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Cooking for dummies (noobs)

I have taken the tile to make an illustrated cook book that should make anyone a junior cook. It is based on a modified version of Wizard rom packer kitchen by Ed Haas using the tools created by BEPE and MAIMAICH.
This document is in the form of a word doc.
Cook Book: http://rapidshare.com/files/70691555/Holiday_Cooking.rar
Tools: http://rapidshare.com/files/70012527/Kitchen_Tools.rar
Hope this helps!

Time to Cook
Very helpful...thanks

dziekuje!
Thanks for putting this together! I could have used it last night at 3am! This is great stuff for a rookie cooker (like myself).
I just used it to cook up a rom from your Version 8.1 318 WM6. Flawless!
Ian

I didn't see any tools for if someone wants to take an already cooked ROM (the nk.nbf) and then cook from that. Just a heads up you might want to add something telling everyone how to do that.

b.mann said:
I didn't see any tools for if someone wants to take an already cooked ROM (the nk.nbf) and then cook from that. Just a heads up you might want to add something telling everyone how to do that.
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Please re-read the title this is not what this thread is about! LOL
Are you here by accident? LOL

hey theloon!
i want to say thank you!
just flashed my first selfmade rom!
it´s not so easy stay under 57MB, even if i put nothing in the rom than the normal things.
found a duplicated searchbutton.bmp in adobe lite and xbutton 2.0
is there a way to delete the weather plugin bmp´s from htc home, to save space. cose my hometown is not in the list, and i don´t use it.
just delete from package?
thank you again! you are my hero!
steph

variosteph said:
hey theloon!
i want to say thank you!
just flashed my first selfmade rom!
it´s not so easy stay under 57MB, even if i put nothing in the rom than the normal things.
found a duplicated searchbutton.bmp in adobe lite and xbutton 2.0
is there a way to delete the weather plugin bmp´s from htc home, to save space. cose my hometown is not in the list, and i don´t use it.
just delete from package?
thank you again! you are my hero!
steph
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Give it a try!
Just for the heck of it I will investigate and let you know.

Is there any possibility of putting this on the XDA FTP server or on the wiki?
TIA,
rrstx

rrstx said:
Is there any possibility of putting this on the XDA FTP server or on the wiki?
TIA,
rrstx
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PM a moderator have them take a look and ask if they will do so.
It's fine with me!
Hope I have helped!

theloon said:
Please re-read the title this is not what this thread is about! LOL
Are you here by accident? LOL
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Not really. I still consider myself a noob at cooking because everything I cook freezes at the first or second splash screen. I was just taking a look to see if there was anything that I was missing.

theloon said:
Give it a try!
Just for the heck of it I will investigate and let you know.
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deleting the *.png´s from htc weather works great!
another question:
what if i leave out this packages:
autoupdate - windows update?
sqlcemobile
enterprise
catalog - Microsoft catalog?
for what are those?
steph

b.mann said:
Not really. I still consider myself a noob at cooking because everything I cook freezes at the first or second splash screen. I was just taking a look to see if there was anything that I was missing.
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Hopefully this document will help in some way.

Can i modify any .nkb file with these software? If not, what do i need? There are few reallz great roms and i would like to add and delete some app.
Is that possible??
thanks

theloon said:
I have taken the tile to make an illustrated cook book that should make anyone a junior cook. It is based on a modified version of Wizard rom packer kitchen by Ed Haas using the tools created by BEPE and MAIMAICH.
This document is in the form of a word doc.
Cook Book: http://rapidshare.com/files/70691555/Holiday_Cooking.rar
Tools: http://rapidshare.com/files/70012527/Kitchen_Tools.rar
Hope this helps!
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WOW!! I cannot imagine how easy to cook my own ROM. Thanks TheLoon for this great cooking instruction. But how can I get the EOM for that base ROM?

mirror please

hmm i extracted ur ver 8.1 files and the kitchen in one folder... some how buildos doesnt show up and i get an error message saying "application failed to initialize properly (0xc000015( click ok to terminate app. ??

variosteph said:
hey theloon!
it´s not so easy stay under 57MB, even if i put nothing in the rom than the normal things.
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57MB is the final compressed size of the OS (aka nk.nbf). As long as your Dump folder is under 80MB (81MB if you really push it), you're safe. If you don't mind some trial and error, you can just keep on adding packages until the *.nb builder gets an error.

