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[Windows Phone 7 General] sensboston:
This topic was originally posted at "Development and hacking" (where are lot of people knows Cotulla and what he doing for community) but mods moved here, to "General" (where only fanboys are fighting for nothing) :(

I don't think the Focus forum will bring us some additional donation but will try...
[Windows Phone 7 General] hidroela:
yea it is sad so many people hand in here and only a few have donate so far.
[Windows Phone 7 General] panzerxschreck23:
So if im not mistaken you guys already raise money for a Focus. So is there any good news for it yet?

Anyway, I'll gladly donated $30 once I get my refund money from school.

Can't wait to see the future development on this device :D
[Windows Phone 7 General] Cotulla:
I am try determine reality of this project. Because I don't want and won't take projects which is looks impossible.

but some hope... yees ;)

will write here decision later.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ByakuyaEXT:
5$ from Germany to have Custom Roms on my Omnia 7 :)

Receipt ID 152cd46aba781c80
[Windows Phone 7 General] sensboston:
Actually, I've already bought Samsung Focus on ebay and will send ASAP to Cotulla. I'll close my ChipIn soon ('cause absolutely no chance to raise money for Omnia :( ) and report all statements here.

I'm also can send to Cotulla donors email so he can inform these guys first; but as I've said before, there is no any obligations or conditions; this handset just a donation to help his (Cotulla's) work on jailbreak and custom ROM. So, it should be his decision; is he prefer to announce to everybody first (including guy who prefer to buy a toy for his dog instead donating :) ) it's fine too.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ByakuyaEXT:
Hopefully he will work on it.

And hopefully the Focus mechanics is similar to the Omnia 7
[Windows Phone 7 General] sensboston:
Update: I finished my ChipIn, already bought Focus for Cotulla, will send it ASAP. Also will publish project's financial statement later.
[Windows Phone 7 General] surrender420:
Is there a fund planned for LG devices?
[Windows Phone 7 General] DatDereX1:
why stop after less than a month?
[Windows Phone 7 General] Ttblondey:
I believe there's lack of support,
[Windows Phone 7 General] surrender420:
Anyone interested in donating for research into custom spl for LG devices? We need to keep this thing rolling, HTCs great but let's not let these other great phones be forgotten!
[Windows Phone 7 General] Tbonenga:
Is it possible to get the sprint NASCAR app (available on all sprint phones) on a mobile USA hd7? I'd be down to donating 50 for that.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Tbonenga:
On tmobile (i hate auto word correction)
[Windows Phone 7 General] sensboston:
Because we have no chance to collect more money (to buy Omnia). Only 13 people (14, including me) from hundreds Samsung WP7 owners/XDA members are donated to Cotulla; last two weeks only 1 person did the donation.

I hope Focus ROM hack - if Cotulla will success - will be compatible with Omnia.
[Windows Phone 7 General] sensboston:
Project's financial statement published (see first post).
[Windows Phone 7 General] Cotulla:
Yes, sensboston send phone to me. I got track number.
[Windows Phone 7 General] fed44:
Well I wish you good luck on your adventure, many here will be grateful for your efforts!
[Windows Phone 7 General] oswald-josh:
he CAN BUY ONE FROM CRAIGSLIST
[Windows Phone 7 General] ryotgz:
Sad really. I didn't see this thread until it was too late. I wanted to donate money and see if one of the WP news sites would have published an article.
[Windows Phone 7 General] surrender420:
Not too late, didn't he agree to look into LG too?
[Windows Phone 7 General] DatDereX1:
I bet there would be more people donating if this was posted on some of the WP news sites or the omnia 7 or focus forum
[Windows Phone 7 General] sensboston:
Instead of "bet", better will be simple donate a few bucks ;) BTW, you have your own chance to try ;) Contact Cotulla and go ahead! A lot of LG people are waiting for freedom ROM...
[Windows Phone 7 General] ryotgz:
I would like to personally thank you for starting this sesnboston and anyone else who participated. Hopefully Cotulla and the team can find a way to get custom roms on Samsung devices.
[Windows Phone 7 General] DatDereX1:
LOL how can I donate when you aren't taking donations anymore?? If you gave it more time and some of the WP sites posted about it I'm sure you could have gotten a lot more.

