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Hi Guys,
I was speaking to baadnwz a couple of weeks ago and i asked him which script he used to properly pack all the APKs in his ROM. He told me he used no script, just repacked the APKs he thought were most relevant.
I figured it couldn't be too hard to write something that took an APK, extracted it somewhere, then repacked it with the proper compression, so i wrote one. baadnwz then challenged me to make it work for multiple APKs, so he can just run it against a folder full of them like a lazy asshole. i went one better, and made a script that you could run against a ROM folder structure, it will search out all APKs, repack them, and copy them back into place. HOT!
because this uses recursion and functions to make it easier to write (and because i'm generally comfortable in it), i have written it in VBScript. So this means it won't work on linux as far as i know, sorry. Feel free to convert it or whatevs
WHAT DOES IT DO??????//
1. finds an APK
2. unpacks it in a folder
3. optimises the PNGs (if you want it to)
4. repacks all files as deflate except a blacklist of filetypes*
5. repacks the blacklisted filetypes* as STORE
6. zipaligns the new APK
7. copies it back to the original location, overwriting the original APK
8. finds the next APK, and repeat from step 2
* the blacklisted file types are easily editable. just find the STOREFileNames variable. by default the filetypes are:
"*.arsc", "*.m10", "*.png", "*.wav", "*.ogg", "*.mp4", "*.jpl", "*.jpeg", "*.gif","*.mp2", "*.mp3", _
"*.aac","*.mpg", "*.mpeg", "*.mid", "*.midi", "*.smf", "*.jet","*.rtttl", "*.imy", "*.xmf", _
"*.m4a","*.m4v", "*.3gp", "*.3gpp", "*.3g2", "*.3gpp2", "*.amr", "*.awb", "*.wma", "*.wmv", _
"*.so", "*.dat", "*.bin"
WHY DO YOU WANT THIS??
If certain filetypes in the APK are compressed as STORE (which means they aren't compressed at all), then Android can use them directly. If they are stored as DEFLATE (like all other file types should be), then Android must first decompress the APK somewhere. This means slower apps, more cache, and it's just not how things are supposed to be done. This script makes sure that all files inside all APKs are stored as they should be, and it will optimise PNG files and zipalign the final APK as it goes.
This script is really meant for ROM chefs to run against their ROMs before releasing them, but if you (a mere user) have a ROM that your chef hasn't run this script on, then you can extract the ROM, run the script on it, then recompress the ROM and flash it.
HOW DOES IT DO IT?????///////
It uses the command line version of 7-Zip. Download it from here:
http://7-zip.org/download.html
It uses zipalign.exe from the android SDK. if you don't know where this comes from.. maybe you shouldn't be using this script
It uses a cool OptiPNG utility to optimise the PNGs if you want it to. This slows the processing down a lot.. but it's up to you if you wanna do it. You'll need to download the utility from here:
http://optipng.sourceforge.net/
WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO TO MAKE IT WORK//////?
Grab the script, put it in the same folder as the root of your ROM (the script will repack all APKs in the subfolders from where it's sitting, including the APKs in the folder the script is in).
open up the script, there are 5 variables you MUST verify, most likely you will have to change them.. unless you put things on a D and E drive and your name is Nick..
tempAPKextract = "E:\Temp\tempAPKExtract"
tempAPKBuild = "E:\Temp\tempAPKBuild"
sevenZipLoc = """D:\nick\android\7za\7za.exe"""
zipAlignLoc = """D:\nick\android\android-sdk-windows\tools\zipalign.exe"""
optiPNGLoc = """D:\android\7-zipA\ROM\optipng.exe"""
the first two temp ones can be anywhere.. just make sure at least the sub folders up to "tempAPK..." exist (eg in this case the E:\Temp folder must already be there)
the next three are the locations of the tools required for the script to work, edit to please!
Run the script. If you have set verboseOutput to true (it's false by default), then I would highly recommend you run the script from the commandline with the command:
cscript fixAllAPKs.vbs
anyways, hope it's useful to you.
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CHANGELOG????/
v1.5.1 - cleaned up some code, added in verboseOutput so you can watch the progress as it's fixing (must run as cscript!)
v1.5 - added OptiPNG to the script, enabled by default. Quite slow. Added some more file types.
v1.4.3 - added more file types to STORE, thanks gtg465x
v1.4.1 - minor code clean up, fixed some comments.
v1.4 - fixed the problem where the script wouldn't fix any APKs in the root folder that the script was in
v1.3 - almost doubled the speed of the script. fixed some naughty bugs
edit: nevermind
not from what i've been told. if it's not compressed, the android system doesn't have to explicitly decompress it somewhere when it wants to use it, it can just pick it straight out of the APK.
omniwolf said:
not from what i've been told. if it's not compressed, the android system doesn't have to explicitly decompress it somewhere when it wants to use it, it can just pick it straight out of the APK.
