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I dusted off a script I had been working on to allow easy customization on my original EVO.
It all still works on my rooted Evo 3D without many changes!
The script automates the use of adb. Downloads and decompiles the frameworks from your evo/evo 3d. Then you can make any desired changes (examples provided). Recompiles and uploads back to device.
Offering it for people to play with. I also included precompiled framework-res.apk and SystemUI.apk for those that like my choices. Otherwise use the script and create your own.
Enjoy
NEW! 1.1 Beta. Now creates flashable update zips
Beta update posted for new OTA
After recompiling your frameworks select option 5 from the Main Menu. An update.zip will be created in a directory called "flash" Try it out and please give feedback.
1 - Extract GingerScript to a folder on your desktop.
2 - Connect your phone via USB cable to your computer.
3 - Open the GingerScript folder you created and doubleclick on GingerScript.bat.
4 - Select item 1. (Process Framework-res.apk) This will download your framework-res.apk as well as create a back up in the /tools folder. When prompted, select yes to decompile this framework. This will create a folder called extracted-framework.res.
5 - This is where it gets tricky. Inside the extracted-framework.res folder, there is a folder called res. Inside THAT folder are multiple directories. The two you are concerned with are marked drawable and drawable-hdpi. *NOTE* In some builds the "drawable-hdpi" folder is named "drawable-hdpi-v4" Thats why it's best to modify your own framework.
6 - In the GingerScript folder, we will work with the Example.Icon.Framework-res.Circle.Battery folder. In this folder, you will find two directories: drawable and drawable-hdpi. Copy and paste the contents of the two directories from the Example folde into the corresponding folders in the extracted-framework.res/res directory. This may overwrite some of the files in each directory. This is okay!
7 - Go back to the script; it should still be on the gray screen. Select option 3 - recompile framework. This will take a minute or two so go grab a drink while it does its magic. It will seem to be hung; I don't have a progress bar created in the script so just hold tight while it finishes.
8 - Next, select option 4 - Upload new framework to phone. This will prompt you to put the phone in recovery mode; I'm not going to explain that part. Once the phone is in recovery mode Mount the /system partition using the recovery mount feature then press any key in the script window to push the file to your phone.
9 - At this point, clear the Dalvik Cache at a minimum and press a key once finished. the phone will reboot. Now, this provides the battery mod. To modify the other status bar icons, return to the main Menu and select option 3 to modify the systemUI.apk. The process is EXACTLY the same as the framework-res.apk but it uses the contents of the Example.Icons.SystemUI.mod directory. If problems occur, recover the backups from the /tools directory and push them to your phone.
I hope this helps. If you are still running into issues, please post what step you having issues with and remember, black and white goes with everything! *grin*
Do you install the apps or push them with abd, a little more clarity on how to install
Sent from my PG86100 using XDA App
dog44 said:
Do you install the apps or push them with abd, a little more clarity on how to install
Sent from my PG86100 using XDA App
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Extract the Gingerscript.zip on your Windows PC with your phone connected via USB.
Inside the folder double click on Gingerscript.bat. It's fairly easy to figure out from there, It creates a backup of the files before modification as a safety precaution. This just makes all of the framework compiliing/decompiling less of a hassle
Everything needed is in the zip file so you will need nothing except a text editor and a program to manipulate the png images. There are example folders in the zip that contain my modified png images and edited xml files
Note: The script references the use of Clockwork Mod Recovery, but TWRP works just as well. Just clear the Dalvik cache after uploading the framework. Then Reboot. I'll clean up the scripts wording at a later date
I will give it a shot here in a minute, and I will let you know how well it works.
I like your icons. Which APK does what?
The framework-res.apk contains the battery mod and a few minor icons. The rest of the status bar icons are in the SystemUI.apk.
The com-htc.resource.apk wasn't modified in my example, but it does contain images.
I wish there was a easy way to determine what resources are used but there isn't. Some status icons are located in the individual applications resource file as well (My script can't handle those)
I'm going to give this a go in a little bit when I can. Can anyone else confirm their success and any additional steps required (eg - clearing cache and dalvik). Thanks.
Can you please make a clear taskbar...thanxs
Can you make it simple zip file? so I can just flash it.
Thx
one up on this i like your blue battery ya got there, can ya make a zip for us
to flash please?
justwonder said:
Can you make it simple zip file? so I can just flash it.
Thx
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That didnt work
Can you make a stock % battery?
Send from my Rooted HTC Evo 3D
nabbed said:
That didnt work
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What part of "That" didn't work?
townsenk said:
What part of "That" didn't work?
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After pushing the files, wiping dalvik cache, and rebooting, there was no status bar at all.
This is viper rom rc1.1, netarchy test3 kernel.
jayjay7411 said:
one up on this i like your blue battery ya got there, can ya make a zip for us
to flash please?
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I've never been successfull creating a update.zip. I can never seem to get the syntax correct on the update-script.
If someone more experienced wants to create one, I'd love to take a look at it and see what I'm doing wrong.
nabbed said:
After pushing the files, wiping dalvik cache, and rebooting, there was no status bar at all.
This is viper rom rc1.1, netarchy test3 kernel.
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Did you modify *Your* framework files or use the ones provided? The ones I used as examples are from a stock rom that is still odexed
I recommend you modify a copy of your own framework files since there may have been changes in the viper rom. It should still work. If you want you can send me a copy of your unaltered framework files and I can take a look.
mexiking713 said:
Can you make a stock % battery?
Send from my Rooted HTC Evo 3D
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That requires the creation of about 60 new icons.
