Hi.
I am trying to build a custom rom with base as stock rom(XXLT5).
I went through some tutorials on XDA, but they were only some basic stuff.
I had lot of questions in mind,and after searching for hours didn't get some help,so posted so maybe some one can help.
I flashed my own rom with some build.prop tweaks and changed wallpaper in framework-res.apk.
But it flashed with no problems.
1] I had lost root but I used Philz kernel(copied all stuff into respective folder)
2]I don't get about the META-INF Folder because I tried to put some s4 mods such as sec.settings.apk,s4 status bar,they also had META-INF but I didn't know what to do with it. I copied the apk of sec.settings into preload /syslink/system/app.
3]When the rom started default-wallpaper didn't changed and any mods didn't applied,so don't know what to do.
4]Will this work if I unzipped from md5 file(stock rom) and then Linux reader I extracted all files and modify it?
because in tutorials the mention to extract from rom using terminal emulator
Can please any-one say what should I do,and where to put META_INF folder,because all apks aur mods has META_INF folder and will replace every time I put a mod in it.
Please Help Guys.....:crying:
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Hi,
I have a ROM, for example Enomther's. and I also have the arabic language libs. how can I integrate the arabic libs into the ROM's zip file so I don't have to flash another zip for arabic libs? I have attached the arabic libs.
Bump! anyone?
Come on, what kind of answer do you expect?
Here's the answer: you need to substitute the files in the original ROM zip and resign it - that's it.
Now you're going to ask, how to do it, because you have no clue - and the explanation is a lot of work to try and put in one post, and setting up signing applications involves installing Java SDK and some knowledge. If you're asking the question you're asking - it seems like you're far from being skilled enough in Android depths to do what you're asking to do, and that's why you see no answer. After all, if you'd want to do it - you'd have to search anyway, Google "sign apk zip" and here you go, a lot of tutorials show up. And if you didn't search and posted instead - it speaks for itself.
By the way, there's no good reason to integrate the libs into a standard ROM, moreover - it's a bad idea. ROMs tend to be updated, and the work that needs to be done setting up the environment for signing APKs and ZIPs is way more than flashing one update right after updating the ROM to a newer version. And ROMs are updated quite often.
Yeah i'm not skilled. I'm trying to learn... I am trying to make my own customized ROM for my country's users. And I didn't mean editing ROM files, I was saying how to push the lib into the ROM zip so people don't have to flash the arabic zip lib when they flash my customized ROM. So I hope you haven't missunderstood my question...
Ah, I see, you want to customize and share the ROM. In that case, you have to have the setup I'm talking about. The update.zip contains folders and files, which directly replace the files in the same folders in ROM, so if you have a ROM zip - you need to replace those files. The easiest way would be just extracting your update.zip, opening a ROM zip in 7zip / WinZip / WinRar / etc, putting those extracted files from update.zip in the right place into ROM zip by drag-and-drop, and then resigning the ROM file.
Please do some googling as to how to sign ZIP and APK files. There are some pretty good tutorials.
I have done that before, and I replaced the lib file with the ROM default lib. it's libskia.so, but I think because I didn't know I have to sign it it gave me an error while flashing through recovery. so after I replace the lib I have to re-compress the file and then sign the zip right?
You don't have to re-compress if you replace the file without decompressing the original ROM archive, by dragging-and-dropping the file into the archive.
And yes, you have to re-sign the ZIP after any changes you make to anything inside it.
Did anyone has tried the dsixda Android Kitchen to make a custom rom for OB ? Is it working ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633246
or just give me a link to very helpful site about how to make custom rom for OB
For starters, yes it works. but nothing compares as to compiling and building from source (Linux).
What you need is a mere system dump or backup from CWM.
That backup will be saved in your CWM folder in SD
Grab the boot.img & system.ext3.tar
unpack the .tar with a zip/RAR propgram
grab a base upater script from the many ROMs around here
Now for a start:
your base ROM like Zeus etc.
