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I hate to make a thread on this but would like to get started soon with learning how to root roms and add the kernel for multitouch and tethering. This is more for my personal use since I just want a stock rom with all the root benefits like jf use to and theses are the questions I have.
1. Will I have to take the update.zip file and extract everything and modify it then resign and I'm done?
2. I read some info on adding busybox and root which seem easy but when I run the chmod command and such everything will be through adb and the files will be on my pc so do I just make sure its all in the right directory and file path?
3. Where are the wallpapers stored in builds along with animations I will be looking into the framwork/framework-res.apk later but still curious
4. The modified kernel for tethering and multitouch is located where along with the market.db file?
5. What is meta.inf and how easy is it to make the cpu 528mhz standard also not sure what BFS and ASOP are haven't been keeping up.
P.S. I would really appreciate some help on this and I don't mind reading if this information is somewhere else so please provide a link and as always gotta show love to those who started this like JF, Hakuro, Cyanogen, Drizzy, and many more like daproy and kornub did a lot of helping.

I hate to make a thread on this
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You mean you hate starting threads in the correct place?

Thats a fine line here. Although it is a question, it is specifically a development question. Its not a which rom do i choose?
Although android is "open source" these people dont give a **** about people trying to learn how to develop. They will pull the google line or something.

yeah me 2
Trying 2 learn

Im a noob, so I can only answer two of thosew questions
1. Anytime you modify your update.zip you will have to resign before trying to flash it onyour device.
5b. BFS: Brain **** (simple) Scheduler, something to do with the priority of running proccesses or something http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_Fuck_Scheduler. AOSP stands for Android Open Software Project, which i believe is just googles standard rom really (but I may be wrong)
I recommend you try out this rom though, kind of like JF but for Donut http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=538456

Very Sorry, double post

Thanks! I'm actually using that rom and its what has me so interested in this cause I hate having to flash another update.zip to get the full root benefits when JF just made everything available in one nice package but looks like I will just have to go through trial an error unless I get some more feedback cause switching between cyan 4.1.11.1 and JF1..51 is killing me and taking up space on my card.

With my little to no knowledge, replacing the boot.img and some files in system/bin with the ones provided in theofficial expansion pack should give you all that you need. With no extra apps.

yeah me 2
Yeah me too

(rom) Rogers stock rom with root, Without rogers apps, by capychimp [12 sep 2010]

The idea of this discussion is for those who chose to install the Rogers stock rom with root, by capychimp
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=778083
Thanks to capychimp
I hope capychimp, will support us here
Clean
Fast
stable
excellent battery life
Download rom
Download removing the rogers apps

sure

davidcal said:
The idea of this discussion is for those who chose to install the Rogers stock rom with root, by capychimp
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=778083
Thanks to capychimp
I hope capychimp, will support us here
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And this is development related how?
Shouldn't this be in General thread?
And why could not this discussion be a part of Capychimp's thread?

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hehe well i was thinking of moving the stock rom here, and make packaeges for it, and deodex it, to keep them seperate and avoid confusion

capychimp, you can removing the rogers apps from this rom?
Thanks

try flash this one, it should remove them

capychimp said:
try flash this one, it should remove them
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How simple...
it's removing the rogers apps
Thanks again

i want a stable stock rom...but i want multilanguage...is it possible?

MARCO310791 said:
i want a stable stock rom...but i want multilanguage...is it possible?
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you could flash rcmagic v3 and remove the apps you don't want and resign it

capychimp said:
you could flash rcmagic v3 and remove the apps you don't want and resign it
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If you tell me how to do that, that would be awesome, unless it is exactly like this:
-boot into recovery
-Mount /system partition
-adb remount
-adb shell
-cd /system/app
***I used -ls to list everything in the folder on my mac, not sure what the command or you windows people would be. But that listed every .apk and .odex file in the /app directory***
-Locate the files you want to remove
- rm what-ever-file-you-want-gone.apk
- rm what-ever-file-you-want-gone.odex
Oh hey, can you include voice search and voice calling in this clean stock rom by any chance?

