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[spike g]

It all started when my rugged casio commando was stolen from me two weeks ago. There was no Dev support so i took it upon myself to make my own themes and my own scripts to make my phone scream, and thats when i fell in love with android. I figured since the rugged smart phone was no more, i might as well go for the best on the market. and after much consideration i stand by my choice with the razr maxx. Its durable and hella fast. I got it just in time for me to leave the nest as i'm moving out of my parents house tomorrow and spreading my wings with the maxx by my side. I guess you could say i'm a tinker'er by heart so its only natural for me to start tearing this phone apart and seeing how it works, which means i'll probably brick it one day, but in the end its usually worth it to me to figure out the mysteries and help others with the knowledge i've gained. Hicks, Mattlgroff, even razorsedge have helped me recover from all my soft bricks already and kept me going, i uded to be a die hard androidforums guy but after coming here for help i'll never go back. I normally dont enter in these things but since i'm saving every bit for the move i figured it was worth a shot!
-Spike

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and i should win because i pointed out that you have the month wrong in the thread topic!

[knghts50]

You guys have helped me in many ways and i have learned and turned around and helped many people. I have bricked many times and from my mistakes i have cautioned people not to make those mistakes or pointed them into the right direction. the hd dock is nice. i love my RAZR Maxx

[EmericanX]

If I'm eligible I'll tack on how I couldn't live without it! Lol. I don't really have a long story about it..... I use it for everything! Be it buying things I should've saved my money on or finding something to eat! I work in commercial HVAC and I can't tell you how many times have his phone has been beneficial. Of coarse the standard Emails on the go but even better if I come to a unit that I have absolutely no information for... I pull out my phone and download it! There are really to many instances of how I benefit from having this phone. That said the most recent event that it really pulled me out of a sling was an out of town trip. Rushed home Friday after work got all packed up and ready to go. Then left forgetting that I had about 5 bills that needed to be scheduled for payment that night in order to be paid on time! No sweat! Pulled out my handy little pocket PC scheduled the bills and balanced my account all from the passenger seat of my GF's car... lol. Saved me from any late fees or whatever else...

Now on to what I like about DroidRZR.com. This site has a pretty good crew behind it. Definitely the most active on answering questions when asked be it via pm or any other resource. Trust me I've had other forums that took months to get a reply then others that simply never do! As far as the members here for the most part I've noticed that everyone really tries to be as helpful as possible to other member's. Some even going above and beyond! That's what we're ultimately here for so let's keep it up... another thing I've noticed about this site is it really seems to get the most traffic on all things Razr related! Let's work together to keep things how they're going folks... we've got a good thing going!

Well good luck everyone! Big thanks to DroidRzr, admin, and mods for the giveaway!

[spryte]

Okay guys, here is my story:
Coming from a Motorola Defy (which has a great development community), the RAZR is my 2nd smartphone. After 6 months of usage I can say that it is an amazing piece of hardware and ICS improves the usability even more. Well, having followed the actions of the development community for a while, I had to realize that there are some amazing devs working on this phone (very nice people btw ), but they concentrated maily on the CDMA version (I'm from Germany, so it was up to me to do sth.).
Therefore, I signed up on this forum and on Twitter and got into contact with many skilled and nice people, such as Dhacker and Adumont from this forum, and with other people from all around the world (Spain, Germany, Japan, Australia, USA). Together with Adumont I developed the first version of the GSM-patch which allowed CDMA-roms to be used on GSM-phones.
Now, that we are awaiting ICS, I and some other people have joined to help out people stuck on certain (GSM-)ICS-leaks. Sadly, there is no possibilty to downgrade to GB and there is neither a way to root that thing once it is on ICS (we worked hard on this, but I have the information that, once ICS is released, there will be an exploit ready to be published ). And once ICS has reached us, I will begin to make a GSM-patch 2.0 which will allow GSM users to use CDMA-roms which are based on CDMA-ICS
I really like the community here, because it focuses on the phone we all love, the RAZR and all of the people are nice and helpful. But sadly, the GSM-section is not very active, so I spend most of my time on XDA.
Finally, what I can say is that the RAZR has brought me into contact with people all over the world who share this one addiction, ANDROID. I really hope to learn more and more about developing in the next years, so I can give something back to the community which provides us so much amazing stuff.