Delete the system folder and boot.img from that zip.
Replace files.
Use dsixda kitchen via cygwin (windows)
Now do as you please... it can unpack boot.img and add features like init.d etc.
Adding apps:
Apps can be added together with som libs (system/lib). Example: Terminal Emulator. the lib is some "jackpal" or something. .
When you download an app, apk will be saved in data/app in your phone. The lib or added files will be saved in data/data/(app name folder)/lib. Grab the apk and insert in system/app (kitchen's working folder). Grab the lib and insert it in system/lib (kitchen's working folder).
gabwerkz said:
For starters, yes it works. but nothing compares as to compiling and building from source (Linux).
What you need is a mere system dump or backup from CWM.
That backup will be saved in your CWM folder in SD
Grab the boot.img & system.ext3.tar
unpack the .tar with a zip/RAR propgram
grab a base upater script from the many ROMs around here
Now for a start:
your base ROM like Zeus etc.
Delete the system folder and boot.img from that zip.
Replace files.
Use dsixda kitchen via cygwin (windows)
Now do as you please... it can unpack boot.img and add features like init.d etc.
Adding apps:
Apps can be added together with som libs (system/lib). Example: Terminal Emulator. the lib is some "jackpal" or something. .
When you download an app, apk will be saved in data/app in your phone. The lib or added files will be saved in data/data/(app name folder)/lib. Grab the apk and insert in system/app (kitchen's working folder). Grab the lib and insert it in system/lib (kitchen's working folder).
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many thanks gabwerkz. I had been searching ebook The Complete Idiot's Guides to custom rom, but I think the book has not published yet.
I only once tried to cook with kitchen, but that's waaaaay back and there I simply had no clue, of what I am doing and those days, the cust ROM I made, didnt work, but I simply randomly applied mods/tweaks and also had no clue of how things like updater-script work, but now I do and maybe as soon as I got some time again (in about 2 months ) I'll give it another shot and also read a lot about deving on my own and all the stuff related to it. Then maybe I'll be able to help all the cookers here out in a better way, cause until now, I only got the basics
You can start with simply things, like extracting the files with a packer, remove LG bloatware, add files/patches, you can find in dev section, add apps you like and think others might like as well, change lockscreen, launcher, keyboard,...
Remember to always do this step by step and make a changelog for yourself, so you know, where you might have made a mistake (also important for others to be able to help you). Then repack your ROM, sign and test it, if it works properly, use kitchen, to zipaligne, deodex, change filesystem,... And as soon as you are satisfied, post it/PM the good ones in here, to test it and ask for opinions, what you might change next. Custom kernels are always cool, cause you can change way more, like governors, iosched,... But that will take more time to dev and a lot more time to test for errors
Hope this helps you out a bit
N00BY0815 said:
I only once tried to cook with kitchen, but that's waaaaay back and there I simply had no clue, of what I am doing and those days, the cust ROM I made, didnt work, but I simply randomly applied mods/tweaks and also had no clue of how things like updater-script work, but now I do and maybe as soon as I got some time again (in about 2 months ) I'll give it another shot and also read a lot about deving on my own and all the stuff related to it. Then maybe I'll be able to help all the cookers here out in a better way, cause until now, I only got the basics
You can start with simply things, like extracting the files with a packer, remove LG bloatware, add files/patches, you can find in dev section, add apps you like and think others might like as well, change lockscreen, launcher, keyboard,...
Remember to always do this step by step and make a changelog for yourself, so you know, where you might have made a mistake (also important for others to be able to help you). Then repack your ROM, sign and test it, if it works properly, use kitchen, to zipaligne, deodex, change filesystem,... And as soon as you are satisfied, post it/PM the good ones in here, to test it and ask for opinions, what you might change next. Custom kernels are always cool, cause you can change way more, like governors, iosched,... But that will take more time to dev and a lot more time to test for errors
Hope this helps you out a bit
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Your post help me a lot... thanks... I will try what you told me todo...
