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Kernel Manager

TeamWIN has now made their Kernel Manager app work with the XOOM. What it allows you to do, is flash kernels inside android. No more booting into fastboot, or even running update.zips.
https://market.android.com/developer?pub=Team+Win

Just downloaded and just what we need, it is awesome, will get the paid version as promised in the irc LOL
bwcorvus said:
TeamWIN has now made their Kernel Manager app work with the XOOM. What it allows you to do, is flash kernels inside android. No more booting into fastboot, or even running update.zips.
https://market.android.com/developer?pub=Team+Win
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It corrupted my kernel just fyi to the devs

sfld said:
It corrupted my kernel just fyi to the devs
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it didn't corrupt your kernel. Just manually push the BCM4329.ko file through adb.
or just to be safe just push everything again manually. That way you know everything was done right.

sfld said:
It corrupted my kernel just fyi to the devs
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if there are issues, please join us in #kernel-manager on irc.freenode.net. we encourage all devs to participate in troubleshooting any outstanding issues on all devices.

this broke my wifi. what do i do? i have no idea how to do the steps above with adb

grasshoxda said:
this broke my wifi. what do i do? i have no idea how to do the steps above with adb
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Download and run the one click root file, it will repatch with the kernel that comes in it or you can place the files from the latest kernel release into it. I think thats the best option for you if you are not comfortable using adb.
Get the one click root here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1011196

i reran rootmyxoom and have wifi back. how to i use this then without losing wifi?

slatejones said:
Download and run the one click root file, it will repatch with the kernel that comes in it or you can place the files from the latest kernel release into it. I think thats the best option for you if you are not comfortable using adb.
Get the one click root here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1011196
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lol just finished doing exactly that thanks tho

how do i go about placing the new files into it?

grasshoxda said:
lol just finished doing exactly that thanks tho
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It could be an issue with the download. Find the file with astro or root explorer and delete it then redownload, or download to your computer and place it on the xoom and have the app install from the sd card instead of downloading it.
If it still doesnt work for you, just reflash the one click root and give it a day or two for the devs to update the app or something.
Hope everything works out for you

grasshoxda said:
how do i go about placing the new files into it?
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Well.... Uhhh.... Thats not something I tried myself. But I think it would be pretty easy... When you extract the root my xoom folder to your computer, open it up and find the kernel files... then replace them with the updated files from the 1.3.2 zip file. Just unzip the 1.3.2 folder and copy and paste.
Hope this helps

ive opend the rootmyxoom folder and i dont know where to put the contents from the zip

grasshoxda said:
ive opend the rootmyxoom folder and i dont know where to put the contents from the zip
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I dont have a current version of the one click root, but I would think to look inside either the wifi root folder or the tiamat folder (inside the rootmyxoom folder). Whichever one has the same files from the 1.3.2 folder, copy and paste them over to that folder inside the rootmyxoom folder and you should be golden.

ive looked thru them all , i dont see any files in any of those folders that look like the ones that come in the zip

open up the tiamit files in the root my xoom folder and replace with whatever kernel you want to use. I did this three times with tiamit 1.3.0, and .1 and .2. You can try to just replace the entire file or go in and replace the indiviual files from within the tiamit kernel folder. Be careful though if you replace the wrong files or mix them up could be bad results, usually just no wifi or bootloops.
Oh by the way i always did all this on a windows based computer that way the files look the same or similar
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ive looked thru them all , i dont see any files in any of those folders that look like the ones that come in the zip
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This works great, now if only there can be a similar app that installs themes

Wow, Kernel manager just solved my problem of flashing the new tiamat 1.4.0 kernel.
Was having issues in CWM, instead of pulling my hair out in testing it out via trial by error. Had a (status 0) error while flashing kernel in CWM.
It was resolved by using Kernel Manager!!!

Can't access link to download apk? Anyone have this problem?
Edit: got it downloaded
Sent from my Xoom using Tapatalk

worked great with 1.3 but as soon as i tried 1.4 it broke my wifi, gonna wait till next update and try again, dont like the 1click root method

[Q] Kitchen - problem flashing

i have tried to modify the froyobylaszlo by removing a couple of system/app
and put my own apps
after that i tried to flash it but i had some errors im not familiar with
hope someone could help me out
im attaching the recovery.log files
EDIT: btw im a complete idiot hahaha... im just starting out

marchking said:
i have tried to modify the froyobylaszlo by removing a couple of system/app
and put my own apps
after that i tried to flash it but i had some errors im not familiar with
hope someone could help me out
im attaching the recovery.log files
EDIT: btw im a complete idiot hahaha... im just starting out
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which apps did u place in system apps?
did u remove the apps fromm data/app as well?

