How to get Developers to adopt our Phone?

[techninja311]

I'm still a junior member of the community, so wondering if we can have some more senior members chime in.

With the Unlock tool now being available, we are ready to rock with custom ROMS. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like many people are picking up this device.

Do people know the best method of bringing over other developed ROMS? Do we start kickstarters to buy an unlocked device to ship to a known development team, like AOSP, RR, MIUI, Official Lineage, etc.? I was going to go over to the Zenfone 2 community and start asking developers there if they planned on picking up a Zenfone 3 device, not sure what the reception will be.

This phone's hardware can pack a punch, and with it being unlocked I think it can really be a power enthusiasts phone of choice. Just need to have more mechanics looking under the hood! I'm not a developer by trade, so I can't lend a hand personally, but I have a few dollars I can spend to make it lucrative!

Any suggestions?

 

[ultramag69]

Unfortunately ASUS just about killed off all developement for this phone. It's been out for almost 6 months, that's long enough for newer, better(?) phones to be released. Devs will tend to go with the newer devices.
At the same time that this device was released, other more dev friendly devices came out and if a device can't be hacked and altered to our hearts content then the devs shy away...
It may be that a true developement of the software may not come to pass and we will be left along the wayside as newr devices are just around the corner. About the ONLY way you might get some dev support is to actually buy a device for a recognized dev and hope they get interested.