yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Milestone XT720 General] ToTTenTranz:
We now have an estimated "reward value" for the job.

Instead of opening contests or something, I think we should propose the job to a modder who has been known to hack other firmwares.

- If the modder accepts the job, he opens a Paypal donation box and we transfer 15% of the total reward as an advancement.

- When the job is done, we transfer the remaining 85% of the total reward.

- We establish a deadline date for a stable release. If the supposed modder crosses that deadline, we decrease the reward for 5% every week.

For example, he commits himself to do the job within a month. He opens the paypal donation and we donate 15% of the total reward (if the reward is something like $500, he gets $75).

If he finishes the firmware within that month, we all transfer the remaining $425.

If he takes more than a month to do it, say a month and a week, we decrease the reward 5%, so we only transfer $400 (0,05*$500 = $25).

As I have no idea how much time and work this would take, these deadlines may not be realistic, so they're here for demonstration purposes only.

We could also get a reliable moderator/admin to receive the money all at once and make the money transfer according to our rules.
[Milestone XT720 General] ronnbon:
that sounds already quite well- but the problem with the phone remains... what if the modder is quite reputable and also willing to do it- but don't has a xt720?

We cannot expect him to buy it just for this job on his own... and if we buy it for him- will this be his fee or not? And we would have to give it to him or her in advance... what if he or her just takes the phone and don't do the job anymore?
[Milestone XT720 General] vesko321:
+1, $20.

What a shame for Motorola - ha ha ha :)
[Milestone XT720 General] TG2008:
What have been some of the thoughts from the possible Dev's?

Has anyone expressed interest, but lack the XT720?

It definitely has to be an all or nothing with regards to money, taking away 5% would be a huge headache for everyone who donated. This process needs to be simple. This is how much we have... this is what you will get when done.

One person, I nominate RONNBON, could receive all donations... then give all donations to the winner/developper.

Look, I spend $20 a day on alcohol ;) I don't mind losing $20 in the worst case situation for hope. This is why I offered to give $20 in the first place. In the best case scenario we get a 2.2 firmware for $20! :D
[Milestone XT720 General] ronnbon:
No, so far nothing like that. I wrote a pm to Skrilax but received no answer yet.

But I hope that is just because our project isn't rumored around enough. Or that the possible modders still wait how much we will offer...

Maybe it would be to much risk for some of them- if they would give us froyo they would really get a lot of attention- but the other way round too...

Maybe you are right.. lets hope we find somebody with a xt720 already...

hey, great, long time since my last travel...

To be serious- thank you for the trust in me but I would prefer a person which is better known here...

The best would be to get a kind of donation box from the xda-developers. Then collect all promised donations there (that will not be as easy as it sounds- I made my personal experiences with similar situations but not so much money) and to offer the job to a developer.

Anyway don't you thing we shall made some kind of contract? I saw some development requests here at the forum- whats the common way to handle this?
[Milestone XT720 General] R-D:
Would pay up to $50 depending on the timeline, ie. 2.3 is already out, what if 3.x is out by the time this is done? May as well put the $ towards a new phone.

That being said, if 2.2 can be done, it should be that much easier to take what is learned and apply it to 2.3 or newer going forward as well.
[Milestone XT720 General] usmanhafeez2000:
BTW if we are spending money and hiring a developer, then why don't we go directly for 2.3 and why 2.2 as we know that XT720 is capable of handling 2.3 as Specifications-wise it is as good as Google Nexus One. So if Google Nexus One can get 2.3 then why can't XT720...???
[Milestone XT720 General] ronnbon:
I don't know enough about this but I think that in case of the xt720 its quite easier with the korean update to work with.

Of course I we got the bootlader unlocked it shouldn't be a problem to switch to anything we like to. Otherwise the xt720 does have a lot of smaller processor compared to the Nexus One...

