I joined this forum 7 months ago. Since then I've been using mods made by developers of this forum. Mods which have made life easier and using my phone more fun. I would like to thank the developers for those superb mods, rooting solutions, CWM, quickpanels, battery icon with percentage, init.d and build.prop tweaks to improve performance, fantastically modded stock home launchers, ports of walkman player, clear bass; sound mods, beats, xsincrediblebass; fonts, system apps from other phones, boot animations, supercharger, rebootpower menu etc etc :victory:
I would also like to make a special mention of ROMs for locked bootloaders. When I first unlocked my bootloader and tried to apply a custom kernel, I realized that my phone has NAND bad blocks. So I had thought that I would never be able to flash custom ROMs. But thanks to the developers who started making custom ROMs for locked bootloaders, I could get a taste of custom ROMs too:good:
There are somethings that I would like to request,
1) May be a method to flash custom kernels for phone's which have bad sector errors. May be custom kernels in .ftf format which can be flashed in flashmode??
2) A way to apply only the mods that we require. For example If my systemUI already has a quickpanel and I want to apply a mod which changes battery icons, it should be able to update our existing systemUI.apk or whichever system apk is involved, so that the previous mods are unaffected. Not only battery icons but big mods like lockscreen mod etc could be applied by this method of updating existing files.
3) I would really like to have a taste of CyanogenMod ROMs on my phone with locked bootloader:fingers-crossed:
I don't know if these things are impossible. I'm just a noob
Sudanminipro said:
I joined this forum 7 months ago. Since then I've been using mods made by developers of this forum. Mods which have made life easier and using my phone more fun. I would like to thank the developers for those superb mods, rooting solutions, CWM, quickpanels, battery icon with percentage, init.d and build.prop tweaks to improve performance, fantastically modded stock home launchers, ports of walkman player, clear bass; sound mods, beats, xsincrediblebass; fonts, system apps from other phones, boot animations, supercharger, rebootpower menu etc etc :victory:
I would also like to make a special mention of ROMs for locked bootloaders. When I first unlocked my bootloader and tried to apply a custom kernel, I realized that my phone has NAND bad blocks. So I had thought that I would never be able to flash custom ROMs. But thanks to the developers who started making custom ROMs for locked bootloaders, I could get a taste of custom ROMs too:good:
There are somethings that I would like to request,
1) May be a method to flash custom kernels for phone's which have bad sector errors. May be custom kernels in .ftf format which can be flashed in flashmode??
2) A way to apply only the mods that we require. For example If my systemUI already has a quickpanel and I want to apply a mod which changes battery icons, it should be able to update our existing systemUI.apk or whichever system apk is involved, so that the previous mods are unaffected. Not only battery icons but big mods like lockscreen mod etc could be applied by this method of updating existing files.
3) I would really like to have a taste of CyanogenMod ROMs on my phone with locked bootloader:fingers-crossed:
I don't know if these things are impossible. I'm just a noob
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2. Remove whatever you do not need from the mod zip file using 7zip, but make sure not extract the files.
3. That's impossible. As CM needs custom Kernel, and custom Kernel needs unlocked bootloader.
Thanks,
Rick
DragonClawsAreSharp said:
2. Remove whatever you do not need from the mod zip file using 7zip, but make sure not extract the files.
3. That's impossible. As CM needs custom Kernel, and custom Kernel needs unlocked bootloader.
Thanks,
Rick
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I do remove files which I don't need from flashable zips. But in some cases, like battey icon and quickpanel, same file's modification is needed. SystemUI.apk and may be framework.apk. When I apply a mod related to these files, already existing file will be replaced. So for one mod v have to sacrifice an already existing mod
I'm still hopefull about cyanogenmod. May be someone could make a cyanogenmod based ROM with many of it's features included for stock kernel:fingers-crossed:
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Hey can someone incorporate all these mods into one flashable zip? Since the most of the mods modify the same system apps they undo the other mods, and i have no idea how to incorporate them all together.... So help would be appreciated!
Crt animations and ciq disabler: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10055218/Mods/freEVO%203D%20CIQdestroyer.zip
Zeus Mods: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10055218/Mods/freEVO%203D%20ZeusGB.zip
Beats Audio/Hotspot: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10055218/Mods/Beats-HotSpot-signed.zip
7 in one reboot menu: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10055218/Mods/Android_Revolution_HD_APM_7in1_1.1.x_v.0.1.zip
alainater said:
Hey can someone incorporate all these mods into one flashable zip? Since the most of the mods modify the same system apps they undo the other mods, and i have no idea how to incorporate them all together.... So help would be appreciated!
