Athena Project moving forward... Now with Donation list!

[mackaby007]

Hi all.

Been in discussion with the others and apphoen will transfer the funds to me this week. We will (if all goes to plan) be buying either 1 Ameo (near new for £425.00) with 12 months guarantee from a shop (known very well to myself - have done a lot of business with them). I say near new because the Unit is not in an unopened box from T-Mobile, but as far as I know it is in great condition (I will inspect and test it myself thoroughly :)).

As the Euro fund stands at around 790 or thereabouts, this only equates to around £531. Not a great start for the next device, but at least the development on a CID/Sim unlocker can begin.

Unfortunately as you are all well aware, in order to get the 2nd device for our ROM cooker Midget, we will have to raise more money as we may have to pay full price (worst case scenario), but I will try within the same shop (franchise) to see if they have other units at their other branches across the country. They had an X7500 a month ago, but I didn't pay much attention as we hadn't started the project.

I prefer to deal with an establishment with a 12 months guarantee and a place I can physically take any potential device back to, if the need should arise. E-bay is great, but personally I like to buy expensive equipment from places where I can return it in person should I need to.

Any objections?

If not, we may have our first Unit this week. As I said...Blow the original supplier with his cheap prices...he was a time-waster and our contributors wasted no time in donating to this cause, therefore it is only right that we don't allow anyone else to hold up progress.

So thanks to all contributors thus far, apphoen, boinger66, ltxda, Midget, Olipro and others who I have neglected to mention. Thanks for your dedication and and hard work. We'll get it done.;)

Meanwhile you can contribute to the new paypal account which I setup a week ago or so..it's verified and good to go. Why another one, you ask?

Because I'm based in the UK and so are the developers. So I can quickly purchase a device and send off to the devs as soon as I get a Unit (same day special delivery). No other reason. Another contributor can take this responsibility on if there are any objections. But if there are none....you can count on me to do my best for the benefit of us all.

Between apphoen, boinger66 and myself, we are finalizing the mailing system...been a long time coming, I know. But once established it will serve us well in keeping all contributors updated about progress and also any problems developers might face.

Anyway...that's enough waffle from me.:)

I'll be in touch.

Please don't PM me unless it somehow contributes to the project...just until both devs have their units. It takes me a long time to answer all these PM's and not all are relevant to what we are trying to achieve. I need to stay focused as I have to work for a living too. Hope no one takes offense to this...it's not intended to.

[Edit By Midget_1990]

http://www.htc-devs.com/x-click-but21.gif (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_xclick&business=athenaproject%40htc%2ddevs%2ecom&item_name=2nd%20Developer%20Athena&item_number=2&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&tax=0&currency_code=GBP&lc=GB&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8)

Current Donations Towards the 2nd Athena

apphoen - £20
Unknown - £20
mackaby007 - £20
hdbueller - £10
wgary - £10
jpvdp - £20
stupiddog - £20
Unknown - £20
Rougenator - £50
Boinger66 - £20
Anonymous - £20
cayotte - £15
Unknown - £10
mikechannon - £50

Payout to Mark as he needed more for the 1st Athena

-£47.55

Recieved back from Mark (ended up getting a better deal)

£135.00

Loaned from mikechannon

£50

Paypal Fees

-£20.74


Totals:
Total: £421.71 (I will pay the rest)
Required: £50 to payback mikechannon

Please PM me (Midget_1990) when you Donate!

[SupraSkylineSTI]

Develop or shens.

[apphoen]

Develop or shens.

What does that mean?

[LTxda]

Hi all.

Been in discussion with the others and apphoen will transfer the funds to me this week. We will (if all goes to plan) be buying either 1 Ameo (near new for £425.00) with 12 months guarantee from a shop (known very well to myself - have done a lot of business with them). I say near new because the Unit is not in an unopened box from T-Mobile, but as far as I know it is in great condition (I will inspect and test it myself thoroughly :)).

As the Euro fund stands at around 790 or thereabouts, this only equates to around £531. Not a great start for the next device, but at least the development on a CID/Sim unlocker can begin.

Unfortunately as you are all well aware, in order to get the 2nd device for our ROM cooker Midget, we will have to raise more money as we may have to pay full price (worst case scenario), but I will try within the same shop (franchise) to see if they have other units at their other branches across the country. They had an X7500 a month ago, but I didn't pay much attention as we hadn't started the project.

