An anonymous member of XDA has offered up $500 to anyone that gets Android working on the HP TouchPad. So, there ya have it
Update: thread opened for anyone that wants to contribute more to the bounty!
Update 2: bounty is now over $2,000. See here
Hack n Mod already has a prompted $1500 bounty, assuming they can find others to add to the bounty for this project.
http://hacknmod.com/hack/hp-touchpad-android-1500-prize/
I have a feeling these people will have a relatively large amount of space cash when they're done with this. http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?t=3327
chessmaster W/nook said:
I have a feeling these people will have a relatively large amount of space cash when they're done with this. http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?t=3327
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Space cash? Like extraterrestrial cash?
svetius said:
Space cash? Like extraterrestrial cash?
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Somehow I said that instead of extra... I have to idea XD
just grabbed one for a little over a hundred on barnes and noble (which sold out less than two hours after i bought one).
looking forward to getting another tablet up and running android (or even ubuntu) to match my nook color
got mine from B&N minutes after it dropped as well. I'd sure as heck donate to whoever cracks this sucker.
add me up +++ will donate
There's A LOT of money being offered right now.
On the original slickdeals thread where this broke open, over $1500 was offered up there too.
supposedly this guy said he already did it? hoax? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b3Snz5KO0E
Fake, another lamer waiting for his 15 minutes of fame :-/...
Its already been started here and there is a place to donate if needed
http://www.touch-droid.com/
They are working on a gingerbread version, then going to make CM7 for it. Then if they get time they will get honeycomb onto it, with the final project to get ICS on there.
Check out their development thread here http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?t=3327
svetius said:
Space cash? Like extraterrestrial cash?
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Space Cash
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count me in! always willing to lend a few dollars, especially when it's well spent like getting a $99 10 inch HTC Evo 3d Specs.
gkaugustine said:
supposedly this guy said he already did it? hoax? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b3Snz5KO0E
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well to be fair the guys from the future, 2 days from now
matchosan said:
Space Cash
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so long as Finland doesn't snitch
I'm in for donation! I know some already put up the prize. I know a lot of "new" HP touchpad owners like me willing to chip in a dollar or more to put some more prizes and hopefully speed up the porting
Where can I donate to???
I never managed to get one of the hp touchpads when they were going cheap in the UK.
a few places are showing as in stock, but at the full price still.
If i manage to get my hands on one I will be donating to the bounty.
Gonna try my luck tomorrow morning, hope i can't get a 16G one.
I want one for 99 Bucks!
Where do I get it?
Does somebody know of any online store that sells it? Maybe in europa?
Related
I know you probably have and it may be useless but interesting non the less.
http://appinventor.googlelabs.com/about/
Hmm I might check it out later when I'm at home
This will flood the market with crap apps.
jcase said:
This will flood the market with crap apps.
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Agreed. But its not like Android didnt have that already. Now it will be 10x as bad.
there goes the neighborhood
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there goes the neighborhood
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No shiza. I'll bet every, single carrier went "Ouch" when that hit. Better gear up the call centers fellas.
It doesn't inform them how to publish the apps to the market.
For all the negatives there are a lot of positives that can come of this.
I agree with jcase this might not be a good thing
Is everyone ready, because here comes malicious applications lol
lol it might be malicious in its own i signed up and no e-mail no developing page nothing just my experience
this is what happens when you sign up its bogus i think.
"App Inventor for Android
Thank you. Your information has been sent to the App Inventor team. "
no app developer no e-mail just thanks for your info
Well we'll get flooded with crap... but frankly so is the iPhone lol 500 apps to simulate farts...
we will also get some people who use this tool and we can get some decent apps out of it.
this was my experience
website
"sign in please"
me
"ok"
website
"we will be granting access over the next few weeks while you are waiting here are some links to look at"
It wont be malicious. I'm sure they're just rolling this thing out slowly like they did with Google Voice. It took me two weeks to get an invite from Voice. I bet it would take the same amount of time for this.
Sjflowerhorn said:
Is everyone ready, because here comes malicious applications lol
lol it might be malicious in its own i signed up and no e-mail no developing page nothing just my experience
this is what happens when you sign up its bogus i think.
"App Inventor for Android
Thank you. Your information has been sent to the App Inventor team. "
no app developer no e-mail just thanks for your info
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It's actually a google application, so I don't think so.
