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[ROM] v.4 Simple Rom - Deodexed framework and apps Zipaligned (Updated All Working!)

All issues fixed, new file has been uploaded and the link updated
Ok, I like you, am tired of not having anything at all out there to flash and screw around with. I put this together last night and now that we have a somewhat functional clockwork recovery I wanted to give people something to screw around with.
That said, I'm having a lot of issues getting clockwork to properly flash .zips but fortunately there is a ghetto work around until I can look into fixing the issue.
Framework and apps are all deodexed and zip aligned. This is virgin, you will have to enter all of your information again so keep a titanium or mybackup handy.
I advise against restoring any data from apps that were once .odex. So restore your previous information carefully.
Do a Clockwork backup prior to doing this. If you don't then that is your own problem.
What you need:
1. You should be rooted and have clockwork recovery installed.
2. Download this image
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CEIZVMHK
3. Extract the folder to your desktop. DO NOT CHANGE THE NAME leave it in the format that it is in.
4. Mount your sd card and open it. You should have a folder clockworkmod > backup >
If you don't then you didn't do a backup. Go back and re read what I wrote from the top and do that first.
5. Open that backup folder and drop in the file you extracted
6. You should see
clockworkmod > backup > 2010-09-15.00.44.56 > with three files cache, data and system .img.
If there is an extra folder from extraction or your directory structure is different it won't work.
7. reboot to clockwork recovery (power off, wait, hold volume down, camera then power until you see it)
8. go to backup and restore
9. restore
10. Select 2010-09-15.00.44.56
The backup will process on your device, once finished hit reboot and you will have a fully deodexed, zip aligned stock rom that you can now customize.
I have done this multiple times without any issues. You can also try a selective backup of just the /system folder and try an retain your /data. This has worked in the past for me, however I did have one incident where it cause a lot of issues and I had to do a full restore to stop the force close.
What do you gain?
Well the rom is a little bit zippier with things optimized a bit and there is a little more RAM available. It is also easier to skin and do other things now that all those pesky .odex files are gone.
If you have a question or issue post it here. Don't send me PM's.
Troubleshooting
1. Can't download from market?
Make sure you are signed into Gtalk.

check your pm and respond

Thanks man. Im speeding home for you. I can't download it from the epic for dome reason. My hero or evo was fine downloading zip files.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using Tapatalk

Sir. Yes Sir!
J/K
Seriously though, noobnl, is there a problem with this? You shortness makes me think there may be some issue.

done12many2 said:
Sir. Yes Sir!
J/K
Seriously though, noobnl, is there a problem with this? You shortness makes me think there may be some issue.
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nope no problem

I'm out right now so I don't have acess to anything. I'll take a look at my update script and files to make sure its not just a stupid mistake.
Until then this works fine for people looking for something to mess with.

Flashing right now.

I have to files in the "clockworkmod/backup" folder. On is my backup today, which is 2010-09-14.20.23.11 and the other is 2010-09-14.05.12.51 (3 files totalling 254 Mb).
When I attempt to restore the 2010-09-14.05.12.51 folder, I get the following.
Please advise if this is correct.
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Make sure you don't have an extra folder. Sometimes depending on how you extract the files you will end up with an extra folder.
Clockworkmod - should have the backup folder among other things
backup folder -should have the 2010-09-14.05.12.51 folder and your other backups
2010-09-14.05.12.51 folder should have cache.img, data.img and system.img
There shouldn't be any extra folders, that will create an issue with the recovery seeing the files.

Aridon, bro. Just flashed. No problems what so ever.

Yeah, all three (cache.img, data.img and system.img) are in there. I have run the restore twice with the extact same results as the pictures I've posted.

Aridon, the phones feels Snappier by FAR. I'm gonna run Quadrant and Linpack.

done12many2 said:
Yeah, all three (cache.img, data.img and system.img) are in there. I have run the restore twice with the extact same results as the pictures I've posted.
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Did you do the newer version of Clockwork recovery?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=782300
Make sure your directory structure is exactly as it needs to be. I have it bold in the first post. Under Step 6.
If so, try downloading it again maybe its corrupt. Make sure you use winrar or 7zip to open it. Windows built in depacker is ****.