Easier method. Find me the icons..or even a Original Evo mod package and I can extract the icons from that.
townsenk said:
Did you modify *Your* framework files or use the ones provided? The ones I used as examples are from a stock rom that is still odexed
I recommend you modify a copy of your own framework files since there may have been changes in the viper rom. It should still work. If you want you can send me a copy of your unaltered framework files and I can take a look.
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Ah! Viper is deodexed, so there's the problem right there.
Ill try to modify...
I have stock rom, if I do Push command and restart it should work right?
adb push new_SystemUI.apk /system/app/SystemUI.apk
adb push new_framework-res.apk /system/framework/framework-res.apk
justwonder said:
I have stock rom, if I do Push command and restart it should work right?
adb push new_SystemUI.apk /system/app/SystemUI.apk
adb push new_framework-res.apk /system/framework/framework-res.apk
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That is correct - You'll still have to wipe the Dalvik and let it rebuild on boot
Let me know if it works for you
Okay so I've spent about 2 days tweaking my stock deodexed Rom to my liking and It's super fast and responsive. Faster scrolling and speed hacks. Quadrants in the 2000s. And much more. How do I take this Rom and zip it so other people can flash it if they want?
Sent from my Beastly EVO.. And did I mention it has 3D?
youngpro83 said:
Okay so I've spent about 2 days tweaking my stock deodexed Rom to my liking and It's super fast and responsive. Faster scrolling and speed hacks. Quadrants in the 2000s. And much more. How do I take this Rom and zip it so other people can flash it if they want?
Sent from my Beastly EVO.. And did I mention it has 3D?
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packaging up a ROM is fairly simple.
for a ROM .zip there are a few main components:
1) *required* /system directory (contains all your ROM files)
2) *required* META-INF/com/google/android/ with two files, updater-script and update-binary. updater-script file instructs the update-binary on how to process/install your ROM. the custom recovery will look for these two files and execute them.
3) *optional* a kernel in the .zip to be flashed
hope that helps! good luck on publishing your ROM!
joeykrim said:
packaging up a ROM is fairly simple.
for a ROM .zip there are a few main components:
1) *required* /system directory (contains all your ROM files)
2) *required* META-INF/com/google/android/ with two files, updater-script and update-binary. updater-script file instructs the update-binary on how to process/install your ROM. the custom recovery will look for these two files and execute them.
3) *optional* a kernel in the .zip to be flashed
hope that helps! good luck on publishing your ROM!
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So could I just take a ROM and just change certain files and apps? And how do you make the Rom do cool stuff while flashing like spell your Rom name while it flashes? Sorry for all the questions but I appreciate ur help.
Sent from my Beastly EVO.. And did I mention it has 3D?
youngpro83 said:
So could I just take a ROM and just change certain files and apps? And how do you make the Rom do cool stuff while flashing like spell your Rom name while it flashes? Sorry for all the questions but I appreciate ur help.
Sent from my Beastly EVO.. And did I mention it has 3D?
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Usually, at least from what I know...
The more In depth stuff is done with the ROM Kitchen through a computer!
youngpro83 said:
So could I just take a ROM and just change certain files and apps? And how do you make the Rom do cool stuff while flashing like spell your Rom name while it flashes? Sorry for all the questions but I appreciate ur help.
Sent from my Beastly EVO.. And did I mention it has 3D?
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yes, you could take a ROM and only replace certain files / apps with the ones you've modified.
the ROM "cool stuff" while it flashes is all done in the updater-script file i mentioned in #2 of the required ROM files in my previous post above.
the ROM I maintan and publish for EVO 3D is 100% stock with root/su binary added, busybox and a bunch of linux arm developer binaries in /system/xbin.
my stock ROM would be a great base for you to start modifying and experimenting with!
1) swap out the apk/files in the .zip with the ones you've modified.
2) modify the updater-script file with your syntax
3) let us know how it goes!
[ROM] joeykrim-original-1.2.0 Odex *Stock Rooted 2.08.651.2* Aug 21st 2011
on windows, 7zip is a great GUI application for swap/editing files inside a .zip without having to extract the whole thing.
on linux, i'd just unzip the whole .zip to a directory and then swap out the files/edit the files in that directory, then zip up. also, i think ubuntu archive manager (default GUI for .zip files) lets you modify/edit files inside the .zip without having to extract the whole thing.
hope that helps!
joeykrim said:
yes, you could take a ROM and only replace certain files / apps with the ones you've modified.
the ROM "cool stuff" while it flashes is all done in the updater-script file i mentioned in #2 of the required ROM files in my previous post above.
the ROM I maintan and publish for EVO 3D is 100% stock with root/su binary added, busybox and a bunch of linux arm developer binaries in /system/xbin.
my stock ROM would be a great base for you to start modifying and experimenting with!
1) swap out the apk/files in the .zip with the ones you've modified.
2) modify the updater-script file with your syntax
3) let us know how it goes!
[ROM] joeykrim-original-1.2.0 Odex *Stock Rooted 2.08.651.2* Aug 21st 2011
on windows, 7zip is a great GUI application for swap/editing files inside a .zip without having to extract the whole thing.
on linux, i'd just unzip the whole .zip to a directory and then swap out the files/edit the files in that directory, then zip up. also, i think ubuntu archive manager (default GUI for .zip files) lets you modify/edit files inside the .zip without having to extract the whole thing.
hope that helps!
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Thanks a lot. So ill experiment with ur base. What is syntax?
Sent from my Beastly EVO.. And did I mention it has 3D?
youngpro83 said:
Thanks a lot. So ill experiment with ur base. What is syntax?