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Good man. Here are all of the files blacklisted by the default Android Asset Packaging Tool (aapt) if you want to include them.
{
".jpg", ".jpeg", ".png", ".gif",
".wav", ".mp2", ".mp3", ".ogg", ".aac",
".mpg", ".mpeg", ".mid", ".midi", ".smf", ".jet",
".rtttl", ".imy", ".xmf", ".mp4", ".m4a",
".m4v", ".3gp", ".3gpp", ".3g2", ".3gpp2",
".amr", ".awb", ".wma", ".wmv"
};
cool, thanks for the info. i've added the missing ones in and uploaded a new version.
cheers!
Nice work.
Suggestion or maybe a challenge for Ver 2:
Given a definition of what languages the user defines, can you repack including only those languages. This would include both drawables and layout language folders.
Removing languages not only speeds up the rom but reduces the apk size which for Sense 3.0 is becoming challenging for many older (> 1 year) devices.
Thanks for your contributions to XDA.
Also need to add .so to the blacklist. Ran into a problem with that the other day.
Here's mine.
It synchronizes with our SVN repository and builds the rom. Any commits which were made are automatically turned into a new ClockWorkMod flashable package.
Code:
#! /bin/sh
#This is the repository Directory, change to match your setup
Repo="~/TeamKomin/trunk"
#This is the Final folder, this is where the file will end up
Output="~/Desktop"
#synchronize SVN repository
svn update "$Repo"
#remove temp folder if exist
test -e "$Output/tmp/" && rm -Rf "$Output/tmp/"
#make new temp folder
mkdir "$Output/tmp/"
#copy repository to temp folder
cp -rf "$Repo/data" "$Output/tmp/"
cp -rf "$Repo/META-INF" "$Output/tmp/"
cp -rf "$Repo/system" "$Output/tmp/"
cp -rf "$Repo/updates" "$Output/tmp/"
#clear SVN folders to reduce size
find "$Output/tmp/" -name ".svn" -type d -exec rm -rf {} \;
cd "$Output/tmp"
#remove old files if there
test -e "$Output/AndromedaRepo.zip" && rm -f "$Output/AndromedaRepo.zip"
#zip up a new Andromeda3 version
zip -r "$Output"/AndromedaRepo.zip ./*
#done
I've also got a version which uses the Expect command to log into our SFTP server and update the files.teamkomin.com website... I'm not posting that here though as it contains security sensitive information.
Using this method, all members work on the ROM as though it were on the phone... This script packages it. No need to package or unpackage the entire thing.
myn said:
Nice work.
Suggestion or maybe a challenge for Ver 2:
Given a definition of what languages the user defines, can you repack including only those languages. This would include both drawables and layout language folders.
Removing languages not only speeds up the rom but reduces the apk size which for Sense 3.0 is becoming challenging for many older (> 1 year) devices.
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ok, sounds like a good idea. i'm not actually a ROM developer, so i don't know the ins and outs of the various files. any hints on which files i exclude for various languages? just having a vague look around i see in framework-res.apk there's some raw-ar, raw-cs, raw-en-GB folders, are these the ones you're saying i can strip out?
this will obviously be a lot easier if i can do it programmatically, do you know the rules?
Also need to add .so to the blacklist. Ran into a problem with that the other day.
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ok cool, added it in and uploaded 1.4.3. thanks dude.
Here's mine.
It synchronizes with our SVN repository and builds the rom. Any commits which were made are automatically turned into a new ClockWorkMod flashable package.
I've also got a version which uses the Expect command to log into our SFTP server and update the files.teamkomin.com website... I'm not posting that here though as it contains security sensitive information.
Using this method, all members work on the ROM as though it were on the phone... This script packages it. No need to package or unpackage the entire thing.
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ok cool. does this actually repack and zip align the APKs though? this looks like it just takes care of the overall ROM zip structure, not the APKs within..? maybe your script could call mine.. if there was a vbs parser for linux
omniwolf said:
ok, sounds like a good idea. i'm not actually a ROM developer, so i don't know the ins and outs of the various files. any hints on which files i exclude for various languages? just having a vague look around i see in framework-res.apk there's some raw-ar, raw-cs, raw-en-GB folders, are these the ones you're saying i can strip out?
this will obviously be a lot easier if i can do it programmatically, do you know the rules?
ok cool, added it in and uploaded 1.4.3. thanks dude.
ok cool. does this actually repack and zip align the APKs though? this looks like it just takes care of the overall ROM zip structure, not the APKs within..? maybe your script could call mine.. if there was a vbs parser for linux
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We keep the APKs on the server for ease of use. It makes it easier to reference a single file for testing that way.
http://www.jsware.net/jsware/vblinux.php5
vbscript on linux with wine!
