ROM Kitchen - HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity

Hello guys and gals. I was wondering what kitchen the developers for this device are using. I have searched around using Google and was not able to find a kitchen that supports our device. I would prefer a Windows kitchen but if that is not possible I am running Linux Mint 12 64bit on my other partition. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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You probably wont find one tool for our device....yet. I use several different ones for different things. Depends on what you need to do. Here's a short list of the tools I use off the top of my head.
xUltimate (Windows) For de-odexing
APK Manager
APK Tool
dsixda's Android kitchen (in Linux) (Mainly for splitting boot.img)
7-zip
Notepad++
And of course the Android SDK.

try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633246
it is not supported but if you are ok with python you can update the tools you need and make it work. It does work out of the box for simple stuff

Thanks everyone. I'll take a look at them all
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Looking to create a skin.

Does anyone know where I can look into creating one of these?
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There's a tut in the desire hd themes forum. Don't have the link but should come up in a search there....
Sweet. Thanks!
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Stoney 666 said:
There's a tut in the desire hd themes forum. Don't have the link but should come up in a search there....
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Its no longer there, SopL87 pulled it for control reasons.
OP, get with Gadget!, he can help you get one made with his tut, just as he has helped me
It basically involves decompiling an APK, changing string values in the xml and recompiling, then when you want to replace the graphics, you use 7zip, once done with that stuff, you sign using APK manager.
4 tools you need first before even atempting:
APK Tool (download from Google)
APK Manager (google it)
7zip (its like Win RAR but better and free without the annoying trial message)
and lets not forget a good graphics editor like Photoshop or Gimp
NCX Designs said:
Its no longer there, SopL87 pulled it for control reasons.
OP, get with Gadget!, he can help you get one made with his tut, just as he has helped me
It basically involves decompiling an APK, changing string values in the xml and recompiling, then when you want to replace the graphics, you use 7zip, once done with that stuff, you sign using APK manager.
4 tools you need first before even attempting:
APK Tool (download from Google)
APK Manager (google it)
7zip (its like Win RAR but better and free without the annoying trial message)
and lets not forget a good graphics editor like Photoshop or Gimp
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Where is this Gadget Tutorial at? Im also wanting to do some custom skinning.

Signing modded apk?

I decompiled my systemUI apk and made changes on it (Fergie's mods). Now I don't understand how to get it on my phone.
It's fully recompiled. But apparently I have to sign it. There's so many different things people do:
-zipalign
-optimizing apks
and more stuff I can't even remember. What do I have to do to get this mod onto my phone? If anyone can please tell me how to do this I will be very grateful.
Also, I used apktool, not apkmanager if that matters.
(As you can see, I'm fairly new at this. I just added the mods by following Fergie's guides, don't understand 95% of what I did).
onasri15 said:
I decompiled my systemUI apk and made changes on it (Fergie's mods). Now I don't understand how to get it on my phone.
It's fully recompiled. But apparently I have to sign it. There's so many different things people do:
-zipalign
-optimizing apks
and more stuff I can't even remember. What do I have to do to get this mod onto my phone? If anyone can please tell me how to do this I will be very grateful.
Also, I used apktool, not apkmanager if that matters.
(As you can see, I'm fairly new at this. I just added the mods by following Fergie's guides, don't understand 95% of what I did).
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Signing is the one thing that prevents me from making things to share with all of you. So I just become greedy and use it all for myself hahaha
You should also say which OS you're running. I run Ubuntu, hence the reason I Google "Android xda Ubuntu Sign apk" or in my case: the latter but "rom" replaces apk. I couldnt explain how SEO works, because I can't sign using Ubuntu!!!!!!!!!! Ahhhhhhhrrrrrggggg!!!!ยก!!
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I'm using w7. This is unbelievably annoying right now. I can't figure it out.
onasri15 said:
I'm using w7. This is unbelievably annoying right now. I can't figure it out.
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I know you need to use the sdk.
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onasri15 said:
I'm using w7. This is unbelievably annoying right now. I can't figure it out.
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Hi... I am a Windows 7 user as well. I use ApkTool, but mostly APK Manager.
When I need to sign an APK, this is how I do it.
I open the original APK with 7zip and copy out the resources.arsc file and META-INF folder.
I then take the APK that APK Manager spit out - unsignedwhatever.apk and I open that and replace the existing resources.arsc and META-INF folder with those from the original APK that I copied out.
I then rename unsignedwhatever.apk to whatever.apk, place it in a flashable zip and flash it. Works every time... unless I've screwed something else up
Good luck!

