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[Q] Edit Build Prop

There are many threads on editing the build prop after flashing but I want to know how to edit before I upload and flash.
I believe all I have to do is...
- Open the Zip with 7zip or Win zip ect.
- Open the build prop with word pad
- Change the items I wish to edit
- Save File
- Transfer rom to the SD and load with CR
Am I wrong here?

Should work. I used that method to edit my default.xml in CoreDroid to change my device name before flashing.

You can also do it straight from your device using the application from the android market; Absolute System

Johnn_ares said:
There are many threads on editing the build prop after flashing but I want to know how to edit before I upload and flash.
I believe all I have to do is...
- Open the Zip with 7zip or Win zip ect.
- Open the build prop with word pad
- Change the items I wish to edit
- Save File
- Transfer rom to the SD and load with CR
Am I wrong here?
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So you're saying you want to edit it in the ROM itself, first?
What would be the functional advantage of doing this? To have a personalized version of the ROM or something?
Unless I'm misunderstanding you, what happens when the ROM itself is updated by the dev? Any changes you made pre-flash to an obsolete ROM would be irrelevant if the updated ROM required a full wipe, or if you change roms, where a full wipe is recommended.
Just trying to determine your logic.

Essentially I want to name my device "Inspire 4G" not "Desire HD".
That has been driving me nuts ever sense I started changing roms on this phone
I also wanted to try changing the hsupa from 6 to 7 and the hsxpa 2 to 3 not sure if that will make a difference to my phone but was going to give it a whirl.
And as far as updates I always do full wipes /install saves the occasional head ache. so editing it before the install works for me

Johnn_ares said:
Essentially I want to name my device "Inspire 4G" not "Desire HD".
That has been driving me nuts ever sense I started changing roms on this phone
I also wanted to try changing the hsupa from 6 to 7 and the hsxpa 2 to 3 not sure if that will make a difference to my phone but was going to give it a whirl.
And as far as updates I always do full wipes /install saves the occasional head ache. so editing it before the install works for me
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In that case, you have to edit the default.xml in /system/customize/CID, and it does have to be done before flashing. I have a screenshot of my about phone in CoreDroid 6.8 to prove that which I just said.

Johnn_ares said:
Essentially I want to name my device "Inspire 4G" not "Desire HD".
That has been driving me nuts ever sense I started changing roms on this phone
I also wanted to try changing the hsupa from 6 to 7 and the hsxpa 2 to 3 not sure if that will make a difference to my phone but was going to give it a whirl.
And as far as updates I always do full wipes /install saves the occasional head ache. so editing it before the install works for me
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Download root explorer and change it to rewrite, u now can change all the stuff u want, just be careful. I have used this for all changes needed and works like a charm. Reboot after u change something as well. Hope this helps
Doin' work from my beast Inspire on ARHD

vdubman28 said:
Download root explorer and change it to rewrite, u now can change all the stuff u want, just be careful. I have used this for all changes needed and works like a charm. Reboot after u change something as well. Hope this helps
Doin' work from my beast Inspire on ARHD
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Editing build.prop on an installed ROM _WILL NOT_ change the device name on the 'about phone' screen, at least not on a Sense ROM. Guaranteed, but you can try if you want.

ST3ALTHPSYCH0 said:
Editing build.prop on an installed ROM _WILL NOT_ change the device name on the 'about phone' screen, at least not on a Sense ROM. Guaranteed, but you can try if you want.
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As you alluded to, editing build.prop *does* change the About Phone>>Device Name in a GB AOSP ROM. The line is ro.product.model

Dang Scott everytime I see you.post,it's criticizing someone or putting your two.cents in. Lmao gotta love it
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henrybravo said:
As you alluded to, editing build.prop *does* change the About Phone>>Device Name in a GB AOSP ROM. The line is ro.product.model
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Thank u haha as i have done this already.
Doin' work from my beast Inspire on ARHD

mattmiller said:
Dang Scott everytime I see you.post,it's criticizing someone or putting your two.cents in. Lmao gotta love it
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Just your luck I suppose.
I complement and show my gratitude when appropriate, as well.
But you're right, I have been on a bit of an asshole binge as of late.

henrybravo said:
As you alluded to, editing build.prop *does* change the About Phone>>Device Name in a GB AOSP ROM. The line is ro.product.model
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Minor aside since you brought up AOSP ROMs. Will that work 'on the fly' after the ROM is installed? I only ask because I've found that the default.xml changes have to be made in the zip before flashing, but I know that most of the other changes that I make to the build.prop file take effect after a reboot.

