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HAS ANYONE SEEN new Devvy Awards ad here on XDA? (I need stats on which countries)

Hello XDA-devs ---
I'm just trying to get some kind of visible feedback about whether the new Devvy Awards banner Ad is showing up for you in the ad-rotation on the site here. There is a wide banner version, and a square version. If you've seen one at least once, could you please reply and just let me know -- it'll help a lot!
HERE'S WHY
It would help to give me an indication on where and how to spend money to increase developer awareness of the upcoming VOTING for the first (AND LAST) Devvy Awards for the Windows Mobile touchscreen Platform. These awards pay tribute to the killed-off OS that started this whole multi-billion dollar touchscreen phone & tablet industry way back when XDA-developers.com first started as a website formed to help make the HTC "XDA" a more usable phone on Windows Mobile.
XDA-developers.com has very generously donated the running of these ads for the Devvy Awards, and "we" ("we" is actually just 2 people! ) are very grateful for all the support they've given in so many ways.
Here's what the ads look like:
ADS RUN HERE IN GEOGRAPHICAL TERRITORIES OF THE WORLD
Europe, Asia, Africa, South America may all see these Devvy Awards ads more likely than those of us in the USA, due to the targeting of many ads for USA audience, and the heavy Christmas shopping season where many products are being sold. So the statistical instances of USA viewers seeing the ads is way less -- and that's where I live. So I am hoping for some tangible feedback.
They cost a lot to produce. And the purpose was simply to notify people about the upcoming voting. I intend to run the ads elsewhere, and pay for them to run. So, getting your feedback would also really help me to know if it's a good use of my depleting funds.
Right after Christmas, on Dec 27th, the Nominations Period will begin for the 5 other major Operating Systems: Android, iPhone, webOS, Blackberry, and -- though there is really not enough development to warrant it -- WindowsPhone 7. So I plan to run ads at places where developers on these OSs congregate in forums like these.
I appreciate any and all feedback. Please keep this thread bumped up so others can see it. Everything about this is Recognition for developer dedication and hard work. Thanks!
/quicksite

Thurs Dec 16 2010, 7pm, Pacific time, California USA: no views
So, as of this writing, is this correct? No one on the entire site has seen either the wider banner or square banner?
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Hmm, wonder if this is due to most users here using ad-block software so they see no ads at all. I know that is common...
Still... NO ONE at all? I'm not sure if this is true, or if those who have seen it just don't see this thread.

Topic 1 of 2:
Santa Wrecked the Devvys Site - Damn Him
SANTA MESSED UP HIS GPS USING SAMSUNG GALAXY, *TOTALLY* MISSED THE NORTH POLE, WENT ON A DRUNKEN BINGE, AND WRECKED OUR SITE, and about 150 others on his path....
So Look for Windows Mobile voting on Friday.
$%$^&# Santa! Why can't he leave working things alone? Rudolph and the reindeer have performed flawlessly all these years, but even Santa falls for the hype and gets the Nexus S --- all messed up: http://devvyawards.com
Topic 2 of 2:
THE DEVVY AWARDS BANNER ADS on this site:
So, did anyone at all, in any country, anywhere on XDA, at any time of day, at any point at all, see a Devvy Awards ad? I ask because I spent about $5000 to get them made and they took an enormous amount of time, and the whole purpose is not commercial -- but rather to alert people to the voting for Devvy Awards.
It's hard to complain since, when I inquired about the price a few months ago, XDA offered to donate the ad runs --- which is absolutely wonderful and generous. And yet, at the end of the day, if they didn't end up running at all, then that killled my entire effort, which was enormous, to make it known throughout the site about the awards, which are a day away from voting for Windows Mobile -- and then on December 31st, Nominations begin for all 5 of the major Touchscreen operating systems OTHER than windows mobile:
ANDROID
iOS
webOS
BLACKBERRY
WINDOWS PHONE 7 (though they really do not merit any awards for 2010; not enough development).
*** I am probably going to add SYMBIAN... it's getting new life via NOKIA, and they have largest market penetration of all. Any thoughts?
THOSE NOMINATIONS WILL ALL HAPPEN AT SAME TIME and in much more sophisticated way that WinMo happened here at XDA site earlier this year. They will be web form based, and specific to each touchscreen OS. We have a social media team that is going to work all the major development forums to make sure developers know about the nominations so they nominate their own works/apps. These nominations will run for 5 weeks, thus, all through month om January 2011.
thanks!
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Campaign Viewsonic for better support.