Got error on line 118 - WshShell.Run
Anything else shall I edit apart of 4 paths? I have 64-bit OS if that matters.
I just realized how much easier this would be on linux...
Code:
#! /bin/bash
OutDir=~/Desktop/newRom
InDir=~/Desktop/myRom
zipAlign=/home/adam/code/android-sdk-linux_x86/tools/zipalign
TempDIr=~/Desktop/TempDir
FIFO=~/Desktop/temp1234
realign="apk dll whatever files"
#set things up
rm -Rf "$OutDir"
mkdir "$OutDir"
rm "$FIFO"
mkfifo "$FIFO"
#Move to dir and start script
cd InDir
#Spawn another process to write to the fifo object
find `pwd`>"$FIFO" &
#read each line in the fifo
while read line
do
#get each object extension in $realign variable
for x in $realign
do
#test if the extension matches the realignment
if [ $x = ${line#*.} ]; then
#make the path in case it does not exist, could be optimized
touch "$line"
#meh... this would be the command ish...
"$zipAlign" "$line" "$temp/$line"
else
mv "$line" "$temp/$line"
fi
done
done <$FIFO
#this just removes the redundant filesystem created...
#/home/adam/desktop/out/home/adam/desktop/myrom
rm -Rf "$OutDir"
mkdir "$OutDir"
mv "$/TempDIr/$InDIr" "$OutDir"
Untested, should work with some realignment of the variables at the top.
mike1986. said:
Got error on line 118 - WshShell.Run
Anything else shall I edit apart of 4 paths? I have 64-bit OS if that matters.
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i'd say it's a problem with your
sevenZipLoc
variable, it's the first place it gets used. my OS is 64bit too, so that shouldn't be a problem. what does your sevenZipLoc variable look like?
omniwolf said:
i'd say it's a problem with your
sevenZipLoc
variable, it's the first place it gets used. my OS is 64bit too, so that shouldn't be a problem. what does your sevenZipLoc variable look like?
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sevenZipLoc = """C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe"""
EDIT:
It seems that I forgot to download "command version"...
Any way to add optimizing PNGs to this script as well?
williamfold said:
Any way to add optimizing PNGs to this script as well?
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show me how to do this and i might be able to add it in..
Heres the link to the opensource OptiPNG program to optimize a PNG
http://optipng.sourceforge.net/
I hope it perfectly work
wow thanks bro, that's way i need to learn about it
Yaa...I know. you can find a lot of tweak in this forum. I just want to share the tweak I've made for you. this tweak is an enhanced version this old tweak http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1714217. that tweak is for GB. I'm not recommend you to install that stuff to your system. if you're using ICS device, especially Xperia one, you can use this tweak instead.
all the files could be downloaded here:
v_0.1 : http://www.mediafire.com/?c4ua4cwwd0e774j
v_0.2 : http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?9ua4lz8wafqq79w
v_0.2.1 : http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?2bqcgbkt01banl6
(this latest update only contain add blocker tweak. you need to copy the hosts file into /system/etc to install it.)
sorry, no flashablel zip file yet, since we don't have working cwm at this moment.
PRE-REQUIREMENTS
1. rooted device
2. init.d support system
3. busybox with symlink installed
if you don't have a rom with init.d support, you can made it by yourself. simply create file named "install-recovery.sh" in /etc. and put these stuff inside that file
Code:
#!/system/bin/sh
# init.d activation script
busybox run-parts /system/etc/init.d/
to test your init.d script you can made a simple script in init.d contain
Code:
#!/system/bin/sh
# test code
touch /data/tes_kucing.log
echo "kucing meong" > /data/tes_kucing.log
if it succes, you'll find tes_kucing.log in /data after you reboot your device.
WHAT INSIDE IT?
this tweak consist of several parts.
1. kuro1 tweak - system tweak
2. kuro2 tweak - prop tweak
3. kuro4 tweak - sound enhancement
4. local.prop tweak
5. zipalign tweak
all the details about the tweak is already inside the tweak files.
