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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Biker1:
Add $3 to my existing donation.

I don't want to see any 'Harm' come to you during the Holiday Season :D

Happy Thanksgiving!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] digweed4me:
I said $25 before so raise mine to $50.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Eye Candy for all donors

No guys, this is NOT a link to naked women.

Here is a link to some of the best pics I've seen so far of

the new look & features we'll be getting with

Ice Cream Sandwich

Even though they drive on the wrong side of the road,

I thank the brits at T3 for providing the pics.

Glenn :)

P.S. If anyone sees better ICS pics, please post the link(s).
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] -viperboy-:
Sorry for my lack of participation on the forums and stuff lately. I've been working with the other devs on ICS alot and I just haven't been reading XDA too much. Thanks again to everyone for their pledged contributions, just remember that we do what we do for you guys and the Android community at large. Money isn't our main motivating factor, but it's a nice reward for the hard work we do :) Even without donations, we would still be working on this just as hard as we are.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Appreciation Plus

Viperboy:

1. Since you're now 21, have you considered becoming ViperMan ?

I believe BatMan, SpiderMan and even SuperMan would approve.

2. Verbal appreciation is something even I enjoy. However,

assuming you & your team win the donations pledged on this thread,

you'll be able to build yourself a desktop PC that can handle crunching

the large files associated with ICS and future Android ROMs.

That said, the more donations we provide, the BETTER your new desktop PC will be!

Glenn :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] -viperboy-:
Thought about but the name has just kinda stuck lol and yeah that would be sweet, but what we are seeing is that the system requirements are far exaggerated.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] reddyink:
Add $25 pledge via paypal
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Pledging Donations

Thanks for pledging a $25 donation.

Just want to be sure you understand that we are

not doing any advance donations.

When the time comes to make your actual donation

to the developer that has provided an ICS ROM that

we as a group accept, you can choose PayPal or

any other means that is normally acceptable

when making donations on XDA.

Glenn :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SocialReject:
Viperman! I choose you!

Yeah, that'll be perfect.

Sent from the future.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Pledged Donations Update

71 donors have now pledged $1885 to the developer

who delivers our ICS ROM.

Until we get our new ROM, time to put my E4GT to work

and let it find me the BEST Black Friday deals on gifts

for friends & family!

Glenn :)

P.S. ShopSavvy is my fav shopping app.

Anybody found a better one?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
I think all we are waiting for now is the audio issues. It feels like ROM's could start dropping this weekend, but heck anything in 2011 is waaaaaaaaaaaay better than i had hoped. It took months for HTC/Sprint to give us officially GB on the OG Evo, a month on this beast of a phone pimped out on Calk's ROM and ICS twist isn't the worst place to be.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ssconceptz:
The team that built the i1900 ICS build that its based off of has pulled their build and it is now dead. Hopefully it doesnt effect our build and they keep pushing for it!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Will of fire:
Why? I hope that doesn't affect us.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Progress on ICS for our Sprint GS2E4GT phones

People:

Rome wasn't built in a day.

However, if they'd had ViperMan and his team of SuperDev heroes,

the workers probably could have been texting each other at 4G speed

as they set each stone.

Between now and when we get our ICS ROM, we'll likely see or hear numerous rumors

both pro & con about ICS on the Galaxy Nexus and other devices. Instead of running to tell the king

that the sky is falling, trust the geniuses that have already delivered the BEST Android ROMs

available today for Galaxy S2 smartphones in the USA.

Glenn :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] leyvatron:
Its not dead, just private. they stopped it for a good reason. they stated that people were copying the ROM and passing a half working ROM all over the place. They will release a good ROM when the time is right.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ssconceptz:
Read the home page it says dead lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
I thought that was their own aosp source project. From what I read it appears that code etc are still working on a build etc and that we are building off that base. But now that I say it, it would be nice for viper to set us all straight haha
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Why must I be a babysitter?

NOBODY on the ViperBoy team has moved to another planet,

and none of them have stopped working on our ICS ROM.