But when we got a developer we can ask- sure!!! ;)
[Milestone XT720 General] metalizer2000:
i use androidiani recovery,can i use this for froyo update later?

update : i edit my post before ,adding attachement for real hdmi ver 1.0.6 and ver 1.5.1 for froyo

real hdmi ver 1.1.0 not work on US CB stock rom,can't switch to on
[Milestone XT720 General] Chalob:
I also tried REAL HDMI a while back. Inside the app itself I could see my phone on the tv, the phone screen froze on the app so navigation was kinda guessing where everything was. But as soon as I tried to leave the app it closed and I lost the image on the tv.

And thanks Dexter for taking up the project, can't wait to get anything better than the stock rom.

Sent from my rooted Milestone XT720
[Milestone XT720 General] joe206hdi:
i´m in as beta tester

btw can´t we use stock recovery - flash korean sbf and then do a update.zip /maybe wipe clean cache procedure...???

i´m also fine with defy/recovery etc.

awaiting what is coming....

joe
[Milestone XT720 General] Dexter_nlb:
update.zip does not work, it needs motorola signature :-(
[Milestone XT720 General] Mioze7Ae:
I'm also in as a beta tester.
[Milestone XT720 General] cybik:
+1 for potential beta testing. My girlfriend is growing impatient at her device being less than useful with 2.1-update1 and she already stated this is her last Motorola.
[Milestone XT720 General] Gureiryu:
I'll beta test if needed.. just need instructions on how to flash the rom.
[Milestone XT720 General] alx294:
I'll be a tester too
[Milestone XT720 General] joe206hdi:
Are you sure -or did it need only android signature. ...

Joe
[Milestone XT720 General] carlospnd:
Beta Tester

I'll be a tester too :o
[Milestone XT720 General] fjfalcon:
Milestone Overclock don't worked for me =(

So, now i have ms xt720 with korean froyo 2.2, rooted by superoneclick.

Waiting instructions.
[Milestone XT720 General] glystar:
Testing

Sign me up for testing as well. The XT720 is my secondary phone, so I can afford to have it be unstable for a while.
[Milestone XT720 General] fishercs:
i'd love to beta test for this, currently have the phone JIT optimized w/ apps2sd running @ 1ghz stable on CBW network.
[Milestone XT720 General] Dexter_nlb:
it will be included in this release :-) (i had the same issues)
[Milestone XT720 General] fjfalcon:
Noticed that MS Overclock version 1.4.2 worked for me.

Waiting for release =)
[Milestone XT720 General] Dexter_nlb:
XT720 beta stock release

So here is the first beta for review..

i will not put any version on it for this release, before some more people verified it.

the release does have more languages natively, but since its based on a stock android (milestone) release, you will for sure see differences.. but korean parts for telephone checks , baseband and carriers are gone.

Install instructions

1. Install korean sbf(STSKT_N_79.33.50R ) using RSDLite

- download korean 2.2 sbf (link posted previously)

- boot your xt720 into bootloader (press power while holding VOL- + shutter button held during bootup)

- when RSDLite application on pc says "connected" , your ready to flash

- select the SBF

- press start

2. root it (SuperOneClickFor2.1.zip) - included with zip

3. install xt720 recovery (included with this zip name: xt720recovery.apk )

instruction use: VOL UP/DOWN in menu selection + POWER=SELECT

4. reboot once

4a. Using xt720 defyrecovery, chose install recovery

5. copy the folder "goapkrev" to root directory of your sdcard.

6. boot into recovery using the xt720recovery (boot recovery)

7. restore the backup "stock22"

8. wipe (factory reset) using original recovery menu on xt720 (NOT xt720recovery app)

9. reboot

What does not work.

-------------------

- HDMI (i think)

- light in buttons (manual activation using light on powercontrol works)

- acc. sensors (kxtf9 driver still in the works, korean model uses lh33... chipset)​

Download here

ps: oc module seems not to oc correctly, so look for a fix in next update.

note: its not motoroi baseband compatible (99% sure)
[Milestone XT720 General] fjfalcon:
mirror

Ok, going to test it. Thank you.
[Milestone XT720 General] ronnbon:
wow- great- I can't be beta tester at the moment cause I just have this phone and need it but I am very happy to see the fast progress and the great response of the people here... just great...
[Milestone XT720 General] fjfalcon:
First report... and it's bad =(

After Moto logo getting reboot everytime after factory reset.