HOW TO INSTALL
simply copy all files into their respective folders and give them rwxrwxrwx permission. after that type these command in your terminal
Code:
su
rm /data/dalvik-cache/*
reboot
after boot, check /data and see if you could find all the log files. if you got any problem, you can report here and show me the log files.
CHANGELOG:
v_0.2.1 (2-1-12):
- add blocker.
- this is a little addition for v_0.2. you need to install v_0.2 then copy hosts file to /system/etc to use the complete tweak.
v_0.2 (9-12-12) :
- new optimized script
- auto root for blast tool. no need to type su. just type "blast" in your terminal and the script will run with root permission
v_0.1 :
- initial public release
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TERM OF USE AND SHARING:
this thread intent is for sharing. feel free to use, edit, distribute all material inside this thread which came from me. if there any parts of this mod which comes not from me please refer to the original dev I've mentioned in this thread. if want to share it to another forum or modify it you don't have to ask my permission. no need to credits, put links or whatsoever. you'll only need to remember that you should held all the responsibility by using this mod, modify it or distribute it. DO IT WITH YOUR OWN RISK
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SPECIAL FEATURE
this tweak pack has special feature to clear up your memory so that you'll have more space to run app or run heavy app like games. in your terminal type
Code:
su
blast
a script will run and your memory will freed up. all the information about the memory you can get in your screen.
EDIT: if you're using the new version you only need to type 'blast' in your terminal.
GPS tweak
this tweak will make your gps acquire your postition relatively faster. to install it simply replace your gps.conf with this one and reboot. http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?vdkrzx55qkzqn27
please note that this gps.conf file is optimized for indonesian region. I'll show you which part I modified from the original one so that you can optimize your gps according to your country.
Code:
# more ntp server
NTP_SERVER=id.pool.ntp.org
# the line above is the ntp server for indonesia. you can replace it with your region id. the form will be <country code>.pool.ntp.org
NTP_SERVER=asia.pool.ntp.org
NTP_SERVER=europe.pool.ntp.org
NTP_SERVER=africa.pool.ntp.org
NTP_SERVER=north-america.pool.ntp.org
NTP_SERVER=south-america.pool.ntp.org
NTP_SERVER=oceania.ntp.org]
I also modify this part
Code:
# Intermediate position report, 1=enable, 0=disable
INTERMEDIATE_POS=1
# that line above is to enable intermediate position report. less accurate but faster gps lock
# Accuracy threshold for intermediate positions
# less accurate positions are ignored, 0 for passing all positions
# orig 5000
ACCURACY_THRES=100
# this line define the accuracy threshold if you activate intermediate position. If I'm mistaken the value is written in meter. less number means more accurate position, longer gps lock. while higher number means faster gps lock but less accurate position. you can modify this value on your own.
can you make a flashable since we have recovery for a few days now? im gonna test if it works.
Until there's update for this stuff there won't be any flashable zip. I know, its not convenience to copy the files one by one but I need to make sure the filesgot copied into system. Last time I checked into cwm thread there's a report about problem when install a flashable zip.
smokerman said:
can you make a flashable since we have recovery for a few days now? im gonna test if it works.
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If you want tweaks...
Just visit the super thread for tweaks
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1908269
You can get many tweaks in flashable zip... Even bravia engine and xloud
Sent via 'rooted' BEETEL landline
thread updated with a lil new optimized tweak
thread updated with gps tweak as I've promised. check post 3#
3. kuro4 tweak - sound enhancement
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Does that affect headphones volume which is not the best on stock? I'm sure the headphones volume is limited on purpose and I'm looking to boost it up since none of the Google Play volume boosting apps work on ICS and above.
i'm afraid not. the sound enhancement tweak is used to enhance the sound clarity, not the headphone volume. if you want a louder volume on your headphone you can try using eq app like the one in my beat bass app thread. try the latest one.
thread updated with add blocker tweak.
Nice work........
thanks for the mod... working fine on J .75 firmware . Ah, can you tell me how to enable boot animation. __
Goto /data/local.prop delete debug.sf.nobootanimation or change the value to zero
Not working for my Xperia Miro, phone stuck at Battery status after reboot.
Also cant find my region code for GPS tweak I am from and in Bulgaria.
Thanks
battery status? are you using cm10? which version of it?
Could you make this for flash gordon?
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pardon me? what do you mean with flash gordon?
kurotsugi said:
battery status? are you using cm10? which version of it?
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CM 10 FXP 220, just before enter the system there si battery status for JB 4.1 and my phone stuck there.
Also where to find my region code, I mean I am from, BUlgaria, but dont know is it "bul" or "bg" or someth. for the GPS tweak.
kurotsugi said:
pardon me? what do you mean with flash gordon?
