[Q] extracting a kernel help - Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I was wondering if anyone can tell me if its possible to extract (or copy/make a flashable zip) the kernel from an installed ROM. I was wanting the JB stock Kernel for future use. Also the stock Recovery as well. Ive seen the question asked in a few topics but none have been answered.Any help would be greatly appreciated....
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arrogant437 said:
I was wondering if anyone can tell me if its possible to extract (or copy/make a flashable zip) the kernel from an installed ROM. I was wanting the JB stock Kernel for future use. Also the stock Recovery as well. Ive seen the question asked in a few topics but none have been answered.Any help would be greatly appreciated....
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I was kinda wondering how difficult this is as well. I like the stock Cm kernel.
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Looking for a specific build of JVB

I'm looking for a deodexed JVB, extended menu and 5 locks screen. Without all the other theme mods.
Maybe check docs rom kitchen in i9000 forum
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I have that rom.. I just don't have a way to do the 5 locks for JVB or the extended power menu...
There are topics in the I9000 section that cover what your looking for.
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X10D3 said:
I'm looking for a deodexed JVB, extended menu and 5 locks screen. Without all the other theme mods.
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Cezar has a ROM, Continuum v5 (here). maybe you could download it and extract what you are looking for. Or, just use the ROM
Because most themes IMO are ugly. I personally like the stock samsung with some small modifications. No one does that. I haven't found one rom from the developers that don't screw with the theme. Not everyone likes what you like. The best I can do is download something from the romkitchen with the stock theme and get smart little remarks when I try to ask for help.
http://www.dystopia-zero.net/xxjvb-stock.zip
There you go, dude. Completely stock except for xcal's kernel, 5 lock screen mod, built in ad blocking, overscroll effect and crt off. Also has launcher2, but it seems the icons in the app drawer are fuzzy, so if that bothers you, you might want to set touchjizz as the default launcher.
It also won't flash bootloaders, so you'll need to find the new 2.3 ones somewhere else. I recommend just flashing the stock jvb from samfirmware.com with xcal's kernel, then flashing this over it with CWM.
Maybe wait it out for Perception II? DG ROMs usually have a pretty stock feel to them.
MM do you know where I can find a tut on adding the extended menu and such. I'm interested in the dev part. Just hard finding anyone willing to help you get started.
X10D3 said:
MM do you know where I can find a tut on adding the extended menu and such. I'm interested in the dev part. Just hard finding anyone willing to help you get started.
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The one I linked you to has the extended power menu. Doing it yourself is a bit involved.. you have to decompile the .dex/.odex executable with baksmali.jar and edit the code (.smali files), then recompile it with smali.jar and repackage the apk. I don't know if there are any actual tutorials that go in depth on the topic; at least I haven't seen any. It's really kind of a dive-in-and-do-it thing.
If you want to try adding common features like that to a bare rom though, there are a lot of precompiled versions floating around on xda where you just have to replace the .jar file in the proper directory. Just search for the feature you want and chances are pretty high that someone already made a standalone cwm flashable zip of it. Either that or you can try pulling it out of existing roms and popping it in to your own, provided they're based off of the same build of android.
You should check out MikeyMike's rom building tut. It's one of the stickied threads at the top of the general section. It goes over the basics pretty well.
thanks man. I'm going to have to give it a shot. This zip won't work with CWM 3
My Gingerbread ROM will have a very stock theme.
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X10D3 said:
thanks man. I'm going to have to give it a shot. This zip won't work with CWM 3
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Oh, wacky.. thanks for telling me, I don't normally build roms for other people and I stick to CWM 2.5.
You might also find this interesting: http://androidcracking.blogspot.com/2010/09/examplesmali.html
IDoMy0wnRacing said:
Cezar has a ROM, Continuum v5 (here). maybe you could download it and extract what you are looking for. Or, just use the ROM
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That's the best option. Continuum v5 also have 4 themes to choose from.
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Best ROM for Nexus S? And how to flash it?

