Nomorootfs to Sqsh method - Touch CDMA Android Development

Hi,
I've been using the warm donut build for some time now on my Touch Diamond, using the classic sqsh method. Now, I would like to try some of the other builds floating around here too, but the problem is, they're all these anroidinstall.tar files. How would i go about in converting these to system.sqsh files?
Lovin this forum btw.
Thanks
EDIT: There are also a lot of themes for myn's warm donut, but these have to be installed using the nomorootfs method, how would i use these on the sqsh builds?

demaxmeister said:
Hi,
I've been using the warm donut build for some time now on my Touch Diamond, using the classic sqsh method. Now, I would like to try some of the other builds floating around here too, but the problem is, they're all these anroidinstall.tar files. How would i go about in converting these to system.sqsh files?
Lovin this forum btw.
Thanks
EDIT: There are also a lot of themes for myn's warm donut, but these have to be installed using the nomorootfs method, how would i use these on the sqsh builds?
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Not sure about the first part, but I think you pretty much unpack the tar and 'sqsh' the /system folder. You may need to make some changes to the sysinit.rc for your phone. there are some older guides that should point you the right way if you search for how to build, sqsh, etc. by zenulator and jamezelle.
To answer your 2nd question, you'd have to unsqsh, apply the changes from the tar, and resqsh. Not fast but certainly doable. I think some themed sqshs were posted a while back in myn's thread.
And it runs pretty nicely, doesn't it? I wish my RAPH500 had better support in that kernel. Myn's build on VGA looks soooo good.

Thanks for your help!

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[AUDIO FILES] Have a very OGG-y AudioResources.zip (EDITED 2:11pm)

IF I'M USING YOUR RESOURCES.ZIP, LET ME KNOW SO I CAN CREDIT YOU!
I didn't see anyone having done this before on a search, and I apologize if it's been done already. I put together all the audio resources I could find for ringtones, alarms, notifications, and ui, converted them all to very small .ogg's and put them in a new zip. It's a little over 9 megs and has a LOT of stuff. Enjoy.
Oh, and if you have more to add, post them. I'll convert them it and add it to the zip
DIRECTIONS FOR USE:
1. Unzip
2. IF you are using a media2sd script, put the media folder on your ext partition. If not, use it to replace the one on your phone. I recommend using adb, or just mounting the thing in linux. It'll make it simpler.
3. REBOOT and give your phone some time to index all the ringtones. It'll take some time.
AudioResources.zip:
http://www.lighthousesolutions.info/AudioResources.zip
EDIT:
A LOT of people are downloading and nobody is posting additional links, which means (I hope) that I didn't miss any sound files. I'm glad I could help people out, and if anybody else has anything to contribute please POST! Thanks.
Also, I forgot to post this the first time. Themers and rom developers (hell anyone) feel free to use the converted .ogg's in whatever you want. They aren't mine to start with, but I figure I better make the statement clear.
Enjoy
Dead link above
My compilation is on page 3 ~Mikey~
Thanks! Can't have too many random ringtones to choose from I say. Already got the giant mega audio resource list from the other topic that includes all the various android phones, this will just help more.
prash said:
Thanks! Can't have too many random ringtones to choose from I say. Already got the giant mega audio resource list from the other topic that includes all the various android phones, this will just help more.
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I think this includes all of those, although if you find some that I'm missing, please post them. The main draw of this is that all of sound files are as tiny as possible, making it so you can fit them on internal memory if you want to, or just use less space. The entire thing is only 9.4 mb, and it includes the ringtones from the hero and magic.
Post any ringtones it doesn't contain so I can squish them down to tiny size too.
I can't find any media2sd scripts on the forum. Can any one point me in the right direction?
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I can't find any media2sd scripts on the forum. Can any one point me in the right direction?
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You don't have your rom in your sig, so my help will have to be very basic. I run cyanogen's experimental rom (not for the faint of heart) and huanyu's user customizable script. Other than that I can't offer much help. What I can say is that if you push the ENTIRE contents of this zip to your ext partition on your sd card and use huanyu's script with media2sd activated, you'll be fine.
Huanyu also has a version of his script for the stable series of cyanogens roms.
I have NO idea how to do media2sd on hero. I don't support hero as an os and will never use it unless the ENTIRE android community decides to go that route.
If you are using another rom let me know and I'll see what I can do.
I'm currently on Drizzy's newest hero build, but the guts are the same. I went back and did some research and that script is working thanks for the help.
superGOAT said:
I'm currently on Drizzy's newest hero build, but the guts are the same. I went back and did some research and that script is working thanks for the help.
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No problem, and I'm glad they're working out for you. So far I've got over 100 downloads, so it seems people like this.
Anybody with any additional tones to be added? I'd really like to beef it up!
I'd love to give you some of miine but I don't have any that don't have a copyright next to it but if you want them anyway I'll upload them for you.
Thank you mate!
superGOAT said:
I'd love to give you some of miine but I don't have any that don't have a copyright next to it but if you want them anyway I'll upload them for you.
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Are any of them for a released or soon to be released android phone? I could put together a "legal" and a "questionable" vesion, although the latter might have to be off the forum (hint hint). I'd like to keep the one on here being full of nothing but official android and htc ringtones for released and soon to be released (ie leaked) android devices.
Noob Question...
I'm running CyanogenMod-4.0.4 + Recovery 1.4 and the community hero rom and was wondering how I should go about implementing this audio resources zip. Do i apply the update from the recovery? Or is there some other way of getting them on?
You can push them to /system/media....but I'd recommend using hyanu's userinit.sh script instead. media2sd is FAR superior for the number of sound files were talking about here.
any chance of this being posted elsewhere? Was looking to download this, but the site doesn't seem to exist.
Can't use my host for any more hosting of FREE ringtones
awesome..! thanks
i may use it for DarkDream theme
Barina said:
awesome..! thanks
i may use it for DarkDream theme
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I take no credit for creating these............
the #.ogg files in the notification folder are made by moonspoon.
BTW i just installed your theme..WOW
I couldn't get CMupdater to download it but i got it from your site
thanks im glad you like it
i tried the new cmupdater in 1.6 and i cant add my theme server without FC
I'f i was you till cmupdater is fixed, place a direct link to the file on your site
thanks for posting this stuff! very nice
Sorry for being such a noob. But could I bother someone to give me steps on pushing this to my phone? (mytouch).

