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[Q] New to the whole Development

I'm interested in developing a ROM for my HTC evo I thought i could tackle this project by just browsing the forum But it seems that I have a search overload to say the least, Are there any useful threads for developing ROM's as I said earlier I have looked I may have missed something of importance and any one with tips hints and or suggestions would be most appreciated.
Thanks in advanced
SinisterTensai-

find a base rom or deodexed stock rom! install android kitchen or a kitchen of your choice!
note: android kitchen runs on linux!
Trial and era like the rest of us have done!
anything you use that others have ask them for permission and give them props always when you post your work or anything for that matter! good luck its not easy!
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eVoKINGS said:
find a base rom or deodexed stock rom! install android kitchen or a kitchen of your choice!
note: android kitchen runs on linux!
Trial and era like the rest of us have done!
anything you use that others have ask them for permission and give them props always when you post your work or anything for that matter! good luck its not easy!
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I have a linux sandbox of some sorts I could install the OS I have had issues with kitchen's in the past
Trial and era is what I'm used too
and of course I will credit any one who has helped and or work(s) I have used

I suggest you start theming first
Sinistertensai said:
I have a linux sandbox of some sorts I could install the OS I have had issues with kitchen's in the past
Trial and era is what I'm used too
and of course I will credit any one who has helped and or work(s) I have used
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Swyped from Eva running Myn's RLS4!

[Q] Need a little Dev Help

Maybe Im an idiot and sorry if this has been answered already I searched and could not find it. Ok so here is my noob ?? I am trying to cook up my very first Supersonic Evo rom using DRIXDAS Htc Android Kitchen, I am also trying to theme it at the same time. Now I have found and created some pretty nice stuff in both the frameworkres.apk and the htcres.apk, I think I have themed it pretty well, that being said I have been trying to add some already themed clocks and friendstream widgets to my rom. This is where the problem comes in, see i know that the themed clocks and friendstream widgets work on my phone because I have flashed the flashable .zip, after rom is up and running of course. However when i try to just add the .apk to the system app folder (either clock or friendstream.apk) then cook the rom with them already in, it doesnt work. They dont even show up. Now here is what I have tried. I have signed them using signAPK, I have also tried signing them with the kitchen, and of course I always zipalign all my .apks before cooking the rom. The process seems to go through well both signing and zipaligning, but when the rom boots niether are there. If I could get any input on this I would appreciate it. Thank you to all the Devs on here who have insprired me to try this, all being said I am having fun and learning A LOT!! Also if anyone could give me any pointers at all, like how to add a reboot option to the power settings of my rom that would also be helpful. Any tips that anybody can think of that I wouldnt know about would be awesome. Again thanx to Devs and anybody on this website for there imformative info on rom developing and theming!

Try just swapping the apks no signing or kitchen see if that works for you!
I presume you are using ubuntu so just drag and drop
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Thanx but I tried that already, no go the niether the themed clock nor the themed friendstream were in the rom after it was cooked and installed. And I am using windows 7 so I have to use cygwin, only other alternative would be to set up ubuntu vm, wich I can do if anyone thinks that would make a difference.
Thanx anyways.

BTW Just as a side note I love the Kings UNleashed Ultra R2 rom, very nice work indeed sir!

{Q} developer needs answers please

Okay I have developed a couple AOSP ROMs and would like to do a sense ROM. Thats not my issue here, what's the problem. I decided to theme the HTC_IME.apk but when I do it does not show up the device its like it not installed. This is bothering me because I've never had this happen and the apk is compiling without errors. The base of my project in 3.70.651. any ideas and help would be great.

Are you wiping the dalvik-cache? You'll need to do that anyone you change the system files.
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Thats one thing that I haven't tried yet, would that really make the ime apk not show up like it was never installed? I never had to do that with any of my aosp ROMs.
Thanks for the reply.

I would take his advice, he has some skills
~ d3rk

[THEME] For any ROM. Yup, any single ROM.