I prefer to deal with an establishment with a 12 months guarantee and a place I can physically take any potential device back to, if the need should arise. E-bay is great, but personally I like to buy expensive equipment from places where I can return it in person should I need to.

Any objections?

If not, we may have our first Unit this week. As I said...Blow the original supplier with his cheap prices...he was a time-waster and our contributors wasted no time in donating to this cause, therefore it is only right that we don't allow anyone else to hold up progress.

So thanks to all contributors thus far, apphoen, boinger66, ltxda, Midget, Olipro and others who I have neglected to mention. Thanks for your dedication and and hard work. We'll get it done.;)

Meanwhile you can contribute to the new paypal account which I setup a week ago or so..it's verified and good to go. Why another one, you ask?

Because I'm based in the UK and so are the developers. So I can quickly purchase a device and send off to the devs as soon as I get a Unit (same day special delivery). No other reason. Another contributor can take this responsibility on if there are any objections. But if there are none....you can count on me to do my best for the benefit of us all.

Between apphoen, boinger66 and myself, we are finalizing the mailing system...been a long time coming, I know. But once established it will serve us well in keeping all contributors updated about progress and also any problems developers might face.

Anyway...that's enough waffle from me.:)

I'll be in touch.

Please don't PM me unless it somehow contributes to the project...just until both devs have their units. It takes me a long time to answer all these PM's and not all are relevant to what we are trying to achieve. I need to stay focused as I have to work for a living too. Hope no one takes offense to this...it's not intended to.

Thank goodness!

[LTxda]

Develop or shens.

Huh??? :confused:

[hdbueller]

Hi all.

Been in discussion with the others and apphoen will transfer the funds to me this week. We will (if all goes to plan) be buying either 1 Ameo (near new for £425.00) with 12 months guarantee from a shop (known very well to myself - have done a lot of business with them). I say near new because the Unit is not in an unopened box from T-Mobile, but as far as I know it is in great condition (I will inspect and test it myself thoroughly :)).

As the Euro fund stands at around 790 or thereabouts, this only equates to around £531. Not a great start for the next device, but at least the development on a CID/Sim unlocker can begin.

Unfortunately as you are all well aware, in order to get the 2nd device for our ROM cooker Midget, we will have to raise more money as we may have to pay full price (worst case scenario), but I will try within the same shop (franchise) to see if they have other units at their other branches across the country. They had an X7500 a month ago, but I didn't pay much attention as we hadn't started the project.

I prefer to deal with an establishment with a 12 months guarantee and a place I can physically take any potential device back to, if the need should arise. E-bay is great, but personally I like to buy expensive equipment from places where I can return it in person should I need to.

Any objections?

If not, we may have our first Unit this week. As I said...Blow the original supplier with his cheap prices...he was a time-waster and our contributors wasted no time in donating to this cause, therefore it is only right that we don't allow anyone else to hold up progress.

So thanks to all contributors thus far, apphoen, boinger66, ltxda, Midget, Olipro and others who I have neglected to mention. Thanks for your dedication and and hard work. We'll get it done.;)

Meanwhile you can contribute to the new paypal account which I setup a week ago or so..it's verified and good to go. Why another one, you ask?

Because I'm based in the UK and so are the developers. So I can quickly purchase a device and send off to the devs as soon as I get a Unit (same day special delivery). No other reason. Another contributor can take this responsibility on if there are any objections. But if there are none....you can count on me to do my best for the benefit of us all.

Between apphoen, boinger66 and myself, we are finalizing the mailing system...been a long time coming, I know. But once established it will serve us well in keeping all contributors updated about progress and also any problems developers might face.

Anyway...that's enough waffle from me.:)

I'll be in touch.

Please don't PM me unless it somehow contributes to the project...just until both devs have their units. It takes me a long time to answer all these PM's and not all are relevant to what we are trying to achieve. I need to stay focused as I have to work for a living too. Hope no one takes offense to this...it's not intended to.

Cool.....let's Rock and Roll!!!

[mackaby007]

OK thanks for your support guys. Funds should now hit my account within 5 working days or sooner and I'll get straight to it...no delaying.:)

Got another member willing to sell his brand new Insurance replacement Ameo...just trying to come to an agreement on best price.

Either way..as soon as I'm in receipt of the funds, 1 Ameo will be sent off within an hour of buying it. (Will test it first though ;)).