Crt animations and ciq disabler: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10055218/Mods/freEVO%203D%20CIQdestroyer.zip
Zeus Mods: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10055218/Mods/freEVO%203D%20ZeusGB.zip
Beats Audio/Hotspot: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10055218/Mods/Beats-HotSpot-signed.zip
7 in one reboot menu: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10055218/Mods/Android_Revolution_HD_APM_7in1_1.1.x_v.0.1.zip
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I can tell you that the first 2 are two different files so they won't conflict with anything unless you already have a "theme" you're using.
CRT animations resides in the services.jar file, which won't overwrite anything you currently have going, as it has no images and isn't related to the look of your phone.
The Zeus mods file up there is one I modified to have gingerbread icons, and is part of the system that most people modify to change signal bars, battery icons, etc (SystemUI.apk) so it will change what you currently have as those.
Not too sure about the beats.
The 7-in-1 reboot mod, I personally haven't looked at that particular file you linked, but if it is what I think it is, then that file won't change or overwrite anything either, as it is the android.policy.jar file, which like services.jar doesn't include anything that will change the theme, UI, or look of your phone.
Hope this helps.
Recap:
You can flash the first and last file without changing anything you currently have. And if you want gingerbread icons, you can flash the second one. You can easily take what you currently have (if you're using a theme or you just want to preserve the look of your SystemUI.apk) and insert it into the SystemUI.apk that's in the zeus mods file.
All you need is WinRAR or 7-zip. If that's what you're trying to accomplish, reply back and I will walk you through it.
freeza said:
I can tell you that the first 2 are two different files so they won't conflict with anything unless you already have a "theme" you're using.
CRT animations resides in the services.jar file, which won't overwrite anything you currently have going, as it has no images and isn't related to the look of your phone.
The Zeus mods file up there is one I modified to have gingerbread icons, and is part of the system that most people modify to change signal bars, battery icons, etc (SystemUI.apk) so it will change what you currently have as those.
Not too sure about the beats.
The 7-in-1 reboot mod, I personally haven't looked at that particular file you linked, but if it is what I think it is, then that file won't change or overwrite anything either, as it is the android.policy.jar file, which like services.jar doesn't include anything that will change the theme, UI, or look of your phone.
Hope this helps.
Recap:
You can flash the first and last file without changing anything you currently have. And if you want gingerbread icons, you can flash the second one. You can easily take what you currently have (if you're using a theme or you just want to preserve the look of your SystemUI.apk) and insert it into the SystemUI.apk that's in the zeus mods file.
All you need is WinRAR or 7-zip. If that's what you're trying to accomplish, reply back and I will walk you through it.
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OK so come to think of it I have all of the mods installed except the beats audio. When I installed the beats audio it canceled out the crt animations and I figured if I had to pick between crt and beats audio that I'd have crt animation. So I figured out that the crt and beats both modify the services.jar but I had no idea how to modify the services.jar file to incorporate crt and beats.
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alainater said:
OK so come to think of it I have all of the mods installed except the beats audio. When I installed the beats audio it canceled out the crt animations and I figured if I had to pick between crt and beats audio that I'd have crt animation. So I figured out that the crt and beats both modify the services.jar but I had no idea how to modify the services.jar file to incorporate crt and beats.
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Just from reading a lot of ROM threads, you can only choose one or the other. I'm not sure if anyone has incorporated both crt+beats. You may want to check the infected eternity ROM thread and if if has them both, extract the services.jar file from that particular ROM.
freeza said:
Just from reading a lot of ROM threads, you can only choose one or the other. I'm not sure if anyone has incorporated both crt+beats. You may want to check the infected eternity ROM thread and if if has them both, extract the services.jar file from that particular ROM.
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warm 2.3 has both, wtsb 2.0 has both.
freeza said:
Just from reading a lot of ROM threads, you can only choose one or the other. I'm not sure if anyone has incorporated both crt+beats. You may want to check the infected eternity ROM thread and if if has them both, extract the services.jar file from that particular ROM.
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God you smart man I didn't even think of that!
Swyped from mah 3vo!