Will retry in 30 mins =)

Retryed. Same reboots after moto logo.

Will retry third time now.

data.img not found. Skipping restore of /data/.
.android_secure.img not found. Skipping restore fo /sdcard/.android_secure.
cache.img not found. Skipping restore of /cache/.
sd-ext.img not found Skipping restore of /sd-ext/.

Restore complete!

From last Restore.

Third time also failed.

Will retry by firth time.

Now will use another SD without ext3 partitions.

Dexter, maybe you can give me any advice?

So, others testers - where is your reports?
[Milestone XT720 General] glystar:
Same results here. Reboot loop about 20 seconds after the M appears.
[Milestone XT720 General] fjfalcon:
More tests results from Russian forum:

Two more XT720 goes to reboot loop.

Tryed also with older sdcard.

Nope, no changes.
[Milestone XT720 General] fishercs:
is the korean rom this build #

STSKT_N_79.11.39R ?
[Milestone XT720 General] Dexter_nlb:
STSKT_N_79.33.50R (from this link

maybe thats why, because modules does not match?

i have followed the instructions here, but of course if kernel does not match, modules fail..
[Milestone XT720 General] joe206hdi:
beta

just downloading will do beta test tomorrow when i´m at home - i´m on a macbook - pc /winxp is at home ....
[Milestone XT720 General] fjfalcon:
Maybe then you give as another image?

AFAIK image that i have - that only image for xt720 in sbf.
[Milestone XT720 General] khalpowers:
same results here:(

data.img not found. Skipping restore of /data/.

.android_secure.img not found. Skipping restore fo /sdcard/.android_secure.

cache.img not found. Skipping restore of /cache/.

sd-ext.img not found Skipping restore of /sd-ext/.

Restore complete!

boot loop at moto logo..
[Milestone XT720 General] Mioze7Ae:
Same results here, a bootloop.

Took me a while to figure out how to apply the SuperOneClick on linux. I ended up doing it manually via adb using the files Dexter provided in xt720.zip following the template I found here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=8300203&postcount=55 (note that /system is at /dev/block/mtdblock7).

I wasn't sure what to do with sqlite3. Can someone that used SuperOneClick verify these locations and permissions:

/system/bin/su 4755 (aka -rwsr-xr-x)

/system/bin/busybox 4755 (aka -rwsr-xr-x)

/system/bin/sqlite3 4755 (aka -rwsr-xr-x)
[Milestone XT720 General] Dexter_nlb:
this is the image and thread i used: here
[Milestone XT720 General] Mioze7Ae:
I used [79.11][50]_Service1FF_00.sbf (md5sum bf93edfc949c0b355c91eb62f1f7bdfd). Is there a different one?
[Milestone XT720 General] fjfalcon:
Can you check md5sum ?

bf93edfc949c0b355c91eb62f1f7bdfd [79.11][50]_Service1FF_00.sbf
[Milestone XT720 General] Mioze7Ae:
Is it correct that the bootloop cannot be resolved by a factory reset? You need to go back to the RSDlite/sbf_flash step?
[Milestone XT720 General] Dexter_nlb:
did you follow the steps and did factory wipe at the end in the real recovery?

the defyrecovery cannot delete data/cache correctly so motorolo recovery should be used.. but it should not reboot though.. just restart i would think because of inconsist signature..
[Milestone XT720 General] fjfalcon:
Yes. You should reload firmware.