Lmao all good buddy. Gotta make our day enjoyable somehow huh? Lol
Scott_S said:
Just your luck I suppose.
I complement and show my gratitude when appropriate, as well.
But you're right, I have been on a bit of an asshole binge as of late.
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TMobile Theme Chooser

UPDATE: Doesn't work, but maybe it could be made to work? See last posts.
I just have a question about installing the theme chooser on any rooted and deoxed ROM. Is it possible? I'm running one of jboxers roms. I saw one thread here at xda about it but the guy was asking about sense roms.

It can be installed on any ROM based off of the CM7 source. (I think it can at least, I've never tried it on MIUI but you don't need it there)

kingdomseed said:
I just have a question about installing the theme chooser on any rooted and deoxed ROM. Is it possible? I'm running one of jboxxers roms. I saw one thread here at xda about it but the guy was asking about sense roms.
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No, it has to be coded into the rom to work.
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dw9906 said:
No, it has to be coded into the rom to work.
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What needs to be changed in the rom? Is it edits to the framework? If I can do it, it would be an interesting project to try.

It would be cool to see a stockish ROM with that kind if theme support. I did read elsewhere it needs some frameworks found in cm7.
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jboxer said:
What needs to be changed in the rom? Is it edits to the framework? If I can do it, it would be an interesting project to try.
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Try to push it to a stock room with adb. It will fail, and somewhere it will say why. Fix the why.
I haven't got the slightest idea as to what exactly the theme chooser relies on.
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I'd be happy to help with this. I have adb installed and am wanting to learn ROM development anyways. I can figure out how to work adb this weekend and try then. Does anyone know where I can get a theme chooser apk?
One more question, does theme chooser need adw launcher?
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kingdomseed said:
I'd be happy to help with this. I have adb installed and am wanting to learn ROM development anyways. I can figure out how to work adb this weekend and try then. Does anyone know where I can get a theme chooser apk?
One more question, does theme chooser need adw launcher?
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Search Google for "T-Mobile Theme Chooser." It was code written by T-Mobile for their phones. That is what CM7 and others use to implement this feature. It requires the framework to be decompiled and recompiled with support code for the theme chooser. It is just not installing a program. it is very technical and not easy to do.

kingdomseed said:
I'd be happy to help with this. I have adb installed and am wanting to learn ROM development anyways. I can figure out how to work adb this weekend and try then. Does anyone know where I can get a theme chooser apk?
One more question, does theme chooser need adw launcher?
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I got the apk you can have. What's your email? I'm on a phone so I can't upload. Ill attach to an email.
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So the lg framework would have to be decompiled and recompiled with support code in otherwords?
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dw9906 said:
I got the apk you can have. What's your email? I'm on a phone so I can't upload. Ill attach to an email.
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I pm'ed it to you. Is that ok?
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Tried Install
So I gave it a shot and this is what I end up with. I'll google around to see what this means, if it means anything more than its face value might suggest.
pkg: /data/local/tmp/ThemeChooser.apk
Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_SHARED_USER_INCOMPATIBLE]
Edit: Looked around some more and found this thread on the error:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=640592&page=54
To quote Brut.all there "I think "INSTALL_FAILED_SHARED_USER_INCOMPATIBLE" is straightforward: Android refuses to install apk with UID if it has different certs than already installed app."
and Daneshm90 "Yup so u got 2 options,
1. Find all the apks that have the same uid and resign them with the same keys
2. Remove the uid from the manifest and hope it works"
I am not sure exactly where to go from here. Is there a tool that would let me open up the APK and see the UID?