Hi guys!
I'm using standard Gingerbread Android ROM and I'm getting a little tired of it so wanted to ask if someone could suggest some ROMs to try. Also, I'm not sure how to flash them on Nexus S. I heard that there are many Androids that can be rooted by clicking one button in an app, but for Nexus I found a long tutorial here on XDA and I'm a little hesitant to try it.
Any tips will be appreciated!
Thanks much
Okis
I have tried out just about all of the roms out there now for the nexus s and now I have reverted back to stock. I have found something wrong with every rom I have tried. Custom roms are just too buggy for me even ones marked as "stable". If you're willing to deal with bugs things not working phone reboots and dropped calls by all means try some custom roms. Now I'm just waiting for Ice Cream Sandwich to come out.
oxygen rom is one of the better ones out there.
oh and btw nexus s is one of the easiest phones to root follow the guides carefully and you'll be done in minutes.
This has been discussed couple of times here, do a search.
For example: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1239365
If you don't really feel comfortable flashing a ROM, hang around in dev section where most ROM & guidelines are available and read the feedback from users on each ROM and see which one fits your needs.
And there are NO best ROM only most suitable to your needs, what is best for others doesn't necessarily fit your needs.
I'm with blowtorch, you have to try it to find out yourself...I myself did and at the end of the day I'm perfectly comfortable with stock rooted.
The longer and harder thing to root a Nexus is to installer drivers on computer. After it's fast and easy.
Oxygen is great after 2 or 3 days. I use adw launcher ex, or stock launcher.
Sms, mms, video gtalk, video skype and so on.
Everything is juste ok.
2 days of battery life with heavy use.
I try ns collab, superosr, it's great too. More cyanogen like.
I never use miui more than 5 minutes...but i read and heard that it's a good rom too.
I love Ice and Fire. Has an Ice Cream Sandwich style launcher. Lots of extras.
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okishead said:
Hi guys!
I'm using standard Gingerbread Android ROM and I'm getting a little tired of it so wanted to ask if someone could suggest some ROMs to try. Also, I'm not sure how to flash them on Nexus S. I heard that there are many Androids that can be rooted by clicking one button in an app, but for Nexus I found a long tutorial here on XDA and I'm a little hesitant to try it.
Any tips will be appreciated!
Thanks much
Okis
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Please do us and yourself a favor and learn everything you need to know for rooting, recovery, roms, and kernels before attempting anything. You will save yourself a headache and the possibility of ****ting your pants. Thanks.
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blowtorch said:
I have tried out just about all of the roms out there now for the nexus s and now I have reverted back to stock. I have found something wrong with every rom I have tried. Custom roms are just too buggy for me even ones marked as "stable".
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This x100.
Stock Rom may not be flashy but its rock solid and fully functional.
I once searched for something like this and found that there's no clear cut answer for "best" ROM. Like others said try them all (one you figure out how to flash) or do watch videos showing off each rom to get a sense of what it's like. I don't have my NS yet but I'll be trying NSCollab and SuperOSR when I get it. Odd considering I'm not a CM7 fan...
Depends on the features you are looking for. For me at least, I got the Nexus S so I could have stock AOSP. I've been sticking with Oxygen for a while now as its close to stock with some useful added features. CM wasn't for me though I may give it another shot soon.
There's a lot of tutorials on youtube that show you how to flash a ROM. I suggest you watch a few of 'em to get an idea how to do it properly.
As for the best ROM, like others have said, it all depends on your needs. I use Oxygen because it's very stable and has extra features that I find pretty useful.
I also like minimal bloatware so I downloaded ES File Explorer and removed most Google apps since I never use 'em!
Rem3Dy said:
Please do us and yourself a favor and learn everything you need to know for rooting, recovery, roms, and kernels before attempting anything. You will save yourself a headache and the possibility of ****ting your pants. Thanks.
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I read about it already, and the question is - is there a simpler way to root Nexus S than installing all of these SDKs etc on the computer? I guess, not from what I see here.
Don't worry, I won't **** my pants)
there is one...give it to someone who knows how to do it.
You are asking for best ROM, how to flash it, finding simpler way to root it without installing SDK, etc. on computer....and that's the only way I can think of.
vennstrom said:
there is one...give it to someone who knows how to do it.
You are asking for best ROM, how to flash it, finding simpler way to root it without installing SDK, etc. on computer....and that's the only way I can think of.
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Unless you have a mac...
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This guide should be simple enough to follow.
1-CLICK-ROOT (Windows)
Download link {Updated with CWM 5.0.2.3 (cyan) and su-3.0.4-efgh}
Note: Don't forget to install the corresponding x86 or x64 drivers through the PdaNet setups.
Pyrolyser said:
This guide should be simple enough to follow.
1-CLICK-ROOT (Windows)
Download link {Updated with CWM 5.0.2.3 (cyan) and su-3.0.4-efgh}
Note: Don't forget to install the corresponding x32 or x64 drivers through the PdaNet setups.
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Thanks will definitely look into it!!
cm7.1.0 RC ns-kang. its in rom manager. there is a 7.1.0 stable release but causes random reboots.

[Q] What kernal should I use?

