just like what the title said,i think if any one can teach us how to cook an android rom thats will be good,then we can make our own rom.i dont really like the rom that we has right now(i dont mean the roms are not good,im very want to thanks the Acookers,those rom just changed too much base on the offical roms,i want a rom that has almost the same as the official rom with sense..)
ok,i found the android kitchen for the hd2,the download link is here http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EK281AVK , the original thread is here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=738770 big thanks to the author
+1 for that
yea me too
wish someone would make a complete tutorial showing how to do it and explain every concept for noobs
first you need a good knowledge with linux os if not .... no hope
lol this is such wishful thinking. i'm a noob like yall and would love to give back to the modding community that's provided so much for me. but unfortunately, making a tutorial of this would be near impossible. or really hard at least. you can't put into a tutorial, as someone mentioned, a firm understanding of linux os. that's just too much information to try to shove into a tutorial.
but if this does happen, i'll happily eat me words because i'd love to be able to cook up some roms.
Not sure how to cook roms really, there's Coffe Shop v1 but the system.ext2 always comes up with 195MB from a 119MB image, and wouldn't boot, and the developer disappeared and hasn't updated it in a while.
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tarekkkkk said:
first you need a good knowledge with linux os if not .... no hope
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i dont think so,just like cooking a wm rom,you dont have to know very deeply of the ce or wm,all you need is replace things,its just easy if some on tell you how.....but maybe im wrong....
There are android kitchens available on the site here... just search for it as I don't have a link to it at the moment...
It's not as easy as cooking for WinMo and it won't always boot but you can sure cook
pongster said:
There are android kitchens available on the site here... just search for it as I don't have a link to it at the moment...
It's not as easy as cooking for WinMo and it won't always boot but you can sure cook
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whats the key word?is it for hd2?thanks
weixiong said:
whats the key word?is it for hd2?thanks
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search android kitchen.. no its for android not hd2... but you can use it to get results...
any news
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any news
look up coffee shop you could of searched first and found this without starting a new thread
you don't need to be an expert in linux, but at least have the basics. If you wana start, let me know, PM me or something. I'll try to help any way I can... I'm no expert as well, tho...
for some recent roms, they all use standdard ext2 image, it's better you work it on linux,
on linux you can mount the rootfs.img data.img, system.ext2 image to linux, then you can easily to copy & paste it.
and you'd know how android & linux boot up by adding & edition those boot config file.
and hd2 android is not standard rom like other cellphone's, hd2 rom don't need to pack into a single file, this is more easy for edition. and everyone can split the rom into several files.
few files information:
system.ex2 will be mount as /system, where android files located
data.img will be mount as /data, where user data located
initrd.gz, linux boot from here.
rootfs.img in some roms, the initrd.gz boot up will load this file, and mount this file as /, and main boot files are here. if you don't have this file, the main boot config files are in initrd.gz.
I am not guru, just tell what I know.
thanks.
Somebody should my a video of this
qingcai said:
for some recent roms, they all use standdard ext2 image, it's better you work it on linux,
on linux you can mount the rootfs.img data.img, system.ext2 image to linux, then you can easily to copy & paste it.
and you'd know how android & linux boot up by adding & edition those boot config file.
and hd2 android is not standard rom like other cellphone's, hd2 rom don't need to pack into a single file, this is more easy for edition. and everyone can split the rom into several files.
few files information:
system.ex2 will be mount as /system, where android files located
data.img will be mount as /data, where user data located
initrd.gz, linux boot from here.
rootfs.img in some roms, the initrd.gz boot up will load this file, and mount this file as /, and main boot files are here. if you don't have this file, the main boot config files are in initrd.gz.
I am not guru, just tell what I know.
thanks.
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Thanks a lot!
Related
If I take a ROM in .ZIP format and unzip it on my PC into a folder with the same name...
Then delete any .APKs of programs I have no use for (Twidroid, facebook, etc) and then replace the boot.img with a different kernel of my choice and different SuperUser.apk...
Can I then ZIP this primary folder and load it as a ROM onto my MT3G?
