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[Q] How to install themes and kernels

How to install themes and kernels in G3. Can someone make a video Please.

Sorry if this might come off as rude, but why would somebody make a video for you? Why would somebody do that, if you (obviously) weren't willing to look for the info yourself? Go to the themes section, you are bound to find info on changing themes, go to the development section and open a custom kernel thread, you are bound to find info on flashing kernels.

vimalaug07 said:
How to install themes and kernels in G3. Can someone make a video Please.
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go to the theme sections for more details..!!
you need your phone to be rooted to install themes..!!
many themes have different requirement and procedure.!!
generally you are required to replace the framework_res and tw_framework files in system/framework folder using root explorer..
you can also try the one click theme changer and g3 theme changer apps!!
more info in the themes sections.!!
you can install kernals by flashing them via odin!!!
more info in development section!!!!
you can always refer this link too!! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858583
this is there in stubborn_donkey's signature!!
and always try to search in the sections for your answer.. if you still dont get any then you post a new thread..!!!

Thanks guys for the reply. If there was a video it would be nice. I tried to install theme by using cmw and install zip from sd card, then my phone restarts and gets stuck in that and i have to flash the os again.

to install a theme just use this
to install a kernel download the kernel whta you want and flash it with odin, normaly it comes in a tar file including a zImage inside

vimalaug07 said:
Thanks guys for the reply. If there was a video it would be nice. I tried to install theme by using cmw and install zip from sd card, then my phone restarts and gets stuck in that and i have to flash the os again.
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That was not the right way. U need to download a theme and replace the respective files
Acid lestitious 2.0. Fugumod 2.2

It's quite simple.
1. Kernels come in .tar packages, and you need only to flash them on your phone with ODIN as one package. They will overwrite your current kernel.
2. Themes come in .apk files. You should put them in /system/framework/
For that, I use adb (android shell).
But if you asked that question, you probably have an odexed rom, which makes it nearly impossible to use themes, so read around on the forums first!

jihaa said:
It's quite simple.
1. Kernels come in .tar packages, and you need only to flash them on your phone with ODIN as one package. They will overwrite your current kernel.
2. Themes come in .apk files. You should put them in /system/framework/
For that, I use adb (android shell).
But if you asked that question, you probably have an odexed rom, which makes it nearly impossible to use themes, so read around on the forums first!
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it would be really appreciated if you can make a tutorial on how to use adb!!

Thanks for the explanation dude
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[ROM] [ALPHA] CyanogenMod9 By alex1301

After a few headaches and some claps on the forehead i finished a very alpha build of CM9 for the IDEOS X5. It was ported from the Galaxy W port of arco68 with the files of Aurora ICS and this guide.
I don't know the bugs, so please PM me if you find a bug.
NOTE: I think i am only too stupid to sign a zip, so you have to sign it by yourselves or toggle verification in the recovery.
Download
Mediafire
Thanks to fjsferreira for re-packung the boot.umg
Thanks to dzo for Aurora ICS
Thanks to arco68 for the Galaxy W ICS port
Thanks ti freeeyourandroid.com for the porting guide

alex1301 said:
After a few headaches and some claps on the forehead i finished a very alpha build of CM9 for the IDEOS X5. It was ported from the Galaxy W port of arco68 with the files of Aurora ICS and this guide.
I don't know the bugs, so please PM me if you find a bug.
NOTE: I think i am only too stupid to sign a zip, so you have to sign it by yourselves or toggle verification in the recovery.
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Thanks to fjsferreira for re-packung the boot.umg
Thanks to dzo for Aurora ICS
Thanks to arco68 for the Galaxy W ICS port
Thanks ti freeeyourandroid.com for the porting guide
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Can't flash it, starts but then getting error and no message as the phone reboots. First time ever it has done something like this and my heart skipped...

cirnocirno said:
Can't flash it, starts but then getting error and no message as the phone reboots. First time ever it has done something like this and my heart skipped...
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Did you toggle signature verification first?