Aridon said:
Did you do the newer version of Clockwork recovery?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=782300
Make sure your directory structure is exactly as it needs to be. I have it bold in the first post. Under Step 6.
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I did that exact Clockwork recovery in your link. As far as the directory structure, I know nothing abou that stuff I do know that it did successfully restore my original back up just now, so at least that is working for me. I am more than confident I am not seeing something, but I have no idea what. It seems pretty straight forward.

Aridon, got an 8.113 on first try with Linpack and 965 on Quadrant.

Could having the Andromeda Galaxy Kernel v1.3.0 mess up this process at all?

done12many2 said:
Could having the Andromeda Galaxy Kernel v1.3.0 mess up this process at all?
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I had it. No problems.

done12many2 said:
I did that exact Clockwork recovery in your link. As far as the directory structure, I know nothing abou that stuff I do know that it did successfully restore my original back up just now, so at least that is working for me. I am more than confident I am not seeing something, but I have no idea what. It seems pretty straight forward.
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Directory structure is easy: Its a giant file cabinet with folders.
clockworkmod > backup > 2010-09-14.05.12.51 > with three files cache, data and system .img.
Open clockworkmod folder on your sd card:
Open backup
open 2010-09-14.05.12.51
You should see 3 files in there (cache.img, data.img and system.img). You shouldn't have to open anything else to see those files. Even an extra step like opening 2010-09-14.05.12.51 twice will mess up the process.(eg. you open it and see another one there and open it and then see the files, that would mess things up).
You should NOT have to open up any other folders, even if they have the same name, it will screw up the restore. So if you had to open 2010-09-14.05.12.51 (or any of the other folders twice or in a different order) that would be an issue.
done12many2 said:
Could having the Andromeda Galaxy Kernel v1.3.0 mess up this process at all?
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No. This doesn't make any changes to that portion of the device.

Aridon said:
Directory structure is easy:
clockworkmod > backup > 2010-09-14.05.12.51 > with three files cache, data and system .img.
Open clockworkmod folder on your sd card:
Open backup
open 2010-09-14.05.12.51
You should see 3 files in there (cache.img, data.img and system.img). You shouldn't have to open anything else to see those files. Even an extra step like opening 2010-09-14.05.12.51 twice will mess up the process.
You should NOT have to open up any other folders, even if they have the same name, it will screw up the restore. So if you had to open 2010-09-14.05.12.51 (or any of the other folders twice or in a different order) that would be an issue.
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Well sir, you are a great fellow! You hit the nail on the head with the structure as I had the three files within a folder named 2010-09-14.05.12.51, which was located within another folder named 2010-09-14.05.12.51.
Thanks for your patience with a new guy. This and my Evo are my first Android phones and guys like you are making the transition great!!
Let me know what the protocol is for giving credit for credit due around this forum!

So custom kernels stay? AWESOME!!!

[Q] Root or restore after Flash?

I did the wrong thing and assumed my phone was still rooted after using t-mobile's upgrade from froyo to gingerbread.
I flashed my phone and now I am stuck on the manual mode screen. I assume (oh boy) I cannot place a custom rom since my phone wasn't rooted and therefore doesn't have permission to write to the phone. (I can't flash bootloaders)
At this point my data on phone is trashed I am sure, but I do have the contents of my sd card intact. I didn't backup before I started - hijole! I know.
I am not sure if I can use Super one click to root and continue to install a custom rom, or I should go back to base line and restore to original. Problem is I don't know how to goto the original at this point, and I don't know if super one click will work with my phone at its current state.... Argh! Will post pic of screen when I go to lunch today... Thought i had it with me on my iPhone. I assume to much!