Forgive me if this sounds really stupid, but I have no idea.
Would it need to be "cooked" before I can load it??
When you cook you need to make sure the gloves are on and you have the oven's temp turned up real nicely to fry that thing
I guess you didnt search or something? I need you to confirm that you cant/can see this at the top left corner of screen:
xda-developers > Dream > Dream Android Development
Press Dream then head to Q&A section please.Wait a sec...Thats not a Dream..You belong here for asking q's about your phone:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=480
Just do a search for signing tool and it shows up.
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If I take a ROM in .ZIP format and unzip it on my PC into a folder with the same name...
Then delete any .APKs of programs I have no use for (Twidroid, facebook, etc) and then replace the boot.img with a different kernel of my choice and different SuperUser.apk...
Can I then ZIP this primary folder and load it as a ROM onto my MT3G?
Forgive me if this sounds really stupid, but I have no idea.
Would it need to be "cooked" before I can load it??
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its more complicated than it looks...
First u will have to know if removing those .apk will not cause any trouble...
Second u will have to sign the apks u r going to add, and signed the zip too...
about changing the boot.img has been tried before in another thread...
but most important u will have to search, search and read, read...
going to try and find some thread for u, before the mods closed this...
Need to have it resigned...once a zip file is open it breaks the signature but I would aslo like to kno if this is possible
ilostchild said:
Need to have it resigned...once a zip file is open it breaks the signature but I would aslo like to kno if this is possible
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here its a thread about resigned:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=473580
read it all, has interesting stuff, but keep searching...
actually i would like to try this too...
if u ask devs, unless they want to teach u, great...
Wow...
You can open zips (roms/updates) and browse them without the need to resign them. If you change any of the contents in a zip (rom/update) file, as in remove or add, then you have to resign. You do not have to resign the apks you add to the zip (rom/update) file.
To do what you want to do, refer to the link about signing zips that was posted above. Remove the APKs, sign the zip (rom/update) file, and apply the update to your phone.
bring in the wrecking crew!
anyone know how to run this on a mac?
Ha people had post, but the one that make the thread, its no where...
Sweet! Thanks folks.
The "Search" function is the most important in any forum, but it does the user no good if they have absolutely positively no idea what to search for... lol
My goal is to take Manup's Eclair_2.1-v1.5 and remove all the .APKs I don't have any use for... Swap the boot.img for the eclair one with the 10MB hack, replace the SpareParts.APK with one that contains "Keep home app in memory" option, etc, etc, etc.
rbrainard said:
If I take a ROM in .ZIP format and unzip it on my PC into a folder with the same name...
Then delete any .APKs of programs I have no use for (Twidroid, facebook, etc) and then replace the boot.img with a different kernel of my choice and different SuperUser.apk...
Can I then ZIP this primary folder and load it as a ROM onto my MT3G?
Forgive me if this sounds really stupid, but I have no idea.
Would it need to be "cooked" before I can load it??
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You've just described in detail what about 90% of roms out there really are: open zip, add/remove files, ..., profit!!!
As mentioned correctly by Moonspoon, all you'd need afterwards is to sign your package (just to ensure that there's no problems with the signature, delete the three files inside /META-INF (leave the folders alone)).
Also, as mentioned by ginatojr (kind of...), you have to know which files you're removing, for example, removing TelephonyProvider.apk, well, that should be obvious. One that's not so obvious is gtalkservice.apk. When I first started, I removed it because I though it was part of Google Talk, when in fact it's more closely related to GoogleApps and SubscribedFeedsProvider.
The only times you want to deal with signatures is if your roms come from two different sources (if you're using an AOSP test-signed core and want to toss in some release-singed Google apps), but for the most part it's unnecessary and mostly discouraged as it's a different can of worms.
So, yeah, that's basically "Rom Cooking 101", where most other people releasing roms are at "Rom Cooking 102", there's really nothing to it.
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Sweet! Thanks folks.