Btw, because still not available in Germany, I have a common RAZR and no MAXX

[mdowns989]

My first Android device was the Motorola Qliq.. my first true Android device was the Droid X and the DX is where I cut my teeth with Rooting,crackflashing etc..
I have since upgraded to the RAZR MAXX which I chose over the GNex simply because I am a Moto fanboy and regardless of the locked up BL I am loving this phone.
I was however a little surprized at the lack of initial Development on it but soon after I found www.droidrzr.com and started poking around.
I tried all the different ROMS from Eclipse-Axi0m and all were great.
I then started installing the ICS leaks and ended up stuck on the .84 as did a LOT of people but with the help of DirtyDroidX, Mattlgroff, I was able to tinker enough and make it enjoyable anyway.. now being on .209
build and great ROMS available such as KOA (spc_hicks09) I am loving this phone more than ever stuck or not.
All the devs here are very helpful (More than I can say for some other sites) and appreciate all the hard work you all put into the Android Community.
Thanks guys keep it up!

Droid Razr Maxx

[dubsx]

I'm not much for story telling, so I'll try to make this as riveting as possible lol...

- I started my android journey with the original Droid, which I effectively bricked trying to be cool and "rooting"...an entirely new concept to me at the time. Needless to say, I had no idea what I was doing and consequently ended up needing a new phone. Didn't have much money laying aroud, certainly not for ANOTHER new phone, so I hit up Ebay.
- Enter the Droid Incredible: newer, more popular, and far more beginner friendly given the unlocked bootloader and safety netting that basically can only be bricked by TRYING. I started out making splash screens, which turned into making boot animations.
- Fall 2011: UPGRADE time. hottest phone on the market? You guessed it...DROID BIONIC. Jumped all over that s***, knowing full well about the locked bootloader and hardly caring. Was a great start, thanks to a few guys you may have heard of, droidth3ory, dhacker, and nitroclycerine33. Great ROMs and themes galore. Not 2 full months later, the RAZR hits the streets. Slimmer, sexier, streamlined...better. I immediately knew my $350 BIONIC had just become a $350 abandoned project. Devs moved on, and the fun pretty much died.

- Enough of the sad stuff...thanks to these and other great members of the Android community (gunnermike53, emericanx, hedwig), I learned enough of "the ropes" to start making my own themes. I no longer NEEDED other devs to spend their valuable time trying to make ME and millions of other users simultaneously happy. I began sharing my stuff on the forums and have thoroughly enjoyed seeing that so many others like it. This is the beauty of Android. There will ALWAYS be something bigger and better on the horizon, but with the knowledge and willingness of most of the brains around here to help you can pretty much learn to do whatever you want with YOUR phone to make it...YOURS. That said, I would love to continue porting my themes and other work on the RAZR, but probably will not do so until I have one of my own to test on. It is simply too hard to develop on a phone you don't have.

Best of luck to all involved in this and thanks to DroidRZR forum admins for creating a great environment for geeks like us to thrive in and being the only place (that I know of) that gives away phones lol.

[BIG CAT #7]

I started with a Droid X and for some ridiculous reason I strayed away to a fruit phone. Needless to say I had been having withdrawls from the Adroid OS and all the customization available. I decided to try the Razr Maxx and the rest was history. This is by far the best phone I have had and I use it for all my work and personal stuff without any hiccups.

What is even more amazing is they had a forum just for the Razr which is awesome. I have learned so much and the people on here are more than helpful. Thanks Droidrzr!!!!!!!!!!!!!



MAXX

[VantenKiest]

oh man.. my story.. is how i litereally got cut by my razr
I didnt have my Otter box yet.. so my phone was unprotected and still very very new

Anyway i was working on switching things around with a new SD card. so was leaving the door kinda propped open.
and we all know how thin that thing is.. but no one really understands that it can take a bit of a hit..
My fiancee is in the other room kicking some guys arse playing a game <3 and im pacing in the living room getting this crap done. .power goes out she yells ouch..

Cat comes flying into the living room bursting the door open as i started running into her room. phone was already up towards my face. the corner of the living room door opens as the cat barrels in my hand with the razr hits the door the razr hits my head.. you know that part with that door .. and the result was blood running down my face for a good hour or so .
dont beileve me need pics or it didnt happend well f%$k you and fine here they are.. even got a scar from that $#!+..

