My question is: Is there any way to take a de-odexed rom with all of my customizations and odex it while keeping the customizations so that I can use ART?
So after doing some research I found out that it is possible to take any rom and make it odex'd using this script (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2390162) and then ART should work once that is complete, but I don't want to lose all of the customizations I've set up in Viper.
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Hey just to fill my own curiosity (I am not a developer), when you guys deodex and zip allign a rom you create or are customizing...what effect does it have on the way the rom runs?
Or what are you doing?
thanks and I was just curious.
zipaligning is supposed to decrease ram use and increase performance.
deodexing removes the .odex files that go with system apps and puts the information into the apk. it basically makes the app ready to decompile and compile so that modifications can be made. it doesn't really have a positive performance advantage except that it might free some ram, if it make things quicker I'd imagine the factory wouldn't create odex files to begin with. also it often introduces bugs like broken apps or android system force closing on startup.
My understanding is that prior to de-odexing its actually faster and more stable, but when you de-odex it makes it so that you can make changes that you otherwise would not be able to, such as themes, ect.
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Using CK(simple).
Exactly right... actually an "odexed" rom runs a little smoother and faster and you can theme it, but once the theme is implemented that's it... you will have to flash only odexed themes, which requires theming of the apk and the odexed apk... its just a lot easier to mod and theme a deodexed rom...
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This is a bit of a merge-post from two other forum posts I made (here and here) before I realized that there was a forum specifically for the G900P Galaxy S5.
To sum things up, I'm just kind of curious as to why it seems like there is next to zero custom ROMs that explicitly support the Sprint G900P version of the S5. The only one that I have found (which I am currently using) is the R.D.D.T ROM, as well as the other two similar builds of the same thing. This brings up my main question.
From what I've gathered, deodexed ROMs were originally used to be able to edit things such as status bar colors (clock, notification icons, etc) and even the icons themselves. They boot 'slower' but after the initial boot it is not that recognizable as newer hardware more than compensates for this issue.
So I have flashed a deodexed ROM onto my phone (R.D.D.T.). Now, this ROM also has an odexed version as well. I assumed that having the deodexed version would allow me to edit icons, colors, etc. However, I'm not quite sure how I can do it.
I have seen and read about people installing custom, deodexed ROMs onto their phones, and many of them (Alliance, X-Note) will come with either an app pre-installed on the ROM, or a ROM-specific menu in Settings. This menu lets them customize things in the way I would like to be able to. The problem is that, at this time, the G900P (Sprint) version of the Galaxy S5 is not supported by either of those ROMs, or many other popular ROMs for that matter. R.D.D.T. (and R.O.D.T as well as the Mystery Build) was one of the only ROMs I could find that explicitly supports the G900P. I like the concept of this ROM, as it seems like a good, no BS bloat-less ROM that is otherwise very close to stock Android. But, I do not believe it came with any ROM-specific way of editing colors, themes, icons, etc. So my question is a few parts I guess:
-Is there still a way (downloadable app, editing files, etc) for me to be able to edit colors on the S5 with this ROM?
-In a situation like this, what is the benefit of having a deodexed ROM installed?
-Are there other ROMs similar to R.D.D.T. that currently support the G900P S5 which additionally offer customization?
-What is it with the Galaxy S5 that is causing so many ROMs to not officially support it?
Sorry for the long post, but my primary aim here is to learn everything that I can about this.
It sounds like you need MOAR
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2790808
DEATHWISH .500 said:
It sounds like you need MOAR
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2790808
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I just switched to this per your recommendation. It had quite a bit more included than the ultra-streamlined R.D.D.T, but definitely a lot of customization there! Though I sort of wish it had an option to link certain aspect's colors together, like Alliance or other ROMs allow. Instead you have to go through and copy/paste a color for each aspect. Nit-picking though
Anyway, I do appreciate the suggestion, but I'm still looking for an answer to my question regarding the needs/desires for a deodexed ROM. I'd have to imagine that M.O.A.R. is deodexed because of the color changing capabilities it has, yet R.D.D.T. is also deodexed, but doesn't support these kinds of changes. As I stated in my OP, I was under the impression that customization was the primary reason for a deodexed ROM.