After reading the the 12 pages over in Viewsonic's Facebook Discussion section on the gTablet support, I came away with the idea that what we need is a single united voice to get Viewsonic attention.
facebook.com/topic.php?uid=58738271675&topic=18712
While many has already blog, tweet and post in forums to show how unhappy they are with the way Viewsonic has treated the gTablet, a single united campaign will hopefully get the attention of online (and maybe offline) media. This would lead to positive PR for the gTablet hardware and negative PR for the company. Hopefully, it will show them the true popularity of the device and get them to reconsider abandoning it for something newer.
I've created a Facebook page to get us started.
facebook.com/pages/Viewsonic-gTablet-Owners-Unite/115515855214154
I welcome any input, help, advise, suggestion etc..

A small update.
Almost a week have pass since the launch of the Viewsonic gTablet Onwers Unite Facebook page and we have nearly 40 people responded. It's a great start but we need more people. Please Like the page if you have not already done so and share it with anyone you know who own a gTablet or looking to get one.
Our goal is NOT to discourage people from buying the gTablet as more units sold translate to a bigger user base. If nothing else, the popularity (=sale figure) would be the one thing Viewsonic cannot ignore.
Join us @
facebook.com/gTabletOwners

they wont give a rat crap about you. The only way they will listen is to get the general public attention.

Spike, that is the purpose of the Facebook page. It require minimal commitment from people. All they have to do is click the Like button. People who wish to be more involve and post and spread the words etc..
And we have 91 members now.
Anyway, last night it came to that while many have said that the only way for Viewsonic to listen is hit them where it hurt the most, through their sales. So I've started a companion page to Viewsonic gTablet Owners Unite called I Switched from Viewsonic. This page is to help register the people who are boycotting the Viewsonic brand. To get all those statements in the same place instead of spreading all over the Internet. Once again, the aim is show strength in numbers.
Before anyone ask, Yes, you can continue to use your current Viewsonic product(s) as long as you have made a purchase of a different brand because of a previous bad experience with Viewsonic.
facebook.com/pages/I-Switched-from-Viewsonic/266914796653802

Time for a little viral marketing.
We are about to hit the 100 members mark sometime this week. To celebrate, I think it would be a great opportunity to do a big (viral) marketing push.
If the Facebook study I have read is true, the average person on Facebook has about 10-20 people on their friends list. My suggestion is for everyone to take a minute to hit the Share button on the bottom left of the Facebook page to post it on their Wall. That would give us a minimum of 1000+ more pair of eye balls seeing the message. Some of them might be gTablet owners or know someone who does. But our real aim is to bring to their attention our cause and at the same time spread negative publicity for Viewsonic to another 1000 people who might in turn share it with more of their friends. With some luck, we might just reach that critical mass that will attract Viewsonic attention.
Make sure to include a message along the line of:
"I own a Viewsonic gTablet and I need your help. Viewsonic has abandon this device after only 3 months of support. Now they are killing it by refusing to provide the necessary driver so the community developers can continue to update it. Please share this with all your friends so we can warn as many people as possible about Viewsonic dodgy business practice."
facebook.com/gTabletOwners

just posted it on the FB support page. lets see if it stays up.
http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=18712&post=99303&uid=58738271675#topic_top