What is a "deodex" file? What does it mean?

My Hero is running Damages 2.09.1 and it works perfectly in every respect. But when I was considering the update it was mentioned that this version was "deodexed" and this was a better file. What is deodex? What does it mean? Is it better then a version that is not deodexed?
Thanks for the education. I see the term and want to know what it means.......
Lisa
◦An odex file is basically a chunk of source code that has already been extracted from the apk and put on /system/. This is done to speed up the first boot of a rom (you know how your first boot takes a long time… that’s while it is extracting all of these dex files) and also to save space on /data/. Our stock sprint rom comes with this odex files to give you those benefits, however it also prevents us from “hacking” those files and modifying them. This build has taken all those odex files and injected them back in the apk’s. So expect a slower first boot, and more space taken up on /data/, but you get benefits from it such as the vanilla lock screen being fixed and live wallpapers in Rosie.
Taken from Flipz' website
Great explanation!
I so appreciate you taking your time to explain this....
Lisa
No problem....
Thank you Brian M!
jesus not again............
how the hell do yall even find these ancient threads to bump serously i want to know.
This is actually good. It's showing that he's learning and willing to go deep in our forum to find a solution. Bravo pimpin.
I also found this right now and it answered my question very well. Thanks biran m. =)
yea me to. Thanks brian m
Yah me 2, Thanks mr brian M
You can search it by google.:D
Google Search brought me here