Still need more donations people, nothing has come through as yet.:(

If you guys feel more comfortable in donating direct to Midgets paypal account (in his signature), let us know here, that is no problem for me:) This means he can get one directly as he's next in line for a device after our CID/Sim unlocker 'OliPro'. It's all been discussed and agreed with the devs, as we need these solutions before any cooking can take place.

Let me know peeps...I'm not that hot with paypal stuff anyhow.

[mackaby007]

Hi all.
Been in discussions with some of the others including our developer Midget_1990. We agree that it is best for future donations to go straight to Midget's paypal account, but he will set up a dedicated account just for this purpose...to get one Ameo/Advantage or Dopod. :)

Sorry about mucking you all about, but as there haven't been any donations since the last announcements, it will be easier to donate directly to him. If he can't get a Unit cheap enough, he will transfer the funds back to me to buy him an Athena through the contacts built up through this community or my personal channels. Either way things are moving forward for sure.

Not much else to say right now except that I'm liaising with a few peeps out there for devices and we'll let you know when we've actually got one.

No we haven't forgotten the list at all, it's just that everyone's so busy with work that it hasn't all come together as yet...but it will, especially where it counts most of all...development progress.:)

P.S. Please be assured, absolutely no-one is benefiting personally from this in any way except when we all share in the end result of this venture.

[Midget_1990]

Hi, just set up the email + paypal account, click the button below :)

http://www.htc-devs.com/x-click-but21.gif (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_xclick&business=athenaproject%40htc%2ddevs%2ecom&item_name=2nd%20Developer%20Athena&item_number=2&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&tax=0&currency_code=GBP&lc=GB&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8)

As usual I will provide a list of all donators + amounts so we can keep track, an athena will cost around £420 so lets aim for that!

[mackaby007]

Hi, just set up the email + paypal account, click the button below :)

http://www.htc-devs.com/x-click-but21.gif (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_xclick&business=athenaproject%40htc%2ddevs%2ecom&item_name=2nd%20Developer%20Athena&item_number=2&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&tax=0&currency_code=GBP&lc=GB&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8)

As usual I will provide a list of all donators + amounts so we can keep track, an athena will cost around £420 so lets aim for that!

Nice one Midget_1990. You'll also get the remainder of the funds after the purchase of the 1st Ameo next week. I'll send it via paypal to you account & donate some myself to get this kickstarted again.

C'mon guys were almost there! Development has already started with our devs guys and some of our xda members with regards to SIM unlocking...were just not publicising anything yet until it's a safe and useable solution for all.

We need your money.:D


P.S. Midget_1990 can you please add the new Doantion code to your signature please? ....just until we have the required funds for the 2nd Athena. Just in case new potential contributors do not see this thread/post? Cheers matey.;)

[apphoen]

Nice one Midget_1990. You'll also get the remainder of the funds after the purchase of the 1st Ameo next week. I'll send it via paypal to you account & donate some myself to get this kickstarted again.

C'mon guys were almost there! Development has already started with our devs guys and some of our xda members with regards to SIM unlocking...were just not publicising anything yet until it's a safe and useable solution for all.

We need your money.:D


P.S. Midget_1990 can you please add the new Doantion code to your signature please? ....just until we have the required funds for the 2nd Athena. Just in case new potential contributors do not see this thread/post? Cheers matey.;)

Hi Guys, won't be around much now - £20 donated to help us get moving again. :)

[Midget_1990]

Thanks :)

List updated

[mackaby007]

Hi Guys, won't be around much now - £20 donated to help us get moving again. :)

You're a gentleman apphoen. Cheers.;)

[mackaby007]

Just donated £20 to help get this kickstarted again.;)

Thanks for being swift about setting things up Midget.;) I like the fact that one can also pay by Debit or Credit card.

[Midget_1990]

Yeah, as i said ages ago if you set it up as a non-profit organisation then you can accept direct card payments, no need for an account :)

[Johnston411]

Huh??? :confused:

Shens is forum speak for shenanigans or bulls4!t.

Hope that helps

[mackaby007]

OK all. Funds are cleared in my account £522.98

We're giving the waste of time supplier one more opportunity to come up with the goods and report something positive today, by 2.00 P.M. GMT, else the purchase of another Ameo will be going ahead...no more time-wasting!

Thanks for your patience all and please keep contributing. So far we will have a minimum of £180.00 towards the 2nd Athena if original supplier (with cheapest prices) falls through again. This is based on the remainder of funds with me after a purchase of £400.00 and including contributions Midget has already received.

