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Confirmed Sprint Hero EclairUpdate

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Did you know your Sprint Hero will be getting Eclair early next year? Well...now you do! Happy Friday ladies and gents

I don't think anyone was questioning if. Its when.

yea, i wasnt ever concerned whether we were going to get the update, but rather the time frame in which we would.
confirmatory tweets are always welcomed though

Looks like it won't be for several months.
http://twitter.com/sprint/status/6579730326
"Happy to announce Android 2.0 is coming to Sprint’s Hero & Moment. Date TBD, but roughly 1H 2010."
1st half.... not even 1st quarter!!!

masterface said:
Looks like it won't be for several months.
http://twitter.com/sprint/status/6579730326
"Happy to announce Android 2.0 is coming to Sprint’s Hero & Moment. Date TBD, but roughly 1H 2010."
1st half.... not even 1st quarter!!!
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Might as well have just said "it'll come out eventually", haha.

Hahahaha
Lets see 1H 2010, ususally the updates run about 2 time periods behind when they say that they will be available... so looking somewhere around 1H2011...

By that time, the development work for 2.1 here in XDA-Developers will already be done and all of us will be looking forward to the next release.

I wonder why the Moment is being held up on the 2.0 release, when it's just vanilla Android. I really didn't think they were going to give us that broad of a timespan though. I figured January would be the latest that we'd have 2.0. So unless Google makes some changes, there's a good chance we won't be using their newest apps for a long time (officially anyway). By the time we get 2.0, Droid will be running 4.5 .

as long as we get 2.1 here first and i can brag about it for a whole before anyone else has it, im happy lol.

nelson8403 said:
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Did you know your Sprint Hero will be getting Eclair early next year? Well...now you do! Happy Friday ladies and gents
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Thank you for your post. I've read in more than one site questions regarding IF the sprint hero was getting Eclair even some doubters. Good job

daveli said:
Thank you for your post. I've read in more than one site questions regarding IF the sprint hero was getting Eclair even some doubters. Good job
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HTC has affirmed that we will be getting an update on more than one occasion now, but you're right, a reminder and an update from them is always welcome. I just wish we could keep talks of this in a single thread.

obelisk79 said:
I just wish we could keep talks of this in a single thread.
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*cough*we need a mod*cough*
But, thanks for the update...I really wanna try some of these apps that need Eclair!

1H 2010? Really? Talk about vague. I may go back to big red for the Passion if we don't see it very soon.
I love Sprint, and my Hero, but let's be real.... almost every Android phone on the market will be LIGHT YEARS ahead of us if it takes more than a couple months at most.

While I agree that it isn't cool to toy around with us...specially since we'll still be behind when the update hits most likely. But still...I don't think that not getting an update warrants hopping the fence haha.
but then again, I cannot even really use that since I "hopped the proverbial fence" after my girlfriend dumped me and haven't looked back...if you get my drift haha

nighteyes_wolf said:
While I agree that it isn't cool to toy around with us...specially since we'll still be behind when the update hits most likely. But still...I don't think that not getting an update warrants hopping the fence haha.
but then again, I cannot even really use that since I "hopped the proverbial fence" after my girlfriend dumped me and haven't looked back...if you get my drift haha
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I think it's a perfect reason to hop the fence, show sprint that we want our updates, we can't do anything on 1.5 .. no nav, no goggles, nothing new and exciting, i'm fed up and i would rather start over with a new phone.. than wait for sprint to get off their lazy behinds and feed us something that should have been out already

nelson8403 said:
I think it's a perfect reason to hop the fence, show sprint that we want our updates, we can't do anything on 1.5 .. no nav, no goggles, nothing new and exciting, i'm fed up and i would rather start over with a new phone.. than wait for sprint to get off their lazy behinds and feed us something that should have been out already
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Or keep your eyes peeled for the 2.0-ish roms we have in the works here, there's a decent chance we'll be fully up and running by the time the other phones get their official update. But by all means, "stick it to the 'man'..." and cancel your service. It's your prerogative. I personally don't see the need. I like my sprint service and I like my sprint hero. /shrug

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Or keep your eyes peeled for the 2.0-ish roms we have in the works here, there's a decent chance we'll be fully up and running by the time the other phones get their official update. But by all means, "stick it to the 'man'..." and cancel your service. It's your prerogative. I personally don't see the need. I like my sprint service and I like my sprint hero. /shrug
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See, I don't think Sprint will have an update for us until about May (I just have a feeling on this). In light of that, I'm definitely looking at the development on the 2.0/2.1 ROMs in the other threads...those look like they will be ready way before Sprint updates us.

