We've all had our complaints about the OS, but lets put our money where our mouth is.
I'll get the ball rolling. $20 pledge to the developer(s) who gets it unlocked.
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.....bounty threads for a prize of unlocking are definetly allowed.....
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I meant as far as this thread being in the Dev. subform :/
Put me down for $20
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15$ thru paypal ready to donate to whoever cracks this. ppl are disappointed and are even going as far as returning their s4 because its locked.
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We've all had our complaints about the OS, but lets put our money where our mouth is.
I'll get the ball rolling. $20 pledge to the developer(s) who gets it unlocked.
To Mods: Apologies to Kenny and Jcase et al. .....didn't realize [Bounty] threads were not allowed here. My reason was to motivate the devs. Please move if necessary
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I know there are several extremely bright and talented people working on this - but I also would be more than willing to pledge at least $50 to the dev/devs that get this done. My question is - how do you pay a bounty like this to a team of devs who collaborate to get the bootloader unlocked?
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I know there are several extremely bright and talented people working on this - but I also would be more than willing to pledge at least $50 to the dev/devs that get this done. My question is - how do you pay a bounty like this to a team of devs who collaborate to get the bootloader unlocked?
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Paypal and or whatever they suggest
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in for $20
I am in for $50.
Good News for you guys is that Adam Outler owns a S4, he might be able to get an insecure bootloader similar to the Verizon S3 and Note 2.
Longtime lurker. Joined just to offer a contribution to the bounty on this.
I will put down $50. If someone successfully unlocks it within 1 week from now, I will double that to $100.
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il put down $45
Hi All, just joined team Android after years of iOS/iPhone usage. Sad that the bootloader is unlocked but confident in the Devs. I'm in for $50 if we can get this done soon.
I'm down for $20.
I'll give $25.
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Put me down for $25, let's get this bootloader unlocked and unleash the beast! This isn't the i337 model for nothin
Count Me IN
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Put me down for $20. Lets gets this done!
OP I guess you now need to maintain a list in the first post of all peeps with the amounts and also amount in title.
Put me down for $20
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Related
Update: I picked up Zinx and Evil's phones and hope to ship them today
Ok you guys should know the drill for now. We were able to collect the funds for Zinx's phone in less than a day. Granted that was with a special deal to get the phone on the cheap that I don't know if we will be able to do again. But I am confident we can get the funds collected to get eVil D a phone. Click my "donate to me" link to contribute. I am in NO way making a profit from this and am only using money to cover expenses. Like always if I will furnish receipts on request. If you don't want to your charged the paypal fee and want 100% of your donation to go towards the fund, chose to send it as a personal gift (which it is).
Right now we are shooting for the out of contract price of $399, unless someone has an upgrade they would like to donate to the cause.
For those unfamiliar with eVil D, he has worked on sense ports of the Desire, Desire HD, and MT4G for the N1 and the G2. He has agreed to work on the MT4G as well, provided we can provide him with a test device.
So let's start this off again and see how quickly we can get another awesome dev working on our device.
Running Total: Phone purchased
Foo_Blyat - $50 - paid
itmustbejj - $20 - paid
epsix - $20 - paid
daewond3r - $15 - paid
xelapr - $15 - paid
tw39515 - $20 paid($40 total between zinx/evil donations)
Audreez - $10 - paid
Esincho - $30 paid
Corwest - $10 paid
eleeo037 - $5 paid ($10 total between zinx/evil donations)
2Noob4U - $20 - paid ($40 total between zinx/evil donations)
What...... Damn...c'on people who's gonna step up?
Put me down for another 20 buck.
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Pay day is Wednesday.
Looks like we have about $100 left-over from @Zinx donations once everyone gets their act together. That's a good headstart
Put me down for 50
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borodin1 said:
Looks like we have about $100 left-over from @Zinx donations once everyone gets their act together. That's a good headstart
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As you may have noticed I was not maked down as paid for Zinx's phone b/c as soon as I found out we could get it for $150 I was already planning on donating to the eVil D fund....well that and it's kind of silly to donate money to my own paypal account only to transfer it back to my bank account.