maximo360 said:
which apps did u place in system apps?
did u remove the apps fromm data/app as well?
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yeah i think only 1 app is there in data/app = gallery i think i removed that thinking that it was the gallery3d
i changed the launcher and a couple of things in the system/app
are there limitations of which apps that i could put there...
btw is it ok if i change the updater-script to update-script?
or i shouldnt have change that... the kitchen was requesting to change it

hey if you are only removing some apk's you dont need kitchen.. just unzip file.. take out what you want than re-zip and than Sign it! should be able to flash no problem

marchking said:
yeah i think only 1 app is there in data/app = gallery i think i removed that thinking that it was the gallery3d
i changed the launcher and a couple of things in the system/app
are there limitations of which apps that i could put there...
btw is it ok if i change the updater-script to update-script?
or i shouldnt have change that... the kitchen was requesting to change it
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You should just do what LDrifta said if your still having problems.
OH and regarding the update-script, heres your answer straight from the op of the kitchen:
QUESTION: Why do I need to convert the ROM's updater-script to an update-script when using the kitchen?
The kitchen can only perform operations on an update-script. UpdateR-scripts are too complicated to check because there are so many combinations of parameters for every command and for different devices; plus they can be written in different formatting styles. Thus the kitchen converts them to update-script so that there is one universal method to modify any device's configuration. If we didn't convert the updater-script then it would take months of work to overhaul the dozens of scripts (plus doubling my work) to accept updater-scripts, which would really NOT make a difference in the end anyway and would likely slow down the kitchen due to extra checks made in the updater-script. So please do not request this again and again, there is no gain in doing it (I also don't have that much free time ...).
When you build the ROM you have the option of converting it back to an updater-script, or the kitchen will convert it automatically if it decides it's necessary. The conversion back to the original updater-script is near-perfect, as I have already spent months on the implementation to get it right.
QUESTION: I have converted my update-script to an updater-script, but after flashing I still have the original ROM on the device.
That means your updater-script did not have the proper mount points defined for the system (and/or data) partition. Refer to this post for more info.
QUESTION: My device only supports ROMs with the updater-script/update-binary files but not the update-script
If you extract a ROM that contains an updater-script, then the kitchen will ask you if it should convert it to an update-script. You *must* use an update-script while customizing the ROM, as the kitchen is not capable of modifying updater-scripts. When you are ready to build the ROM, though, you will need to convert it back to an updater-script if the device requires it. Use the option in the Advanced menu to convert update-script to updater-script, or else the kitchen will ask you to convert it while building the ROM.
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ldrifta said:
hey if you are only removing some apk's you dont need kitchen.. just unzip file.. take out what you want than re-zip and than Sign it! should be able to flash no problem
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ok... so im also adding a few apks at the system/app what you suggested will that still work?
btw
just to clarify, i unzip, then remove the apks
then zip it again
then i put it in the kitchen to get signed?

marchking said:
ok... so im also adding a few apks at the system/app what you suggested will that still work?
btw
just to clarify, i unzip, then remove the apks
then zip it again
then i put it in the kitchen to get signed?
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ok well depending on what apk's you are putting in.. if they are system required like a sense app.. it wont work on a froyo base rom.. but if its something like superuser or mail or something and is compatible with your rom than put it in system/app folder.. if its something that you want the choice to uninstall later on like a 'task killer' apk or something, place it in data/app folder..
and to sign it you dont need kitchen, you can download an auto-sign.zip file for windows here on xda.. all you do is unzip it directly to C: drive, place zip file in filder rename it to 'update.zip' than run the 'sign.bat' and it will sign the zip file. than you can flash it

marchking said:
ok... so im also adding a few apks at the system/app what you suggested will that still work?
btw
just to clarify, i unzip, then remove the apks
then zip it again
then i put it in the kitchen to get signed?
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did u do this on Kitchen?
If you want to add Market or non-stock apps (*.apk) to your ROM (which can be uninstalled or updated from your device later) then select the kitchen's menu option that adds "/data/app functionality". Afterwards you can copy these .apk files to the new /data/app folder of your working folder.
EDIT; After your done adding/deleting all the apps, dont forget to use the sign apk command to sign.

maximo360 said:
did u do this on Kitchen?
If you want to add Market or non-stock apps (*.apk) to your ROM (which can be uninstalled or updated from your device later) then select the kitchen's menu option that adds "/data/app functionality". Afterwards you can copy these .apk files to the new /data/app folder of your working folder.
EDIT; After your done adding/deleting all the apps, dont forget to use the sign apk command to sign.
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would apps from a 2.2 hero would work? they have a mdpi format???
or do you think i will encounter lots of problems? ^_^

marchking said:
would apps from a 2.2 hero would work? they have a mdpi format???
or do you think i will encounter lots of problems? ^_^
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Which kind of apps? Like sense apps? I guess they might work, try it out, make a nand backup first tho.
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maximo360 said:
Which kind of apps? Like sense apps? I guess they might work, try it out, make a nand backup first tho.
Sent from my COS-DS using XDA App
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its actually system/app from miui ported to mdpi...
i was able to flash it but its going into a bootloop...
im not sure how to gather logcat... i dont use adb hahaha...
i only use droid explorer... anyways
i checked the logcat console while it was on the bootloop
it appears to me that the apps that i used is not signed...
any suggestions?