kingdomseed said:
So I gave it a shot and this is what I end up with. I'll google around to see what this means, if it means anything more than its face value might suggest.
pkg: /data/local/tmp/ThemeChooser.apk
Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_SHARED_USER_INCOMPATIBLE]
Edit: Looked around some more and found this thread on the error:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=640592&page=54
To quote Brut.all there "I think "INSTALL_FAILED_SHARED_USER_INCOMPATIBLE" is straightforward: Android refuses to install apk with UID if it has different certs than already installed app."
and Daneshm90 "Yup so u got 2 options,
1. Find all the apks that have the same uid and resign them with the same keys
2. Remove the uid from the manifest and hope it works"
I am not sure exactly where to go from here. Is there a tool that would let me open up the APK and see the UID?
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You cannot install it. Has to be a system app with changes to the system framework. Very difficult to do.
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out of curiousity
Considering T-mobile created the Theme Chooser code for their phones, i was just wondering, I have a T-mobile Optimus T running 2.3.3 stock, would there be a way to make this work for me??

ShawnnKushh said:
Considering T-mobile created the Theme Chooser code for their phones, i was just wondering, I have a T-mobile Optimus T running 2.3.3 stock, would there be a way to make this work for me??
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Requires modifications to the framework to work.

framework changes
would it be possible to insert only those specific entries to the framework and make this work? its really the only reaon anymore i prefer to use a rom, considering 2.3.3 has fixed many of the bugs that originally made me switch.

ShawnnKushh said:
would it be possible to insert only those specific entries to the framework and make this work? its really the only reaon anymore i prefer to use a rom, considering 2.3.3 has fixed many of the bugs that originally made me switch.
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In theory yes, but if you were good enough at ROM development to be able to do so, you wouldn't be asking these questions. Even if you want to learn, start with something easier.

LMAO!
lmao most deffinetely, ive never developed anything for android, i used to be an apple junkie, up until a couple months ago haha, but im sure it not a simple as copy and paste, so i was just asking. but what exactly does a framework consist of??

ShawnnKushh said:
lmao most deffinetely, ive never developed anything for android, i used to be an apple junkie, up until a couple months ago haha, but im sure it not a simple as copy and paste, so i was just asking. but what exactly does a framework consist of??
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I believe the theme chooser was developed by T-Mobile in Europe for their Android phones there. I don't believe ever implemented into a TMO USA device officially.

jboxer said:
I believe the theme chooser was developed by T-Mobile in Europe for their Android phones there. I don't believe ever implemented into a TMO USA device officially.
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well it just so happens that i have the p500 factory 2.3.3 flashed on my p509 now right now, since they dont have an official tmo version yet. but it is european based, so what im wondering is, would that already be incorporated into the "ROM" inces its european, or maybe not conidering the p500 isnt a t-mobile phone, and both prerequisites arent met, 1. european firmware, and 2. t-mobile branded
what do yall think??

Stock email app

My wife's galaxy s2 came with a stock email (version 3.0) that looks like the honeycomb app on my tablet. I want it on my phone, but my attempts to push it have been unsuccessful. Can some one give me a down and dirty instruction on how to do this? Both phones have GB, so I thought it would work.
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uniron81 said:
My wife's galaxy s2 came with a stock email (version 3.0) that looks like the honeycomb app on my tablet. I want it on my phone, but my attempts to push it have been unsuccessful. Can some one give me a down and dirty instruction on how to do this? Both phones have GB, so I thought it would work.
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Questions need to be asked in the Q&A section. Third link in my signature will tell you the procedure for pushing apps. You can try it and see if it works.