Deodexed just means you can rip/push/edit whatever you want inside an apk (images, parameters) and not have to rebuild the odex file for the apk. You can do the same things on odexed, its just a *****. Deodexed is just far far far easier to edit.
Also, as for MOAR and RDDT: just imagine that MOAR has a built in gravitybox. That's literally all it is.
Source: I cooked some roms back in the day.
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dpwhitty11 said:
Deodexed just means you can rip/push/edit whatever you want inside an apk (images, parameters) and not have to rebuild the odex file for the apk. You can do the same things on odexed, its just a *****. Deodexed is just far far far easier to edit.
Also, as for MOAR and RDDT: just imagine that MOAR has a built in gravitybox. That's literally all it is.
Source: I cooked some roms back in the day.
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I see. Is that something you can do after the ROM is flashed? As in, could I flash R.D.D.T. and then edit an APK and reboot to get that effect? Or is it done upon building the ROM itself?
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I see. Is that something you can do after the ROM is flashed? As in, could I flash R.D.D.T. and then edit an APK and reboot to get that effect? Or is it done upon building the ROM itself?
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Sure. Just needs a soft reboot or restart the apk you modified.
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Ok, so ever since made the stupid mistake of flashing back to stock rom 4.4.2 from CM 11 I've been using Xposed modules to get as far away from touchwiz as possible. I really want the AOSP lockscreen instead of the Touchwiz one. I've looked at the current Xposed module for it but its not supported for anything above 4.1 but I've also read that the touchwiz lockscreen is just used above the AOSP one, so is there a way to remove the Touchwiz lockscreen or disable it so the AOSP one is used instead?
Flameancer said:
Ok, so ever since made the stupid mistake of flashing back to stock rom 4.4.2 from CM 11 I've been using Xposed modules to get as far away from touchwiz as possible. I really want the AOSP lockscreen instead of the Touchwiz one. I've looked at the current Xposed module for it but its not supported for anything above 4.1 but I've also read that the touchwiz lockscreen is just used above the AOSP one, so is there a way to remove the Touchwiz lockscreen or disable it so the AOSP one is used instead?
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It's tough because it's a smali edit. You'd have to change a lot to get it to work. It's not something you could easily replace. I wouldn't even know where to start on that, but maybe take a look at some s4 kitkat mods and see if they could be backwards compatible on the S3. They just might work for something like that, or at least show you what code to modify.
It might be easy as disabling the touchwiz lockscreen and enabling the native Google one.
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I would just like to mention an amazing rom that i just recently discovered that wasn't in our section It is PurifieD 3.5 rom over in the GT-I9505 section it said that it would only work with twrp/cwm and i was able to get it to boot with safestrap 3.75 after 1 slight change it has the option to look like samsung touch wiz or pure aosp theme and aosp lockscrren and apps stock messaging light or dark theme aosp dialer and contacts, clock, browser and more so i encourage everyone to check it out because it is smooth!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2454205
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If its only booted with twrp or cwm, what change did you make to make this boot and still have WiFi and I assume data? Maybe you should share in the all things general thread?
Disregard. This ROM is already posted there. I wonder how this one is compatible and we can't figure out why the others aren't.
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If its only booted with twrp or cwm, what change did you make to make this boot and still have WiFi and I assume data? Maybe you should share in the all things general thread?
Disregard. This ROM is already posted there. I wonder how this one is compatible and we can't figure out why the others aren't.
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Yup. This ROM was ported by Gogollie. This was built with a TouchWiz kernel, that's why it boots, it isn't real GPE without the GPE kernel. Just themed with some AOSP apps.