I understand where you are coming from, but asking a corporation to support a commercial failure is most likely falling on deaf ears. Just ask those people who bought Touchpads. Viewsonic doesn't make their money from people like us.
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Nospin said:
Viewsonic doesn't make their money from people like us.
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Yes they do.
Fact Most happy consumers have no voice, It's not that they do not have one its more like they have no use or want to be bothered with it.
Upset people have a voice and use it.
So if I was a consumer that was looking for a good product, and search the web for a viewsonic tablet review I will find peoples likes and dislikes.
So if the upset customers (US) make noise, it will hurt their bottom line. I would not want to buy a device that is dropped from support and has bad things said about it.
I as a web guy would have done this a little different.
Create a facebook page for people to like and post their thoughts.
Create a twitter account and link it to the facebook page
Start going to the review sites you find in google searches and post your review with a link to your facebook page.
Heck you could even post on review sites for other viewsonic products (LCD's etc...) stating that you have owned and after the tablet mess, you will never buy again and so on.
I know VS is probably reading this and thinking "Shut up already, we do not need more trouble", but VS it's your fault and only you can fix the problem.
One thing I have learned in the last few years in tech, is never mess with the tech geeks as their numbers can kill you.
BTW, I liked both pages. No more VS for me! and I will spread the word.
PS. PM me if you need anything.

copc, thank you for you support.
I consider myself a thinker, not a leader. It takes a while for my brain to to digest and come up with new ideas. So I really appreciate yours and others help with keeping this project alive. I'm going to ask Roebeet and Living Enzyme if they would like to be Admin on the page or recommend someone who would be a good candidate. We really need a few more people to keep the page alive.
Anyone want to take a stab at making a viral video?
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2391476,00.asp

(BOOTLOADER UNLOCK CAMPAIGN) Operation: Mosh started by TSON

Hey guys,
I know you probably saw the article on the XDA Portal this morning about Motorola not unlocking our bootloaders as they promised they would. Well, now is time for us all to take action and put pressure on them. The thread below has details on how to put the pressure on them. We've done our part by buying Motorola Smartphones (a lot of us are return customers), now it's time for Motorola to do there part and unlock our bootloaders. We are a small community here in the Atrix 2 world, but collectively we can make some noise along with our fellow Motorola brethren. Go to TSON's post below and follow his steps to make some noise.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1419815

This was posted here two days ago and the mods removed it hopefully they'll leave it this time.

Hopefully they don't...sorry for re posting. Hopefully we get enough eyes on this to get people to act before it disappears.

Don't be sorry I should have reposted it myself after they removed it.

I bookmarked the page, and I am filling out the FCC form right now.

What a pity chinese users can not visit Twitter or Facebook, and it's none of FCC's business to care about ME865 users' complaints, but we will send e-mails to MOTO, lots of ME865/MB865(HONGKONG Edition) users will gather! Just wait and see!
hxxp://bbs.gfan.com/android-3442077-1-1.html