Actually since it is a app made for a different phone it would have to be decompiled and recompiled for your phone.
Vroom Vroom

@lumin30...Q&A, got it. I'll try to push it a few more times, then assume that it needs to be de- and recompiled (@eollie).
Thanks for the replies.
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i didn't get you bro what do you mean by decompile and recompile?
you mean porting it?

lumin30 said:
Questions need to be asked in the Q&A section
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Technicly this would be in themes and apps since its a request for an app ..well thats the way lufc would see it
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He didn't ask for an app. He asked for the down and dirty to push an app.

lumin30 said:
He didn't ask for an app. He asked for the down and dirty to push an app.
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Lol down and dirty..but oh i see now must of read it wrong..feel stupid
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lumin30 said:
He didn't ask for an app. He asked for the down and dirty to push an app.
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If you wanna get technical he is asking how to get it to work period. That means DnickDominic is more correct. However it wont work until its "ported" for the sgsg. I guess using the term decompile and recompile are too hard to understand.

lol.
@eolli: i understand what the hell is decompile and recompile.
im pointing the question did you understand what are you saying bro?
decompiling and recompiling doesn't make the app compatible with any phones.
porting app requires you decompile the app, change some codes and n the smali folder, recompile, zip align for usage efficiency.(yes, i know a lot of stuff about porting)
NOT JUST RECOMPILE AND DECOMPILE
DON'T TAKE THIS AS AN OFFENSE BRO

Jules typically when talking about getting a app to work you would do as I stated and the people that would be doing this know what I was talking about. I didn't use the term port for a reason, and your response was exactly why.
Now regarding me taking offense...why are you telling for me to not take offense? You don't want me to take offense but you tell this statement at me.
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recompiling and decompiling the apk doesn't make tha apk compatible for sgs4g. lol it like you want coke, so you open a bottle and close it so i will become a Pepsi.
you need certain step to follow in order to make it compatible in other phones
so that's why i used the word porting.
btw how much experience do you have about recompiling apk and modding?
I bet you don't even know how to decompile an apk
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[MOD] No Banding - Dithered Holo Background - CWM

I have to sell my computer because I'm moving. I won't be able to make these for a while. They're very easy to do on your own though.
First, download this image and don't change its name.
This has probably been described a thousand times here, but I'm posting instructions for newcomers.
Steps:
1 - Extract ROM of your choice
2 - Navigate to /system/framework
3 - Using 7zip, open (don't extract) framework-res.apk
4 - Navigate to /res/drawable-nodpi/
5 - Drag background_holo_dark.png into the folder. It will replace the original
6 - Close 7zip window
7 - Using 7zip, open (don't extract) the original ROM download .zip
8 - Navigate to /system/framework
9 - Drag the edited framework-res.apk into that folder. It will replace the original
10 - Flash ROM
Using these instructions, you can take any .zip package made for Clockworkmod if you want to flash it after you install the ROM. Just delete folders except for meta-inf and drag a folder with the following directory structure into the .zip package: system/framework/framework-res.apk
That's it.
FLASH IN CLOCKWORKMOD -- ALWAYS BACK UP FIRST!!!!!!!!​
Credit to endursa for making the dithered background image
I took endursa's image and put it into a flashable zip for Clockworkmod. It worked fine on my device. YMMV
No more gross banding on the uninstall screen and wherever that background exists in the UI.
I know there was already a zip for this mod by KamikaZeeFu, but it didn't work on my stock (rooted, unlocked) AT&T One X because KamikaZeeFu built it for VillainTheme, so it didn't flash.
UPDATE: I'll add links for other ROMs, because if you flash one of these on a custom ROM it will likely screw things up.
This overwrites anything you have might have modified in framework-res.apk
For STOCK 1.82: http://www.mediafire.com/?k06sfrmg6fl498j
For STOCK 1.85: http://www.mediafire.com/?kwy2lk791ybeysn
For CleanROM 2.0 by scrosler: http://www.mediafire.com/?16calbhgkpbwzdx
For CleanROM 2.1 by scrosler: http://www.mediafire.com/?p1tazy2jta7zmta
For CleanROM 2.3 by scrosler: http://www.mediafire.com/?9nxfhn2920voz30
I CLAIM NO RESPONSIBILITY TO ANYTHING THAT GOES WRONG WITH YOUR DEVICE. FLASH AT YOUR OWN RISK!

Sitting at 1.73 I'm too scared to flash.. however these mods were great on my gnex. Good job!
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ChongoDroid said:
Sitting at 1.73 I'm too scared to flash.. however these mods were great on my gnex. Good job!
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I didn't do anything but put the image in the appropriate place. Check the link I put in the OP for the source. I'll update the OP to be more specific in giving credit.

