I am new to rooting so I dont know how to install mods on a Rom . I have ARHD 6.3.1 . Already downloaded required mods just wanna know how to install them . Thanks in advance.
Most mods are designed to be flashed in Recovery, just like the ROM itself.
It's a good idea to backup the ROM in recovery first, as there's no "uninstall" option for these mods. So if you decide you don't want the mod, you can restore your backup to get everything back to the way it was before you flashed it.
Depending on what mods you've downloaded, most of them are usually just flashable .zips, just like the ROM itself. So you simply install them by rebooting to recovery and flashing the .zip files you've downloaded and then rebooting afterwards.
I have downloaded CRT mod , advanced power manager mod , honeycomb icons + % battery mod , beats audio(music box) mod . should i just flash them from recovery just like i flashed rom . Thanks
There's a fairly easy way to check for yourself if a ZIP file is meant to be flashed in Recovery, like a ROM.
Just open the zip file (don't extract it, just open it in your favourite ZIP program). Have a look inside and if you can see a folder called "META-INF" then you know it's a flashable ZIP file.
See the attached screenshot for an example. There might be lots of other folders inside the zip (system, data), but as long as there is one called "META-INF" then you know you can flash it in Recovery.
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Hi guys. Thinking of installing the Leedroid ROM on my phone. Currently have Android Revolution HD and as you might know a few hours ago I went through some troubleshooting that had me praying to God Almighty because I'm a bit of a noob and I got really worried. Lol
Anyway, I know how to flash ROM's and Radios but how do I flash kernels and ROM "Extras"?
It was flashing an "Extra" that got me in the problem into the mess in the first place so I just wanted to confirm how to do it properly. Also, is flashing the kernel as simple as flashing a ROM? ie:
-Boot into CWM
-Nandroid Backup
-Wipe All
-Install new ROM
-Make sure it all works
-Back into CWM
-Install kernel zip from SD card
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Thanks very much guys.
When I installed leedroid I installed rom then straight after the kernal without even rebooting. Worked fine for me.
I'll give it a shot later. But still how do I flash extras? Like a Sense 3.0 lockscreen for Leedroid?
Put it on your ssd and open it up in a file explorer (think leedroid has astro) and just run it and it will install.
If that doesn't work for an extra then boot into CMW and install it via zip, but if I recall correctly that won't work for the lock screen and has to be done via opening it up in a file explorer.
If the addon or kernel you've downloaded is a zip file, the easiest way to be sure it's flashable in CWM is to open it up in 7zip, WinRar, etc. and see what's inside. If there is a folder called "META-INF" then you know it can be flashed by CWM.
Most zips are CWM flashable, but some won't be, especially fonts, bootanimations or splash screens. There are usually instructions in the threads for these, though.
Kernels are often built in to the ROM zip, but if you want to change your kernel I recommend jkoljo's tool:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=852357
I'd also suggest doing a nandroid backup after flashing the ROM and making sure it all works, before flashing anything else, especially with some of the addons that are still in development. It just gives you a bit more security if you need to roll back.
So I've been cruisin' around the threads here and on rootzwiki looking to mod my newly rooted Gnex and I see most of the mods are using lingo I'm not familar with. Like systemui.apk dropping files here and there. I've used root explorer and I know how to mount r/w or whatever but I don't understand what to do and how to flash these mods. is there a tutorial somewhere?
First - an .apk file is just a compressed container that contains files just like a .zip file. In fact it is a zip file with certain Android specific folder structures, files, and "signatures".
Disclaimer - I don't mod or code on the Android platform and the following is based on my understanding of how Android works.
The SystemUI.apk is an Android system file that contains Android system ui code, layouts, and ui related content such as images and etc. What the modders have done is made changes to these code, layouts, and images to modify how the Andoid UI looks.
This SystemUI.apk file resides in a specific location on your phone. What most of the modders have done is made it easy for you and packaged this file into a zip file (which is usually what they give to you as a download) that you can flash via ClockworkMod recovery to automatically replace your stock SystemUI.apk copy with their modified copy.