[ROM] jdfroyo RC 3.1.1 Vanilla jdfroyo RC 3.3.1 Sense (Updated 9/7

Hello all. Jdfroyo is a free community based distro of HTC Sense ROMs for the Droid Incredible. My Main goal was to bring the community a fast, yet very polished rom based off HTC Leaks and official releases for the EVO and Incredible.
This ROM is based off of the Official OTA for the Inc. It is deodexed, zipaligned, and all bloat is removed, yet the rom still features the very handsome Sense-UI interface by HTC.
Sense Version includes:
1. Deodexed
2. Zialigned
3. Most bloat removed
4. VERY FAST!!!!!
5. Can be stably overclocked to 1.2 ghz !!!!
6. Can be used with HYdra or KING Kernels.
Bloat Removed:
Mode 10 and Magic smoke livewallpaper
VZNav
Footprints
MyVerizon
Footprints Widget
VisualVoicemail
Amazon MP3
Vanilla Version:
All Sense Bloat removed- including weather, clockwidget, and Rosie!
Themed vanilla
General Changelog:
9/7 update- added buildprop edit so wifi scans every 2 mins, removed oj wake
RC3- fixed boot.img problem and temed vanilla ROM
v2.5- inital revival of jdfroyo
Link: Downloads - MOD Edit: Links Removed
FAQ:
Q. Why should I flash your ROM? There are others just as good.
A. The jdfroyo project aims to provide a very customized rom that most usere will like. It is stble, fast and not buggy.
Q. You had some boot.img bugs in previous bugs. Is that dangerous?
A. The boot.img contains the kernel and ramdisc, so the boot.img bug did cause severe overheating, and couldnt mount emmc, but that bug was cleared up in RC3, so no worries (actuaslly i replaced the whole boot.img)
Q. Does this give me root?
A. If you flash a coustom recovery after flashing the RUU (and have S_off) Then it gives you SU perms again, but not for anyone who wasnt previously rooted before.
Q. Are there any specific risks in flashing this
A. THere are potential risks in flashing ANY rom (even the ruu). This rom was tested and proven that it is ok for day to day use and will not brick.
Q. What is this based off?
A. The newer versions (2.5 and up) are based on the offical 2.2 release, and versions before v2.5 is based on the old 7/27 leak.
Q. Why dont you have screen shots up? We have only been asking you for weeks.
A. I am putting up some screens tonight. They will be here and on my site.
Q. What is your site?
A. check my sig (and no i am not trying to website spam)
Q. What is required before flashing this ROM?
A. S_OFF, custom recovery (Clockwork or AMON_RA) the 2.15 radio and 92hboot.
Q. Where can i find the things you mentioned in the previous answer?
A. 1.SOFF: www.unrevoked.com/forever
2. Closkwork or Amon ra: Clockwork can be found on unrevoked.com/forever , Amon can be found floating around on XDA
3. 92 hboot and 2.15 radio: can be found on adrynalyne's site
PLEASE eNJOY MY ROM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Isn't this the same thing as before?
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no it has various fixes, mostly the wifi fix....and for the sense version, i ixed the buildprop whaer ot said jdfroyo vanilla....it is very different from the version that i posted here last eek, but if you followed me on AF, then this is a bit similar
I thought you said you were done developing for the incredible.
I mean, I couldn't care less... just wondering why you decided to come back after two times of saying it.
And stable at 1.2.... hmm. I'd like this to be tested by others before I try this.
Hehe
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Lcsglvr said:
I thought you said you were done developing for the incredible.
I mean, I couldn't care less... just wondering why you decided to come back after two times of saying it.
And stable at 1.2.... hmm. I'd like this to be tested by others. Hehe
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Its hard to stay away
Link isn't working.
try it now
I don't think anybody likes you
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theguitarguy58 said:
I don't think anybody likes you
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its not about liking me, its about liking my rom
jdkoreclipse said:
its not about liking me, its about liking my rom
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I don't think anybody likes your rom.
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Touche...let's get back in topic
theguitarguy58 said:
I don't think anybody likes your rom.
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Is it just me, or do you always come out with a new version of *cough* a rom with almost the same name and number as skyraider. I guess it's like"the distinguished gentleman", if you have a familiar name, people will vote. At least make some attempt to be different so no one accidentally downloads this crap. How about POS ROM VERSION, oh hell, does it really matter?
And you use the same bull**** op almost every time. "Sorry no screens or info, just check my website, but I'm not spamming my website, and if it doesn't work, use other peoples fixes who I'll give no credit to ever never, but my rom is prefect and full of awesome." Give it a rest bud.
So this STILL isn't posted with the guidelines laid out by the moderators... do you ever learn?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7885067&postcount=30
Berzerker7 said:
So this STILL isn't posted with the guidelines laid out by the moderators... do you ever learn?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7885067&postcount=30
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He's gotta be a relative or something right?
Berzerker7 said:
So this STILL isn't posted with the guidelines laid out by the moderators... do you ever learn?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7885067&postcount=30
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screenshots are in the first post!!!!!!!!!111
theguitarguy58 said:
I don't think anybody likes your rom.
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I don't know the story since I just joined a few weeks ago but that made me laugh, thanks ! great wit sir!
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screenshots are in the first post!!!!!!!!!111
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I have to tell skyraider that my pinch to zoom isn't working with his rom, cuz those screens must be hella small.
Rather than continuing to have to discuss what is obvious to us all, let's try the objective approach with this. I downloaded jdfroyo Sense (for comedic value, honestly) and opened up the updater-script.
Going through this in sequence (I did not change the ordering):
So far so good.
Code:
format("MTD", "system");
mount("MTD", "system", "/system");
Deleting files on a freshly formatted filesystem. What's supposed to be there?
Code:
delete_recursive("/system/etc/init.d");
delete("/system/xbin/a2sd");
delete("/system/xbin/apps2sd");
delete("/system/xbin/e2fsck");
Data isn't mounted, but delete operations are running, on /data.
Code:
delete_recursive("/data/dalvik-cache");
delete_recursive("/data/boot-cache/");
delete_recursive("/data/a2sd/");
delete("/data/.dalvikcache");
delete("/data/dta2sd.log");
Runs a script against /data, which still isn't mounted. Then extracts the contents of his zip to it. Into the void.
Code:
run_program("check_data_app");
package_extract_dir("data", "/data");
set_perm(0, 0, 0777, "/data/dalvik-cache");
Deleting more files on a newly formatted volume.
Code:
delete("/system/xbin/busybox");
delete_recursive("/system/xbin");
Oh, now we'll put some files on system. Since we've formatted it and deleted files which weren't there.
Code:
package_extract_dir("system", "/system");
I could go on but I think the point is clear. He's either not reading his updater-script, doesn't understand any of it or both. I'm going with both. So yeah, download at your own risk.
Still using evo framework?
Hey does anyone know what the artifact is in the middle of the 3rd screenshot?