Can you be more specific on the manual mode screen and what it looks like? Just to clarify, when you flashed from Froyo to GB (using Kies Mini, I assume) you did lose root. However, that does not prevent you from flashing a custom ROM. You can use ODIN or Heimdall to flash a ROM, then use one of those again to flash a kernel with root, with CWM, with voodoo lagfix, all of the above, or use SuperOneClick (the latest) to root it.
I'm guessing you might be able to get into download mode which means you could ODIN RaverX3X's 2.3.6 Stock (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1353176) which is the Kies Mini official update just repackaged for ODIN. That will get you onto stock 2.3.6. From there you have options

I am supplying a pic of the "Manual Mode" I was referring to, and yes I did originally use Kies to upgrade from Froyo to GB. Again thanks for the info:
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So it won't show since I am new to this forum
NEVERMIND, found the upload feature in this forum

djlalorocks said:
So it won't show since I am new to this forum
NEVERMIND, found the upload feature in this forum
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Sweet, so you have it working?

I think he says is stuck on that screen.
Do a battery pull on your device to turn it off, then put it back in. To put it into download mode for odin, hold volume up+down while plugging your phone into your pc. Then use odin to flash.
Sent from my SGH-T959V using XDA App

The problem he initially had is the rainbow screen and, although he can get into download mode, he's been unable to get his computer to see the phone. Thus he couldn't use ODIN to re-flash a good ROM.
djlalorocks, can you verify the state of the phone now? The screenshot you gave, by the way, is the CWM recovery screen. If we can get a good CWM-based ROM onto your SD card then you could flash from there.
Do you have an SD card reader for your computer you can use? I know the phone's not working in mass storage so that option is out.
Edit: My apologies; I went back and re-read what you wrote. When I saw that you found the upload feature I thought you meant you got a ROM to upload to the phone. I didn't realize you meant the picture of the screen. I'm slow sometimes

Haven't had a chance to work on it... I am on a mac, and yes I can place files onto a sd. My windows computer is having usb driver issues.

djlalorocks said:
Haven't had a chance to work on it... I am on a mac, and yes I can place files onto a sd. My windows computer is having usb driver issues.
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Heimdall (open source alternative to ODIN) works on the MAC, I believe. Regardless, if you can download Raver's Kj6-Rom-CWM-Offical-GB-2.3.6, put it on the SD card, go into the recovery screen (the one where you made the screen shot), use the volume down key to scroll to "install zip from sdcard", press the power button to select it, then select "choose zip from sdcard", scroll to where you put the file mentioned above, select it with the power button, then scroll to "Yes - Install sgs4g-OfficialGB2.3.6.zip" and select it.

[Q] Tablet won't update from 8.6.5.13

Hi, my girlfriend's Transformer is stuck at 8.6.5.13,
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I have tried to update via Settings > About Tablet > System Firmware Update > but the "Check Update" button is greyed out.
I have also tried installing 9.2.1.11 via an external Micro SD card, but the card simply mounts. I have unzipped the .zip I downloaded from the ASUS site, this created another .zip file, WW_epad-user-9.2.1.1.11.zip.
If I unzip that file, I get a folder with the same name. Inside that folder is a file called blob and a folder called META-INF with RSA security certificates and another folder.
I suspect I need to update to an older update first, maybe even a few updates before I can jump to ICS. But the ASUS site only has 9.2.1.11.
I have searched extensively, and read quite a few pages of posts. But no joy.
The tablet is completely stock, not rooted and is the B50 variant. I'm not an ANDROID noob, by any stretch of the imagination. But the tablet is my girlfriends, and I have only ever played with the ZTE Blade and currently my LG O2X, running ICS (Thanks owain).
So from the fear of f*****g up my girlfriend's best gift from me. I just thought I would ask some experienced folks here for help.
I hope someone can help. Kind regards. Anil K Solanki

