Samsung Galaxy S2, collective donation?

[Johan Svensson]

Thank you for supporting this project! Money received.

Johan

On 06/05/2012 11:12 AM, Friedger Müffke wrote:
> 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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