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I'm sure this has been asked this a million times but i was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction. I wanted to start developing my own roms and was wondering where I should start. I have no real knowledge of developing so i would need directions for a beginner. It doesn't need to be detailed but maybe point me to some books or something equivalent that would help me out. Thanks
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Google sir.
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Google sir.
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Best answer you will ever get right there^^^^
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Here's a good start:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1798056
a) get apktool and a good text editor with a good set of features. Find a tutorial on how to do some modification to a system apk. learn.
b) Learn some basic linux commands, helps if you install a linux OS here.
c) learn xml or how to modify it.
d) get the arm toolchain if you want to do kernel stuff.
Found this awesome thread by cyanogen a couple days ago... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=667298
Hey I'm about to start a Sense 4.1 port and I was looking for some help. I know the sense 4 all people tried but i refuse to believe that it's impossible to port to the GS3. I've sent some PM's out to some respected developers but nobody has responded. I understand the basics but need more knowledge. So if you feel like contributing then by all means please do so. If you aren't a Sense fan but still understand how, your help is welcomed too. Just no negative people saying stuff like "why would you want Sense on this phone.You should have bought the Evo." Just trying to give back to the community. Thanks on advance
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I find it a nice port would love one of these ports I don't know android development but I do know basic programming
+1 to a sense port , I would love a sense port.
Demand
I know there is a demand for it and our phones are more than capable of handling it. Ive seen it ported to lesser devices so Im amped to get this started. I just need someone with a little more knowledge about porting to chime in. I think my main issue that i dont understand is getting the kernel set up to work on our devices. Spread the word lets see if we can get this development going
There was a tread started before and closed because people was not helping and acting childish, the people that was working on it said the hell with it. They had a decent port it had problems but hell it worked. Good luck but people always flood these threads with stupid questions like why don't you just get a htc phone or use a different launcher .
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bonebeatz1234 said:
There was a tread started before and closed because people was not helping and acting childish, the people that was working on it said the hell with it. They had a decent port it had problems but hell it worked. Good luck but people always flood these threads with stupid questions like why don't you just get a htc phone or use a different launcher .
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Yea i know I've seen it get pretty ugly around here. My thing is if you don't like Htc Sense then don't download it. I know a lot of people that really want to see this port happen. That won't stop me from trying
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TuscaloosKen said:
Yea i know I've seen it get pretty ugly around here. My thing is if you don't like Htc Sense then don't download it. I know a lot of people that really want to see this port happen. That won't stop me from trying
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Maybe you should get in touch with the guys that have already started that port project. Not sure what kind of trouble they ran into but their work might provide a nice heads start for you. Just be sure and give them some credit. I personally would love to see a Sense port not because I necessarily like sense but this is XDA and this is what we do! Good luck with this!
+1 on the Sense port, sense has a better integration with android than TW does. Though TW is good in its own way...
get in touch with the team developing the initial port, their major problem was that they didnt have a sprint GS3 to test directly.
That's a great idea you guys. I'll shoot them a PM so we can get this ball rolling.
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I'm not sure I'll be able to help. I know java / android programming, but have never messed with ROMs and such.
However I'd love this and if there is anything sort of simple that you would rather have someone else do, send it my way.
Also would probably donate for a working ROM! I love sense!
I know nothing about developing, but will test and give feedback.
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Idk if these are the same guys you guys are referring to but they have a port for the international version and have a poll to port to the sprint version. I'm sure they'd appreciate the help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1764005
Also id love to help out in anyway I can. I don't know much about java but I love to learn and also would be more than happy to be a tester and post logs and issues.
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That will be sickkkk. I love the sense camera its way better than the s3s thats for sure
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I would love to test I'm sorry I can't offer other help I'm no programmer but I'll test the hell out of your ROM lol
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Hey guys I'm coming from the EVO LTE side and saw this port I get my phone Monday ill see what I can do about getting u guys a port
I've started a sense port and if anyone is still interested I could use some help testing and what not. Just pm me if you're game.