After you unzip the download, you will have WW_epad-user-9.2.1.1.11.zip in a folder ASUS/Update/ or something like that. I think you can try 2 things 1) Try copying the whole ASUS folder and all the contents to the root of your sdcard and then insert it onto the TF. It should find it and ask you if you want to flash or 2) rename the second zip to EP101_SDUPDATE.zip and put it on the root of your sdcard then reboot into recovery. This one might be tricky with windows because I think it is case sensitive or it might try to add a .zip to your .zip.zip. Thanks for nothing windows... Good luck with windows 8.
I think you'll need a stock recovery, but hopefully one of those methods will work so that you don't need to get a new girlfriend.

this worked for me
Go to settings - apps - all - find the DMClient entry, force close, clear cache and restart your TF
the button was not greyed out

gee one said:
After you unzip the download, you will have WW_epad-user-9.2.1.1.11.zip in a folder ASUS/Update/ or something like that. I think you can try 2 things 1) Try copying the whole ASUS folder and all the contents to the root of your sdcard and then insert it onto the TF. It should find it and ask you if you want to flash or 2) rename the second zip to EP101_SDUPDATE.zip and put it on the root of your sdcard then reboot into recovery. This one might be tricky with windows because I think it is case sensitive or it might try to add a .zip to your .zip.zip. Thanks for nothing windows... Good luck with windows 8.
I think you'll need a stock recovery, but hopefully one of those methods will work so that you don't need to get a new girlfriend.
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ICE Cream Sandwich baby! Option 2 worked. I have never booted the Transformer into Recovery before, so I got to see a great animation of some gears spinning inside an ANDROID robot. Cool.
I have been asking myself, "why the f**k are you bothering with this update?". Susy my girlfriend doesn't care, as long as the tablet continues working. But after 5 mins, I can tell it is a lot faster. Worth staying up until 1.30 am for.
Many thanks. Anil

grinnerD said:
this worked for me
Go to settings - apps - all - find the DMClient entry, force close, clear cache and restart your TF
the button was not greyed out
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Hi, thanks for taking the time to reply. Thankfully option 2 from "gee one ", sorted me out.
Have fun. Anil

ROM wont flash

I am aware that this is my third thread about asking questions but these questions are pretty much precise and hard to find just googling online, especially when this is my first time Rooting/Flashing ROMs.
I tried to apply the ROM and it didnt continue, it said it was aborted or something
it says
cant open \rom folder name
"bad"
Installation aborted

Hi,
U may need to give more specifics.....
Phone type?
Root method?
Which ROM is giving u the problem?
Which ROM are u currently on? Or is it ur first ROM after root?
Are u installing via recovery or ROM manager?
Lastly, I'd put this post in whichever ROM u are actually trying to flash since the development crew monitor that thread of their ROM.
Good luck
Vs Nexus S 4G

Phone type? Nexus S i9020a
Root method? manual root using command prompt in computer
Which ROM is giving u the problem? pretty much any rom, maybe Im putting it in the phone's memory the wrong way?
Which ROM are u currently on? Or is it ur first ROM after root? Im using cyberGR rom right now, but I had to do it the easy way and download it through ROM manager. Im hoping I could learn doing it manually
Are u installing via recovery or ROM manager? see above ^^^
to be honest I dont really know how to put the rom inside the phone... what I did is I just unzipped it to the folder inside the Nexus S( mounted storage to PC)
went to recovery and picked that folder, but then it says:
cant open \rom folder name
"bad"
Installation aborted

Ahh. Don't unzip it. Throw the .zip itself on the phone.

Harbb said:
Ahh. Don't unzip it. Throw the .zip itself on the phone.
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and same applies for custom themes,widgets, launchers,icons ect? How do I access it through the phone?

Any flashable zip can be installed by going to "install zip from SD card" select the zip file and it will install automatically.
WoolyMarmot said:
and same applies for custom themes,widgets, launchers,icons ect? How do I access it through the phone?
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If the author of the zip file says: "Flashable through CWM (Clockworkmod)" then it can be installed in this way. No unzipping required.