In case you've been crying and soiling your diaper,

I will now quote Viperboy's EXACT words posted TODAY on dev:

"We don't have any updates at this time,

but don't worry, this is not dead"

Now go change your diaper & stick a formula in your mouth!

Glenn :) a/k/a The ICS ROM Babysitter

P.S. In case any ADULTS are reading this, if you haven't

pledged a donation yet on this thread, please do so.

Our developers deserve some extra $$$ for putting up with

all the annoying interruptions from people who aren't mature

or intelligent enough to know that

WE WILL GET OUR ICS ROM when it is suitable for testing!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gtuansdiamm:
What non adults cant donate

Jk jk but why put adults in caps it kinda feels like your sticking uo a middle finger to all non adults

You should change it to anybody mature or something
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] vandizzam:
I don't like this Weltwon guy.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] QBANBOY407:
Put me in there for $10. I dont care about wifi and bluetooth!! But a lot of people does lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
ADULTS

I know people who are 18 and under that act more like mature adults

then their 40+ year old parents (and I treat each person accordingly).

This thread currently has 1,895 reasons why I am doing my best to

keep it on a positive track and simply ask that others do the same.

To those who have pledged donations or posted valuable information

I say THANK YOU,

Glenn :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] chrisbass:
Thank you for keeping all this going in a positive direction. I appreciate the effort and dedicated participation on your part. I pledge $5
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gtuansdiamm:
73 donors pledge 1900

Just a little bit more and were at 2k
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Duce HD2:
I have to say, this was a great idea welton..:-)

I'll have to see what I can come up with....
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
So was my post quoted because I need my diaper changed or because I need babysitting haha?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
YOU ASKED

I quoted you for 3 reasons:

1. Your post was the most recent in a string of posts

that were acting like all our ICS hope were dashed.

2. You were basically insisting that ViperMan stop whatever he had planned

for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend and immediately post something

to let you know that our ICS ROM is still in the works. Fact is, he had already

informed us that his team was simply taking a holiday break.

3. As someone with vast experience on XDA (as evidenced by your history

of 5,999 posts and 406 on Thanks Meter), I was surprised that experience

has not taught you to be less demanding of developers.

Compared to you, I'm still a "newbie" on XDA and although I want our ICS ROM

instantly, as a software publisher & webmaster I respect what it takes to

create code that does everything we want.

If we were pledging $MILLIONS in donations, I would expect many developers

to be working 24/7 on our ICS ROM but so far and out of over 42,000 viewers

to this thread, only 74 viewers have pledged even $1.

I seriously doubt that ANYONE on XDA needs babysitting but when I see posts

that force me to act like a babysitter before a rumor turns into a raging fire,

I will do it to protect the integrity of this thread.

Thank you,

Glenn :)

P.S. Pardon me while I now try to enjoy what's left of this holiday weekend.

If or when I see or hear ANYTHING that might prevent us from getting our

ICS ROM, I will stop whatever I am doing and post it on this thread.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ewalk4866:
Glenn but me down for $10 more please. Thx
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
I would then think looking at some of those posts would lead you to believe that maybe your assumptions were incorrect, neither here nor there. I didn't expect any of those things
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Moving forward PLEASE!

I apologize if I ruffled your feathers. I hope that EVERYONE reading this

will simply try to remember that every time a developer has to stop

to simply let us know that they're still working, is a few minutes less

that they're focusing and working on our ICS ROM.

Glenn :)

P.S. I'm a gadgetaholic which may be worse than a flashaholic.

Today I am destroying & modifying 2 solar-powered walkway lights.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
No sweat, although I almost cried myself to sleep :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
WIP ICS Thread MOVED to General

Before anyone panics because you can't find ViperMan's ICS thread

in Development, he has simply moved it to our General Section.

As I've said a few times in my recent posts, please just let him

and the other devs work in peace. In know it's hard when wanting

the ICS ROM is like a drug addict needing a fix, but the more people

pester him or the other devs for updates, the longer it will be

until we get the ROM we want.