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and thats my story.. this phone is so sharp it can be used to fight off a zombie invasion.. as long as i have my razr.. no one will be nom nomming on my face yo

[JungleKing76]

I honestly do not need any of the giveaway items but thought I would share anyway.

Started with my the OG Droid the day it released on Verizon. It wasn't long before I was looking around and learned what rooting and roms were. Anyone remember using the old droidmod app from the market that later became known as sholesmod? It is still listed in my market apps if I scroll down far enough. Lol.

Eventually, the wife was jealous and she got her Droid. I upgraded to the Did X shortly after it released and was absolutely in love with that thing. This is where my crack flashing really began and I was having fun creating my own themes, boot animation, boot logos, etc. I even surprised my wife on mothers day when I modified her Droid to boot up with a picture of our son (her only kid) saying "I love you mommy."

Eventually she upgraded to the D3 but I was happy with my DX. I gave the Bionic a shot when it released but was not impressed so it went back and I stayed with my X for two more months until the Razr released and I grabbed one on release day. I have tried every possible ROM and modification with numerous soft bricks and love the razr as much as I did the DX.

Just last week my wife had an upgrade and she had every intention of getting the D4, she always "had to have" a keyboard, when she suddenly changed her mind and got a maxx.

Happy early fathers day to me, she gave me the maxx and took my razr.

So, to this day, we still have all 6 devices around the house. My youngest two like to use the OG Droids around the house for games and taking funny pictures. My 14 yr old is using my beloved DX and my 17 yr old is now using the D3. All have been rooted, flashed, bricked, modified, etc. a million times over.

As for this site, it has been great to see the amazing development and support for all.

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[JimmyJazz]

Now I don't have a twitter account, and I'm sure there are plenty of people that need this wayyyyy more then me. Though I do wish to write about my experience with this phone because it has been nothing short of amazing. I had a flip phone my entire life prior to owning my first droid rzr. Funny thing is I've been a tech junkie my whole life, just figured smartphones were pointless being that my pc and laptop are already beast... then that all changed. I decided to purchase my droid rzr after having my wife constantly tell me how corny I looked sporting a flip phone for the better half of our relationship. I have been modding stuff my whole life so I knew what I had to do once I got home. After a lengthy google search I decided this site was the best for my droid rzr know how. Let me tell you, you guys have completely changed my outlook on smartphones. My wife can't pull me away from my phone. It has become my pc replacement. I literally don't know what I would do without my razr after a few short months of owning. I know the convenience of a pc is hard to beat but, I find myself choosing my phone. It is now dubbed the source, because all it does is root my phone now lol. Allow me to explain how I use it for anyone second guessing. I am human resources for a non profit orginization in the city so I am constantly taking work home with me. No problemo. I use quickoffice in conjunction with microsoft office after mastering the file extensions. I surf exclusively on my phone using three different browsers based on my particular needs at the time. I have usenet on my phone for gods sake, how cool is that? Emulators for my favorite retro ps, snes, and n64 games. (Yes I do own all my receipts for original purchasesw as I was raised with decent money and never bootlegged or used modding for bootlegging at any point in life). With the 1080p camera I have already capture wonderful memories such as two birthday parties and more. I scan movie tickets and products. Hdmi output if I am looking to share with guests or even my wife. It has replaced my ereader due to ease of access. Just finished re-reading The Alchemist in fact. Amazing book by the way, at least in my opinion. I am trying to think about some other uses but I'm currently drawing a blank, though I'm sure you all get the point. These are no longer simply phones, for people such as myself they are essentially life devices. Now hicks has provided the only rom I use (koa), and Matt has provided those amazing utilities which I would be absolutely lost without. I can not begin to express my gratitude outside of little donations here and there. I also underclocked my phone to 800mhz and get amazing battery life thanks to this site. A lot of other tweaks with rom toolbox. It is just amazing and my phone finds a new way to blow me away all the time. I am not looking to win, especially since I don't have a twitter account. Though my experience has been nothing short of incredible so I decided to share it with everyone here. Thank you all for all your hardwork and making having a phone fun, because without you all it's just a... smartphone?

