Hi all, I have a noob question that I have not been able to find an answer to.
My main goal is to make my own rom, and there are a lots of nice guides etc for that, but for some reason I cannot find where I'm suppose to download the "stock" android from google.
Where can i download the different versions of android? One should think that there are a rom or at least some files that can be made into a stock rom or something like that?
It would be very nice at least, if I just could download android 5, or one of the others, and then just implement all the drivers for my unit to make it work on a stock android.
Or have I misunderstood something critical here?
Not sure how basic the question is. Stock ROMs are factory versions.
XDA has different flavours of custom ROMs and link to stock ROMs.
Few technical features speak about odexed and deodexed.
Please search the forums and hopefully you can help the community.
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Yes I have searched the forums and google, no answers to that question.
Ok so stock rom is from the manufacturer, but google have the "official" version. So there should be a rom or files that can be made into a rom that's clean, from google?
As to the custum roms, I would be better of starting with a "clean one" i should think. And there are no roms that I know of that is working with any of my Minix units, and I would definitely like to get 5.0 on my media streamers.
Odexed and deodexed? Have no idea what is.
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Hey guys !
I've been around here for many years but have allways been using Windows Mobile phones. I've had a Hero for about a year and i must say that i am very pleased with it. It works so damn good ! I've been flashing roms on windows mobile phones and even created roms my self.
However this Android / Linux world is so new to me that i have no idea what i need to do in order to simply flash a rom on my Hero!
What i get is that i need to root my device. There are some few guides for this in the wiki but i still do not know if my Hero is a Virgin og a Telus. How can i see this?
Also i see a lot of Linux based talk and commands (i presume) that i do not understand anything of. Do we have any desciption of the most common used commands and such stuff so new people like me can get a better understanding of what you guys are actually talking about?
When i learn all this i will edit the wiki with the information. And as i am new it is easier for me to fill in what is missing if you understand
.. And yes i have searched!
Da9L said:
Hey guys !
I've been around here for many years but have allways been using Windows Mobile phones. I've had a Hero for about a year and i must say that i am very pleased with it. It works so damn good ! I've been flashing roms on windows mobile phones and even created roms my self.
However this Android / Linux world is so new to me that i have no idea what i need to do in order to simply flash a rom on my Hero!
What i get is that i need to root my device. There are some few guides for this in the wiki but i still do not know if my Hero is a Virgin og a Telus. How can i see this?
Also i see a lot of Linux based talk and commands (i presume) that i do not understand anything of. Do we have any desciption of the most common used commands and such stuff so new people like me can get a better understanding of what you guys are actually talking about?
When i learn all this i will edit the wiki with the information. And as i am new it is easier for me to fill in what is missing if you understand
.. And yes i have searched!
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Theunlockr.com is an excellent source of information on rooting/flashing your Hero.
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Theunlockr.com is an excellent source of information on rooting/flashing your Hero.
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Seconded.
And when you're unlocked, check out Villain and Vanillain ROM's (check out previous post), definitely two of the best
if you want to know if your phone is rooted download and install "Super user" and run it,you will then know if your phone is rooted or not.
I,like you,was a WM user and found android to be more complicated,but in fact it´s not...once you root your phone and install Amon-RA recovery ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4549551&postcount=1 ) its much easier and simple to do things.
theres a sticky in this sub-forum with wiki-guides,read it!
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Seconded.
And when you're unlocked, check out Villain and Vanillain ROM's (check out previous post), definitely two of the best
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True used a lot those roms.
Waiting patiently for a Vanillain rom based in eris dump.
Right now im still using AychTeeSee's just to be able to use the Buuf Theme
I'm in the exact same situation as Da9L . Could you please let me know if flashing a new ROM will also change the Firmware version?
Currently my firmware is 1.5. I've seen on a friend's G1 the voice search widget and I'm dying to get that on my device. From what I've been told, i need to get a newer firmware, but I've got no idea on how to do this.
Any help would be appreciated ^_^
Some questions:
So the short line of the process of flashing a custom rom is when using unbranded htc hero:
1. Downgrade my software to 1.76, as iam using the newest
2. Root the device acording to _this_ guide
3. Perform a backup
4. Flash the custom rom as i flash a stock rom?
Is that it? It leads me to some more questions
What is this "recovery image" and is there any reason to flash a new one?
And why is there any reason to change this at all ?
How do i get danish xt9 for sms?
And please i have a feeling that i am getting this wrong.. Can you please explain to me the procedure of doing all this ?
Is there any benefit by flashing a rom?
I mean the stock rom actually runs pretty good and is stable. A custom rom is likely to be a little more unstable than a stock rom, but often give you more speed and newer features. This is when we are talking Windows Mobile, but is it the same here? What are the pros and cons by flashing a custom rom over the stock rom?
Da9L said:
Is there any benefit by flashing a rom?
I mean the stock rom actually runs pretty good and is stable. A custom rom is likely to be a little more unstable than a stock rom, but often give you more speed and newer features. This is when we are talking Windows Mobile, but is it the same here? What are the pros and cons by flashing a custom rom over the stock rom?
