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Need Some Assistance Editing Roms

I hate to make a thread on this but would like to get started soon with learning how to root roms and add the kernel for multitouch and tethering. This is more for my personal use since I just want a stock rom with all the root benefits like jf use to and theses are the questions I have.
1. Will I have to take the update.zip file and extract everything and modify it then resign and I'm done?
2. I read some info on adding busybox and root which seem easy but when I run the chmod command and such everything will be through adb and the files will be on my pc so do I just make sure its all in the right directory and file path?
3. Where are the wallpapers stored in builds along with animations I will be looking into the framwork/framework-res.apk later but still curious
4. The modified kernel for tethering and multitouch is located where along with the market.db file?
5. What is meta.inf and how easy is it to make the cpu 528mhz standard also not sure what BFS and ASOP are haven't been keeping up.
P.S. I would really appreciate some help on this and I don't mind reading if this information is somewhere else so please provide a link and as always gotta show love to those who started this like JF, Hakuro, Cyanogen, Drizzy, and many more like daproy and kornub did a lot of helping.

I hate to make a thread on this
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You mean you hate starting threads in the correct place?

Thats a fine line here. Although it is a question, it is specifically a development question. Its not a which rom do i choose?
Although android is "open source" these people dont give a **** about people trying to learn how to develop. They will pull the google line or something.

yeah me 2
Trying 2 learn

Im a noob, so I can only answer two of thosew questions
1. Anytime you modify your update.zip you will have to resign before trying to flash it onyour device.
5b. BFS: Brain **** (simple) Scheduler, something to do with the priority of running proccesses or something http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_Fuck_Scheduler. AOSP stands for Android Open Software Project, which i believe is just googles standard rom really (but I may be wrong)
I recommend you try out this rom though, kind of like JF but for Donut http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=538456

Very Sorry, double post

Thanks! I'm actually using that rom and its what has me so interested in this cause I hate having to flash another update.zip to get the full root benefits when JF just made everything available in one nice package but looks like I will just have to go through trial an error unless I get some more feedback cause switching between cyan 4.1.11.1 and JF1..51 is killing me and taking up space on my card.

With my little to no knowledge, replacing the boot.img and some files in system/bin with the ones provided in theofficial expansion pack should give you all that you need. With no extra apps.

yeah me 2
Yeah me too

[Q] ROMKitchen.org Tutorial

I'm a pretty big noob when it comes to custom roms (done plenty of tweaks and hacks to the stock ones though). Anyhow, everyone's trying to convince to me to ditch stock altogether and a few have recommended that I try ROMKitchen.org.
Would anyone be so kind as to post a tutorial on what the best choices would be for a captivate in the US ? I'm sure the other noobs here will appreciated it too.
Specifically, I need help with choosing the:
Base ROM (what are the differences or advantages to one over the other)
CSC (I believe JH7 is the US country code, right?)
Kernel (same question as the Base ROM)
Modem (is there a specific one if I'm on AT&T or if that doesn't matter then what are the differences between them)
Apps (which version do I choose for the Swype Keyboard)
And if there's anything else from the other categories that you guys think I should include, I'll gladly take your suggestions. Thanks a lot!

All of the default settings in the kitchen are fine to use, for the theme though you should stick with the stock js5 theme, i ran into a boot loop bug a while ago not sure if it was fixed with non-stock themes.

@peachpuff
Thanks. Regarding swype, the default choice is to NOT install it. Do you have any idea which version I'm supposed to choose: JPA, JPO, JPU, or JPY? I try researching these things as much as possible before I post but I'm not finding a clear answer.
Couldn't I just save a copy the swype apk from my current installation and install it on the new rom? If so, do I need to copy over the corresponding odex file too or will that get created during the installation?

[Q] How to add menu options UPDATED with new ?

