yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Touch Cruise General] Abbsta:
lol mate, at least you have a phone you can use. Sent my Moto Z8 to repairs, ordered Polaris and borrowed my mrs old Samsung phone (u don't wanna know) and now the screen on it gone blank.

Therefore, to all the lazy noobs who have the Polaris be warned. I feel pain lots of pain.
[Touch Cruise General] christonge:
I think the project is a good idea and as on the Kaiser thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=355345 the project opens doors to proper video drivers etc which is great for everyone. Count on a donation from me ;)
[Touch Cruise General] Abbsta:
Keep it rolling guys :cool:
[Touch Cruise General] kevinrirvine:
Start Cooking Pawel And Olipro. The Polaris Mission Is Done.

My name is in my post, rare I know, Kevin R. Irvine and since you said , I am holding you to your word, after $300.00 in donations you would start cooking here is your largest donation and I am trusting you to be true to your word here. Being the primary donator of the cooked rom hard spl project for the touch cruise, aka Polaris, I am asking for a non touch flow rom for to me the htc touch flow interface is slow, awkward to use and no where near the user friendly instant response of the I know on this forum, Dreaded i-Phone. Thanks, Kevin
[Touch Cruise General] kevinrirvine:
time to start cooking?

$200.00 USD AND DONE. TIME TO ROCK AND ROLL WITH YOUR NEW POLARIS ROM AND SIM/CID UNLOCKER. Last request Pawel062, please make my version of the ROM NON TOUCH FLOW and as simple and fast as possible for many ROM COOKER'S HERE ON XDA, just my humble opinion so don't flame me anyone here on this thread, include far too many extra programs in their ROM'S that not everyone needs or more importantly wants. Thanks, Kevin
[Touch Cruise General] isv51:
They need 2 Touch Cruise and not one to begin the project.
[Touch Cruise General] Pawel062:
yes but once we have 1 in hand i hope same day to have a hardspl and rom for u guys. olipro and cmonex then once they have their polaris will do a full sim unlocker. we might of had a hardspl already done and in testing but raskell isnt on when we need him.
[Touch Cruise General] DvTonder:
I am shocked... No, stunned and shocked!
[Touch Cruise General] LTxda:
clear up a misunderstanding/miscommunication...

Kevin,

Hello. I'm ltxda...Project Coordinator.

As occurs with some written communication and language barriers, there has been a misinterpretation of PK's message. I'm not here to argue but to explain the situation.

- PK started cooking before donations started coming in. PK actually has an Alpha version of his ROM but he is at a stage where he needs a device to test it. We wouldn't wish this Alpha on anyone else as it's most likely the most buggy ROM in existence..I'm sure PK will disagree with me but that's him...until we work out the kinks...but that can't be done properly without a device. That said...we're almost there!

- Also, please understand that English is not PK's first language. That said, what he meant to say is the following: (Please post your interest in donating for the project. Your interest can be displayed by pledging that you will donate. If we get enough pledges (this is what he meant by HALF/300), then a PayPal link will be posted to start accepting monetary donations.). This should alleviate any misunderstandings.

- Now for a solution. Due to the misunderstanding, no one will groan if you take the donation back as you donated under a misunderstanding. If you do take your donation back, I'm sure no one will hold this against you and there are plenty of other contributors that will fill the void.

- ...and now...the Thank You. The core team, along with the community, wold like to thank you for the generous donation. Of course, we don't expect to keep the donation if it was given under a misunderstanding. We were approached by members of this community to bring our experience from the Athena Project, a very very successful project, to this device and are happy to be here. We will work with everyone to ensure the successes of the previous project are magnified here.

- One more thing...we're going to try and help PK focus on the technical stuff to keep him out of trouble. This boy's English is horrible...especially when he's drunk!!! Problem is we can't tell when he's sober or when he's drunk anymore. LOL ;-p

- One more one more thing....I've been out of the loop because of work, family, and finally the flu. I'm here to help. I have an Athena and a Kaiser, and don't have the device we're cooking for here. I'm just here to help the core team reach the goals like we did on our previous project. So hello to all and let's get this damn project started. :D

That said...I'm going to put together an update to keep everyone informed.

Take care!!!

PS, bare with me as well...English is my second language also. :D
[Touch Cruise General] LTxda:
Simple misunderstanding and overzealous member. Hey, when I first got my Athena I was doing anything to get things started. I know exactly how Kevin feels here. LOL
[Touch Cruise General] LTxda:
Thank you for clarifying. The core team needs all the help we can get from the community. :)
[Touch Cruise General] LTxda:
Official Polaris Project Update...