Sent from my Beastly EVO.. And did I mention it has 3D?
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fancy word i used in place of code/text. you can open the updater-script inside of the .zip file with a text editor. the updater-script file uses the edify scripting language.
there are a lot of guides on how to use edify and what each phrase means. google the terms, "edify android guide" and there should be a bunch of results. one of the results which looks fairly decent - Edify Script Syntax Explained
hope that helps! good luck!
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Okay so I've spent about 2 days tweaking my stock deodexed Rom to my liking and It's super fast and responsive. Faster scrolling and speed hacks. Quadrants in the 2000s. And much more. How do I take this Rom and zip it so other people can flash it if they want?
Sent from my Beastly EVO.. And did I mention it has 3D?
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Cool man! Good luck! Hope to see ya on the dev page.
Sent from my SPH-P100 using xda premium
Alright so progress is being made and its going very well. Only things Im stuck on now is:
1. How do I add certain apps like astro or ES file explorer WITHOUT putting them into the system/apps folder??
2. How do I change the background at boot so that its not the colorful flares that Sprint has on there.
3. How do I remove the 3D apps game apk?
Once I have those figured out I think my ROM will be ready for the public.
youngpro83 said:
Alright so progress is being made and its going very well. Only things Im stuck on now is:
1. How do I add certain apps like astro or ES file explorer WITHOUT putting them into the system/apps folder??
2. How do I change the background at boot so that its not the colorful flares that Sprint has on there.
3. How do I remove the 3D apps game apk?
Once I have those figured out I think my ROM will be ready for the public.
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1. android package manager monitors two locations for .apk files and will install them as soon as they appear in these two directories: /system/app and /data/app. if you want your rom to install .apk files to /data/app, you'll need to add the package_extract_dir command to your updater-script for /data and also create a data/app directory in the ROM zip file and put whatever apk files you want added in the data/app dir of the ROM zip file.
2. For Android boot animations the system looks in 3 locations in this order. 1) /data/local/bootanimation.zip, 2) /system/media/bootanimation.zip and 3) framework-res.apk . Since there are no bootanimation.zip files on our device, I'm assuming the sprint boot animation is stored in the framework-res.apk file. No worries, as placing any bootanimation file in either /data/local or /system/media will take priority over the Sprint animation in framework-res.apk.
3. 3D Games apk file is located here: /system/app/PGAWidget_HTCEvo3D_Sprint_v100.apk . Simply remove that apk file from /system/app inside the ROM .zip and it will not be loaded.
Let us know if you have any other questions. Hope that helps and good luck in the publishing!
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1. android package manager monitors two locations for .apk files and will install them as soon as they appear in these two directories: /system/app and /data/app. if you want your rom to install .apk files to /data/app, you'll need to add the package_extract_dir command to your updater-script for /data and also create a data/app directory in the ROM zip file and put whatever apk files you want added in the data/app dir of the ROM zip file.
2. For Android boot animations the system looks in 3 locations in this order. 1) /data/local/bootanimation.zip, 2) /system/media/bootanimation.zip and 3) framework-res.apk . Since there are no bootanimation.zip files on our device, I'm assuming the sprint boot animation is stored in the framework-res.apk file. No worries, as placing any bootanimation file in either /data/local or /system/media will take priority over the Sprint animation in framework-res.apk.
3. 3D Games apk file is located here: /system/app/PGAWidget_HTCEvo3D_Sprint_v100.apk . Simply remove that apk file from /system/app inside the ROM .zip and it will not be loaded.
Let us know if you have any other questions. Hope that helps and good luck in the publishing!
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Man you are the BOMB.COM!!!!
And for 2. I wasnt looking to replace the boot animation. I kinda like the Sprint one. I was trying to replace the actual wallpaper that the phone boots into. So at the home screen I can have my own wallpaper that I choose for my ROM.
Also for 1. Do I need to create a unmount script like the one for /system? Or do I just add the script you mentioned and that is it?
Thanks so much for your help man. I dont think I would have gotten this far without you!!
youngpro83 said:
Man you are the BOMB.COM!!!!
And for 2. I wasnt looking to replace the boot animation. I kinda like the Sprint one. I was trying to replace the actual wallpaper that the phone boots into. So at the home screen I can have my own wallpaper that I choose for my ROM.
Also for 1. Do I need to create a unmount script like the one for /system? Or do I just add the script you mentioned and that is it?
Thanks so much for your help man. I dont think I would have gotten this far without you!!
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Oh, I misunderstood for 2. For the actual wallpaper .. I did a few quick google searches and haven't come up with anything super helpful. Based on this blog post Appears there are two possible locations for the default wallpaper images to be stored, either in the Launcher.apk or in /system/frameworks/framework.jar. Unfortunately, I'm not able to experiment on the device and search more thoroughly. If nobody posts back a better answer I'll look into this tonight.
1. Yea, it would be best practice to mount data, package extract dir /data and then unmount data. You should be able to copy the mount/unmount commands used for system and change the mount points to data and for the mount command change the device point for data .. off the top of my head I think its one number higher, but not positive. cat /proc/partitions to see the exact device mount point.
Hope that helps!
joeykrim said:
Oh, I misunderstood for 2. For the actual wallpaper .. I did a few quick google searches and haven't come up with anything super helpful. Based on this blog post Appears there are two possible locations for the default wallpaper images to be stored, either in the Launcher.apk or in /system/frameworks/framework.jar. Unfortunately, I'm not able to experiment on the device and search more thoroughly. If nobody posts back a better answer I'll look into this tonight.
