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sending sk4g to cyanogen

UPDATE: haven't heard anything from cyanogen or other devs. if you are able to make contact and get a confirmation either way from any of the devs, please let me know (email / pm / in this thread), and we can move forward. until then, hold off on the donations.
so it looks like no progress is going to be made on this phone unless we send the cm devs a phone. even then, there's no guarantee that they'll work on porting cm to it, but i think it's worth a shot.
there's an sk4g on ebay, buy it now, for $160, couple days left. seller has a 100% rating. http://goo.gl/rsStz i'll buy the phone and send it to cm, assuming we raise the funds in time. we'll look for a phone when we get confirmation. at a minimum, the phone has to be in working condition.
i've never done something like this, and this whole thing might be against xda rules or something, but here's how i'm guessing it should work:
1. raise funds via paypal using my email address "spamziq" at gmail dot com. note that there's a way to do this without incurring fees: http://www.insulators.info/general/paypal.htm
2. buy phone
3. get phone, send to steve kondik (or another appropriate dev); would obviously need an address
4. post confirmation here
5. wait
if not enough funds are raised before the auction is over, or some other snafu occurs, each contributor is refunded his money.
if cm devs return it, i sell it and dispense the money to contributors according to their original percentage of contribution?
what do y'all think?

I'm not sure it would help. Steve has been hired by Samsung (http://www.theverge.com/2011/08/15/samsung-hires-cyanogenmod-founder-steve-kondik/ ) so I'm guessing that he can easily have access to the device if he wants to work on it; you may want to check with him before organizing that.

Find a dev and confirm that they will work on it given a phone before starting anything. Don't raise the money to find that noone will work on it.

I should have some money in less than 1.5 months, and I can help donate. It looks like you can get one on eBay for about $150 USD for Buy It Now. I will be willing to donate $75 to the cause, but how do we know if the person on the receiving end of the cash-flow for this is trustworthy?
(Should we start a thread for donations that are verified, or what?)
We can also use Chase's Person-to-Person Quickpay... if two or more people have a Chase account, of course.

There is a thread. On this forum for a bounty btw there is cm beta out on some thread on xda
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A xda search for "cyanogen sidekick" (no quotes) returns many threads.
Care to link it?

Yeah lemme get my computer. Its some beta for froyo http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1265765 just need some reverse enginerring i guess
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I donated a few bucks from my PayPal account. Hope it helps!! (If not, please send it back!)
(It was "Buy me Coffee" money sent to me from another site, so nothing personal lost on my end, if Wu turns out to be unreliable)

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Find a dev and confirm that they will work on it given a phone before starting anything. Don't raise the money to find that noone will work on it.
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This. Please do this.

^Yes best idea ever!^

ncmacasl said:
I donated a few bucks from my PayPal account. Hope it helps!! (If not, please send it back!)
(It was "Buy me Coffee" money sent to me from another site, so nothing personal lost on my end, if Wu turns out to be unreliable)
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hey all, i haven't been able to get any confirmation from steve about whether he'd work on this, so chill for a bit. i'm hoping others can get a yes/no from either him or other devs (i don't know of the others) before this goes forward. so far ncmacasl has donated a few bucks, which is pretty cool, but i'm refunding it. gonna update the OP.

jeromecornet said:
I'm not sure it would help. Steve has been hired by Samsung (http://www.theverge.com/2011/08/15/samsung-hires-cyanogenmod-founder-steve-kondik/ ) so I'm guessing that he can easily have access to the device if he wants to work on it; you may want to check with him before organizing that.
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Could this also mean that because he is working with/for Samsung, that he may have had to sign a non-disclosure agreement, and cannot participate in anything "Samsung related" outside of his normal "Samsung Duties"?
I have pondered on this...
Also, I keep seeing fully functional devices (cosmetic issues only, like scratches to the cover) all for 149-150 via Buy It Now. These would save the "investors" in the device $10 amongst them. Just saying.
Would this work, providing that the funds are not collected ahead of time:
I buy a SK4g, and when I get half my money back (from your donations), I will send it to them?
Does that sound good, as my lady and I both have the same phone?
Does the device have to be flawless to send to them, or just in working condition (cosmetic issues OK)?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Sid...0784571883?pt=Cell_Phones&hash=item2a1799a5eb THIS just has a bit of nail polish smeared on it and is guaranteed functional...
Edit: Oh, and I have a Friend who's daughter could also benefit from the more Open Android cook..