Just an update on this, link.

gu1dry said:
Just an update on this, link.
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Now if one of these "testers" would just leak a build to us...

gu1dry said:
Just an update on this, link.
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Thanks, that's good to know! I was just wondering (for the 5 millionth time) how things were progressing.
So... who do you think is in the lead now, HTC devs or Sprint? My $ is still on you guys. God only knows how long the testing phase will actually be.

Looking for a couple brave testers

So I just bought a Slide on eBay, but I wanna go ahead and get things started.
I can do most of the work I think right now before the phone (since it's Sense 3), but I'll need a few brave testers with ADB knowledge and who aren't afraid to flash things.

Somebody help this bro out, he does good work.

You should try this forum:
http://support.t-mobile.com/community/phones_data_devices/android/mytouch_4g_slide?view=all
It seems like most of the people on here like our phones and want to root and rom them, while the people on the t-mobile forum want to complain and cry. I'm sure you'd have pretty good luck on there lowballing someone for their phone!

Got one on eBay a couple of minutes ago. See you guys on the other side . Thanks for the replies.

Sweet can't wait to see what you can do with this phone!

If you don't mind me asking, how much was it on eBay?
I currently have a MT3GS I bought from Craigslist awhile back - got a pretty good deal from someone who decided he'd rather have an iphone, it came with the original box and all the stuff.
Been debating on whether it was worth an update to a 4GS.

unclespoon said:
Sweet can't wait to see what you can do with this phone!
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Check out my Sensation ROM (link is in my sig)
Brew78 said:
If you don't mind me asking, how much was it on eBay?
I currently have a MT3GS I bought from Craigslist awhile back - got a pretty good deal from someone who decided he'd rather have an iphone, it came with the original box and all the stuff.
Been debating on whether it was worth an update to a 4GS.
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It was $340... it said it was refurbished so I jumped on it. That's just around the price range I was looking for, too (extremely hopeful price range).
$400 seems to be the area in which the used ones are selling for...

Romanbb said:
Check out my Sensation ROM (link is in my sig)
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I did, and I LOVE it! Man if you ported that to our phone I would be eternally grateful, and your phone would have cost you a little less $$$ if you know what I mean

unclespoon said:
I did, and I LOVE it! Man if you ported that to our phone I would be eternally grateful, and your phone would have cost you a little less $$$ if you know what I mean
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I updated the OP. If anyone is interested please post here.
I'm going to start porting some of the features today and need some testers .

Romanbb said:
I updated the OP. If anyone is interested please post here.
I'm going to start porting some of the features today and need some testers .
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You know I'm in!

I've been one of the ones to dive in headfirst around here so i'll help as I can.
This week, and next, are gonna be real tight on time for me. I still have a few threads around here I have to update...and just can't get more then a few minutes in front of a terminal at a time.
When I get the chance to update my threads, I can sit here and have the phone installing (or whatever) while I do.
Glad to see another dev jumping into the pool here with the MT4GS - it's a sick piece of hardware.

Your list has made it incredibly easy to list out all the apps (I usually have to go through them one by one and try and figure everything out, usually takes 1-2 hours per phone )
Anyways, I can't test it as I don't have the phone yet but Bloater should be setup for it. At least for the apps and stuff. I'll have to add WiFi calling later.
Test it out and let me know what works and what doesn't. I tried not to include anything I wasn't sure about or anything that could be potentially harmful to remove.
If it doesn't recognize something as installed or uninstalled it just means my MD5s mismatch what it was expecting, easy fix.
Install it as a normal APK

I can new a lab rat if needed as I still haven't committed to this as a dd
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I'll be willing to test!

Are any of you guys familiar with IRC? This may be easier to do everything there instead of posting back and fourth.
We could try #mt4gs @ freenode
Other than that, I may have my statusbar mods ported today. Just need to fix the resource IDs up I think. I'll need to have someone test.
I'm using Paul's deodex as a base for now since I couldn't find an RUU. So if anyone is running that, you'll just have to flash two files over to test if this works or not .

http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=mt4gs
Someone join so I can use you as a test dummy!

