If I am running a deodex rom, that is sense 3.0, can I flash customizations such as a transparent Rosie or custom lock screen from a diffrent deodex rom?
Should be able to without a problem unless its states on the mod thread its only compatible with certain roms. But always make a nand before flashing any mods for a safety net incase anything does get mixed up or just to revert if you wanted to.
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Ilovemywife said:
If I am running a deodex rom, that is sense 3.0, can I flash customizations such as a transparent Rosie or custom lock screen from a diffrent deodex rom?
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the suggestions in the first post reply are great.
in addition here are a few thoughts which came to mind: different mods are done on different files in the android system. two mods might change the same file or two mods might change different files. if the two mods both change the same file, swapping that file in and out means you'll only get one or the other version of it modded but might have to find a version of that file with both mods performed on it.
ideal beginner solution would be to at least open up the .zip file which contains the mod and check with file is being replaced on your system. it'll give you a good starting point to gauge from as the more mods you flash the more you'll see which files are being modified.
ideal advanced solution would be to understand how the file was modified and perform the modification yourself .. this takes more time and labor but leads to the greatest control over your system. if you're interested in this route, SteelH has a great list of [HOW-TO] guides in the EVO 3D themes & apps board which detail out the exact place to change code in order to accomplish the mod.
hope that helps!
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If we have a base rom even from a backup.
Couldn't we edit simple things in the rom. Like host files for blocking adds. Add the changes that the super charger script makes. Disable/remove alot of blur like we do now with titanium backup. Longer wifi scan times. ect.
How would you get the base rom and how do you edit the files contained in the rom. I'm used to linux I run it at the house. If its like editing cfg files and what not. I might be able to make my own rom for myself.
Figured out you can open apk files easily with winrar.
And if all else fails sbf here i come
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If we have a base rom even from a backup.
Couldn't we edit simple things in the rom. Like host files for blocking adds. Add the changes that the super charger script makes. Disable/remove alot of blur like we do now with titanium backup. Longer wifi scan times. ect.
How would you get the base rom and how do you edit the files contained in the rom. I'm used to linux I run it at the house. If its like editing cfg files and what not. I might be able to make my own rom for myself.
And if all else fails sbf here i come
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Can't wait to see what you come up with... I'll test it.
You don't need a custom rom in order to block ads. There its a hosts file floating around that does that in one of the X2's subforum.
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or get ad free from the market...and guess what? it's free! >.>
It's true that those small changes don't require a custom rom but I think tinkering with the idea and trying to put something together would be a great learning experience and could lead to the first "custom rom".
Questions should be posted in the general forum. I will recommend you visit the chef central forums where they have all the tools and possible many answers for rom building.
Cheers and thread moved.
Ive Noticed that the DX2 Has number of atrix ports and a couple of roms.. Any how i would love some more support than CM7 for the photon. I know we only have a handful of wonderful devs for the photon and they can only concentrate on so much at once.
I am wanting really bad to contribute..Can some one show me where to brush up on my skills I am wanting to attempt to Dev. I know IT HAS BEEN ASKED i just want to go to the right places...Just seems like there is not enough interest in the photon in general.. I have all the free time in the world right now...
Id like to thank all the wonderful Devs in the photon forum and for making CM7 boot!! Some good ISH!! i cant wait!!
If you want to make a custom, stock-based ROM, it is fairly easy. A number of us on the forums just think that it is not very necessary to have so many ROMs when there is little-to-no changes between them.
Anyhow, the basic gist is like this:
Find some app/theme you want to include into a ROM. Extract the ROM (.zip), and then place those files into their respective folders. Generally, themes are in framework-res.apk files and go in /system/framework. Apps usually go into /system/app. Keep in mind if you want to port a theme, you will have to resize the images and rename them (usually), which involved extracting the .apk, modifying the necessary files, and then pushing them back into an unextracted copy of the .apk (to deal with signing issues). When you are done with your modifications to the ROM, highlight/select all of the folders and files (usually META-INF, system, boot.img), and compress them into a zip archive. Bam, new ROM made.
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If you want to make a custom, stock-based ROM, it is fairly easy. A number of us on the forums just think that it is not very necessary to have so many ROMs when there is little-to-no changes between them.