Yes, I got the refund. thanks Kevin (yes the guy is trustworthy!)

wuziq said:
UPDATE: haven't heard anything from cyanogen or other devs. if you are able to make contact and get a confirmation either way from any of the devs, please let me know (email / pm / in this thread), and we can move forward. until then, hold off on the donations.
so it looks like no progress is going to be made on this phone unless we send the cm devs a phone. even then, there's no guarantee that they'll work on porting cm to it, but i think it's worth a shot.
there's an sk4g on ebay, buy it now, for $160, couple days left. seller has a 100% rating. http://goo.gl/rsStz i'll buy the phone and send it to cm, assuming we raise the funds in time. we'll look for a phone when we get confirmation. at a minimum, the phone has to be in working condition.
i've never done something like this, and this whole thing might be against xda rules or something, but here's how i'm guessing it should work:
1. raise funds via paypal using my email address "spamziq" at gmail dot com. note that there's a way to do this without incurring fees: http://www.insulators.info/general/paypal.htm
2. buy phone
3. get phone, send to steve kondik (or another appropriate dev); would obviously need an address
4. post confirmation here
5. wait
if not enough funds are raised before the auction is over, or some other snafu occurs, each contributor is refunded his money.
if cm devs return it, i sell it and dispense the money to contributors according to their original percentage of contribution?
what do y'all think?
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If you are sending e-mail and your e-mail addy contains "spam" then you are likely to get sent to a spam folder on the recipient's provider, or the e-mail is likely to get dropped all together. I know this because "spam" is in most of my e-mail addys too, even my main ones. (Even Chase had to change their filtering because of this stating that they couldn't send me e-mail, and I told them it is the only one I have, THEY need to fix their as it worked BEFORE their changes...)
Did you use the addy you listed to send them e-mail for info/communication?

the86d said:
Did you use the addy you listed to send them e-mail for info/communication?
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i only contacted cyanogen by sending him a tweet @cyanogen. i'm not sure who the other devs are. that's why i'm hoping there are others here who might know who else to contact, and who can make the contact themselves. i think more inquiries is better, because not only could it help to ensure we get a response, but it'd also give a hint as to how much demand there is for the sk4g.

We need someone who specializes in kernels . If there was a kernel for gingerbread we would be alot closer to many goals.

jim93 said:
We need someone who specializes in kernels . If there was a kernel for gingerbread we would be alot closer to many goals.
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There is one. The Galaxy S 4G has the EXACT same processor as the SK, and was recently upgraded to Gingerbread. So a kernel is available. The problem, according to Sduvick, is that the drivers are coded differently, namely the display. We could base a GB rom on the GS4G's code, but it would essentially take a complete ground-up rewrite of drivers.

Is it just the display driver? Wouldnt we need drivers to have cm7 on this phone?

There were a couple of others, for one the camera. You'd need to PM sduvick and ask him. He's the only one to date that I know of who has even attempted to compile the code from the SGS4G.

I should have some extra money soon...
Has anyone made contact with Cyanogen Devs to query them on if this would be worked on if one of these was sent to them?

Lets get together and buy Erikmm a Blaze.

He's a great dev that's done some superb blind work for us but he needs a phone.
If we can raise enough it would greatly help this community. I would be happy to start the ball rolling with $30.
Update:
It's been decided to send Erik the money directly via PayPal. His address is [email protected]
We can then copy proof of payment to this tread.

Flowbyte said:
He's a great dev that's done some superb blind work for us but he needs a phone.
If we can raise enough it would greatly help this community. I would be happy to start the ball rolling with $30.
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I'll throw in $20

Great guy to work with and I can say I have learned a ton in a few short weeks. Lets get him a phone so can make this phone even better and I will take a case of red bull for the late night testing. Lol seriously if you get something together , I'm in for $20
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Thanks guys
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40 for me, wers the paypal link?

@the thread if you guys are donating and want to make sure funds are properly used
have someone get the money together and buy the phone and ship it to me...just so you
guys don't think i will take the money and use it on something else.
Edit: just saying this because most of you guys don't know me personally nor have used my prior rom for sgs4g.