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Anyone interested in porting this Rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2015525
Challenge accepted.
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Sac boy an I glad to see you. This porting is not easy. What's the status on Chubbz?? I PM'd him a while back about help.
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TuscaloosKen said:
Sac boy an I glad to see you. This porting is not easy. What's the status on Chubbz?? I PM'd him a while back about help.
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Have you had any luck getting it to boot yet?
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Okay I've been a little nervous to ask this in spite of the answers I may get, but I'm going to ask anyway. What exactly would I need to know to make my own ROM, tweaks, themes, hacks, and what not? I've taken 2 C++ courses although that was high school and 1 java course. I'm really interested in this, and if anyone who knows what there doing would take me under there wing to teach me. I thank anyone for any answer in advance.
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E4GTUser94 said:
Okay I've been a little nervous to ask this in spite of the answers I may get, but I'm going to ask anyway. What exactly would I need to know to make my own ROM, tweaks, themes, hacks, and what not? I've taken 2 C++ courses although that was high school and 1 java course. I'm really interested in this, and if anyone who knows what there doing would take me under there wing to teach me. I thank anyone for any answer in advance.
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Well if you want to get started I would say the easiest way would be to get an aio like mine here (There are others as well). Get your PC setup so you can decompile and compile apks and jars. Once you have that setup, I would start by looking around in the folders that it decompiles. This will help you learn where things are and how the apks work.
If you want to do theming you would need to know xml, how to edit images, and knowing java is always a plus.
Once you know where things are and feel comfortable editing apks, Then I would start learning the other stuff. ROM making, mod making, and tweaking will all get easier if you understand how the phone works.
Hope that helps get you started. Let me know if I can help you out with anything.
Shoot me questions if they pop up, can't always get back right away but I'll always try to help. Its been said before and sounds cliche, but read up. And I mean ALL over the net. The amount you learn troubleshooting your own problems as they arise(error messages etc) are invaluable and unfortunately can't be taught.
But for the other stuff, hit most of us up and you'll find help. Think I can speak for he majority of us on that one.
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This is what I love about the xda community.... everyone so helpful I wish to build my own ROM someday too! I wanna take an android programming class but current college I'm attending doesn't offer it and I tried learning on my own but never could get android SDK or eclipse to install my old laptop.... gots me a way better Asus now and I always help with anything I know but that's simple stuff like making bootanimations, where stuff goes in the ROMs ( but I don't know how to make my own), I'm always experimenting with my build.prop and other tweaks til I soft brick and have to dirty flash my phone, I flash to different carriers, different prls, etc.... just simple stuff I'll gladly help. If asked I'll be a tester.... but I can't quit build my own rom
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Wish I could say the same I have reached out to many any never got a single response.
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cas8180 said:
Wish I could say the same I have reached out to many any never got a single response.
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U haven't found the right onea
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cas8180 said:
Wish I could say the same I have reached out to many any never got a single response.
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Google search will always be there for you when most needed
Ya googling only can take you so far. Not the same as an actual Mentor. If that were the case we wouldnt even have schools anymore we would just tell our kids. "Hey google it!" And educational systems would be pointless....
Thanks for all the advice! I really appreciate it, so when I do have questions I can't find the answers to I am happy to have people I can go to. Although I have to put off until I get my own laptop around Christmas... soo you won't be getting anything from me for a while lol
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If you need any help you can ask me. I'm always down to help someone out.
HI everyone. I am a noob to android. I love to flash roms like there going out of syle. But i also love to figure out thing no matter what its. So here it goes. I have beening learning too theme the last 2 months or so. I have most of the basic's down. But i find that it is kinda boring theming all by myself.So i figured i would put this out there. Iam looking for some one to theme a rom with. I dont care what back ground you have or dont have. just looking to have some fun theming a rom, and give back to the community. Noobs welcome. so lets get theming this awesome phone.
I need a theme for my ROM. I'm a noob at theming other than borrowing png files.
