yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Tablet S] grcd:
I want to confirm that $10 was sent to Dan, with paypal confirmation #4SU192935R838440K

Again, thanks a lot!

Now, who thinks its time to start a second petition to get unlocked bootloader? If we need to breathe oxygen back into this device to get it alive, we should! I am up for another $10 for unlocked bootloader (and succesful installment of custom ROMs)

UPDATE/PS: Can you also maintain the total sum of donations completed? That way we can compare the pledged amounts against the actual amounts received. It will be a sign of goodwill and assurance for any further petitions (we might) make in the future.
[Sony Tablet S] unclespoon:
Thanks, updated OP! Seems like just as many people have donated who didn't even pledge anything!
[Sony Tablet S] unclespoon:
I don't know if I can keep track of all that, there are a lot of people on here who have donated without having pledged anything!
[Sony Tablet S] unclespoon:
OK updated OP to tally collected/pledged. Please let us know once you've donated so we can cross your name off!
[Sony Tablet S] Vinny1967:
Yeah well here's another one who never made a pledge but has donated 20 bucks for Dan.Confirmation # 43N9804764651283Y
[Sony Tablet S] condi:
1yd69825k4172511j 10$ :)
[Sony Tablet S] grcd:
Sure, you can't track everyone, but we/you can at least track those that have confirmed their donation here -- regardless if they had pledged or not. :)

Response: I know you are :)
[Sony Tablet S] unclespoon:
I have and am currently doing so!
[Sony Tablet S] Maine_Coon:
=

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[Sony Tablet S] djhspawn:
Confirmation number: 2NH95228VU8502313 $10
[Sony Tablet S] javbmw:
Confirmation number: 1SC43164VJ212143G. $20
[Sony Tablet S] unclespoon:
Thanks, OP should be up to date! Let me know if I missed anyone!
[Sony Tablet S] MarkB709:
I just did my $25
[Sony Tablet S] guyenxda000:
contributed!

9FU939245M658970L
[Sony Tablet S] xaviorffviii:
Payed in full, best money ever spent

Best $25 I ever spent!:)

Confirmation #7SS573230J439730U

I would've expected more people to pay up by now, I'm a pretty cheap person but this was definitely deserved.
[Sony Tablet S] unclespoon:
Update OP. We're doing well - let's keep going though, djrbliss deserves it!
[Sony Tablet S] Ilmoran:
Perhaps a friendly reminder/notice pm'd to the pledge members (assuming its not against xda rules) basically saying:

"Since you had posted in a thread asking for devs to work on rooting the Sony Tablet S, a root solution has been found. Everyone who was interested in Root is encouraged to stop in and check it out, since we now have root!"

I know sometimes I wouldn't check xda for a few days to a week, simply because progress was slow and I didnt feel like refresh spamming. Maybe some of the early pledgers don't even know we have root now.
[Sony Tablet S] sandstroem:
Confirmation number: 7UW07075K2719101C

20$
[Sony Tablet S] unclespoon:
gracias!!!
[Sony Tablet S] Maine_Coon:
Guys,

I know that Dan is working on some important after-root issues for our tablet right now.

Let's keep our promises.
[Sony Tablet S] Vinny1967:
Seems to me like ppl who never pledged anything are the ones donating and all the ppl who made pledges seem to of forgotten their promises.Bit sad really.Everybody wanted root and now they have it nobody wants to give Dan his dues.I wouldn't blame developers for not rushing to advance development further.:mad:
[Sony Tablet S] unclespoon:
I agree. I understand that things progressed slowly until a few days ago so I can see that they probably haven't logged in for a while. I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt, but it is definitely time to pay up! Either way I'm glad he's getting some dues!
[Sony Tablet S] yifanlu:
I know from experience that bounties don't work.

Case study:

I only got $137.92 USD from the promised $439.35 from this bounty: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1215157. That's 31.39% of the promised value. 8 people played dead and did not respond to any of the three PMs send once a month for three months even though their user page showed they are active. 3 people told me "I'll pay later", and it's what, 6 month and I've haven't heard. 2 people flat out said "I'm not going to pay you".

And I agree, Vinny1967, more people who didn't pledge donated (but the sum is still under the promised one).

Maybe the Sony Table S community is more trustworthy than the Xperia Play one. If your statistics are correct, you have already received 39.79% of the money.

Luckily, I didn't do my work for the money, and I suspect most devs are the same. However, if you promise someone money, even if they don't demand it, you should still be morally obligated to pay up.