Thank you,

Glenn :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bluefire808:
I saw the pics and read the description the guy posted a few pages back about ICS and it really shed a new light on what ICS is and what it will bring to the table and it will truly dominate iOS and make this phone show its full potential! Can't wait for this thing. I'm exited all over again. I especially love the g mail app and the camera app features! Woot woot!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
ICS Benefits & Progress on other devices

I concur. I can describe ICS in 3 words:

FASTER

SMOOTHER

REFINED

Glenn :)

P.S. I did a search last night to see if any developers for AT&T or Tmobile flavors

of our smartphones might be ahead of us in getting an ICS ROM.

Not even close and when I saw how few Honeycomb ROMs have been created

for them, it made me feel REALLY good for choosing the E4GT.

We were first in USA with SGS2, first to offer this dev incentive

and I believe we'll definitely be first to get ICS !

P.P.S. If you want to see a list of progress being made for ICS on other devices

READ THIS new story.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] pyrostic:
Honeycomb source was never released, thus why not much progress was ever made with it. Did you mean to say gingerbread?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Google Desserts

Just when I was starting to think I was perfect (LAM!). Good catch!

Glenn :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bluefire808:
I read that link you posted Glen and all the other phones have such a nice descriptuon of whats working and not. Ours is the only one that gives 0/zero info on whats going on. That is how i feel that i know nothing of whats going on with it. Not that i need to know as i will get it when it drops but it would be cool to know what they have working and not working :) :-)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MaliceOmega:
Actually Google released a 'history of Android' when they dropped the ics source. The hc source was included but they stronger urge the Devs and hackers to work with ics
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Working? Not Working? = DELAYING OUR ROM

I wish EVERYONE would stop annoying developers and understand this:

It would serve NO PURPOSE to tell us today that phone can make calls

if it changes tomorrow when they try to get WiFi or BT working with it.

Their goal is to get ALL the functions working TOGETHER.

It really frustrates me (and annoys the developers even more) when people

are constantly demanding to know exactly what is working from one minute

to the next because it may change 5 minutes from now !

Just READ Viper's Thread title or his OP post and you'll INSTANTLY KNOW

what his team has working 100%.

As I keep saying over & over again LEAVE THE DEVELOPERS ALONE and I mean on this thread

and on Viper's thread. I know for a fact that some of you stopped making demands on this thread,

BECAUSE you simply flipped over to Viper's thread and have been hounding him to death!

JUST STOP IT! You are wasting developer time.

The net result of your actions is that ALL OF US will end up waiting longer for our ICS ROM !

Glenn :mad:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gtuansdiamm:
Well back on topic

I cant wait and im almost regretting not getting a nexus s 4g

I know viperboy and the his legion of awesome devs are working real hard but im beong trolled by my friends with last gen galaxy s phones and nexus ss
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bigfdaddy:
Put me down for $5.00

Sent from my fingertips to your eyeballs ...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
getting close to $2,000 in pledged donations !

Which developer will win our growing REWARD ?

Who will put us over the $2,000 mark?

Nobody knows at this point but whoever does,

will be able to enjoy the fruit$ of their labor!

Glenn :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] eman3316@optonline.net:
Hey Welt, this thread has been great and raised a lot of money but you might want to chill out a little bit and not start calling people out. If the Dev's have any issues with certain people they will handle it.

Trust me, no ones posts have slowed them down and they are going to do what they can to get ICS working for us. If someone posts what's the ETA, they aren't just going to drop everything and stop working.

The problem is to many people who are not Dev's love to speak on behalf of them. Trust me, those dudes can handle themselves and address any issues they see fit.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
We are HUMANS not MACHINES

I agree that some people who are not devs, post to simply boost their egos

by acting like they speak for devs. I disagree that this doesn't affect devs.

Viper has posted a message on his thread that he will take action

against ANYONE who asks him for an ETA. This means 2 things:

He is reading ALL posts which takes time and if he has to take action,

that wastes more time. In addition, humans do not perform as well

when emotions cloud judgement.