The "Search" function is the most important in any forum, but it does the user no good if they have absolutely positively no idea what to search for... lol
My goal is to take Manup's Eclair_2.1-v1.5 and remove all the .APKs I don't have any use for... Swap the boot.img for the eclair one with the 10MB hack, replace the SpareParts.APK with one that contains "Keep home app in memory" option, etc, etc, etc.
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The keep in home might not work on 2.1 roms yet.
If this works out... My future plans would include doing this to streamline and modify any ROM of my choice as they are released.
I have absolutely no intention of modifying ROMs for redistribution.
This will be for my own personal needs alone.
Can anyone tell me where the .APK files of Market downloads are stored on the handset?
rbrainard said:
Can anyone tell me where the .APK files of Market downloads are stored on the handset?
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NEVERMIND!
Found them in /SDCard/BackupRoot/app directory.
Well I go to the android linux project page and apparently there is a zimage with wifi in it. Now I have the zImage file but I have no idea what to do with it. Any help?
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Well I go to the android linux project page and apparently there is a zimage with wifi in it. Now I have the zImage file but I have no idea what to do with it. Any help?
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put into ur sd card
and run
Run using harret
go to the rom section of hd2 forums and all the info to get android running is there (including the links to all the files)
By run using harret do you mean when I start harret I put the file name in which is "zImage" with no extension into where it normally says "default.txt" and then hit run? I try that but it doesn't even do anything.
READ READ READ
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=719646
Alright well I guess I'm just dumb and shouldn't be doing this because I'm "READ READ READ"-ing alot and can't find a single bit of help on what I'm EXACTLY supposed to be doing with a zImage file when I already have it.
The HD2 Linux thread has been reopened and so this thread is no longer needed.
Thread closed.
Okay, as I am sure we all see there has been a HUGE break through for our HD2 freedom thanks to all the Dev's here with the release of ClockWork Mod Recovery. I can for see a downpour of one particlular question flooding the forums... "Can you make a ROM ZIP Please".
I would assume that it can't be that much of a task to take a NAND build and make it flashable (Maybe I am wrong) but it seems all the hard stuff of creation is done, it becomes a matter of "format" (Maybe Not the Right Word). Extract Boot and System.IMG's, Editing a script?
So... Maybe we can all take the burden off some of the Devs doing this to our favorite builds? Then they can focus on what they do best... making this stuff work.
What is involved in doing this?
Hell, maybe I am way off and we should leave it to the Pro's?
I'm Ready.
DroidTh3ory said:
Okay, as I am sure we all see there has been a HUGE break through for our HD2 freedom thanks to all the Dev's here with the release of ClockWork Mod Recovery. I can for see a downpour of one particlular question flooding the forums... "Can you make a ROM ZIP Please".
I would assume that it can't be that much of a task to take a NAND build and make it flashable (Maybe I am wrong) but it seems all the hard stuff of creation is done, it becomes a matter of "format" (Maybe Not the Right Word). Extract Boot and System.IMG's, Editing a script?
So... Maybe we can all take the burden off some of the Devs doing this to our favorite builds? Then they can focus on what they do best... making this stuff work.
What is involved in doing this?
Hell, maybe I am way off and we should leave it to the Pro's?
I'm Ready.
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I would have to agree. I'm not much of a developer but I can follow directions pretty good. I would come on board and like DroidTh3ory said, take some of the burden off some of the Devs.
I would also like to a see a Nandroid (backup of nand to sd) type option so as if the new rom we flashed is not what we were hoping we can roll back the nandroid.
DroidTh3ory said:
Okay, as I am sure we all see there has been a HUGE break through for our HD2 freedom thanks to all the Dev's here with the release of ClockWork Mod Recovery. I can for see a downpour of one particlular question flooding the forums... "Can you make a ROM ZIP Please".
I would assume that it can't be that much of a task to take a NAND build and make it flashable (Maybe I am wrong) but it seems all the hard stuff of creation is done, it becomes a matter of "format" (Maybe Not the Right Word). Extract Boot and System.IMG's, Editing a script?
So... Maybe we can all take the burden off some of the Devs doing this to our favorite builds? Then they can focus on what they do best... making this stuff work.
