Hello All,
Firstly, I would like to say how great this website is and tip my hat off to all the people involved in maintaining this site.
I am very new to the whole XDA modification scene and have a ton of newbie questions. I know some of these questions have been asked before; however I still have not grasped the concepts fully. I have tried to restate the questions asked before so that I (and hopefully other newbie’s ) can fully understand how to modify XDA’s.
Any help anyone can provide will be greatly appreciated.
So here goes the questions:
When creating a customized ROM (using MKRom) my understanding is that one has re-create the initobj.txt and the Default.reg. Is it possible just to install all the applications you want, and then download the initobj.txt and the Default.reg and place them in the cfg directory for the custom ROM?
If this does not work, how does one know what to edit in these files?
When MKROM request a Rom image, is it requesting the backup ROM IMAGE? Will any image do?
When backing up a ROM, what option does one have to select to backup the operating system, settings and programs inside the ROM? Does CE do all of this?
What is CE, Boot, GSM stand for in the boot menu?
If one wants to just create a new boot image, what is the simplest way? Does one have to create a whole new ROM?
If one wants to just have the unlocking software, what is the simplest way? Does one have to create a whole new ROM?
When creating a Rom using RomKitchen, it asks you add Add your own ROM files? Is this your backup rom?
In RomKitchen one of the readme files asks for:
bootimage.bmp,_initobj.txt,_initdb.ini,_default.reg,xipchain
Is the default.reg and the initobj.txt in this directory have to be pre altered for the new programs one wants in the Rom like the way the MKROM wants them? Does the setup program create them for you?
Is the bootloader.nb0 file specific to the boot loader you have?
Very confused what is exactly needed in the /CFG directory.
In the CFG directory do you place your backup Rom dump?
Hi ...
Do you call these as newbie questions ??!! :shock: ... I can hardly wait to see your advanced ones :wink:
If I got you right, you want to "create" your own ROM instead of doing like most of us by "cooking" a new ROM in one of the kitchens like www.yorch.net
I may advice you to move this thread to the "Hacking it" forum which I see it a better place than here.
hello guys!
i'm trying to create a theme and i started modding the images but i've found some images in framework-res.apk that i can't locate where they are in the ui
can you tell me what is the purpose of these files? (maybe with an image where they are to be found in the ui)
battery_charge_background.png
bottom_bar.png
btn_check_label_background.9.png
btn_close_normal.png
btn_keyboard_key_fulltrans_normal.9.png
btn_square_overlay_normal.png
quickcontact_badge_pressed.9.png
sym_keyboard_num9.png
thanks guys!
I am on JVQ and for the life of me i cannot find the background image for mms text inpubox. I have looked in mms.apk but no cigar. Does anyone know where this image come from ?
RE
i think you can find it in the Android devlopment kit:
\android-sdk-windows\platforms\android-11\data\res\drawable-hdpi\bottom_var.png
Iv been an android user but never considered learning how to code an apk or mod a file. That has changed.
How would I go about modding the defaultthemes.apk?
What software do I need? and where do I start?
read and watch this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1560992
and here you find how to edit the DefaultThemes.apk
but I recommend to watch the whole tutorial.
Hi everyone,
I would like to modify the stock dialer app in order to have a full screen caller ID, but i'm afraid that it's necessary to modify more files (as framework).
Does anyone of you know a tutorial or can point me in the right direction in order to decompile/recompile the necessary apps?
Or, maybe someone already modified a SekPhone.apk and want to share it?
I saw o very nice mod like this created by @ploiki in a previous ROM of his but is not available anymore.
A good day to all of you!