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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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http://www.youtube.com/Nokia7Vista

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.

[MOD] Phone.apk without increasing ring KE7/KF3/KG1 + Multi-DPI Dialer

For anyone that don't want the increasing ring, KE7 modded, got the idea from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=759537.
NOT WORKING on VillainROM 1.1 for Galaxy S II, thanks to nightranger73 for explaining why: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14434629&postcount=26
UPDATE:
Phone.apk for KF3 / KG1
Multi-DPI Dialer (Contacts.apk) for KF3 / KG1
Tested and working on stock KF3 /KG1

is it required firmware to be deodexed ?

Based on your link, this is the Phone.apk from a deodexed SGS ROM?
If so, bad idea....
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My link is to show where i got the idea, not what i have used. It is Phone.apk from deodexed KE7 SGS2.

XZQ't said:
is it required firmware to be deodexed ?
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Yes, it is for deodexed firmware.

whats deotoxed mean i on angelom 1.4 and usi.g his kernal is it ok to just swap filrs need instructions big thx if this works
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stesteste said:
whats deotoxed mean i on angelom 1.4 and usi.g his kernal is it ok to just swap filrs need instructions big thx if this works
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You have to overwrite the existing Phone.apk and delete the Phone.odex if you have it, clear dalvik-cache and that's it. You need superuser to do that.
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dfi2k5 said:
You have to overwrite the existing Phone.apk and delete the Phone.odex if you have it, clear dalvik-cache and that's it. You need superuser to do that.
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If he has Phone.odex then his rom isn't deodexed and therefore this mod wouldnt work for him, right?

Good job it works fine on last AngeloM rom

DruNKfuX said:
If he has Phone.odex then his rom isn't deodexed and therefore this mod wouldnt work for him, right?
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wrong ... follow the instructions.
market apps aren't odexed as well ...

dfi2k5 said:
For anyone that don't want the increasing ring, KE7 modded, got the idea from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=759537.
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Hi
Witch tool you have used to do this modification i'm trying to do the same but i cannot compile this properly
Regards

pogo1975 said:
Hi
Witch tool you have used to do this modification i'm trying to do the same but i cannot compile this properly
Regards
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I used smali / baksmali 1.2.6
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Force close galore after overwriting phone.apk, deleting phone.odex, clear dalvik cache, reboot.

cmd512 said:
Force close galore after overwriting phone.apk, deleting phone.odex, clear dalvik cache, reboot.
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Do you have KE7, or another rom?
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dfi2k5 said:
Do you have KE7, or another rom?
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I have exactly what's in my signature:
Current Device: Unbranded Samsung Galaxy S II GT-i9100
ROM: XWKE7 (Rooted) Modem: XXKE4 CSC: XEUKD1
Kernel: XWKE7 Theme: Pauldiddy Remix GB 1.0 Font: ComfortAA1.003

Strange, it should't force close, as I didn't change anything but a line in ringer$1.smali. maybe you have an older rom with the build.prop changed to KE7... Try to put original KE7 phone.apk and see if it force closes.
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dfi2k5 said:
Strange, it should't force close, as I didn't change anything but a line in ringer$1.smali. maybe you have an older rom with the build.prop changed to KE7... Try to put original KE7 phone.apk and see if it force closes.
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Yeah, after I overwrite back original phone.apk & phone.odex, all is back to normal.
I know the method/two lines you're talking about... deleting the two lines invoke-virtual {v1, v5, v4, v3}, Landroid/media/AudioManager;->setStreamVolume(III)V. I actually tried this mod previously with a deodexed KE7, but I kept getting force closes, so I didn't posted it.
Not sure why though...

I didn't touch the second line, only the first one and it works ok for me... had used the phone a lot today and I never had any force close.
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dfi2k5 said:
I didn't touch the second line, only the first one and it works ok for me... had used the phone a lot today and I never had any force close.
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Interesting, why did you only delete the first line? All the instructions I've read have said to delete both. If you only delete one, that tells me there are certain situations where the increasing ringer would come back.

cmd512 said:
Interesting, why did you only delete the first line? All the instructions I've read have said to delete both. If you only delete one, that tells me there are certain situations where the increasing ringer would come back.
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This worked for me everytime for galaxy s, and that is why i didn't touch the second one. BTW, i attach TelephonyProvider.apkand PhoneUtil.apk, if you want to try to see if you stop having force closes...