My advice for any developers who want to take up bounties (for example: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=22489208) to get a trusted third party to collect the money before-hand. Not because they should be greedy, but because we shouldn't encourage people to randomly "pledge" money that they will never pay.
[Sony Tablet S] Bazoocaze:
Sorry for the delay:

9KT43752VN3943245

Bazoocaze

$30

Thank you!
[Sony Tablet S] unclespoon:
Updated OP
[Sony Tablet S] kvssvarma:
hats off unclespoon !!

Thanks a lot Uncle. I am amazed at your persistence and patience to get this started and seeing it through !!!
[Sony Tablet S] unclespoon:
No problem. Just as I held myself accountable I think it's important that we keep everyone up to date on who has/hasn't paid! If people pledged money and they received what they asked for they should honor that pledge! Happy to help!
[Sony Tablet S] heliosue:
Bounty Paid

This is great news, even though I sold my Sony Tablet! I just sent in my promised donation of $10.00.

I'm glad that all of you that waited got your wish.

This email confirms that you have donated $10.00 USD to Daniel Rosenberg (dan.j.rosenberg@gmail.com) using PayPal.

Donation Details

Confirmation number:

Donation amount:	$10.00 USD

Total:	$10.00 USD

Purpose:	Dan Rosenberg

Contributor:	heliosue

heliosue
[Sony Tablet S] unclespoon:
Thanks for following through on your pledge!

$410 is good but there's still more than half of the money that was pledged that needs to be collected!
[Sony Tablet S] teshxx:
Can't access Cache via adb
[Sony Tablet S] javbmw:
I'm in for $20
[Sony Tablet S] unclespoon:
Sweet! Updated OP.
[Sony Tablet S] jpothi:
$25 from me.
[Sony Tablet S] unclespoon:
added to OP :D
[Sony Tablet S] djhspawn:
I am in for $10.
[Sony Tablet S] unclespoon:
And now we've topped $400!
[Sony Tablet S] XotusBlack:
iam undecided...should we cry or laugh ;)
[Sony Tablet S] unclespoon:
Good question!

Hahahaha ;)
[Sony Tablet S] godmod09:
20$ from me :):)
[Sony Tablet S] extrememonkey:
Just posted a link to this thread in android general hacking as alot of devs won't come here so won't see it.... Also posted a link on Modaco as I know alot of the devs over there don't come over to xda.

If anyone knows other forums that this could be posted on I suggest you post links back....
[Sony Tablet S] unclespoon:
thank you!
[Sony Tablet S] kkdamion:
@unclespoon

maybe you can put the total bounty in the topic title
[Sony Tablet S] unclespoon:
you got it!
[Sony Tablet S] lbretth:
So we've now got enough donations to buy a Sony Tab... But have we got any bites from a dev?
[Sony Tablet S] unclespoon:
I haven't heard anything. I think they think we'll fall through on the $445. Even if half of us can actually be held to our word they'd get about $225 so that's still a ridiculous amount of money! It's probably going to have to be a dev that buys it for personal use and then decides they want another something that the $445 can pay for or whatever. Either way I feel like what we need is more publicity - I don't think devs come into this forum to kill time...
[Sony Tablet S] sandstroem:
I'll contribute $20 for root access! :)
[Sony Tablet S] unclespoon:
new total: $465
[Sony Tablet S] Vancelot:
I am in for $20. Paypal transfer standing by.
[Sony Tablet S] yaggy85:
I got one of these babies for free, least i can do is pledge $40!

I don't know if it's been said in another thread or not but what will the root give us the ability to do exactly? I know the general idea, just not specifics.

Thanks, and good luck to the rooter!
[Sony Tablet S] unclespoon:
GOOD LORD the tally is up to $525 I'm REALLY considering using the weekend to figure out how to do this my damn self!

Root access gives you control over the system basically and allows you to manipulate way more things than you ever could before including overclocking the kernel, flashing new ROMs, and changing configurations/preferences that you couldn't before along with having access to a whole new slew of apps. It's the equivalent of "jailbreaking" an iPhone basically but with a lot more options :)
[Sony Tablet S] yaggy85:
Thanks for that mate :)

So why is it so hard for someone to do it and why are we offering money for them to do it? haha

I thought that's what this community was about.. breaking down the red tape for the good of the community and notoriety?
[Sony Tablet S] grcd:
Let me add 5 dollars to the pot. It may not be as much as others pledged, but it is what I can realistically offer. I really hope someone pulls this off, because this is an amazing tablet (arguably the best Tegra 2 Android tablet) and it needs the support of developers in order to truly shine.