Need help with first time cooking...

Thanks in advance for all your help.
Hi, I am trying to cook for the first time and I'm using Ervius VK. I had been reading through the Chef's Central and X1 ROM Development forums for some time. I still need some stuff cleared out.
When I download a new SYS build, I find two folders .ROM and .VM inside it. Am I supposed to discard these two folders while porting the build to my kitchen, or should I do something with it?
If the downloaded build already has MSXIPKernel, should I use it or dump the MSXIPKernel from the xip.bin that came along with the new build?
For my first ROM I was planning on using the WM6.1 build 21057, before trying a 6.5 build. But before that, I wanted to know whether build 21057 is a proper build. I am asking this because, in the build that I downloaded, every package had the same build number (5.2.21057.1610) and some one commented about it in that thread, but there was no respose. Is it better than 21056?
I know that some of these questions may seem too obvious, but this is just me being a bit overly cautious as I still love my X1 too much to make it suffer
When I download a new SYS build, I find two folders .ROM and .VM inside it. Am I supposed to discard these two folders while porting the build to my kitchen, or should I do something with it?
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use ones from your current build.
OSBuilder, for example, can simply ignore such folders.
If the downloaded build already has MSXIPKernel, should I use it or dump the MSXIPKernel from the xip.bin that came along with the new build?
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usually it doesn't matter, it means that someone else has already extracted it.
For my first ROM I was planning on using the WM6.1 build 21057, before trying a 6.5 build. But before that, I wanted to know whether build 21057 is a proper build. I am asking this because, in the build that I downloaded, every package had the same build number (5.2.21057.1610) and some one commented about it in that thread, but there was no respose. Is it better than 21056?
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I can't say anything about 21057, but usually changes in builds of one branch are very little, so you can simply use 21056 if you don't trust 21057.
Thanks for the quick reply. I made my first ROM with the 21057 build SYS. Worked fine. The improvements in performance could have been from the page pool patching or from some other modification rather than the newer build, but I really couldn't tell that at this point.
One problem though, In the stock R3A ROM, you could sort of click and drag using stylus in the file explorer to select multiple items or drag and drop in the total commander beta. But with the new build this has disappeared. I still can drag to select text while editing, but no drag-n-drop or drag-n-select. If any one could point out a way to fix this, it would be great.