There is a $25 fee to register as a dev to be able to submit apps, hopefully that deters most of the crapware
Think they are really using this to get ideas from other peoples crap LOL. Then make it better. Love the royalty free part. If you come up with gold they get to put it out there and only pay you small amount of what you should get.
Sjflowerhorn said:
this was my experience
website
"sign in please"
me
"ok"
website
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right now they are only opening the beta to pretty much teachers of some sort (for some reason its what i have read don't remember if it was on lifehacker or some other site) ... so basically when you filled out the app for the beta you should have put on there somewhere that you were a teacher... or just wait until its released to the public.
My nephew is really interested in app development, but he's 10 so teaching him how to build an app the good old fashioned way won't hold his interest. This on the other hand will. I signed up last night. We'll see.
I singed up as well,
hope it doesn't take to long to get this out to people
I don't think the market could ever be as bad as when i was on 1.5
it was all soundboards, and the $25 fee will probably help as well
Building a research tool.
I'm gonna experiment with making apps for my own use - mainly data-mining. For instance, I'm going to build an app to automatically gather general econ data GDP, unemployment rates, Fed Funds rate, crude oil prices, etc.) so I can have them at my fingertips during class.
I'll probably do the world a favor & NOT put them on the market since no one would download it, unless I name it EconFart
Carry on my XDAers!
Son of a gun. From the looks of the Cat add this will encourage even more soundboards
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The release date of the fascinate is 9/9/10! prepare yourselves...
If you also haven't heard BB is already taken pre-orders for it, might want to check your local store.
Also they will have a pre-paid option for this phone as while...
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If you look closely the release date is also in the image for confirmation for the unbelievers...
I guess you missed the sticky at the top of the forum that says and links to everything in your post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=723396
radar5 said:
I guess you missed the sticky at the top of the forum that says and links to everything in your post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=723396
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actually if you read though that thread you would notice that its an inquire about the release hint ("release date?"), my thread is telling you and showing you valid proof of the release date on top of additional stuff like pre-paid option will be available soon.
so how about actually reading stuff first before running at the mouth. thanks for your input.
good to see a more concrete confirmation.
at least someone gets the idea of this thread... thanks orateam
Just got an email that VZW local stores are starting to receive their orders for the launch of the Fascinate and employee's are doing their training for the phone.
dr154 said:
Just got an email that VZW local stores are starting to receive their orders for the launch of the Fascinate and employee's are doing their training for the phone.
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who was the email from? an insider? or was it official?
mdram-omnia said:
who was the email from? an insider? or was it official?
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its official, from work...
Galaxy S invasion continues.
Looks like I will be jumping ship!!!
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Fascinate still on for the 9/9 release, just took my device training today....
The phone is available online today! and instore tomorrow as i stated....
Now Verizon offering the buy one get one free promo too.
Buy the fascinate for $299 and get a $100 mail-in-rebate = $199, then the second one is $100 with $100 mail-in-rebate = $0. So you'll be spending $399 with $200 mail-in-rebate.
Can't find the market place, yet I read the "Forum and Marketplace" rules. If this is not the correct place, please let me know and move this topic.
First, wanted to thank everyone for their wealth of knowledge. I used this forum to modify all of the Android phones to make them mine. I have 2 Vibrants, A G2, Captivate, and Droid. This place makes using and modifying these devices a BREEZE. Again, thank you everyone who contributes here.
I have a 2 day old G2 for sale. I put my sim card in, organized my contacts, put Fancy Widget, TAJM, BattStatt, and LauncherPro on it. That's it. Decided to sale it because I have many phones, and this phone seemed to be the one who would recoup the most money.
It has everything that comes with the phone from the factory. Also has a hard case and hip clip brand new from T-Mobile.
Everything you get at the store, you get here.
If there is anything that you need, just let me know. I can give out the IMEI number to anyone seriously interested.
I am located in Mobile, AL and would love a local sell, but I will ship.
You can PM me or just reply here. I will be checking all day.
**Im posting this on the laptop now, and when I get done I am going to take pics on my Vibrant and add pics from that phone immediately.**
Again, if this is the wrong section, Im sorry. I tried to locate a proper 'Marketplace', but I am a few fries short of a Happy Meal.
