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I have been SCOURING the web for possible Motorola Bravo ROMs to no avail. I've read everything from the Bravo not possessing the correct files/firmware to the Bravo not having the lack of restriction needed. Point blank, I'm willing to put my phone up for experimental development to jump start this process for the world of Bravo users. I'm an employee of AT&T and I'm tired of the way we kill the freedom of this phone. It's time for the barriers to come down, point blank. Please, developers, feel free to contact me through this post if you are interested. I've heard about making dumb-files for the phone (I'm a moderate noob, to say the least). Therefore, I'm willing, with correct instruction, to create one of these system files to help out or whatever else may be needed.
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I just got a Bravo and love this guy! I prefer it over my Captivate and Aria. I'm all for some customization to come to this VERY underrated device.
same here. nothing has really been done with this phone. at least we could get 2.2? if nothing else
Hmm
http://community.developer.motorola...RAVO-development-resources-available/m-p/8304
BravoMotorola said:
http://community.developer.motorola...RAVO-development-resources-available/m-p/8304
Development recourses officially available for the Motorola Bravo!
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What does this mean for us Bravo owners, exactly? Thanks.
What it means?
Just makes it easier I think...if you a Motodev member! So, really nothing.
check out my new thread in this forum, i am porting bootstrap used on d2/dx/dpro to the bravo to get clockworkmod running and then we can get some roms!
I've got a good IRL friend who has been getting into development recently, he goes by the handle "firstEncounter" here, on twitter, rootzwiki, etc.. He has a Droid X and has developed ICS from source for them; a quick look through this thread will show you that he knows what he's doing.
I'm posting this because with the recent boom in galaxy nexus upgrades and all of the fascinate people leaving for that, plus my friend getting into development and wanting to do some more work for other phones, I wanted to ask if anybody here who has an extra phone or is going to upgrade to the Nexus would be willing to donate a Fascinate to him to help further development. He will mostly work in ICS roms, one of the things he's working on with the Droid X is the new MIUI v4 which is based on ICS, so if he had a Fascinate he would surely bring that to us as well.
I'll get him to post here with more information as to how you can contact him and whatever, feel free to grill him to make sure he's not just another Enyo.
We are both 16 years old, except he's smarter/more motivated than me. I'm posting this mainly to vouch for him since you guys know me more.
Here's an article featuring him on Droid-Life.
I have started a Development team with my friend, we both know basic programing, along with other necessary android related skills. We only need to know where to get started. We want to make a ICS rom, but are totally lost at where to start? Could some other experienced developers help us out?
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Atrix and Photon have exactly the same hardware (Except some minor differencies), they have the same firmwares (Again with some minor differencies), so they have the same issues, the same news. That's why I suggest to merge Photon and Atrix forums to establish a better link with Photon owners.
This modification would make the ideas and news spread faster, and that would make a more unified community for our devices, so why not ?
I don't really think this is a good idea as not everything that works on the ATRIX works on the Photon and vice-versa. This may cause confusion between the new members (some may happily flash something built for the Photon on their Atrix and get a brick, who knows )
But still, maybe they could merge the general, Q&A and themes and apps section, but keep the development section separated.
Sent from that Atrix.
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I don't really think this is a good idea as not everything that works on the ATRIX works on the Photon and vice-versa. This may cause confusion between the new members (some may happily flash something built for the Photon on their Atrix and get a brick, who knows )
But still, maybe they could merge the general, Q&A and themes and apps section, but keep the development section separated.
Sent from that Atrix.
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I think the OP raises good points, but so does tatperson with the confusion. We already get quite a bit of confusion just between international vs american atrix.
Also, take note of the new users, who come in, do not read and go flashing & bricking. Definitely this is a NOT unless people learns how to use & read forums before doing useless stuff in their phones.
Sorry if there has been any offense meant, but, it has not been very much since I've joined the forum and all I see is new people who likes to barge in, screw their phones, flashing stuff then asking the same question across 20 threads or demanding stuff.... hell... well, i guess that's a forums destiny or maybe day after day i'm less tolerant to people .
Dammit, I'm getting old
I agree this is not a good idea. While the devices are quite similar, they are in fact different enough to each have their own board.