So either way, we are on target. We'll keep you informed. There will be an update later today.

[mackaby007]

Hi all. There's an update over at the Athena Project (link in my signature). Xda is running very slow for me today...don't know if anyone else is having the same problem?

Anyway it's all good so far. Won't repeat the update here again...too much to do...too little time.:)

[Midget_1990]

nobody is interested in this?

28.43 can hardly get an athena :(

[stupiddog]

nobody is interested in this?

28.43 can hardly get an athena :(

I do not understand the current fiscal situation. Mackaby007 wrote "So far we will have a minimum of £180.00 towards the 2nd Athena", so I am a bit puzzled here...

[Midget_1990]

I do not understand the current fiscal situation. Mackaby007 wrote "So far we will have a minimum of £180.00 towards the 2nd Athena", so I am a bit puzzled here...

i think he has some left over from the 1st one, but atm the money in the account for the 2nd one is £28.43

[stupiddog]

Ok, I could punch me in the face that I paid those imei-check guys, but netherless, you guys are worth it. This Hard-SPL thing (although I do not quite understand it - what's the difference between SPL, SSPL and IPL?) is great and any money that helps defeating some sick DRM scheme is well spent.

[Rougenator]

Ok, I really want to exellerate this proces. Thats why I have payed the amount of 50 Pound to Midget and also to Olipro... I hope that this will inspire more people to do so. Lets have sim/cid unlocked quikley and let the chefs cook some great romsssss! :)

[Midget_1990]

Ok, I really want to exellerate this proces. Thats why I have payed the amount of 50 Pound to Midget and also to Olipro... I hope that this will inspire more people to do so. Lets have sim/cid unlocked quikley and let the chefs cook some great romsssss! :)

actually it was donated to olipro and the athena project, but with the same outcome, thanks :D

[Rougenator]

Well, I'm glad about that :)
U'r all doing u'r best right? I have respect for you guys!
I'm reading arround for a a couple of years now and using all the knowledge on this forum. So now I think I'm (a bit) even.... Good luck developing!!!

[mackaby007]

Ok, I really want to exellerate this proces. Thats why I have payed the amount of 50 Pound to Midget and also to Olipro... I hope that this will inspire more people to do so. Lets have sim/cid unlocked quikley and let the chefs cook some great romsssss! :)

Thanks Rougenator.:) You support is much appreciated.;)

[boinger66]

Thanks Rougenator.:) You support is much appreciated.;)
mack msg me when ur free

[mackaby007]

Hi all. We have already through donations to the Athena project secured and provided Olipro with an Athena device for himself...if you still want to show him your appreciation by donating to him personally, please feel free to...but there is a second part to this project..namely ROM cooking for customised ROMs.

This is why we need more donations to Midget_1990 for his Athena. Please donate in his signature to the Athena Project. The money will go directly to him for the next developer Athena. Please spare some cash for this as this will complete the projects 2 fold objectives, namely;

SIM & CID unlock our Athenas - Done! by Olipro

Custom ROMs for our Athena - NOT DONE! We need device for Midget_1990

Thanks all!

After this has been achieved, please feel free to donate as much as you like to the developers personally, but for now we need to stay focused...otherwise all we have is an unlocked Athena with WM6 ROM...there's even better to come.

Don't you people want customised ROMs like for the HTC Hermes Black Magyk and Black Shadow ROMs?

I know I do.

[cayotte]

actually it was donated to olipro and the athena project, but with the same outcome, thanks :D

Just check your account, I've just made some small donation for the Athena Project. Thanks to all you guys for the good work. Keep it up!!!

[mackaby007]

i think he has some left over from the 1st one, but atm the money in the account for the 2nd one is £28.43

Sorry Midget....the funds I was awaiting clearance into my account has been sitting on my paypal account all this time.:(

So with what was left over and a bit of a top-up, I have now sent via paypal £135.00 (includes the £47.55) you sent me via paypal.

So that's another £135.00 to add to the funds.:)

[mackaby007]

Just check your account, I've just made some small donation for the Athena Project. Thanks to all you guys for the good work. Keep it up!!!


Thanks cayotte.:) Much appreciated.;)

[Midget_1990]

Thanks to all of you!

Less than £100 to go!

[Midget_1990]

Thanks to mikechannon for semi-donating the last £100 so we can get the device quickly!