Malza said:
If you tell me how to do that, that would be awesome, unless it is exactly like this:
-boot into recovery
-Mount /system partition
-adb remount
-adb shell
-cd /system/app
***I used -ls to list everything in the folder on my mac, not sure what the command or you windows people would be. But that listed every .apk and .odex file in the /app directory***
-Locate the files you want to remove
- rm what-ever-file-you-want-gone.apk
- rm what-ever-file-you-want-gone.odex
Oh hey, can you include voice search and voice calling in this clean stock rom by any chance?
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if i include that, would it be a clean stock rom then?

Ahh, you got me there, I just always loved the voice search and voice calling, may I ask for the link to the apk and I'll push it myself then? Since the voice search that is on the market is the new froyo only one, which makes me sad.

you can pick it from rcmagic_v3

capychimp said:
you can pick it from rcmagic_v3
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Wow that didn't even cross my mind. Sorry to bother you so much, and thank you for the supremely quick responses. Also your doing a fine job on android development for the RCMagic. =]

well as long as my phone lives, it's on borrowed time, have to reflash radio alot these days cause it breaks alot now

Oh no, that's not good. Well even if it does go downhill, you can upgrade to those nice nifty new fangled devices, like the nexus one, or dare I say it, HTC evo!

not really the evo is nice but will not work in little denmark
the most fancy we have is desire or samsung galaxy

Oh, thats not good options at all. I'm sure something will come up to cold little denmark eventually though =]

Did not notice there was a separate thread for the spartan/minimal Rogers version.
capy do you perhaps have time/pleasure/both to implement this rooted stock rom...:
1) with ML
2) with extra APNs
3) without Rogers apps
You seemed pretty positive about this on the other thread, hence for bothering you again here
BTW, can anyone tell me if the following apps are inside this minimal ROM? Google contacts? The HTC dialer? The Google Calender? The Market?