1. Yea, it would be best practice to mount data, package extract dir /data and then unmount data. You should be able to copy the mount/unmount commands used for system and change the mount points to data and for the mount command change the device point for data .. off the top of my head I think its one number higher, but not positive. cat /proc/partitions to see the exact device mount point.
Hope that helps!
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Helps a bunch!!! I will have to dig deeper because I tried flashing after creating those scripts and I got error 6 when trying to flash. Ill add the mount/unmount commands and see if that fixes it.
youngpro83 said:
Helps a bunch!!! I will have to dig deeper because I tried flashing after creating those scripts and I got error 6 when trying to flash. Ill add the mount/unmount commands and see if that fixes it.
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To debug flashing errors while in the recovery, open adb shell and type:
Code:
cat /tmp/recovery.log
The recovery log has more details and usually the exact line of code where it failed. Feel free to paste this into pastebin and link up here, or paste into the thread and we can help troubleshoot.
Another step deeper into troubleshooting and debugging land of ROM development! Hope that helps!
Joeykrim, learned more from this thread then searching chefs central..
life64x said:
Joeykrim, learned more from this thread then searching chefs central..
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I Agree... This Thread could be on its way to being a little STICKY, Lol!
Nah but Good Thread guys!
Can anyone tell me how to deodex Xperia Z2 6.0.1 firmware step by step? Thanks in advance....
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I am also looking for the same. On MM rom, Sony is using symlinks to link odex files.
A step by step guide would be highly appreciated.
Thank you
I'm not gonna go into deep details, but this should help.
- flash MM rom for your device, make sure it is ROOTED as you'll need to use an explorer with root access,it's better if you do this on a clean install, but this is just me
- boot your device and go through the setup process
- once done, install a browser with root access, I recommend MiXplorer, root explorer
- browse into /system folder
- check your /app, /framework, /priv-app, they should have odex files inside them (this was the case for me)
- copy these folders, plus build.prop file into sd card or the phone memory
- connect phone to pc and copy files over
- look up and download SVADeodexerForArtx(32 or 64 based on your system), you also need to have java installed on your machine.
- extract the SVADeodexerForArtxxx to your c: drive, and create a folder named /system insides, and post the files from your phone inside that
- your final folder will look something like this : c:/SVADeodexerForArtxxx/system/ (app, framework,priv-app) and build.prop file
- remember to move the Semcxxx app folder from /framework into /app folder or it won't be deodexed
- run SVADeodexerForArtxxx and point it to your /system folder, it will show you your android version, tick the checkbox for app, framework, priv-app, hit the start button
- it'll run and once done the log file will open and tell you how many were deodexed.
- the deodexed folders will be in the base folder, make sure to return the Semcxxx folder from the /apps to /framework
- create a flashable zip and flash these folders back on your rom
now your rom is deodexed
install Rom eXistenZ MM, rom is rooted and deodex
lokitooxd said:
install Rom eXistenZ MM, rom is rooted and deodex
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The intention of this post was to learn how to do it. I know there is existenz and ultraslim deodexed roms. Thanks anyway.
@ticktock666
Thanks for the steps.
These steps looks to be from older version. Anybody with 6.0 Sony MM steps?
@ticktock666
There are certain other folders such as odex.app, odex.framework, odex.priv-app...what about these? These folders also contains similar odex files for app, framework and pri-app...
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These steps looks to be from older version. Anybody with 6.0 Sony MM steps?
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I deodexed my MM rom about a week ago, so I'm saying this from experience : it is up-to-date.
vikrant7027 said:
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There are certain other folders such as odex.app, odex.framework, odex.priv-app...what about these? These folders also contains similar odex files for app, framework and pri-app...
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I'm not sure, but here's some of the stuff I noticed during the deodex process :
- I used to get the files using adb pull command directly to pc after a fresh rom install (remember to install a pre-rooted rom), but I did not get any odex files with the apps this way, so deodexing didn't work.
- after pulling the files from the device using a root explorer, each app had the odex files with them inside the correct folders.
- about odex.xxx folders and odex.xxx.sqsh files : they contain an exact duplicate of the odex files, no idea why (you can extract the sqsh files, they're basically special compressed odex file container sort of thing), which means the rom contains 3 versions of the same odex file, makes no sense.....
after deodexing and flashing the deodexed rom/files, I deleted odex.xxx folders and odex.xxx.sqsh files, and my rom works fine, fully rooted and with xposed. My current issue is that now if I browse into /data/app on the root of the drive I'll find an odexed version of every app I have installed, be it a user app or system app, and it's driving me crazy.
ticktock666 said:
I deodexed my MM rom about a week ago, so I'm saying this from experience : it is up-to-date.
I'm not sure, but here's some of the stuff I noticed during the deodex process :
- I used to get the files using adb pull command directly to pc after a fresh rom install (remember to install a pre-rooted rom), but I did not get any odex files with the apps this way, so deodexing didn't work.
- after pulling the files from the device using a root explorer, each app had the odex files with them inside the correct folders.
- about odex.xxx folders and odex.xxx.sqsh files : they contain an exact duplicate of the odex files, no idea why (you can extract the sqsh files, they're basically special compressed odex file container sort of thing), which means the rom contains 3 versions of the same odex file, makes no sense.....
after deodexing and flashing the deodexed rom/files, I deleted odex.xxx folders and odex.xxx.sqsh files, and my rom works fine, fully rooted and with xposed. My current issue is that now if I browse into /data/app on the root of the drive I'll find an odexed version of every app I have installed, be it a user app or system app, and it's driving me crazy.