Anyhow, the basic gist is like this:
Find some app/theme you want to include into a ROM. Extract the ROM (.zip), and then place those files into their respective folders. Generally, themes are in framework-res.apk files and go in /system/framework. Apps usually go into /system/app. Keep in mind if you want to port a theme, you will have to resize the images and rename them (usually), which involved extracting the .apk, modifying the necessary files, and then pushing them back into an unextracted copy of the .apk (to deal with signing issues). When you are done with your modifications to the ROM, highlight/select all of the folders and files (usually META-INF, system, boot.img), and compress them into a zip archive. Bam, new ROM made.
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Thanks BRO!!!! And Thank you for all your hours and dedication you have put fourth with school and all!! I would not of held on to my Photon If it weren't for you!! Honestly!!!
If you guys want I could upload my recent creation.
Its yays deodexed rom with the alien theme embedded in. I can't seem to get the blur launcher to work though and I could slim it down. Remove ringtones notifications and apps if ya'll want...its nothing special just themed no special tweaks.
Don't think you can add tweeks without unlocking the BL...
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If you guys want I could upload my recent creation.
Its yays deodexed rom with the alien theme embedded in. I can't seem to get the blur launcher to work though and I could slim it down. Remove ringtones notifications and apps if ya'll want...its nothing special just themed no special tweaks.
Don't think you can add tweeks without unlocking the BL...
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That would be awesome!!!! Im working on something NOw!! I would like to use what u created!!
Its pretty much yays rom + kenneths theme and a working settings apk lol
You want it stripped down as possible? I suck at making update zips for gapps and such but I can strip it and you can command mount the things you want.
and applications? not everything is shareable I try to make a build did not work well but gets stuck on the logo of motorola
what are you adding and taking away?
Looking to find a patch that would allow me to see the true 1X/3G icon appear. Running a rooted stock ROM. I saw the Alien ROM includes a fix but there has been no DEV support or updates so I would like to try and maintain stock with the fix. I would attempt this myself but have no idea where to start.
I'm pretty sure that it is just a graphics edit, ie. replaced images. The images are probably in /system/framework-res.apk. Just unpack that, put the images from Alien ROM in there, and then pack it up again and push it to your phone.
I'll try it, thank you!
I have started playing with custom icons recently an was curious, where can one find the stock icon.png file? I have a lot of apps on my phone like DrexelOne (for my college) which no one has made customs of, because of this I need the stock image to use as a base for my custom one. Other unpacking the .apk and removing the the icon.png is there a way to reach these?
Thanks ahead of time, I think this will help many more rookies than just me!
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I have started playing with custom icons recently an was curious, where can one find the stock icon.png file? I have a lot of apps on my phone like DrexelOne (for my college) which no one has made customs of, because of this I need the stock image to use as a base for my custom one. Other unpacking the .apk and removing the the icon.png is there a way to reach these?
Thanks ahead of time, I think this will help many more rookies than just me!
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Are you asking where that default icon is that only shows up when the app has no specified icon? That would be either in framework.res or com.htc.resources. Both of those apks are in /system/framework.
No I'm asking in general is there a way to take an application's icon and use it as the base for a custom one? For example: Can I somehow get the SuperUser icon .pgn file so that I can take it into paint and edit it, then use ApexLauncher to edit the icon shown on my home screen?
Maybe I'm simplifying the steps to much, but can't you make 72x72pixel .pgn and use ApexLauncher to to make that new icon the icon the shows up?
I'd like to create a TWRP flashable ZIP of my phone meant for public release so I'd like to hide any information specific to my phone or self. As far as not installing a bunch of apps or backing up data that's obvious but what I'm unsure about is the process of creating a ZIP file instead of those folders that TWRP creates. How would I go about doing that?
This is basically what I'd like to do:
Backup my own stuff
Flash stock ROM and make customizations to the interface, possible minor debloat, installation of a few useful things, etc...
Release a flashable ZIP -- essentially just like flashing a custom ROM except it's just the stock ROM with customizations like ad blocking and interface changes, etc...
The idea is similar to @ChazzMatt posting images of his settings but involves more things and in a prepared format for flashing. It's sort of like a "lazy" version of creating a ROM.. where you're just modifying some things and doing all the work that would normally take a lot of discovery and time to do then releasing that.