Oh I wasn't implying anything, they simply took a higher rez image if my memory serves. Looked great on my nexus so I'm sure it'll look just as good on the hox
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ChongoDroid said:
Oh I wasn't implying anything, they simply took a higher rez image if my memory serves. Looked great on my nexus so I'm sure it'll look just as good on the hox
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Oh ok.
If you're unlocked with clockworkmod, send me (well, upload it somewhere) the framework-res.apk from your phone and I'll add it if you want.

I planning to use the 1.82 one, do we have to be de-odex to flash this or can we flash it on stock? thanks.

NguyenHuu said:
I planning to use the 1.82 one, do we have to be de-odex to flash this or can we flash it on stock? thanks.
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I pulled the apk and flashed it back all on stock 1.82 and it worked for me. Everything is exactly the same as when it was pulled except for that one png file.

Great thanks, works as expected. something so simple can make such a big difference haha

NguyenHuu said:
Great thanks, works as expected. something so simple can make such a big difference haha
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+1

No problem.
And I totally agree. First of all, this should have been the image used in the stock build. Second, everyone who makes a custom ROM should consider including this image. Third, this image is used so often on the phone that it almost ruined the expericne for me before I found the original thread with that image in it. It's really easy to put this into any ROM, but if anyone is scared to mess with it, or just doesn't feel like it, let me know and I'll make more. I'll continue to make them until ROM cooks and developers start putting it in their ROMs.
Otherwise, there are tutorials for making/modifying your own flashable zips, but I can post a short tutorial later for any new people here. My daughter is using my computer to watch a movie right now.
I just finished a semester of learning C++. I'm going to try to learn Java over the summer to get a head start before next semester. Maybe I'll finally be able to contribute more in the near future. I've been saying that for almost two years... but I'm working on it.

jmattp said:
No problem.
And I totally agree. First of all, this should have been the image used in the stock build. Second, everyone who makes a custom ROM should consider including this image. Third, this image is used so often on the phone that it almost ruined the expericne for me before I found the original thread with that image in it. It's really easy to put this into any ROM, but if anyone is scared to mess with it, or just doesn't feel like it, let me know and I'll make more. I'll continue to make them until ROM cooks and developers start putting it in their ROMs.
Otherwise, there are tutorials for making/modifying your own flashable zips, but I can post a short tutorial later for any new people here. My daughter is using my computer to watch a movie right now.
I just finished a semester of learning C++. I'm going to try to learn Java over the summer to get a head start before next semester. Maybe I'll finally be able to contribute more in the near future. I've been saying that for almost two years... but I'm working on it.
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is it as simple as dragging and dropping the .PNG into systemui.apk? or do you have to decomplile and all that fancy stuff? Reason I ask is Cleanrom2.1 is release and has new changes so cant use the old one no more.

jmattp said:
Oh ok.
If you're unlocked with clockworkmod, send me (well, upload it somewhere) the framework-res.apk from your phone and I'll add it if you want.
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Hey that would be awesome! Cheers
http://db.tt/5lPQQSmw
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NguyenHuu said:
is it as simple as dragging and dropping the .PNG into systemui.apk? or do you have to decomplile and all that fancy stuff? Reason I ask is Cleanrom2.1 is release and has new changes so cant use the old one no more.
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It goes in /system/framework/framework-res.apk/res/drawable-nodpi

jmattp said:
It goes in /system/framework/framework-res.apk/res/drawable-nodpi
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Just a normal drag and drop or do we need to decompile?

NguyenHuu said:
Just a normal drag and drop or do we need to decompile?
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Drag and drop
...into a flashable zip. I think you might run into problems doing it with a file explorer while the OS is running.
Or just put it in the ROM before you flash. That's what you're asking, right?

jmattp said:
Drag and drop
...into a flashable zip. I think you might run into problems doing it with a file explorer while the OS is running.
Or just put it in the ROM before you flash. That's what you're asking, right?
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yeah I did it via flashable zip, works fine, thanks.