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Mattix724 said:
I need a theme for my ROM. I'm a noob at theming other than borrowing png files.
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If you are willing i can help theme. I am stilling in the learning process myself. looking to team up with some one and share in putting a rom out. we can talk if you want.
I've never themed before but I do have some graphic art background. I'm willing to learn so if you want just pm me.
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hi
brandan14 said:
I've never themed before but I do have some graphic art background. I'm willing to learn so if you want just pm me.
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that sounds good. i am willing to work with anyone. just looking to have someone to help out and have fun working on a rom with.
Hey what's up..I'm new to posting but not xda.. I wouldn't call my self a noob but I'm not expert.. I'm down to help any way I can..keep me posted.
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donrocko77 said:
Hey what's up..I'm new to posting but not xda.. I wouldn't call my self a noob but I'm not expert.. I'm down to help any way I can..keep me posted.
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the more the merrier. just getting bored theming by my self. and could use some fresh ideas.
Hit me up on [email protected] help however I can
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Couple of basic ones I just flashed the AOKP 1.4 with 4.2 gapps so I haven't really gotten a chance to do any framework stuff..I just dled UCCW widget and I'm messin around with that. I'll make a account on gtalk to..I'm always down for stuff like this.
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sorry guys got side tracked making this battery theme.
ok
manufan721 said:
Hit me up on [email protected] help however I can
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i will. trying to get a rom started looking to see what everyones ideas are.
If any of you guys want to help me with learning how to theme, hit me up on gtalk. [email protected]
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monkeytools said:
i will. trying to get a rom started looking to see what everyones ideas are.
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Always nice to have more people willing to learn and wanting to do more. If you need any help on anything hit me up. I am usually available at some point to answer any questions you might have. :laugh:
Thank you. you have been a huge help to me already.
Mattix724 said:
I need a theme for my ROM. I'm a noob at theming other than borrowing png files.
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what is your gmail. so we can talk on gtalk. mine is [email protected]. and for anyone else that wants to help.
[email protected]
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If you need any help hit me up on gtalk [email protected]
I'm not into teams but am always down to help people.
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Mine is [email protected].. same here always down to help and learn.
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[email protected]
Working on my first rom. It's slow going since I work 40-60 week and my wife insists I spend some of my free time with the family. Might be nice to have some help.
Gotta admit im a bit of an anal control freak though.
P. S. Mattix, I will be hitting up you and tdunham.
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What do you need help with? I'm down for helping..if I don't know how to do it I'll figure it out..lol. That's what googles for right? A year ago I thought Gingerbread was just food since then I've modded about 50 phones and tabs. Thank god for XDA.
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I really want to make a custom rom, but first i need to learn the basics of the s3 and how the android operating system works. any help?
Open up a rom zip and take a look inside...see in what folders which files are
Check out xda-university too
Thanks for the advice. I am tired of not being able to do anything for my self. ive decided its time to step up and take chances.
eisawi99 said:
Thanks for the advice. I am tired of not being able to do anything for my self. ive decided its time to step up and take chances.
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No problem...if you need links to anything im probably your guy, I subscribe to all threads that I feel are important (content wise)
For example, this thread shows how to odex APKs (apps). Same method can be applied for odexing frameworks files
I love being self sufficient to my phone, but it's hard. I barely know anything so far.
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eisawi99 said:
I really want to make a custom rom, but first i need to learn the basics of the s3 and how the android operating system works. any help?
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There is a whole thread by Dreamsforgotten on xda that will teach, guide and show you everything you need. For building roms and for theming.
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I am new too and can appreciate the idea of a thread such as this. Hopefully someone can send me links to an easy way to learn everything about android
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Marchello900 said:
I am new too and can appreciate the idea of a thread such as this. Hopefully someone can send me links to an easy way to learn everything about android
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There is no "easy way" to learning android...
Sent from my rooted, suited, and booted s3, living the dual core life, know dat.
Well I would like to reword that with easiest way to learn ansroid
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