[PROJECT][WiP] CMbins v0.3.1

Originally this was going to be something I would do for Kyorarom v0.2.0, but I will also let the general public in on my works.
I am currently going through every single file in CM6.2 and seeing if it will work on Froyo with little to no effort. Why? Well think of it as a poor mans alternative to a fully functioning CM6.2. I respect marcellusbes work 100% but there are so many people who are being impatient about the non-existant ETA of CM6.2 and CM7 (BECAUSE IT SAYS THERE IS NO ETA AND THERE SHOULD NOT NEED TO BE AN ETA), I decided to give the people half of what the want: the performance and open sourceness of CM6.2 while still retaining 100% functionality of the Samsung firmware.
Current Status
99% of the bins are working
A few CM apps are working
Some of the libs are working (but they are more just sitting in there)
--- CONSIDER THIS VERY MUCH IN BETA - THIS WILL HAVE A FEW BUGS HERE AND THERE SO PLEASE REPORT ALL OF THEM SO I CAN FIX THEM ---
Now remember, this is by no means an alternative to CM6.2, it is more of a stopgap for people who really want our phone to have CM6.2 on it.
I have been working on this all day today and haven't been able to actually test it properly, but it appears to be stable with the files I have added, and it also appears to be quicker. Not by much, but it feels a little smoother.
Why would I need this?
As I said, it's a poor mans CM6.2. It will give you 90% of the performance of CM6.2 while still giving you 100% functionality (provided I haven't broken anything) from Samsung firmware. Programs run quicker, the system responds faster, and the system just feels smoother in general. It's not like FuguTweaks or V6 Supercharger which gives you a tiny change, the goal of this is to give you a HUGE change.
What is noticably quicker?
Well I need people to tell me that, but what I have noticed is quicker is:
Screen rotate happens quicker
Scrolling through menus
Swiping around websites
System boot time
What do I need to use this?
Well I have only tested this on Kyorarom v0.2.0 alpha (unreleased), so I don't know how your results may go, but it SHOULD work on all JPS based SAMSUNG ROMS.
THIS IS NOT A PATCH FOR CM6.2! THIS IS A PATCH FOR SAMSUNG!
You will also need CWM with update.zip signing disabled. This is provided as an update.zip as there are SO MANY permissions that need to be set in the bins/xbins/libs that it would be ridiculous to tell people to run an ugly script which will probably not work on 99% of peoples computers, so an update.zip without signing is how I will do this. Why no signing? Because every guide I have followed to tell me how to sign a zip or an APK has done nothing useful. SOMEONE TELL ME HOW PLEASE!
How do I install this?
Just put this on your SD Card, go into CWM and tell it to update from an update.zip. Pretty simple. I highly recommend doing a system.img backup first though to be on the safe side in case something goes terribly wrong. Format your /system before restoring the system.img.
What should I do if I get a bug such as a force close or a random reboot
Get your phone right to just before the crash happens
Plug your phone into ADB
Go into ADB SHELL
Type logcat > /sdcard/crashlog.txt
Reproduce the crash
Wait until it has rebooted/force closed
Press Ctrl-C on ADB SHELL
Get the crashlog.txt off your SDcard and paste the last about 20-30 lines in a code box here telling me what you did to cause the crash.
Links
Patch 0.3.1 (requires Samsung firmware, recommended to be on JPS)
CMapps 0.3.0 (should work on Samsung firmware without CMbins)
CMbins Remover (will only replace the bins with the original Samsung bins)
Patch v0.2.0 (requires Samsung firmware, recommended to be on JPS)
Busybox Fix (for in case you installed any of the patches v0.0.3 and below - NOT AN UPDATE.ZIP: THIS IS A BUNCH OF FILES WITH A README)
Please note that this may play up with some custom themes, especially large ones such as MIUI as this replaces a lot of files which these themes may be using or rely upon.
Credits
marcellusbe for his incredibly hard work on CM6.2 and CM7 which sadly seems to not be appreciated as much as it should by some of this community. Please go over to both the CM6.2 and CM7 threads and thank him for his hard work, even if you have already done so.
Change Log
v0.3.1
Removed more pointless stuff such as the etc and libs as they won't provide a performance boost. They were more decoratio.
Fixed install script which removed TW apps but didn't replace them from v0.3.0.
v0.3.0
Removed pointless bins which don't provide any performance boost, such as ping and stuff.
Fixed force close lag bug.
v0.2.0
Added the last few bins that were missing. Only bins missing are the ones that cause the system to break.
Added a few more things from etc from CM. They shouldn't cause any difference.
v0.1.1
Fixed dalvik-cache building.
v0.1.0
Removed xbin. It was causing too many problems
Added a few libs (ones that aren't in Samsung)
Added a few items from etc
Replaced a few stock Samsung apps in order to clean the system up before I remove twframework.
v0.0.3
Fixed the missing meta-inf folder in the update.zip. Sorry guys!
v0.0.2
Fixed the busybox issue. the patch removed the old busybox and replaced it with a broken one. If this doesn't fix it then 'mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/stl6 /system' and 'chmod 755 /system/xbin/*'

I was doing something like this , cm framework on jps
But you did more
np
i didnt have the time to complete it fully(exams)
Best of luck!

cdesai said:
I was doing something like this , cm framework on jps
But you did more
np
i didnt have the time to complete it fully(exams)
Best of luck!
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If you wish to help me then by all means I'll be grateful. I am nowhere near finished as there are a few files in /system/bin that still need checked to see if they cause issues. I just went through the alphabet and if a file such as 'dexopt' caused problems then I left out all of D. However that's just an example. Dexopt is left out, but I left in the rest of D as I found it causing problems later down the track. I know I am missing Q and S. I'm gonna go through them all tomorrow.
EDIT: Not to mention I want to go through frameworks and libs and the etc folder too.

