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[Q] Themes on HD2

Since we are not able to boot into recovery mode and run update.zip is there a way to manually apply themes to the Desire builds we are using?
Such as [MOD] Smooth Sense Icons v.1.0 (now with screenshots)
Thanks in advance.

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i have been asking this question since day 1..and no honest reply

I'd love to know how to skin android full stop I cant even get my hd2 to connect in usb mode

well...the only way to apply some themes is to replace framework-res.apk into system/framework/framework-res.apk...doing this with root explorer has no succes even if you ADB it..this will brick your build and u have to install again the whole system.ext2...!!everywhere is explaining that first phone must go into recovery mode to apply it..!!so,till now cant have any solution but only wait to make a function to have the possibility to run the phone into recovery mode..!!Be patient..soon we'll have it!

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I'd love to know how to skin android full stop I cant even get my hd2 to connect in usb mode
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What build/zImage are you using? The latest zImage allows for USB internet sharing tethering and USB file transfer.

jjones1983 said:
What build/zImage are you using? The latest zImage allows for USB internet sharing tethering and USB file transfer.
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I dont know what a zimage is (I know nothing about android ) but Im pretty sure my current build is a shubcraft one

yes..
i have even tried with droid exployer and it bricks the rom..it boots the at the android screen it just flashes black..dont understand..im using darkstone sense rom..he has the espresso bar..and i cant add anything too it

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I dont know what a zimage is (I know nothing about android ) but Im pretty sure my current build is a shubcraft one
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from what I've gathered a zimage is based around the kernal & drivers, with shubCRAFT you can connect via USB as long as its on debug.

11calcal said:
from what I've gathered a zimage is based around the kernal & drivers, with shubCRAFT you can connect via USB as long as its on debug.
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ahh thanks and how do I put it into debug?

edangel said:
well...the only way to apply some themes is to replace framework-res.apk into system/framework/framework-res.apk...doing this with root explorer has no succes even if you ADB it..this will brick your build and u have to install again the whole system.ext2...!!everywhere is explaining that first phone must go into recovery mode to apply it..!!so,till now cant have any solution but only wait to make a function to have the possibility to run the phone into recovery mode..!!Be patient..soon we'll have it!
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It's possible to change framework-res.apk through the terminal, can't say this will work for everyone and it may completely screw your android build, so a titanium backup couldn't hurt. This was done on shubcraft 1.4d to theme back to stock android (if your looking for the framework, it's somewhere in the shubcraft thread).
1. Place your new framework-res.apk in the root of /sdcard.
2. Run terminal.
3. su
4. mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
5. cd /sdcard
6. cp framework-res.apk /system/framework
Reboot and hopefully success.

gardndj said:
It's possible to change framework-res.apk through the terminal, can't say this will work for everyone and it may completely screw your android build, so a titanium backup couldn't hurt. This was done on shubcraft 1.4d to theme back to stock android (if your looking for the framework, it's somewhere in the shubcraft thread).
1. Place your new framework-res.apk in the root of /sdcard.
2. Run terminal.
3. su
4. mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
5. cd /sdcard
6. cp framework-res.apk /system/framework
Reboot and hopefully success.
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DO you know of any guide anywhere which tells us where to get the android sdk and how to exactly set it up with adb on windows 7 so we can skin our android hd2's? I cant find much

all those guides
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DO you know of any guide anywhere which tells us where to get the android sdk and how to exactly set it up with adb on windows 7 so we can skin our android hd2's? I cant find much
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are for phones that can be rooted and flashed with recovery..for us on the hd2 we HAVE to adb every file 1 by 1...sucks..and even the terminal method..you will see errors on your phone..i wish darkstone would just say how he put the espresso on his rom.