So i asked many people but didnt get much help but i finally figured out how to get system.img and boot.img and unpacked them too.
Now i want to ask, what are the things that a custom ROM should have? Things we should add or remove? will removing apk's and adding a few kernels be enough? How can i change the theme?
hfbvm said:
So i asked many people but didnt get much help but i finally figured out how to get system.img and boot.img and unpacked them too.
Now i want to ask, what are the things that a custom ROM should have? Things we should add or remove? will removing apk's and adding a few kernels be enough? How can i change the theme?
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First, always new kernel.
Second, CM theming is easy. For the rest of the roms yiu can use apktool.
You should make two versions: lite and full.
Lite is stripped down full w/o GAPPS.
Supercharger and Turbocahrger scripts are nice. For the rest: google is your best friend!
Greets!
I remove all of the apps that draw alot of memory,mostly carrier crap(bloatware)then i add all of the free apps from the market that i use alot,then i go to UOT kitchen and set a theme for my new rom,i also use 7-zip and macromedia fireworks to customize the rosie,wallpapers,splash screen,boot animations,etc,i also add a few tweaks for the build.prop,you can also edit the text in the updater-script.Like the guy above said,google is your best friend.
Where can I find a flashable zip for CRT animations on the new OTA? I'd rather mod my stock ROM than flash a new ROM. Any help would be appreciated.
robbierockz said:
Where can I find a flashable zip for CRT animations on the new OTA? I'd rather mod my stock ROM than flash a new ROM. Any help would be appreciated.
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From what I know, there are many changes needing to be made to an Sense ROM in order to make this work. CPU changes, animation .xml's needing modded, and smali files. In addition to that, there are probably some changes in framework and com.htc.resources.apk, services.jar (which in order to be DeOdexed, all other apps need deodexed as well, I do believe).
I don't mean to burst your bubble, but, I have been looking at making my own (after searching a bit just like you have, I'm sure, for a flashable). It's fairly complicated, even though you wouldn't think it would be.
1. How do i choose the right rom for my phone? where can i view the different roms and their features and download them?
Luckily I know how to install rom's.
2. How do i choose the right kernel for my phone? I need a kernel with init.d support so i can use script manager to enable moving apps to the external SD.
Where can i view the different kernels and their features and download them?
3. How do I install kernels?
Thank you for your help.
The Firestorm7 said:
1. How do i choose the right rom for my phone? where can i view the different roms and their features and download them?
Luckily I know how to install rom's.
2. How do i choose the right kernel for my phone? I need a kernel with init.d support so i can use script manager to enable moving apps to the external SD.
Where can i view the different kernels and their features and download them?
3. How do I install kernels?
Thank you for your help.
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To choose the right ROM you need to be in the correct forum first (for your phone!) and to check for the android development sub forums, most ROMS land there... the kind developers that call xda home make a huge effort to make their ROM posts as informative and accurate as possible, they include tons of screenshots, the spec and features list for their ROMS, a couple of variants and mods sometimes, a changelog and the download links
For the S3, i've found the Siyah kernel to be the most reliable and battery efficient
And kernels are installed pretty much like any other flashable zip in most cases, power users do this with adb and some other methods i'm not aware of (and rather not be, i know the basics and most importantly, know how to follow instructions to the letter, doing this yourself will save you hours of frustration and anger)
As a personal note, the FoxHound rom for the S3 is mighty awesome, it comes with AROMA (a touch installer that pops up after you've begun to flash it with your recovery, it allows you to customize the ROM to your needs before starting to use it) and has TONS of options to tailor it to your preference, it also doesn't eliminate the samsung features completely (although you CAN eliminate them should you want it so)
I hope this was helpful
P.S: thank me if you like it, there's a button for it
Start by reading the stickied faqs and guides.
jje
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Hello. I would like to remove some MODs that I don't like, from a custom ROM, before flashing it. How can I do that?
Ask the rom chef, mods aren't apps so it isn't like a single file needs deleting. Most chefs won't do this, they are sharing a build how they like it to work.
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tenegrea said:
Hello. I would like to remove some MODs that I don't like, from a custom ROM, before flashing it. How can I do that?
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You would need to read up on each mod and what it contains and replace the items .
But as said above you choose the rom and its mods . But note some some roms are aroma installed and you can pick and choose mods . Also some mods can be overwritten by other mods .
But its more a question of reading and learning how to build your own rom .