Polite Request

Hello everyone, I'm Indirect and while most of you have no idea who I am, I was politely asked to come help you all out for development towards downgrade / s-off on your devices. Now, as much as I would LOVE to help, I can only do so much without the actual device. I know this sounds like mooching, annoying, etc that some other "developers" do to try and gain attention but I'm sure you can see that I've made progress in just a few short hours as you can see here So I would like to now ask the community I'm trying to help if they would be willing to help me out as well and have my job be just a bit easier. I own multiple devices that I work on (Evo View 4G tablet, Nook Tablet, Nexus S 4G) and I develop for the evo shift when I can get around to it, but since I am not 18 and unemployed, I can't really go out and just throw down cash for a mytouch. Developing is essentially my career, balance that with school and my life gets hectic. So, if you read on, you will see how much I'm working towards.
What I need vs What I have:
Bought a device and it had a board failure within 2 hours... -- edit: RMA'd this one
New device, killed that one and since it has a void sticker broken and I'd rather not send it to HTC for moral reasons, I want to have it JTAG'd.
Well guys. I bricked 2 MT4GS while helping test s-off. Looks like I need to RMA one and JTAG the other. What do I need? Well, it cost 40$ + shipping. I can eat the shipping costs, but I can't crap out 40$. .__. So, any help is appreciated. OP has been updated with this post as well as a total amount vs what I need.
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What I need vs what I have for JTAG:
10$ / 60$
^ Donate button
Edit: Switched links. Found a cheaper one for 220~
This is the device that I am wanting to buy because it's the cheapest one on ebay, has free shipping, and available for buy it now. So if you want to help, just click the donate button and I'll save up for it. I would really prefer to get this thing bought as soon as possible so I can get cracking on that bootloader.

hi, it's nice to see someone giving our device some attention
btw, i have a side question: do you have kernel dev experience too?

Indirect said:
Hello everyone, I'm Indirect and while most of you have no idea who I am, I was politely asked to come help you all out for development towards downgrade / s-off on your devices. Now, as much as I would LOVE to help, I can only do so much without the actual device. I know this sounds like mooching, annoying, etc that some other "developers" do to try and gain attention but I'm sure you can see that I've made progress in just a few short hours as you can see here So I would like to now ask the community I'm trying to help if they would be willing to help me out as well and have my job be just a bit easier. I own multiple devices that I work on (Evo View 4G tablet, Nook Tablet, Nexus S 4G) and I develop for the evo shift when I can get around to it, but since I am not 18 and unemployed, I can't really go out and just throw down cash for a mytouch. Developing is essentially my career, balance that with school and my life gets hectic. So, if you read on, you will see how much I'm working towards.
This is the device that I am wanting to buy because it's the cheapest one on ebay, has free shipping, and available for buy it now. So if you want to help, just click the donate button and I'll save up for it. I would really prefer to get this thing bought as soon as possible so I can get cracking on that bootloader.
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Thanks so much man! I knew if anyone could shed some sort of light to this dark tunnel most of the other users are in, it would be you. Thanks so much for doing this, I guess I owe you bigger than a Shift huh ha-ha....
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Braccoz said:
hi, it's nice to see someone giving our device some attention
btw, i have a side question: do you have kernel dev experience too?
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I know some stuff about the kernel, but not atm enough to get a custom kernel up and running. Also guys, I seriously only have 1$ to my name, pretty sure it won't be enough. Lol.

This would be fantastic - I was working with this character last night in IRC and he's got the enthusiasm necessary backed up by the knowledge we need to get in our corner of XDA.
People are complaining from time to time about the anemic development here in the MT4GS forums, well, here is a way of increasing that dev.
If people aren't interested or able in picking up the torch themselves to get involved in development, then helping someone like this get a device in their hands will help us all out.
Normally i'm not such a fan of this but this is the real deal - we get a device in his hands and we WILL see more dev around here.
Look at the progress he's already helped us make towards the S-OFF issue - we got past getting the misc.version put in place and unraveled another layer of the issue, now we are stuck on hboot being our block.
Not bad for someone without a physical device in their hands, eh? Imagine what he could help us with not having to work proxy through one of us...

Indirect said:
What I need vs What I have:
$1.10 / 250$
This is the device that I am wanting to buy because it's the cheapest one on ebay, has free shipping, and available for buy it now. So if you want to help, just click the donate button and I'll save up for it. I would really prefer to get this thing bought as soon as possible so I can get cracking on that bootloader.
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PM sent, please read and respond.

gtmaster303 said:
PM sent, please read and respond.
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I got no pm?
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Indirect said:
I got no pm?
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Lol, just sent. Check now

Paypal donation link?
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rorytmeadows said:
Paypal donation link?
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Underneath his username on any of his posts

rorytmeadows said:
Paypal donation link?
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I posted a donation link specific for this above where the device link is posted.

