yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] paranoid android85:
Cm team doesn't take bounties. Plus they won't release until they think it's stable enough, which will probably be a month or so after source code is released, so why not have cm7 till then? Hopefully lithid or another dev will use cm's code to release an unofficial cm9 like he did with cm7
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
Wimax on CM?? Anyways I see your point, and maybe a thread like this for CM7 will show a potential dev there is enough demand
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] paranoid android85:
Team win was responsible for wimax not cm.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
This thread is for ICS ROM not CM7 ROM

Dear Cyanogen Fans:

If you want to offer a reward for CM7 on E4GT, start your own thread !

For those who want an ICS ROM before next Summer,

pledge $1 on this thread so the developers will know

that more than 45 people want it !

Glenn :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] paranoid android85:
Yes since people wanting ics are a secret society that devs don't know about
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Action speaks louder than words

Since you can't afford to make a $1 donation pledge,

I hereby allocate $1 from my $100 pledge

to cover paranoid android85.

Thank you!

Glenn :)

P.S. Does your "secret society" have a secret handshake or is it simply a one finger gesture? :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jeffyv2:
This is why no one takes you or this thread seriously ...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Zoidpilot:
I think $1421.00 is pretty serious... Speak for yourself.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Your ICS ROM efforts

Please post a list of everything you've done

to help get an ICS ROM for Epic 4G Touch.

Thank you!

Glenn :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cordell12:
CM will bring ICS, at least to those who have CM...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
CM and ICS

Is CM currently working on ANYTHING for Epic 4G Touch?

I don't think so. If I'm wrong, somebody please post a link.

Thank you!

Glenn:)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MaliceOmega:
they are. no official release yet but they are in the dev process

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1323890
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cordell12:
Meant those devices that have CM, not individuals. That MIUI they got booting on our phone is the closest thing I have seen to CM for us so far.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
New Perspective

After reading a few posts from/about CM, Samsung and Sprint, I'm developing

a new perspective about prospects of a working ICS ROM before next Summer.

Exactly 2 months from today, I'll be standing in the Samsung booth

at the CES Show here in Vegas. If there is any place & time where

I might get an accurate date when Samsung will provide ICS code

that developers want, that should be it.

If anyone has a source that says otherwise, let's hear it.

Glenn :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bubby323:
Ive been working on CyanogenMod. Please everybody just be patient. :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] paranoid android85:
Awesome! Officially? I thought another dev was doing cm for our phone
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Thank you bubby323 !

Nice to hear something positive from another developer.

Last we heard was PhantomHacker saying he was "making some progress"

but that seems like ages ago (probably about a week ago).

As I said in a prior post to everyone (and myself),

repeat after me:

Patience is a virtue

Glenn :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] pyrostic:
Glad to see you're back Bubby. Had me worried you were gone for good working on the Tmo version. On a side note, remember you still have a tester.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
testing ICS on E4GT

@bubby: Make that 2 testers please !

Glenn :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] paranoid android85:
From bubbys post, I took it he's working on cm7 not on ics
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nakedhitman:
Put me down for $20.

Whoever develops this I would kindly ask to post a journal of the things they did to get it working so that others (like me) might be able to learn how to follow in their footsteps. I've never build a ROM, but I'd love to learn so that I can give back to this awesome community!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bubby323:
Both sir. :) As well as Sense.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] leyvatron:
BOTH?! :eek:

You are the man!

that's some serious reward money.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xak944:
Thank

you

for

your

response,

I

appreciate

it.

Sincerely,

-

Xak944
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dcxgod:
I'm in

Sure, why not. $20 count me in.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] popman187:
Put me down for $20 for a full release.:D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Colorful posts & More pledges !

U R W E L C O M E

and thanks to those who made new pledges today !

Glenn :)

P.S. We only need 1 more $20 pledge and we will top $1500 !!!

