Hi,
Is it possible if somebody can guide me on how to port themes.
I tried using the Theme porter and placed the i9100 theme(SystemUI,framework etc) to new folder and in the old folder i placed the i9100g (similar files) and ran the script. With this i do have the system files but i dnt know how to get the META-inf folder for a successful flash.
Is this the correct way to port? (there was a guide which had mentioned about decompiling the framework apk but what exactly do we do with the decompiled folder? since i dnt want to make any changes and just port the theme A-Z.
What you will need:
Basic tools
- Notepad++
- ZIP manager tool like 7zip
Advanced tools
- Cygwin
- smali (assembler/disassembler)
- APKTool/APK Multi-tool
Lets Begin:
Download a ROM (we use CM in this guide) of your choice (don’t forget to get the permissions for it modding from the developer) and extract it. When you extract it, you will see at least two folders and one file
Folders
- system
- META-INF
Files
- boot.img [this is not present in defy/defy+ ROMs so don't worry about it ]
NOTE THAT I AM ONLY GIVING DETAILS ABOUT THOSE FOLDER WHICH YOU CAN REMOVE/EDIT
THE \system\bootmenu\2nd-boot\ FOLDER
In this folder you'll find the kernel [zImage] file of the ROM here you can change it with the one you compiled or by others.
The Tts folder
The ‘TTS folder’ is all about Text-To-Speech. It contains all the files needed by the Android system to get Text-To-Speech working. If you are removing the TTS feature from your ROM, make sure you remove this entire folder and the TTS related apps from the ‘system folder’, as this will save a lot of space.
The WiFi and Usr folders
The WiFi folder contains the drivers required by the WiFi module to function. So i strongly recommend NOT to touch this folder. If you delete any file from this folder, you will mess up the WiFi functionality.
The usr folder contains some miscellaneous but very important stuff. It may contain anything and everything needed by the Android operating system. For instance, this folder contains all the key-mapping. If such files are messed with, your device will be non-functional although it will boot.
The Build.prop
The build.prop file is pretty self-explanatory. Here, you can change the most basic things, like the android version that setting shows. Wondered how people are making 2.3.4 look like 4.0.3 in settings? Its build.prop. Also,you can change what ‘About phone’ shows here.
Other things,you can change things like,how long your wifi scans,how much battery your phone saves while in sleep, Dalvik VM heapsize and default ringtones. If you are wondering what # stands for, it signifies that, the particular line is commented out, and the system does not read it. You can use it add comments to the build.prop. This helps others understand, what is the function of a particular tweak.
A guide for some basic build.prop tweaks can be found here.
Please be aware that, these build.prop modifications are not universal. So, you will have to experiment with the tweaks and their values.
The META-INF folder
This folder contains instructions for the Android Recovery about how to work with the files present in the zip. This folder contains many folders, but the only one we need to edit is the update-script file.
Making Flashable ZIP
In order to create a flashable zip, first zip the ‘system, META-INF’ folder and the ‘boot.img’. Let’s name this zip as ‘update.zip’. Next we need to sign the zip. Get a signer here. Put your update zip in the same folder as the signer. Then run the ‘signer.bat’ file. This will sign your zip file. After the signing process is complete, you can change the name of the zip to your liking.
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hi,,,i'm new here,,,,
after reading ur post, actually i can't do this,,,
and i installed miui v5 rom and always find crashing about "android process stopped."
and i can't edit the rom or make update of it because of no jnderstanding it, but i like miui so far.
so, can u give me the link of miui v5 rom that not crash, in order to me just to instal it without editting.
thx so much.
gwesal said:
hi,,,i'm new here,,,,
after reading ur post, actually i can't do this,,,
and i installed miui v5 rom and always find crashing about "android process stopped."
and i can't edit the rom or make update of it because of no jnderstanding it, but i like miui so far.
so, can u give me the link of miui v5 rom that not crash, in order to me just to instal it without editting.
thx so much.