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Can u make a deodex rom for Xperia z2 mm rom d6502 indian version and post it on gdrive?? thanku in advance..? @ticktock666
Silverstarjigar said:
Can u make a deodex rom for Xperia z2 mm rom d6502 indian version and post it on gdrive?? thanku in advance..? @ticktock666
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sorry buddy, but although just the deodexed files from my rom should work perfectly (it's only the apks, no other settings from the rom are included), it is near impossible for me to upload anywhere due to slow & unstable connection and power situation, since none of the hosting services support upload resume on their apps/sites.
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sorry buddy, but although just the deodexed files from my rom should work perfectly (it's only the apks, no other settings from the rom are included), it is near impossible for me to upload anywhere due to slow & unstable connection and power situation, since none of the hosting services support upload resume on their apps/sites.
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Okk.. I will give it a try then!
Is there any script or something that we can flash through recovery ?
do you mean a script to deodex the rom on the phone ? if so then the answer is no
You can try this
ticktock666 said:
I'm not gonna go into deep details, but this should help.
- flash MM rom for your device, make sure it is ROOTED as you'll need to use an explorer with root access,it's better if you do this on a clean install, but this is just me
- boot your device and go through the setup process
- once done, install a browser with root access, I recommend MiXplorer, root explorer
- browse into /system folder
- check your /app, /framework, /priv-app, they should have odex files inside them (this was the case for me)
- copy these folders, plus build.prop file into sd card or the phone memory
- connect phone to pc and copy files over
- look up and download SVADeodexerForArtx(32 or 64 based on your system), you also need to have java installed on your machine.
- extract the SVADeodexerForArtxxx to your c: drive, and create a folder named /system insides, and post the files from your phone inside that
- your final folder will look something like this : c:/SVADeodexerForArtxxx/system/ (app, framework,priv-app) and build.prop file
- remember to move the Semcxxx app folder from /framework into /app folder or it won't be deodexed
- run SVADeodexerForArtxxx and point it to your /system folder, it will show you your android version, tick the checkbox for app, framework, priv-app, hit the start button
- it'll run and once done the log file will open and tell you how many were deodexed.
- the deodexed folders will be in the base folder, make sure to return the Semcxxx folder from the /apps to /framework
- create a flashable zip and flash these folders back on your rom
now your rom is deodexed
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But with file odex.app.sqsh format...are that no need to extract
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A1nur said:
But with file odex.app.sqsh format...are that no need to extract
Sent from my D6503 using XDA-Developers mobile app
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sorry for the late reply, haven't been checking much recently.
now about those sqsh files, I've tried extracting them, and they seem to contains a 2nd copy of the odex files, not sure how they work, but after deodexing my rom I simply deleted them, and everything worked normally.
ticktock666 said:
sorry for the late reply, haven't been checking much recently.
now about those sqsh files, I've tried extracting them, and they seem to contains a 2nd copy of the odex files, not sure how they work, but after deodexing my rom I simply deleted them, and everything worked normally.
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In new build fw 291 i try deodex that rom sir, n i do not extract sqsh.file...all normally work but if i delete boot.art n boot.oat it butlop....
How to i delete that sir
A1nur said:
In new build fw 291 i try deodex that rom sir, n i do not extract sqsh.file...all normally work but if i delete boot.art n boot.oat it butlop....
How to i delete that sir
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I don't have the latest rom yet (not released for 6502), but when you go into your /system/app folder using a root explorer, do you see "arm" folder inside any of the installed apps ? maybe they changed something in 291, and now they only use sqsh files, also what does the log from the app says when you deodex the rom says ? it should say something like "300 apps deodexed, 10 apps already deodexed" or something like that.
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I don't have the latest rom yet (not released for 6502), but when you go into your /system/app folder using a root explorer, do you see "arm" folder inside any of the installed apps ? maybe they changed something in 291, and now they only use sqsh files, also what does the log from the app says when you deodex the rom says ? it should say something like "300 apps deodexed, 10 apps already deodexed" or something like that.
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Thanks sir for your answered...
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Hi!
Thanks, for good instructions!
It is also working for Xperia Z3 Compact on MM .291. I failed in the past, cause of forgetting 'semcxxx' in framework.
Greetz, brockn
Hi guys,
my father recently bought a so-called China phone (Doogee X5max) that comes with several malwares right out of the box.
Most of the are quite easy to remove, two of them give me the creeps.
I am no pro when it comes to Android and so I stumbled across several problems.
First of all I managed to remove the malware from Settings.apk and SystemUI.apk by decompiling, editing and odexing the files and compiling them again. Easy going...
So far so good.
Now for the hard part.
How to get those files back into the ROM? Since those files need to be resigned with the same certificate that was used signing all the other system files I am kind of stuck here. Resigning the files with Zipsigner (using all possible types, "platform", etc.) did not work which leads me to the conclusion that Doogee did not use the AOSP certificates to sign their ROM. Am I right?
The only possible solution seems to be creating a custom ROM out of the Doogee X5max stock ROM. Is this correct?
I googled a lot but have not found up-to-date or understandable manuals/instructions on how to do this.
Can someone please help me or give me a hint at least?
Thanks in andvance
deomaki
deomaki said:
Hi guys,
my father recently bought a so-called China phone (Doogee X5max) that comes with several malwares right out of the box.
Most of the are quite easy to remove, two of them give me the creeps.
I am no pro when it comes to Android and so I stumbled across several problems.
