Author Topic: Bounty For Rooting The ThinkPad Tablet (Read 29497 times)

TekMason · « **Reply #30 on:** December 02, 2011, 12:01:15 AM »

There have been several bounties posted on XDA that were $400+.
The largest I've seen is bounty to port Android to the HP TouchPad was $2000.

TekMason

ker2 · « **Reply #31 on:** December 02, 2011, 06:43:41 AM »

Quote from: TekMason on December 02, 2011, 12:01:15 AM

There have been several bounties posted on XDA that were $400+.
The largest I've seen is bounty to port Android to the HP TouchPad was $2000.

TekMason

were they paid up?

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S.Prime · « **Reply #32 on:** December 02, 2011, 07:29:44 AM »

It would be interesting to know how much interest the bounties generated at XDA.

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ker2 · « **Reply #33 on:** December 02, 2011, 12:20:50 PM »

Quote from: S. Prime on December 02, 2011, 07:29:44 AM

It would be interesting to know how much interest the bounties generated at XDA.

IT Service Professional - I Just Want a Device to Be Productive

not enough to get a dedicated forum for us lol

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Babyfacemagee · « **Reply #34 on:** December 02, 2011, 01:13:11 PM »

I'm still surprised about that. Eventually when there's a ThinkPad Tablet 2, 3 etc with options for either Android or Windows 8/Metro, Lenovo tablets will have a big following. Their CEO has even stated that the tablet market is a priority and they are already the #2 PC manufacturer behind HP and gaining fast. They have the scale and the dollars to be a big player in the tablet market just like they do in the laptop market.

TekMason · « **Reply #35 on:** December 02, 2011, 03:26:53 PM »

I'm disgusted with the moderators at XDA. They come across as rude and condescending. They also seem to have something against the TPT. The TPT has held the top spot for almost the whole duration of the thread and when it didn't they created forums for those devices.
RootzWiki doesn't have as many members as XDA but the mods out there are great and it is more relaxed atmosphere especially for the noob.

TekMason

ron2k_1 · « **Reply #36 on:** December 02, 2011, 05:17:01 PM »

I really dint understand the resistance in creating an forum section for the TPT. I've seen many sites having this on top ranks.

I guess sometimes, ppl get so sentimentally attached to their own device that they will blindly defend their device as the "best there is".

Now with the bounty figures. Besides whatever we can gather for the successful exploiter, that person should open a Donation channel so he can receive additional funds frim future and current users. In the iOS jailbreaking community, Comex (the only guy that successfully crashed the 4.3 iPad JB) collected $40k for his jailbreakme2.0 and around $15k for his version 3.0. I really hope that we don't need that level of motivation...

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ker2 · « **Reply #37 on:** December 02, 2011, 05:17:27 PM »

the transformer primer already has a forum at xda and its not even out yet? ¿?¿?¿¿?

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ker2 · « **Reply #38 on:** December 02, 2011, 05:26:07 PM »

Quote from: ron2k_1 on December 02, 2011, 05:17:01 PM

I really dint understand the resistance in creating an forum section for the TPT. I've seen many sites having this on top ranks.

I guess sometimes, ppl get so sentimentally attached to their own device that they will blindly defend their device as the "best there is".

Now with the bounty figures. Besides whatever we can gather for the successful exploiter, that person should open a Donation channel so he can receive additional funds frim future and current users. In the iOS jailbreaking community, Comex (the only guy that successfully crashed the 4.3 iPad JB) collected $40k for his jailbreakme2.0 and around $15k for his version 3.0. I really hope that we don't need that level of motivation...

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I don't think the bounty would ever reach those figures on an android device being that its open source and far simpler to root the devices I can't think of a device that that has not been rooted even the RIM Playbook got rooted

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xi slick ix · « **Reply #39 on:** December 04, 2011, 01:03:10 PM »

Put me down for $10 please. Somebody get this thing rooted!

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mog · « **Reply #40 on:** December 24, 2011, 01:45:00 AM »

Put me down for $50, I need this for my work!

Babyfacemagee · « **Reply #41 on:** December 26, 2011, 08:22:09 PM »

Updated Mog. Thanks for your generous pledge!

BFM

twospirits · « **Reply #42 on:** December 29, 2011, 03:57:34 PM »

I already got one on XDA for the Motorola Photon for $100, whats another few bucks.

Current total is $395 so put me in for $105 to make it an even Total $500.

Hopefully some Chinese developer takes pity on us souls and leaks the keys for the ThinkPad and a developer here provides the details on cracking this damn thing.

TS out

Babyfacemagee · « **Reply #43 on:** December 29, 2011, 07:10:58 PM »

Thanks for the pledge twospirits. Maybe my math is wrong but it brings us up to $480. Hopefully someone will have the incentive to root this.

twospirits · « **Reply #44 on:** December 29, 2011, 11:38:44 PM »

According to the spreadsheet I did its $500.

TS

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