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[VIDEO GUIDE] Cooking a Custom Firmware for Samsung Galaxy S

[Video Guides] Create / Cook a Custom Firmware for Samsung Galaxy S
Part 1 - Requirements and Rom Extraction RFS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MBEBrO5OIE
Requirements:
1- A PC
2- A Base ROM that you want to Customize, (The ROM I'm using is JPJPA if you want to use it download it from here: http://www.ziddu.com/download/13084981/I9000JPJPA_CL618603_PDA_Kernel.tar.zip.html )
3- 7zip: http://www.7-zip.org/
4- MagicISO: http://www.magiciso.com/download.htm
5- A rooted Samsung Galaxy S
Part 2 - ROM Basis, Installing Apps, Kernel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDSX6eRSkAI
Download:
http://www.ziddu.com/download/13086652/ROMBasics.zip.html
You can change the zImage (Kernel) file with anyone you like
Part 3 - Boot Sound, Animation, Theme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7BM5SNtWVQ
Part 4 - Installing kitchen, cygwin for windows
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDEpXECf1MI
Downloads:
http://www.ziddu.com/download/13095619/cygwin_packages.zip.html
http://www.ziddu.com/download/13095620/dsixda_Android_Kitchen_0.110.zip.html
Please Note that you must use the attached version of cygwin, else it won't work...
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You Must Install JAVA before Installing cygwin
Part 5 - Finalizing and Packing ROM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWWojkrirek
I hope you enjoyed and learned from it,,,
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Doc are you seeing this school?
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Thank you very much!
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g00ndu said:
Thank you very much!
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Sticky material???
Can someone devedioise it & put it into simple terms?

Wow great work!
Though I wish the videos had higher quality (720p) so it would be clearer, but I wont complain since it seems that you put much effort in this

Interesting... is this what Doc, Darky, Webstar and other rom modders do ?

That's Awesome

Definitely worth a subscription!

Only 1 question: how to optimize png's??

Thanks for this Guide!!

lulu86 said:
Only 1 question: how to optimize png's??
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http://psydk.org/PngOptimizer
I am using this one.. I find it best

Thanks for the awesome work.

With this materials available, one can start exploring and dissecting the rfs files.
Go ahead and try, it's Christmas anyway...
If I can, I will try to answer questions here. I'm no expert but I can try.
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Need some info to create the meta-inf folder inside flashable package. Thx a lot man anyway
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corgar said:
Need some info to create the meta-inf folder inside flashable package. Thx a lot man anyway
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You can google how to make an update zip, they will teach you that.
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leoon said:
Wow great work!
Though I wish the videos had higher quality (720p) so it would be clearer, but I wont complain since it seems that you put much effort in this
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Only Part 1 You can't watch in HD,, but the rest you can
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Thanks All for your replies

ragin said:
Sticky material???
Can someone devedioise it & put it into simple terms?
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i second that, becuase here youtube is blocked (china).

Thank you Nokia7Vista-this is GREAT present for Xmas
Merry Xmas and Happy New Year

very very thank bro hihi oh my god

Now my second try to point out an obvious mistake that obviously nobody else noticed: If you overwrite the whole META-INF folder with the one of a theme, you could upload the theme in the first place as this folder contains the updater-script.
@OP: Can you please upload your update.zip so that we can see if it works?
OT: It's very interesting that your posts get moved to a troll thread if you point out a mistake.

[Q] Need help regarding stock rom customization

Uhhm ok first of all I'm not a 'PRO' at android manipulations or something, just an average xda guy, so please be friendly ...
I was thinking if is there a way that I can make my stock rom function like custom roms? Like have what most custom roms have to offer? I read that stock is always better than custom...
Also like my stock can have tweaks to lengthen batt life, make it faster eventhough its just stock. And also have tweaks like MegaBassBeats etc. just wondering since idk if I can flash those directly on stock.
PS. Im currently using Hybrid v4

You can follow kurotsugi thread to create custom rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1590330
I always use stok rom and customize with some tweak, modify infitrams in kernel and add another work from other but still love to use stok kernel.

savie said:
You can follow kurotsugi thread to create custom rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1590330
I always use stok rom and customize with some tweak, modify infitrams in kernel and add another work from other but still love to use stok kernel.
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did you follow that guide too in customizing your stock rom? Im not a pro coder so I dont know if I can manage to create my own rom though

also visit ......... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25247089
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manoranjan2050 said:
also visit ......... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25247089
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Ok will check that out... I read it once but it seemed hard and intimidating lol

Nar1990 said:
did you follow that guide too in customizing your stock rom? Im not a pro coder so I dont know if I can manage to create my own rom though
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That thead made after i custom my rom. Lol.
But kurotsugi more better than me to write and his progres very awsome n more advance than me.
Actualy just use rootexplorer, titanium backup, cwm, and winrar in window enough for minimalis customize.