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Its an application That fakes recovery for xperia j and other phones without cwm. U can flash zips with it
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I'm trying to edit stock kernel(using kernel kitchen) with custom bootlogo, cwm etc for my own use...
I managed to add custom bootlogo with help of xda threads...
but how do i add cwm in kernel ?
P.S. I'm a NOOB.. so if u can help than please explain step by step..
Thank you !
ShivangDave said:
I'm trying to edit stock kernel(using kernel kitchen) with custom bootlogo, cwm etc for my own use...
I managed to add custom bootlogo with help of xda threads...
but how do i add cwm in kernel ?
P.S. I'm a NOOB.. so if u can help than please explain step by step..
Thank you !
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Even I am very much interested in knowing this. Check this may help you - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2064685
If you have busybox installed, add this to init.rc at the bottom-
service userinit /system/xbin/busybox run-parts /system/etc/init.d
oneshot
class late_start
user root
group root
This will add init.d support to your kernel. At least it works on my xperia mini. You can edit the logo.rle (bootlogo) using kernel kitchen only. Use kitchen to convert logo.rle to a png file. Get GIMP for linux to edit the png file of logo.rle. Do the reverse of the process to get your final logo.rle and replace it in the ramdisk with stock one. Open default.prop and change ro.secure=1 to 0 for easy adb root access. That's all I know.
Press thanks if I helped:good:
Re: Help needed...
abcdjdj said:
Even I am very much interested in knowing this. Check this may help you - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2064685
If you have busybox installed, add this to init.rc at the bottom-
service userinit /system/xbin/busybox run-parts /system/etc/init.d
oneshot
class late_start
user root
group root
This will add init.d support to your kernel. At least it works on my xperia mini. You can edit the logo.rle (bootlogo) using kernel kitchen only. Use kitchen to convert logo.rle to a png file. Get GIMP for linux to edit the png file of logo.rle. Do the reverse of the process to get your final logo.rle and replace it in the ramdisk with stock one. Open default.prop and change ro.secure=1 to 0 for easy adb root access. That's all I know.
Press thanks if I helped:good:
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Well I changed the bootlogo... I cant repack the kernel again with kernel kitchen... It shows ramdisk and image missing or something lyk that... I placed them both in input folder but still cant repack it...
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ShivangDave said:
Well I changed the bootlogo... I cant repack the kernel again with kernel kitchen... It shows ramdisk and image missing or something lyk that... I placed them both in input folder but still cant repack it...
Sent from my ST23i using xda app-developers app
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You have to first repack ramdisk and rename it to initrd.img and place it in the input folder with zImage.
abcdjdj said:
You have to first repack ramdisk and rename it to initrd.img and place it in the input folder with zImage.
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did that too... but no luck.. :'(
Hey,
since I'm flashing nightlies on a regular basis and also want to use my own custom /system/build.prop file, there are a few ways to accomplish both things as easy as possible:
Backing up /system/build.prop through a script in /system/addon.d
Flashing my own file using a zip after every update
Restoring previous build.prop using a Editor app and reboot
Manually change or add every desired entry and reboot
For most of you one of these ways should absolutely do the trick, but my problem was either things like build version, date, etc. got stuck at my custom file's one or I had to reboot after manually updating it, which got really annoying after several times.
So I decided to create my own flashable zip which works as follows:
Somewhere on the device is a simple text file in which are all those entries that shall be changed,added to or removed from /system/build.prop (In my case it's /sdcard/tweak.prop)
After mounting /system and /data (not if they are already) and setting write permissions to /system/build.prop the zip extracts a shell script to /tmp/tweakprop.sh
It This script scans the text file (aborts if not found) and looks for changed, new or unwanted entries in /system/build.prop in order to apply them. Changed entries will be overridden, new ones will be added, unwanted get removed and entries existing in /system/build.prop but not in your personal file will be ignored
When tweaking is done, it just removes /tmp/tweakprop.sh and unmounts /system and /data (only if they weren't mounted before) and reverts /system/build.prop's permissions to rw-r--r--
-> (See content of example.txt for more detailed examples and syntax!)
Using this method, you can not only forget about manually updating versions and/or lame reboots after updates for changes to take effect, but also edit your personal text file at any time without root rights beeing required. Once set up to be flashed after every update, your /system/build.prop is always tweaked as you wish and looks like a stock one (ROM version, etc. under About Phone).
The zip flashes well on all recoveries. Make sure your tweak.prop file ends with an empty line, otherwise the last line will be ignored!
I hope some of you can use this zip, it's free to modify. If you have any suggestions, let me know.