Official Support My Moto Campaign Thread

As of November 9th, 2012, Motorola is still selling the Electrify and Photon as CURRENT phones. Nowhere in their "store" section is it mentioned that both phones are discontinued and will not receive any updates or patches.
ROUND 3:
THE ICS LEAK AND THE THEAD HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM XDA AS WELL AS POSTS MADE BY epinter FOR THE PAST COUPLE DAYS!
The official reason as to why this happened
FBI warns users of mobile malware (Google states Jelly Bean has protection that older versions of Android does not)
Cnet Article: FBI warns users of mobile malware
Support My Moto Campaign has been specifically mentioned in latest Cnet article.
A big thanks goes out to Casey Newton and Roger Cheng for mentioning us here at Support My Moto!
Over fourty articles covering Motorola's removal of the ICS update and over ten articles that mention the campaigns
This is the Official Support My Moto Campaign Thread
​
Support My Moto! at supportmymoto.com​A unified campaign backed by developers and you requesting Ice Cream Sandwich & Jellybean updates, source code, and unlocked bootloaders for the owners of Atrix MB860, Atrix MB861, Atrix ME860, Electrify MB853 ,Photon MB855, DROID X2, MB870, XT882, MT870
The main goals of the campaign is to have a unified front in submission of requests for Ice Cream Sandwich & Jellybean updates, source code, and unlocked bootloaders for the owners of all phones on covered by Motorola's $100 Tradeup Program.
What we would like to happen;
Unlock would make JB ROMs available to anybody that wants it.
Updating would cover more moto owners and thereby minimize the impact to Moto's profits and public image.
A clean plan of how the $100 credit is to work as "We're looking into it" type statements are very damaging.
The reason we ask these things is that it gives Motorola room to work with. Once/if Motorola decides to open up a line of communication then specifics could be discussed. Ideally unlock and an update would cover almost all Moto owners. Either way, both solutions would be of benefit to Moto. Even though I'm fronting the campaign I would like to see as many people walk away from it happy, or at least not want to attack each other.
This is achieved by filing Better Business Bureau Complaints, FTC Complaints, emailing The Consumerist and signing the petitions. These things and more can be achieved at the
Support My Moto Website
#supportmymoto Support My Moto IRC chat to discuss issues and tactics
For IRC chat on your phone try AndChat​
If your company or employer has decided to remove Motorola from the approved supplier list for cell phones, please contact us. We would love to hear from you.
Please remember to submit Support My Moto to the news sites and tech blogs for coverage.
If you are a developer and would like to sign on, post "Count me in!" and I will add you to the list on the website and here as well.
SIGNATURE PIC TO SHOW SUPPORT IS ATTACHED TO THIS POST

Support My Moto Team​DEVELOPERS
Th3Bill
mof9336
peetr_
zacthespack
Magiman7
upndwn4par
mmontuori
Syl
samcripp
spleef
android-DEP
shabbypenguin
tiger013
k0nane
stevendeb25
epinter
Notorious544d
pinguy1982
italosnt
Contributors
azrienoch of XDA Developer TV
na7q of motosunfire.com
QBKing77 & His Youtube channel Please be sure to send some "Thanks" his way for the video!

Support My Moto has been submitted to the following;
If you post or submit to any sites please post the info here so I can add it!
Android Police
ars technica
c|net
engadget
Motofail Facebook page
Motorola
Motorola Forums - Atrix 4G with Ice Cream Sandwich
Motorola Forums - atrix upgrade status news changed today, explain
Motorola Forums - Photon 4G Officially not getting upgraded
Punit Soni's G+ Share of engadget article
WebProNews
Pocketnow
Androidcentral news
Androidcentral Photon forum
http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...port-My-Moto-Campaign-Thread-by-Lokifish-Marz
http://www.motorolafans.com/forums/...my-moto-campaign-thread-by-lokifish-marz.html
http://modmymobile.com/forums/402-g...rt-my-moto-campaign-thread-lokifish-marz.html
FrAndroid
One more thing before I really do go to bed. Anybody have an Android Central account? If so could you copy and paste THIS in the appropriate forums and link it here? Thanks guys!

I love you for this.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app

I just sent an email to Consumer Reports and it went like this:
CR did a review on not too long ago and gave high marks to the smartphone known as the Motorola Photon 4G. While I think that your review is fairly accurate, one thing you should mention to fellow consumers is Motorola's unfair business practice. Quite simply, Motorola posted an update schedule for upgrading the Android OS. The schedule stated for a period of a few months that this and a few other of their smartphones would receive an update to Android 4.0.4, also known as Ice Cream Sandwich. Currently, the only update it has been given is a maintenance release that only fixed a handful of issues and one that effectively locked the bootloader. In laymens terms, they closed the possibility for developers to enhance the devices longevity and usefulness. They effectively killed the open source nature of Android and its promise for software update support for the next 18 months, all of which were major selling points for most of their phones. In essence, they have effectively lied to consumers about the way they handle business and I would like for this to be brought to light, so that others may know just what they are getting into when dealing with Motorola Mobility and its affiliates. It is just very frustrating to have such a high-end device (that I worked hard to have) be left in the dark and abandoned by a company that I thought to be one of the leaders of the communications and development industry.
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It could have been better but it's very late down here. Anyway, before I hit the sack, I just voted for this to be submitted to the xda portal and for all others reading, I urge you all to do the same!
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I just offloaded my Droid Bionic and Atrix 4G yesterday because of Motorola's craptastic backtreading on the ICS issues (and yes I realize the Bionic probably will get ICS, doesn't matter now). While I wish you folks the very best, I can pretty much promise you that even if every Motorola device owner called them tomorrow or contacted Motorola in some manner and said "To hell with you..." it wouldn't change anything at all.
But, good luck just the same...
hoslayer13:
That was a very well written submission to Consumer Reports, kudos.