I am not sure if this is helpfull or not... I instaled the update in my phone. At the moment, only issue is that busybox installer is not working after it get superuser permisions, and then i cannot open any other app. I need to reboot my system. If i find any other issue, i will let you know.

Sergiales said:
I am not sure if this is helpfull or not... I instaled the update in my phone. At the moment, only issue is that busybox installer is not working after it get superuser permisions, and then i cannot open any other app. I need to reboot my system. If i find any other issue, i will let you know.
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Hmm, I might have done somethign weird with xbin. Try going into adb shell and run 'chmod 755 /system/xbin/*'. I might have to get it to set permissions in the update.zip for that folder.
EDIT: Try restore your system back to how it was prior the install of the update, and then try the other zip I just put in the first post. I think it'll be the xbin folder doing it.

@hillbeast
you also plan to port the framework of cm6?

ale_bot said:
@hillbeast
you also plan to port the framework of cm6?
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I hope I can. The plan is to get everything that will work from CM6.2 in Samsung firmwares to work.

New version uploaded. See first post for details.
I fixed the busybox issue. I thought I fixed it earlier but aparently not. It was CM6.2s Busybox being in there that killed it. I put the Samsung one into v0.0.2 so it'll fix the grief it caused with version 0.0.1.
If it still causes issues then go into adb shell (or Terminal Emulator) and run this code:
Code:
mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/stl6 /system
chmod 755 /system/xbin/*

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Good work, hillbeast.
I wish you would work more togother, i mean most of the main developers in g3.
you know the names.
And some more support from the community with donating and thanks or appriciation.
You (just caught you user reading this), could donate a little bit, so that your galaxy 3 is got tuned with great software, so it worth allmost double the price then you paid for it, because it expands with possibillities and powers.
Just click someones (dharamg3, marcelubes.. and some of all the other great programmers) donate button, type the number: 5 or 10 or 20 or 100 +++ etc, log in to paypal and DONATE!

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Gut work, hillbeast.
I wish you would work more togother, i mean most of the main developers in g3.
you know the names.
And some more support from the community with donating and thanks or appriciation.
Yes You, could donate a little bit, so that your galaxy 3 is got tuned with great software, so it worth allmost double the price then you paid for it, because it expands with possibillities and powers.
Just click someones donate button, type the number: 5 or 10 or 20 or 100 +++ etc, log in to paypal and DONATE!
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I actually work with dharamg3 on occasion and have given him ideas for G3Mod. I just don't take credit for anything because my contributions have been very minor at best and my credit isn't deserved considering how much more he and marcell have done for our phone.

hillbeast said:
I actually work with dharamg3 on occasion and have given him ideas for G3Mod. I just don't take credit for anything because my contributions have been very minor at best and my credit isn't deserved considering how much more he and marcell have done for our phone.
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Yeah, i mean it for all developers, but you included of course. so why not.
Just for every user to remind if he reads my post.

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Yeah, i mean it for all developers, but you included of course. so why not.
Just for every user to remind if he reads my post.
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Yeah that is the entire point of the XDA: developers helping developers to make our phones incredible and help them reach their true potential.
People bash the Galaxy 3 but undreneith it's actually a really good phone with really good hardware. It's no dual-core Cortex-A9 with 1GB of DDR2 RAM or anything, but it's certainly a very good mid-range phone. It was just held back by Samsung not programming it right.

Nice vision man...best of luck
To make things easier i guess you can consult marcellusbe about what all stuff is not working in CM6.2...then u'll need to replace only those files instead of going through evry file !!

niteshtak said:
Nice vision man...best of luck
To make things easier i guess you can consult marcellusbe about what all stuff is not working in CM6.2...then u'll need to replace only those files instead of going through evry file !!
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Yes however I also need to find what is compatible with the rest of Samsungs firmware.

hillbeast said:
Hmm, I might have done somethign weird with xbin. Try going into adb shell and run 'chmod 755 /system/xbin/*'. I might have to get it to set permissions in the update.zip for that folder.
EDIT: Try restore your system back to how it was prior the install of the update, and then try the other zip I just put in the first post. I think it'll be the xbin folder doing it.
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I have just installed that 0.1 you told me and now is working good. I am gonna try the 0.2 and tell you if all is ok.