Thanks guys,
Exx
PICS***
It says I can not post pics because there is a restriction on new users. I can email on request, until I can get a mod to let me post pics.
Sorry guys.
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What are looking to get for it all?
$425
Message was short so...... Miley Cyrus is legal and I'm looking for her. lol
Exxile said:
$425
Message was short so...... Miley Cyrus is legal and I'm looking for her. lol
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That is disgusting... There are some things that you should keep to yourself... Inner monologue, bro... Inner monologue.
daijizai said:
That is disgusting... There are some things that you should keep to yourself... Inner monologue, bro... Inner monologue.
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if shed just fix them dang front teeth id completely agree with him then again im only 20... hopefully hes not in his 40s or somethin.... haha good luck with the sale! not a bad price for a practically new phone.
Nah, I'm only 29.
Phone is practically new, like you said. Has some good apps, and it really is a great phone. I just have more than one person needs.
Update: CL potential sale.
Her, "Will you trade for a BB Storm 8530?"
My reply, "How much cash on top?"
Her reply, "No cash just trade. It has a lot of accessories so mines worth more."
My reply, "*****, you crazy"
Exxile said:
Nah, I'm only 29.
Phone is practically new, like you said. Has some good apps, and it really is a great phone. I just have more than one person needs.
Update: CL potential sale.
Her, "Will you trade for a BB Storm 8530?"
My reply, "How much cash on top?"
Her reply, "No cash just trade. It has a lot of accessories so mines worth more."
My reply, "*****, you crazy"
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lmaoooo is the bish serious? crackberry for android. one of those accesories better be a g1 because i'd pick a g1 over crackberry, unless its a crackberry torch. that phone is kinda awesome besides the small keyboard for small fingered people.
Is the HTZ Desire (A8) a good trade for the G2?
I like the look of the phone, and don't mind having it as an extra. What do you guys think about the phone?
Exxile said:
$425
Message was short so...... Miley Cyrus is legal and I'm looking for her. lol
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I thought she wasn't for another month?
jordanjay29 said:
I thought she wasn't for another month?
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Depends on what state/country maybe?
She's a US citizen and resident, so it'll be 18 at minimum. The only state exceptions are higher ages, like 19 and 21.
In AL, age of consent is 16 my friend. Step your game up.
Here is link for market, will be closing this thread but just post it there and use good old copy and paste to transfer info. Sorry can't move market doesn't show up in options for some reason.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=476
If you've got an Office Depot or Office Max near you, this is great news. They're offering a coupon for 30% off anything in the store excluding computers, laptops, tablets, printers, and ink & toner. It's a legitimate coupon, visible on the upper right of officedepot.com.
This is an in store only coupon. It does not work for online orders. It excludes anything on sale, as it states that it is 30% off of any regularly priced item. That part is kind of YMMV, since I was able to get a sale item marked down by a cashier in a crowded line.
Screenshot of the Office Depot home page in case you either don't want to go there, or can't for some reason. Notice the link to the coupon PDF on the right.
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I bought a 3TB external Toshiba hard drive for $91.13. Here's my receipt.
Here's the coupon hosted on Office Depot's website.
Here's the coupon in my Dropbox.
Thanks for this. Hopefully they have better inventory in store...
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Thanks for this. Hopefully they have better inventory in store...
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Lots of hard drives in store that are worth the $30+ off. Beyond that, Kindles are included as well. Could be $50 or more off of those.
cajunflavoredbob said:
Lots of hard drives in store that are worth the $30+ off. Beyond that, Kindles are included as well. Could be $50 or more off of those.
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I'm confused. How are Kindles included if the coupon specifically states that tablets are not eligible?
Anyways, worth it for other things I'm sure.
CCallahan said:
I'm confused. How are Kindles included if the coupon specifically states that tablets are not eligible?
Anyways, worth it for other things I'm sure.
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I guess they don't consider the Kindle a tablet for some reason. I know it's weird, but it's their coupon, not mine.
Sorry folks, I'm off-topic a bit here...
Cajunflavoredbob, I am unable to PM you, and the JT Inverted Gapps thread is locked. The JT Inverted Gapps/Aroma AndroidSpin site has had a maintenance message for well over a week now. Is there anywhere to download the Android 4.2 Inverted Gapps that you, Justin and TUN were involved with?
You can PM me if that's easier. Sorry again folks.