If you are not familiar ClockworkMod recovery is the standard for flashing Mods, ROMs, and kernels onto your phone. Since you are rooted and want to tinker with your phone you should flash the CWM recovery to your phone if you haven't already. You can look up the many guides that show you how to do this.
To flash most of the mods you would download the .zip file to the internal storage on your phone. Then you would boot into CWM recovery (there are a couple of ways to do this - do a search) and choose the "Install zip from sdcard" and navigate to the file you downloaded. Flash the zip file and the mod should be installed for you.
Note: Many of the modders that make changes to the SystemUI.apk will have packaged this file into flashable zips. By flashing these zip files they overwrite the current SystemUI.apk on your phone. What this means is that if you flash a mod on top of another mod they will overwrite each other.
ok that clears some things up for me. I do have CWM flashed (currently sporting the touch version which is sweet by the way). So when a modder talks of the systemui.apk they are not asking for the user to do anything with the files, they are just explaing how the .zip file works? I guess I got confused because I thought that's what the modder was wanting me to do (change the Systemui.apk). I would simply flash the .zip then on reboot something crazy would happen like I'd lose my softkeys or the status bar would disappear. Thank God for Nandroid but after a while you get tired of trying to flash different mods because I have to go back and restore. I am currently running Android Revolution 2.1.2 but I don't know if that makes a difference or not.
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ok that clears some things up for me. I do have CWM flashed (currently sporting the touch version which is sweet by the way). So when a modder talks of the systemui.apk they are not asking for the user to do anything with the files, they are just explaing how the .zip file works? I guess I got confused because I thought that's what the modder was wanting me to do (change the Systemui.apk). I would simply flash the .zip then on reboot something crazy would happen like I'd lose my softkeys or the status bar would disappear. Thank God for Nandroid but after a while you get tired of trying to flash different mods because I have to go back and restore. I am currently running Android Revolution 2.1.2 but I don't know if that makes a difference or not.
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They probably want you to change the systemui.apk and then push it to your phone. If this is not done correctly your system ui will disappear. Happened to me when I was trying to mod my softkeys.
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ok that clears some things up for me. I do have CWM flashed (currently sporting the touch version which is sweet by the way). So when a modder talks of the systemui.apk they are not asking for the user to do anything with the files, they are just explaing how the .zip file works? I guess I got confused because I thought that's what the modder was wanting me to do (change the Systemui.apk). I would simply flash the .zip then on reboot something crazy would happen like I'd lose my softkeys or the status bar would disappear. Thank God for Nandroid but after a while you get tired of trying to flash different mods because I have to go back and restore. I am currently running Android Revolution 2.1.2 but I don't know if that makes a difference or not.
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Most modders will not ask you to modify the SystemUI.apk yourself. This requires knowledge of how to package and sign the apk so it will work with Android. Most likely if the modder gives you specific details about files in the SystemUI.apk package they are just distributing information about how the modification works.
The current rom you're on is 4.0.2. I suspect the mod you flash is only compatible with 4.0.3 (most people tinkering with their phones have flashed to 4.0.3 ROMs now) and that's what caused your issues.
You don't necessarily have to nandroid - although it is very good practice. Before you flash mods if you either know files are being flashed or use a zip utility (i highly recommend 7zip) to inspect the .zip file provided by the modder you can use Root Explorer or ADB to backup the files that will be replaced. This way it would be an easy restore if something screws up. Note that this isn't 100% bulletproof since it really depends on what the mod is and what it's changing in the Android system.
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Most modders will not ask you to modify the SystemUI.apk yourself. This requires knowledge of how to package and sign the apk so it will work with Android. Most likely if the modder gives you specific details about files in the SystemUI.apk package they are just distributing information about how the modification works.
The current rom you're on is 4.0.2. I suspect the mod you flash is only compatible with 4.0.3 (most people tinkering with their phones have flashed to 4.0.3 ROMs now) and that's what caused your issues.