[ROM][ALPHA]FrostMod GingerSense v1a (Desire HD leaked Gingerbread ROM Port)

*This is my first ever ROM port, so expect not much working*
*I take no responsibility for anything that you do to your phone or what happens to it*
FrostMod GingerSense v1a
This is the first version of what is going to hopefully get more and more working and functional with time.
Working: Not much. Post in comments what's not/what is for you.
This right now is a pretty bare OP, but hopefully with continued development, will grow with time.
NAND Backup before flashing, it's always safe!
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2TLM7ZMA
(MD5) fd6e8b7b613ed07225e601397944ee7a
Ported from the Desire HD leaked Android 2.3.2 Gingerbread leak found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=983847
Changelog:
v1a: Initial Release
reserved.......
another just in case........
downloading now
Just had to change my pants
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With not much working. Does that include basic phone functions? Eg. The radio. Calling, sms?
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Just tried flashing with cwm2 & cwm3.
got installation aborted each time.
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What cwm is required? Ill give it a shot to see what is working, just sittin in front of tv watchin golf anyways.
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theguitarguy58 said:
Just tried flashing with cwm2 & cwm3.
got installation aborted each time.
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Same here. Used 2.5.1.2 and 3.0.0.8.
This will not install at all
I may not be a developer but I think I may have an idea on what's going wrong:
1. I think that there's too much being put into the System partition. Correct me if I'm wrong but you're only given so much.
2. I think that the ROM is packaged wrong. When I open up the ROM in 7zip, I don't see the system and boot.img file first, I see a subfolder and THEN the system and boot.img.
Again, I just wanted to give a heads up, I'm in no way educated in this stuff. I'm just reporting as I sees 'em.
Was just gonna say that the structure was jacked. The ROM does seem large as well
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I may not be a developer but I think I may have an idea on what's going wrong:
1. I think that there's too much being put into the System partition. Correct me if I'm wrong but you're only given so much.
2. I think that the ROM is packaged wrong. When I open up the ROM in 7zip, I don't see the system and boot.img file first, I see a subfolder and THEN the system and boot.img.
Again, I just wanted to give a heads up, I'm in no way educated in this stuff. I'm just reporting as I sees 'em.
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You're right, I was in a hurry and packaged it wrong. Thanks for pointing this out. Will rezip and upload when I get home.
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For what it's worth, I repackaged the ZIP myself and am installing it at the moment. It requires CM 2.x (I'm using the temporary flashable 2.5.1.2 that was floating around to bypass my already-installed 3.x series).
I think I did it right, but here's the error I get:
E:Can't symlink /system/xbin/su
E:Failure at line 81:
symlink /system/bin/su SYSTEM:xbin/su
Installation aborted.
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What cwm is required? Ill give it a shot to see what is working, just sittin in front of tv watchin golf anyways.
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At the moment, CWM2.
It is not going to install until the system folder in below 250mb or so.
The OP has it at 350mb.
There is no way the OP even knows whether it even works because it will not install like this.
Thanks for the link in the first post. I'm trying a quick test build that I ported. I'll know if this DHD version is any easier to port in a few mins.
Tough to gain confidence if this is how thread starts. Good luck.
ANything yet?

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