Official Polaris Project Update:

- First, a thank you to those of you that came to us and asked that we join this project and use our experience with the Athena Project to compile a new community ROM for the Polaris.

- Second, donations are coming in nicely. We've gotten a total of $480 USD and currently have a balance of $460.41 USD after the PayPal deductions.

- Finally, we are currently looking at MobilePlanet.com for the purchase of the devices. This is a reputable establishment and has good customer support in the event of a problem with the order. The selling price here is $687.90USD. This means we only need to collect anywhere from $250-280USD more to cover the cost of one device, shipping, and PayPal fees. Anything that's left over will be applied to the purchase of the second device. Understand that this is only an estimate and I haven't done any hard core calculations, I'm not a CPA ;-) . Also, this is for the first device.

More updates will be posted as significant news arises.

Take care and glad we're part of your community! It's going to be fun to do this all over again with a new device. We're so obsessive that it kills us to stay idle for too long. :D

YEA BABY!!!!
[Touch Cruise General] LTxda:
Kevin,

PK and I are putting together a list of requests and will group them into the two ROMs we've setup for the goal. Each ROM will be different and based on suggestions/requests made by the community. We may also put up polls when there are splits in decisions to allow the community to decide. We're strong believers that the community decides what's in these sponsored ROMs and not the developer unless there are significant issues and an executive decision is required due to a bug or incompatibility issue.
[Touch Cruise General] kevinrirvine:
@ltxda,

Kevin here and yes there was a huge misunderstanding here so if I were to take back my large donation to the project how would I do this? I am not saying I will do this for need to think this over more in my mind and will probably know for sure by tonight CST USA TIME.
[Touch Cruise General] LTxda:
I think you would go through PayPal to reverse the charges.

Also, as my first contribution to the project...check out my other post and enjoy!!!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=1789880#post1789880
[Touch Cruise General] Pawel062:
i'll just refund the cash via paypal.

BTW: everyone, i'll post the documention i have for the polaris rom with what will be in it and what i have left to do.
[Touch Cruise General] LTxda:
PK, I'm sure Kevin will PM you if that's his final decision. Give him a chance to think things over. He can PM you once he decides. No need to make this public any longer.
[Touch Cruise General] ronaldvg:
Just wanted to let you know that I just donated some $ to help you with the project. I discovered the Athena Rom two weeks before I decided to sell the Athena and get me the Polaris here in Holland. Mighty fine phone and it will get better with a PK rom on it. As a suggestion I would like to mention Pointui Home. This is a great program and it is also free. Keep up the good work.
[Touch Cruise General] LTxda:
Thanks for your donation! Every little bit counts towards getting PK the device.
[Touch Cruise General] Pawel062:
Money Refunded
[Touch Cruise General] LTxda:
Thank you PK.

Money in account is now $299.54.
[Touch Cruise General] Borizli:
Donation Done

Hope my Polaris will be here in the next 2 weeks, i can't wait!!
[Touch Cruise General] LTxda:
Thanks for contributing to the community project and congrats on your new device! :D
[Touch Cruise General] kevinrirvine:
Everyone for the record I did not, repeat not retract my donation. I pmed PK to ask for more time to make my decision based upon the misunderstanding yesterday and rather than wait he refunded me the money last night with just a 2 word reply. PK, What you did was rude and not what I told you to do. What do you have against me anyhow? I just wanted everyone here on the forum to know the truth. Kevin
[Touch Cruise General] LTxda:
What PK did wasn't rude. PK didn't make the decision. The core team for the project made the decision. We needed to move forward and didn't want to wait any longer. Nothing against you so don't take it personal. We just need to keep the project moving forward. The donation was made under a misunderstanding and we refunded it. If you feel you want to contribute, you can now do so under a clear understanding. No harm no foul and definetly no hard feelings.

Remember, PK isn't pulling all the strings here. There is a core team that keeps things moving in the background. Donations continued to come in so we're getting close to being able to purchase the first device. Again, if you feel you can contribute, now would be a good time...and like I said...it's done with a more clear understanding.

Thank you and we're actually glad you're part of the community....projects like this need all the help they can get. :)
[Touch Cruise General] Olioaglio:
@ltxda

very well spoken!! Absolutely agree with your point of view.

