Hey guys. I'm helping out my cousin with is Incredible 2. I've searched through the stickies and forums and really haven't found a way to root 2.3.4. Any help? Thanks.
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armopride07 said:
Hey guys. I'm helping out my cousin with is Incredible 2. I've searched through the stickies and forums and really haven't found a way to root 2.3.4. Any help? Thanks.
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Wow that looks complicated lol thanks though ill attempt it. Thanks for the link!
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armopride07 said:
Wow that looks complicated lol thanks though ill attempt it. Thanks for the link!
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It's not as painful as it looks.
It worked for me with XP Pro sp3 and some drag n drop to the cmd window.
The important part is to make sure that the files are on the root of C:\.
That's where the program looks for the files...
Good luck and happy flashing...
It's pretty simple. Just be sure to follow the instructions and don't miss any step.
Just to be sure, even though Im pretty sure I know the answer to this question, I need and thr android sdk right?
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bump. ^^^ yes? no?
SDK
armopride07 said:
bump. ^^^ yes? no?
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I'm not sure if SDK IS needed to downgrade and root I just followed that link that tylerlawhon posted and everything went so quick that I honestly remember.
If you search UTube, there is a couple of great vids regarding ALL you might want to know.
I remember back when I was preparing for the transition to Android, I downloaded the FULL SDK.
What a 10+ GB mistake that was.
I think the basic SDK (android-sdk_r10-windows.zip) weighs in at about 32 MBs.
I can't remember exactly what I needed it for tho.
Here is the ReadMe from that file:
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Welcome to the Android SDK!
The Android SDK archive initially contains only the basic SDK tools. It does
not contain an Android platform or any third-party libraries. In fact, it
doesn't even have all the tools you need to develop an application.
In order to start developing applications, you must install the Platform-tools
and at least one version of the Android platform, using the SDK Manager.
Platform-tools contains build tools that are periodically updated to support new
features in the Android platform (which is why they are separate from basic
SDK tools), including adb, dexdump, and others.
To install Platform-tools, Android platforms and other add-ons, you must
have an Internet connection, so if you plan to use the SDK while
offline, please make sure to download the necessary components while online.
To start the SDK Manager, please execute the program "SDK Manager.exe".
From the command-line you can also directly trigger an update by
executing:
tools\android.bat update sdk
For more information, please consult the Android web site at
http://developer.android.com/sdk/
Hope that helps.
Wow dude you saved my life. I checked YouTube and realized I didn't need anything I downloaded -___-
Thank you so much!
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For example how do you make programs that do 1-click rooting, or modify the official ROM such that it does not update HBOOT, or make mods for it? What programming languages do you have to know? What system environment (Windows, Linux, etc.) do you have to be running?
Love Android, want to start contributing after end of my national exams (November )
good skills in Linux and Java-Programming seems to be a good combination
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good skills in Linux and Java-Programming seems to be a good combination
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Then how do you make programs that do 1-click rooting, or pre-load applications like busybox into the ROM? You'd have to manually edit the source code of the ROM, don't you?
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Then how do you make programs that do 1-click rooting
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Years of hardware hacking experience and days of work / problem solving.
bedeabc said:
Years of hardware hacking experience and days of work / problem solving.
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I'm 16, no prior programming experience (unless you count a Hello World as one), on Windows right now. How would you advise me if I want to start contributing to the Android scene?
I've found a post which looks like a good starting point and contains a lot of helpful links:
hxxp://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6243873&postcount=1
Regards,
Tom
P.S: Sorry, had to cripple the link, because I'm a new user and therefore not allowed to post a "real" link.
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or pre-load applications like busybox into the ROM? You'd have to manually edit the source code of the ROM, don't you?
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Try extracting the .zip, adding and removing apps is not that difficult; most of the .apk's are located in /data/app.
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Try extracting the .zip, adding and removing apps is not that difficult; most of the .apk's are located in /data/app.