Theming and Customising

Might as well start this off as many of us would love to customise our roms even further by creating and modding our roms but dont know where and how to start , hopefully this can be a general guide to de-compiling apk's /re-compiling modifying customising colours etc on most devices .
Website i use for changing and finding out HTML colour codes to change the basic colours in roms here great help especially when you cant find the correct colour code and name or need to use when theming .
I also use this website to re-size my PNG's etc to the sizes i need when modding or replacing pictures.
Android APK tool is a great start for most to learn and figure things out, link to site here
Hopefully this thread can be useful for ALL as with so many devices and different ways to theme mod and customise each individual device we can collectively help each other with the simple and basic stuff to get everyone learning and heading in the right direction .
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Apktool is the only one I have been able to get working with 4.2 framework so it is a very helpful tool and dose have support on how to install and use but I wish there was some way to have a brake down of what is what with the .XML files like what to change and where to change backgrounds and text colors
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Hi.
I've already started a thread on theming. [Guide/Tools] Simple APK Modding - Basic Android Theming
I still use APK MANAGER, what you have to do is replace some files in the OTHER folder. I'll make it sinple for everyone to use.
I'll upload my version for people to use in link below.
This works for 4.2.1 apks
APK MANAGER 5.0.2
Annex1 said:
I still use APK MANAGER, what you have to do is replace some files in the OTHER folder. I'll make it sinple for everyone to use.
I'll upload my version for people to use in link below.
This works for 4.2.1 apks
APK MANAGER 5.0.2
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Thanks for that, I'll add a link to this post if that's alright?
XperienceD said:
Thanks for that, I'll add a link to this post if that's alright?
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Of course you can.
Which is better for theming GB apk ? Apktool or apkmanager ?
Thanks in advance
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EvolutionHybrid said:
Which is better for theming GB apk ? Apktool or apkmanager ?
Thanks in advance
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Preference really, I prefer apktool for what I do although been a while since I was working on GB .
charlescaz said:
Preference really, I prefer apktool for what I do although been a while since I was working on GB .
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Thanks.. I'll try.. :beer:
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EvolutionHybrid said:
Which is better for theming GB apk ? Apktool or apkmanager ?
Thanks in advance
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Apkmanager uses apktool so..lol
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Have you Tickled Your Android lately?
(tinyurl.com/ticklemyandroid)

[Q] how to create or customize stock jb rom

i downloaded the base rom fro my language XX[WHATEVER] 4.1.2
" as the keyboard not available on other custom roms"
the question is is there a guide to how to customize and flash this rom "enable root ,remove bloat ,etc...." ?
thanks in advance
Check this out:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633246
If you want as few problems as possible then download 32bit version of Ubuntu (I use Linux Mint, not sure if you can get Ubuntu 32bit) and you can for instance install it using mint4win (mount the iso in windows, inside the disk you will find an exe)
XxPixX said:
Check this out:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633246
If you want as few problems as possible then download 32bit version of Ubuntu (I use Linux Mint, not sure if you can get Ubuntu 32bit) and you can for instance install it using mint4win (mount the iso in windows, inside the disk you will find an exe)
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You can use Cygwin if you want to use dsixda's kitchen on windows base machine..
You can see ThaiDai tutorial for how to use this kitchen:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34885203&postcount=2
Remember: using kitchen is not equal to modding your system apps!! you need to find how to mod each app for specific action you like!! Yes you need kitchen to deodex/zipalign your ROM apps and then pack it as custom ROM.
This thread might help you modding your system apps
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35229966#post35229966

Rom Kitchen ?

Has anyone created a rom kitchen app for use with our phones. It would be great to build your own rom in windows, add apps and take aways appz as needed. Would also be great to be able to download and build from source. Just thinkin out loud.
Most kitchens are compatible with all devices. Search the android development forums. There are many of them. If you want to develop or modify apks then search for tickle my android.
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