Is there any chance for u8800pro?
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... finished a very alpha build of CM9 .....
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Please go to advance edition and put a big ALPHA warning in the title thread.

why? is it that bad?
have you tyed? whats working and not?
thanks for ypu effort alex1301

r1c4rd0 said:
why? is it that bad?
have you tyed? whats working and not?
thanks for ypu effort alex1301
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Alpha is not bad nor good, just a phase of software development. Please confirm the rom is working, otherwise I will move it to general section.

poyensa said:
Alpha is not bad nor good, just a phase of software development. Please confirm the rom is working, otherwise I will move it to general section.
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i´m downloading it right now, and will test it in one hour and i will say someting here...

It doesn't install, always Error status 6 in CWM. I replaced the METAINF folder in the zip with aurora, and changed the name of the zip itself, then it installs, but doesn't boot...
Next, I replaced the boot.img inside with the 3.0.8_v2 from DZO, then it boots but never goes further than boot animation

It is not rom development if you just switch some of the files, compress the file into a .zip and post it here.

Can anyone have a look at it and help me? I think the problen is the updater script, because i've only copied the one from aurora.
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I will do a port from desire z
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will test it soon btw yeah port from desire z would be better.

i have only one problem. the guide says the Easiest way to replace the kernel is to take a kernel update zip for your device, un-zip it and rename the zImage file to "boot.img-kernel" and copy and replace the file of the same name in your directory.
but when i take the boot.img-kernel from the unpacked aurora boot.img, it has 2,6 mb, but when i rename the packed boot.img from aurora to boot.img-kernel it has 3.0 mb. which one should i take?

alex1301 said:
i have only one problem. the guide says the Easiest way to replace the kernel is to take a kernel update zip for your device, un-zip it and rename the zImage file to "boot.img-kernel" and copy and replace the file of the same name in your directory.
but when i take the boot.img-kernel from the unpacked aurora boot.img, it has 2,6 mb, but when i rename the packed boot.img from aurora to boot.img-kernel it has 3.0 mb. which one should i take?
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Boot.img is ramdisk and kernel, compiled into one. You need kernel.
Unpack both boot images, replace kernel with auroras and change init.rc scripts to mount the correct partitions.
On mobile now so can't give a tutorial.
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the guide i follow says, that i only have to rename the init.devicename.rc to init.huawei.rc. should i also change the init.rc to the one of aurora?

does anyone have the mkbootimg for the X5?

alex1301 said:
does anyone have the mkbootimg for the X5?
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We don't need to have any device specific mkbootimg, any mkbootimg will do it just fine
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i've uploaded a new version. it's ported from the desire z, but i think it's too big for the x5. i can't upload it to mediafire, because it doesn't load my files correct. so i only can upload it to dropbox, but there is also a limitation of downloads. http://db.tt/u8PrGM5m

alex1301 said:
i've uploaded a new version. it's ported from the desire z, but i think it's too big for the x5. i can't upload it to mediafire, because it doesn't load my files correct. so i only can upload it to dropbox, but there is also a limitation of downloads. http://db.tt/u8PrGM5m
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Can you confirm this one boots?
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[mod][PATCH][AROMA] ROM_PATCH v1.2 for ics- full freedom