And If your rom need a bootanimation just PM me right...
Hello Everybody
I want to make a Custom ROM from three ROM's.
1) The most folder in /System I know, but the bin and the etc, I don't know.
2) I mix the files from a stock based and a cm based ROM. Which folder determine if the ROM ist cm or stock based?
3) How I can open the files in the bin and the framework folder?
Regards heubergen1
heubergen said:
Hello Everybody
I want to make a Custom ROM from three ROM's.
1) The most folder in /System I know, but the bin and the etc, I don't know.
2) I mix the files from a stock based and a cm based ROM. Which folder determine if the ROM ist cm or stock based?
3) How I can open the files in the bin and the framework folder?
Regards heubergen1
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1. /bin and /etc are located in the /system subdirectories on most roms.
2. Not sure what you are doing here. With the exception of "some" files, most CM files cannot be mixed together.
3. You must decompile the files in the framework folder. Like framework-res.apk, services.jar, android.policy.jar before you can edit the xml files. You need to get apktool to do this.
MD
Thanks for your Answer.
1) I mean, what is there? What lose Android when I delete it? (e.g: In the system/lib folder are files there use many Apps and for the Performence and a clearly Code that will outsource.
2) I extract the ZIP for X-Gamer, CM7.2 and the Smart Xperia ROM. Then I take e.g. the Bluetooth files from CM, the charging driver from X-Gamer and the libary for share from the Smart Xperia ROM. Which files I must take from the same source? I hope it's no understandable.
Do NOT delete etc and bin folders
You can read the 'Introductionary Zip tweaking' guide in XDA-U.I have given a brief description about them there which you might found to be useful
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Thanks for your answer.
Have somebody one for my second Question?
Hey guys,i didnt find a tutorial so i will ask you here.How can i download a rom and odex it from pc before i flash it?Because its not easy to odex every rom i download with universal odex script.Im too lazy to do this(and many times terminal print errors and i have to do this again).I know it could be happen cause many of you create roms and upload which already are odexed!Thanks guys for your help!
I found solution from alin.p. So here is a nice tutorial:
You have to flash it de-odexed first, then odex whatever part of your system you want with the Universal Odex Script which you'll find in the Mini forums, then extract the odex files from:
1. /system/app if you odexed system apps
2. /system/framework if you odexed the bootstrap or the framework
Put the extracted files inside the zip in the appropriate folders.
A little warning here: even a single (no matter how little) change inside the framework code, will break the whole ROM if it is odexed.
where do i find the script need it link please
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where do i find the script need it link please
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2527268
Hello guys,
I tried to port different ROMs to my beloved s plus but none of them booted.
I can install them successfully but when I reboot system it stuck at the boot animation and then doesn't boot.....
What's the problem.
Here is the procedure I'm using to port ROM:
Copy any other file or folder present in the root of the ROM except system,META-INF, and boot.img from port to base
Delete :
Apps
Framework
Fonts
Media
Priv-app folders from base ROM and then copy:
Apps
Framework
Fonts
Media
Priv-apps from port to base ROM.
I go to ../Base ROM/system/etc/permissions/ and delete all files except handled_******** and platform then copy all other files except handled_******** and platform from ../Port ROM/system/etc/permissions to base's permissions folder.
I go to /Base ROM/system/etc/init.d and delete all files except 00banner or 99banner don't know for sure the name of the banner file.
Change the name of the ROM in build.prop with notepad++.
Make archive of the ROM (.zip)
Copy the ROM in the internal storage of s plus.
And then flash it on to my s plus.
I tried to port 4.4.4 and 4.4.2 ROMs from s2 and s4 but without success
I'm using TWRP 2.7.1.0 .
Is there anything I'm forgetting to do?
Please help!!!
Need help!!
Developers please help me out!!
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