What can I say. If you don't know how to use it, then LEARN!
I can't believe how useful this tool is and how much its saved my friend's ass today. And mine the first time I had to learn how to use it.
Who can I donate to for this amazingly useful freakin tool?!?
Its part of android SDK package. So I guess you could donate to google. :beer:
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Technically, platform-tools(the place adb is located) is an add on to the base sdk package . But it is an awesome tool to use.
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I've looked around quite a bit for simple rooting wizards, other than visionary, I a pair of videos showing a g2 rooting wizard available from g2root.info
Is this a legitimate wizard? It seems suspicious to me.
Its a scam , it promises to root your G2 for you after you fill out some surveys, it will not root your phone. This has been posted here before and removed by forum Mods.
Thanks man, I was pretty sure this was fake, I just wanted to reassure myself lol.
Looks like I'm gonna have to get adb & whatnot up & running on my comp =l
Wish this was as simple as jailbreaking, I felt tough when I hit my ipod touch when I was 12 lmao
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Thanks man, I was pretty sure this was fake, I just wanted to reassure myself lol.
Looks like I'm gonna have to get adb & whatnot up & running on my comp =l
Wish this was as simple as jailbreaking, I felt tough when I hit my ipod touch when I was 12 lmao
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You can try this no ADB needed, make sure to follow everything to the "T"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10048382&postcount=3
I have lookd into this method before, but I don't know if I'm ready for this. I purchased my phone in late December, so it has the newest updates & many users have commented poorly on this method. Do you believe the risk is worth it? And is this method that much easier than the rage method?
Thanks again.
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NavidC said:
I have lookd into this method before, but I don't know if I'm ready for this. I purchased my phone in late December, so it has the newest updates & many users have commented poorly on this method. Do you believe the risk is worth it? And is this method that much easier than the rage method?
Thanks again.
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If your comfortable with the rage method, then you might as well use the gfree method, by far the least amount of issues rooting, the method in the link above is how I oringinaly rooted my phone and so have many more, but if you were to get a census from the forum I think the majority of members would tell you to root using gfree. There is a way to run gfree using temp root with visionary, then use something like rootexplorer to place the needed files in data/local and use terminal emulator to run the commands. Search the threads it in here somewhere. But bottom line if your gonna mod your phone you might as well set up AndriodSDK and learn some basic ADB, never know when something might go wrong and you need it. Good Luck.
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Thank you for your advice, I sincerley appreciate it. It's people like you that make the rooting experience more friendly, and less scary. =)
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I really really reaaaaaally want to learn how to theme and i would like to make roms but i have no clue how!! I think there is a tutorial around xda but im not really a read nd do person i would really apresiate sumbody helpin me with the basics and any help i need im really interested in this and i have the time to actually do roms, themes ect please can sumone help me?
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GaBoRoOtSs said:
I really really reaaaaaally want to learn how to theme and i would like to make roms but i have no clue how!! I think there is a tutorial around xda but im not really a read nd do person i would really apresiate sumbody helpin me with the basics and any help i need im really interested in this and i have the time to actually do roms, themes ect please can sumone help me?
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I was gonna ask the same question but decided to do some searching and reading. Im gonna figure it out sooner or later because you learn from your mistakes and practice makes perfect.
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solehjeff said:
I was gonna ask the same question but decided to do some searching and reading. Im gonna figure it out sooner or later because you learn from your mistakes and practice makes perfect.
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Were are you reading to theme/rom?
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First you should get yourself familiar with Androids innards. It is very unlike windows and closer to linux/osx. Grab yourself Root Explorer, it will be a very worthwhile investment unless you are already familiar with ADB.
Make sure you have 7ZIP, and GIMP, and know how to use them first. Also install Brut.all's APKTool (base for Android-Utility/APKManager)
Download and install the Android SDK
Here's the Developers guide, It has quite a bit of information in it related to specific png locations, names, how they're displayed, etc and more.