Guys I totally forgot the meta-inf folder in v0.0.2. You can just use the one from v0.0.1 as there is no signing or anything. I'll see if I can get the link on my phone for v1
Sent from my GT-I5800 using XDA App

But why using cyanogenmod files in samsung firmware ?
You know that CM 6.2 is the most awesome rom for froyo ! I've almost never had any lags and the rom is fast even after installing a tons of app's !

Darius_AWS said:
But why using cyanogenmod files in samsung firmware ?
You know that CM 6.2 is the most awesome rom for froyo ! I've almost never had any lags and the rom is fast even after installing a tons of app's !
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Well its just a try to get the CM6.2 speed and smoothness on the samsung ROM..without having the bugs of CM6.2 which arent solved yet...

Sergiales said:
I have just installed that 0.1 you told me and now is working good. I am gonna try the 0.2 and tell you if all is ok.
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Same problem in 0.2 with busybox installer, even trying to fix it with adb.

Darius_AWS said:
But why using cyanogenmod files in samsung firmware ?
You know that CM 6.2 is the most awesome rom for froyo ! I've almost never had any lags and the rom is fast even after installing a tons of app's !
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As I stated in the OP, Cyanogenmod is incomplete and is buggy. The camera doesn't work, the FM radio doesn't work, no Bluetooth, and some things are buggy. By working in the opposite direction of moving to Cyanogenmod with small steps by using the working components from it, we get a balance.of speed and functionality which is what a lot of people have been moaning about all this time since CM went alpha.
Again, huge respect to marcell for getting it this far. This is a huge achievement from him.
Also here is the mediafire link for v1 so people can grab meta-inf and insert it into the v2. I will fix this in v3 later today.
Sent from my hybrid Kyorarom + Cyanogenmod Galaxy 3

[ROM/WIP][ICS/US 9.2.1.11] 4.0.3 Minimal

This is my first attempt at a custom ROM for any Android device, so bear with me. I did not build this from AOSP source, or any other source code. It's entirely from ASUS. This ROM is intended for those who don't like the stock ASUS apps, similar to KRAKD/FROZN, except I've not optimised any of the APKs or anything else. Hopefully this can be a useful base ROM for another dev, taking the tedious part out of the equation. It's completely based on US, not WW or TW.
It's large(300Mbyte) because I used a binary blob. I'm working on shrinking it down with a proper update sript.
Apps I removed:
Amazon Kindle
MyCloud
ASUS File Manager
MyLibrary
MyNet
Netflix
News & Weather(and their widgets)
PolarisOffice
PressReader
MyZine
Tegra Game Zone
Web Storage
Zinio
PC Sync
ASUS Software keyboard(the touchscreen one, not the dock keyboard)
DMClient(related to ASUS updates, from what I understand)
ASUS software update(so no annoying OTA notifications that you can't use anyway)
SuperNote
-any others not included that I forgot to list
How to install:
1. A complete data wipe(at least dalvik & cache, data is optional) is strongly recommended if you're coming from Honeycomb.
2. Flash the zip from CWM.
3. Enjoy your new ICS.
You should be able to flash from any ROM if you clear at least dalvik and cache.
Features:
-Pre-rooted for your convenience, with busybox, su, and SuperUser.
-ALL bloatware removed, hopefully improving performance
-Closer to an AOSP experience due to all bloat being removed.
What this ROM does NOT have:
-Custom kernel
-Stock ICS buttons(it has the crummy ASUS back, home, recent app buttons)
-Zipaligned APKs
-Deodexed APKs
-A name, since it doesn't really need one right now.
How I created it(roughly, not a step by step):
1. I reverted from a custom ROM(krakd) to the latest US .21 HC release, with stock recovery
2. I Rooted with nachoroot and then used OTA keeper to unroot
3. I updated to US ICS via OTA.
4. I reapplied root with OTA keeper
5. I used ES file manager and terminal to remove the apps
6. I used ES file manager to add SuperUser to /system
7. Installed busybox at some point during these steps, I forget when.
8. Used dd to image the /system partition(mmcblkp0) to a file on my MicroSD
9. Replaced the LNX and APP blobs of a Honeycomb update(.21) with the ICS ones
10. Flashed it, and it worked.
So it's not a "proper" update, broken down into directories and such, but it does work.
Links:
ROM: http://dev-downloads.com/asus-tf101-romwipicsus-9-2-1-11-4-0-3-minimal/
Trebuchet CM9 launcher: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/31118/signed_TrebuchetCWM.zip (thanks to whitekidney/wk on #asus-transformer irc)
Here is the MD5 for the ROM zip: 0B9BC1C83C271DF26501CF533A046CB1
And the SHA1: B7BBC2C3AB33844E46CC8D8D2900E2AF1C68EFB5
Credits:
Whitekidney for the Trebuchet launcher upload

