I've donated more than 50 euros just to recover my phone. But I'm not paying one more cent for things that are free in other devices. Next time I will buy other phone model. This is too much.
albertobom said:
Time to sell my Mate 9.
Good luck with funky 2.0.
I've donated more than 50 euros just to recover my phone. But I'm not paying one more cent for things that are free in other devices. Next time I will buy other phone model. This is too much.
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blackspp said:
Hi, I was actually considering using your service but asking $30 per month per user per phone is absurd. Companies, phone resellers OK but for a private person who wants to enjoy his phone I think this is a total ripoff, no matter how much time you put into it. I hope your business fares well though!
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Yep, this is what im talking about.
Xda users must be kept seperate.
Business users are business users.
Go to he'll mate 9 and all Huawei products. We will leave u and ur company playing together and make money from air. But all companies will support their phones as that is the fair and the duty for every company if it would to be at the top. Thanks and goodbye.
All the phones listed doesn't need ur tool to flash firmwares, only mate 9 for now need it.
I'm sure lot of people are working to find a way for mate9.
We are @ XDA,So some patience and ur tool will be useless.
I agree with a lot that was said on both sides of the argument. Somehow a distinction should be made between users on XDA that have a DIY attitude and want to play with their own device with businesses that are rebranding multiple phones and trying to make big bucks.
Clearly running a business on XDA is against forum rules so presumably Funky Huawei will be moving elsewhere. While I hadn't used it I tried to keep up with what was happening. Sorry to see it go....
See item 8 on "Donations"
https://forum.xda-developers.com/announcement.php?a=81
mscion said:
I agree with a lot that was said on both sides of the argument. Somehow a distinction should be made between users on XDA that have a DIY attitude and want to play with their own device with businesses that are rebranding multiple phones and trying to make big bucks.
Clearly running a business on XDA is against forum rules so presumably Funky Huawei will be moving elsewhere. While I hadn't used it I tried to keep up with what was happening. Sorry to see it go....
See item 8 on "Donations"
https://forum.xda-developers.com/announcement.php?a=81
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I don't plan to market FunkyHuawei on XDA, but I think item 11 would allow me to continue supporting people using it, if I keep up an active support thread like I've been doing. The rules are a bit unclear in that regard. So long as it's done with an intention of supporting, as opposed to selling, I think I can maintain a presence.
Anyway, I do very well understand the complaints of people who would prefer it to be more free. Unfortunately, until there is a universal income, extremely large amounts of bandwidth and storage are free, or I'm otherwise rich enough to afford not working, I can't do it like that -- it's simply not possible. This is the only way I can continue to operate it.
An alternative might be found, I might not get users, and it might not do well, but I'll do my best to have my service be an option to people who want or need it. As for those who don't want to use it, I can very well understand their reasons, and wish them the best of luck finding a less resource-intensive method to flash the phone.
Having thought about what I can do to help people who can't afford it, I will, as a compromise, come up with a free way to use the service, limited to XDA members who are not reselling or flashing large numbers of phones. For obvious reasons, I can't give unlimited open free access to everyone, but I can schedule time blocks for particular people to use the service for free. I will come up with details for that plan and announce it here later.
mscion said:
I agree with a lot that was said on both sides of the argument. Somehow a distinction should be made between users on XDA that have a DIY attitude and want to play with their own device with businesses that are rebranding multiple phones and trying to make big bucks.
Clearly running a business on XDA is against forum rules so presumably Funky Huawei will be moving elsewhere. While I hadn't used it I tried to keep up with what was happening. Sorry to see it go....
See item 8 on "Donations"
https://forum.xda-developers.com/announcement.php?a=81
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Yes, agree.
I was also thinking if this isnt breaking the rules.
duraaraa said:
I don't plan to market FunkyHuawei on XDA, but I think item 11 would allow me to continue supporting people using it, if I keep up an active support thread like I've been doing. The rules are a bit unclear in that regard. So long as it's done with an intention of supporting, as opposed to selling, I think I can maintain a presence.
Anyway, I do very well understand the complaints of people who would prefer it to be more free. Unfortunately, until there is a universal income, extremely large amounts of bandwidth and storage are free, or I'm otherwise rich enough to afford not working, I can't do it like that -- it's simply not possible. This is the only way I can continue to operate it.
An alternative might be found, I might not get users, and it might not do well, but I'll do my best to have my service be an option to people who want or need it. As for those who don't want to use it, I can very well understand their reasons, and wish them the best of luck finding a less resource-intensive method to flash the phone.