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You mean system/app lol
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Try extracting the .zip, adding and removing apps is not that difficult; most of the .apk's are located in /data/app.
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You mean /system/app? There is nothing under /data/ in my phone.
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You mean /system/app? There is nothing under /data/ in my phone.
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Data/app is where installed apps go, chances are u dont have anything there cuz ur using apps2sd
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data/app is where you can put user-removable and other apps you want seperate from the system/app in a custom rom - has to be added to the rom itself like A2SD does.
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Data/app is where installed apps go, chances are u dont have anything there cuz ur using apps2sd
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Oh okay. So before trying my hands at developing a ROM I should try writing some apps first?
Edit: But my ROM Manager has a "Move to SD Card" button, which means it should be in /data/app?
Bump. Then do I need to be on a Linux environment? Any gurus can give some pointers to a newbie to the Android scene?
being on linux would be easier - knowledge of the OS would be better.
If you use Linux you can use dsixda's kitchen to sign and build the rom after youve finished adding removing, editing etc. It's going to be a case of trial and error, but you cant break the phone as long as you're using a rooted/su rom, without the HBOOT or radio in it. You might get a bootloop/freeze, or 57 force closes but you can always re-flash.
Say i wanted to remove certain preinstalled apps from the official Froyo ROM, how would i know which files to delete from the zip?
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I've found a post which looks like a good starting point and contains a lot of helpful links:
hxxp://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6243873&postcount=1
Regards,
Tom
P.S: Sorry, had to cripple the link, because I'm a new user and therefore not allowed to post a "real" link.
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Where going to post the exact same link. It contains all that you need, usually.
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Say i wanted to remove certain preinstalled apps from the official Froyo ROM, how would i know which files to delete from the zip?
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You'll find a lot of info on the following thread. There you're linked to Android Developers pages where the structure of a ROM etc is described. All the info you need is there.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6243873&postcount=1
I think I'll try writing some apps on Ubuntu before even thinking of maintaining and developing my own ROM. This way I can get close and cozy with the Android system and learn Linux. One question though: Is the learning curve steep?
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I think I'll try writing some apps on Ubuntu before even thinking of maintaining and developing my own ROM. This way I can get close and cozy with the Android system and learn Linux. One question though: Is the learning curve steep?
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Bump. Is the learning curve steep for someone who has no prior programming experience?
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Bump. Then do I need to be on a Linux environment? Any gurus can give some pointers to a newbie to the Android scene?
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If you have never had ANY programming experience before I would reccomend learning another language first, before trying to learn Java. Try vb.net if you have Windows, learn that and you get the gist of how to programme, then install Linux Ubuntu or another distro, familiarize yourself with the Terminal command line, then go on to learn Java, then the Android SDK, then make some apps, then learn how to modify roms etc. The last thing you want is a bricked phone
I've been thinking about rooting my G2 4 weeks now & I wanted 2 know if I had 2 download specific files 2 my PC b4 I am able 2 use the downloads/apps from ur site? Thx.
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ya u have 2 download specific files 2 ur pc b4 u r able 2 use from this site.
Anyways, there are two good guides for you to use if you want to root.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833965
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=834228
Read through all of these guides to get an idea.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=801206
The most popular roms I believe people are using for their G2 are:
Virtuous Sense / DZ
CyanogenMod
I'll look at those.Thx
I appreciate the response. I'll also check out Android.com 2c if they have some files that I can download to my PC for preparation of rooting my G2. Is it any specific file name/site any1 can help we with as well? Thx in Advance.
I'm a little confused about what u are asking, but if ur trying to find out what u need in preparation to root I suggest u do a lot of reading. Read those two threads about rooting posted 2 posts above me. They will tell u which files u need depending on which method u choose. I personally suggest rage but please be sure to READ everything thoroughly and also learn to use adb. Search xda for guides to use adb.
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Thx for the advice.
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This was a big help for me when I started the whole adb and sdk process.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1SOSXwkc_8
In the detail of the video you'll get all the link. Get the "JDK" Java.