Basically he has sent £50 as a donation, and loaned us without intrest £50 to cover the rest until we get some more donators, so dont stop donating :p

everyone spam mackaby007 so he can buy the athena :D

[mackaby007]

Thanks Mike! ;) You're a star.:)

Well if we're good to go PM me Midget or better still IM me.:)

[stupiddog]

I must really say that I was spectic about the idea that the comminity could finance two Athena devices for developers - but it worked, and it is absolutely fantastic! Thanks to everyone who made that possible!

[LTxda]

Thanks to mikechannon for semi-donating the last £100 so we can get the device quickly!

Basically he has sent £50 as a donation, and loaned us without intrest £50 to cover the rest until we get some more donators, so dont stop donating :p

everyone spam mackaby007 so he can buy the athena :D

Paying mikechannon back now to cover this debt, £50. Now let's get this damn device and move forward people. :-)

[MikeChannon]

Paying mikechannon back now to cover this debt, £50. Now let's get this damn device and move forward people. :-)

Yes indeed, I can confirm that ltxda has paid off the loan amount in full - Thank you very much to him for such prompt payment and generosity to the cause. I had not expected it so quickly or even that I would get it all back.

You know I doubt there are many forums around where a relatively small group of people would have behaved with this kind of trust, generosity and community. I think we should be proud of what has been done.

Now lets hope the developers are able to deliver benefits to all - good luck to them.

Mike

[mackaby007]

Big thanks to Mike Channon again for giving us that extra bit when we needed it. :)

But ltxda you're a champ mate. Thanks for this from all of us. Not only have you been a key contributor on several occasions like apphoen and some others here too, I hasten to mention, but you really helped coordinate this joint effort.

Damn..:) I'm smiling.:) Midget_1990 congrats on your soon to be baby Athena.;) And to the rest of the community Congrats on making this happen and on getting results so damn fast...you guys rock!!

[LTxda]

fallenczar has jumped in to donate. He's contributed $10 to help me recover the money for the second Athena. Thanks again for sending this over. I didn't expect it but thank you regardless for the help.

[mackaby007]

Indeed thanks again fallenczar. Your support at this stage is just as important and appreciated.;)

[stingraze]

Hi. I donated 17 British Pounds!

Tsubasa Kato aka stingraze

[sacramoso]

Hi,
I donated USD 50 yesterday. What can I have for tihs donate?

[LTxda]

Hi,
I donated USD 50 yesterday. What can I have for tihs donate?

:confused:
While your donation is appreciated, what do you mean? We don't give out anything special for donations. Donations are provided as a thank you by the community to the developers for their time spent cooking ROMs and providing tools like the unlocker, etc. Besides providing such tools developers go to school, have real jobs and some may not have real jobs. Donations dont buy you anything, it's just a way to say thank you...we vaklue your time and love that you release these packages that extend the functionality of our devices and many times improve the overall experience.

Anyone else feel free to help me explain this.

[LTxda]

Hi. I donated 17 British Pounds!

Tsubasa Kato aka stingraze

On behalf of the team thank you.

[c1oudrs]

I was going to post what I liked and didn't about ap4 but I've been busy. Awww I decided just to donate and say thanks. US $20--a very beat up sinking US $20. 4467-9973-1710-2643. I'll also have to donate to wktask eventually as I'm a left handed landscape user (I like everything backwards). But then I liked tilt-scroll retro me. Anyway thank you team. I love my Athena/advantage. You rock!

[techntrek]

I was going to post what I liked and didn't about ap4 but I've been busy. Awww I decided just to donate and say thanks. US $20--a very beat up sinking US $20. XXXX . I'll also have to donate to wktask eventually as I'm a left handed landscape user (I like everything backwards). But then I liked tilt-scroll retro me. Anyway thank you team. I love my Athena/advantage. You rock!


I really hope those numbers aren't your credit card number...

[c1oudrs]

I really hope those numbers aren't your credit card number...

Ha. Ha. Made me check. ;) I work nights sometimes with No sleep or very little but no. Paypal. Thanks for looking out for me. And thanks again Pawel, Itxda, Cmonex, Olipro and everyone else on the Athena team.

[marka2k]

Ha. Ha. Made me check. ;) I work nights sometimes with No sleep or very little but no. Paypal. Thanks for looking out for me. And thanks again Pawel, Itxda, Cmonex, Olipro and everyone else on the Athena team.

It may not be his but it is someones ;)