So, $5 from me. Please someone, do this. That's enough money to buy you the tablet for free and also have some extra ;)
[Sony Tablet S] xperiax10.awesome:
Wondering if it can be ROOTED ;-)

Its the longest time taken to root an android device I think..
[Sony Tablet S] grcd:
Not really. I doubt this is the case. The device only came out recently, so it hasn't had that much of a shelf life. Also, it has been 'behind the scenes' as Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Xoom have rather taken the spotlight. But both S1 and S2 represent 'different' tablet devices to the bunch, so they are (hopefully) bound to be more popular.

Sony Ericsson did a backtracking move few months ago and allowed people to willingly 'open' bootloaders. Now, Sony Ericsson is not Sony, and we do not know who favoured the idea more: Sony or Ericsson. But I don't see what Sony has to lose by allowing us to unlock the bootloader of their tablet. Certainly many other developers are doing it lately (HTC comes to mind as well, and I think Motorola has made a similar pledge), so it only makes sense that they will be accomodating.

But even if they are not, there is no reason to believe that there are no people with the right expertise to make it happen. We just need to spread the world around... over 500 USD is a good amount of money!
[Sony Tablet S] jychan28:
Count me in for $25. :)
[Sony Tablet S] unclespoon:
thanks, updated OP
[Sony Tablet S] heliosue:
I don't have one yet, but if it can be rooted I will be first in line to get one. I can manage $10. toward the effort. Good luck!
[Sony Tablet S] xaviorffviii:
Sign me up for $30

I want widgets for the remote control, and ps3 remote way too much
[Sony Tablet S] rayman:
Hey...

Anyone have a link to any full firmwares, updates, ota's or similar?

Alternative all the files that would come from this:

adb pull /system .
[Sony Tablet S] condi:
firmwares here,

system dump here

Welcome, and I'm glad you're here friend! :)

br
[Sony Tablet S] unclespoon:
Me too! Hopefully the more attention we can bring the better our chances!!!

Also, updated totals on OP - $590
[Sony Tablet S] condi:
+10$ from me, to fulfill the number :D
[Sony Tablet S] unclespoon:
thanks. we're at $600
[Sony Tablet S] burnsi333:
And iam in with 20$
[Sony Tablet S] heliosue:
This Sony Tablet S must be a really hard nut to crack if no one is jumping on the $600+ bounty. I got really spoiled by the devs that jumped on the Nook Color, almost a year ago. I know the NC was fairly easy and I honestly don't know much about our Sony tablets, but it must be really hard to root. I'm also thinking that the Sony S is not a tablet that the devs want to pick up and run with - maybe just not as interested in its future prospects. Is there any way that we can get the word out about the bounty to devs in other forums?

Sue
[Sony Tablet S] grcd:
$620 and people still won't bite! This is crazy! Someone could get him or herself the tablet for free, and also make some money on the side for this price! And still no one is interested! Do you think we should repost this thread on a main Android development board and attempt to keep it there until more people have noticed?
[Sony Tablet S] xperiax10.awesome:
+1
[Sony Tablet S] heliosue:
Is posting the bounty the kind of thing that could be posted on the XDA Portal?

How about emails to Engadget or ?????

Sue
[Sony Tablet S] grcd:
I think we should try and inform engadget and other tech websites about this bounty. The more we advertise this, the better the chances. Shall we try engadget and perhaps ars technica?

edit: I am happy to write a letter on behalf of the people of this topic, unless someone else prefers to do this.
[Sony Tablet S] shahkam:
Wouldn't zergrush exploit work whit this ?
[Sony Tablet S] grcd:
I think it was established that it does not work.
[Sony Tablet S] heliosue:
I say, yes, go for it. Maybe just copy to anyone that might mention the bounty online. I don't know much about where the attention is, but I'm thinking Engadget, Ars Techica, Slashgear, maybe Gizmodo? I'll be glad to send emails, also.

How about Android Central or Android Tablets? Some one needs to coordinate our efforts? I'm wondering if this isn't such a big deal for those who aren't used to using a rooted android device. (very spoiled due to XDA attention to Nook Color.)

Maybe an unrooted Sony Tablet is okay with most buyers?