[TIP] How to change the info about Android Version

It's not so useful but it's cool. And can complete your ICS/Jelly Bean theme.
What You Need:
Rooted Phone
Root Explorer
Instructions:
1. Open Root Explorer.
2. Go to system/ and long press on build.prop (is better backup this file)
3. Select Open With and then select Text Editor.
4. Find "ro.build.version.release=(your actual android version)" and change how you want. (will look something like this: ro.build.version.release=4.1.1)
5. And if You want change this too: "ro.build.id=GINGERBREAD"
6. Press menu and then Save and Exit.
7. Reboot your Phone.
Ps: You can edit other informations too, but do this at your own risk.
If you liked, press thanks. (it cost nothing!!)

sometimes modifying it causes bootloop

deathnotice01 said:
sometimes modifying it causes bootloop
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I think it's rare, because never happened to me. But is a good advice, thanks.

ghtheking said:
It's not so useful but it's cool. And can complete your ICS/Jelly Bean theme.
What You Need:
Rooted Phone
Root Explorer
Instructions:
1. Open Root Explorer.
2. Go to system/ and long press on build.prop (is better backup this file)
3. Select Open With and then select Text Editor.
4. Find "ro.build.version.release=(your actual android version)" and change how you want. (will look something like this: ro.build.version.release=4.1.1)
5. And if You want change this too: "ro.build.id=GINGERBREAD"
6. Press menu and then Save and Exit.
7. Reboot your Phone.
Ps: You can edit other informations too, but do this at your own risk.
If you liked, press thanks. (it cost nothing!!)
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Hey u repost
Thrixter is a member n he post first about it:sly:
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AndroidProject said:
Hey u repost
Thrixter is a member n he post first about it:sly:
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whoever was the one to post this, doesnt really matter..
This is old news:victory:

I bet my pal that i got special edition JB 4.8.3 from japan!!! Using this trick. Hahaha
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Changing the version already caused a bootloop on my phone.

How many threads like this will be open.this info so old.
GO AVENGERS+GREEEEETZ!!!

CALIBAN666 said:
How many threads like this will be open.this info so old.
GO AVENGERS+GREEEEETZ!!!
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i was going to tell it
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[UPDATED][Share][Tweaks] PIMP MY ROM (Try V.2.1 out!)

Original thread, link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1908269
Basically this tweak will modify "Init.d", "Build.prop" and add some features.
I've been using it for a day now without noticing any difference (not that I expected to be super noticeable), but I'd like to know if you guys notice any performance boost.
Lets share and compare!
edit: it should work now, but if your installer takes a second to finish, read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=32865023&postcount=20
This video will show you how it works:

U tried?
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kvrjsoni said:
U tried?
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uhh.... people should start reading the first post. Especially when there is not a lot of information.
quoting myself: "I've been using it for a day now"

Downloading,asking my self why so heavy 100.1 MB ,will report results later.... !

Tested it on a fresh install of cm 10,and its not working,the setup goes through all the steps .but when its on the final step I press next and it says "installed " in a blink, like if it does nothing .and I'm afraid that it does nothing,I even tried to create a log by checking the option in the setup,but it does nothing.

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Tested it on a fresh install of cm 10,and its not working,the setup goes through all the steps .but when its on the final step I press next and it says "installed " in a blink, like if it does nothing .and I'm afraid that it does nothing,I even tried to create a log by checking the option in the setup,but it does nothing.
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Same :3
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@QNBT
Which rom are you using?, and are you sure its working?

It seems like goo.im hates me....I can't download from there
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diegonnc said:
@QNBT
Which rom are you using?, and are you sure its working?
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edit: additional lines in "Init.d" and "Build.prop" are added, just check yours to confirm.
Using MIUIXXX, selected AOSP Gingerbread when installing this. I installed this on the Nexus 7 as well and the installation (after picking all the items) took about 15secs on that one, but on my SGA it took 1second instead, so I'm not 100% sure it's working. The difference between the options that I used on the Nexus 7 was that I also installed 6-7 themes (which might explain the longer wait). Still, it does makes sense that the installation would take really fast since basically the only thing that was added/changed in my SGA was plain text.
I posted it here so maybe some of you could confirm that it does improve our phone.