I can do 10 now another 10 next paycheck. But how are we going to do this? The only way I actually think will work is sending erikmm the money and trust him to buy the blaze. Or if he came out with another badass update. And he wouldn't release download link unless donated first.
So I guess we would have to take a poll for who would donate for update download link. After poll we can figure out how much each person. Would have to pitch in for erikmm to collect $580 (that's how much I paid after tax) to buy the blaze. What does everyone think? How about you erikmm?

trevor7428 said:
I can do 10 now another 10 next paycheck. But how are we going to do this? The only way I actually think will work is sending erikmm the money and trust him to buy the blaze. Or if he came out with another badass update. And he wouldn't release download link unless donated first.
So I guess we would have to take a poll for who would donate for update download link. After poll we can figure out how much each person. Would have to pitch in for erikmm to collect $580 (that's how much I paid after tax) to buy the blaze. What does everyone think? How about you erikmm?
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Erikmm is correct that we should nominate someone to handle it. as to $580, we can probably do better.
http://us.webuy.com/product.php?sku=SSAMT769TMOC
granted it's C quality, but what does one really need in a dev phone?

Brand new Galaxy S Blaze 4G is sold at $349 on eBay
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-BOX-Sam...0732617648?pt=Cell_Phones&hash=item43b103afb0
It's even cheaper for a used one in great condition, around $240 on Craigslist.

As long as the phone is fully functional so I can test everything then the phone can be used...just make sure it isn't blacklisted so I can fix wifi calling and the apn issue.
I have an s2 for personal use so this phone would be a dev phone
Last time I got a phone donated the users sent me the money bc I had a deal with another user to buy his phone it was all done publicly so the community can see. I say the cheapest/safest way to get it would be ebay because it has some guarantee that if the product doesn't work then you can open a case with PayPal
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So whos going to collect the funds. Paypal ready
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badboy68 said:
So whos going to collect the funds. Paypal ready
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See that the #1 question. I have PayPal and have no problem doing so, but sure other people do to. Its either gunna have to be someone with the most posts and thanked (which isn't me)
But me personally I would feel most comfretable with erikmm doing it. But if he doesn't want to or if you guys don't trust him why would you trust someone else?
Either way were gunna have to do a tally for who is willing to pitch in and how much. Just don't be shaddy and back out cause that will get us nowhere
+1 $20 trevor7428
(I think would be less confusing if each person can copy name above and add there name under instead of a bunch of +1s everywhere. Would add people above but don't no if there still in)

trevor7428 said:
See that the #1 question. I have PayPal and have no problem doing so, but sure other people do to. Its either gunna have to be someone with the most posts and thanked (which isn't me)
But me personally I would feel most comfretable with erikmm doing it. But if he doesn't want to or if you guys don't trust him why would you trust someone else?
Either way were gunna have to do a tally for who is willing to pitch in and how much. Just don't be shaddy and back out cause that will get us nowhere
+1 $20 trevor7428
(I think would be less confusing if each person can copy name above and add there name under instead of a bunch of +1s everywhere. Would add people above but don't no if there still in)
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i would do it you guys can look thru my threads on xda and see i got one donated *granted it was only $70 but still*
my idea would be you guys send me the paypal donation and paste you transaction id with quantity here? that way it's public and i'll look/we can all look for a cheap one on ebay?
once we hit that point then i'll buy it and have at it? lol

Router for erikmm?
Erikmm,
Not sure if this helps you, but I have a Netgear WNDR3700 router which I don't need. I could ship to you and you could sell on ebay or something and use the proceeds towards the phone.
Or I could ship to someone else who is willing to list it and sell it and them give you the proceeds.
I think its worth around $70 or so.
I just don't have the time to list it and sell it and do all that stuff... but I cold easily just ship it. Thoughts?

meonline01 said:
Erikmm,
Not sure if this helps you, but I have a Netgear WNDR3700 router which I don't need. I could ship to you and you could sell on ebay or something and use the proceeds towards the phone.
Or I could ship to someone else who is willing to list it and sell it and them give you the proceeds.
I think its worth around $70 or so.
I just don't have the time to list it and sell it and do all that stuff... but I cold easily just ship it. Thoughts?
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lol if I had cash i'd buy the router from you cus mine is ****ting out lol.
but sounds great if someone could put it up, I've been looking for work lately and school those two things take up my time and free time goes to deving thanks man hopefully we get an awesome guy willing to put it for sale

I really like the work erikmm has done for our phone. I dont think anyone else has made an actual working rom with such few issues for our phone. I think getting him a phone so he can help our community would be a huge asset, and im willing to donate also. I dont want to see this phone get left behind, and I do miss flashing different roms like I did with my Vibrant.