Tsuioku said:
57MB is the final compressed size of the OS (aka nk.nbf). As long as your Dump folder is under 80MB (81MB if you really push it), you're safe. If you don't mind some trial and error, you can just keep on adding packages until the *.nb builder gets an error.
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thanks, i think it´s the htc touch stuff that needs so much space, i will try to leave autoupdate and catalog and see how much space i will get.
my os-new.nb is always 57 - 58%
steph

badguy999 said:
Can i modify any .nkb file with these software? If not, what do i need? There are few reallz great roms and i would like to add and delete some app.
Is that possible??
thanks
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I am right there with you. There are some amazing roms that I just love beyond words, but would love to take out a few things like Windows Live, and instead add the few apps I consider essential...and being a pain in the @ss to the original rom developer just to cater to my needs is not what I am into.
Thanks to theloon for this tutorial...if at some point you feel bored and would care to release an updated tutorial describing how to do this using an already cooked rom that we'd like to tweak a bit...well I'd sure appreciate it.
EDIT**
Found this thread...however, if someone who knows what the hell they are talking about could create a pictured tutorial supplementing these steps, I would be so happy, I'd name a soon to be born kitten after you (and give you the cat too...hint hint...really I mean it, I got kittens for a good home)...I am still stuck on stupid when it comes to making OEM packages and stuff though.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1457844&postcount=180

Once again theLoon comes up Trumps
All we need now is a consolidated application repository (by OS) and we will all be master Chefs

[update 18/12/08] KaiserChef v2 (Feature-Rich Kitchen for Kaiser) Beginner's Welcome!

For information on the new, beginner and expert-friendly KaiserChef, please click here:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=KaiserChef​
Enjoy!
Please report any bugs you encounter in THIS thread

Wow. This is great. I know I have low posts and what not, but i'm usually quiet. I used the old Kaiser Chef to make my own ROM's how I wanted them. I will so try this later, when I finish my Calculus homework. Haha. Would you like mirrors?
Mirror: http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=1d99fd1e34ff73b4d2db6fb9a8902bda

thank you for the mirrors!
and for converting it to a .rar file

Haha. Well I had to convert it to a .rar file. I couldn't upload it as .exe lol. Well, and your welcome. [:

LilGBlood said:
Haha. Well I had to convert it to a .rar file. I couldn't upload it as .exe lol. Well, and your welcome. [:
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haha no prob. i personally prefer them as .rar or .7z but for simplicity sake I'm pretty sure people are more familiar with running an .exe

mbarvian said:
haha no prob. i personally prefer them as .rar or .7z but for simplicity sake I'm pretty sure people are more familiar with running an .exe
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Thanks this is just what I am looking for because I really want to learn more.

parleyp said:
Thanks this is just what I am looking for because I really want to learn more.
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not a problem man. I realized that there were TONS of people on this forum that wanted to know how to do things like: "Put a program in the ROM" or "Use a Registry Tweak", so I've made it a drag-and-drop, completely automated process for beginners, while still using advanced tools for chefs like me

Yeah, this is great for starters. The command line kinda gets hard to get used to, but after a while its just like typing haha.