ChongoDroid said:
Hey that would be awesome! Cheers
http://db.tt/5lPQQSmw
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Link sent in a PM

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Link sent in a PM
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Worked great and looks awesome!
Here's a before and after for the folks that aren't quite sure what this does.
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Thanks for this fix!

After further use this mod seems to break CleanROM 2.1 reboot menu. Not sure about anything else.
I also am not sure if it has anything to do with CleanRom being deodexed.

[Q] Stock rooted ROM

I wanted to ask how I could go about taking a rom.zip (pulled from an RUU) and turn it into a stock rooted rom. The phone flashing would be rooted, of course
And if possible, for that process, is it generic? As in, would it work for any phone/stock rom? Or only shift?

CNexus said:
I wanted to ask how I could go about taking a rom.zip (pulled from an RUU) and turn it into a stock rooted rom. The phone flashing would be rooted, of course
And if possible, for that process, is it generic? As in, would it work for any phone/stock rom? Or only shift?
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Well it would be stock Shift so unless modded it would only work for the Shift. Not sure what you're trying to do.

bilgerryan said:
Well it would be stock Shift so unless modded it would only work for the Shift. Not sure what you're trying to do.
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Well what I mean is if I took an equivalent rom.zip from the RUU for another device, then I want to be able to follow generally the same process to make it a stock rom that won't compromise root
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CNexus said:
Well what I mean is if I took an equivalent rom.zip from the RUU for another device, then I want to be able to follow generally the same process to make it a stock rom that won't compromise root
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Good luck with that, it seems like you are doing way too much work for what you are trying to achieve (which I am still a little confused on). Essentially you are trying to port a "stock" ROM from another device, and then rooting it... why go thru all the trouble? That sounds like a headache for no reason. What is the device you are taking the RUU from? Why not just port a rooted stock ROM? Like RemICS for example is basically the stock ROM for the SGS3.

bilgerryan said:
Good luck with that, it seems like you are doing way too much work for what you are trying to achieve (which I am still a little confused on). Essentially you are trying to port a "stock" ROM from another device, and then rooting it... why go thru all the trouble? That sounds like a headache for no reason. What is the device you are taking the RUU from?
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Wait what...noooo thats not what I mean lol
What I'm asking is that lets say I have stock rom.zip for some device, how do I make a rooted version of that rom.zip (no porting, no other mods)
All I want to do is basically be able to reset everything to stock using that rom.zip, but without losing root on the device I'm flashing to
So like this:
Device N's rom.zip > rooted rom.zip for device N > flash rooted rom.zip to device N
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You want to pull the stock Rom out of an RUU, and use it sort of as a wipe Rom? Does that about sound right ?
TEAM MiK
MikROMs Since 3/13/11

If all you wanna do is what I did with the latest ota. Download the RUU.exe and open it to its first screen but don't go forward. Then open a the start menu and go to run. Once at the run box type %temp% and hit enter, then find the location of ROM.zip and move it out to the Desktop and close the RUU.exe. now inside the ROM.zip are a few images the RUU uses to flash, so now your gonna wanna take the boot.img and system.img and place them in dsixda kitchens original update folder, then open the dsixda kitchen in cmd and setup a working folder from a ROM and choose the boot.img and system.img. once that's done use the options to add root and busyboox, maybe data/app if you want and that's your rooted stock ota zip :beer:
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strapped365 said:
If all you wanna do is what I did with the latest ota. Download the RUU.exe and open it to its first screen but don't go forward. Then open a the start menu and go to run. Once at the run box type %temp% and hit enter, then find the location of ROM.zip and move it out to the Desktop and close the RUU.exe. now inside the ROM.zip are a few images the RUU uses to flash, so now your gonna wanna take the boot.img and system.img and place them in dsixda kitchens original update folder, then open the dsixda kitchen in cmd and setup a working folder from a ROM and choose the boot.img and system.img. once that's done use the options to add root and busyboox, maybe data/app if you want and that's your rooted stock ota zip :beer:
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Too good
I knew I had to use dsixda's kitchen because I saw someone mention that in a post but they didn't specify...
But awesome, thanks strapped
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CNexus said:
Too good
I knew I had to use dsixda's kitchen because I saw someone mention that in a post but they didn't specify...
But awesome, thanks strapped
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Not a problem, anything else I'm floating around somewhere most of the time and get email notifications.
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Hey guys, I just asked a question to the EVO folks the I remembered this thread is where I got the idea. What I've done is what Strapped said and took the ROM from the ruu for the EVO and ran it through dsixda's kitchen. It's been running great on my EVO 4g but this morning I had some time and thought I would do some themeing and found there is no systemUI.apk? I even went back to the kitchen and rechecked what I had done earlier but there just isn't one that I can find. Has anyone heard of this before? I would think that with that missing it shouldn't be working at all right?