BTW I don't think I would donate anyway. I've donated in the past to WM rom devs, but WP doesn't NEED roms as much as WM did.
[Windows Phone 7 General] sensboston:
WP7 DOES need a freedom ROMs! However it's for enthusiasts and whitehats only, not for noobs, of course... ;)
[Windows Phone 7 General] mizad09:
im looking for a way to donate from colombia, dont have a credit card, but i will try, in the mean time, how the samsung focus´ hack is going???
[Windows Phone 7 General] amyth1884:
Any update on the progress ?
[Windows Phone 7 General] machhho:
any news yet for the custom ROM on samsung focus ?
[Windows Phone 7 General] ryotgz:
I'll add to a status inquiry.
[Windows Phone 7 General] machhho:
@ Cotulla

please , try to make these things work in your custom rom .

1- bluetooth file transfer

2- ability to make folders in the app list and drag any app to any folder yo make

3- a good app for viewing photos and videos like the gallery app in android

4- Arabic support

I know this is too much , but I wish you can do it

thanks and good luck .
[Windows Phone 7 General] machhho:
@ sensboston

did Cotulla start working on the custom ROM , or nothing yet .

please , tell us what's the status on this work .

thanks
[Windows Phone 7 General] sensboston:
Hi guys, just got back from vacation.

Yes, Cotulla received donated Samsung Focus; he will research some possibilities to hack. BTW (as I've said before) - there is NO ANY OBLIGATIONS to Cotulla, IT'S JUST OUR APPRECIATIONS to his work.

So, you should be patient and wait for Cotulla's announcement. I did my part of job successfully and (I hope) Cotulla will have some good news for all community soon ;)
[Windows Phone 7 General] surrender420:
Can we arrange donations for an LG device anytime soon?
[Windows Phone 7 General] Cotulla:
Yes, I successfully got device via mail from sensboston.

I already started to work.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ryotgz:
Sounds great. Keep us updated!
[Windows Phone 7 General] machhho:
this is a good news to hear, please keep us updated
[Windows Phone 7 General] prakash386:
Guys, I know I saw this thread too late :( But let me know if any donations are needed. Bought a Samsung focus today ;) and would love to see custom rom running on it.
[Windows Phone 7 General] machhho:
we still waiting for the update news on the custom rom for the samsung focus !
[Windows Phone 7 General] Cotulla:
Some news:

http://cotulla.pp.ru/leo/WP7S/IMAG0425.jpg

Installation procedure will consist from two phases:

1)install MAGLDR via DMLI

2)use MAGLDR and DWPI to flash custom ROMs (like on LEO)

This was done to provide custom rom flashing as safe as possible (to prevent bricks or minimize their count :D ).

The first release will contains support only for Focus 2K REV1.3.

The next releases may add support for Focus 4K REV1.4 and Omnia 7 too.
[Windows Phone 7 General] suua:
Great news Cotulla, keep up the good work :) cant wait to start flashing on my Focus :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] ryotgz:
Awesome news. Great work
[Windows Phone 7 General] lekhwani:
Great news.

Sent from my SGH-i917 using Board Express
[Windows Phone 7 General] LongZheng:
Congrats on this. Look forward to the Omnia 7 support.
[Windows Phone 7 General] voluptuary:
best news ever!
[Windows Phone 7 General] machhho:
Thanks a lot , great news
[Windows Phone 7 General] OndraSter:
You're da-man! You rock :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] MTom:
Thank you Master :D

I look forward omnia 7
[Windows Phone 7 General] machhho:
Can you implement please the bluetooth file transfer in your Custom ROM for the Samsung Focus .

thanks
[Windows Phone 7 General] deewenic:
The best news ever! As an O7 user, I'm looking forward to your Omnia 7 support. Thank you!
[Windows Phone 7 General] lekhwani:
Dear Cotulla, can some equalizers for music be added in your rom? If possible, it would be a very good feature for many people.

Sent from my SGH-i917 using Board Express
[Windows Phone 7 General] fed44:
First of all great work Cotulla, I'm sure all Samsung users here will appreciate your work, at least I will!

Any chance of a little insight into how you were able to do this? Is it based on an exploit in download mode or is it done via the OS? I'm assuming DMLI is the name of your tool.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Jaxbot:
Great work as always, Cotulla! Really excited about this one, as Samsung's been in the dark for a while.

And ignore the greedy requests of unappreciative users ^^ MAGLDR is for custom ROMs, what happens after that is at the digression of the chefs ;)

But again, good work!!
[Windows Phone 7 General] ceesheim:
you know that I hate android but here's a noob q from me for all the android lovers.

I see that you use a magldr on the samsung to , would it be possible to use the magldr for android flashing to ?
[Windows Phone 7 General] mizad09:
Great news thanks man, thank u very much :)

Sent from my Samsung Focus using Board Express
[Windows Phone 7 General] marsrogers:
Great to hear that~~~
[Windows Phone 7 General] Cotulla:
Phone must be in DLMODE during MAGLDR installation.