QNBT said:
edit: additional lines in "Init.d" and "Build.prop" are added, just check yours to confirm.
Using MIUIXXX, selected AOSP Gingerbread when installing this. I installed this on the Nexus 7 as well and the installation (after picking all the items) took about 15secs on that one, but on my SGA it took 1second instead, so I'm not 100% sure it's working. The difference between the options that I used on the Nexus 7 was that I also installed 6-7 themes (which might explain the longer wait). Still, it does makes sense that the installation would take really fast since basically the only thing that was added/changed in my SGA was plain text.
I posted it here so maybe some of you could confirm that it does improve our phone.
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Its not working then, beacuse i checked every single option, including themes and some file explorers, ah and the walkman music player. And it does nothing, i mean there is not a single app installed after running the setup.Maybe its not compatible ?

diegonnc said:
Its not working then, beacuse i checked every single option, including themes and some file explorers, ah and the walkman music player. And it does nothing, i mean there is not a single app installed after running the setup.Maybe its not compatible ?
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I didn't install any apps/themes but as i said, my init.d and build prop was changed, so the installation worked but i don't know if any effects are taken.
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In post #6 you can read many of the apps in this tweak won't work on gingerbread..so we could download light version?! Which is about 30mb!!
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Toni5830 said:
In post #6 you can read many of the apps in this tweak won't work on gingerbread..so we could download light version?! Which is about 30mb!!
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Hm,,, so most of the features on the full package one is for ics/jb, Gonna try to light version tonight.

Tried this from original thread didn't work
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Hey, guys! Tried V.2 for MDPI, I flashed it choosing stock gingerbread (instead of AOSP) and
I instantly felt a faster overall performance! I'd like someone else to test it out to confirm that this isnt a placebo effect xD
And also, it took like a sec to install this time as well but as I said, it seem to work!
note: I skipped the multitasking step since I had no idea which one suited me.
Make a backup before flashing
edit: for instant, try opening titanium backup (which usually takes awhile)

QNBT said:
Hey, guys! Tried V.2 for MDPI, I flashed it choosing stock gingerbread (instead of AOSP) and
I instantly felt a faster overall performance! I'd like someone else to test it out to confirm that this isnt a placebo effect xD
And also, it took like a sec to install this time as well but as I said, it seem to work!
note: I skipped the multitasking step since I had no idea which one suited me.
Make a backup before flashing
edit: for instant, try opening titanium backup (which usually takes awhile)
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Light or full version?? Maybe i'll try it today..
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Toni5830 said:
Light or full version?? Maybe i'll try it today..
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I tried the normal one(~70mb), couldnt find the light version lol.
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It works on JB???cm10 or AOKP ???
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matt96g said:
It works on JB???cm10 or AOKP ???
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It's mostly optimized for ICS/JB so yes, it works.

Swap files!
HEy. IF you were to go see the original PMR thread, you would see that in order for it to work on some devices, you have to switch binary-update-installer from the ROM you have (the roms' .zip file) to the PMR zip file.
Just follow my guide:
Open the zip of the rom you are running (the .zip file that you flash in recovery)
Inside this zip, navigate to : META-INF/com/google/android
Extract the file called "update-binary" and rename it to "update-binary-installer"
Open Pimp my Rom's zip (i.e : PIMP_MY_ROM-v1.4.1-Universal.zip)
Inside this zip, navigate to : META-INF/com/google/android and delete "updater-binary-installer"
Now copy the "update-binary-installer" file you extracted from your rom to Pimp My Rom's zip (still in META-INF/com/google/android)
Close the zip and flash it, the installation process should now work normally so you can Pimp your Rom !
this goes to everyone who experience a problem when pressing INSTALL and it finishes in a second, without any logs showing.
Have a nice day, press THANK YOU if it worked