thanks a lot to amarullz for providing aroma installer, and thanks to nightshack0 I have taken his installer and modded to work according to my need but dont think that I have just copied and pasted the installer
had you ever feel that another galaxy s variant's forum have a ics rom which suits all your need but you cannot flash it because it is not yet ported to your device but now all this will not happen again with this patch you can install which ROM you want to flash there will be no boundation for you.
if you are getting status 7 or getprop error then a little work from your side is needed
extract the rom to a folder then go to /extracted folder/META - INF/com/Google/Android
from there open updater-script and remove all getprop lines
come back to META - INF folder and delete all three files
zip the file and flash it in recovery
NOTE:- to edit updater script use jota text editor(android), notepad++(windows)
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this patch will let you flash other I9000 or t959 roms I have not tried it on other variant but you can try and let me know if it works, I have tried to flash a nexus s rom and it was not flashing so just flash and let me know there is no harm no soft brick no hard brick just physical button will not work until you flash this patch or another rom
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how to use this patch:- first flash the rom you wanted then this patch and if rom is not flashing read the FAQ
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download link
*AROMA compatible v1.2:- http://bit.ly/rompat12 (39mb)
* AROMA compatible v1.1:- http://bit.ly/JpHy83 (41mb)
* CAPRIVATE patch v1.0:- http://db.tt/35H5A9mH
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PROS:- 1.flash which ics rom you want
2. new world with more rom have been revealed
3. rom chefs work have been reduced because now they do not need to port their rom.
4. small size just 12mb
5. TWRP kernel is pre bundled thanks to KRARVIND
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CONS:- 1. you cannot get the build properties(build.prop) of the rom you are flashing instead you will get the build property which will not be related to any ics rom
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the patch do not contains any file which can cause a bug and patch will only work on ics roms not gb
For further clarification read FAQ on second post
update:- keep the thanks coming guys and I will add the support of aroma installer and new things just keep me encouraged by pressing thanks
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update 2:- hi all if you like my work please rate this thread with 5 stars and also submit it as news tip
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update:- flashed fascinate rom by editing updater script and without resigning got it booted up but it cleared my efs folder so was not getting any network coverage, I got very depressed tried cleared data restore nandroid but nothing works then I thought about efs and with the backup I copy imei files to efs folder and after reboot I got coverage now I will not flash any fascinate rom just for testing but I can say that fascinate rom are working
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PATCH FAQ
FAQ
Q.:- how to use this installer
Ans:- don't worry about this all the instruction have been given in the installer you just need to flash the package in recovery it is just like installation wizard of windows
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Q.:- will this also work on gb rom
Ans:- no the patch contains a kernel which cannot work with gb rom
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Q:- while flashing a galaxy s ics rom I got an error of assert failed what to do.
Ans:- first flash this patch then go to advance and select reboot recovery with new TWRP recovery flash the rom then again flash patch
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Q.:- why you provided custom build.prop.
Ans:- if build.prop will not be provided then rom's build.prop will change you device's build properties which will not letyou flash files specially created for captivate
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Q.:- can I flash another captivate ics kernel
Ans:- yes you can flash
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Q.:- can I flash a kernel I9000 or T959
Ans:- no you cannot flash
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Q.:- can you give some info about TWRP kernel
Ans:- a bigmem kernel with 720p recording patch originally can be found in Slim Ice rom thanks KRARVIND for this
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Q.:- what can happen if I forgot to flash this patch
Ans:- nothing serious just the physical keys (menu, back etc.) will not work except this everything will be normal just boot to recovery and flash the patch and keys will work again
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Q.:- I like your work where can I donate you
Ans:- my work is not that much to be donated and I got pocket money from my father I am just a teenager of seventeen just press thanks button and rate this thread with 5 stars, I will be happy
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Q.:- Is there any modem provided Ans:- no, there is no modem in the package and will be provided in next update following in 3-5 days
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WHAT'S NEW
v1.2
1. added bootanimation support
2. removed 30 data fix script
3. added vold.fstab
4. added shutdown charging animation files
5. only single modem is there to decrease size of the patch
6. added a new splash screen
v1.1
1. Added support of AROMA INSTALLER (thanks AMARULLZ)
2. Updated Semaphore kernel
3. Removed some unwanted files
4. Added some Init Scripts
5. Removed Lib files
6. Added Modem.bin

tested roms
a list of tested roms is here
1. infinitum (currently ported)
2. myics ultimate fusion
3. galaxy s cm9 kang build
4. team icssgs

Interesting. Will check it out
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Interested to try this out... waiting for link. I'm feeling daring today.
edit: thread updated while I was posting- I'll report back when I try it out.

cool... So where is the link?
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guys I have just created the thread it will take time to complete link have been added

oooh whats this lol
sorta like Hellraiser from the infuse forum

Cool it's there yeah let's see )))))
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Really? Wow! that sounds awesome!! Gonna try it for sure.

Any feedback? Lol
Just to clarify
I flash this after ANY ICS rom on Any(galaxy s) Phone?(Such as Galaxy s II) Or Just for vibrant?
Also I flash the patch first then the rom Of My choice? Or what o.o

[email protected]$$ GONNA TRY THIS OUT NOW!
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Can somebody explain how the hell I use this o.o Im confused

patrick8996 said:
Can somebody explain how the hell I use this o.o Im confused
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Hi confused! I'm perplexed. Would like to this as well.
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shaker2k said:
Hi confused! I'm perplexed. Would like to this as well.
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Lol Guess Im gonna try it o.o
Gonna flash this patch and find advanced(wherever that may be) and then flash an SGSII Rom

patrick8996 said:
Lol Guess Im gonna try it o.o
Gonna flash this patch and find advanced(wherever that may be) and then flash an SGSII Rom
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I think it's just i9000 and i9020 (google nexus). Not sure though.

swayjd said:
I think it's just i9000 and i9020 (google nexus). Not sure though.
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damn it o.o

so i can flash a nexus one ics rom on my cappy? i dont get it

@OP, can you explain us what this does?