Have you tested this at all?>

Yes, why? It worked fine on my TF101.

I think everyone is always a bit skeptical of a ROM that someone says openly is their first attempt and they have less than 10 posts on here..you are after all talking about potentially rendering a $500 device useless..people are usually right to exercise caution..when the developer cannot post in the dev section because his post count is too low!
But hey, that is how Paul Burton started here, though it was not his first ROM I am quite positive..

daxtsu said:
Yes, why? It worked fine on my TF101.
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After flashing, not booting anymore, and as I I know what I am doing...unless my power cord just broke.

thanks I guess, but I can remove my own apps From a rom ......

luna_c666 said:
I think everyone is always a bit skeptical of a ROM that someone says openly is their first attempt and they have less than 10 posts on here..you are after all talking about potentially rendering a $500 device useless..people are usually right to exercise caution..when the developer cannot post in the dev section because his post count is too low!
But hey, that is how Paul Burton started here, though it was not his first ROM I am quite positive..
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Fair enough, I do admit I'm new to Android development, but I wouldn't release something without testing it on my own device first.
DTgreat said:
After flashing, not booting anymore, and as I I know what I am doing...unless my power cord just broke.
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Did you do a full wipe? I installed it at least 5 times today during testing removing apps with no major issues..
BTW: Here is the MD5 for the zip: 0B9BC1C83C271DF26501CF533A046CB1
And the SHA1: B7BBC2C3AB33844E46CC8D8D2900E2AF1C68EFB5

Yes, although like I said. I know what I am doing. My power cord in fact, may have just broke. (Although I doubt it.)

IF YOU cant post links yet it's for a reason

cool, where did you get the source code from asus?

timbit123 said:
cool, where did you get the source code from asus?
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It sounds like he got the ROM and removed the third party apps, not that he got the source code to build it to AOSP.

its more a list of apps that are safe to remove with TB...... IMO anyway. Happy to wait and see if it leads to something a bit more though.

Lets make sure that no one will ever want to dev for us anymore by slapping the new guy around who took the time to try something himself. I recall Paul didnt have enough posts to start a thread in dev but he seems to know what hes doing. Why not just ban anyone whos new from ever posting any kind of dev work ever. Because what we need are more people making fun of and trashing someones work instead of people actually willing to take their time and try to make YOUR device nicer. Any wonder if this is why devs are leaving xda every day?
BTW..Just flashed this and it booted just fine. I did a system wipe first.
Maybe you should be the guy to add onskreen framework to a rom....hint