Having thought about what I can do to help people who can't afford it, I will, as a compromise, come up with a free way to use the service, limited to XDA members who are not reselling or flashing large numbers of phones. For obvious reasons, I can't give unlimited free access to anyone, but I can schedule time blocks for particular people to use the service for free. I will come up with details for that plan and announce it here later.
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Actually what you are doing is selling a service and profit with it.
duraaraa said:
Firstly, I want to thank all the users of FunkyHuawei. I have decided to expand FunkyHuawei to be useful to even more people.
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You've been very helpful to a lot of people, myself included, and I thank you for that. But personally, I too think $15/mo for a normal user is unreasonable. I was a user who donated and only used the service 2 times since it launched. I updated my Mate 9 to B136 and then to B138. That was about 2 GB of bandwidth, which costs next to nothing. I don't know how much time you put into this, but from the sounds of it, a lot of people are using the service. I think your numbers are going to drastically drop if you try charging that much.
I highly recommend you charge a lower fee for a PER FLASH/DOWNLOAD basis. For people like me who only own ONE device, and needed the service because Huawei OTA's are terrible, this makes sense. I cannot justify paying $15 per month when I might not even use the service for a month... 2 months, etc. (totally dependent on OTA update frequency). Sure, I could probably "cancel" every time I'm done using it... but that could still be $15 for 1 download, which is insane. Can you imagine if companies charged $15 for every update? It wouldn't work well for them at all.
All I'm asking is that you reconsider. I hate to hear that you were abused by unscrupulous people using hundreds of gigs of data after donating 1 cent, but your current proposed pricing scheme is just unreasonable for a normal user. I think charging a smaller fee for a 1 time download would work much better for you and everyone else who is not a business/reseller.
duraaraa said:
FunkyHuawei 2.0 will support several Huawei models, including, of course, the Mate 9. Addition of new firmware is automated, so all of the latest updates will be available faster.
iginal version will remain open at least 24 hours from this post, so please use it now while it still exists if you need it.
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Would you be able to add the Huawei Honor Note 8 to this list? I'm giving up my Mate 9 for that device and would love to see it supported! The Nougat beta for it just launched on the Chinese site, but it seems nobody from the small Note 8 community here on XDA has managed to get ahold of it. If you pulled that off, a lot of people from over there would certainly pay for it, myself included!
duraaraa said:
Having thought about what I can do to help people who can't afford it, I will, as a compromise, come up with a free way to use the service, limited to XDA members who are not reselling or flashing large numbers of phones. For obvious reasons, I can't give unlimited open free access to everyone, but I can schedule time blocks for particular people to use the service for free. I will come up with details for that plan and announce it here later.
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I'm sure you will. I have nothing but praise for what you have given to this community. The level of resentment you see in some of the posts is just a reflection of how people grew to love FunkyHuawei and are now afraid of losing access to it. I'm positive you'll come up with a solution that is fair for everyone, you included.
Keep up the good work. :good:
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So, calm everybody down.
We will see what @duraaraa will offer to us, who have one phone, and will use 1 time per 2 mnths or as @Nitemare3219 said, when OTAs will be available.
I think that those users need a free solution. There is needed to be made a automated list of those users or smtn like that. Or just set a counter, first time for free, OTAs free, any adittional flashing paid.
Esterra said:
So, calm everybody down.
We will see what @duraaraa will offer to us, who have one phone, and will use 1 time per 2 mnths or as @Nitemare3219 said, when OTAs will be available.
I think that those users need a free solution. There is needed to be made a automated list of those users or smtn like that. Or just set a counter, first time for free, OTAs free, any adittional flashing paid.
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Maby OTA update should be free or a low cost but crossflash and unbrick the phone should cost money? U could separate and make 2 programs. One for OTA updates with ads that can generate money that u have to look at before u can upgrade. And another program for crossflash and unbrick?
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Dear @duraaraa
I think the idea of reasonable donation per download is fair for you and the user..
Monthly fee is not a good idea as users may not use the service for the whole month...
Any way, thank you for what you have done so far.....
Would you be able to add the Huawei Honor Note 8 to this list? I'm giving up my Mate 9 for that device and would love to see it supported! The Nougat beta for it just launched on the Chinese site, but it seems nobody from the small Note 8 community here on XDA has managed to get ahold of it. If you pulled that off, a lot of people from over there would certainly pay for it, myself included!
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Yes, I think it's possible for me to add support for it. Probably can have it added within the first few days of launching.
I'm assuming you're talking about the EDI-AL10C233 ?