Neither I nor the developers are here to be policeman or massage egos.

Developers are here to collaborate and CREATE better software.

I am here to offer REWARD(s) from grateful people who appreciate their work.

Glenn :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] graffixnyc:
Is the bold text on every one of your posts really necessary?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
I have a Nexus as well and honestly Gingerbread runs faster and smoother than ICS does in its current state and possibly when its finished on that phone. Believe me, you'll have the last laugh when we have it on this phone. I still have it on there because I am testing for a dev and it looks great but the performance will be unleashed on this phone
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] HondaCop:
+1 I totally agree... The hardware on our phone is gonna simply make ICS fly!

"LOL An update just to say there are no updates is like throwing away old used crack pipes full of residues in a crack house!" - HondaCop
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Post critique

The purpose of this thread is to collect donation pledges for an ICS ROM.

Your post does nothing but complain about my post style and you have

pledged nothing so it will be dealt with appropriately.

Glenn :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] enfurno:
I'm in for $20
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Pot System

By "pot system" I thought you were referring to legalized pot in California. No problem, your pledged donation has been removed.

In all seriousness Mr. or Ms. Cdszoke, I considered donating a $1000 OPS (ChecksNet Online Payment System) to collect money from each donor. However it meant that my office would be gathering bank data on each donor and each donor would have to trust that I would turn all that $$$ over to the winning developer. That's why I opted for a simple Honor System with the promise that I will post the XDA member names on a Shame Page of my ChecksNet website of anyone who welches on their pledge, and my web pages rank high with search engines.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Epix4G:
You can be a positive person but just know there is like a 0 % chance of getting a sdk port to be a stable all working release . They are fun to play with and thats all
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
ICS on Nexus One

If I could get the REAL ICS on my N1 today, I'd take it off the shelf and reactivate my account with Tmobile. However, as you & I already know (and as I found out when I installed it on my GS2E4GT a few days ago), that youtube video is simply showing the ICS launcher that someone cleverly created.

What that does show is that there might be enough pieces floating around already on the web to make a REAL ICS ROM. From my experiences in life, many successes have involved gathering pieces like assembling a puzzle.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daneurysm:
Well, the Nexus1 has had a cult following...and rightly so. Even though it was nearly identical to the Evo4G and Incredible and was the base of that HTC platform, it was the first "unlocked" Google branded phone...somehow it also outperformed both of those devices. It was far smoother than I ever got my Evo4G to be, and I had it tweaked to the gills. The same goes for the Nexus S vs Galaxy and probably for the Nexus Prime vs Galaxy2...maybe Google unleashes all the magic all at once, or documents more thoroughly....but, either way, that phone (rightly) garnered a cult following.

So, there is already a very vibrant, very experienced dev community around this phone who also knows it inside and out...for years. Hell, you can get Gingerbread on a Hero...I bet ICS will make it there too, just for the ability to say it can be done. (God I love that hacker spirit)

Now, the global GSM community for the SGS2 is pretty good already as evidenced by AT&T's SGS2 having CM7 for it a day after release...so, that leaves US (being CDMA) and T-Mobile's red-headed step-child waiting....

...it'll happen, it'll just take some time. The phone has only been out for a month. The Evo4G had to wait almost 2 months to get a CM6 RC.

We'll see ICS, likely well before the 'official' rollout (in what is rumored to be May/June ish).

Plus, SDK ports usually suck anyway.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Extracting apps with sdk

Somebody might correct me on this but I believe that applications can be extracted using the sdk for ICS, so all we really need is the phone from an ICS beta tester, which could happen any day.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Patience & Progress

I agree with you 100% and until 10/16/2011 at 10:AM, I was enjoying my N1 on Tmobile (which was running CM7 nightlies). Like my Sprint GS2, I got one of the first Nexus Ones. In short, I am an admitted GadgetAholic who appreciates the genius behind new gizmos, operating systems and software. However, I do have SOME patience. When I bought a Galaxy Tab 8.9 I waited almost an hour before I rooted it! :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jeffyv2:
If that's the case we would have CM7 already it's far from being that easy
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ilostmypistons:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRIuncwdl2c