Go to market and Download ROM Manager from Clockworkmod it's free.
Put the theme on the root of the SD
open ROM Manager
click install from SD
pick out the theme you just put it.
Reboot

themes are ROM/framework specific which is why certain themes are only available for certain ROMs. shu8i builds are based off of cyanogen and are therefore the easiest to theme IMO. I have done a theme thread for that particular set of builds and have had great feedback from users.
So FWIW, a theme cannot be applied to just any ROM. If you want to get into it, you will need to find and extract the .PNG files from the framework-res.apk , pull the framework-res.apk from the build you are currently running, replace the images, and replace the framework-res.apk in your build with the patched one with the new .PNG's
there are plenty of TUTs on XDA explaining how to theme, only difference is us HD2 users have to manually push the files instead of using the convenience of an update.zip that is flashable in recovery.

Moved you guys over to general.. Best of luck!

makomek said:
Go to market and Download ROM Manager from Clockworkmod it's free.
Put the theme on the root of the SD
open ROM Manager
click install from SD
pick out the theme you just put it.
Reboot
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I understand that this thread is old, but I just found it. Trying to install a new framework-res.apk to my device using this method. I have it in a zip file (which is the format that would be used on a normal device to flash it from recovery mode).
Well I tried this; it lets me choose the theme (zip file) that I want, and it then prompts me to choose OK to reboot in recovery mode and continue the installation. Nothing happens when I choose OK.
Any further info on how to do this? What am I doing wrong?

[Q] New To Iconia > Need Answers.

i got a few noob questions because i'm new to iconia..
1. how do i install custom boot animation ?
2. how to install Android SDK developer ?
3. if i flash my iconia with custom roms , how to backup my apps , games and files ?
4. how to back up my stock rom before flashing my iconia ?
maybe this is the question so far..

PhantomMinds said:
i got a few noob questions because i'm new to iconia..
1. how do i install custom boot animation ?
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Place the bootanimation.zip in /system/media or /system/local depending of the ROM.
You of course need to have a rooted ROM for that and a root file explorer.
PhantomMinds said:
2. how to install Android SDK developer ?
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Maybe you can read this :
http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing.html
If you want just to use adb, just copy the sdk on your computer and add only the USB drivers (in other components) and install them.
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3. if i flash my iconia with custom roms , how to backup my apps , games and files ?
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Use Titanium backup for this. Need to be rooted.
Your files stored in /sdcard ou in /mnt/external_sdcard are not modified, unless you format /data.
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4. how to back up my stock rom before flashing my iconia ?
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Install CWM recovery and do a backup from the recovery.
You just have to read a few threads here to get all the details.
Start with this one :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1209988

actually , can you tell me step by step how to install custom boot animation using Android SDK ?
i have seen a post somewhere that tell users to use push adb command or what so ever to install boot animation..
but how ?

PhantomMinds said:
actually , can you tell me step by step how to install custom boot animation using Android SDK ?
i have seen a post somewhere that tell users to use push adb command or what so ever to install boot animation..
but how ?
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1. Start by installing adb - http://tinyurl.com/ycysgxg
2. Then use adb to push the file to the correct directory - http://tinyurl.com/3uxduqt
3. ???
4. Profit.

[Guide] Create your own ROM (Beginners Welcome)