Just ask Th3Bill how "minor" his framework edits usually are. Another point - although he'd like to, he can't use Epinter's CM10 as a base because it's way too different and won't run on a Photon.
i do not think its a good idea,simply because they arent the same phone. it could be similar,but will never be the same phone = not the same roms,not the same guides and diffrent people who has the phones.
but i do think that we can have general,thems and apps and even accseroies at same fourms,but android developmnt - one for each
Yeah, i also agree. The photon uses a different Webtop too, so even Webtop Development is different.
Inde, the confusion for the new members is a good point. I had this idea because they did this for the Defy and the Defy (+) that have the same hardware and share many ROMs but it's a case almost similar to the Photon and the Atrix.
But if merging the forums isn't possible, is there any way to make a stronger link between Atrix and Photon forums ? This could help for both communities, and make a stronger one since many people left these phones for more recent ones.
Stronger Bond: Developers
You know, was kinda thinking the same thing recently, all I can say is that we should share the things we have in common. Like, certain dev projects ported here and there between our devices, certain other stuff. And also bunch up our devs lol, like rope everyone in to attain 'perfection' on both our devices
How about a test forum section? And a poll maybe, so we'll see how successful this will be.
I have been browsing the droid turbo forums ever since I upgraded my gfs phone for vday and I am getting very confused to why the droid maxx xt is mixed in with the turbo topics.
I saw a root method for the maxx that does not work for the turbo, someone could easily end up downloading it and trying it, in the process brick their phone :'(
I was just hoping the mods would do some clean up of the threads and topics, etc. If there's a reason the maxx is mixed in please let me know, I'll greatly appreciate it
THANK YOU!!!!
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I have been browsing the droid turbo forums ever since I upgraded my gfs phone for vday and I am getting very confused to why the droid maxx xt is mixed in with the turbo topics.
I saw a root method for the maxx that does not work for the turbo, someone could easily end up downloading it and trying it, in the process brick their phone :'(
I was just hoping the mods would do some clean up of the threads and topics, etc. If there's a reason the maxx is mixed in please let me know, I'll greatly appreciate it
THANK YOU!!!!
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If you read before u download anything it wouldnt be a problem. The main reason they keep it all mixed together is i guess because they are identical in devices just one has an unlockable bootloader. Many people tried to get this to be changed so they are not mixed together but no luck.
I think will better have area for maxx, because turbo dont have unlocked bootloader or Lollipop yet.
117micc said:
I have been browsing the droid turbo forums ever since I upgraded my gfs phone for vday and I am getting very confused to why the droid maxx xt is mixed in with the turbo topics.
I saw a root method for the maxx that does not work for the turbo, someone could easily end up downloading it and trying it, in the process brick their phone :'(
I was just hoping the mods would do some clean up of the threads and topics, etc. If there's a reason the maxx is mixed in please let me know, I'll greatly appreciate it
THANK YOU!!!!
Sent from my LGG3 using the original tapatalk pro!
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Agreed! Separate forums would be very helpful.
Not droid maxx but Moto Maxx
Don't know that separation will not add more duplicity along with segregation, but might be helpful. What would be reasonable is if people started referring to the device designations like what always has to be done on Sammy devices across regions/carriers/bands. If the XT1225, XT1250, and XT1254 designations were used more people would likely stop coming to this forum looking for the Droid Maxx, Droid Razr Maxx, et al, as well as it help determine whether packages, methods, firmwares, ROMs (wishful thinking), and other schemes work across the devices or to what degree.
if nothing else Moto Maxx needs to be added to the forum title obviously, and preferably the three models be added to the forum somehow or at least thread titles/compatibility.
I know the FCC ID would be more specific to use but not as readily identifiable to most.
The Turbo and Maxx need separate forums. They are now testing different versions of android. This forum is becomming a maxx forum with little for the turbo.
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The Turbo and Maxx need separate forums. They are now testing different versions of android. This forum is becomming a maxx forum with little for the turbo.
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I agree 100%. The only drawback is if the forums do separate this place will be even more boring because of lack of development. Either way the separation needs to happen.
Another vote for separation.
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yes, please.