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It varies depending on the ROM tbh. It's a bit like the high-tech version of 'how long's a piece of string'?
Really, you're likely to get improved performance, root permissions, user interface tweaks, different versions of applications that are better than the default ones, maybe a custom kernel (if it's a 1.5 release you're looking at).
The custom kernels can have better performance due to optimisations in them. Not sure how much of this is like winmo (never had a winmo phone, all I know is that you are able to install alternative ROMs on them), but with android the core OS is open source, so you get more performance boosts under the hood.
Anyone able to add to that?
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It varies depending on the ROM tbh. It's a bit like the high-tech version of 'how long's a piece of string'?
Really, you're likely to get improved performance, root permissions, user interface tweaks, different versions of applications that are better than the default ones, maybe a custom kernel (if it's a 1.5 release you're looking at).
The custom kernels can have better performance due to optimisations in them. Not sure how much of this is like winmo (never had a winmo phone, all I know is that you are able to install alternative ROMs on them), but with android the core OS is open source, so you get more performance boosts under the hood.
Anyone able to add to that?
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That sounds great. However, since this is so new to me i do not know what new tweaks and apps i will be able to use and get if you follow me? When i have flashed a new custom rom, propably android 2.1, i do not know what new things it has and therefore where and how to use these new functions. And does the real advantage in a custom rom also get to a normal user or is the advantages more directed at the developers or?
I have looked and I cannot find a good place to locate this info
I am looking for a repository of HD2 compatible Stock/Shipped Roms and a list of attirbutes like:
Android Version
Sense w/version
Base Size
Etc...
I am looking for a Android 2.3.4 Rom with Sense3.0(2.x considered)
I have found the many lists of Shipped Roms but they are listed by phone and I do not know what version of Android they have and if they have Sense and if they are combatable with HD2
I hope I am not completely in left field with this. I am assuming you just take a Shipped rom that is compatible with an HD2 and cook it and flash it. Or does it involve updating drivers and what not to make a rom compatible?
Don
Hope I am not repeating a question that has been asked before
Bump for this would be so great.
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+2 on this desperately!
I've just recently started trying to build my Android ROM and I wish that I could find this info. somewhere. That's where I hit a wall. No where that I find any ROMs does it tell what version of anything they are. A listing of recently leaked ROMs and what Android and Sense version they contain is exactly what I've been looking for.
How does anyone know other than by word of mouth?
Someone, anyone got a link?
peepsnet said:
I have looked and I cannot find a good place to locate this info
I am looking for a repository of HD2 compatible Stock/Shipped Roms and a list of attirbutes like:
Android Version
Sense w/version
Base Size
Etc...
I am looking for a Android 2.3.4 Rom with Sense3.0(2.x considered)
I have found the many lists of Shipped Roms but they are listed by phone and I do not know what version of Android they have and if they have Sense and if they are combatable with HD2
I hope I am not completely in left field with this. I am assuming you just take a Shipped rom that is compatible with an HD2 and cook it and flash it. Or does it involve updating drivers and what not to make a rom compatible?
Don
Hope I am not repeating a question that has been asked before
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All ROMs on this forum can be found here: http://android.hd2roms.com/
Updated daily
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Hello, i want to create my own custom rom for the Samsung Galaxy S II.
I searched everywhere on XDA but i cannot find any guide or ressources i can understand. If someone have a topic, a link, or whatever it would be very appreciated.
The must would be a ROM on Ice Cream Sandwich. I don't want to realize something big, i just want to begin to theming defaults applications and perhaps i would continue learning "how to" in the future.
I already have Android SDK installed on my computer.
Thanks a lot! And sorry if there is already a topic like this, i'm a french guy and i'm a rookie on custom ROM, i just know how to root a device, install clockworkmod and install a custom ROM, but i'm not a rookie about programmation and computing.
THANKS!
I would also be very interested in this.
But from what Ive seen, building custom roms is not that easy at all, unless you at the very least have a good amount of linux experience, and other programming.
if not tho, then I'd love to give it a go....even if it was just to grab my fav rom, and change a few things. Is that easy?
EmryX;21580999
The must would be a ROM on Ice Cream Sandwich.
As ICS is a buggy unreleased test rom with no release date from Samsung you are in my view throwing yourself in at the deep end .
Possible one place to look is the XDA forum .
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jje
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Thanks a lot for yours answers guys!
I know is not to be easy to create a custom ROM. But i have to begin to learn how to
I searched on the Android category on the forum and i saw this. It's very interesting. But i downloaded all the SDK, and the APKtool/Manager and i have a problem. I took a ROM named Pure ICS v3 for testing if it work, and when i choose "Extract APK" with the batch file, the xml in all of the APKs is buggy, and i can't modify a buggy xml...
What i can do?
I have another question. For the moment, i'm just testing with a ROM made by a guy. But doing this is concidered stoling people's work. Where i can find a stock ICS rom for the Galaxy S II?