What is involved in doing this?
Hell, maybe I am way off and we should leave it to the Pro's?
I'm Ready.
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I am not a developer. I would be more than happy to help with doing the conversions if someone posts a way to do it.
The developers need to spend their time developing their builds to be the best that they can be. We, as a community, need to help the developers by taking the little tasks, such as file conversions, from the developers so they don't have to sweat the little stuff.
Linux BASH scripts are my friend.
Well, dsixda kitchen does allow import of nandroid backups, and anyway unyaffs already extracts imgs
Sent from my HTC Desire
droidzone said:
Well, dsixda kitchen does allow import of nandroid backups, and anyway unyaffs already extracts imgs
Sent from my HTC Desire
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droidzone...I've used unyaffs to extract system.imgs before and the only problem is that it only extracts them in a read-only kind of form because I can't edit anything and I have to get an act of congress just to see a PNG. I'll give the dsixda kitchen a shot.....downloading right now.
Yes, flashing (actually recovering) a rom from SD is safe and simple. With recovery we could do these by ourselves.
dbshane said:
Yes, flashing (actually recovering) a rom from SD is safe and simple. With recovery we could do these by ourselves.
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Ok, then try the kitchen. It allows import of nandroids and once imported, you can mod it whatever way you want.
Sent from my HTC Desire
Well, the first step is done.. We now have recovery. Now when just need something to use it with.
I was looking through the different builds NAND, RAM and SD. Besides everything being wrapped up in .img's, the NAND ROMS have the same files. Comparing to the ONLY Flashable [.ZIP] ROM I see no similarities.
Maybe RaiderX303 or another DEV can put us in the direction we would need to go. Software, Files, Steps, Etc
droidzone said:
Ok, then try the kitchen. It allows import of nandroids and once imported, you can mod it whatever way you want.
Sent from my HTC Desire
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Okay so... When you are referring to Nandroids and you referring to backups? We have 3 build types at our disposal right now... NAND, RAM, and SD.
What would we compile out of the ROMS the DEVs have provided to use?
DroidTh3ory said:
Well, the first step is done.. We now have recovery. Now when just need something to use it with.
I was looking through the different builds NAND, RAM and SD. Besides everything being wrapped up in .img's, the NAND ROMS have the same files. Comparing to the ONLY Flashable [.ZIP] ROM I see no similarities.
Maybe RaiderX303 or another DEV can put us in the direction we would need to go. Software, Files, Steps, Etc
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I think installing the dsixda kitchen is the first step in all of this. I'm installing it right now and I'm going to give it a shot using JDMS's NAND ROM.....we'll see what happens if I can get it to boot up in recovery or not.
mazdarider23 said:
I think installing the dsixda kitchen is the first step in all of this. I'm installing it right now and I'm going to give it a shot using JDMS's NAND ROM.....we'll see what happens if I can get it to boot up in recovery or not.
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All right, I will do the same with the NEXUSHD 1.9 and see what happens.??? LOL
Raiderx uploaded a rom in zip format. Can't you guys just take that and compare it to another build to see the differences?
DroidTh3ory said:
Well, the first step is done.. We now have recovery. Now when just need something to use it with.
I was looking through the different builds NAND, RAM and SD. Besides everything being wrapped up in .img's, the NAND ROMS have the same files. Comparing to the ONLY Flashable [.ZIP] ROM I see no similarities.
Maybe RaiderX303 or another DEV can put us in the direction we would need to go. Software, Files, Steps, Etc
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The big issue to converting a NAND to UPDATE.ZIP is not about the files (just unpack boot.img and system.img and put the contents in the relative folders) but making the updater scripts specially for symlinks that ZIP not support so is needed that symlink are deleted and recreated on-the.fly by the updater script
updater scripts are under META-INF folder in the zip
rafpigna said:
The big issue to converting a NAND to UPDATE.ZIP is not about the files (just unpack boot.img and system.img and put the contents in the relative folders) but making the updater scripts specially for symlinks that ZIP not support so is needed that symlink are deleted and recreated on-the.fly by the updater script
updater scripts are under META-INF folder in the zip
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My head just exploded.. LMAO. but Seriously, I see what your saying. Any tips on updating the Scripts? Would starting from a SD or RAM build be a better way to start?