First of all I managed to remove the malware from Settings.apk and SystemUI.apk by decompiling, editing and odexing the files and compiling them again. Easy going...
So far so good.
Now for the hard part.
How to get those files back into the ROM? Since those files need to be resigned with the same certificate that was used signing all the other system files I am kind of stuck here. Resigning the files with Zipsigner (using all possible types, "platform", etc.) did not work which leads me to the conclusion that Doogee did not use the AOSP certificates to sign their ROM. Am I right?
The only possible solution seems to be creating a custom ROM out of the Doogee X5max stock ROM. Is this correct?
I googled a lot but have not found up-to-date or understandable manuals/instructions on how to do this.
Can someone please help me or give me a hint at least?
Thanks in andvance
deomaki
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After recompiling your modded apk, unzip it and the original apk, replace everything in the original apk with what is in your modded apk except meta-inf and Android manifest. Zip back up, change it from .zip to .apk. That is what you use to replace your system apk. That only goes for system apks. You sign the others.
Tulsadiver said:
After recompiling your modded apk, unzip it and the original apk, replace everything in the original apk with what is in your modded apk except meta-inf and Android manifest. Zip back up, change it from .zip to .apk. That is what you use to replace your system apk. That only goes for system apks. You sign the others.
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Hi,
Thanks for your reply.
Before giving this a chance, just one question: By "Android manifest" I suppose you mean manifest.ms?
Kind regards
deomaki
deomaki said:
Hi,
Thanks for your reply.
Before giving this a chance, just one question: By "Android manifest" I suppose you mean manifest.ms?
Kind regards
deomaki
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I have never seen a manifest.ms but I suppose so if that is what is in yours.
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I have never seen a manifest.ms but I suppose so if that is what is in yours.
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The manifest.ms resides inside the META-INF folder...
Trying to installl the so manipulated original apk via adb results in [INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_NO_CERTIFICATES].
Am I supposed to uninstall the original settings.apk from the device first (which I did) or just replace the original apk on the device with the newly created one and delete the odex in oat/arm?
Thanks in advance
deomaki
deomaki said:
The manifest.ms resides inside the META-INF folder...
Trying to installl the so manipulated original apk via adb results in [INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_NO_CERTIFICATES].
Am I supposed to uninstall the original settings.apk from the device first (which I did) or just replace the original apk on the device with the newly created one and delete the odex in oat/arm?
Thanks in advance
deomaki
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You leave the original meta-inf like I said. You use the original apk replacing everything in it with the modded stuff, res, resource.arsc if any and any classes.dexs. Don't worry about any oat folders.
Tulsadiver said:
You leave the original meta-inf like I said. You use the original apk replacing everything in it with the modded stuff, res, resource.arsc if any and any classes.dexs. Don't worry about any oat folders.
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Hi Tulsadiver,
I followed your advice and replaced everything except the menta-inf folder from the original apk. Then I copied over my modded apk and restarted the device (just to be sure).
After rebooting the Settings icon was gone from my homescreen and the app drawer, leaving me unable to start the settings.
Tapping the seetings.apk using a file browser left me with the error, that there was an error while parsing...
Regards
deomaki
deomaki said:
Hi Tulsadiver,
I followed your advice and replaced everything except the menta-inf folder from the original apk. Then I copied over my modded apk and restarted the device (just to be sure).
After rebooting the Settings icon was gone from my homescreen and the app drawer, leaving me unable to start the settings.
Tapping the seetings.apk using a file browser left me with the error, that there was an error while parsing...
Regards
deomaki
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I actually said, everything but the original meta-inf folder and original Android manifest....
Steps
Decompile apk.
Edit your apk
Recompile apk.
Unzip both modded and original apk
Delete everything in the original apk except meta-inf and Android manifest.
Copy everything from modded apk over to original apk except for the meta-inf and Android manifest.
Zip it back up, change it from .zip to .apk.
Copy this apk to the root of your phone.
Change permission to 0644
Copy/Move to replace the existing apk.
Reboot
Tulsadiver said:
I actually said, everything but the original meta-inf folder and original Android manifest....
Steps
Decompile apk.
Edit your apk
Recompile apk.
Unzip both modded and original apk
Delete everything in the original apk except meta-inf and Android manifest.
Copy everything from modded apk over to original apk except for the meta-inf and Android manifest.
Zip it back up, change it from .zip to .apk.
Copy this apk to the root of your phone.
Change permission to 0644
Copy/Move to replace the existing apk.
Reboot
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Hi again,
thanks for your efforts by the way
That's exactly what I did except taking the original androidmanifest.xml since I had to change some things in it...
Will the whole process be not applicable then?
Regards
deomaki
deomaki said:
Hi again,
thanks for your efforts by the way
That's exactly what I did except taking the original androidmanifest.xml since I had to change some things in it...
Will the whole process be not applicable then?
Regards
deomaki
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Unclear. I've seen some doogee posts on here. Maybe try one of those?
Tulsadiver said:
Unclear. I've seen some doogee posts on here. Maybe try one of those?
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mmmh, maybe if will have to find out all system apks that use the same certificate framework-res.apk does and resign them with a new cert including the modded system.apk.
I was trying to find a way around that, but maybe I have to go the hard way...
I think that should solve my problem, what do you think?
Regards
deomaki
Hi
I've started around three other threads here on XDA but I never seem*to get anyone answering my questions for something that should be so simple.