Olioaglio
[Touch Cruise General] LTxda:
Update on donation total...

$322.96

as of 01.06.2008 1300CST/GMT-6

AND THIS IS MY 1,000th POST!!!!!!! YEA BABY!!!!!!!
[Touch Cruise General] LeeDroid:
Touch Cruise Vs Touch Dual

Hi Everyone

Upon completing a mass of research and sucsesfully installin a hard SPL & WWE rom on my no longer Orange branded touch dual i have been trying to find out how i can enable the GPS & Wifi that are on board with the Qualcomm 7200 chip.

While researching (someone may want to back me up on this) i have done a thorough comparison on the 2 handsets and they seem to be the exact hardware base. the only differences are as follows....

A few mm either way in dimensions

GPS is enabled on the cruise

wifi is enabled on the cruise

The cruise is quad band (dual is tri)

Cruise has no keyboard but 4 way nav wheel

Cruise has 3mp camera

Not a great deal between the 2!!

Any opinions?

Can we combine the 2 roms? or install cruise rom on dual and update the keyboard driver? or even the other way (bit more complex with wifi and gps drivers):D

http://www.htc.com/product/03-product_htctouch_cruise.htm

http://www.htc.com/product/03-product_htctouch_dual.htm
[Touch Cruise General] panosha:
I think is not so simple my friend. :(
[Touch Cruise General] psargent:
$20 from me. Looking forward to the roms!!! Thanks for doing this, PK and Olipro!
[Touch Cruise General] LeeDroid:
:confused: Any more info to where the complications would lie in combining the 2? hardware is the same in all aspects. bar the fact that gps and wifi are disabled in the dual, these were only disabled due to licencing costs and the fact that with them enabled they could market the handset under a different name at a higher cost.
[Touch Cruise General] alexmw:
My Contribution

Hi, just donated $50. I've enjoyed using all the different ROM's with my Kaiser and i have a Polaris on the way so looking forward to the ROM's you guys come up with.
[Touch Cruise General] JulianL:
I have a question for the team that affect how useful any cooked ROM might be for me.

What is the team's attitude to the AAC/AAC+ decoder that HTC bundle with the Polaris ROM? (It's in the Artemis and I believe people here have played AAC+ on the Polaris and hence confirmed that it is also in the Polaris ROM.) To me this is one of the best decisions HTC have made and I absolutely have to have it in any cooked ROM. Will you be including it?

- Julian
[Touch Cruise General] Pawel062:
check the thread that shows whats been removed and added. if the aac/aac+ decoder is in the htc rom that ships with devices then its in our cooked roms too :)

Stuff like that though i would never remove bc i know the team agrees with me that its needed to provide the option of different media on device.

If it doesnt come with it i know the tcpmp 0.81 thats in the rom has aac codecs in it.
[Touch Cruise General] LTxda:
Agreed PK.
[Touch Cruise General] turcomora:
Polaris Project cooks the TC should be available the week of the 21st. If anyone needs one please let me know. I will be getting them for $659.99 plus shipping via portix and just want to help the project.
[Touch Cruise General] tom_codon:
Nice price..But really bad i living in russian :(
[Touch Cruise General] Pawel062:
if we have enough by then we will contact u. first polaris is going to olipro and cmonex.
[Touch Cruise General] davidsalsa:
Compass API

Any ideas on how I can get an API for the digital compass?
[Touch Cruise General] LTxda:
Thanks for the offer but I discussed it with the team and I think it's best that we have a company backing the product in the event a return is required or we have an issue with hardware, etc. Thanks again though!
[Touch Cruise General] turcomora:
No problem. The company is portix/mobile-planet/expansys, just trying to help.
[Touch Cruise General] tea3:
will I loose my French Keyboard (of the french rom) in the new cooked rom ?

