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Elephone want to attract more devs, will release 5.1 source code for P8000

Robin MaxwellJune 17, 2015

Elephone are hoping to attract a larger audience of developers by releasing the source code for the Elephone P8000.

The Elephone P8000 is the upcoming phone to launch of the every growing Elephone range. The 5.5-inch FHD device boasts 3GB RAM, Samsung camera and a rear fingerprint scanner and runs Android 5.1 from the word go.

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Elephone are already known for providing various custom ROMs for their phones, and now want to attract more developers by releasing the Android 5.1 Lollipop source code for the P8000 at launch. As far as we are aware this is the first time a Chinese phone had its source code released at launch, allowing developers around the world to build their own custom installs for the phone.

Anyone wanting to try their hand at a custom P8000 ROM needs to get in touch with Elephone for more details.

[ Cngdgt, Elephone ]

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Robin Maxwell
Hi, Robin Maxwell here! Mobile technology is my passions, and while I've been known to dabble with iOS devices I'm a firm Android convert, currently waiting for the Oppo Find 5 to launch!!

June 17, 2015
First smart thing I’ve seen from these people.
It has a been a while since I said that Chinese companies should release the source code and let the developers work on it.
Obviously the phone has to be appealing otherwise nobody would work on it.
Don Rogers
June 17, 2015
Another day another Elephone story If this phone is physically the same bendy design as P7000 I don’t care what ROM it has on it.

Tawse
June 17, 2015
After my experiences ordering and waiting… and waiting… and waiting… and finally cancelling my P7000 phone… I have little interest in the P8000 or Elephone now.
If I ordered a P8000 when would I get it? July? August? September? Not worth bothering with IMPO. Waste of time.
- Sprime
  June 17, 2015
  I think the preorder “””flash””” sale ends on the 15th of July, so I wouldn’t expect to get it before August, and even that is a VERY optimistic estimate.
  - a
    June 17, 2015
    - iKosh
      June 17, 2015
- Don Rogers
  June 17, 2015
  Snap I waited from 25/04/2015 and cancelled 4 days ago as the product (P7000) was not shipped. I am really glad that it was delayed after reading / viewing the reviews. I ordered a Jiayu S3 instead. Hopefully this will arrive shortly and I will have a good reliable non bendy phone.

Joe mont
June 17, 2015
This is great news, a phone can only be as good as the software that runs on it.
turbos
June 17, 2015
best decision ever. If they do this for the Vowney, and priced right it will be a win. At least if source is buildable and quality of phone worth building on 🙂
hope mediatek doesnt mind.
- Marius Cirsta
  June 17, 2015
  Mediatek even has to contribute code for mainline these days… Google makes them do it they want to have their SOC in any of the Chromebooks so …
  Well they didn’t put in support for all of their SOCs but the MT8173 is there. And anyway as soon as some big names will use Mediatek those will have no problem whatsoever with open sourcing the kernel code….
  You think Samsung or Sony or LG care that Mediatek minds ? They just release it and that’s that… it’s only the smaller Chinese companies that were either to chicken to do it or were using Mediatek as an excuse.
asdf
June 17, 2015
- Lazar Prodanovic
  June 19, 2015

MaxPower
June 17, 2015
First smart thing I’ve seen from these people.
It has a been a while since I said that Chinese companies should release the source code and let the developers work on it.
Obviously the phone has to be appealing otherwise nobody would work on it.
Don Rogers
June 17, 2015
Another day another Elephone story If this phone is physically the same bendy design as P7000 I don’t care what ROM it has on it.
- Christopher Straßer
  June 17, 2015

Tawse
June 17, 2015
After my experiences ordering and waiting… and waiting… and waiting… and finally cancelling my P7000 phone… I have little interest in the P8000 or Elephone now.
If I ordered a P8000 when would I get it? July? August? September? Not worth bothering with IMPO. Waste of time.
- Sprime
  June 17, 2015
  I think the preorder “””flash””” sale ends on the 15th of July, so I wouldn’t expect to get it before August, and even that is a VERY optimistic estimate.
- Guest
  June 17, 2015
  By then they will already start a P9000 flash sale
- iKosh
  June 17, 2015
  Exactly.
- Don Rogers
  June 17, 2015
  Snap I waited from 25/04/2015 and cancelled 4 days ago as the product (P7000) was not shipped. I am really glad that it was delayed after reading / viewing the reviews. I ordered a Jiayu S3 instead. Hopefully this will arrive shortly and I will have a good reliable non bendy phone.