This project has been moved to a git repo at https://notabug.org/kl3/tweakprop. Please refer to it in the future to get updates as this is much easier for me to maintain. Upcoming changelog can be found here.
Changelog
Changelog
version 0.1:
initial release
version 0.2:
ignore lines in personal file not matching a valid entry pattern (someVAR=someVAL) to not mess up /system/build.prop and support personal structuring inside the file like "# media tweaks #", "# dalvik section #", etc.
code cleaned up
version 0.2.1:
typo fixed in line 24 of tweakprop.sh so the if-statement asks for the correct file (thanks to the_pirate_predator)
version 0.3:
changed the while-loop to get it's input directly from sed, which makes a second buffer file obsolete
version 0.3.5:
example.txt provided as tweak.prop template
ignore lines beginning with # or being empty
version 0.4:
instead of a fixed path, the personal file gets searched on internal storage (file name can be set in the script) so you can put your file anywhere - no more problems with /sdcard/ or /sdcard/0/ on different devices
personal file must not be empty, otherwise script aborts#
only override really different entry values in order to prevent "... value of someVAR overridden" spam in recovery log
version 0.4.5:
fixed last line of personal file being ignored due to deleting all empty lines before
speed up search for personal file, now looking on internal storage and even on external SD card if nothing was found before (ext. SD neither gets checked if present, nor mounted or unmounted, just trying to search on it silently)
version 0.4.5a:
same as 0.4.5a, but personal file is inside the zip and gets extracted to /tmp/tweak.prop, no need to have one on the internal storage
version 0.4.6(a):
output not shown in TWRP fixed, now works as it should
version 0.5:
code cleanup: everything's now in the update-binary, resulting in much less code and faster execution time
output to recovery should now work on all device-recovery combinations
version 0.5.1:
lines beginning with ! will be removed globally
little code-cleanup
version 0.5.2:
lines beginning with @ will append the string after | to values of existent entries
slight changes in code structure
version 0.5.3:
lines beginning with $ will change the value to the string after | only if the entry already exists, hence $telephony.lteCdmaDevice|1 is nothing but a more explicit approach of telephony.lteCdmaDevice=1, as the first one will only make changes but no new entries
version 0.5.4:
the build.prop file can now be backed up before editing using a BACKUP= line, see example.txt for details
tiny bug fixed
version 0.5.4a:
tweak.prop file (example.txt) is included, no personal file on your device's storage is used. Edit the zip's content before flashing!
version 0.5.9(a):
Error handling fixed, script properly exits now if anything failes and won't make further changes
More verbose output
Date and tweak.prop version added to backup files to keep track of them
Special characters like / are now escaped and handled correctly by sed
Slight changes in coding style as it's good practise
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Such Awesome, much appreciate i wanted to make one too, but never got the time to.
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What should my text file look like if I just want to add one line of text at the end of my build.prop? For example,
qemu.hw.mainkeys=0
to activate softkeys on a device with capacitive buttons?
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Need some information
I need explanation for the following lines of code.
Code:
## your personal file with tweaks and custom entries/values
tweak=/sdcard/0/tweak.prop
## abort execution if $tweaks not found
if [ ! -e $tweaks ]
then
ui_print "ERROR: Personal file not found. No changes were made."
ui_print "Script aborted. Check file path and flash again."
exit 0
fi
## read only lines matching any valid entry pattern (someVAR=someVAL), e.g.
## net.bt.name=Android, omni.device=n7100, url.legal=http://www ...
sed '/.*=.*/!d' $tweak > /tmp/tweak.prop
tweaks=/tmp/tweak.prop
You are giving a condition loop without even declaring the variable "tweaks" at first. You have declared only after the loop ends. Then that means, the code in the loop never executes. I think this is a small mistake you did with the code. Make sure you correct those.
But else, a great work!! :good: :good:
Sorry, but stick to one variable, "tweak", or "tweaks".
Otherwise, its a very simple, yet efficient algorithm. :good:
jonwgee said:
What should my text file look like if I just want to add one line of text at the end of my build.prop? For example,
qemu.hw.mainkeys=0
to activate softkeys on a device with capacitive buttons?
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Just a simple text file containing your mentioned line. Any other empty or non-entry lines will be ignored by my script anyway.
the_pirate_predator said:
I need explanation for the following lines of code.