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Pay day is Wednesday.
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We don't actually send the donations until we have enuff pledged to cover the amount. So you can still pledge something now. If we were to actually reach our total before Wednesday we would understand if you had to wait.
Heading to my buddies to give him the money to transfer to you. Thank you so much for doing this for the community. And I'm sure the devs don't mind the free devices ;]
Good karma!
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Put me down for $20. I get paid monday.
Common guys... You want the dev support and the roms.. This is a perfect way to help out!
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I'm down for a finished and sweet rom. Ill show some love with $10
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i just sent my $50, i forgot to make a note with my forum name but im sure its easy to tell its me since im the only one who sent that much.
thanks again!
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i just sent my $50, i forgot to make a note with my forum name but im sure its easy to tell its me since im the only one who sent that much.
thanks again!
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Yeah I figured that one out Thanks for the commitment.
Put me down whit 10 for now. excellent work.
another 20 bux sent.
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another 20 bux sent.
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you are the man, thanks!
i just wanna see some DEV luv for the glacier.
Just to clarify. I get paid on friday. If this is still going I will happily donate. Ill even donate more than $10 if needed. If you look around xda forums in the glacier threads, I try to help people out with questions and always offer a hand etc. I just dont want people thinking im all talk when it comes to donations. But il be more than glad to donate asap
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I sent a pack of condoms. Not much for now,but its something. Once we get a solid Rom ill sent more to the Dev.
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i just sent my $50,
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Dang! I wish I could do that much at once but my wife will shove that phone you know where if she finds out I sent even as much as I did
I'd like to thank you on behalf of everyone in this gorum. That is a very generous dination.
Sent from MT4G.
http://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-offer-hacker-friendly-developer-edition-galaxy-s-iii
Bit late for lots of folks and $599.
Immolate said:
http://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-offer-hacker-friendly-developer-edition-galaxy-s-iii
Bit late for lots of folks and $599.
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Three cheers for Samsung doing the right thing, about a month late.
A better choice would of been, a developer portal website, where we send you our IMEI, you mark our warranty as invalid should we brick our phone, and then give us a file to unlock our bootloader. I'd even pay a reasonable, less than $50 processing fee, for your effort.
Earlier on a conference call with Verizon and Samsung, the following happened.... ( For the Verizon and Samsung suits, the below is satire, if I got it right, it's a coincidence...)
Samsung: Verizon, we told you that you were going to piss off the tech influncers, they're going to badmouth the S3 on your network and people will consider other carriers. Your dumb ass move of locking the bootloader is now costing us support calls, as we try to explain your poor decision. The right thing to do, as we told you earlier was not to lock it.
Verizon: Heck no, we're not doing it. We don't want the warranty and support headaches, besides they're all just a bunch of hacker thieves who will destroy our network, break their phones and cry to us when they brick.
Samsung: Your dumb move is hurting our brand and your brand too. (Thinking: But you're too stupid to see it.) What if we made you a limited quantity of S3's of of the S3's on your network without locking the bootloader.did a developer phone. You could sell it to a limited customer base for a small up-charge and make everyone happy. This way you could limit the amount of so called "hacker thieves" while keeping the influncers happy and give us a consistent message where we don't have to lie.
Verizon: We're not selling it.
Samsung: You'd be able to make peace with the influencers, you know that group that is all excited about our products, and convinces their friends to get it on your network. They'd love you for it.
Verizon: We're too big to have a different process for the phone same phone. We'd have mass confusion everywhere, support, service, retail and we'd loose money on it.
Samsung: You need to do something about this. It's only going to get nastier as you deliver more phones. All the other carriers didn't lock, and you simply look stupid for doing it. Your confusing message sounds like paranoia mixed with PR lies. Nobody is believing you, and you make us look bad.
Verizon: We're big enough. We don't care. Let them whine, they'll quiet down in a while.
Samsung: We'll if you're not going to do anything at least let us do something. Let us build a model with an IMEI which you'll allow on your network, which doesn't have a locked bootloader. We'll sell it, support it, and handle warranty. We'll call it a developer phone.