So if your like me and like to change the theme's of your phone this is literally the website to do it!
uot.dakra.lt/kitchen <---- Copy/Paste that in your address bar.
It's a theme kitchen and it works on any phone, any ROM, and any version of Android (2.2 , 2.3)
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FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. I'm not at fault here, they even have a Youtube video on how to do it.
Sorry guys, let me lay things straight before confusion and cyber authority kick in, I DID NOT CREATE THIS KITCHEN. I give ALL credit to the person who put their life into it, please donate to them.
I just saw this on the internet and wanted to share with the XDA family!
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Okay guys, some of you are having trouble with the kitchen, I'll just break down the instructions:
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1. Whatever ROM your CURRENTLY using, open it and find the Framework-res.apk and SystemUI.apk
{Remember, it'll only work with your current ROM, flashing it to another ROM will send you in a never ending boot, because I've done that, anyways, if you change ROMS, you need to re-cook the whole theme with your new current ROM's APK's}
2. Choose your selections, generate previews and what not
Froyo ROMS do not support transparent ANYTHING so do not select it. If your on a Gingerbread ROM then your good and you can check 'enable transparency in status bar' in the Status Bar section
3. Upload your APK's in correct order in the 'File Upload' category
4. As soon as step 3 has been performed, go to 'Summary' and hit 'Submit to Kitchen' If a category is red simply go back and generate the preview
5. If you get an error log in the 'Pickup' page, I don't know what happens so sadly you have to go re-cook your ROM again.
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Guys this should work like a charm with little to no trouble, I'm young and did this with a breeze.
Happy Theme-ing everybody!

Screen shots please =]
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Thanks for the link man!!!! I just went and tried it out, and tweaked some things on a theme I have already now it's lookin really sweet!!! Thanks again!
@G1rome....It is a site so you can make your own custom themes, no screen shots available.

Original thread located in the "Android Themes" section:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=990829
Great find and thanks for sharing it in the G2 community, best way to theme a rom with your own personal preferences.

I gave this a try, seems easy & straightforward to use. However, do you have to make a donation in order to submit your created theme to that kitchen?

dustrho said:
I gave this a try, seems easy & straightforward to use. However, do you have to make a donation in order to submit your created theme to that kitchen?
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No you don't have to make a donation.
UNLOCK OUR BOOTLOADERS

Will this work with stock rom.

@cubanito151 If you follow the instructions carefully it will.
It works on all roms.

Anyone else having issues with the mods sticking? I only did the battery icon mod and it worked at first but now its gone and back to the stock look.
This is pretty lame that its not sticking and reverts back to the old battery icon.
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@TL24
What ROM are you using?
And when will it not stick? When you do a reboot?

EricandYoshi said:
@TL24
What ROM are you using?
And when will it not stick? When you do a reboot?
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UD3.3.0 - but I figured out the problem, I was usuing one of the themes I downloaded and switched back to stock and bam, there goes the kitchen mod I installed.
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Making a Rom

I am interested in making a custom Rom but don't know where to start if anyone could help push me in the right direction I would really appreciate it thank you....
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www.google.com
The best start you will ever have
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If you don't know where to start, don't bother lol. I looked into it as well. The android kitchen doesn't do anything expect add busybox root deodex and stuff. It doesn't turn you into a dev overnight lol. I just decided to enjoy what other devs have made
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Porting a rom is a whole different story than getting an RUU for the evo 4g and starting there.

PlatinumPenguin said:
www.google.com
The best start you will ever have
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Google is your friend. There's a lot out there.

I myself developed ROMs for myself. It really depends what you are looking to do. You can always modify a stock ROM or Port another ROM. they all require a lot of work, but they are a lot of flashable tweaks that you can just drop into you ROM and have the experience. You don't have to write your own code. Not too many ROM dev even write codes. They just modify and edit. Good Luck and always try Google.

Evilone69tmg said:
Google is your friend. There's a lot out there.
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hey bro you wouldnt happen to have a link to the skyraider rom. been looking for it a while now but links are dead.

U need :
A file zip exe like 7zip or something like that
Notepad
Patients
A base (another rom)
Internet
Hands
HTC evo 4G
Ull need a base like let's just uses cm7 as a example u go to system/apps or app delete apps that u don't want or don't need and add some apps that u like but before deleting apps check here»
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Barebones« and check to see which app u could delete or can't delete then ull need to go to here» http://uot.dakra.lt/kitchen/« to customize ur systemUI.apk and ur frameworks.apk then go to ur build.prop and open it using notepad and change stuff like ro.modversion"insert your Rom name" just look around there and change some stuff like names or stuff that was for cm7 to ur new custom made cm7 and once the rom kitchen is done cooking ur framework and system app replace the raw ones with the cook ones and then try using an android emulator to test ur new rom...please check out mine I need to get some likes to post in dev section and my rom is based off cm9 nightlies by Jmz Taylor and its great but please check this thread out comment like do something to monivate me http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1760012
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