Code:
## your personal file with tweaks and custom entries/values
tweak=/sdcard/0/tweak.prop
## abort execution if $tweaks not found
if [ ! -e $tweaks ]
then
ui_print "ERROR: Personal file not found. No changes were made."
ui_print "Script aborted. Check file path and flash again."
exit 0
fi
## read only lines matching any valid entry pattern (someVAR=someVAL), e.g.
## net.bt.name=Android, omni.device=n7100, url.legal=http://www ...
sed '/.*=.*/!d' $tweak > /tmp/tweak.prop
tweaks=/tmp/tweak.prop
You are giving a condition loop without even declaring the variable "tweaks" at first. You have declared only after the loop ends. Then that means, the code in the loop never executes. I think this is a small mistake you did with the code. Make sure you correct those.
But else, a great work!! :good: :good:
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You're right. It's a typo, I'm correcting it now. Thanks for your advice.
thewisenerd said:
Sorry, but stick to one variable, "tweak", or "tweaks".
Otherwise, its a very simple, yet efficient algorithm. :good:
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I use a second buffer file that is a cleaned version of the original one. If I find a smarter way, I will.
I was searching for something like this for ages.
But i have a nob question! lol
I need to create a text file with all the lines i want to add to my built.prop file, so where I put the text file? And i have to give a certain name to that file or any name will do?
Hugo
oguh said:
I need to create a text file with all the lines i want to add to my built.prop file, so where I put the text file? And i have to give a certain name to that file or any name will do?
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My script searches for a file called tweak.prop located at your internal storage (storage/emulated/0/tweak.prop or sdcard/tweak.prop or sdcard/0/tweak.prop), but you can freely change the line
PHP:
tweak=/sdcard/0/tweak.prop
to any path you want your personal file to be.
klenamenis said:
My script searches for a file called tweak.prop located at your internal storage (storage/emulated/0/tweak.prop or sdcard/tweak.prop or sdcard/0/tweak.prop), but you can freely change the line
PHP:
tweak=/sdcard/0/tweak.prop
to any path you want your personal file to be.
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Thx for the quick response, and for your great work.
hugo
Sorry but i don't get it.
i need to create a txt file called tweak.prop and place it where i want, for example /sdcard/tweak.prop
after extracting the tweakprop-0.3.zip for editing the line /tmp/tweakprop.sh
Code:
## your personal file with tweaks and custom entries/values
tweak=/sdcard/tweak.prop
zipping meta-inf and tmp folder and finally flashing this zip.. am i doing something wrong ?
because it takes no changes.
got this line in tweak.prop at /sdcard/tweak.prop
Code:
ro.sf.lcd_density=400
sorry, i really dont get it.
bnbagiz said:
Sorry but i don't get it.
i need to create a txt file called tweak.prop and place it where i want, for example /sdcard/tweak.prop
after extracting the tweakprop-0.3.zip for editing the line /tmp/tweakprop.sh
Code:
## your personal file with tweaks and custom entries/values
tweak=/sdcard/tweak.prop
zipping meta-inf and tmp folder and finally flashing this zip.. am i doing something wrong ?
because it takes no changes.
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As my script already shows, changing the path to /sdcard/0/tweak.prop again should do the trick.
I just want to change my DPI with this. What do I need to change in your default tweak.prop to be able to do that?
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Code:
klenamenis said:
As my script already shows, changing the path to /sdcard/0/tweak.prop again should do the trick.
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did not work ! :/ you mean changing the path for the tweak.prop in the unzipped tweakprop.sh in /tmp/, aren't you ?
Code:
build=/system/build.prop
## your personal file with tweaks and custom entries/values
tweak=/sdcard/0/tweak.prop
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sauron82 said:
I just want to change my DPI with this. What do I need to change in your default tweak.prop to be able to do that?
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that is what i am trying to do
you need to change the line
Code:
ro.sf.lcd_density="value you like to have, i.e. 400"
bnbagiz said:
Code:
did not work ! :/ you mean changing the path for the tweak.prop in the unzipped tweakprop.sh in /tmp/, aren't you ?
Code:
build=/system/build.prop
## your personal file with tweaks and custom entries/values
tweak=/sdcard/0/tweak.prop
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Yes, that's what I meant. Then just try any other path. I guess the internal storage's path is a device specific thing. Which device do you? I would try locating your personal file at /system as this path exists on all devices/ROMs.
klenamenis said:
Yes, that's what I meant. Then just try any other path. I guess the internal storage's path is a device specific thing. Which device do you? I would try locating your personal file at /system as this path exists on all devices/ROMs.