LilGBlood said:
Yeah, this is great for starters. The command line kinda gets hard to get used to, but after a while its just like typing haha.
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I was a little awkward with command prompts when I first started using KaiserKitchen, but if you use it enough it's 10x faster than a GUI, and it becomes second nature to you

Yeah, i'm used to it. Especially since i've used it so many times before. Well, i'm off to flash your rc16! xD

Excellent!!! Question when I select option 4 in the extract section(menu) I get an error ===========================================
== KaiserChef Kitchen -- Extraction Menu ==
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(1) Extract and dump Imgfs.bin from the Shipped .nbh in Extract Folder
(2) Extract the XIP.bin from the Shipped .nbh in Extract Folder
(3) Extract .nb files from the Shipped .nbh in Extract Folder
(4) All of the Above!
(5) Use the Shipped .nbh in Extract folder as your Base
(m) Return to the Main Menu
(x) Exit
Please choose 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, m, or x: 4
The system cannot find the batch label specified - Eall
C:\temp\KaiserChef\Kitchen>

You need to pick a base first before you can extract anything from it. If I were you, I would use a very lite ROM as the base, so you learn how it works. But, I admire that you actually give it a shot. Good job, and I wish you luck.

LilGBlood said:
You need to pick a base first before you can extract anything from it. If I were you, I would use a very lite ROM as the base, so you learn how it works. But, I admire that you actually give it a shot. Good job, and I wish you luck.
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Thanks I got a lot to learn.
I did grab the AT&T rom 6.1 and I was able to do the extraction 1,2,3 and everything seem to work. I just was checking out what it would do if I selected option 4 and I got the error I posted.
Question Does Option 5 populate the BASE folder?
EDIT: I got it Option 5 does populate the Base Folder for you.... Now it's time to roll up my selves and learn this stuff. ....

tinkering with it, during one step it popped up a text document that I had no idea what to do with. closed it and it gave an error, then went on as if nothing happened.

Haha. We don't want to brick our phones now Travito. [;

What is a good lite ROM to use for a Tilt/HTC. There is a lot of stuff in the AT&T 6.1 ROM. Man a lot of bloatware.

I would start with NARF's lite AT&T ROM. Just my 2 cents.

LilGBlood said:
I would start with NARF's lite AT&T ROM. Just my 2 cents.
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Thanks for the info

mdmike said:
Thanks for the info
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I cooked one with this..started with the base htc shipped 6.1 rom...now I am messing with it more..it is a very interesting concept.
Update 12/30/08
I learned so much from this kitchen...With mbv's help we released a new rom made by this kitchen on Christmas Eve.

very good tools included. thanks alot mbarvian

[Dump] behold2 devs only updated 11-08-09 dump completed

ok peeps here is the system dump ... Thanks to Maxisma, who helped me get this done!!!!
http://www.androidspin.com/downloads.php?dir=maxisma/ROM/&file=system.rar
Also here are the init scripts
http://www.androidspin.com/downloads.php?dir=maxisma/ROM/&file=939init.zip
P>S> this post is for devs only please keep on topic and dev questions or help only please!!!
here are a ton of screenshots from the device too...
http://www.4shared.com/file/148588825/9d7dc1e6/939screenshots.html

tried out the cube app yet?
im wondering if this could just be installed, or if its exclusive just to the behold 2 b/c it has some files to run with er something

alexjzim said:
tried out the cube app yet?
im wondering if this could just be installed, or if its exclusive just to the behold 2 b/c it has some files to run with er something
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i have had this device for a while now havn't tried to run the cube on my g1 or mt3g yet may try tomorrow...

Sammydroid said:
i have had this device for a while now havn't tried to run the cube on my g1 or mt3g yet may try tomorrow...
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i needed a break from 2.0

Anyone try this yet? I would love to see the "cube" on my phone

cube
Tried to install the cube on my g1 (running cm 4.2.3.1) does not work. Told me it could not be installed on this device.

elfblackdeath said:
Tried to install the cube on my g1 (running cm 4.2.3.1) does not work. Told me it could not be installed on this device.
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I'm pretty sure it's because it is odexed and a system file. You'd need to push both the apps odex and the apk to something like /system/app or wherever your system apps are being stored

JAguirre1231 said:
I'm pretty sure it's because it is odexed and a system file. You'd need to push both the apps odex and the apk to something like /system/app or wherever your system apps are being stored
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im pretty sure its bad to push an odex file unless its for the rom you currently have .. bad things can happen ... just have to wait til someone de-odexes them (JF says that he's working on that)

xidominicanoix said:
im pretty sure its bad to push an odex file unless its for the rom you currently have .. bad things can happen ... just have to wait til someone de-odexes them (JF says that he's working on that)
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Awesome, this is great to hear, doesn't seem to much thought is really being put into this dump, guessing all the other choices out there has every one busy.