P.P.S. And thanks to those of you who made my "Thanks Meter" go from zero to 21 in the past week.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ilostmypistons:
Bump me from $20 to $40 hard work deserves a nice reward
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] asteetva:
add me for $20

Please add $20 from me.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
ICS Donation Pledges tops $1500 !!!

Thank you ilostmypistons for your added $20 and $20 from asteetva.

These 2 new pledges brings our new total to ...

$1521

If we keep this pace our ICS pledges could top $3,000 by Thanksgiving !

Glenn:)

P.S. If I hadn't sold my "Lemon" Lotus my XDA name might be BlownHeadGaskets
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] leyvatron:
With all these pledges, I can see our phone getting ICS early December. :D

I love the Lotus Elise. It's like a go kart!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
ICS in December ?

From your mouth to developers (and maybe Santa's) ears!

Glenn :)

P.S. I had a Lotus Esprit S2 (like Bond drove under water).

It blew head gaskets more frequently that Lewinsky blew ...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ks2332:
Put me down for 20
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EvoSideHustlAZ:
Put me down for 10$
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] aleph23:
I'll put in the same $50 for CM.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] pyrostic:
same i'd put in 10$ for whoever ports CM7, i would have made a similar thread, but i don't have time to update it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] chrisbass:
Made a CM7 reward thread. I'm in for 20. Anyone else?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] acrown:
Let us not get out of hand, I believe if to many bounty threads start popping up xda is going to take them down. Let the ics thread be a single event. CyanogenMod is said to be working on something already and I will reward them for their hard work after the fact. Let's give them time they don't want to be pushed. Just saying and only my 2¢ ;-)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=18858159
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] acrown:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=18858159
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
This REWARD thread is ONLY for an ICS ROM

This is the 2nd (and hopefully last time) I will say this:

This thread is to collect donation pledges for an ICS ROM only.

Please stop posting things about CM ROMs.

Thank you!

Glenn :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] asteetva:
NO CM7

I do not want a single cent of my portion to go to CM7 I want only ICS and then will want Calkulin's rom based on that.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] acrown:
+ 1

So much so that I will once more round up the sum put me in for another $4
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
REWARD for our ICS ROM

I hear you asteetva and acrown.

Hopefully the people posting about CM ROMs

have also gotten our message.

Thanks for continuing to support our efforts

to get an ICS ROM for our E4GT.

Our total pledged donations is now at $1555 !

Glenn :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] pyrostic:
Maybe we should give 1/4 the pot to the person that makes the ASOP kernel. As it will likely be used in the CM7 anyways, if CM7 gets there first they should get the 1/4 pot for the ASOP kernel.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
3rd NOTICE: This thread is ONLY for an ICS ROM !

Everyone is free to make donations for other ROMS

but NOT on this thread.

3rd NOTICE: This thread is for ICS only.

Thank you,

Glenn :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] pyrostic:
I wasn't suggesting for another rom but for the kernel that would work for both. If anything it would influence more to help knowing that there are some kernel devs that don't make ROMs.

Furthermore, putting a smiley face after ripping on me for suggesting something doesn't make the way you said what you said sound any nicer. Some of the best ideas come from building off of other people's small ideas.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Combining ideas

Suggestions that relate to getting a completed ICS ROM sooner are always appreciated.

If you (or anyone else reading this) know of a developer that is great with kernels,

direct him or her to a developer that is great with ROMs and let them work together.

If that ROM developer gets our reward, they can split the reward any way they choose.

I created this thread to get a completed ICS ROM and have pledged

to direct all donors to the 1 developer that delivers that ROM for our E4GT.

Thank you,

Glenn:)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] asteetva:
u da man !!!