Verizon: Grumble Grumble.... Fine. This issue is over and the last we'll talk about it. Goodbye. Click. Those Samsung guys need to grow a pair. <Laughter>
Samsung: What a bunch of morons in suits.
Well this is good for those who want to install roms and what not. It sucks for those who are trying to get the Sgs3 as an upgrade on Verizon.
this is awesome thanks! I woulda never though samsung would do this.
They also do not say if you are paying $599 to get the 16gb version or 32gb.
so its essentially the sprint version except it works on Verizon.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/28/atandts-garnet-red-galaxy-s-iii-for-vampires-we-go-hands-on/
So are there actual hardware differences in the Version S3 and the Developers version or is it just in the firmware ??
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So are there actual hardware differences in the Version S3 and the Developers version or is it just in the firmware ??
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I pray to God their isn't and we can just Odin their firmware.
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Taxing Developers?
So now verizon and samsung decide to tax us for being developers? No one needs to buy this. Kexec the verizon version untill we can crack the bootloader!
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At this point i doubt many people will be purchasing this phone. Had samsung released it a few weeks ago then i bet more people would have bought it, but they've waited too long now.
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At this point i doubt many people will be purchasing this phone. Had samsung released it a few weeks ago then i bet more people would have bought it, but they've waited too long now.
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yep is gonna be a failure. And the dev community is gonna be non existent cause no one will have it. All that is gonna be good for is hopefully we can steal their bootloader and such.
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yep is gonna be a failure. And the dev community is gonna be non existent cause no one will have it. All that is gonna be good for is hopefully we can steal their bootloader and such.
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if the bootloader on the dev phone is usable on the locked handsets...thus unlocking them....then the development for this phone will become bigger than ever....
I plan on buying one when it is released in spite of Verizon.
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I plan on buying one when it is released in spite of Verizon.
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When you do I hope you rip what we will need as a community for development.
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if the bootloader on the dev phone is usable on the locked handsets...thus unlocking them....then the development for this phone will become bigger than ever....
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When you do I hope you rip what we will need as a community for development.
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I hope to hell it's as easy as you guys are thinking it will be. Unfortunately I would NOT count on it.
haha that would be hilarious and so awesome at the same time if the whole unlocked bootloader stock image could just be flashed in odin to bypass everything else. I was sayin the devs in charge of the $3k in donations to the bounty for unlocked bootloader should just offer that money to somebody at Verizon...like somebody should email one of the execs, not CEO, but a little lower, execs are ALWAYS lookin to make some extra bucks. Or at Samsung, I'm sure there's some software that can unlock that they possess. I came from the OG and have only this for like 4 days, and I'm extremely missing the freedom I had. It's like moving to North Korea or Cuba, naw more like North Korea
^^you had me laughing at that!
....North Korea!
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yep is gonna be a failure. And the dev community is gonna be non existent cause no one will have it. All that is gonna be good for is hopefully we can steal their bootloader and such.
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We can use it to point out to the fcc that vzw's excuse for locking the bootloader on a block c device is bull crap.
They really are trying to tax us now. This prooves they only care about money, not improoving their products..
http://m.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones/SCH-I535MBDVZW
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So i was talking to joelz and said that he was willing to dev and help myn and team warm on warm fourpointzero. He is an amazing dev and did some incredible work on HTC Rezound, HTC Droid Incredible, Verizon Galaxy Nexus, HTC EVO 3D, HTC EVO 3D GSM, HTC EVO 4G, HTC EVO 4G LTE, HTC Desire HD, and HTC Inspire 4G plus probably some i am forgetting. anyways LETS GET JOELZ A GS3!!!
It looks like the cheapest ones are going on swappa for around $500 so lets set that as a goal.