if you don't want to make an installable rom, you can skip that part. you can go directly for customizing section. you can follow chamatht post about deodexing apk's.
PS: thanks savie, but I'm not as good as savie have said. I'm just another noob here

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if you don't want to make an installable rom, you can skip that part. you can go directly for customizing section. you can follow chamatht post about deodexing apk's.
PS: thanks savie, but I'm not as good as savie have said. I'm just another noob here
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sir what do you mean if I dont want to make an installable rom? and which part do I skip? I just want to make a rom or just customize stock rom and let it have maybe the following:
-bravia engine
-megabassbeats
-v6 and [email protected] support
-deodex (still thinking about it, since it looks kinda hard)
-merruk kernel (I think I read somewhere that it is ok with stock rom? not sure)
those are currently my target for this project... is it possible to have those on (modified) stock rom sir?
Edit: I just read your guide sir, and I think I can do it (I think), so I can customize an existing rom that I have now and put bravia engine + megabassbeats etc. on it? Btw, I have a ccopy of chobits rom so I have the files, your guide says "put be_photo and be_movie in system/etc folder then edit the build.prop" what do I put in build.prop to make it work?

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Ok will check that out... I read it once but it seemed hard and intimidating lol
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Thats not even hard!! Its pretty simple even a noob like me can make a rom using that.. Though I am the OP of that thread
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Nar1990 said:
sir what do you mean if I dont want to make an installable rom? and which part do I skip? I just want to make a rom or just customize stock rom and let it have maybe the following:
-bravia engine
-megabassbeats
-v6 and [email protected] support
-deodex (still thinking about it, since it looks kinda hard)
-merruk kernel (I think I read somewhere that it is ok with stock rom? not sure)
those are currently my target for this project... is it possible to have those on (modified) stock rom sir?
Edit: I just read your guide sir, and I think I can do it (I think), so I can customize an existing rom that I have now and put bravia engine + megabassbeats etc. on it? Btw, I have a ccopy oe f chobits rom so I have the files, your guide says "put be_photo and be_movie in system/etc folder then edit the build.prop" what do I put in build.prop to make it work?
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you can go straight to the customization. see add_build.prop.sh inside megabassbeat. that is the script that you should add.

hell_lock said:
Thats not even hard!! Its pretty simple even a noob like me can make a rom using that.. Though I am the OP of that thread
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lol ok will try to download cygwin, mmeeh might as well try I guess
kurotsugi said:
you can go straight to the customization. see add_build.prop.sh inside megabassbeat. that is the script that you should add.
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so the add_build.prop.sh I just copy paste the contents to build.prop? or is it supposed to be a separate file that I should just paste somewhere on system folder?

Nar1990 said:
lol ok will try to download cygwin, mmeeh might as well try I guess
so the add_build.prop.sh I just copy paste the contents to build.prop? or is it supposed to be a separate file that I should just paste somewhere on system folder?
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Copy paste the content
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don't copy all the script. you'll need to copy the string and value for build.prop file. if you don't know which one should be copied you can use this one. http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?zf40rush0bdj1u2

Ok thanks for the help sir will work on it later tonight
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i too was a noob before so i understand you
just try to read, read and read
or you can ask when you are in doubt
ps: the best teacher is experience

leodasal2 said:
i too was a noob before so i understand you
just try to read, read and read
or you can ask when you are in doubt
ps: the best teacher is experience
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Lol thanks i've been staring at the pc monitor for a half day and decided to take a break.. All the scripts are cracking my head
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[HOW TO] Deodexing the note2 international version