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Checkout my miui thread I have already posted the original link there
D5+/cm11/1.2GHz.
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coolshahabaz said:
Checkout my miui thread I have already posted the original link there
D5+/cm11/1.2GHz.
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which one???
is it the official rom from miui site or edited rom you created??
actually its take too long doenloading from official site. but rom i doawnloaded is always crashing android.process.stopped.
gwesal said:
which one???
is it the official rom from miui site or edited rom you created??
actually its take too long doenloading from official site. but rom i doawnloaded is always crashing android.process.stopped.
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The one I edited had that prob of crashing, n the one on official site is about 240mb ty its taking time
D5+/cm11/1.2GHz.
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plss tell me i how to make custom n cyanogenmod rom i have downloaded the jdk , cygwin , kitchen all that stuff but when i nput the stock rom in original update folder n run kitchen to extract the rom th kitchen says error no system folder found so what should i do
I have made a pack to easily Port roms other device to our device. [jellybean OS only]
This pack contains various fix and libs n boot.img of our device onky for jellybean.
For Porting You Must select Device which have same Processor ,i.e, MT6589 And screen resolution ,i.e, 720p Like
Lava Iris 504Q
Micromax Canvas HD A116 , etc.
There are two ways to Port
1. by Copying all the essential files from Porter rom to Stock rom [Stock Rom is the Main rom]
2. By copying few selected files from stock rom to Porter rom [Porter Rom is the main rom]
we will be seeing the 2 way
Things Needed to Download before starting :
1. Winrar
2. Notepad++(not necessary)
3. Porter Rom of Similar Device
4. How to Port Rar
Description:
The zip file consist of 2 Folders
1. Permanent replace files
2. Various Fixes
Now Extract and open both zip files ,i.e, Porter Rom zip and My How to port zip
1. Initially go to How to port folder and open "Permanent replace files" folder
2. open System folder in "Permanent replace files" folder and Porter rom Folder
3. The just replace the given folder from "Permanent Replace files" to your "Porter rom"
Accordingly
4.Also replace the boot.img According to Your rom From
Permanent replace file>boot.imgs>(boot.img inside the folder) to the root Folder of the Porter rom
5. Then just select All the files i.e data,meta-inf,system,boot.img,logo.bin, etc
right click add to archive
Given any name u like and select Archive Format as 'ZIP'
Compression Method 'Normal' and press ok
6. Let the zip complete the copy to sd card n reboot into recovery and then wipe data,system, cache, dalvik cache and flash the zip.
7. wait to start the os. check the Camera , Fm radio , Sd card, gps
8. If anything camera or fm radio is not working then just go to 'various fixes' folder and replace the files in the lib folder and then rezip, wipe, flash and then check.
9. SD card and Gps fix patch can be flash directly via recovery without any wipe.
10. build.prop can be edited to change the name of the device to Q1000 via notepad++
(its not necessary)
11. Enjoy.
Download How to Port Folder
My Ported roms ,All credits goes to Respective Developers.
1.Hosp L Rom v1.0 by HACKLEAKS
2. I OS7 and Htc sense Ui By UzUmAKI_NaRuTo1
3. Color OS 2 By NeroD and [email protected]
Thanks to all the Members of xda for their Porting Forums and the members for their Query about porting
Image Guide refer Screenshots in Attachment:
Thanks a lot man....
Thanks a lot man for the guide and tools...i would be now doing something useful for my Xolo Q1000...:good::victory:
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Will try to port some roms and let everyone know:good:
Thanks for this guide!!
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hi XDA,
i want to modify Settings.apk and add some apk´s to my Lollipop ROM (deodexed and zipaligned).
it was no problem to get a zip template for KK, but now LP has another file structure (each apk has its own folder).
Can somebody post here such a .zip template for LP deodexed ROM that i can make a flashable zip file for my modifications?
Thx