[DONATION] Froyo 2.2 for XT720 - Donation link and progress update here!

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ronnbon

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@AllGamer: You are a Mod here: lets assume we will really have 600 Dollar for this- do you think that would be enough for some of the developers here?
Do you would recommend one or even ask him/her if she would be interested in general?

What benefit does this much money has for us without developer?? :(
 

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as you said, the challenge is finding a developer that is willing to do the work.

i don't have any suggestion, for any specific Developer as I trying to figure out if any DEV have had any previous experience dealing with Motorola Android phones

our best bet are any of the current DEV that are already working on the other models of Droids, I'll check with the other Mods to see if they have any suggestions.
 

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this is all really, really great- but now we all have to seek for an suitable and interested developer! :rolleyes:
 

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Hey guys good news

words has been sent out, with all the luck we "might" get an interested DEV that has previously done work for the Milestone and other phones as well.

now we'll need to wait and see if he/she accepts the task to make a port for our phone :)
 

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words has been sent out, with all the luck we "might" get an interested DEV that has previously done work for the Milestone and other phones as well.

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But then we have to hurry to formulate our terms exactly and the way we handle this all:
Folks- all of you - now!!!

1: we still need somebody who will test the result! I am surely not able to say if this it fully stable froyo or not!!!!
2: how do we collect the money and where!!!
3. do we want a kind of contract?
4. will you still donate if there keeps a risk?

sorry to speak so shortly but we have to get our act together- I want to have comment to from you to every of the 4 points above- that is really important- PLEASE!
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grigorbg

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- I can be a beta tester
- How we collect - paypal buy you or some admin in XDA.
- No contracts... this is too complicated and we are not legal organization.
- There is a risk, there is a very small chance to success, so we don`t have other option.
If this guys fail or something other... we/you can give this money to some charity official.
 
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ronnbon

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- I can be a beta tester
- How we collect - paypal buy you or some admin in XDA.
- No contracts... this is too complicated and we are not legal organization.
- There is a risk, there is a very small chance to success, so we don`t have other option.
If this guys fail or something other... we/you can give this money to some charity official.

thank you- this is exactly what I want to formulate our terms!
 

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Great work guys...keep trying to spread the word in as many forums as possible!!

I'm in for $10 (all I can afford right now)
If my situation improves, I'll try to pony up $20 :)
 

Knoedelkopf

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Delete my 15 €, I'll increase on 20 €, not that much but I'm still at school!:p

I'm confident something will be possible to get Froyo on European XT720...

BTW: Sorry, könnte leider nur per Post schicken, Überweisen unmöglich da <18 Jahre .
 

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+$20 for a port that works in the US (Cincinnati Bell)

Edit: Also, will help with debugging/testing, whatever. I'll help out any way possible. I'm very linux proficient (it's been my primary OS for 12+ years), but am extremely new to Android/smartphones.
 
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ronnbon

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Delete my 15 €, I'll increase on 20 €, not that much but I'm still at school

danke- aber meinste jetzt 15 bzw. 20 Euro oder Dollar? Ich mach einfach 20 Dollar draus, okay? Und wenn Du es mir schickst, dann sollte es doch gehen... ;)

Also, will help with debugging/testing, whatever. I'll help out any way possible. I'm very linux proficient (it's been my primary OS for 12+ years), but am extremely new to Android/smartphones.
that should help- remind me please to tell it the dev if we have one... :eek:
 

Knoedelkopf

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Ja oke wenn du Dollar draus machst, dann schick ich dir halt dann 20 €, das entspricht ca 25 USDollar.

Also allerletztes Gebot 25 US Dollar für ein voll funktionsfähiges Froyo (oder wenns möglich wäre 2.3.) ;)
 

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ronnbon

Try to contact the following Modders, and lets see if any of them are interested in the job:

Koush (famous for CW, and he actually manage to strap it to the locked Moto bootloader, to load custom ROMS) http://www.koushikdutta.com/2010/02/clockwork-recovery-image.html
Dexter_nlb (milestone experience)
TheSSJ (milestone experience)

some of those guys have their own website/blogs (don't know the site for the other 2)
 

ltp3000

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i definately in with 30 dollars.

nice to see that theres so much angagement in this commungity :)
 

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    This project is about porting the korean motoroi froyo update to the xt720, not the xt701 or any other motorola phone of the x-series.
    I don't want to exlude this right from the start- but this would happen after the a successfull finish of the major task- froyo for the xt720!


    Donations are not connected to any securities- it is just your own risk- I absolutely take no responsibilty for the result!

    Donation link for Dexter

    Note: remember to write XT720 from your nickname @ XDA

    -------------------------------------------
    I deleted the list of donators and donations because one the one hand I don't know anymore who really donated and who just posted that he did and one the other hand I don't see any sense of it anymore since we received our goal to buy the phone.