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I am using a LG G2 Intern. D802
PAC-Man ROM (but thing thats irrelevant)
so if i place my tweak.prop in /system/ i need to edit the path in tweakprop.sh right ?
edit:
personal file is in /system/tweak.prop
editting tweakprop.sh line to
/system/tweak.prop
does not work don't get it .. sounds so simple, actually it is, but i don't know what i am doing wrong
bnbagiz said:
that is what i am trying to do you need to change the line
Code:
ro.sf.lcd_density="value you like to have, i.e. 400"
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I know that, but where do I put it in the provided tweak.prop? What do I remove from the provided tweak.prop so that's the only change? I really don't know what any of this code actually means. Thanks to the OP for providing this, but instructions aren't very clear.
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You're my hero.So tired of changing build.prop values every time I try a different ROM. :good:
bnbagiz said:
edit:
personal file is in /system/tweak.prop
editting tweakprop.sh line to
/system/tweak.prop
does not work don't get it .. sounds so simple, actually it is, but i don't know what i am doing wrong
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Hm.. Which recovery? Maybe it's a problem with the updater-script doesn't get executed correctly. Sadly, I have no possibilities to test those scenarios.
sauron82 said:
I know that, but where do I put it in the provided tweak.prop? What do I remove from the provided tweak.prop so that's the only change? I really don't know what any of this code actually means. Thanks to the OP for providing this, but instructions aren't very clear.
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I didn't provide any personal file. If you only want to change this line, create a file called tweak.prop containing only this line and place it right on your internal storage.
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bnbagiz said:
I am using a LG G2 Intern. D802
PAC-Man ROM (but thing thats irrelevant)
so if i place my tweak.prop in /system/ i need to edit the path in tweakprop.sh right ?
edit:
personal file is in /system/tweak.prop
editting tweakprop.sh line to
/system/tweak.prop
does not work don't get it .. sounds so simple, actually it is, but i don't know what i am doing wrong
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If you put it in /system/ it'll get erased when you flash a new nightly anyways, as most .zip scripts wipe the /system partition... So... it would be best to keep it on the SD card.
Hi.
I have a XOLO-ONE [non-rooted] and recently updated it via the "software update" option in the system information tab of settings. It runs Lollipop 5.0.0.
I noticed that before updating, it showed a prompt saying "no update.zip found in root of memory card, download?" I found out that you can download the update.zip from xolo's official site. It was about 30 mbs.
Now, i wonder if i can edit it's contents(updater-script, apps, etc...) and apply the update to my phone?
I repeat, it is NON-ROOTED.
The zip file contains the following folders:
META-INF
PATCH
SIG
SYSTEM
scatter.txt [FILE]
type.txt [FILE]
There is no boot.img.
Has anyone tried it? Was it successfull? If yes then please write. Your opinions would be appreciated.
Yes you can do so and its possible flashing a update.zip using stock recovery.
You can edit and change apps amd do anything but remember to update any changes you have done in zip to updater-script carefulley. And set correct permissions to them
Peace
:good::laugh::victory:
Thanks man.
Uh, can tell me how to edit the build.props file?
It is stored as a .p file.
Yes why not opsn the file as a text file in any text editor either on amdroid or on pc.
Now you can change the following things.
1-- change the android version
ro.build.version.release=4.4.2
Edit the number to version you want
2-- change the screen pixel density
ro.sf.lcd_density=200
Edit the value to nearby values only.MY DEFAULT WAS 240 AND I CHANGED IT TO 200 AND IT LOOKS NICE.
3-- change the delvic heap value
dalvik.vm.heapstartsize=10m
dalvik.vm.heapgrowthlimit=68m
delvik.vm.heapsize=256m
Edit the values but only multiply the default values by 2. If any value after multiplying is mord than the ram of your device itself then do mot change the value.
4-- add these lines to the build.prop in end for display enhansment
video.accelerate.hw=1
debug.sf.hw=1
debug.performance.tuning=1
debug.egl.hw=1
debug.composition.type=gpu
After doing so save the file normallt.
Zip the folders and flash them again.
Peace
I would do that but.....
Yes, I would do that but the problem is that the file has a .p extension.
I did some research and found that it is a patch file created by using a program called BSDIFF ( or something like that). The installer-script processes that file by comparing it's checksum and patching the data into the existing file..
Now I'm not sure if creating a custom build. Prop. P file and updating my. Zip file with it will be okay. What if I get into a boot loop? My xolo isn't rooted either.
But, I'm not the expert.
So, tell me about your opinion. Is it safe?
Thank you for your help. ( for before & in advance )
no just name it as build.prop and nothing else. itd a property file and not a .p file.
simply place the build.prop in zip file with this name only. no other name OK.
and flash it.
but if you are rooted then just edit the original file in aystem folder and savf it there only. just open and edit and reboot to see effects.
peace
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