rafpigna said:
The big issue to converting a NAND to UPDATE.ZIP is not about the files (just unpack boot.img and system.img and put the contents in the relative folders) but making the updater scripts specially for symlinks that ZIP not support so is needed that symlink are deleted and recreated on-the.fly by the updater script
updater scripts are under META-INF folder in the zip
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LOL...I have to agree once more with DroidTh3ory because my head just started to hurt when I started reading all of that.......I think this is the reason even more why we need a Developers hand in all of this. I know we are all looked at as little vampires that suck the very last drop out of what you guys have to offer but we would honestly would love to help instead of just coming on here to download stuff and complain about how this doesn't work and that doesn't work and just be a pain in the devs butt........So if any Developer is watching from up above....PLEASE, show us the way...LMAO
DroidTh3ory said:
My head just exploded.. LMAO. but Seriously, I see what your saying. Any tips on updating the Scripts? Would starting from a SD or RAM build be a better way to start?
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I would say since raf explained the basics for converting nand to update.zip that nand would be a good place to start
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DroidTh3ory said:
My head just exploded.. LMAO. but Seriously, I see what your saying. Any tips on updating the Scripts? Would starting from a SD or RAM build be a better way to start?
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mazdarider23 said:
LOL...I have to agree once more with DroidTh3ory because my head just started to hurt when I started reading all of that.......I think this is the reason even more why we need a Developers hand in all of this. I know we are all looked at as little vampires that suck the very last drop out of what you guys have to offer but we would honestly would love to help instead of just coming on here to download stuff and complain about how this doesn't work and that doesn't work and just be a pain in the devs butt........So if any Developer is watching from up above....PLEASE, show us the way...LMAO
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Sorry guys
to make the updater scripts you have to understand a little bit about symlinks and packing/unpacking stuff.. otherwise will be a lot difficult
basically you just need to unpack the .img files and put the contents in the folders. than you need to creat/modify the scripts for the META-INF folder, that basically are different for any build.
that's it.
its always nice to see members helping each other.after all the devs are done marvellous job in recent days.
rafpigna said:
Sorry guys
to make the updater scripts you have to understand a little bit about symlinks and packing/unpacking stuff.. otherwise will be a lot difficult
basically you just need to unpack the .img files and put the contents in the folders. than you need to creat/modify the scripts for the META-INF folder, that basically are different for any build.
that's it.
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Ok Rafpigna....here's what I got in my update script that I put together the best I can using other update scripts from different ROMS and builds that I've collected in the last 3 months.
show_progress 0.1 10
run_program PACKAGE:remtool.sh
copy_dir PACKAGE:system SYSTEM:
show_progress 0.2 40
copy_dir PACKAGE:data DATA:
show_progress 0.3 80
copy_dir PACKAGE:sdcard SDCARD:
show_progress 0.4 100
If there anything I should include or take out or should I go and jump off a building now?...LMAO
can anyone help me how to make nand file when i have sd file cuz i cannot install from my sd card i need to install directly
thanks
I am not sure that I understand what is your exact problem. But if I'm right and you can not install rom from SD card and want to install it directly from computer, maybe you should try to use DAF versions ?
adecostres said:
I am not sure that I understand what is your exact problem. But if I'm right and you can not install rom from SD card and want to install it directly from computer, maybe you should try to use DAF versions ?
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yes but there is only one daf version and i want to know how to convert the sd version to daf version
That's not very easy. You'd have to edit the intrid.gz and and zImage and other things to make it work. More effort than it's worth. What ROM you looking for? Is it a .zip SD card file or and Android folder type?
daniel.nano said:
yes but there is only one daf version and i want to know how to convert the sd version to daf version
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To the point - the fact you're asking this question leads me to believe you're not skilled enough to know how to perform all of the changes this would require.