All the money is for the developer, to get the phone. Please post what you have donated so we can keep track of who is helping out
Heres his Paypal link http://forum.xda-developers.com/donatetome.php?u=3449508 just post and say how much you have donated so i can keep track of it
Donations:
Marcismo55-$20 (48L915611J763661R)
jaben2-$25 (90326963SG355761N)
dagnisaun-$15 (69e77945k77958130)
mikeew83-$26 (6JG95563DJ001763P)
Jshokamp-$100 (5WK011893874960H)
Cordell12-$15 (5R915424NK7453347)
Hesh.monster-$15 (41S18051DH864593T)
Jaben2-$25 (55E489633N032730S)
Dovigoldberger-$20 (8UX80260M2657024M)
Droidstyle-$27 (7EC40057XX368633D)
Thanks to other donations given to joelz
TRUE TOTAL: $300 (I believe that includes Paypal fees)
NOTE: the total is actually a little less due to Paypal fees
UPDATE: a deal has been worked out for the device.it should be shipping tomorrow BUT we still do need $50 more
UPDATE: We have gotten all the money as well as found a very cheap device. Thanks to everyone who has donated
Everything checks out. Continue on
No one would even consider it?
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I would love to see Joelz developing over here even though he said the VZW was a flop because of the locked bootloader . Warm loving would be nice too!
I sent $20 his way towards a device. Confirmation number: 48L915611J763661R
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I would love to see Joelz developing over here even though he said the VZW was a flop because of the locked bootloader . Warm loving would be nice too!
I sent $20 his way towards a device. Confirmation number: 48L915611J763661R
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It has been unlocked.
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It has been unlocked.
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Yes, I am quite aware of that bud. Initially, he said he would not getting the device because of the locked bootloader which is where my previous statement came from.
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Yes, I am quite aware of that bud. Initially, he said he would not getting the device because of the locked bootloader which is where my previous statement came from.
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I think just about everyone knows its unlocked now
werdna87 said:
I think just about everyone knows its unlocked now
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What's unlocked :cyclops:
piiman said:
What's unlocked :cyclops:
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We have the keys to the kingdom and it has been unlocked
Only prob is Joelz needs an SGS III to enter the kingdom to join Team Warm's journey to excellence on the SGSIII.
Thanks =D by the way if i dont reach enough money i will refund the donations
so we sending money now or waiting till we hit posted 500?
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so we sending money now or waiting till we hit posted 500?
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Now and he will refund if he doesn't get it
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Confirmation number: 90326963SG355761N
$25 from me, looking forward to getting a new another good dev on board for the S3
+$15!
69e77945k77958130
Thanks everyone! OP has been updated to include everyones donations
I'll offer my Pebble Blue 16GB up for a little cheaper than $500....great shape as well
collins521 said:
I'll offer my Pebble Blue 16GB up for a little cheaper than $500....great shape as well
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SWEET THANK YOU! Most on swappa are a little less but either way it is awesome to have a set price for people to go for. What you be willing to give it up for?
Remember, if you add a line buy it on that line for $200+tax, transfer it to your line, put dummy phone (blank, call cust. service) on new line for 1 month ($10), then cancel in a month (etf for dumbphone line is $175), the total comes to about $440 w/ tax depending on your local rate.
Edit: one for $430 on swappa
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SWEET THANK YOU! Most on swappa are a little less but either way it is awesome to have a set price for people to go for. What you be willing to give it up for?
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We can figure that out when the bounty gets closer, but I'll be willing to go a little lower than what everyone is charging
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Remember, if you add a line buy it on that line for $200+tax, transfer it to your line, put dummy phone (blank, call cust. service) on new line for 1 month ($10), then cancel in a month (etf for dumbphone line is $175), the total comes to about $440 w/ tax depending on your local rate.
Edit: one for $430 on swappa
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if one is $430 on swappa then this seems kinda unnecessary... sorry con
Iam so sick of samsung and/or carriers locking our phones down. I was going to buy a GN3, and now think I might just keep my POS rooted but NO RECOVERY !!!! ATT GS4. If its this bad with the gs4 imagine how difficult the GN3 is going to be. Had to vent.
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Iam so sick of samsung and/or carriers locking our phones down. I was going to buy a GN3, and now think I might just keep my POS rooted but NO RECOVERY !!!! ATT GS4. If its this bad with the gs4 imagine how difficult the GN3 is going to be. Had to vent.
