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#1 Hashcode

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 12:31 PM

As most of you who follow me on Twitter have heard, I'm getting a RAZR today.

It was a generous gift by the

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community (HERE!), and I am thankful to be getting it.


Why get a RAZR? What's the deal? Am I going to stop Droid 3 development? Rumor has it that I also have a Droid Bionic.. is that true?

No I'm not stopping development for Droid 3.

Read on.


Lately, I've been considering the pace of the cell phone market and Android growth. Sadly, we've all seen phones become obsolete 2 months after they were released. And these are GOOD phones, that can run anything out there today. Add to that the fact that development on these phones is so spread out, it's hard sometimes to feel good about staying with Motorola and not jumping ship to the Galaxy Nexus or some phone which is the dev pick of the week.

I'd like to ask the rhetorical question:

Q: How do we encourage MORE development across what is essentially 3-4 phones in 5 months?

A: I HAVE A PLAN.

  • The first step is getting a stable ICS running on ALL of them. Especially, the phones who have the most developers / themers and modders. That's where it starts. Get someone who wants to create something a nice blank canvas.
  • That "canvas" happens to be a 960x540 sized phone screen. All of these phones are setup NEARLY the SAME when it comes to the Android OS and the graphics that runs on it. And they all face the same challenges getting ICS up and running on them.
  • I will personally get involved in helping to port ANY AOSP/CM9 ROM from the phone that it was created on to the others. OR educating those willing on how to port over ROMs from 1 phone to another.
SO if we have 3-4 phones worth of developers pumping out ROMs, THEMES and MODS.. why shouldn't we have more stuff going on here than any other group of phones out there?

The answer is simple: we should and WILL.

Some keys to successfully pulling this off:
  • When you port someone else's work to a different phone: KEEP THE ORIGINAL CREATOR'S "BY LINE" INTACT. Sure, add yourself as the person who did the port. But give credit where credit is due. Hey, if I knew I could do something for 1 phone but have it possibly end up on 3 others.. I'd be that much more interested in doing it.
  • Stick together, and help each other out. If you know of a solution to a problem and you see someone asking for help, why not help them? They could be on their way to creating the most BADASS ROM ever.
  • Keep it fun. No drama. Nothing kills development faster than drama. We're all adults (or close). Why not just discuss it and work it out?
SO, summary time:

I have a Droid 3, Bionic and a RAZR. And I fully intend to use each one to help get us to my Master Plan™ (see above).
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#2 PillClinton

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 12:41 PM

Thanks for the update Hashcode!

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 12:55 PM

Man with a plan. Love it.
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Posted 02 February 2012 - 01:04 PM

Looking forward to your work. I would help, but alas, I know none of the skills I would need.

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 01:47 PM

Great ideas and greater work. Thank you for the update, will be looking forward to so many Ice Cream Sandwiches.

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#6 Equake

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 02:53 PM

Great update and a salute to the Dev community.

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 03:08 PM

Well put, Hashcode!

*crosses fingers for MIUI soon*

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 03:28 PM

This thread makes me happy in my no-no spot. :D
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Posted 02 February 2012 - 04:05 PM

Appreciate all the hard work you and the other deva do and look forward to the future of all these roms.

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 05:16 PM

Well said! I applaud you and your hard work, thank you!

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 05:51 PM

One of the best threads here and it shows why you are so respected. Congrats again on the new phone.

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#12 MrFrankRazr

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 05:53 PM

I love it when someone has a Master Plan...and Hashcode's Master Plan is awesome! Thank you Hashcode for getting knee deep this sh!t man! Love your work and glad you're in this with us. Looking forward to what you have in store for us.
THANKS!

Moved on to the LG G2 on VZW and lovin it!


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Posted 03 February 2012 - 12:10 PM

What are hashcodes

#14 MrFrankRazr

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Posted 03 February 2012 - 12:55 PM

What are hashcodes

Are you serious?
Hashcode is the OP.
Or if talking coding...it a Java object like hashcode()

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#15 STiK

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Posted 03 February 2012 - 06:39 PM

Everyone /slap Hashcode

He loves it!!

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Posted 04 February 2012 - 05:03 AM

I am stoked... This thread will be followed for sure...I personally think that hashcode deserved this razr before anyone.. Glad to see my vote go toward something great

#17 mac208x

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Posted 04 February 2012 - 11:23 AM

Keep it fun. No drama. Nothing kills development faster than drama. We're all adults (or close). Why not just discuss it and work it out?


This is so true it hurts. There was a developer over at EVO 3D that did few great ROM's but coz of some 12 year old drama queen all his work got removed from XDA and his account banned.

#18 STiK

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Posted 06 February 2012 - 07:16 AM

Can't see this thread in tapatalk :(
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#19 kindrudekid

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Posted 06 February 2012 - 02:11 PM

lol trademarked ur master plan huh/?

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Posted 08 February 2012 - 05:14 PM

Excellent plan! :)

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