Hey all,
Im making a ROM and im wondering if there is a faster kernel I should use, or if the stock GB one is ok?
Thanks in advance!
noahk11 said:
Hey all,
Im making a ROM and im wondering if there is a faster kernel I should use, or if the stock GB one is ok?
Thanks in advance!
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Making a Rom is all about what you like, not what others....your gonna have to test and choose a kernel yourself, as well as decide on your own what apps to remove or add and what tweaks you may want to add...this is YOUR Rom, not ours make it YOUR way put what YOU like in it...experiment.
Now...if you need help figuring out how to add something, how to decompile an apk, how to get a logcat-that would be a good question that I and others will be more willing to help with
To answer your question, stock kernel is good, as are all the other kernels, some come with oc abilities, some don't
Now please experiment, play around with it have fun be risky and be adventurous...I look forward to your finished rom
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mg2195 said:
Making a Rom is all about what you like, not what others....your gonna have to test and choose a kernel yourself, as well as decide on your own what apps to remove or add and what tweaks you may want to add...this is YOUR Rom, not ours make it YOUR way put what YOU like in it...experiment.
Now...if you need help figuring out how to add something, how to decompile an apk, how to get a logcat-that would be a good question that I and others will be more willing to help with
To answer your question, stock kernel is good, as are all the other kernels, some come with oc abilities, some don't
Now please experiment, play around with it have fun be risky and be adventurous...I look forward to your finished rom
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[Q] Stock Kernel for i535vrbmd3

Have a friend I'm trying to help out, he flashed the ktweaker kernel and it's giving him fits, I'm trying to help him get back to a stock kernel. I have done a ton of searching, but I've come up empty looking for a a flashable zip file of a the stock kernel for the build he's running, vrbmd3.
Would really appreciate any help. Thanks!
So, failing the availability of a flashable stock kernel, would the best bet be to reflash an entire ROM?
johnpwu said:
So, failing the availability of a flashable stock kernel, would the best bet be to reflash an entire ROM?
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Yup.
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[Q&A] [Rom] Stock Deodex ATT LG G3

Q&A for [Rom] Stock Deodex ATT LG G3
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Could I test this on my G3
Yea ive debloated my G3 .... So im having trouble understanding why i would want to install this rom.
theduffman1 said:
Yea ive debloated my G3 .... So im having trouble understanding why i would want to install this rom.
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Its an easy flash back to stock if you mess something up. Its also deodexed which makes it easier for devs to build roms off of i think.
Im personally downloading it to pull the stock build.prop and apns.conf file to mess around with other roms.
You probably wouldnt want to flash it to use as is unless you want fresh stock. But you know... Some peopke will use it so we should thank the dude ( @1Cwulf ) who made it.
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theduffman1 said:
Yea ive debloated my G3 .... So im having trouble understanding why i would want to install this rom.
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Installing it is totally up to you.
Its deodexed so it's easier to work with as a base to make other roms and makes it a little easier to theme. Sometimes odexed apks are a pain to work with.
That said I plan on building of this and debloating and changing some stuff that's been bugging me on this phone.
Edit. It can also be used as a daily driver, this is what I'm using.
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can i update?
So i am currently running this stock rom and it is great. One thing i noticed though that other roms dont have it that through the settings you can still receive software uodstes. So lets say lg released the android l update, would it be safe to update once it gets received, or should we wait for u
omaralkha99 said:
So i am currently running this stock rom and it is great. One thing i noticed though that other roms dont have it that through the settings you can still receive software uodstes. So lets say lg released the android l update, would it be safe to update once it gets received, or should we wait for u
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Do not attempt to take ota while using this...it will fail and you could possibly end up stuck in recovery.
I am currently running a slightly modded version I did based on latest ota without carrier IQ, ota and some bloat removed with 1 or 2 tweaks. Seem like there wasn't much interest for this so I never did post it. If people are interested I can upload it later today. Btw I did not invert anything in it.
PowerUser edition Rom?
Sorry 1 more question, whats the difference between ur rom and PowerUser Edition V1 - Modified International Stock ROM? They seem pretty much the same, any key differences?
Thanks in advance
Biggest difference is there is no bloat or setting changes done by At&t. It might have some tweaks/mods added but can't say for sure since I haven't ran it. With roms like these no real reason to use a Rom based on at&t I guess lol.
This is just a rooted base to use or make changes to if someone wanted.
1Cwulf said:
Do not attempt to take ota while using this...it will fail and you could possibly end up stuck in recovery.
I am currently running a slightly modded version I did based on latest ota without carrier IQ, ota and some bloat removed with 1 or 2 tweaks. Seem like there wasn't much interest for this so I never did post it. If people are interested I can upload it later today. Btw I did not invert anything in it.
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it would be great if you can upload the more modded version even if it is even slightly more better, will be greatly appreciated. thanks
omaralkha99 said:
it would be great if you can upload the more modded version even if it is even slightly more better, will be greatly appreciated. thanks
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If anyone is interested I have a slightly modded rom based on OTA in post #2 in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/att...ed-d85010f-t2945873/post56876399#post56876399
I personally would run poweruserv1
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