Here's a guide I used to get into theming made by TheImpaler747 (VERY notable dev)
If you have a Mac/Linux grab Android Utility (Essentially APK Manager for Mac), it has a very active and helpful dev, as well as a very intensive guide.
If you have Windows/Linux grab APKManager
These are advanced APK/Android tools that let you edit APKs, Sign ZIPs/APKs, and much more.
Remember only sign APKs that go in /Data, if it's in System, don't sign it. If you edit an APK/ZIP it will lose it's signature, so remember to resign. If an APK goes in /System/App, don't sign it. All update zips must be signed in order to be flashed. Make sure that the updater script is in UTF-8 form and saved w/o a filename, many things can go wrong with this and make your zip unable to flash.
Here's another very large compilation of guides
Messing with AOSP? There's a guide for that.
Wanna Learn ADB
.9.pngs killing you? Me too, I have several links to those
Long Text Guide
The guide I found that was like an Epiphany
Hex/XML Editin? Grab Notepad++, Learn about color hex codes, memorize ffffff=white 000000=black ff0000=red and in GIMP/PS/PXM/Etc make sure you have a color pallete/notepad of the colors you need to recall on the exact same value more than once, this will be alot of colors.
Edit Settings.apk's List via XML
Gentleman, pm me. I have information I have sent others... It does require reading though... Exstensive reading. But its how all of us learned how to make roms and themes...
I updated my post with a small guide. I will continue to improve on it.
Thanks guys!
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I updated my post with a small guide. I will continue to improve on it.
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Thanks alot
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@ fowenati:
That is a great post man. These guys will be theme'n in no time.
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@ fowenati:
That is a great post man. These guys will be theme'n in no time.
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Thanks man!
fowenati said:
I updated my post with a small guide. I will continue to improve on it.
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Excellent work...
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
-Brian
Google sir.
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born2gethard said:
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
I running Ubuntu 12.04 on my computer.
I want to ask u guys to give me downloads for
stuff i will need to develop and a nice website to learn JAVA from.
Thank you and good night.
You won't get far unless you learn to search...!
Start here if you like..
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/index.html
thank you but how can i practice on that?
i mean, not just reading.
to make programs from the knowledge i got.
UP
You are not even reading, it's all there. Take your time. You are not going to learn this overnight. Slow down!
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What are the basic need to knows in order to create your own Rom. I've already downloaded the android kitchen but I can't use that for s3 .
Does anyone have any info on learning to develop? I already know the basics (I.e. adb, sdk, etc.
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Modifying an existing Rom. Theming. It's a good way to start. Download 7zip. Pop a Rom open and try to figure out what makes it tick.
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What are the basic need to knows in order to create your own Rom. I've already downloaded the android kitchen but I can't use that for s3 .
Does anyone have any info on learning to develop? I already know the basics (I.e. adb, sdk, etc.
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I would do like the above poster said and grab a deodexed stock base and go from there. There is tons of tweaks just to be had with these two files "build.prop" & "frameworkres.apk".
Goodluck !
hucesar1017 said:
What are the basic need to knows in order to create your own Rom. I've already downloaded the android kitchen but I can't use that for s3 .
Does anyone have any info on learning to develop? I already know the basics (I.e. adb, sdk, etc.
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Wow, good luck, hope it is something wild and wicked, I for one have TOTAL respect for the Devs, they spend a lot of time on the roms, go get em bud
TheAxman said:
Wow, good luck, hope it is something wild and wicked, I for one have TOTAL respect for the Devs, they spend a lot of time on the roms, go get em bud
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hucesar1017 said:
What are the basic need to knows in order to create your own Rom. I've already downloaded the android kitchen but I can't use that for s3 .
Does anyone have any info on learning to develop? I already know the basics (I.e. adb, sdk, etc.
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The kitchen does work with the d2tmo. I've been using it but can't seem to figure out why I when I create my rom my IMEI is gone.