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You could always try to grab a T-Mobile or Sprint variant since they will most likely be unlocked, but yea sad to say as much as I want a Note 3 now, it's going to be locked and locked down hard :/
I've been thinking about just give n the difference I should have paid for my phone to the bounty for bootloader unlock. I paid 200$ so I was thinking of put n 300$ in on the bounty .maybe if everybody did this it might help.
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As the world turns.
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joewspot said:
Iam so sick of samsung and/or carriers locking our phones down. I was going to buy a GN3, and now think I might just keep my POS rooted but NO RECOVERY !!!! ATT GS4. If its this bad with the gs4 imagine how difficult the GN3 is going to be. Had to vent.
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What I did was buy a Sim unlocked device from a carrier who's boot loader can be broken and just transfer it to your personal carrier
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This is why Google releases Nexus devices. Technically most carrier devices aren't even meant for development unless noted. Development phones are provided with unlocked or unlockable bootloaders. They are under absolutely no obligation to provide you such feature with a non-development device. Quit your whining child.
Here is a possible solution...chat with an att rep, tell them that ur going abroad and need it unlocked..they will most likely provide it for you..unlock it and sell it to get about 500$ ish.. Buy a i9500 or something online like eBay and be set..
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This is why Google releases Nexus devices. Technically most carrier devices aren't even meant for development unless noted. Development phones are provided with unlocked or unlockable bootloaders. They are under absolutely no obligation to provide you such feature with a non-development device. Quit your whining child.
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If someone pays $500-$600 for a phone, they should be able to do with it as they wish. AT&T should just warn the buyer that bricked phones will not be warrantied and leave the bootloader as it was. But they chose to push an OTA update, with a locked bootloader, to our phones. That was a real B***h move on their part.
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If someone pays $500-$600 for a phone, they should be able to do with it as they wish. AT&T should just warn the buyer that bricked phones will not be warrantied and leave the bootloader as it was. But they chose to push an OTA update, with a locked bootloader, to our phones. That was a real B***h move on their part.
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No one said he couldn't unlock the bootloader - everything is crack-able. Just because it's locked doesn't mean he can't unlock it, in theory. He just needs the brains to do so.
That's like buying a new car and saying, "uggh wtf! The turbo should be running 30psi, not 10!!"... you pay some money to a tuner, and bam.. it's faster now. Same goes with a locked phone - there are devs out there that can do this - I'm sure for the right price they'll put in the work and unlock it.
Effing people expect life to be served on a silver platter to them and on top it, to be free. Grow up!
Oh look, another one of these threads...
Here is the reason why they do this.
They want government contracts. The government 'DoD' specifically is choosing Android over iOS because iOS more closed down than Android even with locked bootloaders. They have to show really good security. Making something this hard to break shows that security.
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This is why Google releases Nexus devices. Technically most carrier devices aren't even meant for development unless noted. Development phones are provided with unlocked or unlockable bootloaders. They are under absolutely no obligation to provide you such feature with a non-development device. Quit your whining child.
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Well someone here doesn't understand what the Open Handset Alliance / Android was all about and feels like they are holier than thou
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Well someone here doesn't understand what the Open Handset Alliance / Android was all about and feels like they are holier than thou
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Ok, whatever. I don't care.
I guess you havent done your research before opening your ignorant mouth.....some of the best developers have spent countless hours on this bootloader and have stated that without a leak or Samsung tool, its not going to happen. So, I guess it would be like buying a car and without the permission from the auto maker, you couldnt do anything to that car.....idiot!
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I guess you havent done your research before opening your ignorant mouth.....some of the best developers have spent countless hours on this bootloader and have stated that without a leak or Samsung tool, its not going to happen. So, I guess it would be like buying a car and without the permission from the auto maker, you couldnt do anything to that car.....idiot!
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Please refrain from name calling.
Now, AT&T owns the bootloaders. They are not open source. They make Google implement them on our devices because they are Google's client/customer. Google has to abide by what their clients want or they will lose that client. Since the bootloaders are not open source, AT&T is not obligated by any means be it themselves or through Google to unlock or provide a way to unlock the bootloaders. Furthermore, AT&T can afford to lose the few customers that care about bootloaders being unlocked or unlockable because what they lose in public customer revenue, they will more than make up for in private government contracts. They know this and have compensated for it.