Is this it I dont know
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] reddragon72:
one word... skin(theme)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
youtube video is just a theme

You can install it on your Epic 4G Touch but all it really does is change your screens from 7 to 5 (like an AOSP launcher) and changes the fixed the icons at bottom of screen.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
New Rumor about ICS coming to us from Samsung in November

There's a new thread called BAD NEWS that talks about a patch coming from Samsung to fix the LOS problem some owners are having. Rumor says that one Sprint employee stated we are getting ICS 2.4 as part of the update. If that turns out to be true all our pledged donations will stay in our wallets. However, my brain says we won't get ICS that fast because:

1. I've NEVER seen Samsung release a new version of Android so quickly.

2. Google may prevent Samsung from the release until some time after they start selling the Nexus with ICS

3. There's another rumor that the November update will only be the patch for LOS

Personally, the only time I had an LOS issue was when I installed Starburst V1.6 that contained an experimental LosTkernel. I'm running Starburst V1.7 without no problems and I even themed it with ICS Starburst v1.3 Stable.zip which basically adds a CM7 flavor to overall coloring.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daneurysm:
Well, there's also the fact that ICS is Android 4.0, so, everything from that Sprint rep is questionable. Perhaps we will be getting an update to 2.4, if that is even 'a thing'...and if it is the only reason we would get it would be to address the LOS issue because, frankly, they should spend their time prepping ICS instead of some dinky point release to support features that our phones don't even have.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Epix4G:
Android is only up to 2.3.7 right now and they will not update past that as they are working on 4.0

We will see ics about 2 days after source is released
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
My fingers are crossed

Shall we start placing bets on exactly what day ICS source will be released. Hmmmm... I am in Vegas...wonder if any of the casinos are taking these wagers!:D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] lamakila123:
Check your data

@OP, please be careful when inputting values for donations.

It can lead to trouble later on when people are wrongfully accused of donating $80 to much. in this case, albie1937 said he would donate a Dub which is $20. you have him down for $100.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JGW310:
No ICS till we get an AOSP kernel from Sammy.... and when we do, there will be ICS for us!!!!!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Is a "DUB" $20 or $100 ?

I've never heard of a "dub" and from now on people, please speak in U.S. DOLLARS when you pledge a donation. I created this thread to try and help all of us who want ICS, not to play detective trying to figure out exactly what slang expressions mean. I posted hi/her donation as 4100 after 2 posts told me it meant $100. Until I get a new post from albie1937, I will simply remove his or her name from our list of donors so that we don't have to debate what he or she meant by a "dub."

Thank you.

:confused:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Updated list of donor pledges

$100 weltwon

$20 xlGmanlx

$20 ilostmypistons

$25 digweed4me

$20 ehusidic

$20 expr

$35 humdrum2009

$10 pyrostic

$75 newalker91

$20 tomyboombotz

$17 Pheno.menon

$20 aaron130

$20 kzoak82

$20 tweeker404

$20 leyvatron

$20 zelduy

$10 cricketjoe

Anybody else want Ice Cream Sandwich bad enough on your $500 Sprint GS2

to offer a few dollars so we get it sooner?

Reminder to all who make a donation pledge on this thread or read this,

if Samsung or Sprint provides a free download of ICS before we get it from any developer,

we owe NOTHING to any developer on this or any other thread.

That said, I just increased my donation pledge to $100 because

I really want the Ice Cream Sandwich ROM on my new GS2 now

and I want to see if there really is one person who deserves the title of

TOP ANDROID DEVELOPER
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dev_man77:
I dunno maff
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
???

If you speak English and are over the age of 8, please tell us what "dunno maff" is supposed to mean in relation to those of us on this thread that are trying to muster genuine support to get Android 4.0 for our new phones as soon as possible?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gtuansdiamm:
You know i wanna do the same but well i put my name in already so since im a man of my word ill stick to it
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] surge89:
Count me in for 25!!