Downloaded file from megaupload

Mine file:

bf93edfc949c0b355c91eb62f1f7bdfd [79.11][50]_Service1FF_00.sbf

From megaupload:

bf93edfc949c0b355c91eb62f1f7bdfd [79.11][50]_Service1FF_00.sbf

They exactly same. :(
[Milestone XT720 General] khalpowers:
yeap i flash from that image too.....:(
[Milestone XT720 General] Mioze7Ae:
After step 1? Yes. I did do a factory reset between steps 1 and 2.

Edit: I accidentally installed the defy recovery before rebooting--I rebooted and then installed it again.

Edit 2: Ah, I see I missed step 8--the motorola factory reset before booting. Sorry. I'll try again from scratch.
[Milestone XT720 General] khalpowers:
yeapp...im follow all your step...lastly using moto recovery to wipe ...but still fail at boot loop...:(
[Milestone XT720 General] Dexter_nlb:
md5sum is same on mine, im doing another restore, following the steps written..
[Milestone XT720 General] mekacool:
XT701??

Will this release or further releases work with the XT701??
[Milestone XT720 General] Mioze7Ae:
Any opinion on whether having SD card partitions would matter? Should I nuke the card?
[Milestone XT720 General] fjfalcon:
No, don't nuke it.

I already tried on stock fresh formated card.

No change.
[Milestone XT720 General] ronnbon:
First of all this is for the xt720- as you might realized Dexter is still at the very beginning and it seems to be not really easy- and after his first beta test effort you just want to now if this will also work for your phone?

I guess you will have to wait until this project for the xt720 is finished and then, when Dexter still have time and motivation, you might ask again, okay???
[Milestone XT720 General] gommers1978:
I totally agree with you ronnbon.
[Milestone XT720 General] Dexter_nlb:
correct.. its not that.. i can confirm this reboot issue (sadly!) somehow some file were left intect, it seems after restore did a "rm"..

ill delete the download down
[Milestone XT720 General] fjfalcon:
Oh, thats normal.

Removed copy from mirror.

Will you take one more attemp about system.img or i may go to bed?

Good luck to you! =)
[Milestone XT720 General] Mioze7Ae:
FYI for those on linux, here is a script that shows how I think steps 2, 3, and 4 can be done if you have a working adb.

#!/bin/bash

for x in \
rageagainstthecage \
busybox \
sqlite3 \
su \
superuser.apk \
xt720recovery.apk
do
if [[ ! -f $x ]] ; then
echo missing $x
exit
fi
done

adb push rageagainstthecage /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage
adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage
adb shell /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage

adb shell mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock7 /system

for x in busybox sqlite3 su ; do
adb push $x /data/local/tmp/$x
adb shell chmod 4755 /data/local/tmp/$x
adb shell cp -pf /data/local/tmp/$x /system/bin/$x
adb shell ls -l /system/bin/$x
done

adb install superuser.apk
adb install xt720recovery.apk
adb shell ls /data/app
adb shell reboot

Update: I've decided that the executables belong in /system/xbin instead of /system/bin. I also decided that only su needs 4755 (based on inspecting my debian box). I set busybox and sqlite3 to 0755.
[Milestone XT720 General] Dexter_nlb:
problem found: image does not restore completely :-(

some libs fail to get restored.
[Milestone XT720 General] hellmonger:
data.img not found. Skipping restore of /data/.

.android_secure.img not found. Skipping restore of /sdcard/.android_secure.

cache.img not found. Skipping restore of /cache/.

sd-ext.img not found. Skipping restore of /sd-ext/.

Restore complete!

`lol not sure what the problem but go Dexter go wwwwwwwooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
[Milestone XT720 General] hellmonger:
Videotron works on GSM 1700 - 2100 will this version work tooo?
[Milestone XT720 General] Dexter_nlb:
Different strategy

I will change testing until confirmed working , so we dont have many testers having problems..

I have now moved to "OpenRecovery" which is confirmed working, exactly the same image backed up, is restored. The problem is it require "adb" knowledge to install OpenRecovery so it might exclude some people for now.