erikmm said:
lol if I had cash i'd buy the router from you cus mine is ****ting out lol.
but sounds great if someone could put it up, I've been looking for work lately and school those two things take up my time and free time goes to deving thanks man hopefully we get an awesome guy willing to put it for sale
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Since you need the router, and I don't, and I have been using your ROM... how about you just PM me your address and I'll send it to you. Just promise to keep the Blaze work going as much as you can!

meonline01 said:
Since you need the router, and I don't, and I have been using your ROM... how about you just PM me your address and I'll send it to you. Just promise to keep the Blaze work going as much as you can!
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Very awesome yea dude I actually haven't stopped ask flyers I've even tried to port a rom so I can test on my end but yea blindly is complicated. Lol
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meonline01 said:
Since you need the router, and I don't, and I have been using your ROM... how about you just PM me your address and I'll send it to you. Just promise to keep the Blaze work going as much as you can!
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Trust me the work has not stopped. We have been trying various ports over the last few weeks. Erikm and I have been trying but without the phone his efforts are limited. Hopefully he gets the device and then things will start rolling
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OK. I guess sending Erik the cash via PayPal and posting proof of it here is the way. Let's get rolling Erik what's your PayPal address?
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Touchless Control using Co-Processor Bounty?

I'm not going to be so bold as to try to set this up myself. I know it's been done for several other things like the moto x bootloader. Anyway, I'm just asking if we want to get a bounty going for getting true moto x style touchless control working on the nexus 5. According to the Jerry on the Android Central Podcast, the hardware is there it's just that Google chose to use it for other things. What say you developers!!! I'll donate!!!
Though I'm not setting up an actual account (not sure how), I will track the pledges. PM me if I get too far behind.
Pledges: ($100 Total)
poke_n_pda: $20
PMentior: $10
Beachbum2049: $10
thefsfempire: $20
Techno79: $20
sarshadd: $20

I'd pledge a donation/bounty for this too.

Would love to see this feature on Nexus5
Will definitely chip in a bit

I'd chip in!

If everyone lists ammounts (unofficial till we get something set up) I'll try to keep the main post updated with names and ammounts.

I'm in for $10
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In for $10
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Put me down for $20.
Really disappointed Google didn't even give us the option. Does anyone know if the software required for this to work is something Motorola created specifically for their device(s)?

To add a little extra info, Qualcomm even demo voice activation on their Snapdragon 800 page: http://www.qualcomm.com/snapdragon/processors/800 (see the video "Technology that listens to you").

I'm in for $20

Posting to mark where I've compiled to.
Also, now that this has evolved a bit, can a mod remove the "?" from the title and move this to a more appropriate forum?

i'll contribute $20.

posting to mark where I'm to.
Broke $100!!

I think the dev that makes openmic+ looked into it and said he couldn't without some libraries from Qualcomm he couldn't legally get. I hope I'm wrong about that.

Vrekk said:
I think the dev that makes openmic+ looked into it and said he couldn't without some libraries from Qualcomm he couldn't legally get. I hope I'm wrong about that.
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Do you have a link to that?
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bryan.huang said:
Do you have a link to that?
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Yep. Look for the comment by "OpenMic+ For Google now."
https://plus.google.com/112424215551484520138/posts/AznwFxbBapJ
There is a small discussion on what it would take to make it work, and it is no small task. Even for a big company.

Vrekk said:
I think the dev that makes openmic+ looked into it and said he couldn't without some libraries from Qualcomm he couldn't legally get. I hope I'm wrong about that.
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this is disappointing to hear, but it also underscores the value behind getting a bounty going.

15 pledge from me

Bumping in the hopes the dream can remain alive!

elite_gamer04 said:
Bumping in the hopes the dream can remain alive!
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I wouldn't keep my hopes up.
Vrekk said:
Yep. Look for the comment by "OpenMic+ For Google now."
https://plus.google.com/112424215551484520138/posts/AznwFxbBapJ
There is a small discussion on what it would take to make it work, and it is no small task. Even for a big company.
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Qualcomm here confirms that tech is only available to OEMs. Samsung is the only one who implemented it so far. The rest is probably going to keep it under the wraps and release entirely new phone which is going to be OEM-ized Nexus (LG G3?) in the new "chassis" and they'll charge your arm and a leg for this "brand new, revolutionary tech".
I think I've seen this business model somewhere before.

[KNOX] Finally a fix! Is this true!?