Should they handle it differently? Yes. But they will not lose much of anything if they keep it as is.
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The developers on XDA arena amazing and almost always find a solution. I wouldn't worry about having it customizable. I'm thinking of a note 3 myself but the convenience of recording is too good to give up for now. I love not having to write things down and at the press of one button be able to get the information
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There are a number of people that have stated they are willing to contribute to a bounty for rooting this wonderful phone. Please post here if you are willing to contribute and how much. Thank you.
I am willing to donate $100.
Name
Dredq $100 ($50 if Knox Tripped)
Zachchen1996 $100 ($50 if Knox Tripped)
Modoggs $30
Tecknogog $30
AlphaD1 $20
Stang5litre $20(regardless if Knox Tripped)
Mugsy77 $20
Longknives $25
LinuSx $50 (regardless if Knox Tripped)
I'm willing to donate $50.
I pledge $30 for vzw root. I mentioned this in another carrier xda s7 forum too (still a good idea to grow the bounty here).
This is looking promising btw..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-s7-edge/help/code-t3379915
I pledge $30 for vzw S7 Edge root.
Yes that does seem hopeful. Thanks for the link.
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I'm poor but I can manage $20 for a vzn nox triped or not. S7e BTW.
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Willing
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Willing
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Can you say publicly how much you are minimally willing to give? I believe if it is known how much we are willing to pay possibly it will motivate a developer. Although, maybe what we need is a Samsung employee to divulge the signature needed to flash Roms. Thank you for joining this group.
Do we even know it's possible before we start talking dollars? That's the real question.
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Do we even know it's possible before we start talking dollars? That's the real question.
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I am not sure that is the way to look at it. In my opinion, the only way to find out if it is possible is to motivated developers to try. You have nothing to lose by saying what you are willing to give. If there is never a solution then you have lost nothing. If there is a working solution, you give what you are willing to give and you have root. What is the downside?
I'm trying to help on the other thread. As in coding and all that. But I'll throw 20 . All these people saying without Knox being tripped can give that up. That comes with root. Which is why Samsung pay and so on doesn't work with rooted s7 or edge.
I didn't make a thread like this due to being told the dev never gets what people pledge. So didn't want that to happen to whoever helps /finds root method.
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I'm trying to help on the other thread. As in coding and all that. But I'll throw 20 . All these people saying without Knox being tripped can give that up. That comes with root. Which is why Samsung pay and so on doesn't work with rooted s7 or edge.
I didn't make a thread like this due to being told the dev never gets what people pledge. So didn't want that to happen to whoever helps /finds root method.
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Did not know that was an issue in the past; with people not paying what they pledge. I have been pleasantly shocked by how honest people have been in my dealings with people online. I guess I have faith (maybe too much) in the human race. I hope everyone that pledges will keep their pledges. Thanks for the pledge. And thanks for your work.
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Did not know that was an issue in the past; with people not paying what they pledge. I have been pleasantly shocked by how honest people have been in my dealings with people online. I guess I have faith (maybe too much) in the human race. I hope everyone that pledges will keep their pledges. Thanks for the pledge. And thanks for your work.
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Anytime [emoji3] . I hope it gets going. I may be able to contribute more as well. I also know someone that said he had 400 to spare on root.
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I'll pledge $20 as well. It might be worthwhile whomever, if ever, finds root post those who pledged and actually pledged in their recognition post. Nothing wrong with a shame list, too har
I'm willing to donate whether it trips Knox or not.
$50 if it does, $100 if it doesn't.
On the droid turbo the dev who made root availible just licensed it out for 20$ a pop, hopefully a dev who is worried about not getting the money will just implement a solution like that so those of us who are honest and willing to pay will get it.
I don't even have one of these phones but I'll pledge $25 to the cause as well.
In for $50 knox or not. OP can you edit your first post to include names and amounts?
Whatever bounty we post is pennies compared to what vzw pays devs to close exploits. I'd wager a few were closed with the last updates.