You can enter MAGLDR by entering to "Clear storage" mode and then press back.

Current version is seriously cutted, because there are not many free space for MAGLDR.

Boths SD are not supported at the current moment.

But in theory, if somebody will want to try/develop/etc, I can add support back.

But remember android can be very hard task.
[Windows Phone 7 General] deewenic:
Hi Cotulla,

Is there anything new for us? how about the work on Omnia 7 now, I'm looking forward to your good news for it. :) What's more, many thanks for your work.
[Windows Phone 7 General] pLUSpISTOL:
Brilliant news, another hopeful Omnia 7 owner :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] mizad09:
I'm a focus rev 1.3 owner, looking forward for first cook rom

Sent from my Samsung Focus using Board Express
[Windows Phone 7 General] Gizmo_x:
nice news.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Bene11660:
Very Good work :)

Are there any News?
[Windows Phone 7 General] WithinRafael:
Let us know (ChevronWP7 crew) if any further assistance is needed, e.g. funding, hardware, cake, etc.
[Windows Phone 7 General] voluptuary:
not to spend your money for you but I bet he could use an omnia :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] swagat88:
dual boot?

Will this enable us to dual boot our samsung focus?
[Windows Phone 7 General] sensboston:
What kind of a second OS are you going to run on Focus? Did I missed something? :rolleyes:
[Windows Phone 7 General] swagat88:
Android.. M happy with my mango, but just out of curiosity I asked.. There are few things which I miss in WP after switching from android.
[Windows Phone 7 General] sensboston:
Oh, do you have Android image built for Focus? Wow... ;) Never mind, I just kidding; BTW, there is no reason to have dual boot if you don't have at least two OS'es...
[Windows Phone 7 General] mizad09:
I dont care about android, i know it could be cool for some people but that was ok for hd2 cause of winmo 6.5 but focus with wp7 i want only custom roms like htc devices

Sent from my Samsung Focus using Board Express
[Windows Phone 7 General] nipungupta7:
Exactly

All we need is a customrom

Sent from my SGH-i917 using Board Express
[Windows Phone 7 General] swagat88:
No No, I have galaxy SL I9003, which has android in it. I just switched to focus. So i want to have cream of both.. ;)
[Windows Phone 7 General] titanhydro:
I'm extremely new here, but I'v been looking around and followed enough tutorials to dev unlock and interop-unlock my focus,

but I was wondering if it would be easier to take a rom from and android brother of the focus like the Captivate and work on the rom to fit the focus, just a long thought
[Windows Phone 7 General] yd66161267:
Who can develop a android system for focus? I can not endure the WP7. I am coming from China .My english is poor。

---------- Post added at 12:50 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:46 PM ----------

can you Develop the android for focus？I can not endure the wp7.I hope the good news from you。thank you。

---------- Post added at 12:55 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:50 PM ----------

hello ，Cotulla。how is the android for focus？can you Develop the system for focus？thank you。I can not dare the wp7.
[Windows Phone 7 General] chaitanya91845:
I just purchased a Focus, and tried a lot but couldn't get Diagnosis 1122 on NoDo (At&T ROM, stuck on Diag 0929) to retain developer unlock on Mango. A Custom ROM would be Godsend. Thanks Cotulla. Keep up the great work. :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] mizad09:
I could understand tha android on the focus would be a cool things but with almost 20 new android phones being lunch everyday, why bother to buy a focus and try to flash android on it, when every android device has at least an oficial roms and 20 cooked sooo... if u want android, great, go get an android phone, all i want is the first custom roms for my focus rev 1.3, i cant donate but i can be a tester mi focus es su focus
[Windows Phone 7 General] pLUSpISTOL:
http://www.wpcentral.com/opera-mini-ported-windows-phone-limitations-abound#comments

Ohhh pleasseeee :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] sungc007:
Samsung Focus S will be covered by this thread? that is released in recent... Cotulla uses the Focus....I'm not sure if Focus and Focus have any big differences to apply MAGLDR...Hopefully it can be considered. ^^
[Windows Phone 7 General] XboxOmac:
How is development for a custom rom coming along so far?

Sent from my Samsung Focus Windows Phone using Board Express
[Windows Phone 7 General] luckyyyyyy6:
Good question. :)

But I think and I hope that in the future will be some custom roms for focus and omnia 7 users.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Knud95:
How is it about the omnia 7 up to now ?
[Windows Phone 7 General] Bene11660:
A custom Omnia 7 Rom would be a very nice Chrismas Present :D
[Windows Phone 7 General] nipungupta7:
I don't think there's any serious work for this rom
[Windows Phone 7 General] chaitanya91845:
Isn't that a bold statement? Cotulla is not charging anyone for it and is helping the community. Enjoy it as and when it is released!!
[Windows Phone 7 General] nipungupta7:
ok sorry, lets wait for the rom

Wish good luck to cotula
[Windows Phone 7 General] xator91:
Any news Cotulla? :)

For omnia 7?
[Windows Phone 7 General] Malte1234511:
Could someone summarize what we do know now. Is there any known staus about porting MAGLADR to Samsung FOCUS and are there any information regarding omnia 7 owners?