There are a few threads on this already. My own thoughts are that separating the development sections would be enough. I suppose I have this opinion partly because I like to believe that people have functional brains and may actually bother to read a little before they flash. I also think that separating these completely would reduce the number of posters for both devices to the benefit of neither since there are few enough posters now. There is also some small hope that the turbo will get unlocked in which case most of what has already been done on the Maxx will be applicable to the Turbo.
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There are a few threads on this already. My own thoughts are that separating the development sections would be enough. I suppose I have this opinion partly because I like to believe that people have functional brains and may actually bother to read a little before they flash. I also think that separating these completely would reduce the number of posters for both devices to the benefit of neither since there are few enough posters now. There is also some small hope that the turbo will get unlocked in which case most of what has already been done on the Maxx will be applicable to the Turbo.
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this is turning into a moto maxx only forum.... needs some cleaning up.
That is because of the locked bootloader on the Turbo, Maxx owners will continue to post more often because they have more to post about. There is no clean up that will fix the locked boot loader and that is what has to change if you want more turbo directed posting. I'm not saying this to give you grief, it is my summation of the situation.
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It would be great to have two forum, one droid turbo, and other moto maxx, excellent :good: :fingers-crossed:
I'd vote for separation. Just as an example search M8 or S4. These have at least half a dozen forums for each phone variant. Why can't this phone have 2?
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I think will better have area for maxx, because turbo dont have unlocked bootloader or Lollipop yet.
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The name of this forum is "Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo". If they aren't going to separate the two, maybe they should rename the forum.
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The name of this forum is "Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo". If they aren't going to separate the two, maybe they should rename the forum.
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Right...
Essentially, fans of the Maxx took it upon themselves to post in this Verizon Flagship Device's forum because they decided their device was the same thing. Even though it's not.
Wouldn't be such an issue if XDA allowed ignore filters. I could filter out Maxx posts which keep cluttering up my feed. There has not between a single post on this section regarding the Maxx that I, as a Turbo owner on Verizon, find useful or interesting. Is rather come here and see no new posts rather than have to shan through a bunch of Maxx-related posts.
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Right...
Essentially, fans of the Maxx took it upon themselves to post in this Verizon Flagship Device's forum because they decided their device was the same thing. Even though it's not.
Wouldn't be such an issue if XDA allowed ignore filters. I could filter out Maxx posts which keep cluttering up my feed. There has not between a single post on this section regarding the Maxx that I, as a Turbo owner on Verizon, find useful or interesting. Is rather come here and see no new posts rather than have to shan through a bunch of Maxx-related posts.
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Only difference is locked bootloader, but if we have our forum will be more great, because locked device dont have much things to do here in xda
I'm going to expand on my previous remarks a little but let me preface this with the fact that back in the beginning I supported the idea of a separate Maxx section. I said so on the threads at the time discussing it as well as asking for it on the official device suggestion thread.
This said my position has changed over time due to the activity level of this forum section. I had thought originally that the Maxx would be introduced in more markets giving it a larger potential group of posters but this has not occurred. The Turbo of course is a Verizon only exclusive for an unknown period. This means it has a very limited market compared to global release devices. As I look at the situation now I don't see much changing in terms of getting new posters to contribute here from either camp and I believe the number of contributors to this forum will go down from here.
The primary benefit of a site like this is learning and sharing experience and this requires having an active community of posters. As is right now the activity level is already comparatively low and you have to ask yourself if this is a beware what you wish for situation. Yes splitting the forum will mean that posters no longer have the other device to contend with when you browse. Yes they did it in the S4 and many other sections as mentioned above but those were global release devices that could be divided while still retaining an active and lively forum within each sub forum of the device. We do not have that luxury, even combined our traffic is a small fraction of any one of the S4 sections.
In my opinion this section should be renamed Droid Turbo and Moto Maxx. They can share nearly all of their development and various mods should the Turbo ever get its bootloader unlocked giving both devices synergy from the other. It will keep more posters contributing to the benefit of both groups of owners. I would however separate the development sections to reduce confusion. This method has been used for other forum sections and it works pretty well. Its not perfect and it doesn't answer to every master but it is a decent compromise.
In the end I'm not trying to tell everyone what to think, I'm saying think about it. Everybody wants their own section and I count myself among them but I think in the end I'm better off sorting through some posts that are directed at a different device in this case than I am getting a section for the Maxx.