EDIT* After trying for so much on learning how to deodex a rom I finally found the way to do it. I take NO credit for what I'm going to post. i Found this tutorial browsing and searching online for a while and thanks to WANAM for telling me he uses dsinxda to deodex his roms. and DSIXDA for making the tool. Im just going to post the steps I did in order to get my stock rom deodexed. If I make a mistake or use wrong any term please forgive me I'm learning as you are. I just want to help you guys to be able to deodex your rom. I'M NOT GOING TO POST DOWNLOAD LINKS, JUST THE THREADS WHERE YOU NEED TO GO AND DOWNLOAD EVERYTHING FOR YOURSELF. (This to avoid issues with OP of other threads)
DOWNLOAD YOUR STOCK ROM IN A FORMAT TO BE FLASHED BY ODIN. GO TO http://sammobile.com and download your rom. After you have it REMOVE the .md5 at the end. Leave it as .tar
First of all you need to have java, android SDK installed and adb. for this FIRST OF ALL go here and follow the steps
STEP 1 http://www.support-4-you.com/main/i...d-adb-installation&catid=40:how-tos&Itemid=57
http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/downloading-and-installing-the-java-development-ki.html
Afterwards go here and read a little bit. It will give you an overall of what you need http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1939300 (Yeah I now is for the s3 BUT BELIEVE ME IT WORKS) leave it open just in case.
then visit this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633246 and READ IT!
-Download the kitchen and afterward go to post number 3 to install it, I used the option number one for windows 7. i downloaded dsixda_cygwin_install.zip. If you have other operating system I honestly don't know how to do it.
Also click where it says ''RECOMMENDED: Click here for a pictorial guide to assist you with the Cygwin install (thanks to carl1961).'', it will give you a tutorial on how to install the kitchen. Be patient. sometimes you make the steps and it seems is not doing anything, but its working it's just slow.
follow that pic guide on how to install and when you're setting up your rom when it opens the ext2explore tool you dont see your system.img close the kitchen and delete the working folder and start again setting it up and it will work. (at least for me, the 1st time i had no ext4_system.img, the second time I did)
VERY IMPORTANT. After you extract the system, EXTRACT THE CSC If not your rom WON'T WORK.
(Diskinternals linux reader is found on the kitchen folder, then tools. FYI)
ok. after you have Installed the kitchen and the working folder is ready
go to the working folder and delete ext4_system.img from system folder if there is any. Then
-Choose option 0- Advanced Options
-Then choose option 11 Deodex files in your rom
-Then ''bb'' IF YOU WANT
-Then ''v'' and set android level to 16
-then option ''b'' and sit back and wait.
-Then option ''x'' when it's done
-Choose option 99 and follow the steps. remember to zipalign the apps and sign your rom, then change the name of the rom if you want.
- I did not rooted my rom. i use the method 2 from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1896696 to root it aftwerwards. :fingers-crossed:
FINAL STEP! MANDATORY! PLEASE PRESS THANKS IF THIS POST HELPED YOU! :good: :victory: :highfive:
Then copy the rom to your external sd and wipe data, cache , dalvik and go to mount and storage and format system.
go back and flash rom from external sd.
:angel: there you go, your deodexed rom! :fingers-crossed:
I hope this have been helpfull

Hi I have a stick rom that is deodexed and I use this works like a charm
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1953705
Hope it helps
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Thanks this id the one that I plan to use after I deodex my rom

I was able to deodex my rom with dsixda! Thanks to wanam for showing me that tool.

plotinus said:
I was able to deodex my rom with dsixda! Thanks to wanam for showing me that tool.
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Can you explain how to do it ? I mean, how can we do it ?

Laynee1 said:
Can you explain how to do it ? I mean, how can we do it ?
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Of course. Im working but let me get home and i will post exactly what i did

plotinus said:
Of course. Im working but let me get home and i will post exactly what i did
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Thanks in advance mate!
Waiting for your reply
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THREAD UPDATED. enjoy

Thanks a lot mate.. Due to my exam obligations, ill do this bit later.
Still, thanks! You are awsome..
P.s. And thanks to wanam and rest devs who created threads that this post is reffering to!
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Laynee1 said:
Thanks a lot mate.. Due to my exam obligations, ill do this bit later.
Still, thanks! You are awsome..
P.s. And thanks to wanam and rest devs who created threads that this post is reffering to!
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Ok excellent good luck in the exams! Let me know how it goes once you do it

[Dev] Android & Ubuntu Dual boot

Dual boot is using cache partition
Can select the OS at boot time
LeanKernel use (Thanks imoseyon)
Test Device
Maguro(GSM)
Test rom
B40-Dirty-Commotio-MAGURO (4.2.2)
How to install
1. flash Other Android Rom(4.2.x)
2. wipe cache
3. Flash quantal-preinstalled-phablet-armhf.zip
Download : http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-touch-preview/quantal/mwc-demo/quantal-preinstalled-phablet-armhf.zip
4. Flash dual-ubuntu-system.zip
Download : http://www.4shared.com/zip/ByCgQmmy/dual-ubuntu-system.html?

Jijonhyuni said:
Dual boot is using cache partition
Can select the OS at boot time
LeakKernel use (Thanks imoseyon)
Test rom
B40-Dirty-Commotio-MAGURO (4.2.2)
How to install
1. flash Other Android Rom(4.2.x)
2. wipe cache
3. Flash quantal-preinstalled-phablet-armhf.zip
Download : http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-touch-preview/quantal/mwc-demo/quantal-preinstalled-phablet-armhf.zip
4. Flash dual-ubuntu-system.zip
Download : http://www.4shared.com/zip/ByCgQmmy/dual-ubuntu-system.html?
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Looks great, but could you provide a bit more detailed instructions?