In case of yes , is there a way to localize the rom ?
[Touch Cruise General] Pawel062:
u mean on xt9 right? i dont think u will, im not removing it or any of its languages
[Touch Cruise General] tea3:
I meant the azerty keyboard (french ) with the accents . I'm not capable with qwerty .
[Touch Cruise General] Pawel062:
yes but on the onscreen keyboard from htc correct? im making sure bc there are others onscreen keyboards like teksoft's fingertouch(love it!) if yes then im pretty sure u wont loose it. ill know 100% when the rom is tested. if azerty is a option on the htc rom then its in there 100%.

btw everyone first post updated with new totals.
[Touch Cruise General] Abbsta:
Keep it rolling Polarisians :)
[Touch Cruise General] rhov23:
May the polarity be with you brother!
[Touch Cruise General] ERIC.67:
In my hands from 2 days, very beatiful device. :) I hope in cooked ROM very soon.
[Touch Cruise General] energy59:
all people waiting for HARD.SPL release..... for cooking:D
[Touch Cruise General] manaaa:
how much left ?
[Touch Cruise General] sedde:
i will donate my bit pretty soon, whats the status pawel ?
[Touch Cruise General] Pawel062:
170-180 i believe is a good estimate. its hard to get exact numbers because of paypal fees. if it wasnt for fees it would be 150. the phone is about 680 shipped via mobileplanet. olis will be a bit more because we will get from expandsys uk so he doesnt have to pay dutty on it.
[Touch Cruise General] rhov23:
I will donate when i get the device and check it out. :)
[Touch Cruise General] sedde:
I have donated some $$, i might be adding more in the near future
[Touch Cruise General] pamburger:
O2 Xda Orbit 2

I'm about to receive my O2 Xda Orbit 2, sadly with a German OS. Does anyone knows how to flash it to English?
[Touch Cruise General] wonderiuy:
Of course: donate to this project
[Touch Cruise General] LTxda:
Thank you and to everyone else. The goal is nearing for the first device.
[Touch Cruise General] MKS:
:-)

http://www.handytick.de/details/default/2095,0,0,NApqojvsmkkhmheauurxedszqorskjtt.html
[Touch Cruise General] imfloflo:
Is it possible to buy this product and receive him in france ?How does it cost 469+14=483€ ?
[Touch Cruise General] thebiker:
20

Hi,

$20 from me!

TB
[Touch Cruise General] thefamous:
I've donate now, $15 USD. I hope in a CID unlocking..... soon as possible...

go go polaris Team :)
[Touch Cruise General] Pawel062:
only about 100USD left. then we begin on oli's device. seems like we just might have to wait then on mobile planet to ship the polaris.
[Touch Cruise General] hihallohelpme:
O2 Xda Orbit 2

I just bought a O2 Xda Orbit 2 and it has a German OS (Rom- Version 1.24.207.2 GER) What is the safest and easiest way to flash it to English (ROM & OS)

Will Donate but the question is how much for the correct answer does it take me to donate to you ! Please help, Thank you !
[Touch Cruise General] Fleahole:
30 USD are on the way - loofing forward to the CID unlock. I can't stand a non-English ROM on my PPCs ;)

Good luck!
[Touch Cruise General] Pawel062:
thanx for the donations and thanx again to everyone else who has donated.

70 USD left for the first device to be covered. we then begin collecting for olipro's device.

i am constently looking for better deals and places that are already shipping.
[Touch Cruise General] jabok:
Donated 20. :)

Good luck!
[Touch Cruise General] jake-:
donated $20

Have fun :-)
[Touch Cruise General] tigerpower:
donated 15
[Touch Cruise General] loggie1:
Another few dollars for the project.

I am new to xda but have been researching my new device here and am waiting for the touch cruise. I've donated and will hope to improve my tc when it finally arrives. Thanks to all on the Polaris Project team!!!!!
[Touch Cruise General] advokat78:
DONATION

i have made donation - 20$

waiting for ROM
[Touch Cruise General] Menneisyys:
Thread stuck.
[Touch Cruise General] Pawel062:
thank you very much. would of had chris do it but keep forgetting when i talk with him :p
[Touch Cruise General] manaaa:
and friendly ask and it was done. thanks Menneisyys
[Touch Cruise General] Turnipio:
$30 from Turnipio 2 days ago done!