My suggestion is you forget about the SD version and make the move to the NAND Android instead.
The DAF version is a way for Windows to put Android on your phone through the built-in bootloader onto the NAND chip on your phone. SD android is a completely different structure and you'll never find an "SD DAF" Android.
could you perhaps extract the system folder from the CWM zip, then use mkyaffs2image to build a system.img and drop that in place of the original system.img from the DFT version? (and teh same with the boot folder boot.img too, i would assume)
Or is that make believe?
dkl_uk said:
My suggestion is you forget about the SD version and make the move to the NAND Android instead.
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daniel.nano said:
can anyone help me how to make nand file when i have sd file cuz i cannot install from my sd card i need to install directly
thanks
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To the point - the fact you're giving that answer leads me to believe you're not skilled enough to know how to read the whole question befor,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
hehe, sorry, couldnt resist.
samsamuel said:
could you perhaps extract the system folder from the CWM zip, then use mkyaffs2image to build a system.img and drop that in place of the original system.img from the DFT version? (and teh same with the boot folder boot.img too, i would assume)
Or is that make believe?
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Extracting the system folder from CWM zip wont work. Its because during the zip installation the updater script is beeing called and it creates a lot of symlinks. So, if you just extract and convert, you will miss the whole bunch of symlinks (and permissions, etc..)
samsamuel said:
To the point - the fact you're giving that answer leads me to believe you're not skilled enough to know how to read the whole question befor,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
hehe, sorry, couldnt resist.
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Really?
Never heard of DAF then?
We're limited to either SD or CWM install, are we?
dkl_uk said:
Really?
Never heard of DAF then?
We're limited to either SD or CWM install, are we?
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Heh, dig deeper.
The op is limited to usb only so yea, in this case we are limited to daf only, and he finds there isn't as wide range of daf roms, hence the perfectly reasonable question.
which part of the original post can't you understand?
greg17477 said:
Extracting the system folder from CWM zip wont work. Its because during the zip installation the updater script is beeing called and it creates a lot of symlinks. So, if you just extract and convert, you will miss the whole bunch of symlinks (and permissions, etc..)
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Ah I thought maybe something like that, but figured I'd ask anyway, for myself if nothing else.
samsamuel said:
Heh, dig deeper.
The op is limited to usb only so yea, in this case we are limited to daf only, and he finds there isn't as wide range of daf roms, hence the perfectly reasonable question.
which part of the original post can't you understand?
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I'll assume your lack of English skills is the reason you've totally mis-understood every single thing i've written in this thread.
If I've missunderstood, it can only mean that even though it didn't sound like it, you do agree with me, in which case appology accepted, lets say no more about it.
Im trading my HD7 for a HD2 on monday and i was looking at roms, i was placed into an instant confusion. What does it me to put files into sdcard/andriod, do you have to make your own folder cause im pretty sure the sd card doesnt already have that folder and how do you go to haret.exe from the phone itself? the hd7 functions are not the same so maybe thats why i have no idea whats going on.
Please help
-Thank You
Here's a link to the procedure to add Android using SD builds. Once you do the required steps, Haret, etc. will be added and you will not need to manually add them yourself. If you do not need Windows, I would recommend the NAND ROMs using CWM. Using CWM, you will be able to quickly change ROMs. Also, I found that the NAND ROMs boot faster and use less battery in standby and actual use.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=881958
Basically what that means is to create a folder on the root of your SD card called "Android" and copy the ROM files to it then on your phone go to WinMo's built-in file manager and open the Android folder and run CLRCAD (audio file) then Haret.exe and you'll boot in to Android.
thank you for the replies, but would you mind giving me a step by step instruction for the NAND boot too then if thats more recommended since i wont be using windows anymore.
dxaznxk said:
thank you for the replies, but would you mind giving me a step by step instruction for the NAND boot too then if thats more recommended since i wont be using windows anymore.
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Check the stickie roll up threads, or click the guide link in my sig I have to links to how to install Android at the top of my guide. Or one more suggestion.........
Use Search!