Apparently the new version of Easy Jtag will allow KNOX to be completely reset by factory formatting the emmc and writing an old bootloader back onto the device. I realise the question in the source was aimed at the S4 by the way...
Has anyone tried?
Source

jonboyuk said:
Apparently the new version of Easy Jtag will allow KNOX to be completely reset by factory formatting the emmc and writing an old bootloader back onto the device. I realise the question in the source was aimed at the S4 by the way...
Has anyone tried?
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You need to hardwire the EMMC to reset KNOX.
I wouldn't recommend it! :good:

If that was the case, wouldn't that mean knox flag is not e-fuse? I don't think it's that complicated, but I don't see Note3 listed as supported device yet, maybe we should just wait and see what comes out of it. They have NYC number listed for a dealer, it could be the fix people are looking for. Few handy members could offer service for others for a small fee and there is already over $3000 bounty, so it could be an option in the future.

I guess there are owners like me who haven't formally pledged money for a solution but who would happily pay for a known working solution
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paul_59 said:
I guess there are owners like me who haven't formally pledged money for a solution but who would happily pay for a known working solution
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Yeah....I don't know why...I won't donate to something I know isn't going to work....when it does work i'll happily donate

androidlover287 said:
Yeah....I don't know why...I won't donate to something I know isn't going to work....when it does work i'll happily donate
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I don't think you must see it as a donation, but more as a stimulation.....

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If that was the case, wouldn't that mean knox flag is not e-fuse? I don't think it's that complicated, but I don't see Note3 listed as supported device yet, maybe we should just wait and see what comes out of it. They have NYC number listed for a dealer, it could be the fix people are looking for. Few handy members could offer service for others for a small fee and there is already over $3000 bounty, so it could be an option in the future.
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Just as I thought. I also have Note 2 since 2012 eventually upgraded to 4.3 and there is KNOX ! Note 2 was never meant to have Knox, it is there because I voluntarily upgraded it to 4.3.

if you read the entire thread, on page 4 it states that this aint actually a working method and its been tested by someone on XDA

When do you think Root will come out?

When do you guys think a root will come out for the galaxy 5? Its been a long time.

To be honest man. I don't think we'll ever get root for this one. It is frustrating to know that the S7 and the almost identical S6 got root but we are sh!t out of luck with the Note5. Do yourself a favor and get the T-Mobile variant so you can enjoy your phone's full potential.

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When do you guys think a root will come out for the galaxy 5? Its been a long time.
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When I was working on root no one wanted to help me so I just worked on it myself and I refuse to give out any information about it because of 1, no one cared to help 2, I spent months working on it alone and broke 3 phones which isn't cheap and 3, the bounty they have out isn't worth nothing to me.

MrMike2182 said:
When I was working on root no one wanted to help me so I just worked on it myself and I refuse to give out any information about it because of 1, no one cared to help 2, I spent months working on it alone and broke 3 phones which isn't cheap and 3, the bounty they have out isn't worth nothing to me.
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I'm just glad there IS a chance of root! You just gave me hope

A chance that money rules all it seems
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MrMike2182 said:
When I was working on root no one wanted to help me so I just worked on it myself and I refuse to give out any information about it because of 1, no one cared to help 2, I spent months working on it alone and broke 3 phones which isn't cheap and 3, the bounty they have out isn't worth nothing to me.
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How much is the bounty? I haven't seen it. I would contribute
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Ryano89 said:
How much is the bounty? I haven't seen it. I would contribute
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I have no idea at this point because the people who did pledge some money aren't interested in it no more because most of them went and got different phones already so there is no point anymore.
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A chance that money rules all it seems
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It's not that money rules all (it usually does in most cases so you're correct), it's the simple fact that when you lose 3, 4, 5 phones trying to get the community what it wants, do you think it would be fair to the Dev that spent a lot of time and money to get what a lot of people want and not get anything back in return for everything? The reason I said the bounty is worth nothing to me is because I already spent way over that amount and people are backing out of it and taking their pledged amount back so it's just not worth nothing.

brandon110 said:
When do you guys think a root will come out for the galaxy 5? Its been a long time.
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At this point, Samsung could cut a lot of blood loss from their Note 7 fiasco and enable easy root for all current unrootable devices and see some surge in interest and competent development. This would be a betterment to everyone, but the kickbacks from the useless preinstalled apps is probably more important than customer satisfaction and loyalty. Oh well.

Aw man you quit working on it and you broke several phones. That sucks. Well my cousin was wanting root. I just wonder what makes finding the root so hard. I'm learning HTML and CSS and soon afterwards javascript and I'm telling you its tough.. I couldn't imagine a coding language like java which im assuiming is what andriod is programmed in I think.