That doesn't sound right . Are you sure your seeing all the files? I had this happen once, I did not have my settings correct on the Laptop.
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Yea I'm sure. Could it be hidden somehow? Maybe in some odd folder... No one at the EVO is taking me seriously assuming I'm asking a noon like question. :-/
Edit: just for fun, I flashed a modded systemUI last night for this and its in there but nothing has changed. It's the weirdest thing I've come across Android wise.
EDIT2: is it possible the file got mixed in with something else when I deodexed it?
Edit3: I just went through the process again (I'm off work until tomorrow) and there is still no systemUI.apk? What settings on the laptop were you refering to? I can see that file in other ROMs. This is just odd...
Edit4: Ive been looking into this further and I am finding the icons from the systemUI mixed in both the system/framework/framework-res.apk and system/framework/com.htc.rescources.apk so I'm guessing somehow I mixed things together...

That is some creepy stuff
As in how it somehow got chucked in a blender with the framework files
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I can't figure it out. I'd upload it for folks to look at but its for the EVO 4g and no one there is interested.

Chad The Pathfinder said:
I can't figure it out. I'd upload it for folks to look at but its for the EVO 4g and no one there is interested.
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Yeah I saw....man, that community is going extinct even faster than we are
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CNexus said:
Yeah I saw....man, that community is going extinct even faster than we are
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There are still a lot of users, just not many devs... and most of the users are noobs

Chad The Pathfinder said:
Yea I'm sure. Could it be hidden somehow? Maybe in some odd folder... No one at the EVO is taking me seriously assuming I'm asking a noon like question. :-/
Edit: just for fun, I flashed a modded systemUI last night for this and its in there but nothing has changed. It's the weirdest thing I've come across Android wise.
EDIT2: is it possible the file got mixed in with something else when I deodexed it?
Edit3: I just went through the process again (I'm off work until tomorrow) and there is still no systemUI.apk? What settings on the laptop were you refering to? I can see that file in other ROMs. This is just odd...
Edit4: Ive been looking into this further and I am finding the icons from the systemUI mixed in both the system/framework/framework-res.apk and system/framework/com.htc.rescources.apk so I'm guessing somehow I mixed things together...
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Glad you got it sorted. Had way to much on the plate today. Sorry I couldn't get back to you. Had a messed up day.
CNexus said:
That is some creepy stuff
As in how it somehow got chucked in a blender with the framework files
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That one is completely starnge
Chad The Pathfinder said:
I can't figure it out. I'd upload it for folks to look at but its for the EVO 4g and no one there is interested.
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I still have an OG EVO . Tester.
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Yeah I saw....man, that community is going extinct even faster than we are
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bilgerryan said:
There are still a lot of users, just not many devs... and most of the users are noobs
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Yes it is. Quite a few Newbs . Hopefully some will step up and start doing for the community. As happened in the Shift community .

prboy1969 said:
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Yes it is. Quite a few Newbs . Hopefully some will step up and start doing for the community. As happened in the Shift community .
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It's understandable, anymore it is a relatively cheap device to obtain for a starter into Android. I just wish people would read and search before posting... that should be a rule. And this guy (me) should be getting an OG soon.

bilgerryan said:
It's understandable, anymore it is a relatively cheap device to obtain for a starter into Android. I just wish people would read and search before posting... that should be a rule. And this guy (me) should be getting an OG soon.
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Nice . Glad to hear that. As for the reading thing. It is oh so true . But unfortunately most do it later, than sooner.