I've been trying to figure out how to get NFC working on the stock ROM for a while now. In no way am I a DEV or experienced with Android coding, but I have learned a few things along the way. I know basic NFC functions are available in certain ROMS, but this is about getting it working on the stock ROM. I am also aware that Google Wallet will not work on these phones without a secure elemint (sp?). But with all of the interest in NFC (even though its uses are limited), I would think alot of people would like to have the option to enable it on the stock ROM.
Here is a few things a have discovered:
These phones already have the Nfc.apk and Nfc.Odex files included. They are very similar to the files on the Korean version of this phone that has working NFC.
The framework-res.apk xml already includes code for NFC operations. I have read where people have said that extra framework is needed, but from what I see (again limited knowledge) it already exists.
I also found (I can't remember where) more code for NFC that includes connection instructions and what it is supposed to do when a NFC signal is detected.
So I am thinking, maybe the only thing we need at this point is to have the option for NFC along with the toggle added to the "Wireless and Network" menu on the phone. Maybe it already exists and just needs to be activated.
Oddly enough, it seems very little information exists about trying to activate NFC on the SkyRocket I727 stock ROM. Alot of the information a got was from the regular Galaxy SII forum and it is obvious that phone isn't coded exactly as ours.
So, can any one tell me in which part of the coding is the "Menu options" enabled for the "Wireless and Network" settings? Maybe I am wrong about all of this, but if anyone knows anything more about it (not just guessing but actually knows something), please post it here so we can get the NFC function working on the stock ROM.
On a seperate note, the same place I found the coding about the NFC operations (like I said, I can't remember where it was but I will try to find it again) I also found additional mentioning of an"FM radio chip"???

OOOOKKKKKKK...can someone atleast point me in the right direction to find this out on my own?

You can edit setting.apk and enable nfc. Or just dload a rom that lets u use nfc.
scott14719 said:
I've been trying to figure out how to get NFC working on the stock ROM for a while now. In no way am I a DEV or experienced with Android coding, but I have learned a few things along the way. I know basic NFC functions are available in certain ROMS, but this is about getting it working on the stock ROM. I am also aware that Google Wallet will not work on these phones without a secure elemint (sp?). But with all of the interest in NFC (even though its uses are limited), I would think alot of people would like to have the option to enable it on the stock ROM.
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appdroid said:
You can edit setting.apk and enable nfc. Or just dload a rom that lets u use nfc.
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Thanks for the response, but what do I edit in settings.apk? I have read this more than a couple of times, but no one seems to be able to say what edits to make to the settings.apk. As far as the others ROMS go, I realize NFC works in other ROMS, but I'm trying to find an option to enable it in the Stock ROM. Any info you can provide would be great. Thanks.
Edit...I took a look at the setting.apk XML from a T-mobile phone that has NFC enabled and it seems to be the same as the settings.apk XML from the Skyrocket. This is the confusing part. Everyone seems to think the settings.apk app needs editing, but it is the same as ones in the versions of our phones that have working NFC. As a matter of fact, the NFC.apk apps are the same as well. This is why I am thinking it only needs the option added to the "Wireless an Netwok" menu in order for it to work (which is my original question on how to do so). Things just aren't adding up here?

OK, so I've been looking around some more and I found something interesting.
The T-Mobile (T989) version of the Skyrocket has an extra file located in the settings.apk that the I727 AT&T Skyrocket doesn't appear to have in it's settings.apk.
This file is named "smali". Most of the rest of the settings.apk on both phones appear to be very similar. There are about 9 extra lines of code in the "manifest.xml" in the I727 but they do not appear to be related to Nfc operations at all.
This "smali" file in the settings.apk on the T-mobile phone contains a folder called "com" and the "com" folder contains three more folders called "android", "broadcom", and "samsung". The "broadcom" and "samsung" folders appear to contain information (code) about bluetooth operations. The 'android" folder is the interesting one. It contains a "settings" folder that has many other folders in it. Again, most interesting is a file called "Nfc". It contains 5 smali files that all contain code about Nfc functions. I think this may be the actual file(s) that AT&T had Samsung leave off of this phone (I727) so Nfc is not enabled.
So finally, my new question(s) is..........
Can anyone confirm that the exclusion of the "smali" file in the settings.apk on the Skyrocket is the reason we can not use Nfc?
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Would it be safe or even possible to insert the "smali" file contained in the T-mobile settings.apk into the settings.apk of the AT&T Skyrocket phone and see if it would properly activate Nfc on the AT&T Skyrocket? If so, could this be done on the "stock" AT&T 2.3.6 ROM without being DeOdexed?
I realize this is a lot to ask, but this is the only way we can get NFC working on the stock ROM like it should be in the first place. Maybe one of the Devs that works with the skyrocket can help to answer some of these questions. Thanks to anyone that can help.