T
[Touch Cruise General] energy59:
10$ USD Dollar donate by me

transaction id

5BJ15380WD6657515

Bye Team:D
[Touch Cruise General] shrekdiver:
20$ donated Hope I'll be able to work with it on a Mac
[Touch Cruise General] HTCruiser:
Donated $50...look forward to the cooked rom and unlocks!
[Touch Cruise General] HTCruiser:
Maybe some f'in thanks are in order for those that have contributed to the cause...None of us take our contributions lightly...$10...$25...$50....whatever we can give. Please acknowledge receipt and let us know the balance towards the goal (2 virgin HTC Touch Cruise) for testing.
[Touch Cruise General] Pawel062:
EDIT: well i also posted a long reply but ltxda's reply is a bit better than mine. we are at about 850USD that means about 450+/- 50usd to have enough for both devices. olipro is getting the first device bc without his hardspl we will never be able to use my rom. also while that is out those with a non wwe rom that need to have english on their devices will be able to get english on there. it will also allow you to sim unlock your device if it isnt already.

we are getting the devices i hope at about 650USD if nothing goes wrong. the first will be via ebay UK. we are watching a auction and 3 days is left on it. if it doesnt go above 700 or only a few dollars over 700 we will get it. remember other solutions want a bit over 700(mobileplanet) while other wants 850(onthegosolutions). Olipro's device will be a german locked orbit 2.

mine will most likely also be a orbit 2 so we can get the devices at the price mentioned. we would have posted a update anyway eather this weekend or when we would have purchases olipros device.
[Touch Cruise General] LTxda:
I hope I'm just misreading your post here.

Let me help clarify a few things...

The team is basically working on this for FREE. We do appreciate the donations to get a device that the team needs to get the unlocker done as well as cooked ROMs. Without a device it wouldn't happen.

Next, I'm not sure if you've been reading through this thread or not but we've thanked several already. Have we missed some one-to-one thank you's....yes of course...understand that we have real lives and don't watch our screens 24/7.

I'm going to say this...the team developes/cooks ROM because it's fun and we like to do it....none of us are getting paid. The only reason we need devices is to cook the ROM. I myself have an Athena/Kaiser/Hermes/Universal/Wizard....PK also has a few devices and Olipro has more devices than any human should have. WE DO NOT NEED MORE DEVICES. That said...we do need a device to cook the ROM for the project we were asked to develop for.

Now that's out of the way...of course thank you all for contributing...BUT this is your OWN project and we're just helping out here to get cooked ROMs for the device. So thank yourselves for contributing and please please please thank PK and Olipro because...PK is the lead cook and Olipro is the unlocker....They will be spending many many hours on the goals established for the project and are essentially doing it for free. I hope this puts things in perspective. Any other forum members understand this?

You know, with all this flack...it's not making it very fun to be involved in this project. Don't get me wrong but man....we're here to have fun....it's not our ****ing fault we need a ****ing phone to get the job done YOU want. We asked for the tool to get the job done...not to get paid. A nice bonus is that the guys working the hardest get to keep a device. For the record...I neither get paid nor get a device to help out....it's for the love of the game bro.

If you have a problem with giving $50 or feel stressed...take the **** back. If you don't know how to I'll go refund it right now like I did with the other member we had a misunderstanding with. It's not going to break my heart if we don't have the device yet but it will surely put the project behind and you won't have the ROM you've been wanting/asking for/etc.

I apologize to everyone for coming back with this long winded reply but man, I'm a little frustrated because people just don't seem to get it.

Also, PK has been updating the very first post on this thread when he has a moment. Again, PK is a full time student. He also works. His time is limited but he's still making sacrifices to get the job done. Let's not continue to post messages like this...wouldn't make PK too proud to work on the project. He loves to do this kind of stuff but it's all for fun.
[Touch Cruise General] rhov23:
Well said! Some people just don't get what this site is all about.

btw. we should change the name of the website to xda-enthusiasts, so no more confusion occurs :D
[Touch Cruise General] christonge:
Well said.... I really don´t know what some people think :o This site is truely a fantastic source of information and resources, all provided openly and free just for the love of it. You don´t see the likes of HTC or Microsoft providing such support for our devices and they ARE making money!! I personally wouldn´t have bought any device from HTC if this site didn´t exist. It gives me the possibility to customise and improve the performance way beyond the "off the shelf" product. Guys like Olipro and PK make this possible and I personally am VERY GRATEFUL. Thanks guys :D
[Touch Cruise General] macaorentals:
true members

i would just like to say a big thank you to the loyal members of this community the cooks that spend THERE own free time to make us happy !!! a few weeks ago i didnt even know how to turn on a wm ... now with the help from you loyal members im enjoying my wm just realy want to say thanks !!! waiting for my polaris living on an island is the price you pay always last ... here soon i hope ..
[Touch Cruise General] gnick666:
I can only agree whith you. The main reason I'm buying the Polaris because this site exists, and the people here are really helpful. And I bet some people know more about these stuff than the people working for HTC...