Donated $10. Hopefully I helped
Typed by ---- oh wait! I'm schizophrenic!

If 16 more people were to donate 15$, I can have this phone. .__.

Make that 15 more people. I am still not rooted but I contribute to the community I am involved in when I can.
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63G34650FT5680721
^^Confirmation number, $15 closer, thanks and good luck!

Donated $15, confirmation # ends with 9233
Good luck!

come on guys! 180$ left! 1/5 of the way there!

6351S - last five of conformation.
$20 donated.
I don't even have this freaking device. But will get another once its s.off I will jack my wifes phone and open it up as soon as everything is rolling!
Thanks,
Billy
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You received mine right? I have a few purchases that didn't go through. . . . Hope you got my ten?
Typed by ---- oh wait! I'm schizophrenic!

I believe I did.
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See u all later on!!!! :(

so today i found a deal that best buy is having! 100 dollars off all samsung phones. and on the 10th, if u register, u will recieve a 50$ gift card which u may also use towards an upgrade. Sadly this means (even though i screwed up on the 50$ deal cause i was too early) i bought a GALAXY S III. and by sadly i mean i will no longer be contributing to the skyrocket forum! i honestly feel really bad because i feel like im abandoning everyone. i mean everyone seems to be leaving u guys!!!! i now i 2 am 1 of them... sucks only cause i feel deep inside like ive lost a good/devoted friend! :crying: i have one more helly bean update and after that im sorry guys. i no longer have this phone and i dont like to release something i havent tested first myself!
I WISH U ALL!!!! THE BEST OF LUCK IN THE FUTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PS: Happy Flashing!!!!

Deliberate said:
so today i found a deal that best buy is having! 100 dollars off all samsung phones. and on the 10th, if u register, u will recieve a 50$ gift card which u may also use towards an upgrade. Sadly this means (even though i screwed up on the 50$ deal cause i was too early) i bought a GALAXY S III. and by sadly i mean i will no longer be contributing to the skyrocket forum! i honestly feel really bad because i feel like im abandoning everyone. i mean everyone seems to be leaving u guys!!!! i now i 2 am 1 of them... sucks only cause i feel deep inside like ive lost a good/devoted friend! :crying: i have one more helly bean update and after that im sorry guys. i no longer have this phone and i dont like to release something i havent tested first myself!
I WISH U ALL!!!! THE BEST OF LUCK IN THE FUTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PS: Happy Flashing!!!!
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Congrats bro on s3 thanks for the awesome ports they will still be awesome even once you get s3
SkyRocket Embryo-6.2 Cyan Demon

Deliberate said:
so today i found a deal that best buy is having! 100 dollars off all samsung phones. and on the 10th, if u register, u will recieve a 50$ gift card which u may also use towards an upgrade. Sadly this means (even though i screwed up on the 50$ deal cause i was too early) i bought a GALAXY S III. and by sadly i mean i will no longer be contributing to the skyrocket forum! i honestly feel really bad because i feel like im abandoning everyone. i mean everyone seems to be leaving u guys!!!! i now i 2 am 1 of them... sucks only cause i feel deep inside like ive lost a good/devoted friend! :crying: i have one more helly bean update and after that im sorry guys. i no longer have this phone and i dont like to release something i havent tested first myself!
I WISH U ALL!!!! THE BEST OF LUCK IN THE FUTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PS: Happy Flashing!!!!
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Well that is too bad because you're extremely talented.....almost time for me to upgrade as well. Was actually looking at the BB Z10 but I'm having way too much fun messing with the androids LOL

