So in developing android roms I have been able to build the system.ext2 file. One thing I I want to do now is to build a compatable rootfs.img file but not sure how to start.
If somebody could give me some pointers on how to build this it would be great.
I have built a rom using the passion wwe 2.16 rom.
Any help would be appreciated.
Can anybody help me
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Dear Pals,
Can anyone send me a link for wm 6.5 kernel, i want to build clean new rom for viva, on the latest core.
thx
I think you'r a newbie in rom cooking
If you want to developp a clean rom with the wm6.5 kernel, you need to download PlateformBuilder ( and not PlaterformRebuilder) and obtains the microsoft wm6.5 SDK with the kernel, and you need to have the htc viva BSP !
So, if you'are a goood and very good hacker, you can hack the htc engineer servers and still the Htc VIVA BSP in order to developp a new clean rom :=)
Good Luck
so man its not possilbe to have pure kernel of wm 6.5! then i should start on one of these in the forum. thx man
Nobody on this forum have already develop a rom with the " standart method", because even if oy have the kernel source, you need to program and compile it for the device specifications, and for this, you need the BSP.
The kernel is the NK file....
You can cook a rom, yes, but no develop it !
Aha, I dont need the source code, i want the system files man..
Ok!
I think you don't understand.
All the cooked rom have the Windows CE Kernel.
The NK.exe is located in the XIP.
But NK.exe is device specifique.
So, if you take a wm6.5 kernel ( the file nk.exe) builded for an XXXXX phone, you couldn't use it for another phone !
Understand ?
Kind help
Pls advise after extracting the rom, preparing the cabs i wanna add to the rom, someone pls guide me with the steps and tools.
thx..
Kind help
Pls advise after extracting the rom, preparing the cabs i wanna add to the rom, someone pls guide me with the steps and tools.
thx..
I have searched a lot everywhere but couldn't find any good kitchen for Omnia II or Omnia pro b7610. On every forum there are numerous threads asking for custom roms but nobody is willing to share, so it is our request to all senior chefs to kindly make one good kitchen for us so that we can cook our own roms instead of begging here or there.
Please provide us a good illustrated tutorial for the same, what tools are required, can we use any of the kitchen already available here or can somebody please modify any of it to make it compatible with Omnia Pro b7610. Also if we want to add manila 2.5 to the rom, what we have to do, as b7610 is wvga device, can rhodium manila can be used directly without porting or do we have to make some changes to make it work.
I can help in any way possible but we need somebody senior who can get us started.
Hoping for the best
Regards,
Inder
Ask somebody who knows how to use OSBuilder to adapt it to your phone: with a few batch files it should work perfectly.
anybody, Please, who can make b7610 omnia pro compatible OSBuilder and we also need a tutorial for the same
Airxtreme,,,,,please help us.........I know you can
airxtreme said:
Ask somebody who knows how to use OSBuilder to adapt it to your phone: with a few batch files it should work perfectly.
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Please modify that for us and make it ready to go for our device........and help us understand what all is required and how to do it from scratch.
Need help ....!
Regards,
Inder
inderbrar said:
Please modify that for us and make it ready to go for our device........and help us understand what all is required and how to do it from scratch.
Need help ....!
Regards,
Inder
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Sorry but that requires way too much work because it's not just the kitchen but it's reconstructing the original ROM that is a mess because as you probably know that phone has a multilanguage ROM that requires additional work to get working (dumping the fat, extracting all the multilanguage archives, unpacking the archives and putting back all the missing SYS and localized OEM packages, etc.).
For the kitchen I can tell you from what I remember that the final flash ROM format for that phone is NB0, a template NB0 can be obtained by using o2tool -mst_to_nb0 on the original MST file. To convert the nb0 to NB (that OSBuilder can work with) o2tool -nb0split must be used (and all the files created must be kept as copy for building), then in the OSBuilder build cmd file you insert the new partitions with osnbtool -c in the old NB file and run o2tool -nb0build to obtain the final NB0 file.
thanks airxtreme for the start....lets hope somebody else is willing to do it, no multilanguage rom is required, English only will do just fine. Till then I can start experimenting with OSBuilder
inderbrar said:
thanks airxtreme for the start....lets hope somebody else is willing to do it, no multilanguage rom is required, English only will do just fine. Till then I can start experimenting with OSBuilder
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The multilanguage partition includes everything, even english so you can't have any working ROM if you don't get those files out.
Have you looked at:
This Link
Yeah been there, infact regularly checking any updated info regarding this particular device. Thanks mach2003 for providing the link, lot of good info there.
hello i am actually new to android, and i just fell in love with it,i am using
- Energy.Leo.23678.Sense2.5.Cookie.Aug.18
- mattc Leo + Froyo w/Sense RC1.5b
- radio 2.12
i have a noob question and i tried searching for an answer but i couldn't find one, i'd appreciate it if someone could direct me to a thread that answers my question
i read somewhere on the internet that i can download something called Kernel or a zimage and copy it to the android folder on my sd card so that i get a better performance from android on my phone, my question is what is a Kernel and how can i get it, does it really make any difference?
another question, i have somewhat a low call volume sometimes,so should i change the radio or would downloading a new kernel help me get a better call volume?
sorry if the questions are dumb but i am new to all this
thank you
The kernel is the software that allows the linux system (android or ubuntu) to communicate with the different hardware pieces of your device. The main step of android on the HD2 is development of the kernel. As the devs work on the kernel they release new versions. You probably read that updating your kernel would help performance.