[Droid2drummer]

I use my razr for everything..Its is everything a smartphone should be. Thin, fast and sexy..I've been an android enthusiast for a good while. And though I'm sure in the Razr forums my posts haven't nearly began to surpass my other devices. This however is a sign, a sign that the help and direction is by far outstanding in comparison. There are many RAZR owners. Whether its a Razr Maxx or Razr its still a "Droid Razr" so you may see my posts from time to time reminding people..lol Anyway I have all the brands from HTC to Samsung,From Motorola to Nokia etc... I have an interest in all makes and models shapes and sizes, specs and those lacking. To me android has become a passion of mine. In this passion I've been on and still am on many other forums. I have to hand it to the the guys running this forum, they put this thing together a week or so prior to release and the day the phone released (Droid Razr) the threads poured like crazy. I have never seen a forum grow the speed this one did. And along with growth of course comes great responsibility. And aside for the occasional childish bickering which is found in all forums...usually the "My phone is better" or "I posted the file first " I find that when it comes to the DROID Razr, this site is the place to go when any info is needed. Regardless if its rumor or fact, ROM or mod, release dates or just plain old general and off topic. The Razr forum is bleeding with updates on all these areas. Never a dull moment. Thanks guys!<br /><br /><br />Simply Amazing ...<br />Essentially Stunning,<br />Motorola Droid Razr---->Minimum<-----<img src='

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[Brad92]

I got my RAZR at the end of May to replace my DROIDX. I registered at several forums that week so I could read up on how to root, install ROMs and everything else that I enjoyed on my X. I received the phone and rooted it within 2 hours and installed the .79 ICS leak the next day. I am more than impressed with this phone and how smooth it is, even stock.

Like I said before, I'm on several Android forums, but this is the best RAZR forum out there. Its got the most activity, most comprehensive collection of roms, and the indispensable tools such as the RAZR Utility. Mattlgroff has really helped me feel comfortable Modding my brand new phone with his slick utility and I enjoyed the koa roms by spc_hicks09. Just wanted to give a shout out to them and the other developers who make owning an Android powered phone fun. I also joined twitter so I could enter this contest haha

I have a regular RAZR

[MkVsTheWorld]

I've been into rooting, modding, etc. ever since the HTC Incredible. I haven't seen many phones that could match the HTC Incredible, except for the Droid Razr Maxx. I literally use this phone from sunrise to sunset. I'm pretty active so my Maxx really aids me in much of what I do.

- I listen to music from my home computer, goodbye iPod touch!
- I see well in dimly lit rooms. The flashlight has saved my skin while working on my truck in the dark countless times.
- I keep track of what I am eating and how much I am exercising.
- I wake up every morning.
- I track how far I am running and how fast. In addition, the running app keeps a journal. GPS is so nifty...
- I participate in more charitable races since I can train myself and be ready. Again, thank you GPS!
- I use the navigation also to help me go virtually everywhere I need to be. When I am on my motorcycle, I can listen to music from my home computer and be guided by voice to my destination.
- I check the weather before deciding to ride my motorcycle, that makes me a more wise rider.
- I am a better eBay seller with this phone.
- I impress my girlfriend by locating the star constellations above me, I know I'm cheating using an app :-).
- I keep tabs on virtually all of my bank accounts.
- I lookup words in Spanish that I cannot remember. I'm slowly becoming bilingual :-).
- I use my phone to email teachers and classmates for graduate school.
- I find my truck faster whenever I park somewhere new.
- The list keeps on going...

I definitely would not have been able to upgrade to the .75 ICS leak if it wasn't for the Droid Razr Utility, one time I had a pesky bootstrap problem. Then, I had to send my Razr Maxx in because of a display issue. The Droid Razr Utility made restoring my phone to stock simple. So, I'd like to thank everyone that contributed to that utility. I haven't had an issues where my phone was stuck or such because of modding. Thanks to everyone that contributes to rooting the phone, definitely wouldn't be much to do if I couldn't get root. And all of the developers and staff on this site has made this my favorite forum yet.