Joe mont
June 17, 2015
This is great news, a phone can only be as good as the software that runs on it.
Guest
June 17, 2015
best decision ever. If they do this for the Vowney, and priced right it will be a win. At least if source is buildable and quality of phone worth building on 🙂
hope mediatek doesnt mind.
- Marius Cirsta
  June 17, 2015
  Mediatek even has to contribute code for mainline these days… Google makes them do it they want to have their SOC in any of the Chromebooks so …
  Well they didn’t put in support for all of their SOCs but the MT8173 is there. And anyway as soon as some big names will use Mediatek those will have no problem whatsoever with open sourcing the kernel code….
  You think Samsung or Sony or LG care that Mediatek minds ? They just release it and that’s that… it’s only the smaller Chinese companies that were either to chicken to do it or were using Mediatek as an excuse.
asdf
June 17, 2015
- Lazar Prodanovic
  June 19, 2015
Libidon
June 17, 2015
Is P8000 based on MTK SoC? If it is MTK, this is so big step for us.

Guest
June 17, 2015
Is P8000 based on MTK SoC? If it is MTK, this is so big step for us.
Ruby
June 18, 2015
Telephone should just release engineering models a month before going to market and pay a bounty to the first developer who posts a working ROM that addresses the most amount of bugs. Plenty of talent out there… Just gotta pay them.

David Košič
June 18, 2015
I have a stupid question how do you attract developers for a phones that will maybe a few 10.000 units sold in its lifetime compared to other phones that sell in the millions?
Ruby
June 18, 2015
Telephone should just release engineering models a month before going to market and pay a bounty to the first developer who posts a working ROM that addresses the most amount of bugs. Plenty of talent out there… Just gotta pay them.

Frank Andwendy
June 18, 2015
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Sansa
June 18, 2015
Well, this is a move that might save Elephone. People complain about their lack of “fixing”. So let others fix it for you for free! Geek developers get their source code to play around, people get their “fixing”. Win win.
frankandwendy
June 18, 2015
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Sansa
June 18, 2015
Well, this is a move that might save Elephone. People complain about their lack of “fixing”. So let others fix it for you for free! Geek developers get their source code to play around, people get their “fixing”. Win win.

RonJeremyClarkson
June 18, 2015
No developer support? No sale. This is the biggest reason stopping me from buying a mediatek-powered phone. Hope things will change with the bigger manufacturers starting to use mediatek SoCs on their devices and the Chinese manufacturers start listening to the demands for better developer support.
Guest
June 18, 2015
No developer support? No sale. This is the biggest reason stopping me from buying a mediatek-powered phone. Hope things will change with the bigger manufacturers starting to use mediatek SoCs on their devices and the Chinese manufacturers start listening to the demands for better developer support.

Lazar Prodanovic
June 19, 2015
This certainly represent a step in a rights direction & it will certainly help P8000 to get some official costume ROM’s along with recovery suport if they are lucky enough to attract some good developers.
Looks likelike somesome Elephone people where reading comment & user opinions. ?

Lazar Prodanovic
June 19, 2015
This certainly represent a step in a rights direction & it will certainly help P8000 to get some official costume ROM’s along with recovery suport if they are lucky enough to attract some good developers.
Looks likelike some Elephone people where reading comment & user opinions. ?
Lazar Prodanovic
June 19, 2015
This certainly represent a step in a rights direction & it will certainly help P8000 to get some official costume ROM’s along with recovery suport if they are lucky enough to attract some good developers.
Looks likelike some Elephone people where reading comment & user opinions. 😉
Ruby
June 20, 2015