Thanks... Dan
CCallahan said:
I'm confused. How are Kindles included if the coupon specifically states that tablets are not eligible?
Anyways, worth it for other things I'm sure.
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They're probably calling the Kindle an E-reader. Lets be honest, if it's not rooted, that's all it really is.
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They're probably calling the Kindle an E-reader. Lets be honest, if it's not rooted, that's all it really is.
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Lol. True.
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Sorry folks, I'm off-topic a bit here...
Cajunflavoredbob, I am unable to PM you, and the JT Inverted Gapps thread is locked. The JT Inverted Gapps/Aroma AndroidSpin site has had a maintenance message for well over a week now. Is there anywhere to download the Android 4.2 Inverted Gapps that you, Justin and TUN were involved with?
You can PM me if that's easier. Sorry again folks.
Thanks... Dan
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My PM box is closed for this exact reason. The last files I have are in this post. Spread the word.
cajunflavoredbob said:
My PM box is closed for this exact reason. The last files I have are in this post. Spread the word.
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Many thanks!
Sent from somewhere in Galaxy S2...
Thanks for info,, I will check it out.
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Thanks for info,, I will check it out.
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I believe this already expired.
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I believe this already expired.
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Don't mind him. He's just spamming for ten posts.
I started a gofundme account to get the proper devs a couple G4s to help with unlocking the bootloader and attaining root. If you have a few bucks, throw it in the pot and I will get the money to whichever devs think they can get the work done!
The donations made will be split 50/50 between @autoprime and @thecubed to purchase 2 devices of their choosing, anything extra will go directly to them for any necessary supplies.
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Thread closed link
If you have any issues with money already donated please PM the OP, this has nothing to do with XDA, this is why we do not condone crowd funding.
Where's the link?
MOD EDIT by @gregbradley Link removed.
That would probably be beneficial, lol
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I want one of the phones to be a Verizon one as they're always the hardest to crack
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Dennisg34 said:
I want one of the phones to be a Verizon one as they're always the hardest to crack
Sent from my S5 using your mom
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I believe @jcase is on Verizon, he said hes got his G4 covered
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dysfunkshun said:
I believe @jcase is on Verizon, he said hes got his G4 covered
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Sweet, just saw on Twitter. Makes me happy!
Sent from my S5 using your mom
just donated my 50$ to codefire Team
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We want their bootloader solution and root
Thanks guys! We'd love to get some neat goodies for y'all on the G4
Just did my donation also.
Leaving it in your hands to tune this baby to what it should be!
Good luck!
Threw some cash in wish I could have done more, I just had to tear up my yard and reseed it damn weather.
$80 sent.
Made a small donation to help fantastic devs. Thanks in advance for you future job.
Wow you guys are awesome
I'll see if I can stop by an ATT store sometime tomorrow and play with the device a bit.
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Wow you guys are awesome
I'll see if I can stop by an ATT store sometime tomorrow and play with the device a bit.
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Well people like YOU are awesome who take the time of out your already busy schedules and develop for us! When I get paid Thursday, I'll be making a donation. My first non-Sammy phone in 3+ years and first one with unlocked BL in over a year so I will be "making it rain" to all the devs I can so I can have some development on this phone! Thanks again! (to all devs as well)
When I get paid on Friday I'll drop a few duckets in the bucket.
Same here. Been in-between jobs at the moment and don't start new one till June 8th, but I think I get my severance from my last job this friday.
How does this work? Which devs would get a phone? And for 1500 you can only buy 2,5 phones. Obviously the international version should be purchased as well right?
Theuntje said:
How does this work? Which devs would get a phone? And for 1500 you can only buy 2,5 phones. Obviously the international version should be purchased as well right?
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They get the $$ and they get the version they wish to purchase..
Theuntje said:
How does this work? Which devs would get a phone? And for 1500 you can only buy 2,5 phones. Obviously the international version should be purchased as well right?
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You donate, money goes towards the devs. One already commented on here ( @thecubed ) and not sure of the others. Phone is only like $550, but I'm sure a few extra bucks will be fine. Pfft international version? 'Murica!
I set the goal at $1500, but it can very easily go over. The money will be split 50/50 between @autoprime and @thecubed. If the device only costs $550-600, the rest goes into their pockets for any other supplies necessary and as a thank you for their time.
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