DTgreat said:
Yes, although like I said. I know what I am doing. My power cord in fact, may have just broke. (Although I doubt it.)
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It's possible. I've had a few reports of it working so far.
KingDavid63 said:
IF YOU cant post links yet it's for a reason
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I know. It was because my post count was too low.
timbit123 said:
cool, where did you get the source code from asus?
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I didn't, sadly. I kludged it together somewhat by dding the fully updated ICS /system partition(adding busybox, su, Superuser beforehand) and making it into a blob that's flashable.
robojerk said:
It sounds like he got the ROM and removed the third party apps, not that he got the source code to build it to AOSP.
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Correct.
Thanks for the feedback guys. If you want anything added, I'll try to accomodate with flashable zips since they're smaller to upload. My upload is horrible, so I can only upload a large ROM every once in a while(it takes over an hour!). I'm not discouraged, I know how it is to be the new guy. I know this rom's probably nothing special, but I just wanted to share what I'm enjoying with others.

daxtsu said:
Yes, why? It worked fine on my TF101.
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Hey man at least you are the first to have out a custom rom, can't wait to test it out later
Sent from eee pad Transformer running ICS

Lantek23 said:
Hey man at least you are the first to have out a custom rom, can't wait to test it out later
Sent from eee pad Transformer running ICS
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Haha, it's not that custom, more of a repack with a bunch of removed apps, but I'll look into making it deodexed and stuff. I'm still learning how to do that.

Popping into a best buy and trying a different power cord when my friend gets here. Not trying to naysay. Just trying to troubleshoot.

DTgreat said:
Popping into a best buy and trying a different power cord when my friend gets here. Not trying to naysay. Just trying to troubleshoot.
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Oh, I know. It's cool.
Hope you get it sorted out soon.

I'll try it out later (I got too many projects going on), but I appreciate your contribution.

As someone who has been around these forums and been messing around with ROMs for a while now (but has never posted before), I applaud the effort. THANKS.

[Q] Any tips/guides around for someone who wants to make a rom from scatch?

And what I mean, no android kitchen and those kind of tools. Simple from the start where you are forced to do all the work yourself.
(I have to much free time)

E-13 said:
And what I mean, no android kitchen and those kind of tools. Simple from the start where you are forced to do all the work yourself.
(I have to much free time)
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Cyanogenmod is a great place to start since its stock, http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Development

Trozzul said:
Cyanogenmod is a great place to start since its stock,
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Ah, thank you. I will look into that.
Small problem I (probarly) have. I also have a mediatek phone (main phone) and I heard there are a few problems when you want to make roms for those. It was due to lack of released source or something?

E-13 said:
Ah, thank you. I will look into that.
Small problem I (probarly) have. I also have a mediatek phone (main phone) and I heard there are a few problems when you want to make roms for those. It was due to lack of released source or something?
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that is true, the kernel of mediatek has problems with Cyanogenmod so its a little hard. mediatek kinda sucks to develop for.

Trozzul said:
that is true, the kernel of mediatek has problems with Cyanogenmod so its a little hard. mediatek kinda sucks to develop for.
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Wouldn'tv it be easier to start with vanille android then or modify the stock ROM bit by bit?

E-13 said:
Wouldn'tv it be easier to start with vanille android then or modify the stock ROM bit by bit?
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always start with modifying the stock rom, every few changes you make you should check out if they work and repeat that process.

Trozzul said:
always start with modifying the stock rom, every few changes you make you should check out if they work and repeat that process.
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Is there a way I can make my current ROM into a flash able zip?

E-13 said:
Is there a way I can make my current ROM into a flash able zip?
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that i wouldnt know where to get information on, im sure there are tools for this, make a backup and unzip it and see what you can do from there, of course you can flash a backup but its a start.

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that i wouldnt know where to get information on, im sure there are tools for this, make a backup and unzip it and see what you can do from there, of course you can flash a backup but its a start.
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I was able to extract the boot.img,recovery.img and the META-INF map. If I am right, I didnt miss anything else thats important. Right?