Welldone Maxisma waiting the new rom release

Just thought I should let you know that there's a diner dash demo and the houdini app is actually telenav in the /system/app

[UTIL][08.12.11] Apktool v1.4.3 - a tool for reverse engineering apk files

Brut.all said:
It is a tool for reengineering 3rd party, closed, binary Android apps. It can decode resources to nearly original form and rebuild them after making some modifications; it makes possible to debug smali code step by step. Also it makes working with app easier because of project-like files structure and automation of some repetitive tasks like building apk, etc.
It is NOT intended for piracy and other non-legal uses. It could be used for localizing, adding some features or support for custom platforms and other GOOD purposes. Just try to be fair with authors of an app, that you use and probably like.
Features:
decoding resources to nearly original form
smali debugging: SmaliDebugging
helping with some repetitive tasks
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http://code.google.com/p/android-apktool/

Brut.all said:
http://code.google.com/p/android-apktool/
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Oh this may well be excellent. I've got a 3rd-party Market app which desperately needs sensor orientation disabled (good ol' FC on rotate). Will check it out!

Brut.all said:
http://code.google.com/p/android-apktool/
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heh! cool man ... will look into this one! TY
~enom~

this.. could.. be.. godly..

I don't have time to try this right now, but I'm PUMPED.

Ok, now I see, that it still doesn't work for many apps. But you can try your luck ;-)

I've just released 0.9.1 version with wider apps support.

Subscribed! Thanks Brut.All! Will play around with this one

Brut.all said:
http://code.google.com/p/android-apktool/
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Vaooo!!! Megathanx!

Use it first and then thank. Still I don't have any confirmation from anyone that it works :-/

Brut.all said:
Use it first and then thank. Still I don't have any confirmation from anyone that it works :-/
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working for me under ubuntu karmic, great work as ever Brut.all

Had the chance to set this up and make my edit. Absolutely painless. Great work. Thanks!

Android 1.5 can also work?

itanczos said:
Android 1.5 can also work?
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Why not? It just builds apps, not run them, so it's a question like: "Do smali can also work with Android 1.5?" ;-)
That "Android SDK installed with 2.1 platform" requirement doesn't mean, that it will build apps for 2.1 . It will just use 2.1 resources, but these are (must be) backward compatible.

Brut.all said:
Why not? It just builds apps, not run them, so it's a question like: "Do smali can also work with Android 1.5?" ;-)
That "Android SDK installed with 2.1 platform" requirement doesn't mean, that it will build apps for 2.1 . It will just use 2.1 resources, but these are (must be) backward compatible.
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Okay, I'll try!
Another question: The framwork-res.apk could not be decrypted. It will be possible later on?

itanczos said:
Another question: The framwork-res.apk could not be decrypted. It will be possible later on?
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Maybe much later :-/
Even if we will be able to decode it and rebuild, we'll have FC after FC. The point is: framework resources must have constant resName<->resID mappings (eg. @android:string/day must be a 0x01040298), because they are referenced by all apps and unfortunately aapt doesn't give us control over resIDs mappings. I think framework-res.apk and other system files are built using some Google's private tools.
We need to create aapt-like tool, that will use custom resIDs mappings - it should be possible and maybe not so hard, but currently I have other things to do.

want a windows version >.<

lolmensch said:
want a windows version >.<
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I must buy one ;-)
For now you need VirtualBox (free) + Ubuntu (free) + ~5GB of space (nearly free) and you will be able to use it

could this be used to modify this skype .apk to allow use on other carriers?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=585211&highlight=skype

ekeefe41 said:
could this be used to modify this skype .apk to allow use on other carriers?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=585211&highlight=skype
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I don't know, what are these "iskoot", "3 network" and other things - I don't use Skype. But if you need to change something in XML files, then you definitely want to try out apktool

[WIP][ROM][4.0.4][Alpha] GummyKoko v0.1 | Gummy v1.2 Port

Hi,
This my first step in the Android kitchen world. I've been working on an AOKP port for a week but my exams came and I found that lots of AOKP ROMs suddenly appeared. The only great ROM left was Gummy. Just finished my exams yesterday and I continued the porting. I think it will be finished today and my main 3 goals for this ROM are Speed, Stability, Support. Any help would be great as this is my first try. Please suggest to me what would the best uploading site right now.
Thank you all for the support.