U da man Glenn...Android Phones survived before CM and will survive after CM, if they are not interested in porting CM to CDMA phone, I don't care either. I have used it and not my cup of tea. Besides they have so much attitude, they should accept that it is difficult for them to port CM to CDMA phone and they are limited by their skills, instead they show attitude. Bringing ICS to our phone will provide a Base for so many other developers like Calkulin who are great at creating great roms based on what google has given.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] paranoid android85:
im sure it takes a lot more skill building a rom from the ground up then building a rom from stock base. if you notice there's usually a handful of aosp roms and a dozen stock based roms.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Focus on ICS ROM

Asteetva:

You & I agree completely but everyone in this country is entitled to their opinions

(maybe the one advantage USA still has over China).

I had 2 years experience with CM on my N1. I'm now running Calkulin's ROM on my E4GT

and see no need for a CM on this Sprint phone. I did add ICS Theme v1.5 Beta 2 (1).zip

to get cyan coloring that grew on me for 2 years and also includes lockscreen options

found in Starburst V1.9.5 ROM. I may be content to stick with this until we get our ICS ROM.

Glenn :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] digweed4me:
We need more ppl
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
less than $20 is OK and a NEW suggestion for developers

I'm sure there are lots more people who want Ice Cream sandwich on their new smartphones but are shying away because they think $20 is too much to pledge. If you want to offer $10 please do it but also tell at least 1 other owner of the Sprint Galaxy S2 about this thread.

I also have a NEW suggestion for whomever delivers our first working ICS ROM: Offer the ICS Beta to the donors on this thread FIRST but not until at least 2/3 of the donors here have delivered on their promise!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] pyrostic:
You've got 10$ in me, I've also told a couple friends about this thread.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tomyboombotz:
20 here like I said in the other thread
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cdszoke:
I think there's a rule against doing this. I'm not sure but I think I remember someone getting in trouble for offering beta to people who donated on the evo forum.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] albie1937:
You can put me down for a DUB ($20) fa sho!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] digweed4me:
Damn $75 way to go
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cdszoke:
If someone started the pot system I will put $100 in it. If not than I will donate to the dev using the donate button after ICS is implemented.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
The $ fire is getting hotter for ICS !

OK developers, you're seeing it here ... people are putting their money where their mouth is.

We want Ice Cream Sandwich for our Sprint Epic 4G Touch smartphones and we want it before anyone else gets it on other smartphones!

GO TEAM GO !!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Donation pledges now at $365

$20 weltwon

$20 xlGmanlx

$20 ilostmypistons

$25 digweed4me

$20 ehusidic

$20 expr

$35 humdrum2009

$10 pyrostic

$75 newalker91 < Kudos !

$20 tomyboombotz

$ ? albie1937 <please clarify your exact donation

$100 cdszoke < Way to go bro!!!

$365 Current Total

WE WANT ICS !
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
@OP - I think that means $100 :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] <3me:
Dub is 20 c-note is 100
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
Sounds right!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Updated total now at $465 !

Thanks guys. I've traveled the globe and dealt in many currencies but never heard of a DUB.

$20 weltwon

$20 xlGmanlx

$20 ilostmypistons

$25 digweed4me

$20 ehusidic

$20 expr

$35 humdrum2009

$10 pyrostic

$75 newalker91

$20 tomyboombotz

$100 albie1937

$100 cdszoke

$465 Current Total and counting !

WE WANT ICS !

I wonder how many developers make $465 a day at their regular jobs? Can't wait to see our new total tomorrow!

WE WANT TO BE #1 WITH ICS !
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gmap516:
Are you talking about the SDK or the actual Source? SDK ROMs are no fun
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jmlott:
Not trying to ruin anybody's fun here, but just felt I should point out a couple of things:

First, the code isn't close to out yet. Google won't release it until the Nexus Prime comes out. Even then, it'll be a while later before Samsung releases a Touchwiz version for those who like that. All you can hope for is an AOSP version (CM9) in the short term.