Other good pages
http://www.londatiga.net/it/how-to-use-android-adb-command-line-tool/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RieL7vHt6AE (If you followed the first video you would not have AndroidSDK folder, it'll be called android.)
I can't find twframework.apk to finish decompiling. Where is this file located?
I thought tw was touch wiz ?
I know framework-res.apk is in system/framework.
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Oh I didn't know that... I was reading a guide on how to decompile an apk and it said to extract it. I tried running apktool without it but I just get an error.
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Oh I didn't know that... I was reading a guide on how to decompile an apk and it said to extract it. I tried running apktool without it but I just get an error.
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I'm no dev by a long shot so I won't be much help there I've never used apktool I could never get it to work for me lol.
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linsalata28 said:
I'm no dev by a long shot so I won't be much help there I've never used apktool I could never get it to work for me lol.
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Man I know that's right... I'm trying to figure all this stuff out on my own, but it's proving to be much more involved than I originally thought.
sivarticus85 said:
Man I know that's right... I'm trying to figure all this stuff out on my own, but it's proving to be much more involved than I originally thought.
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Use a program called apk manager. It has the apktool already built in and it works flawlessly. Thats what I use for all my theming and editing of apks.
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Use a program called apk manager. It has the apktool already built in and it works flawlessly. Thats what I use for all my theming and editing of apks.
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I couldn't get it installed right on ubuntu for some reason but then again I'm a real noob when it comes to commands.
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Papa Smurf151 said:
Use a program called apk manager. It has the apktool already built in and it works flawlessly. Thats what I use for all my theming and editing of apks.
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Yeah I just found APK Manager on Google. I'm gonna give it a try. Thanks for the help.
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Yeah I just found APK Manager on Google. I'm gonna give it a try. Thanks for the help.
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There is a Guy who has taken over the development of apk manager and has come out with a newer version and renamed it. Its called apk multi tool now. Try that out as well
And if you're on ubuntu machine give Android utility a whirl
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And if you're on ubuntu machine give Android utility a whirl
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I started using ubuntu but I can't seem to get apk tool or manager to work do you know of a easy to follow noob guide on that stuff?
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I started using ubuntu but I can't seem to get apk tool or manager to work do you know of a easy to follow noob guide on that stuff?
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Android utility is pretty noob-tastic. Lol
Also you can ask me questions.
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Android utility is pretty noob-tastic. Lol
Also you can ask me questions.
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Is that something like apk manager do I just install it on ubuntu do you have a link I could check out?
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Is that something like apk manager do I just install it on ubuntu do you have a link I could check out?
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It's apkmanager on crack. Hehe. Just kidding. Apkmanager was awesome but I felt it needed some extra features. I wrote this from scratch and it has more features than most people need...but its all there.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1167623
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You guys rock. Thanks again for all the help!
I'm having problems installing the android utility... I'm getting all kinds of directory does not exist and git errors... thoughts?
Edit: Nevermind I didn't have git installed. Didn't know I needed it.
First of all i would like to say,
You guys are doing a great job and i really appreciate what you all are doing with this community. Spending a lot of time and money i am sure to develop and distribute these great ROMs.
On that note....
I would like to start developing my own roms to share to the world as well. I was wondering if someone could help me out atleast getting started on doing so.
Like what progs i am going to need
any type of coding or w.e i am going to have to learn
anything i need to do to start developing i can sure as hell try my damdest lol
Thank you for your help.
SlimPickins
PS: Sorry if this is not suppose to be in this forum.
Start by learning adb .
Google android sdk and download and install the android sdk. Load the sdk manager at the end of windows installer or through ./android i believe in your extracted folder on linux (depending on what you use) and download platform tools. You now have adb. There are tons of tutorials on setting this up and its use.
Apktool. This is available on Google code. And Google search will pull it up.