Pocketnow
Androidcentral news
Androidcentral Photon forum I could post the same thread in the Atrix and Sunfire sections, but the moderators might think I'm spamming.

your doing a great job
BUT i highly doubt that MOTO will actually care about some petitions they will ignore it untill all of the users just give up :crying:
but if we all PING the MOTO site together maybe we can crash it a couple of times every week :laugh: and cause them a minor headache !!!!
all in all a truly hope that we will be surprised by them and somehow get the source codes for our developers !!!
have a nice day all

We just got zacthespack of "Linux on Android" fame on board!
(and no I haven't go to sleep yet even though it's 3:23AM local)
XxReApErxX said:
Pocketnow
Androidcentral news
Androidcentral Photon forum I could post the same thread in the Atrix and Sunfire sections, but the moderators might think I'm spamming.
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Contact the mods at AC and let them know what the deal is. They should be ok with it.
d_brimer said:
BUT i highly doubt that MOTO will actually care about some petitions they will ignore it untill all of the users just give up :crying:
but if we all PING the MOTO site together maybe we can crash it a couple of times every week :laugh: and cause them a minor headache !!!!
all in all a truly hope that we will be surprised by them and somehow get the source codes for our developers !!!
have a nice day all
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Yes and no. We may personally not get what we want however seeing that there are over 400 new site and blogs covering the update BS the losses that moto will most likely see are not going to be small. That doesn't even figure in the possible losses from existing moto owners. You also have to keep in mind that folks in California have a couple things they can do as well (wink, wink).

You should have an official message to post on tweeter, +google and facebook, and the tag shouldn't be #motofail. This isn't a motofail campaign, it is supportmymoto... The tag should be that so that it doesn't get confused with anything else. If it is going to be a real campaign it has to be organized and it has to give that image as well. Just a bunch of angry nerds yelling fail isn't going to get their attention. Just sayin'.
Cheers.
PS: Good on 'ya for creating the site so fast.

Guys...good job.
Idiotic Moto won't update MB526 or MB525 to ICS or JB, even if their hardware can do the job easily.
Sent from my house via interwebs to You!

Lugaidster said:
You should have an official message to post on tweeter, +google and facebook, and the tag shouldn't be #motofail. This isn't a motofail campaign, it is supportmymoto... The tag should be that so that it doesn't get confused with anything else. If it is going to be a real campaign it has to be organized and it has to give that image as well. Just a bunch of angry nerds yelling fail isn't going to get their attention. Just sayin'.
Cheers.
PS: Good on 'ya for creating the site so fast.
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Actually if you share via the campaign site it adds the supportmymoto. The motofail and other tags that others used provide a way for supportmymoto folks to locate posts to spread word.
Also once the current tiny petitions fill up I will start a massive petition to cover all the bases.