[no1colonel]

This is only my second android device, my first being the original DROID (which was great but so slow by the time I got it used. I switched from an iPhone and love the iPhone but nothing compared to the DROID. After getting to know the first DROID I HAD to have a newer better one, so I actually added a second line to my account just so I could get the RAZR. This phone gets used for everything. As much as I use it I almost feel like I'm abusing it (probably would feel it was abused if I knew the phone couldn't handle it.) I've used the phone as a storage device when my computer crashed and backed up pictures and videos from the hard drive to the phone. I've had the phone rooted since about the third day I had it. I've flashed roms a view times but ultimately came back to stock rooted (holding out for the official ICS release.) I've messed around with other Android phones (galaxy sII, ATRIX 4g ,sense) and they're nice but nothing compared to the RAZR. I love the battery life on the maxx but love the sleek sexy design of the OG DROID RAZR. I used the forum not too long ago when I couldn't get the RAZR utility 1.6 to work and had a reply from a member within 2 minutes of posting my cry for help. Within 10 minutes of my post I was able to get the utility tool to work and had my phone rooted, again, because of the quick responses my the forum members. I don't have a twitter account so hopefully this will be sufficient enough for me to win the docking station or a cable

[STiK]

I don't have a story. I bought my phone to make phone calls, play music, and do some web surfing and it does all very well

[nitroglycerine33]

I think this guy needs a Razr.

I'm not much for story telling, so I'll try to make this as riveting as possible lol...

- I started my android journey with the original Droid, which I effectively bricked trying to be cool and "rooting"...an entirely new concept to me at the time. Needless to say, I had no idea what I was doing and consequently ended up needing a new phone. Didn't have much money laying aroud, certainly not for ANOTHER new phone, so I hit up Ebay.
- Enter the Droid Incredible: newer, more popular, and far more beginner friendly given the unlocked bootloader and safety netting that basically can only be bricked by TRYING. I started out making splash screens, which turned into making boot animations.
- Fall 2011: UPGRADE time. hottest phone on the market? You guessed it...DROID BIONIC. Jumped all over that s***, knowing full well about the locked bootloader and hardly caring. Was a great start, thanks to a few guys you may have heard of, droidth3ory, dhacker, and nitroclycerine33. Great ROMs and themes galore. Not 2 full months later, the RAZR hits the streets. Slimmer, sexier, streamlined...better. I immediately knew my $350 BIONIC had just become a $350 abandoned project. Devs moved on, and the fun pretty much died.

- Enough of the sad stuff...thanks to these and other great members of the Android community (gunnermike53, emericanx, hedwig), I learned enough of "the ropes" to start making my own themes. I no longer NEEDED other devs to spend their valuable time trying to make ME and millions of other users simultaneously happy. I began sharing my stuff on the forums and have thoroughly enjoyed seeing that so many others like it. This is the beauty of Android. There will ALWAYS be something bigger and better on the horizon, but with the knowledge and willingness of most of the brains around here to help you can pretty much learn to do whatever you want with YOUR phone to make it...YOURS. That said, I would love to continue porting my themes and other work on the RAZR, but probably will not do so until I have one of my own to test on. It is simply too hard to develop on a phone you don't have.

Best of luck to all involved in this and thanks to DroidRZR forum admins for creating a great environment for geeks like us to thrive in and being the only place (that I know of) that gives away phones lol.

[twinsfan1313]

I love this phone, i have bounced around the last couple years between android and blackberry....my last phones being the X, X2, and now the Razr....... This is by far the best phone I have had And I no longer have the urge to bounce to another phone. when I found this site i was surprised how quickly people were replying to questions that people had. I have asked for just a little help, because most of the issues i had , someone else had posted about..... This is now my first stop when i want to read up on the razr...... love you guys!

Robert

Proud Razr owner

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[dubsx]

I think this guy needs a Razr.

Like.

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[flashman2002]

I have really been impressed with the sense of community on this forum. So much better than others, even with the occasional banter between members. I was one of the few (many) that flashed .84 before it was known that you could not go back. Not fretting, I was happy with what I was on. Soon after, many devs to include Mattlgroff were able to figure out a bypass. I have yet to flash my wife's phone waiting on better, safer leaks or for official ICS to finally come out. But with out the help and smarts of many members, we would be stuck with .84 or worse, a bricked phone.

Edit: I don't use twitter so that takes me out, but such a great giveaway for the members here!