[For DEV] Samsung Galaxy S I9070 Advance kernel & platform source code

Hello!
This is a thread where potential developers can get kernel and platform source code for Samsung Galaxy S I9070 Advance, and other info. I will try to update this until we will have first custom rom ready. I encourage everybody with some experience with android development, to share their knowledge with other users here. Please if any of you will make any progress in rooting, making recovery or developing custom rom, to write here in this thread or even start a new one if some major break trough will be made.
Ok so here are the links to sources (I don't know the diference between those to, but I guess it is region related):
GTI9070_GB_OpenSoruce
GTI9070_LA_GB_OpenSoruce
All sources, can be found HERE.
In the attachment you can also find some other info I've pulled from my phone, which used to be rooted, cause I had some test version. I hope all this stuff will help us get root access, custom recovery and last but not least a whole bunch of custom roms.
NOW LETS HACKING AND DEVELOPING BEGIN!!!
One more thing, PLEASE take a minute to VOTE for this phone to get its own forum section here on XDA. Just make a post in THIS THREAD. The device is not in the poll yet, so you must write a post in thread. THANK YOU!

We've made a step into a right direction with a lot of help from forum I've made a working root method!
I've hard bricked my phone, so I am off the developemnt from this phone, only if by some chance I get a replacement. Sorry guys, in spirit of developing I've killed my phone .

I wish I was better at kernel development... I would love some development for this phone!
Sent from my GT-I9070 via Tapatalk 2

I've somehow managed to configure linux and pulled andorid sources from the repo, now I have to figured out how to compile a kernel. I have much to learn but if nobody else will give it a try, maybe I will succeed.

yeah...we as new wannabe devs are learning back the basics...i'm still trying to figure out what to do about the kernel source...afraid of bricking my phone in the process... hehe.. but all the kernel sources for all regions has been released...

kilsmap said:
yeah...we as new wannabe devs are learning back the basics...i'm still trying to figure out what to do about the kernel source...afraid of bricking my phone in the process... hehe.. but all the kernel sources for all regions has been released...
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Dear friend. I come from China, now I already have a good i9070, I can help you with your test, you can send to my mailbox [email protected]

hmmm...qzem, im getting stuck at initramfs...how do we get these for our phones? because the kernel can only be flashed safely when it is compiled with initramfs files from our phone... and for the phone to get custom recovery, i think they will also need initramfs files...

kilsmap said:
hmmm...qzem, im getting stuck at initramfs...how do we get these for our phones? because the kernel can only be flashed safely when it is compiled with initramfs files from our phone... and for the phone to get custom recovery, i think they will also need initramfs files...
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Same thing here. I have no idea how to get those, been asking around the forum an searching, but for now all the directions indicates that you need to have root access to get iniramfs. That really sucks...

hahaha...from this point of view, all Samsung phones after Galaxy S Advance will be quite hard to root... I'm waiting for the Galaxy SIII to launch, and for someone to root it... Maybe then we will be able to use the same way to root our phone... If only we can see what's inside our kernel.bin.md5... I'm sure the files we needed are in there...

the initrams? u mean ramdisk?
grab stock boot.img and extract from it.
the stock boot.img can be grabbed from odin flashable stock rom.

an0nym0us_ said:
the initrams? u mean ramdisk?
grab stock boot.img and extract from it.
the stock boot.img can be grabbed from odin flashable stock rom.
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Yeah.. We have the stock rom, but can't figure out which one should we extract the boot.img from.. There was system.img.md5, cache.img.md5, hidden.img.md5, modem.bin.md5, and kernel.bin.md5... So which one? My suspicion lies to the kernel.bin, but I have no idea how to extract it..
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I have compiled a stock kernel from source code, so I got zImage file, now I have to find out how to build boot.img from this. I will contiue tommorow I hope I am close to the solution! Mabe few days to crack this baby .