Getting AOSP/CM10 Dialer & Contacts to work on Samsung Rom

Hi Guys,
Losing my patient on laggy Samsung Dialer and Contacts, so I decided to replace it with AOSP dialer and contacts. It didn't work out 100%, but it works to some extend
Contacts - so far all working as it should.
Dialer - in call screen doesn't work. It will use Samsung in call screen instead. Well, is good too because I can use call recording feature
Missed called - show in lockscreen but only open to contacts instead of the one who had called.
If you wish to install AOSP Dialer & Contacts, here's how:
1) Samsung mms.apk won't work with AOSP contacts. So you will need to replace the SecMms.apk with AOSP mms.apk. You can do that from here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36617379
2) Next, download the zip file below. Then navigate to system/app. Find SecContacts.apk and rename it to SecContacts.apk.bak (do not delete)
3) Reboot into recovery and flash the zip file you just downloaded. All contacts will be cleared. So make sure you have backup.
4) Reboot your phone. Navigate to system/app. Find ContactsProvider.apk (not SecContactsProvider.apk) and rename it (do not delete) to ContactsProvider.apk.bak
That's it. If you found any bug, please let me know. Or if you have other method to get AOSP/CM10 Dialer and Contacts to work with Samsung based rom, please share.
Thanks.
Do this at your own risk.
Zip file download : http://db.tt/6R6mhfZn
Credit : Thanks to CM team.
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Sadly I wasn't able to get this working..
Also the step where we rename contactsprovider after a initial reboot.. maybe theres some way we can merge contactsprovider similar to the mms method.
Would love to see this working tho !

fOmey said:
Sadly I wasn't able to get this working..
Also the step where we rename contactsprovider after a initial reboot.. maybe theres some way we can merge contactsprovider similar to the mms method.
Would love to see this working tho !
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What errors you received?
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Arsaw said:
What errors you received?
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No errors in particular.. dialer didnt show up in launcher.. Iv added this as a aroma option in my rom, so I havnt followed your instructions exactly right..
Hence why im wondering if we can do a similar method to mms.
EDIT: This has to be possible look at chameleon rom on the SII, his managed to get a whole bunch of AOKP & CM stuff working on stock..

fOmey said:
No errors in particular.. dialer didnt show up in launcher.. Iv added this as a aroma option in my rom, so I havnt followed your instructions exactly right..
Hence why im wondering if we can do a similar method to mms.
EDIT: This has to be possible look at chameleon rom on the SII, his managed to get a whole bunch of AOKP & CM stuff working on stock..
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Yeah, hopefully some great developers can help to merge the apks into Samsung framework. In the meantime, this is a workaround.
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Arsaw said:
Yeah, hopefully some great developers can help to merge the apks into Samsung framework. In the meantime, this is a workaround.
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or you can use Ex Dialer with the ICS theme. No lag, and it's somewhat better than AOSP/CM dialers. It has lots of options to chose from, it's free and has an option to be kept in memory

granets said:
or you can use Ex Dialer with the ICS theme. No lag, and it's somewhat better than AOSP/CM dialers. It has lots of options to chose from, it's free and has an option to be kept in memory
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Yup. Is a good option too if you don't want to mess around with system files
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same here

Mr. Hoax said:
same here
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So you mean phone icon not showing up in launcher?
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Arsaw said:
So you mean phone icon not showing up in launcher?
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test again and feedback

Arsaw said:
So you mean phone icon not showing up in launcher?
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That just happens to me too, I do not see the icon

shido525 said:
That just happens to me too, I do not see the icon
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May I know which rom version you running?
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Arsaw said:
May I know which rom version you running?
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LLC... question tho the included files in the zip have they been modified at all ? Or are they default cm10 apks ?

fOmey said:
LLC... question tho the included files in the zip have they been modified at all ? Or are they default cm10 apks ?
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Is default from cm10. But there seem to have many versions. I will upload another version for you to try it.
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Arsaw said:
May I know which rom version you running?
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Null 19.1

Arsaw said:
Is default from cm10. But there seem to have many versions. I will upload another version for you to try it.
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Ill experiment a little when I get home.. whats the relevance of including and then renaming contactsprovider from cm10..

fOmey said:
Ill experiment a little when I get home.. whats the relevance of including and then renaming contactsprovider from cm10..
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Contact.apk required the file to be present. Deleting it caused FC. Since we already have SecContactsProvider.apk running, there is no point leaving ContactsProvider.apk running too. Is fine though if you do not want to rename it.
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shido525 said:
Null 19.1
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I will upload another version of zip file for you to try again in about half an hour later.
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Arsaw said:
I will upload another version of zip file for you to try again in about half an hour later.
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Delete previous zip file and try this one:
http://db.tt/v9ecdFBR
Hope it works.
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Arsaw said:
Delete previous zip file and try this one:
http://db.tt/v9ecdFBR
Hope it works.
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No good bud.. dont think its this simple..