Aborted once again! here is the pic of my android files.Pixel Rom Zip is in the second to the last zip file
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Are you sure you have cwm on there? Top of ROM manager, reflash cwm. Doing it manually is simpler than from manager. Just boot into recovery, wipe what you need to and install the relevant .zips.

WoolyMarmot said:
Aborted once again! here is the pic of my android files.Pixel Rom Zip is in the second to the last zip file
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its sounds like you dont have a custom recovery installed. if you did flash clockworkmod recovery from rom manager(i hate that app), chances are that your custom recover disappeared. try flashing cwm recovery through fastboot.

zipping problem

hi friends,
i have a big problem with my pc,
i have tried many zipping softwares but every time i want to install .zip files from the recovery it shows:"installation aborted"!
it's really bad for me because i should zip folders with my phone! & sometimes i can't...
can you help me pls?

You are not making things clear?!!
firstly,your PC can't zip files or your phone?
and what has zipping softwares gotta do with your phone's recovery???
you can't just zip any folder and apply it your recovery!
if you are having issues with recovery, follow this guide and install latest recovery.
if you have issue with zipping software in PC check you antivrus first..maybe it isn't allowing you to create .zip/.rar
Or just make a virtual machine on pc and zip your folders if you don't want to re-install the whole OS again.

Harryhades said:
You are not making things clear?!!
firstly,your PC can't zip files or your phone?
and what has zipping softwares gotta do with your phone's recovery???
you can't just zip any folder and apply it your recovery!
if you are having issues with recovery, follow this guide and install latest recovery.
if you have issue with zipping software in PC check you antivrus first..maybe it isn't allowing you to create .zip/.rar
Or just make a virtual machine on pc and zip your folders if you don't want to re-install the whole OS again.
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Thx
I can zip any folders in my pc,but always recovery writes:"installation aborted" , it's because of my pc not my phone because i have flashed over 50 roms till now.
I have tested with windows7 & xp but problem is still there.
And it's for everything if i extract any rom for example a then i zip i will get this error too.
Thx for your help
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torbatepak said:
Thx
I can zip any folders in my pc,but always recovery writes:"installation aborted" , it's because of my pc not my phone because i have flashed over 50 roms till now.
I have tested with windows7 & xp but problem is still there.
And it's for everything if i extract any rom for example a then i zip i will get this error too.
Thx for your help
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A zip file has to be "flashable" for it to successfully install anything to your phone through recovery (with an update script, etc, etc).
Also, English only please.

TeeJay3800 said:
A zip file has to be "flashable" for it to successfully install anything to your phone through recovery (with an update script, etc, etc).
Also, English only please.
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it has them all
& that was meant : "sent from tapatalk2 using GT-S5670 "
but sorry for this.
i have tested.if i just extract the rom & zip it myself i will get this error.

What compression method do you choose?
- Via xda premium

a.cid said:
What compression method do you choose?
- Via xda premium
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i have tried , this time it worked with deflate compressation method via 7zip, storing without compressing via 7zip,zipping using windows, & store by winrar.
it is strange!
but it didn't work by bzip2,deflate64, lzma & ppmd methods.
i should try with something else too.
thx

& also if i just decompile an apk file & then compile it without any changes,then it won't work!:crying:

try 7-zip 7-zip.org or use xplore app for android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lonelycatgames.Xplore&hl=en to dicomplie or make flashable zip this app is working great for me.
Sent from my GT-S5360 using xda premium

Harryhades said:
You are not making things clear?!!
firstly,your PC can't zip files or your phone?
and what has zipping softwares gotta do with your phone's recovery???
you can't just zip any folder and apply it your recovery!
if you are having issues with recovery, follow this guide and install latest recovery.
if you have issue with zipping software in PC check you antivrus first..maybe it isn't allowing you to create .zip/.rar
Or just make a virtual machine on pc and zip your folders if you don't want to re-install the whole OS again.
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I installed another windows but the problem is still there!

no help?
really confused...

With WinRAR:
Mark files for zip. The right click on it.
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"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
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With 7Zip: