Im trying to put themes on my Nexus 4 and I see a lot of themes just giving files. What am I supposed to do with those files? If the files are zip files than I'm supposed to flash it through the recovery? And If I do, than what after I Flash it?
Thx for help.
PriStol said:
Im trying to put themes on my Nexus 4 and I see a lot of themes just giving files. What am I supposed to do with those files? If the files are zip files than I'm supposed to flash it through the recovery? And If I do, than what after I Flash it?
Thx for help.
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Some themes will be flashable zips. To check if its flashable open up the zip. If you see a META INF folder its most likely a flashable zip.
Before flashing a theme make a nandroid backup just incase. All you need to do in most cases is simply flash the file through recovery and reboot.
Other themes will be apks, and must be selected through theme chooser to be applied.
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hey i was wondering if there was an easy way to make a flashable zip that would flash stuff that i normally use, like replace the mms.apk and boot animation and add a lib to the /system/lib folder . i mean yeah i can keep just manually doing all that , but as a cyanogen nightly user , it gets annoying , any tips ? or guides that someone can redirect me to so i can make a multiflash zip ?
if possible a tool with a GUI would be great :good:
i saw a tool that works with apks, but im flashing more than apks, so that didnt work out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1611615
[TUTORIAL] Making Flashable ZIPs, EDIFY Script, ZIP Signing & Key Creation [19.01.13]
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spaceman860 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1611615
[TUTORIAL] Making Flashable ZIPs, EDIFY Script, ZIP Signing & Key Creation [19.01.13]
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Thanks ! , ill take a look at this :good:
I'm a new developer and have applied all my tweaks and edits via root explorer so far. is there a way to change a CWM backup into a flashable rom file for other users to flash? I searched around a bit, but couldn't seem to find anything about it.
Goto this thread here
follow all the setup to install cygwin & kitchen
once it's all setup you can plug your phone in and create a rom
follow the guide (second method) for creating the rom system files by extracting the system folders from your phone (rom you are using)
you can then turn it into a flashable rom zip
I think you just basically extract the CWM backup, then repackage them in 1 zip file (except for the androidsecure backup).
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I'm a new developer and have applied all my tweaks and edits via root explorer so far. is there a way to change a CWM backup into a flashable rom file for other users to flash? I searched around a bit, but couldn't seem to find anything about it.
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YOU CAN USE THE CWM BACKUP IN KITCHEN YO MAKE A CUSTOM ROM.BUT YOU CAN'T ABLE TO USE THE BACKUP FILE DIRECTLY AS A CUSTOM ROM.
OTHER HAND YOU CAN MAKE ALSO THIS BACKUP AS A DEODEXED STOCK ROM BY DEODEXING THIS BACKUP FILES.
YOU CAN FIND KICHEN GUIDE HERE-http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801690
YOU CAN FIND DEODEXING GUIDE HERE-http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2230337
PRESS THANKS IF I HAVE A BIT SUCCESS TO HELPING YOU.....:thumbsup:
Hmm thats how i make roms that i dont post here though....
In tthe cwm backup u have system.rfs.tar
Extract it using 7zip
U get system.img or u might get a system folder....
Extract the img file using Magic Iso
Open magic iso
In menu..
File>open
Select ur system.img
On the left side pane right click on the disk icon and click extract.select ur destination
Once the files are all extracted copy all of them in a folder named "system"
Now get a meta-inf folder from a custom rom and zip
Meta-Inf and system folder together
U have ur rom...
Ill create a video tutorial for this tomorrow as many people ask this question in different threads of devices....
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Im using hyperion 8. i accidentally flashed beats audio zip from rocko devs website in hyperion 8. now i cant open "sound effects" in settings.
Message:
The application Equalizer (process com.bel.android.dspmanager) has stopped working.
is there a solution other than reflashing hyperion 8
Unzip mod zip
unzip rom zip
Replace the files in the mod zip with ones from rom zip
rezip and Flash
manually delete any extra files that were in mod zip but not rom zip
Of course it's much easier to restore your nandroid backup but for some reason no one here ever makes one even though I keep telling people to
doubt
marcussmith2626 said:
Unzip mod zip
unzip rom zip
Replace the files in the mod zip with ones from rom zip
rezip and Flash
manually delete any extra files that were in mod zip but not rom zip
Of course it's much easier to restore your nandroid backup but for some reason no one here ever makes one even though I keep telling people to
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thanks for the fast reply. as you said i dont have a nandroid backup
i have one more doubt. will it replace all files added by the original mod zip? or just add new files from rom?
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thanks for the fast reply. as you said i dont have a nandroid backup
i have one more doubt. will it replace all files added by the original mod zip? or just add new files from rom?
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You replace any files from the mod zip with ones from the rom zip
by flashing it you are replacing the files from the mod zip with ones from the rom zip
Any extra files that are in the mod zip but not in rom zip Manually remove with a root browser
This should then put your phone back to pre mod flashing
Remember ALWAYS make a nandroid backup in future
thanks
marcussmith2626 said:
You replace any files from the mod zip with ones from the rom zip
by flashing it you are replacing the files from the mod zip with ones from the rom zip
Any extra files that are in the mod zip but not in rom zip Manually remove with a root browser
This should then put your phone back to pre mod flashing
Remember ALWAYS make a nandroid backup in future
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sorry if that was a stupid qn. im a noob. actually i got confused when i read your post. now im clear
i will make a nandroid backup in the future.
hello
i i flashed the s3 theme from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49203319#post49203319
but i dont know how to remove it please help me
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easiest way to is restore your nandroid backup you made before you flash the mod
What I hear you cry - I have no nandroid backup!!
Well now you are going to have to do things the hard way
unzip the mod
look at all the files in the mod
now unzip your rom zip
replace all the files in the mod with the ones from your rom zip
rezip the mod
flash it in cwm with system mounted
marcussmith2626 said:
easiest way to is restore your nandroid backup you made before you flash the mod
What I hear you cry - I have no nandroid backup!!
Well now you are going to have to do things the hard way
unzip the mod
look at all the files in the mod
now unzip your rom zip
replace all the files in the mod with the ones from your rom zip
rezip the mod
flash it in cwm with system mounted
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@marcussmith2626: Dude, its only hard for noobs.
@abhishekr700: I can't help you when you choose to be a noob. You can follow marcussmith2626 if you want to restore your backup files.
If you don't need to restore or if you have not created a backup, then download stock ROM for your phone and flash it with odin.
There are lots of tutorials to flash it with odin. So don't ask me how to do so.
Press thanks if I helped you.
marcussmith2626 said:
easiest way to is restore your nandroid backup you made before you flash the mod
What I hear you cry - I have no nandroid backup!!
Well now you are going to have to do things the hard way
unzip the mod
look at all the files in the mod
now unzip your rom zip
replace all the files in the mod with the ones from your rom zip
rezip the mod
flash it in cwm with system mounted
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thanx both of u
i restored only the system from my nandroid backup and solved my problem
but there is a problem with status bar it has fc issues now
marcussmith2626 said:
easiest way to is restore your nandroid backup you made before you flash the mod
What I hear you cry - I have no nandroid backup!!
Well now you are going to have to do things the hard way
unzip the mod
look at all the files in the mod
now unzip your rom zip
replace all the files in the mod with the ones from your rom zip
rezip the mod
flash it in cwm with system mounted
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thanx both of u
i restored only the system from my nandroid backup and solved my problem
but there is a problem with status bar it has fc issues now
you can try this:
look in the theme for which files it have and then choose this files but from your current romzip or themezip what you used before you flashed the theme and replace it with the ones you didnt need on your phone,when you didnt have some files than its your fail,because a NANDROID BACKUP is allways recomned before doing changes in anyway
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Only odex version of the stock rom produce these kind of force close problems.
Try to flash deodexed stock rom. It will solve all the force close issues.
But the only problem is that it occupies more memory.
You can even extend your internal storage either by partitioning the sd-card or by swapping method.
Feel free to PM me if the problem doesn't get solved.
Press thanks if I have helped you.
abhishekr700 said:
hello
i i flashed the s3 theme from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49203319#post49203319
but i dont know how to remove it please help me
#panicked
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Wipe cache and dalvik cache then flash ROM again, it worked with me before
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Hi. I want to create a flashable zip file from the latest TWRP .img file and the latest CWM .img file. Can someone please point me in the right direction? I've searched all over google and couldn't find what I was looking for.
Thanks,
Mike
Google i337 twrp zip xda
jd1639 said:
Google i337 twrp zip xda
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Thanks for the reply, but I still can't find what I'm looking for. I want to take the twrp.img or cwm.img file and create a flashable zip from it. I see that you've done it for twrp, do you mind sharing how you did it ?
Thanks again,
Mike
mmcneil said:
Thanks for the reply, but I still can't find what I'm looking for. I want to take the twrp.img or cwm.img file and create a flashable zip from it. I see that you've done it for twrp, do you mind sharing how you did it ?
Thanks again,
Mike
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Download the zip and extract it. All you need to do is drag and drop the recovery image you want in it, cwm or twrp and delete the one that's currently in there. Then navigate to the updater-script (it's deep inside the meta-inf folder) and edit it with notepad++ It'll become self explanatory once you look through the zip file. When you'll all done just zip it back up. You'll have a flashable recovery zip.
Ps, I use 7-zip to extract and zip
jd1639 said:
Download the zip and extract it. All you need to do is drag and drop the recovery image you want in it, cwm or twrp and delete the one that's currently in there. Then navigate to the updater-script (it's deep inside the meta-inf folder) and edit it with notepad++ It'll become self explanatory once you look through the zip file. When you'll all done just zip it back up. You'll have a flashable recovery zip.
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Thanks jd.
Mike
mmcneil said:
Thanks jd.
Mike
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No problem, if you have any questions just post them here.