Anyway I've been trying to flash a ZIP folder containing third party APK files via TWRP to go alongside my fresh install of Lineage OS. All of the user apps install perfectly fine to the '/data/app' directory, however, system apps that are installing to the '/system/app' directory are only getting half installed. Basically when I boot into the ROM I can see all of the system apps in the app launcher, and even navigating through the phone with a root explorer I can see that I can see the correctly copied folder and file from inside the ZIP folder. For example the Google Snapseed app is stored as the following:-
/system/app/com.niksoftware.snapseed
>niksoftware.snapseed.apk
What's weird is that if I open the apk file and install it with the Package Installer*successfully*installs it but with a '1' suffixed to the end and two folders and a re-named apk file
/data/app/com.niksoftware.snapseed-1
> lib
> oat
> base.apk
For a little test I moved the 'niksoftware.snapseed-1' folder from '/data/app' to '/system/app', deleted the original 'niksoftware.snapseed'*folder and rebooted my phone. As expected the app continued to work perfectly fine with no force crashes.
If you're wondering why I'm installing the apps under a system app, it's because the user(s) I'll be passing the phone onto will be non-technical Android users. When the user needs to do a factory reset, the apps I pre-installed will survive if they're installed as system apps compared user apps that will get wiped.
There is literally nothing on any forums anywhere explaining how to flash system apps via recovery taking the more recent Android the OS' that have been released in the last few years. Could someone please help me out here?
Many thanks
Will
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Will
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Personally I never tried to install third party apps like that , but it could be interesting to test this out .
But I think you've made a mistake while trying to create the system folder :
You created this :
/system/app/com/niksoftware.snapseed
But the /com is not needed , I mean it maybe the reason of you issue .
So try to remove the /com :
/system/app/niksoftware.snapseed
Let me know if it worked
RaiZProduction said:
Personally I never tried to install third party apps like that , but it could be interesting to test this out .
But I think you've made a mistake while trying to create the system folder :
You created this :
/system/app/com/niksoftware.snapseed
But the /com is not needed , I mean it maybe the reason of you issue .
So try to remove the /com :
/system/app/niksoftware.snapseed
Let me know if it worked
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Hi
Thank you for your reply. I've only just realised there is a typo in the directory. The 'com/' should be 'com.' However, I will give removing 'com' altogether to see if that makes any difference.
willowen100 said:
Hi
Thank you for your reply. I've only just realised there is a typo in the directory. The 'com/' should be 'com.' However, I will give removing 'com' altogether to see if that makes any difference.
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Let me know if it worked , happy to see I helped :highfive:
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Let me know if it worked , happy to see I helped :highfive:
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I renamed all of the folders inside the zip folder so there is no '.' (dots) in the folder and file names and unfortunately the apps still crash. It's a shame there is no command that extracts the .APK files into their correct directories. I'd love to know how the OpenGApps package works because that basically does the same thing as my ZIP folder.
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willowen100 said:
I renamed all of the folders inside the zip folder so there is no '.' (dots) in the folder and file names and unfortunately the apps still crash. It's a shame there is no command that extracts the .APK files into their correct directories. I'd love to know how the OpenGApps package works because that basically does the same thing as my ZIP folder.
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GApps does the same thing .
Basically it's a zip file with a script that copy all the file and the directories to the root directory of your phone.
I think the problem is the signature used bybthe third party apps. But that's just an hypothesis , I could be wrong I'll let you search more deep on that subject with Google , hope this helped a bit
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RaiZProduction said:
GApps does the same thing .
Basically it's a zip file with a script that copy all the file and the directories to the root directory of your phone.
I think the problem is the signature used bybthe third party apps. But that's just an hypothesis , I could be wrong I'll let you search more deep on that subject with Google , hope this helped a bit
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I've found a couple of APK/ZIP folder signing utilities but unfortunately they've made no difference.
The part that's going wrong somewhere is the folders that should be created alongside the APK files are not being created.
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I made some videos explaining the situation.
The first video shows the app crashing on launch. The APK file is installed at
Code:
/system/app/Snapseed
I then proceed to install it which is successful and installs itself as a user app found at
Code:
/data/app/com.niksoftware.snapseed-1
Next I rename it and move it to system directory and delete the original directory so there isn't a clash of identical apps. Finally I reboot the phone.
https://youtu.be/mL6ePOMnDQw
The second video I show that it opens up perfectly fine. To show that the two folders inside the
Code:
/system/app/com.niksoftware.snapseed
directory are important, I move them to the internal storage Downloads folder and then relaunch the app. It now crashes. I restore the folders and then app once again works again.
https://youtu.be/hL60APHTV7Q
Will
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I made some videos explaining the situation.
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Will
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Hi , the videos you made made me understand better your issue , but I've a question , when you moved the oat and lib folders to the system , you opened the Snapseed app successfully without any bugs isn't it ?
And because the installation folders are in the system , the factory reset won't affect them .
So is your problem solved ?
RaiZProduction said:
Hi , the videos you made made me understand better your issue , but I've a question , when you moved the oat and lib folders to the system , you opened the Snapseed app successfully without any bugs isn't it ?
And because the installation folders are in the system , the factory reset won't affect them .
So is your problem solved ?
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Yes you could say I have solved the problem but it's not the solution I'm looking for. I want to be able to install the apps in bulk during the flashing stage using a custom recovery like TWRP I'm using. The order I would flash would be:-
1) Flash Lineage OS
2) Flash OpenGApps
3) Flash additional apps (essentially third party apps from the Google Play Store)
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Yes you could say I have solved the problem but it's not the solution I'm looking for. I want to be able to install the apps in bulk during the flashing stage using a custom recovery like TWRP I'm using. The order I would flash would be:-
1) Flash Lineage OS
2) Flash OpenGApps
3) Flash additional apps (essentially third party apps from the Google Play Store)
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Ok , now flashable zips are field so I can help you
If you want me to do it for you , just upload those files to Google drive and send me the link , I'll make your flashable zip and upload it to Dropbox so you can download it :good:.