marchking said:
its actually system/app from miui ported to mdpi...
i was able to flash it but its going into a bootloop...
im not sure how to gather logcat... i dont use adb hahaha...
i only use droid explorer... anyways
i checked the logcat console while it was on the bootloop
it appears to me that the apps that i used is not signed...
any suggestions?
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sign them using the sign apk/zip command in the kitchen

maximo360 said:
sign them using the sign apk/zip command in the kitchen
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i signed them that seemed to be one problem... based on what im seeing on the logcat it seems now its having lots of problems while installing... FYI im trying to make a miui ported from nexus 1 to hero... trying to make it run on froyo by laszlo... i think there is much more complications here not as easy as i think it would be... but i like challenges ^_^ do you have any idea how we could do this maximo? try checking this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858935

marchking said:
i signed them that seemed to be one problem... based on what im seeing on the logcat it seems now its having lots of problems while installing... FYI im trying to make a miui ported from nexus 1 to hero... trying to make it run on froyo by laszlo... i think there is much more complications here not as easy as i think it would be... but i like challenges ^_^ do you have any idea how we could do this maximo? try checking this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858935
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I read the thread, and he said he dropped some of the phones he was porting miui for, he was still doing the eris/hero. So seems to me he maybe dropped the g1, not sure tho. I guess you're gonna have to wait til either delsa is done porting it to the g1 or drakko.
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[Q] How can I remove messages from the phone log?

I am on a rooted 2.2 captivate but one thing really bugs me and that is the sms messages in the phone log. I know that on some custom ROM's the developer hs removed them. Cognition comes to mind. But without flashing the whole ROM is there a way to get just that functionality? Like say just replacing the phone.apk?
I have done some searching but have been spectacularly unsuccessful. Thanks for any guidance.

Yes you can just replace the apk however it's not the phone.apk it's the logproviders.apk, grab that from a rom and drop it into /system/app on the phone then reboot.

studacris said:
Yes you can just replace the apk however it's not the phone.apk it's the logproviders.apk, grab that from a rom and drop it into /system/app on the phone then reboot.
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I was wondering the same thing. Thanks for the answer.
Support getting a solved button on XDA
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178712
This is a signature.

studacris said:
Yes you can just replace the apk however it's not the phone.apk it's the logproviders.apk, grab that from a rom and drop it into /system/app on the phone then reboot.
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Thank you! I couldn't have hoped for a better answer.

studacris said:
Yes you can just replace the apk however it's not the phone.apk it's the logproviders.apk, grab that from a rom and drop it into /system/app on the phone then reboot.
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Do I need to do anything about the.odex file? I don't see one in the ROM's I've checked.

You won't find one in the rom its more than likely been deodexed, umm I think you just leave the odex file there.
Rename the original with a .bak at the end before you paste the new one in that way if it doesn't work yo usage a backup of the original.

studacris said:
You won't find one in the rom its more than likely been deodexed, umm I think you just leave the odex file there.
Rename the original with a .bak at the end before you paste the new one in that way if it doesn't work yo usage a backup of the original.
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I copied in a logprovider file from Cognition... verified that the new file is there. But sadly it looks and acts the same as the old one.
I rebooted as well. Thoughts?

Moto x 2014 system dump?

Is there anyway to a system dump of this device

joejoejo said:
Is there anyway to a system dump of this device
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How can i do it? I have one.

evilinheaven said:
How can i do it? I have one.
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Download es file explorer
Open es file explorer
Tap on the / icon
Scroll down and tap and hold the system folder
After phone vibrates tap copy icon
Tap the back button
Tap the download folder
Tap paste button
Wait until it completes
tap and hold the system folder
After phone vibrates tap the more icon
Tap the compress icon and then click ok
Upload the zip file to a file hosting site
Post link to zip file

I got an error when puting the files in the download folder, can't copy the "run-as" file.
Any workaround?
Thanks!

evilinheaven said:
How can i do it? I have one.
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i'd love to grab some of the new walls.