Sue
[Sony Tablet S] grcd:
I've PM'ed you the letter I wrote. Feel free to redistribute as you see fit, or edit it as you see fit. I've approached XDA (to get us featured on the front page of the newsfeed), Engadged and Ars Technica.
[Sony Tablet S] heliosue:
Great letter, grcd. I picked up the following qualifiers from the Android Police blog concerning the rooting bounty for the Kindle Fire:

"kindlefirerootcomp

The forum is offering a prize of $200 for a root method......The original post outlines the goals like so:

Reliable Reversable Root Method - This one is self explanatory.

Fastboot/ADB/Bootloader Support – Development and documentation of a method for flashing test/dev Android system images Recovery – Development of a working recovery mod for the Fire.

The developer who reaches the goals first needs only to post their source to GitHub, and post videos/links of their work in a separate thread. "

What do you think about including the above requirements in the bounty description? Are any of you on this thread (or the rooting thread) familiar enough with what to look for to know if someone manages to pull this off? (Unfortunatley, I'm not.)

Is the "reliable reversible root method" mentioned above sufficient, or does the "Fastboot ...........working recovery mod" part also need to be included in the description?

I don't think cross-posting is allowed so if anyone can figure out how to get this particular post (or something similar) over to the hacking/rooting thread, please feel free to do so.

I'll send out the information to the Android Police blog as soon as I get some confirmation from knowledgeable folks on this thread about what to include in the bounty description.

heliosue
[Sony Tablet S] motorsportgod:
ill put in

Ill go $80 {aussie dollars too :)} And i only pick my Tablet up when i get back from going away on monday! surely theres someone out there...........
[Sony Tablet S] Lunat1c:
Although at least half of the users can be accounted for the money they pledged, I'm not sure other devs (who arent here regularly) believe they'll actually get it if they achieve Root.

Maybe we should pool the money so one person can pay whoever gets us access. Idk does xda-forum have an official paypal account or somethin?

On the other hand, many devs might think, why bother with root now if the STS will update to ICS sooner or later and they'll have to do it all over again.
[Sony Tablet S] unclespoon:
Thanks - updated OP
[Sony Tablet S] unclespoon:
You're right, but I know most of us on here will be good for it and they'll no doubt see at least 4-500 which easily covers the cost of the tablet. There's not really a way to make people pay now since they don't have any results, and you're right about ICS, but that could be 6 months from now easy. Besides, if we're just waiting, ICS will probably fix a bunch of our issues!
[Sony Tablet S] heliosue:
That's great that we're now over $700, but I was wondering the same thing about people paying what they've pledged. The other thing that I wondered about is the issue of the developer who takes this on who needs a tablet now in order to work on rooting. He or she will need a tablet before the money becomes available, right? And that is a pretty sizable outlay if a dev was not a Sony Tablet fan to begin with. Of course it sounds like some devs are working on this right now according to a couple of other threads in our Sony Tablet S Developers sub-forum. If one or more of them could pull it off, (assuming that they already have a tablet), then the bounty would be pure profit.
[Sony Tablet S] unclespoon:
You're right, and I originally just thought about making a poll, but of course everyone on here wants root, but I figured I'd make a bounty thread so people could pledge, and I'm posting names so we can try to hold people accountable. I've blindly pledged money before and been burned so I'm not doing that again. Yes, the dev would need to have or at least have access to the tablet s; hopefully it's something they'd be interested in having anyway, but if not, then they can go on faith or just not bother - which seems like what most of them are doing. If someone is willing to ship their device to a dev then that'd be great, but there's the trust issue there, too. Maybe we'll just have to continue waiting, and maybe it'll never happen. If ICS comes to the tablet s I'll be pretty happy anyway and won't be too worried about rooting anymore, honestly.
[Sony Tablet S] ps3taker:
how about we donate just enough money to get Yifanlu a tablet. He is a developer of psxperia which allows conversion of psx images to be playable with sony's native emulator on xperia play and tablet s. He has posted his recent beta here for us and his progress on the tool is well documented in xperia play section. I pledge $30 for his tablet and encourage you to support this excellent guy. We even may get root from him.
[Sony Tablet S] grcd:
With all due respect, I believe that unless a person has come up with a way (that everyone can replicate) to root [and hopefully unlock our bootloaders] we can't just simply buy them a tablet. Exception is if this person is a genuine XDA developer who has published work that is widely accepted as excellent for more than one Android device, and ideally for a Tegra-based Androd 3.x tablet.
[Sony Tablet S] ps3taker:
Psxperia is an tool for the tablet, Xperia play and possibly future ps certified devices.