Good..good.
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How long is said deal going on for? And is the 50$ only good on the 10th. I've had an upgrade for awhile, just trying not to use it till im sure I want to. Really wanted to wait on the s4.
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bestbuy online work or just store?
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Deliberate said:
so today i found a deal that best buy is having! 100 dollars off all samsung phones. and on the 10th, if u register, u will recieve a 50$ gift card which u may also use towards an upgrade. Sadly this means (even though i screwed up on the 50$ deal cause i was too early) i bought a GALAXY S III. and by sadly i mean i will no longer be contributing to the skyrocket forum! i honestly feel really bad because i feel like im abandoning everyone. i mean everyone seems to be leaving u guys!!!! i now i 2 am 1 of them... sucks only cause i feel deep inside like ive lost a good/devoted friend! :crying: i have one more helly bean update and after that im sorry guys. i no longer have this phone and i dont like to release something i havent tested first myself!
I WISH U ALL!!!! THE BEST OF LUCK IN THE FUTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PS: Happy Flashing!!!!
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I just got turned onto your work about a week ago, but I will sure miss it. Although they don't need it, the SIII crowd scores another good dev. My upgrade isn't up until August, so who knows what Sammy I'll be on then. Thanks for sharing your talent, and enjoy your SIII!

droidbabyxda said:
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Online as well. I just got a Note 2.. in the middle of a small battle to be able to get the $50 gift card cause I ordered too early. Just like Deliberate. But because they just introduced this offer on Sunday, and the rep told me I would be able to get it when I ordered over the phone on Sunday.. I might be able to get it.
If you go online and reserve the $50 gift card then you can wait till after the tenth and order a phone.
All in all, I got the Note 2 for $150
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How long is said deal going on for? And is the 50$ only good on the 10th. I've had an upgrade for awhile, just trying not to use it till im sure I want to. Really wanted to wait on the s4.
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You have to reserve the gift card before the 9th. Idk how long the $100 off thing will last. Probably just until the reservation period for the gift card is over, which is tomorrow.

Cheers bud! Thanks for everything!

Thanks OP, enjoy your new device.

Help us help a great dev, Vorbeth, get back to developing. He said yes.

Since I've been rooting and using custom ROMS, this is the 3rd great dev I've seen that has needed a new device to continue his/her fine work. x0xhellx0x with the LG G2x, dropped his phone and we the community rallied and bought him another phone to continue developing his HellFire series. Civato's Acer A500 died on him and the community again rallied to replace his A500, to continue his development.
Still waiting to get my A700 but Ilove what I see in this ROM and would like to see development continue. Let's all get together and see if we can help keep Vorbeth continue developing for our device.
Once we can get enough support, will set up a donation acct.
Update: Just heard from Vorbeth. He does want to continue developing for the A700! Need to figure out a few things. But the good news is he wants to come back.

I'm down.

Count me in too.There are precious few devs working on the A700 and we can't afford to lose anyone.

I am in as long as Vorbeth is OK with this of course

AW: Help us help a great dev, Vorbeth, get back to developing.
Great idea. I willing to help too
Send from my A700

Waiting to hear from Vorbeth. PM sent earlier.

Re: Help us help a great dev, Vorbeth, get back to developing.
Seems like you would have discussed with Vorbeth FIRST...
He may not be interested. May want to move on to a more mainstream product.
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AW: Help us help a great dev, Vorbeth, get back to developing.
I am going to help him, if he wants again an A700/701.
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Ready to help too.

Got in touch with Vorbeth
Vorbeth wants to get back to developing. We are setting up the details, probably on Monday.

That is so awesome! Thanks for running with this. Please let us know how much we will need, and when we can start to give.

Update
Just wanted to let everyone know that I can get a factory refurbished A700 for $350. Shipped to me. Next, I gotta get it to Vorbeth in the U.K., approx. $30 to 50. So I'm looking at $380 to $400.
I think we can make it, what is your opinion?

That sounds fair to me. Let us know where we can donate and my cash will be on its way!

Just wanted to update everyone, I'm waiting on Vorbeth to let me know his shipping address so we know how much to raise. Soon as he lets me know I'll get this show on the road.

I'm willig to donate something

I also want to donate some. Great dev!
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Partzman2, I realy like your iniative. It's a noble thing to help each other.

partzman2 said:
Just wanted to let everyone know that I can get a factory refurbished A700 for $350. Shipped to me. Next, I gotta get it to Vorbeth in the U.K., approx. $30 to 50. So I'm looking at $380 to $400.
I think we can make it, what is your opinion?
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Yes we can. I'm on it. How much......?

Wait for more instructions. I hope they'll coming soon.

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Wait for more instructions. I hope they'll coming soon.
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Thanks for your support guy's
I'll 100% jump back on this as soon as I can get my hands on a 700 again

Vorbeth said:
Thanks for your support guy's
I'll 100% jump back on this as soon as I can get my hands on a 700 again
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Great ! Thanks to you.
Now, partzman2 ? How do we proceed?