So my request is:

I request help from 3 or 4 users that knows OpenRecovery installation , and can do it on the korean (STSKT_N_79.33.50R) . (OpenRecovery instructions here )

Get the nandroid zip file here, it includes some instructions too.

Phase2:

I will modify the defyRecovery app, so we can use this to install part of openrecovery without using any adb installation, as its really good for this purpose, but its takes me some time to rewrite the smali code.

ps: I attached MilestoneOverclock 1.47 with modifications, so it loads ok in Korean 2.2 :-)
[Milestone XT720 General] hellmonger:
im very proficient at loading from any recovery engine, but i have never restored a nandroid image successfully...... honestly i have never been able to restore from any of the current Open-recovery tools original or modded... ... please someone tell me im wrong... Trying :), i can translate to french if needed :)
[Milestone XT720 General] Dexter_nlb:
then wait for others that do know how, thats why i wrote 3 or 4 persons, and expecting others without adb knowledge to skip it for now..

btw, French is part of this stock image :-)
[Milestone XT720 General] hellmonger:
Awestruck!, but i mean i know how... just that it always fails from one phone to the other... signatures.... but i know it's late where you are so thank you :> :D for trying so much
[Milestone XT720 General] glystar:
I can assist with the OpenRecovery testing. I am proficient with ADB, and I'll have a ton of spare time tomorrow. Please PM me if you'd like my help.
[Milestone XT720 General] barry_:
I just wanted to pop in and say 'thanks' for all the work that you guys are doing to help make the XT720 into a better phone... it is GREATLY appreciated.
[Milestone XT720 General] hellmonger:
WORKED!!!!!!! sorry caps i know but common :) Booted!!! woooooooohoooooooooooo

Got to flashing T sign... wating.... wating.. :O booted!!!!!!!!! English SHOOOP DA WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOP!! i know caps sorry :):):)

:O Kernel has a mod :) w21679@zkr30mdb05#1 :)2,2,1 :D hihihihihihihih <3 Dexter delivers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Donating 50$ at next pay check..Dex you did what i was unable to do < not worthy :)
[Milestone XT720 General] TG2008:
!!!

I was using wrong Korean File!!

OMFG!!

Trying again!
[Milestone XT720 General] cybik:
<french>

euh... dude. t'as un XT720 Vidéotron sous 2.2.1 qui -FONCTIONNE-?

</french>

<english>

um... you're saying you have a 2.2.1 Videotron Xt720? WHICH IS OPERATIONAL ON THE NETWORK? /faint

</english>
[Milestone XT720 General] khalpowers:
finally wake up this morning and saw nandroid from dex...hehe

tqvm dex...running testing currently...:)

here my quadrant n lingpack score for dex beta tester..
[Milestone XT720 General] hellmonger:
Oui criss! :D Je suis entrain de mod le kernel opt, zip alin, pis, pis pis :D:D:D:D

</french>

@#$% yeah!

</English>
[Milestone XT720 General] cybik:
dude. Private Message.
[Milestone XT720 General] cybik:
Confirming. The dude sent me an SMS, clearly from a Vidéotron handset, and the text contained a key word that I recognised from his Private Messages.

Total Vidéotron compatibility confirmed :)

- SMS, both ways

- I called, he answered. Good audio quality.
[Milestone XT720 General] fishercs:
installed and confirmed working on Cincinnati Bell Wireless network.
[Milestone XT720 General] khalpowers:
dex...next step can work on hdmi?.:)..i really need hdmi badly...anyway tqvm for the awesome job...hd cam work perfect!..
[Milestone XT720 General] hellmonger:
SweeT.. Duuuuude! :)
[Milestone XT720 General] hellmonger:
Conquers :)
[Milestone XT720 General] khalpowers:
surprisingly apn is automatic...now i get my telco mms and 3g setting back...:D

confirm work#

3g connection

led notification light

flash support for browser

hd camcoder

gps

missing#

hdmi function

3d gallery

google maps
[Milestone XT720 General] hellmonger:
Navigation is missing see Brightpoint.SFB, Market cannot install anything... :/
[Milestone XT720 General] khalpowers:
My market works...install gps test just now from market..
[Milestone XT720 General] hellmonger:
Led light???? what are you running???? XT720 the lights don't work....
[Milestone XT720 General] spiderx_mm:
that's so sweet man!!!! Dexter ... thanks a thousand times.

by the way, what's about accelerometer and proximity sensor??? is that all working???
[Milestone XT720 General] hellmonger:
Really?

khalpowers Location..please

Niking the SD card the SD card...