Culex316 said:
Looks great, but could you provide a bit more detailed instructions?
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more detailed? are you kidding me? If you can't follow not even those simple instructions, in my opinion, you should NOT even try... for your own good...
Jijonhyuni, I just did it and it works great!! thank you very much for this!!! :good:

Just great, one question if i want to flash my android rom i must reflash the dual boot file just after i presume

AW: [Dev] Android & Ubuntu Dual boot
Works very great and easy sadly this is a preversion of ubuntu... Looking forward to this
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pereprimus said:
Just great, one question if i want to flash my android rom i must reflash the dual boot file just after i presume
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No you don't have to reflash but back up your ROM anyway
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Culex316 said:
Looks great, but could you provide a bit more detailed instructions?
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Step 1: Press back button in browser.
Step 2: Close browser.
Step 3: Forget this thread exists.

corypaul said:
No you don't have to reflash but back up your ROM anyway
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thanks for the quick answer, wanted to change my android ROM asap because of weird ui crashes

do everyone who install Ubuntu phone in their android phones get the same rom? I mean, everybody get this LolaChanged version of Ubuntu?

AW: [Dev] Android & Ubuntu Dual boot
Hmm... A question... Is there anything what our Android Devs could do, to bring ubuntu OS to us as dayly driver?
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Gosh, that's great! You know who would really enjoy this? The people in the goddamn Ubuntu forum.

WiredPirate said:
Gosh, that's great! You know who would really enjoy this? The people in the goddamn Ubuntu forum.
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But half the dual boot is Android (even though the other half is Ubuntu). Is that not enough?
And by the way, where is the Ubuntu forum? I can't seem to find it in the Galaxy Nexus forums. Do you mean the thread? Or do you mean the general Ubuntu section?

Just noticed a bug with this.
In Ubuntu, the screen doesn't turn off.
If I hit the power button the welcome screen slides in, but nothing else happens.

Not even time out works? Because my screen turns off just fine..?
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Just had it on for a couple of minutes, didn't turn off. But it did turn off once after I left it for a minute. Seems odd.

Spidey! said:
Not even time out works? Because my screen turns off just fine..?
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I had no problem either, but since i flashed another android rom, i have the same issue as above.
By the way maybe interresting thing, with an explorer with root privilege on the android part we can access some folders like acct, uid,system, init files and more, is it ok? cause i don't remember having access to the uid folder before....

This is great! Thanks!

I noticed that the " Dualboot ubuntu zip file " contains 4.2.1 files & most probably 4.2.1 kernel . Didn't tried this out yet . but like to clarify from those who have flashed this .
Can we use this with 4.2.2 rom ? or it just reverts the rom back to 4.2.1 .

Oodie said:
I noticed that the " Dualboot ubuntu zip file " contains 4.2.1 files & most probably 4.2.1 kernel . Didn't tried this out yet . but like to clarify from those who have flashed this .
Can we use this with 4.2.2 rom ? or it just reverts the rom back to 4.2.1 .
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I'm using it together with PA (20th Feb build, so full 4.4.2) and it works flawlessly (on the android side), but I do miss Trinity Kernel
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Oodie said:
I noticed that the " Dualboot ubuntu zip file " contains 4.2.1 files & most probably 4.2.1 kernel . Didn't tried this out yet . but like to clarify from those who have flashed this .
Can we use this with 4.2.2 rom ? or it just reverts the rom back to 4.2.1 .
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I was just going to post that

[Q] Bloatware Remove with Rom Cleaner or TrulyClean Script

Hello,
I can't find it by search but perhaps someone can give me a link to a one of the above mentiones scripts with files for the Samsung Galaxy Ace II (mine is i8160p). I use stock rom but want to delete the bloatware. This seem to be very simple especially with Rom Cleaner.
I hope that Rom Cleaner can run with temporarly CWM that I use?
Also helpfull will be a list of bloatware from our Rom (version 4.1.2, XXMG2) with explanations for what use the things are.
Sorry for my english. It's forty years ago I learned it.

You can try minimal by judas77 but follow guide to use any rom on GT-I8160P. Something to do with tee folder(sorry i dont know where it is, hopefully i8160p users view this thread)
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teddytsen said:
You can try minimal by judas77 but follow guide to use any rom on GT-I8160P. Something to do with tee folder(sorry i dont know where it is, hopefully i8160p users view this thread)
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Thanks, very interesting page and it will help a bit. But i don't want another rom (or flash again the next time) because I've needed a whole day to bring all apps, widgets and so on back to my phone. Also I've backed up the system (and also the TEE dir) with CWM so I can bring back everything easily. But a script with all bloatware (and even Backup like Rom Cleaner) will be helpfull now and in future.