You don't necessarily have to nandroid - although it is very good practice. Before you flash mods if you either know files are being flashed or use a zip utility (i highly recommend 7zip) to inspect the .zip file provided by the modder you can use Root Explorer or ADB to backup the files that will be replaced. This way it would be an easy restore if something screws up. Note that this isn't 100% bulletproof since it really depends on what the mod is and what it's changing in the Android system.
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Well i guess im gonna hafta upgrade then wont I
Dears,
after a big battle with my HTC Wildfire S,
i was able to unlock the bootloader than root the phone,
but i'm not able to flash any new rom,
i tried all the below:
1- using the RUU: it stops after checking the signature and give ERROR 155
2- using the rom.zip file (that i copy it from temp folder when RUU is started), the file doesn't open
3- i extracted the rom.zip with 7zip then rezipped, now it's opening but it's not being installed
Opening update package...
Installing update...
Installation aborted
i tried also to rename the file to PG76IMG.zip but i also got an error...
N.B: i'm using more than one image, and same result with all
i've been working on that for more than 3 days, pleaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase help
Do you have CWM installed? If not, install it first (you can find an auto-installer that worked great for me here: http://www.mediafire.com/?b0bsb4ms4lo714b (it's from this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1431969))
Then boot into your recovery (which would then be CWM), do a backup first, then do a factory reset, wipe your cache, then go into Advanced and wipe your Dalvik cache. Then go back to the menu, select "Install zip from SD card", select the .zip file of the mod you're trying to install and finally install it. Once that's done, reboot, and the mod should be installed.
I hope you were able to follow that. If not, I'll gladly explain further. If you were able to follow this and it worked, then click the Thanks button down below for me please .
EDIT: I forgot to say, before you boot into your recovery, make sure the .zip file is on the root of your SD card and isn't called PG76IMG.zip, else your HBOOT will think it's an update to the HBOOT / Recovery / whatever, try to install it and obviously fail, leaving you with only one option: reboot (into Android).
You maybe use recovery to flash any rom but official rom.
i use rom manager make sure to click delete delvk +cache quick and easy you can even make a nandroid backup on the ui
I think I know what's wrong. The zip you have is extracted from the HTCDEV RUU. Find a RUU from the ROM collection, extract the zip, put it on the root, boot CWM, wipe cache, system, Dalvik, then flash the ROM from the SD card. Taa Daa!
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Either do what Bad-Wolf said, or just get a custom ROM and do what I said earlier.
It's your choice, Neo... Either you take the blue pill, and get the stock ROM, or you take the red pill and see how deep the Rabbit (ROM) hole goes... (yes, I have been watching The Matrix a little too much lately...)
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Either do what Bad-Wolf said, or just get a custom ROM and do what I said earlier.
It's your choice, Neo... Either you take the blue pill, and get the stock ROM, or you take the red pill and see how deep the Rabbit (ROM) hole goes... (yes, I have been watching The Matrix a little too much lately...)
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LOL. I watched The Matrix Revolutions last night! And reloaded last week!
Anyway, if you want a stock ROM, follow my instructions, but if you want a custom ROM, follow my instructions again but this time don't use the zip from the stock ROM, use the zip you downloaded. You should probably rename it to update.zip, if it ain't already.
If you want a custom ROM, but want to have one that is mostly stock but has a bit of juice in it, then search for Chocolate & Coffee. I made it. Then when you get fed up, try .sense, or CM7, or something like that!
When I try to flash a new Zip file, it disappears from the directory, both on SD internal and EXTsd card.......Goo manager FC and Rom manager says it's not there?
Any ideas to check for?
Re-installed Goo.im, Rom manager, still no luck.
Is there a way to manually Unzip and install without rebooting in recovery?
Tried to fix permissions, got "an error occurred while attempting to run privileged commands."?
What are you trying to flash?
Also, if you constantly moved from TW to AOSP, you were supposed to flash the zip to restore your SD card AFTER you flash the TW rom. This may be your issue as starting with android 4.2 Google added multi user and moved your files to a folder named /0 (or legacy).
Most of the time I had issues with not locating the zip it was due to this error. My recommendation, download and move the file to the root of your extSD before going in to recovery.