Thank you Cotulla for your work!
[Windows Phone 7 General] xaoc747:
Vote collecting moneys to Cotulla for Samsung Galaxy Note!!!
[Windows Phone 7 General] eonnet:
Thumbs up from me also
[Windows Phone 7 General] Bene11660:
Hey Cotulla, have you finished it yet ?
[Windows Phone 7 General] jessenic:
Even if you are not, we'd like to hear some news, good or bad ;)
[Windows Phone 7 General] ceesheim:
Cotulla is looking for a few brave people who want to test magldr on focus 1.4 ( 4K)

so please sent me a pm if you have a focus 1.4 (4K ) , Cotulla ONLY need the 1.4 because all tests for omnia7 and focus 1.3 are already done.

the faster he has some testers the faster it will be released :D

so come one with the pm's :D

Greetings Cees Heim
[Windows Phone 7 General] alejandroelmej:
hey man i have a samsung focus 1.4 i want to test, what I have to do?
[Windows Phone 7 General] Knud95:
Tests for omnia 7 are done.

When will they be public?
[Windows Phone 7 General] pLUSpISTOL:
Private msg him!
[Windows Phone 7 General] alejandroelmej:
i did it, lets hope a public relase soon, im waitng for his reply!
[Windows Phone 7 General] ceesheim:
a pm has been sent to you.

Greetings cees.

oh I need some more so where are the rest of the pm's :D
[Windows Phone 7 General] luckyyyyyy6:
Great news. ;)
[Windows Phone 7 General] contable:
@ceesheim, sensboston:

If there are beta versions available for the Focus 1.3 and the OMNIA 7 why the few donators, including myself, did not get the chance to test them ? :(

Please clarify.

Cheers

contable
[Windows Phone 7 General] DJSave:
wow great news!

I'd like to test out on my Focus 1.3 :)

Cheers!
[Windows Phone 7 General] ceesheim:
there aren't any public beta versions.

as you know Cotulla owns a focus himself so there was no need to have beta testers for that phone (and there will never be a beta version )

and as for me and fiilix , we are oft in contact with Cotulla and we also own a few wp7 phones (and omnia7) to test stuff for cotulla

there will be just a public version after this is tested on the focus 1.4 (4k) are done.

so please don't be disappointed, all the donations are really appreciated by cotulla/dft

and a version will be soon released :D

Greetings Cees Heim
[Windows Phone 7 General] DJSave:
and that means we can start creating our OWN custom ROMs like there are on HTC 1st gens right? can you confirm that?
[Windows Phone 7 General] ceesheim:
well , I can't say lots about that but one thing for sure is that that isn't that easy as of now :(

as for me , I am fighting to dump a 8107 rom that comes from my phone (omnia7) and there isn't any way for now to dump that rom (not one tool , even dft have problems)

BUT :) custom rom's that I build (testing only) can be done up to 74** with the osb kitchen.

so let us all hope that Cotulla/dft/barin/ultrashot find ways to get that rolling real fast (and I bett you that they will get that working :D )

LOL, some poeple say that I ask/say to much :) , me shutup now :P
[Windows Phone 7 General] Botoxopfer:
Would it be possible to flash an Ice cream sandwich rom onto the omnia 7 with this progress? I'm really curious about ice cream sandwich but also don't want to loose my mango. So dualboot is a possibillity too?
[Windows Phone 7 General] contable:
Thanks for your fast answer and clarification. I know that testing in fiinix and your hands is in the right hands and hope that the public release will be available soon...

Greetz

contable
[Windows Phone 7 General] ceesheim:
what "Ice cream sandwich" do you want to flash ? strawberry ?

you do know that Ice/water is very bad for your phone right !!!

and as for Google : I hate it and I don't want to know to progress on that :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] contable:
I don´t hate the fandroid stuff, for me it´s just ugly and looks cheap... :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] pLUSpISTOL:
No don't shutup :D it's good to have communication on what you guys are up to!