Sent from my R800i
[Sony Tablet S] grcd:
PSXPERIA is an incredible piece of software, but it has nothing to do with root and or bootloader exploits. How do we know that this particular developer has the required know-how to help us? I am not being negative, but I think we should wait a few more weeks in hopes someone comes to our help. Ideally we want a developer with experience in Tegra tablets and with a succesful background of releasing an exploit which allows root in another device. This is all I am saying.
[Sony Tablet S] unclespoon:
The purpose of this thread is to allow people to pledge money for any dev who can successfully provide us with root/s-off, and to list those people by name so that we can all be held to our word. I'm not trying to put anyone out; we're not MAKING anyone buy a tablet s, nor are we MAKING anyone pay money before any results are seen. Basically it's just a thread to say "hey, if you have access to a sony tablet s, and can successfully help us get root/s-off, we want to pay you money for your help so that you'll feel more inclined to continue doing what you're doing."

I know that for the most part people in the xda community work for free, and no one is requesting money by any means; this is simply a motivation for anyone who wants some extra $$$. No one wants to have to pay money for nothing, nor does anyone want to work for free, and I realize that there's no 100% sure way to make everyone pay what they promise, but even if a portion of us do, there's still a reward to be had.

You're all more than welcome to post this wherever you want and seek the attention of other devs - please - mention them on this thread, too, so we can get them the attention they deserve. Hopefully the bigger the word of mouth gets the better the possibilities will be that we can get root on this tablet. It's such an awesome piece of hardware but is going largely unnoticed.
[Sony Tablet S] xperiax10.awesome:
M loosing hope now :-(

Wish ICS come soon !!!
[Sony Tablet S] xaviorffviii:
Even with ics i still want root, there's too many incredible apps that need root like controlling the ps3. Besides, they've already said that the difference between honeycomb and ics isn't as drastic as gingerbread to ics.

Here's not a bad idea, combined between all of us, theres probably a good chance that a developer with the necessary skills to root the tablet s lives decently close to us. Im a little weary to ship it off to someone, but to drop off at their place of residence would make it a little less sketchy. So im willing to drop off anywhere in fairfield county CT and maybe even further.

I think developers that like finding exploits, just dont have the tablet, or having more than one could help.
[Sony Tablet S] xperiax10.awesome:
I cant see many Devs for this tablet!!!
[Sony Tablet S] Bazoocaze:
Hi. I pledge USD$30,00 on this.

:D
[Sony Tablet S] unclespoon:
Thanks, updated OP...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought I remember reading somewhere that ICS has built-in USB functionality and that the ps3 controller would natively work with this device running ICS. I may be wrong, though. If it does, however, that's just about all I'd want, because that with ICS would mean I'd probably be fine without root. Although, it'd still be pretty awesome to have devs working on the tablet s and get OC'd kernels and what not. I'd love my tablet s so much more then!!!
[Sony Tablet S] ps3taker:
I'm on 3.1 and PS3 controller does not work even via usb. However according to sony ambassadors blog 3.2 firmware supports it but i'm not sure if it is right. I couldn't get anyone to confirm here. Please let me know if you are on 3.2

By the way when I was installing android sdk I noticed usb support enhancement in the change log for 3.2

Hope it helps

Sent from my R800i
[Sony Tablet S] unclespoon:
Thanks Bubby!!! I'm working tonight but hopefully someone will catch this. Bubby is our BEST chance at rooting this puppy!
[Sony Tablet S] condi:
im on #sony-tablet-s right now..
[Sony Tablet S] grcd:
If you give us a bit more warning next time, I would love to help too. Please give us 24 hours warning though.
[Sony Tablet S] guyenxda000:
20$ for me
[Sony Tablet S] unclespoon:
duly noted
[Sony Tablet S] DooMLoRD:
interesting still no root?

hmm seems we will have to do some brainstorming :)

ok so i have a few questions:

what all has been tried already?

does adb work?

does this device have fastboot? (adb reboot bootloader)

post the output of this command:

adb shell toolbox mount

or

adb shell mount

then post the output of this command:

adb shell toolbox df

or

adb shell df
[Sony Tablet S] DooMLoRD:
hmm no fastboot is a BIG issue...

also need output of:

adb shell ls -l /dev/block/*

if possible try this:

adb pull /proc/config.gz .

and post file here