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Yup. This ROM was ported by Gogollie. This was built with a TouchWiz kernel, that's why it boots, it isn't real GPE without the GPE kernel. Just themed with some AOSP apps.
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actually no 3.5 I have never ported. If its davy's ROM still its probably Stock International Wanam ROM Build with KNOX and other crap cleaned up with options to install AOSP apps by DSA creator of BlackBox another great Hybrid or its 100% TouchWiz with his Domination theme flashed over the top. If you dont know what Domination is in terms of a theme its one of the greatest themes ever made. I miss the option to go white with it sometimes tho. Its themed to look nearly identical to AOSP. Theres other Aroma options to MOD the ROM to act more like AOSP or install AOSP Apps like Calculators, Camera, and stuff. The Aroma installer is pretty nifty and lets you somewhat De-Bloat while installing it.
My newest ROM looks completely different and installs at half the size. Its also a minimal install / beast with speed and battery. I dont know its been posted here but you should be able to use it no problem. with safestrap just flash your modules to get wifi working. and if your at&T you might have to flash an apn patch to replace the apns from /etc directory with your own. or maybe manually entering them would work too. Its nearly all AOSP but yes in order to maintain good data signal, wifi, tethering, usb, etc I had to make a ROM over the TW so the Stock Kernel that most of AT&T/VZW has to run with a locked bootloader would be able to use these features of the phone with no problems. Theres also a "Smoke Weed Everyday"Nate Dogg Audio Clip during shutdown that I accidentally forgot to remove before releasing so if at work or school you might want to delete the file PowerOff.ogg from the /system/media/audio/ui folder you can also replace the file or PowerOn.ogg for startup sound with any mp3 or ogg file just rename it to that file name...
dOPE-PSOA
@gigilie This is so nice of you to post! And great to know that there are two additional Roms we can try to further get away from touchwiz. @guut13 have you tested these out/posted them?
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@gigilie This is so nice of you to post! And great to know that there are two additional Roms we can try to further get away from touchwiz. @guut13 have you tested these out/posted them?
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I've ran Purified for a long time on the 4.4.2, it's a TouchWiz-based ROM so it works with Safestrap just fine. It's using the Domination AOSP them package, it's a solid rom and I'm happy to see it's update I'll have to switch back.
@guut13 - I'm testing it now ~ I'll let you know how it goes so you can update the index.
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I've ran Purified for a long time on the 4.4.2, it's a TouchWiz-based ROM so it works with Safestrap just fine. It's using the Domination AOSP them package, it's a solid rom and I'm happy to see it's update I'll have to switch back.
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Thanks for this, I'm gonna try it out.
I would like to know what was changed as well. Ive tried multiple kernels (stock) and multiple modules, and I cant get wifi to enable on this rom.
Hey guys,
I am a minimalistic guy. I am using the Superman ROM since I got my S7 DUOS G930 FD in about April this year.
It's a great ROM, however, I am not very happy so far.
I want a ROM where I know that it is pure and clean. No bloatware, no mods, no special animations and stuff around. It should be rooted though, since I want to install apps like Titaniumbackup and such things.
Also Xposed, because I want to center the clock. But that's it.
So it should be a ROM that also comes with Aroma Installer, for a very few Samsung Apps, such as Gallery, Camera...nothing else actually.
Can you tell me a post where I can find a clean stock ROM with root rights and Aroma installer and so on?
Cheers
Sven
hello,
the rom TGP by djb77 should filt your needs, you can make a custom installation in aroma to get only the few apps you want. I went from Superman ROM to this one and I find it lighter and fast so far.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s7/development/rom-galaxy-project-t3440314
Thanks, I ll give it a try.
tregate said:
hello,
the rom TGP by djb77 should filt your needs, you can make a custom installation in aroma to get only the few apps you want. I went from Superman ROM to this one and I find it lighter and fast so far.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s7/development/rom-galaxy-project-t3440314
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