Samsung Galaxy S2, collective donation?

[Friedger Müffke]

I am in!

2012/6/5 Johan Svensson <replicant.js at crypt.se>:
> Hello again,
>
> I am sorry for the long-lasting silence. It has been an administrative
> process to be the legal owner of the phone with the right to donate it, but
> now the mission is accomplished. PaulK now has the phone and has already
> started getting his hands dirty.
>
> The most important thing for me was to have the phone sent to a qualified
> Replicant developer. That is by now done. The second most important thing is
> to get some help with the finances. I have payed a total of SEK 2500 for the
> phone and 150 for shipping (Swedish mail delivery is bloody expensive). That
> is about EUR 295.
>
> So now I am asking for some support. If I remember correctly, we were five
> potential supporters (me and Paul included) to this project back when I
> presented the idea. That is EUR 60 each. If you still have possibility to
> make a part of this collective donation, please send it to my paypal account
> (as GIFT). If paypal is not an option, we can discuss alternatives
> privately.
>
> paypal.js at crypt.se
>
> Please drop a mail to this list when you decide to donate! In case there
> would more than five donors, I can either pay back parts to everyone or
> donate it to the Replicant project.
>
> Lastly, good luck with the Samsung Galaxy S2 porting of Replicant! It is a
> damn good device, and all we need now is to set it free.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Johan Svensson
>
>
> On 03/22/2012 02:53 PM, Johan Svensson wrote:
>>
>> This is great news!
>>
>> Paul has put much effort in the Nexus S port with good success. I use it
>> on
>> a daily basis. However, I find the SGS2 to have better hardware and
>> design.
>> And the battery life is around two days with stock system for tasks which
>> consumed the HTC Hero battery in 18 hours. A Replicant port would be
>> amazing.
>>
>> I hope to finish the purchase as soon as possible. Unless I have
>> misunderstood something in the deal, it will be done by the end of this
>> month. I will ensure to successfully buy it before I collect sponsoring.
>>
>> More sponsors are welcome! Currently we are four, me included, which means
>> around EUR 70 each. One more means EUR 55, and so on.
>>
>> Johan
>>
>> On Wed, 21 Mar 2012 21:53:38 +0100, PaulK<paulk at paulk.fr>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Le lundi 19 mars 2012 à 21:17 +0100, Johan Svensson a écrit :
>>>>
>>>> However, we have to wait for details. It is currently a lively
>>>
>>> discussion
>>>>
>>>> at IRC on who is going to maintain an SGS2 port. The conclusion so far
>>>
>>> from
>>>>
>>>> what I have understood is that the main developers have devices enough
>>>
>>> to
>>>>
>>>> fill their time and what is needed is more developers.
>>>
>>> Yes, that is definitely the conclusion. Though, we (at least I) may have
>>> some time during summer break (which is 2-month long): that means I
>>> could do serious work about the galaxy s 2 port at this moment.
>>>
>>> Galaxy S2 is a quite expensive device, and this is a good occasion to
>>> get a device for a price lower than usual.
>>>
>>> So if you decide to send us the device anyway, I want to make it clear
>>> that I'm not likely to be able to work on it before that time.
>>>
>>>> Good to know that this idea is supported by the community anyway. Let us
>>>> hold for a moment and see where this leads.
>>>
>>>
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