This doesn't help u in your finally quest of enabling nfc, but the reason u see the smali folder in the decompiled system.apk for the T-Mobile apk is most likely because it is deodexed, and the apk that u are looking at from your skyrocket is not deodex. If u use apktool or something similar to apktool and decompile a non deodexed apk u will not see any smali file. The smali folder is basically the Java code that is in the system.odex file (layman's terms)
This is why most..or most ever apk edit is don't on an odex apk. Because without it being doedex u would have to edit both the apk and the odex file

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If can get your hands on a stock doedex sky rocket rom that's what u would want to use to compair the two with
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runandhide05 said:
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If can get your hands on a stock doedex sky rocket rom that's what u would want to use to compair the two with
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk
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I have compared the Stock SkyRocket ROM to both T-Mobiles ROM and the Superstock ROM. The SuperStock ROM is a DeOdexed AT&T version of what I have. The Stock ROM (on my phone) and the SuperStock ROM (DeOdexed) seem to be the same. I have not searched and compared every single file and line of code but the settings.apk and framework.apk and framework-res.apk files seem to be the same? The "smali"file folders that were located on the T-mobile ROM are not on the DeOdexed Stock ROM (atleast not that I have found. Unfortunately I have seem to come to the end of my abilities to do anything else. I just don't have the knowledge to go any further. Hopefully one of the DEVs around here could help out if they get the time. I know the effort would be appriciated, but it is up to them.. Most of them seem to be keeping pretty busy with updating their ROMS.
**edit** Ok, I spoke too soon. I found the "smali" files in the DeOdexed Superstock ROM. They are in the ".jar" files. The framework.jar file has the folder that has info about NFC in it. I just have no idea what to do with it from this point. I still think that everything that is needed for NFC to work is already in the Stock ROM, it just needs menu options to get to it.

[Q] MTK: How to convert Flashtool-rars to Recovery-zips

Hey Guys!
I tried to put the whole Question in the Title, but now the long form:
As you may imagine, i got a MTK-Based Phone. An Octacore to be precise (Elephone P8). Now there isnt much development going on, so i thought of jumping on the Developement-Train, and begin with something easier.
I thought of bringing a few fixed apk's and workarounds for known Problems into the standard rom.
My Question is:
So i have now a rar, which i have to extract, Open in Flashtool, load the Scatterfile and im ready to flash my Phone. Fine with that, but in the rar are only img-files i cant edit.
(i found a ext4-edit-tool for img-files here on xda, but its not functioning at all.)
But there is a P8update.zip on needrom, someone was keen enough to convert the rar-image into a zip-image, which is flashable through recovery, and the best is: i can just open the zip, and i can edit everything i want!
But how did he do it?
The Rom is JB, and i have KitKat installed and i want to edit a KitKat-Rom.
So how can i convert the rar-kind of rom to the easy editable zip-kind of rom?
Or am i understanding this completely wrong?
Thanks in Advance for any kind Tip youre sure going to give
Greetings from Berlin,
a clueless guy.

Requesting Further Knowledge : Ubuntu Touch for p3110

Greetings;
I've been searching how to install and where to get Ubuntu Touch files for my p3110.
I couldn't find anything that could provide me with concrete information.
- Is there a Compatible way to Install Ubuntu Touch on this Tablet?
- If so can anyone provide me links for file(s) or recommend me a place for more research? (As i'm having a hard time to get them)
- Can still use Google Play and Andorid Apps?
- Can i Still Flash / Have CWM?
- Can i Flash a Custom Kernel and Still Control My CPU Speed easily?
Any good straight forward info would be apreciated.
In return you can expect (as usual) some more tutorials for this device.
Best Regards;
Richard

Me too too also

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Me too too also
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I searched for the files some time ago. Everything i found didnt work and people i asked said that they were never able to make it work and that they had deleted the files. I dont think you have any chance of getting ubuntu touch (however, if you do, please post links )