The files you should upload :
• Libs folder of every third party apps you want to install
• Oat Folder of every third party apps you want to install
• Base.apk file of every third party apps you want to install
If you want to do it yourself , I'll make you a guide on how to do it ( you require a PC to do it with RAR and Notepad++ or another text editor installed on it )
RaiZProduction said:
Ok , now flashable zips are field so I can help you
If you want me to do it for you , just upload those files to Google drive and send me the link , I'll make your flashable zip and upload it to Dropbox so you can download it :good:.
The files you should upload :
• Libs folder of every third party apps you want to install
• Oat Folder of every third party apps you want to install
• Base.apk file of every third party apps you want to install
If you want to do it yourself , I'll make you a guide on how to do it ( you require a PC to do it with RAR and Notepad++ or another text editor installed on it )
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I'd rather do it myself please if that's okay with you creating a guide, as I would like to learn how to do it for future reference? I use Notepad++ quite frequently and I use 7-zip to archive everything so I'm all setup there.
This is going to sound stupid but where do I get the Libs and Oat folders from except for copying them from Android? I am aware you can open the APK files themselves but I've never seen the Oat folders inside.
Many thanks again for your help so far.
Will
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willowen100 said:
I'd rather do it myself
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Will
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I meant I need the Content of this folder for each apps you want to install as system apps:
/data/app/com.niksoftware.snapseed-1
> lib
> oat
> base.apk
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You will need this to make the flashable zip.
Copy and paste those files to your download folder ( Internal storage ) , then transfer those folders (and the APK file to your PC in order to use it .
I'm preparing the guide and I'll post it in around 10 min , don't forget to press the thank button on the posts
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I'd rather do it myself please if that's okay with you creating a guide
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So , let's start with what you need :
- The folder /data/app/com.niksoftware.snapseed-1 and its content on your desktop
Now what you should do :
1) Extract the 2 folders in the template I made you
2) Open the system folder and create a folder called "app" into it
3) Copy the com.niksoftware.snapseed-1 folder (with the content inside it) and paste it into the app folder newly created
4) Repeate the step above for each and every app you want to install as system app
5) Exit the folders
6) Select the META-INF folder and the system folder and compress them with 7-Zip
7) You are ready to flash the zip to your phone !
My Advice is to do this in your Desktop in first place, because it's more easy to see what you're doing.
When you get used to this, you may do it everywhere (even on your phone).
Don't forget to disable signature verification in TWRP ( if there is the option , I don't remember well)
And make a backup of your phone before every modification , we never know what can happen (but in this case, it'll be okay since we're modifying nothing)
Hope this helped you , don't forget to press the thank button
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I meant I need the Content of this folder for each apps you want to install as system apps:
You will need this to make the flashable zip.
Copy and paste those files to your download folder ( Internal storage ) , then transfer those folders (and the APK file to your PC in order to use it .
I'm preparing the guide and I'll post it in around 10 min , don't forget to press the thank button on the posts
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I'm just trying to find out if there a more time saving tool that will extract the the lib, oat and base.apk from the containing .apk file so I can do it in bulk on a PC.
The problem I have is that I have about 20+ APK's that will be flashed additionally on top of the Lineage OS ROM and OpenGApps. Thinking how long it took to do one installing it as a user app, renaming it, moving it to the system partition, I would have to do that for everyone. Even if I was to do this method the contents I extracted for one Android architecture (CPU chipset type) used on one device may be completely incompatible on another.
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I'm just trying to find out if there a more time saving tool that will extract the the
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on one device may be completely incompatible on another.
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Unfortunately I don't know any tool able to do that.
And for the architecture , that's not really a problem
Because there are only 4 architecture :
x86 (rare)
x86_64 (very rare , mostly used on emulators)
arm (most common)
arm64 (common)
And the arm APKs work for arm64 devices , so you just have to do this for arm APKs and it'll be okay for almost every Android device . (Edit 1 : Not really sure of this info, should be good but I can't certify it 100%)
And I know myself that doing that takes time , but if you really want to do that , that's the only way I can suggest.
Do as you feel it , I hope my answers were clear and useful for you.
Let me know what's your decision,
Have a nice day
RaiZProduction said:
Unfortunately I don't know any tool able to do that.
And for the architecture , that's not really a problem
Because there are only 4 architecture :
x86 (rare)
x86_64 (very rare , mostly used on emulators)
arm (most common)
arm64 (common)
And the arm APKs work for arm64 devices , so you just have to do this for arm APKs and it'll be okay for almost every Android device . (Edit 1 : Not really sure of this info, should be good but I can't certify it 100%)
And I know myself that doing that takes time , but if you really want to do that , that's the only way I can suggest.
Do as you feel it , I hope my answers were clear and useful for you.
Let me know what's your decision,
Have a nice day
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I'm going to go ahead with it. Like you said ARM will work for ARM64. Even if the apps become slightly outdated if I were to flash my ZIP onto future devices, as soon as the Play Store is installed it will hopefully update anyway.
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willowen100 said:
I'm going to go ahead with it. Like you said ARM will work for ARM64. Even if the apps become slightly outdated if I were to flash my ZIP onto future devices, as soon as the Play Store is installed it will hopefully update anyway.
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Good luck my friend