qzem said:
I have compiled a stock kernel from source code, so I got zImage file, now I have to find out how to build boot.img from this. I will contiue tommorow I hope I am close to the solution! Mabe few days to crack this baby .
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Good luck!
Hope you get to a solution soon
I can't work on it as I currently don't have a phone to test on, sent it in for repairs.

qzem said:
I have compiled a stock kernel from source code, so I got zImage file, now I have to find out how to build boot.img from this. I will contiue tommorow I hope I am close to the solution! Mabe few days to crack this baby .
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Have u tried flashing it directly to the phone? You don't have to make it into a boot.img to flash it.. Because I'm afraid that the zImage will be useless if not paired with working initramfs.. Compiling the kernel is quite straightforward, the thing is to get the initramfs to turn the kernel insecure.. There are also scripts to extract initramfs from zImage, but I haven't had time to test it..
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Ok what exactly is in initramfs, that is what I am trying to figured out? I've recompiled some other samsung boot.img with dsixda kitchen, and I got zImage and a folder caled boot.img-ramdisk, which included different files like init, init.goldfish.rc init.rc, default.prop, etc. In a file default prop is the setting ro.secure=0, and this is the settign I belive, that makes kernel insecure. I've also tried to unpack the zImage that I got from thsi boot.img, with the kitchen to see if includes those so called initramfs, but it doesn't. So I think that if I figured out which files should be in ramdisk, and if those files can be pulled of the phone, that than maybe I can repack a working boot.img. What do you think?

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Ok what exactly is in initramfs, that is what I am trying to figured out? I've recompiled some other samsung boot.img with dsixda kitchen, and I got zImage and a folder caled boot.img-ramdisk, which included different files like init, init.goldfish.rc init.rc, default.prop, etc. In a file default prop is the setting ro.secure=0, and this is the settign I belive, that makes kernel insecure. I've also tried to unpack the zImage that I got from thsi boot.img, with the kitchen to see if includes those so called initramfs, but it doesn't. So I think that if I figured out which files should be in ramdisk, and if those files can be pulled of the phone, that than maybe I can repack a working boot.img. What do you think?
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Yep, you got everything right there, I think.. Initramfs, ramdisk are the same thing.. They should include the cpio.gz, init.rc, default.prop etc... Have you extracted these files from the source kernel? Cos I don't think we can copy directly from phone, cos we need to preserve the permissions set on the files... Can you do that with kitchen?
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I am following the topic and hoping it works out the development of kernels and roms to the device.

Come on it has to be a way to compile an insecure kernel without having the access to rooted phone. Cause all the options I found till now, required some files, that can only bee pull from rooted phone. But the whole point of an insecure kernel is the possibility to root the phone. Anybody can help us? Maybe I should start another thread, damn it!

Haha... Yeah, somehow I feel that Samsung is screwing with us, what with the new firmware format (never had kernel.bin before) and secured kernel, this is becoming impossible.. If we just have some devs good-hearted enough to port CWM recovery for us.. But without initramfs, I don't know if it's possible..
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The initramfs is inside kernel.bin.md5 (as for the Galaxy S firmware).
kernel.bin.md5 is a normal zImage Linux kernel (+md5).
the initramfs is included in the kernel image (see http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Extract_initramfs_from_zImage)
the initramfs is in our case a uncompressed cpio archive, therefore the script in the wiki does not work, but https://github.com/mistadman/Extract-Kernel-Initramfs/blob/master/unpack-initramfs can extract it without problem.
So, there should be no difficulty to root the i9070...
The easiest way would be to change the initramfs and repack everything.

Compiling AOSP what to do with proprietary files?

I have managed to build the AOSP from src, but i have not tried to flash the rom because i have no clue what blob files i need to extract from the phone and where ti out em before i do a real build.
I guess that i can use the same extract script CM uses, but i still dont know where to put the files, pls help

entropin said:
I have managed to build the AOSP from src, but i have not tried to flash the rom because i have no clue what blob files i need to extract from the phone and where ti out em before i do a real build.
I guess that i can use the same extract script CM uses, but i still dont know where to put the files, pls help
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You put it in vendor/lge/mako
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