hoslayer13 said:
I just sent an email to Consumer Reports and it went like this:
It could have been better but it's very late down here. Anyway, before I hit the sack, I just voted for this to be submitted to the xda portal and for all others reading, I urge you all to do the same!
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Nicely done!
---------- Post added at 03:39 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:31 AM ----------
As requested, I am copying and pasting the post from jbot81's thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1918696 here:
jbot81 said:
So far, Motorola's best response to us betrayed Photon owners was that they would buy our devices back for $100. After my initial excitement of Motorola's unending generosity died down, I realized that $100 isn't so generous after all.
-- Sprint will give you $63 for your phone.
-- Samsung will give you $75 for your phone. samsungupgrade.com
-- HTC will give you $75 for your phone. htctradeup.com
-- As of 10/2 used Photons are selling on ebay in good condition for more than $100 (search past listings for Photon 4G)
Essentially, excluding what you can get if you go to the trouble of selling your Photon on ebay, Motorola is giving us an extra $25, since they are requiring us to send in a device that does have some value elsewhere. Is $25 enough for you to stay a Motorola customer? That is certainly up to you. But you should at least be aware that other major phone manufacturers are not far off, and may very well provide better support.
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You can count me in too... I'm a supporting Developer...
http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...port-My-Moto-Campaign-Thread-by-Lokifish-Marz
http://www.motorolafans.com/forums/...my-moto-campaign-thread-by-lokifish-marz.html
http://modmymobile.com/forums/402-g...rt-my-moto-campaign-thread-lokifish-marz.html

How to File a Formal Request to Motorola
Hello All - I have created a how to post for submitting a formal request to Motorola via their External Ideas Submissiong program. Please check it out here and submit your request to make this a reality to receive unlocked bootloaders. XDA How To File a Formal Request to Motorola Thread
Also, don't forget to go sign the online petition if you haven't done so we are at 12,200+ and still need about 2,700+ signatures. [here]

Source Code Petition doesn't seem to be working. Anyone else having trouble?

Linked in French forum here

tallyforeman said:
Source Code Petition doesn't seem to be working. Anyone else having trouble?
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Mee too...
Sent from my MB855 using Tapatalk 2

Are you planning on putting a hit counter on the page?
Might be a good attention grabber.
Edit:
To anyone adding the supportmymoto.com banner to your signature, it would be helpful to link it to the site.

andr0idfreak said:
I have requested an Indian Technology News website tech2.in.com to cover this news. Got a reply that they will cover this.
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More good news
like I mentioned earlier. I can't find the source code petition anymore. could somebody link me
I got a couple hours sleep and am back at it. Let me get some coffee and I'll go through the ton of PM's I have received.
edit;
also have a couple of devs to add to the supported list. and alos need to ipdate to "been hit" list

Here we go, let the complaining commence.

http://www.morningnewsusa.com/samsu...e-tab-s2-android-n-status-update-2379682.html

Here is my complaint..
STOP, I repeat STOP sharing articles from click-bait non-techie sites designed to generate traffic by littering the page with "Android" "Galaxy" "Samsung" "Android N" so that when desperate users search for Android N and the Note 5 or any variation of a Samsung device they end up at Morning News USA.
All they are doing is stating "sources" over and over and the only link they do offer is to another site sharing the exact same information like a freshman copying from a wikipedia page.
You may as well consider Gotta Be Mobile a credible source (How to install AOSP on your Note 5, then shows steps for Note 4, Top 5 Note 5 hidden tips, then lists well known Android functionality, Reasons to Hate (Insert newest phone brand here), Reasons to Love (insert newest phone brand here))
I'm not saying they are wrong, after all its pretty easy to predict trends in how OEMs and updates work and ultimately if they are wrong who cares, you already clicked on the article and likely won't remember when jan rolls around and this place is flood with "OMG I hate Samsung" threads..
I'd wait for a more credible source before getting your nickers in a twist.

There's nothing to be credible or substantiated.
The fact is, it is coming. Android "N" is coming, whether it be today or tomorrow. And when it is "officially" announced, the whining will start. People will expect that it will be available for their specific phone the next day, and when it doesn't happen, break out the crying towels. That is all my post is saying. It doesn't matter when, where or whom from.