I am trying to create a rom using android kitchen, is there a way that I could get a full stock zip file to work with I cannot find anything. Thanks.
Hello everyone.
Guys, I am interested in turn the stock rom of my phone in a ready-to-install rom. I mean, roms usually are .zip files with scripts that writes the customized files to the system file, overwriting the old files. I want to know how to take the stock rom of my phone and turn it in a intallable .zip file, like a customized rom.
After a normal installing the phone would be like the phone with the original rom, without changes. Do you know what I mean?
I am interested in this for make changes and costumizations in the stock rom for then reinstall it. Normally, rom porting is made by taking a compatible rom (like CM) and taking the wished to port rom and changing directories like /system, /data, etc... Am I right? Well, if a would take the original rom of my phone and would turn it in a installable .zip, I could make ports, right?
Well, this is my doubt, how can I do this?
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You can start by installing ADB (from android sdk).
When you have ADB correctly installed , you can "rip" your phone's complete /system partition by using the "adb pull /system system/" command.
This will rip /system to a subfolder called "system" (example c:/adb/adb.exe -> c:/adb/system)
I haven't come further myself, as i`m also in the learning (reading) phase.
you can use dsixda's kitchen for that, just use a firmware file for your phone, and extract that using the kitchen, after that you can use it to make a zip file
Hello All,
i read from the internet and get the idea/method how to unpack and repack the img file, gether the stock (original) partition layout from the device through terminal.
but my goal is to modify the partition layout in the stock rom in the update.zip released by the manufacture.
could somebody point me to which file(s) i should modify?
I had been trying to make a custom ROM or porting a ROM for Micromax Canvas A 96. It has only one custom ROM found in 'needrom' site. As the stock ROM is in a format suitable for SP Flashtool , I wanted to make a CWM flashable ROM in zip format, so that porting will be easier. For this purpose I need 'METAINF' Folder with updater script. So, after searching I came across a guide on 'Converting boot.img +system.img' to CWM flashable zip ROM. I followed it and used android kitchen and got a ROM in zip in the output folder which I re-named (during working on 'cygwin' window). Now I checked it by extracting with 'Express zip' windows software, and it says " The zip is corrupted or encrypted or empty or in an incompatible format'. Now, I do not know how to go about it. Please help me.
After a failed online nandroid backup recovery I just shake my head.... not again. Don't want to flash stock rom, root, custom recovery flash path again!
So, I really like to create a flashable rom from my old backup. I just lack the meta-inf.
All these make flashable threads say get the meta-inf folder from any rom. I don't think that it is THAT easy.
(I tried a Meta-inf from a custom rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/development/rom-noble-rom-t3403867/page19#post69117710
, but during zipping I get an error that it could not create something....)
Where can I get a working meta-inf file for Samsung S5 G901F, that I do not need to alter or just works?
Thanks you very much.