Thanks a lot!
ICS is not released so their are no stock roms .
The leaked Beta /Alpha test roms are in the General section as individual posts per rom .
jje
Thanks a lot!
Hi,
Where we can find the stock roms? It is possible to download stock roms:
- from HTC, Samsung... and other companie's official site
- or we can find them other truested open source developers like CyanogenMod's official site?
- Or just we will find them inside on forums post?
I would be happy if you can tell me also if it is possible to install AOSP directly on a phone device? I think it will not work? Am I right?
Thanks in advance
You would need to find someone that pulled one off of your device and uploaded it... check out the forums for your specific device here, particularly the stickied areas. Sometimes people upload the stock ROM or tweaked versions of the stock ROM!
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You would need to find someone that pulled one off of your device and uploaded it... check out the forums for your specific device here, particularly the stickied areas. Sometimes people upload the stock ROM or tweaked versions of the stock ROM!
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Yes dont want to download any rom which is not trusted or open source. You mean the third option which I wirte is the only solution... Ok than..
Thank you
Stock Roms
Don't know about others but in case of Samsung you can download Stock ROM for any device on "Sammobile" or "Samsung-Updates". These websites are made for only Samsung. And you can trust both of these websites. ROM's provided on these websites are fully stock. Stock ROM is generally referred as "Firmware". So look for firmware section on these websites
And for the AOSP question, it depends upon the device and the procedures available for installing AOSP. It is possible but not for all devices. It depends.
Actually I have many question
I think when a newbie like me start to work on rom development then there are several questions arises in mind basically like what I am going to ask here, my purpose is to get all this doubts cleared before starting so that I can start to focus on things. I don't know if my questions will help other newbies like me but it will literally help me a lot .
I am trying to develop a custom rom for ascend g700 as i have seen it among the most hated device among developers , no one want to do anything for this phone and it can accomodate a lot of upgradation. I have seen g700 users begging inside CM forum to build a latest ROM for this device, I have also seen g700 owners begging on huawei website to upgrade their devices but huawei doesn't even feel like to give a word to it. and I feel really bad about this .
So i just want to build a good looking, working, clean, latest by look and feature rom for Ascend g700 for all users, there are various reasons why I want to do that:
1) One of the biggest reason why I am here is I want to see g700 users smiling with joy that finally somebody has updated their device, I want all g700 owners to feel worth buying the device.
2) No working custom rom is available for this device yet.
3) No Cyanogenmod rom available.
4) This device configuration seems potentially great which literally needs update (atleast up to kitkat).
5) And personally I don't like UI emotion of this phone besides that google play store has some bug which makes icons background looks black which is a sore to eyes, Huawei did nothing for this device yet except just earned the bucks from it. I hate the companies who are ignorant about their customers.
I don't want to bore anyone reading my thread but i have lots of questions to resolve before i start to develop something for this device and I hope i will succeed.
Okay so let's get started with my questions, all veterans are requested to kindly share their vast knowledge and help me understanding the facts. thanks in advance .
Objective: what i am trying to do is, trying to find out the latest possible (Lollipop) rom which I can use as base rom to flash this device (Ascend G700) or just build a custom one fully working.
1 First: Are there any neutral latest android rom versions are available from google official websites to start using on any device or to start develop it for any particular device?
If "yes" then from where i can get it?
If "No" then from where the companies get their android roms on first hand as a clean plain base android rom to make it their own rom?
2 second: Can i just install any rom of any phone and it will start to work?
If "No" then what maybe the problems that I would first encounter?, what can I do to fix that any such known problems?
3 Third: I have heard about porting rom by changing things inside rom like replacing kernel of base rom with my stock rom, Kernel of my stock rom (4.2.1) can work with lollipop rom (5.0.0)? if yes then which lollipop rom would be best to use for (G700) and from where I can get one?
4 Fourth: Can I use my old kernel, camera and radio from stock rom in newer lollipop rom will it work? is it possible to do that?
5 Fifth: Can I use any kernel on any phone? or there are any specific particular to device types? or is it necessary to use the old kernel?
6 Sixth: If I flash my phone with custom new rom the radio will also be flashed with it automatically? even if I doesn't want to? How would I know that the rom i am going to use contains the flash files for radio also? and can i remove that? and use rest of the rom?
7 Seventh: If i flash my phone with new custom rom what are chances that it's camera will not work? or radio maybe affected?
8 Eighth: What can i do to port my camera from stock rom to new custom rom which I want to flash. the camera of old rom (4.2.1) can work with lollipop (5.0.0)?
9 Nineth: The device is a dual sim, any special thing to keep in mind before flashing a rom? a rom should necessarily be valid for dual sim? are there any specific types?
Please all the veterans from XDA are requested to provide inside to all these questions of mine, so that I can start working on my custom rom, I seriously want to upgrade this phone please help
Any help from anyone who knows anything related to any question of mine are welcome to share their knowledge.
Thanks in advance .