I personally do not update the kernel myself. As the various builds are updated, the chefs will incorporate the latest kernel updates. As long as you are updating builds from time to time, you don't need to worry about updating your own kernel.
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The kernel is the software that allows the linux system (android or ubuntu) to communicate with the different hardware pieces of your device. The main step of android on the HD2 is development of the kernel. As the devs work on the kernel they release new versions. You probably read that updating your kernel would help performance.
I personally do not update the kernel myself. As the various builds are updated, the chefs will incorporate the latest kernel updates. As long as you are updating builds from time to time, you don't need to worry about updating your own kernel.
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thank you, ur reply was very informative , appreciate it.
Hi,
I'm running mattcfroyosense1.6b-ppp this uses kernel michyprima 2.6.32.9 #70
There is an update for this kernel michyprima 2.6.32.9 #70 (r8)
How can I add this kernel to my Andriod? It is easy to put the Zimage file in my Android folder, but how do I add the .ko files?
Under the Shubcraft 1.4d install I could just add those files to the Android\root\system\lib\modules folder but in the mattcfroyosense1.6b-ppp I don't have these folders?
Thnx
You can just copy the kernel and overwrite the existing one in the android folder. Then you put the appropriate drivers in the matching folder of the root file in the android folder. To be completely honest With you, from my experience, you are much better off waiting for the chef to upgrade the build and use the included zimage(like mentioned above). You will have much less problems that way.
As far as the volume is concerned, buy louder volume hack from the market-it is a must have app and gives you alot more control over different aspects of the volume for various parts of the system.
I
Tmo US HD2
EnergyRomz -Shubcraft Froyo
dbiggss said:
You can just copy the kernel and overwrite the existing one in the android folder. Then you put the appropriate drivers in the matching folder of the root file in the android folder. To be completely honest With you, from my experience, you are much better off waiting for the chef to upgrade the build and use the included zimage(like mentioned above). You will have much less problems that way.
As far as the volume is concerned, buy louder volume hack from the market-it is a must have app and gives you alot more control over different aspects of the volume for various parts of the system.
I
Tmo US HD2
EnergyRomz -Shubcraft Froyo
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Thnx for your reply.
Can I add the drivers to the rootfs.img then?
There is usually a root folder in the android folder. If you explore this folder (i.e. Root/system/lib/modules...), you will be able to drop the modules that come with the new zimage over to of the ones that are there'. Then when you start android it will load the modules you placed in the root folder.
Tmo US HD2
EnergyRomz -Shubcraft Froyo
I've tried to get an answer from the kitchen thread, but there seems to be no knowledge about this.
I'm using charnsingh_onlines Unofficial CM7 nightly (link in sig) as a base for my NAND ZIP ROM. But with the latest ROM from charnsingh_online there is a problem when using the kitchen.
If I extract the ROM with dsixda's kitchen and then rebuild it w/o modifications the ROM is unusable. Totally unusable.
Complains about format getting 3 args and not 2 as required, when trying to flash.
If I use the EXACT same updater-script but extract it with WinRAR and rebuilds it with WinRAR everything works fine. No errors. They just occur when using this specific ROM and dsixda's kitchen.
My base is available at the link in my sig, and you could try this yourself and you'll see what I mean.
Any idea what the problem could be, if so, please share it with me. Been messing around with this for about 5 days now... Want it resolved...
I 'm using [July 24th] [Sense 3.5] Energy™ -.¸¸.·´¯ Sense 3.5 build that just works! NAND ROM that best suits my needs. However I saw [11 SEP] Barebone CM7 v2b and came to idea to make similar thing with this rom for my personal use.
I would also like to implement NativeSD ROM, with that difference of leaving system folder on NAND rom. To be absolutely clear here, I 'm using linux OS and I 'm quite familiar with modifications that have to be done, so I don 't ask for help with that.
I would like to know is it possible to deploy nand rom to android emulator, and than use android emulator for development purposes for further customization, or is there some other tool that can be used for this? I did install android kitchen and I not very pleased with that.
When removing or adding system or market apps is it just enough to add/delete them, or are there some other things that I need to pay attention to?
Also when removing apps how can I see framework dependences to remove them as well if they are not needed anymore by other app?
I hope that is not to complicate to understand what I meant with this topic.
Thanks in advance.
The answer to my question about framework dependencies of a certain *.apk file that I want to remove, can be found in AndroidManifest.xml of that same *.apk file. Although manifest file is encrypted, information about what framework libraries are used can be viewed with aapt command (exp: aapt l -a someapp.apk).
I suppose this is the right way for doing this. Please correct me if there is a better way.