Also, remember Goo.im downloads are saved on the gooim folder in your internal SD card, not the downloads folder.
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What are you trying to flash?
Also, if you constantly moved from TW to AOSP, you were supposed to flash the zip to restore your SD card AFTER you flash the TW rom. This may be your issue as starting with android 4.2 Google added multi user and moved your files to a folder named /0 (or legacy).
Most of the time I had issues with not locating the zip it was due to this error. My recommendation, download and move the file to the root of your extSD before going in to recovery.
Also, remember Goo.im downloads are saved on the gooim folder in your internal SD card, not the downloads folder.
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Thanks. Haven't run any roms on this one. Running stock and rooted with Aviate. I've tried dloading directly to extsd, transfering from my laptop to extsd and SD.
I was trying to flash the Dark Ink lockscreen v2 and 16 ink lockscreen. I'm stumped.....I was able to flash Bravia Engine, Exposed Framework, Multi-Window Mod......it's just the Lockscreen zips. And the only reason I was doing it was because I wanted the ink to work without the S-Pen.....Not that big of a deal I guess. It has to be something simple I am overlooking...
EDIT: Fixed....sort of.... It wouldn't install from any other folder than the CWM Backup folder?? If anyone has an idea as to why, I would love to know?
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Thanks. Haven't run any roms on this one. Running stock and rooted with Aviate. I've tried dloading directly to extsd, transfering from my laptop to extsd and SD.
I was trying to flash the Dark Ink lockscreen v2 and 16 ink lockscreen. I'm stumped.....I was able to flash Bravia Engine, Exposed Framework, Multi-Window Mod......it's just the Lockscreen zips. And the only reason I was doing it was because I wanted the ink to work without the S-Pen.....Not that big of a deal I guess. It has to be something simple I am overlooking...
EDIT: Fixed....sort of.... It wouldn't install from any other folder than the CWM Backup folder?? If anyone has an idea as to why, I would love to know?
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Alot of your problems are because you're trying to flash mods on a stock odexed system. If you want to flash rom mods you need to flash a rom that is deodexed. Basically a stock just rooted system breaks up the app in your system. This allows faster boot times. An deodexed system compiles the split up apps together. This will allow you to flash mods and easily modify your system. When you flash a mod you replace the original app. If it's odexed you don't replace the whole app.
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Alot of your problems are because you're trying to flash mods on a stock odexed system. If you want to flash rom mods you need to flash a rom that is deodexed. Basically a stock just rooted system breaks up the app in your system. This allows faster boot times. An deodexed system compiles the split up apps together. This will allow you to flash mods and easily modify your system. When you flash a mod you replace the original app. If it's odexed you don't replace the whole app.
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Thank You. :good: I thought I flashed the "Stock_rooted_deodexed CALK7," But I used the "back to stock thread" which includes the Odexed version, and what you're saying makes sense.
I live, I learn.....:fingers-crossed:
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Thank You. :good: I thought I flashed the "Stock_rooted_deodexed CALK7," But I used the "back to stock thread" which includes the Odexed version, and what you're saying makes sense.
I live, I learn.....:fingers-crossed:
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I've flashed the wrong zip before and it sucks trying to fix mistakes. But after awhile you just backup once a week lol.
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I created a flashable zip apk...of xperia semcillumination.apk..
I made all the requirements and settings to flash...
Now when I flash in cwm recovery...it flashed successfully...but does not installed apk...
I checked root...and find .....semcillumination.apk copied in system/Apps....
As well as related libs and frameworks also copied...but still ...its...not getting installed..
Can some one help me to install on custom ROM.
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I created a flashable zip apk...of xperia semcillumination.apk..
I made all the requirements and settings to flash...
Now when I flash in cwm recovery...it flashed successfully...but does not installed apk...
I checked root...and find .....semcillumination.apk copied in system/Apps....
As well as related libs and frameworks also copied...but still ...its...not getting installed..
Can some one help me to install on custom ROM.
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maybe...
any updater script in meta-inf is missing sir?