    If its very important for you we can ask Dexter for a list of the received donations and donators after the donations are all done- but people are still donating- so it makes no sense to me to ask for it know...

    First of all: We reached the first and most difficult goal: collecting enough money to buy dexter the phone.

    Second step will be Dexters first estimation of the situation after he received the phone and got
    familiar with its pros and cons.
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    XT720 progress report

    This post will now be updated during my progress, so you might need to mark this if you wish to continue to follow the updates.. I might also reply with changes, but updates will be posted in this specific post for now.

    29-01-2011
    step 1 - port started :)
    - Initial camera findings... the /dev/hplens-omap is not part of the kernel, that makes new camera from 2.2 difficult to work.. as froyo 2.2 now has some camera functions included in the kernel, like zoom.
    - work so far based on latest milestone 2.2 leak (amazingly equal to xt720)
    - Camera with zoom works fine.. very strange, but i only take that as a positive start..
    - sensors for rotation seems off, button light only works if triggered in display auto/manual setting for now (can be framework bug)
    - wifi, bt, calls ok... hdmi not available in stock mod. (ill see if that can be included somehow)
    - kxtf9 driver missing in kernel, no support for compass/accelerator function. (will be checking 2.1kernel if its released, for kernel driver extraction)
    - flashplayer works (obvious i think)
    - 3g(hsdpa) data works
    - ClockWorkMod partly tested (Backup only for now tested, restore comes tomorrow) using modified edition not installing hijack..

    - compiling kxtf9 module is possible, but registering so far fails (mobile reboot)
    - just noticed when email arrive, i get a notification led blinking in lower right corner? is that new? since a thread about says its not possible?
    31-jan
    - another "problem". tested HDMI on original korean rom, seems not to work?
    so, probably not easy to find out why when i got only 2.1 libs to work with.
    - CWM Recovery restore only for /system , rest is messed for now.
    - Froyo cam ported, works with 8MP now
    01-feb
    - First release ( link here )
    02-feb
    - First release re-run ( link here ) now using OpenRecovery which is confirmed working on xt720.
    03-feb
    - Second release ( link here )
    - Official uk 2.01 kernel used.. all sensors now activated.
    - still primarily using 2.2 release from korean rom.
    - added native apps functionality as uk kernel did not support it.
    - interactive govenor (thanks, nadlabak).
    - Fixed OpenRecovery, so an App is available instead of using ADB , all is now automated with DefyRecovery(thanks Tenfar for original app).
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    XT720 beta stock release

    So here is the first beta for review..
    i will not put any version on it for this release, before some more people verified it.
    the release does have more languages natively, but since its based on a stock android (milestone) release, you will for sure see differences.. but korean parts for telephone checks , baseband and carriers are gone.

    Install instructions
    1. Install korean sbf(STSKT_N_79.33.50R ) using RSDLite
    - download korean 2.2 sbf (link posted previously)
    - boot your xt720 into bootloader (press power while holding VOL- + shutter button held during bootup)
    - when RSDLite application on pc says "connected" , your ready to flash
    - select the SBF
    - press start
    2. root it (SuperOneClickFor2.1.zip) - included with zip
    3. install xt720 recovery (included with this zip name: xt720recovery.apk )
    instruction use: VOL UP/DOWN in menu selection + POWER=SELECT
    4. reboot once
    4a. Using xt720 defyrecovery, chose install recovery
    5. copy the folder "goapkrev" to root directory of your sdcard.
    6. boot into recovery using the xt720recovery (boot recovery)
    7. restore the backup "stock22"
    8. wipe (factory reset) using original recovery menu on xt720 (NOT xt720recovery app)
    9. reboot

    What does not work.
    -------------------
    - HDMI (i think)
    - light in buttons (manual activation using light on powercontrol works)
    - acc. sensors (kxtf9 driver still in the works, korean model uses lh33... chipset)

    Download here
    ps: oc module seems not to oc correctly, so look for a fix in next update.
    note: its not motoroi baseband compatible (99% sure)
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    (xt720 froyo) Dexter is our dev!! donation link here!

    Its Dexters Job- now it is officiall!

    I did not decide it on my own- but jr33 has a lot to do right now and because we still had an okay from Dexter he drew back.

    To do the donation visit dexters website! LINK
    Donations will be done with paypal but: you DON'T NEED a PayPal account, just a credit card only; you get the option to sign in or proceed without an account.

    IMPORTANT! Please leave a comment with "xt720" and your username to assign the donation!

    Just to note it here too: I deleted the donations and donators list at the other thread- it makes no sense anymore since I don't know anymore who really donated and who not.
    And finally we reached our goal to buy the phone after all- If you want a list of all received donations from Dexter after all that will surely be no problem...
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    I honestly would have done this for free... its not an easy task but nothing ever goes well when money is involved.

    If Dexter is your developer then good luck to him, if you guys need any help or anything feel free to ask me. I can be most easily contacted via email. <myusername>@gmail.com