Second, ICS is a lead pipe lock guarantee to be on this phone whether you pledge to donate or not. If you want to donate to good developers, feel free (and good for you), but it won't entice anybody to get on this faster. Every developer will be making an ICS rom as soon as they can.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] toprock23:
Considering that we don't even have an alpha build of CM7, this thread should get things moving as soon as ICS source gets released.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] AvatarOfFrost:
lol @ this thread
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Pheno.menon:
I'm in for $17
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] aaron130:
You can put me down for $20 also.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Epix4G:
Stupid things like u have said is why they need a ..... No thanks button on the forum .... You must not know that the evo was one of the most popular phones .....it has nothing to do with being hard its just that cdma phones are only used in a few countries vs gsm that is worldwide ...it is just more people using the phone ...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Personal insults from non-contributors

Personal insults from someone who has pledged NOTHING to this thread

are why I wish we had a button to BAN you from this thread.

Glenn :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Epix4G:
You have done nothing for this phone so shut up you little cheerleader ....that is all you are and when there is a rom all you will do is complain...idiot.... Congratulations you are the 1% ...., waste of oxygen
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jeffyv2:
The op is just giving more reasons to delete this thread. /me waits....
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xak944:
If you appreciate someone's work, donate. It doesn't have to be public, just do it. Or not. But if you do, do it for what the dev has already done, not because you expect ANYTHING else from them. Donate knowing that they could disappear from the face of XDA forever, and you would be fine with that. And keep your donation to yourself, because honestly, it doesn't do any good to publicise it.

Bounty threads are seriously bad news in my opinion, are against XDA rules as I understand them, and I don't even think they work. Most hackers are motivated by other things besides the donations.

And what about getting 50 or more "pledged donators" to agree that the product has been produced and actually donate? What if it's developed by a team of people, who gets the bounty? The nature of open source means collaborating and doing it for the community, not for yourself. What if one person happens to post the final product, but another person or people whom you've never even heard of did 90% of the work?

I don't think a single thing that any one person has ever released on XDA they truly produced from start to finish 100% themselves; this is the nature of open source, things are built upon the knowledge and technology shared by others. And it is AWESOME!

In short, I think the effort put into bounty threads could and should be put to much better use, if your ultimate goal is really for a ROM release. If you're looking for followers to your thread and to cheer you on, then please continue.

weltwon:

If you're serious about getting an ICS ROM, work on it yourself and stop spending your time making posts with huge, bold text. The best way would be to contact Google and push them to release the source code. With source code, ROMs will be released faster than you can flash them; renowned devs will jump all over it.

Once the Galaxy Nexus is released with ICS, Google is legally obligated by the GPL to release the kernel source code. Google is known to delay their source releases, and this is not okay; they should be pressured by every Android owner to make their code public at the same time of binary release, as it is in every user's best interest.

If you believe that just because the SDK was released a ROM should be "easy to make" for the E4GT, then get to downloading and creating! You have all the tools you need on Google and XDA. I think you will find it is very difficult and inefficient without actual source code, but it can technically be done.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] pyrostic:
I merely stated CM for the sake of reference FOR ASOP
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Onward & upward !

On the first post of this thread is a list of people who are willing to donate $1555

for work that will result in an ICS ROM for E4GT smartphones.

I will no longer respond to any posts from people

who haven't pledged any donations towards our ICS ROM.

If anyone has any questions about why this thread exists or

how the pledges will be handled once we receive a ROM,

please read my original post on page 1 of this thread.

Thank you!

Glenn :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xak944:
I'll send you a dollar if you respond to every point I made in my last post. ;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] asteetva:
I did not mean you

Hi Pyrostic, when I replied I did not mean to be rude to anyone here and I did not even read your post, so I was not reffering to your messege, I was just stating my opinion on CM rom as I feel its overrated, but then again its my opinion, others might find it underrated and that a phone is nothing if it does not have a CM running on it, that is why I did not reply to anyone saying any thing to my post as that is not my style and the pupose of posting was not to start any quarrel. I am replying to yours, because I do not want you to feel that it had anything to what you suggested.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] pyrostic:
Fair enough :-). I appreciate your kind and concise response.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] -viperboy-:
Damn, maybe I should give this a shot! Haha
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jeffyv2:
Lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] asteetva:
Getting Momentum

I am confident that you can do it Viperboy...

