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[Q] Flashable zip

If I have a flashable zip file, like a custom rom. Can I simply extract it with windows zip utility, and then create another archive (zip) again the same way? Are there specific custom settings that I would need to set in order for it to be flashable within clockwork recovery?

mmapcpro said:
If I have a flashable zip file, like a custom rom. Can I simply extract it with windows zip utility, and then create another archive (zip) again the same way? Are there specific custom settings that I would need to set in order for it to be flashable within clockwork recovery?
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Guide: How to extract the default wallpaper of the G2x

Hi XDA,
First time contribution to XDA here. I finally found out how to extract the default wallpaper (if you're like me and love the design) from the stock rom. I found it in BuROM (link).
1. Get WinRAR or 7-zip
2. Browse to \system\framework
3. Look for framework-res.apk
4. Extract that and open it as a zip (or rename the extension to .zip)
5. Browse to \res\drawable
6. Look for default_wallpaper.jpg
If just want the file, it's attached below or you can get it here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?puygbgz2ddmj564

[MOD] Flashable Zip for Ringtones and Notifications

I have wanted a way to easily flash a zip immediately after flashing a new ROM that will import all my custom ringtones and SMS notifications.
I found a DIY-zip posted by maatsby. It was made for the Desire HD, and it might work just fine with our phones just as it is. I don't know a whole lot about flashable zips but I looked at the zip Synergy made for our GS3s to back up the EFS partition, and I modified the script of the original DIY file to match the same dev/block address for the system partition.
Followed the instructions maatsby had in the OP to put in my own files, flashed on Carbon 1.5 AOSP and it worked perfectly! You can give maatsby thanks in his thread
Here are the steps:
1. Download the DIY-sounds-GS3.zip
2. Open zip but do not extract it
3. Navigate through "system" until you get to the folder that you want to make changes to
4. Drag and drop your song in that folder
> e.g. if you want a new ringtone, navigate to "ringtones" folder and drop your song in to the ringtones folder
5. Delete the README.txt
6. Navigate to the other folders and add your songs there too
> If you don't want to add any other songs, just delete the README.txt files in each of the other folders
7. Nandroid backup
8. Flash in recovery

Well this is awsome
Make it so number one!

Thanks for this, it saves me a lot of time.

How to make cwm flashable zips on phone

Want to know how to make CWM flashable zips using phone? Here's what you have to do. I have attached a sample zip file which consists of two folders viz. META-INF and system. Now download PowerGrasp.apk from the attached files. Install it, open it and then copy any app which you want as a flashable file. And then paste it in a new folder named "app" under the "system" folder in the "sample CWM.zip" file. Now the compressor of PowerGrasp will pop up. Set the compression level to 6. Now compress it. And you're done.
Now you've successfully made your own cwm flashable zip file. Use CWM recovery to flash.
{Neither of the attached files is my development. I got these files from a friend and posted these to help others who want to make flashable zips on phone}

[Q] Flashing Roms Problem

So the roms that are on 5.0.1 are not being able to flash on MultiRom cause of the outdated Update-Script.
I have an updated version on my phone. How do properly Unpack and Pack a Rom-Zip?
In the past I tried a normal file browser, but when I go to flash the ROM it would say Incomplete rom

Just search "zip" in the play store.

Any zip application on windows such as 7-zip of winrar. Archive manager on Linux. Zarchiver on android. Just don't add with any compression. Set it as "store".
Open the zip with the application. Delete the existing script. Add a new one.