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I was able to extract the boot.img,recovery.img and the META-INF map. If I am right, I didnt miss anything else thats important. Right?
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Hmm I'm pretty sure there should be a few more things, go to CyanogenMod and download a random file for whatever phone and check out those files. Make sure its a stable and not nightlie

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Hmm I'm pretty sure there should be a few more things, go to CyanogenMod and download a random file for whatever phone and check out those files. Make sure its a stable and not nightlie
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I got one from the.. eh.. HTC one.
The main files (and I looked around already) are:
META-INF
system
boot.img
Thats it. And inside system there are the "standard" folders and build.prop.
I got this already tough.
-Now a small thing, this is a mediatek device, And from what I see/understood a pain in the everything to make roms for this.
I did find this about: http://sourceforge.net/projects/alcatel/files/
A huge file ;p. It seemed to be files about the kernel. The files:
boinic
external
kernel
mediatek
system
With a line I found in a readme in mediatek/kernel:
The "mediatek/kernel/" directory is intended for Mediatek solution kernel specific non-customization codes.
Anyway, back to the point. I got system, boot.img and Meta-inf
I think I got everything ready

E-13 said:
I got one from the.. eh.. HTC one.
The main files (and I looked around already) are:
META-INF
system
boot.img
Thats it. And inside system there are the "standard" folders and build.prop.
I got this already tough.
-Now a small thing, this is a mediatek device, And from what I see/understood a pain in the everything to make roms for this.
I did find this about: http://sourceforge.net/projects/alcatel/files/
A huge file ;p. It seemed to be files about the kernel. The files:
boinic
external
kernel
mediatek
system
With a line I found in a readme in mediatek/kernel:
The "mediatek/kernel/" directory is intended for Mediatek solution kernel specific non-customization codes.
Anyway, back to the point. I got system, boot.img and Meta-inf
I think I got everything ready
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Looks like you do, I must have been thinking about something inside meta inf that let's you change all the icons

Trozzul said:
Looks like you do, I must have been thinking about something inside meta inf that let's you change all the icons
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*cheers* But I dont really get this part. (probarly for advanced peeps) Why is it so hard to make roms for mediatek. I get they dont release the source code/code you guys need for that. But where is the code for you so badly need for that.

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*cheers* But I dont really get this part. (probarly for advanced peeps) Why is it so hard to make roms for mediatek. I get they dont release the source code/code you guys need for that. But where is the code for you so badly need for that.
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I don't know whoever owns mediatek has the codes obviously. Mediatek CPUs are terrible anyway so I'm sure nobody will leak the codes

Well, not that terrible to be honest. Mine works pretty good. (am just kinda fed up with alcatel ;p) And alot of people have devices running on mediatek cpu's. Just someone needs to put real good effort into it. (and hope he doesnt get into problems for it xD)

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Well, not that terrible to be honest. Mine works pretty good. (am just kinda fed up with alcatel ;p) And alot of people have devices running on mediatek cpu's. Just someone needs to put real good effort into it. (and hope he doesnt get into problems for it xD)
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Well i wish you good luck, and if you get to somehow release a rom please be sure to hit me up on it what Alcatel device do you have by the way? if you do get a new device in the future that has Cyanogenmod support what i recommend you should do is download the latest stable and just theme that all you want (im sure you know how to move apks to make them SYSTEM apps), and when you think your ready from building it from source jump right in.

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Well i wish you good luck, and if you get to somehow release a rom please be sure to hit me up on it what Alcatel device do you have by the way? if you do get a new device in the future that has Cyanogenmod support what i recommend you should do is download the latest stable and just theme that all you want (im sure you know how to move apks to make them SYSTEM apps), and when you think your ready from building it from source jump right in.
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Haha. Thank you I have a Alcatel One Touch Scribe HD. (8008D) Supported by nothing! (expect framaroot )
Now time to abuse my phone and hopefully not turn it into a paperweight.

Well, The rom is done. Added a few Apk's. Now need to look over it and get the guts to flash it