Glenn, seems like your post is getting noticed and the its getting momentum now...:-)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] -viperboy-:
I'm not big on porting but I will see what I can do when I get home tonight. I need to unwind from school... badly.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] chris41g:
From http://xdaforums.com/announcement.php?f=1282

8. Donations.

We appreciate all donations to xda-developers.com, it keeps our forum online and well maintained. As a user you're allowed to ask for donations in your signature as a thank you for your hard work. However donations up front are not allowed, this forum is about sharing, not about getting paid to do something, that's what your job is for.

I dont know how a mod would interperet that, but from me reading it, it seems this is against the rules, and for a few very good reasons that have already been stated.

But I'm no mod...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Keep your dollar

All your points except 2 have been answered in my prior posts,

so keep your dollar (or donate it to a charity).

I post in large bold text so people can find & read my posts more easily.

Maybe I need to make this text them larger since you didn't find my answers

to your questions.

I have a business, 2 additional occupations and a life beyond tech toys,

or I would take the time to learn how to build Android ROMS.

As you pointed out in a round about way, XDA is where developers meet

and pool their talents.

Pledges on this thread are coming from those of us without developer skills.

None of us are making any donations in advance, which would be against XDA

donation rules.

We're simply pooling donation intentions as INCENTIVE to those with talent,

in the hopes that someone will build an ICS ROM for us sooner that what

we'll eventually get from Samsung or Sprint.

Glenn :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Getting Noticed / Staying Focused

This thread might become one of the highest read in Epic Touch General.

I will only consider that a "good thing" if it contributes to 1 goal:

Getting us an ICS ROM as soon as possible.

Glenn :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] acrown:
"troll" One who posts a deliberately provocative message to a newsgroup or message board with the intention of causing maximum disruption and argument.

Seems like we are getting plenty of these lately.

Anyway

Put me on for another $5 so my post stays on topic.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Thank you !

Thanks for raising your pledge to $32 and as you may have seen,

looks like we got the attention today from another developer

who might have the skills to build our ICS ROM.

Glenn :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] leyvatron:
Lets all stay positive.... Viper in the mix and a few others. Even if we get sources from Samsung and Google, this will make someone port it really fast.

I feel a Dev should start a thread in the DEV section so we know what they have going. That will eliminate them from working on the same thing... or an IRC channel to communicate. just sayin.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jeffyv2:
We have an irc channel on freenode
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] acrown:
Weltwon, you bet.

Love it when progress is made. All in all something positive came out today.

Viper you've got a 2nd beta tester here if and when you ever need it. No pressure intended just one more serious about the job tester.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Good Idea

Do all the developers know how to connect on freenode or do they need some specific channel information to connect with other E4GT developers?

Anything that helps the developers communicate better & work together toward our common goal is a good idea.

Glenn :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jeffyv2:
http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=samsung-epic-touch

Try that to get into the channel..

Everyone's welcome
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] joetrisman:
sorry to be off topic, but out of curiosity, do you work in business management weltwon?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] acrown:
That's what a PM is for.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] RichTJ99:
Channel seems to be invite only?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jeffyv2:
Try the new link

http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=samsung-epic-touch
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] chris41g:
So those of us who have the ability to build roms dont have a life aside from "tech toys"?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cordell12:
He walked right into that one!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] albie1937:
Patience is a virtue

I pledged a dub($20) to the cause but I'm a patient person. All you impatient folks need to calm the **** down. Rome was not built in a day, so the ICS Rom wont be either. Now that we are getting the top devs from the OG Evo, BE PATIENT! IF you cant hold your pee, GET AN IPHONE 4s and sit in the corner. I'm currently satisfied with calk's ROM and will patiently wait for an ICS ROM. AND YOU SHOULD TOO!