Reserved

Reserved for future

Greets and good luck for your project
I would recommend mediafire or dev-host for upload

Tectas said:
Greets and good luck for your project
I would recommend mediafire or dev-host for upload
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+1 And Some Screenshots Please

and congratulations on finishing exams
i´m a lucky guy too..
edit: dropbox would do the thing too..
http://db.tt/z6wH8HSG

mediafire is a good choice

Thank you all for your encouraging words. I am about to finish it and then I'll flash it and test it the upload it with some screenshots of course. I just want to ask one silly question. Where could I find the CM9 kernel?

Karimmunir said:
Thank you all for your encouraging words. I am about to finish it and then I'll flash it and test it the upload it with some screenshots of course. I just want to ask one silly question. Where could I find the CM9 kernel?
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Well i dont guess there is a flashable zip...if you have any aokp rom already from here or icecoldsandwich ...just take boot.img and form modules bcm... named file...should give you the kernel

Guess I'll need a Linux distro for that, right? Would Ubuntu work?

How about copying the whole boot.img. Will it create a bootloop?

Karimmunir said:
How about copying the whole boot.img. Will it create a bootloop?
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Download a CM9 ROM from here
Open it with any archiving program (7zip for example)
Extract the boot.img (you will see it right after opening the archive)
Browse to system/lib/modules
Extract the bcm4329.ko
Open your rom as an archive
Put boot.img and bcm4329.ko at the same places (delete yours first)
Save and close
Done.
P.S.: great idea! Wish you luck

Port it to incredible s
Sent from my Incredible S using XDA

amidabuddha said:
Download a CM9 ROM from here
Open it with any archiving program (7zip for example)
Extract the boot.img (you will see it right after opening the archive)
Browse to system/lib/modules
Extract the bcm4329.ko
Open your rom as an archive
Put boot.img and bcm4329.ko at the same places (delete yours first)
Save and close
Done.
P.S.: great idea! Wish you luck
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Yes I understood all this. My question is, how do I open the boot.img. I read before that it uses a file system Windows doesn't support. Would using Ubuntu open it?

incrediblealex said:
Port it to incredible s
Sent from my Incredible S using XDA
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Well, as this is my first time and I only have a Desire S, I won't be able to do that but after I post the ROM, try contacting any famous developer in your thread and let him contact me. I'll be more than glad to help.

Karimmunir said:
Yes I understood all this. My question is, how do I open the boot.img. I read before that it uses a file system Windows doesn't support. Would using Ubuntu open it?
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You dont need to open boot.img...just copy it over and so bcm... named file...just copy

Karimmunir said:
Yes I understood all this. My question is, how do I open the boot.img. I read before that it uses a file system Windows doesn't support. Would using Ubuntu open it?
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Well Windows sucks for development. My chose is Ubuntu, it is pretty straight-forward. Here is a guide how to decompile boot.img, but I am wondering why you need this...
most of the ICS ROMs here are running on CM9 kernel, added by the procedure from my previous post

Wow. I'm extremely stupid. I thought you meant that bcm4329.ko was inside that boot.img. Sorry for my stupidity. I've finished all the necessary steps (I guess). Last question, how exactly do you compile the ROM?

Sorry For Being RUDE ..
But I Havent Understood What You Exactly Are Doing??
You are appearing as a NOOB

I'm porting the Gummy ROM (CRESPO) and I'm trying to get it to work. If your talking about the last few posts I was trying to get the CM9 kernel so that the ROM can work well. Currently I'm signing the ROM.