Excited for custom ROMs, I'm sure you guys will work out the tricks eventually.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Botoxopfer:
Don't get me wrong i love Mango and think it looks great but i want to know if google fixed many of my complaints with ice cream sandwich.
[Windows Phone 7 General] alejandroelmej:
I would like to see dual boot android and wp7 on this device too.
[Windows Phone 7 General] irfanindian:
Hoping something good comes up soon!
[Windows Phone 7 General] Malte1234511:
Great News. Thank you so much Cotulla (and others). I would like to give some money over Paypal, is there any possibiltiy? I aleready gave some money for the DFT Team on their Chineses Webpage, but I'm not sure, if this belongs to such a project.
[Windows Phone 7 General] h4n53n1987:
This breaths new life into my bomb of a Samsung Focus which I believe android should make great. Does anyone know when Cotulla plans to release that Magldr for Focus 1.3 to the public? I read most of these posts and it seems theres a lot of talk but no one said anything about a release date.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Knud95:
Nor there is no release announced!
[Windows Phone 7 General] DJSave:
soon!
[Windows Phone 7 General] irfanindian:
Great news. Thanks for the update DJSave
[Windows Phone 7 General] pLUSpISTOL:
Waiting for this is killing meeee :D
[Windows Phone 7 General] lekhwani:
Great going, indeed.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Malte1234511:
DJSave any News? ;)
[Windows Phone 7 General] DJSave:
nope nothing more

As far as I know a Sammy Rainbow custom ROM (fullunlock) is almos ready and wll be out soon

I'm also overexcited to try it out

can't wait :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] Malte1234511:
you are right!

Here, for the users which are as

"overexcited" ;) as DJSave and me.

Use google Translator...

http://www.wpxap.com/thread-271659-1-1.html

http://www.darkforcesteam.com.cn/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=62191

Malte1234511

PS: that was the day before yesterday
[Windows Phone 7 General] h4n53n1987:
hmmm its been a few days, magldr any closer to release. Whats the definite date?
[Windows Phone 7 General] pLUSpISTOL:
I'm wondering too.. Checking twice everyday can get boring! ;)
[Windows Phone 7 General] irfanindian:
Excited excited!! ;)
[Windows Phone 7 General] h4n53n1987:
ill say, wanna get droiding ASAP. WP7 is still buggy and missing features
[Windows Phone 7 General] irfanindian:
I'm not really expecting droid on my phone (I would've bought a droid if I wanted droid on my phone right? :) )

But what I'm expecting is it will cover the simple gaps like bluetooth file transfer, file explorer, on device XAP installation and so on...
[Windows Phone 7 General] jaythang:
REALLY?????? Are you smart enough to cook your own ROM???:mad::confused:
[Windows Phone 7 General] nipungupta7:
lol please read my next post, I already apologized for that, better read before you quote someone
[Windows Phone 7 General] alejandroelmej:
:P android

;D android android android android android android dual boot dual boot dual boot dual boot .=) :D
[Windows Phone 7 General] pLUSpISTOL:
You guys are crazyyyy! Dual boot... Sounds cool but doesn't appeal to me.

Love the WinPho interface, yeah we don't have much customisation/freedom but we will get the beginnings of that freedom with the forthcoming unlocked ROM. It will only get better during 2012. Whereas my Android experiences have been laggy, ugly and temperamental.

But of course you guys are quite entitled to fancy Android :)

Hope this is released soon :D
[Windows Phone 7 General] Jaxbot:
Been following this thread for a while.

What's this talk of Android? Did Cotulla/DFT specifically say Android would be coming, or is this just a guess based on what MAGLDR does?

From what I understand, ATOLDR/MAGLDR/whatever this is being called is just a way to get cooked ROMs on the Focus/Omnia7, not a way to boot Android. Even if booting Android were possible, we don't have any drivers to do that, do we?

As cool as Android on the Focus would be (from a geek point of view, not from a usefulness point of view), I don't think that'll come, at least not any time soon.
[Windows Phone 7 General] pLUSpISTOL:
You're quite right Jaxbot, I haven't heard anything about Android. I think the rest of you may be jumping the gun here. I remember when I had a Touch HD (WinMo) a few years back people wanted Android but it took a lot of development, it was laggy and the drivers aspect was a very tough thing to overcome; I don't even think WiFi worked for a while etc. In fact it took so long I don't even know how the project ended up in the end because I moved to a new phone.

Like you say, I think it would just satisfy the "geek" in a lot of people and while that's cool it wouldn't be suitable for everyday use.

The obvious thing to concentrate on is unlocked, cooked WinPho ROMS for the Samsung phones and that is what the MAGLDR from Cotulla/DFT will allow us to flash.
[Windows Phone 7 General] irfanindian:
Thanks Jaxbot for bringing this up!! Agree to every word you've said!