No Ext partition, blank SD and reformatted from Dexter s 2.2

Flashing.....

Listening the the "night shift by The Commodores"
[Milestone XT720 General] khalpowers:
yeap led light blinking from camera led light when receive incoming mail...:)
[Milestone XT720 General] khalpowers:
currently not working at all....
[Milestone XT720 General] khalpowers:
im from malaysia dude...:)
[Milestone XT720 General] TG2008:
Glorious day...

Dexter is a demigod... I am thoroughly impressed.

Dexter has done in only a few days what a WorldWide-Behemoth of a company (i.e. Motorola) could not (and they had months if not longer before giving up.)

I realize it's not perfect, but WOW!

I am very happy with the result thus far. I've already scored 710 with no OC'ing in Quadrant (my old score was 454).

...and I can't believe I've just moved apps onto my SD Card!

Glorious day indeed!

Thanks again Dexter, you the Man!!!
[Milestone XT720 General] Riley600:
Great progress! I have openrecovery installed but am a little worried about installing this until the proximity sensor issue is resolved, as I need to use my phone. I'm looking forward to future updates and will happily test those :)

I also noted that on Engadget they said the Android Market is acting up tonight (http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/01/android-market-acting-weird-is-it-a-precursor-to-tomorrows-e/). Perhaps this is the issue in the market - and not the ROM build itself?
[Milestone XT720 General] AllGamer:
wow! looking forward to get it installed over the weekend

kinda busy during weekdays
[Milestone XT720 General] krishn:
Hi all

Is this ongoing development for the Motorola Milestone XT720?
[Milestone XT720 General] cdstewart:
Ahhhhh so excited to try this.

Can anyone confirm or deny the native WiFi tether app to be working?

Thanks.
[Milestone XT720 General] Gureiryu:
Refuses to root my phone, so i can't get passed that step, anyone know whats wrong? says installing toolkit then NO FUU GO FAILED!

---Edit---

I fixed =ooo
[Milestone XT720 General] ronnbon:
No, it is for the iphone....

Since this is the xt720 forum I don' t really understand your question, sorry...

@Dexter: Thank you so much- just to discover this great news this morning was worth all the effort to keep this alive at the beginning!
[Milestone XT720 General] fjfalcon:
Yes! We have good news. Succesfully booted with openrecovery.

Nice Job, Dexter!
[Milestone XT720 General] newbkilla:
No doubt a bad (language) to English translation. Since I am unable toflash it at this moment, would anyone be kind enough to upload a video of this in action? I'm extremely happy to finally see results, thanks Dexter, you're amazing.
[Milestone XT720 General] krishn:
I wanted to make sure that this is not for Motoroi. And coming to your sarcasm, keep it in check. Its not taking you anywhere!
[Milestone XT720 General] krishn:
I was just making sure its not for motoroi :)
[Milestone XT720 General] fjfalcon:
HDMI don't work.

Edge, 3g works.

Phone works.

Wi-Fi in market jumps to edge and returns again.

Now will test gps.
[Milestone XT720 General] TG2008:
Well, I decided to give it a shot... Unfortunately I wasn't able to get it working with my Windows7 machine (I gave it a solid 45mins); I'm not a networking guy by trade though so perhaps someone else out there might have better luck.

It does look like it's working on the phone though and Windows7 does see a lan connection that is labelled "Motorola"; I suspect it will take some configuring.

If I can find an older system I'll try it out and report back :)