evilinheaven said:
I got an error when puting the files in the download folder, can't copy the "run-as" file.
Any workaround?
Thanks!
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This is a better way of doing it:
Download Astero file manager https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.metago.astro&hl=en
Open the app
Tap on the sdcard icon
Scroll down to the system foder
Tap and hold the system folder
After the phone vibrates tap the file icon which is next to the trash can icon
Tap the back button
Scroll down to the download folder
Tap download folder
Tap the paste button
Tap the back button
Tap the download folder
Tap and hold system folder
After the phone vibrates tap on the 3 dots icon
Tap the zip button
Tap create
Upload the zip file to a file hosting site
Post link to zip file

evilinheaven said:
I got an error when puting the files in the download folder, can't copy the "run-as" file.
Any workaround?
Thanks!
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Try this.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fm.clean
Or
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.fx

aviwdoowks said:
Try this.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fm.clean
Or
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.fx
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try the other way i said to do it first before trying these apps
link is http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55266693&postcount=6

evilinheaven said:
I got an error when puting the files in the download folder, can't copy the "run-as" file.
Any workaround?
Thanks!
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Are you trying to copy it unrooted? If so try one folder at a time. Most people really just want buildprop, app, media & priv-app.
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Once you are rooted you can do the full sys.

aviwdoowks said:
Are you trying to copy it unrooted? If so try one folder at a time. Most people really just want app, media & priv-app.
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Once you are rooted you can do the full sys.
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you dont need to do it one folder at a time i tried it on my moto x using astro file manager and it copied it over with no problem and i am unrooted.

joejoejo said:
you dont need to do it one folder at a time i tried it on my moto x using astro file manager and it copied it over with no problem and i am unrooted.
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So Astro is unique among filers then, good.

aviwdoowks said:
So Astro is unique among filers then, good.
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so whats the update on getting the system dump

joejoejo said:
so whats the update on getting the system dump
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It's @evilinheaven ('s) game.

evilinheaven said:
How can i do it? I have one.
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actually, if you can post at least the build.prop, that would be helpful...

Please post X2 Dump :v

aviwdoowks said:
So Astro is unique among filers then, good.
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Is the only one that worked...
Zipping everything now.... Then uploading.

evilinheaven said:
Is the only one that worked...
Zipping everything now.... Then uploading.
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not to be a ****, but wtf is taking so long?

Is nor working somehow. It's zipped in the fone, but got errors when uploading. Also doing other things of my weekend, like going out with my girlfriend and stuff...
Trying again now. Can't take it out of the fone with USB. Got a 0kb file at the computer. Strange.

evilinheaven said:
Is nor working somehow. It's zipped in the fone, but got errors when uploading. Also doing other things of my weekend, like going out with my girlfriend and stuff...
Trying again now. Can't take it out of the fone with USB. Got a 0kb file at the computer. Strange.
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do you have adb setup and working?
your are welcome to pm me for assistance with setting it up so you can do adb pull...

Q9Nap said:
not to be a ****, but wtf is taking so long?
here's the retail brazil system dump while we're waiting:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-53iD-71B3iSFdCRVdvM2dlUG8/edit?usp=sharing
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Does anyone know which apk is for Moto Voice and Active Display?
I can't seem to find them here.

[guide]easy apk modding (linux)

Most of the guides ive read on XDA say you have to decompile and recompile APKS just to make a couple of modifications to the images. Well I dont believe this to be true. I have tested my method on ubuntu 14.10 and with my nexus 5.
This guide is specifically for modifying images inside of the apks, not the code, or xml itself.
- ADB pull the APK file you want to modify (i chose SystemUI.apk)
- Double click it in File Manager on ubuntu, this should open it up in the archive manager. If not, manually open it up in archive manager
- Click on the "Add Files" button and select which files you want to replace. It will automatically overwrite the current ones.
- Make sure that you are keeping the proper directory structure and are putting the images in the proper place with proper names.
- Copy the new APK file back to your device on /sdcard/file.apk
Then, to get the APK file back on your system without causing problems, I rebooted into TWRP, mounted system and went into the file manager and copy/pasted the APK in the appropriate folder. When you get back into android, chmod 644 new-file.apk. I would not suggest trying to copy the modified APK file into your system while android is running live. Thats why I did it in TWRP. It could cause system unstability, crashing, etc... Im sure that I am not the first person to realize this could be done, but I did discover this on my own because I like to try things. PLEASE, make a backup in case something doesnt work correctly after your mod. Good luck!

bynarie said:
Most of the guides ive read on XDA say you have to decompile and recompile APKS just to make a couple of modifications to the images.
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Mine doesn't.

XperienceD said:
Mine doesn't.
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Um, not to be rude but the guide on your signature shows using apktool to decompile and recompile. Soo....? Unless its another guide. And Im not saying ALL guides are, but some, and thats ok. Could you link me to your guide please? I would love to take a look at it. Thanks
EDIT - woops im sorry i didnt really read it... i do see where it says drag and drop the images... good deal. sorry

bynarie said:
Um, not to be rude but the guide on your signature shows using apktool to decompile and recompile. Soo....?
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Edit: No need for my original reply as you found it.

XperienceD said:
Edit: No need for my original reply as you found it.
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Yes, and your guide is very good. Thank you for that.