Apktool d yourapk.apk
Apktool b yourapk.apk
Will decompile and compile apk respectively. You'll need java to run all of the above. Again, there are tutorials out there.
I recommend getting your feet wet with learning the basics of adb and Apktool and then you can dive into building android from source should you so choose..
I suggest you go to the top of the forum there is a section there called " chef central " & read most of the whole thing ....lots of info there not always about this phone but most works either way ....that's why it's called learning
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Start by learning adb .
Google android sdk and download and install the android sdk. Load the sdk manager at the end of windows installer or through ./android i believe in your extracted folder on linux (depending on what you use) and download platform tools. You now have adb. There are tons of tutorials on setting this up and its use.
Apktool. This is available on Google code. And Google search will pull it up.
Apktool d yourapk.apk
Apktool b yourapk.apk
Will decompile and compile apk respectively. You'll need java to run all of the above. Again, there are tutorials out there.
I recommend getting your feet wet with learning the basics of adb and Apktool and then you can dive into building android from source should you so choose..
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so i may be too stupid to learn lol...
I am not a reader for tutorials thats why i lost intrest in tings so fast... hmmm **** is confusing lol
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so i may be too stupid to learn lol...
I am not a reader for tutorials thats why i lost intrest in tings so fast... hmmm **** is confusing lol
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At least you are honest.
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Hey everyone
I've got a MacBook Pro running the latest OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2
My question to the SGS III community is, who develops ROMs and/or themes using this setup?
If so, what tools do you use, and specifically, what program do you use to create recovery-flashable ZIPs? I have yet to find a 7zip equivalent for OS X
Any and all feedback here would be awesome!
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Hey everyone
I've got a MacBook Pro running the latest OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2
My question to the SGS III community is, who develops ROMs and/or themes using this setup?
If so, what tools do you use, and specifically, what program do you use to create recovery-flashable ZIPs? I have yet to find a 7zip equivalent for OS X
Any and all feedback here would be awesome!
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You and I, are in the same boat. What most folks may do, is to simply run Linux or Windows in a virtual environment to be able to use the existing kitchens.
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You and I, are in the same boat. What most folks may do, is to simply run Linux or Windows in a virtual environment to be able to use the existing kitchens.
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Yea I know. I mean I could easily partition my hard drive and install Ubuntu. However, I don't want to install grub, and keep the os x boot loader. Ran into some bad messes with installing grub with Ubuntu as a separate partition next to windows. After deleting the Ubuntu partition, grub would fail to load (obviously, I overlooked that part when partitioning the hard drive back to 100% windows, oops!).
So for simplicity's sake I want to install Ubuntu as a separate position WITHOUT grub. Or not at all, and just use os x ( my ideal setup, 100% of resources dedicated to one OS)
Is this making sense? Haha
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I don't know of a tool for Mac right now. You will have to download VirtualBox and do the Ubuntu install from there if you want to get any support.
im not a dev but i have been looking into it. i have a pc and a mbp. android sdk has a mac version http://dl.google.com/android/adt/adt-bundle-mac-x86_64.zip u can use it with netbeans or eclipse. http://eclipse.org/downloads
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im not a dev but i have been looking into it. i have a pc and a mbp. android sdk has a mac version http://dl.google.com/android/adt/adt-bundle-mac-x86_64.zip u can use it with netbeans or eclipse. http://eclipse.org/downloads
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He wants to cook his own ROMS, now write apps for his device. He wants a native Kitchen.
Yes, I want to be able to due/compile apk's for theming, as well as compile builds.
A good starting block though, what is a good equivalent for 7zip, and how do you guys compress .zip files for recovery?
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Hey everyone
I've got a MacBook Pro running the latest OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2
My question to the SGS III community is, who develops ROMs and/or themes using this setup?
If so, what tools do you use, and specifically, what program do you use to create recovery-flashable ZIPs? I have yet to find a 7zip equivalent for OS X
Any and all feedback here would be awesome!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36346945
This thread has your answer. I'm trying it myself.