Did you Ever Wanted your Own Custom ROM? Did you don't understand other Guides? Do you don't Like ROM Kitchens? Than this Guide is the right Guide for you! Just Try It and you can create your Own Custom ROM!
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General Information​
So, Before we start with this Guide, i just want to tell you some General Informations about [highlight]Custom Roms[/highlight]. When you buy your phone, you will have a [highlight]Stock ROM [/highlight]installed. A [highlight]Stock ROM [/highlight] is just that Software, your Company has created, especially for your phone. It's a Software like Android 2.3.4 with Touchwiz 4 or Android 4.0.4 with Sony UI. Those Softwares may be good, but there are many Things to Improve, for the Best Xperience, while using your Phone. A [highlight]Custom ROM [/highlight]can be complete different to [highlight]Stock ROM [/highlight], like [highlight]Cyanogenmod 10 [/highlight], or be just a improved Version of the [highlight]Stock ROM [/highlight]. To Build a [highlight]Custom ROM [/highlight] you need to know a few Words, and have a Phone with Root Acess + S-OFF / Unlocked Bootloader. So in this Guide we will concentrate on the Easy Way, the [highlight]Improved Stock ROM [/highlight]. You Can also Build a [highlight]ROM [/highlight] out of Source from Google, but thats too complicated for beginners. Setting up compile envirment can be quite complicated . So let's take a look at stuff you need to know:
[highlight]Root Acess[/highlight]
Complete Acess to all System Files, like Administrator on Windows. To Root Your Phone, search XDA. Rooting your Phone is done by putting su library to /system and manage acess with SuperSu or Superuser. When you buy your Phone, it doesn't have Root Acess. Root Acess is needed for installing CWM, mount your /system as Read & Writeable ----> You can delete system files, and installing apps to /system/app, by copying them to /system/app. By Rooting your Phone you loose Warranty, but you can reinstall stock software and no one will notice
[highlight]ClockWorkMod Recovery (CWM)[/highlight]
Recovery Mode of your Phone. In Recovery you can install flashable zips and roms, wipe and format your device, mount different partititons and fix permissions... To Get CWM search XDA. There are different Ways for every Device. You can enter recovery before your device is fully booted, and since touchscreen drivers are not yet available you need to use the volume buttons for controlling the recovery. There are different ways of entering cwm for every device.
[highlight]Rom & Kernel[/highlight]
ROM means: [highlight] Read-Only-Memory[/highlight] . The Funny Thing is that we can Read and Write on our Read-Only-Memory. Anyway, its a partition which includes large parts of the OS ----> operating system of your Phone. In a [highlight]ROM[/highlight] for Android Phones are included apps, framework, libs & many more and since android is modular, there is an app for everything (keyboard, launcher, statusbar). Together with a [highlight]Kernel[/highlight] it's the "Life" of your Phone.
The Kernel is needed for a working Phone. You Can Install Stock or Custom Kernel. When you buy a Phone Stock Kernel is preinstalled of course. The kernel includes many drivers, controlls the cpu and does many more... Just rember that word ​​

General Information
1. Install Stock ROM to your Phone - This Can be Done by Flashing via Flashtool or Odin. You Need a Clean Base to Start. Recomnend is a Stable, Official ROM, like Gingerbread, Ice Cream Sandwich or maybe Jelly Bean.
2. Root the ROM. This Can be done with Different Tools, Very Popular is for Example SuperOneClick Tool.
Just search for "my device name root" in xda if your not sure
3. Improve Stock ROM on Your Phone. So, After You Have Installed the Stock ROM and Rooted the ROM You Can Start. Now You Need To Change Some Things, To Make the Stock ROM to a Customized ROM. You Can do a lot Things, Here are a Few Examples:
- Install Latest Superuser SuperUser
- Install Latest BusyBox Auto-Installer
- Supercharge the ROM, enable Zipalign etc.. ----> here
- Remove Bloatware. Use Es File Explorer to remove not longer needed apps in system/app partitition
- Tweak Build.prop by going with ES File Explorer to /system and editing your build.prop. now you can change the Name shown in Settings and do a lot more ----> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1227269
- Change the Bootanimation. You can find a lot of them by Going to themes and apps of your own device.
- Add or Change Apps. Check out Themes and Apps Selection of Your Device and Install a few Of Them, If You Are Allowed to use MooDeD Apps created by other Users
3.1 Now Delete/remove all backups in clockworkmod/backup folder
4. Now Make Sure You Have Installed CWM. If You Have Changed a Lot Things and You Think Your ROM is good enough, Boot to CWM, select wipe data/factory reset and Boot up again. If You Are Still able to Boot, Check the ROM for Bugs or Problems. Write them Down. Try to fix them. You can always take a logcat (adb logcat)
Than Boot again to CWM select wipe data / Factory reset ---> yes advanced ---> wipe battery stats ---> yes. Now Select backup & Restore ---> Backup.
5. Connect Your sd card to PC and go to Clockworkmod/backup folder. Now Go to the only 1 backup folder and copy "system.img" to your PC.
6. On PC Open Yaffey and Choose Open ---> system.img and than extract to empty folder called system.
7. Now You Will Get a Folder "system" which contains the System of your Phone. Now Create an Empty .zip file and paste in extracted Meta-inf folder Download and copy folder "system" inside. ROM should be flashable for NOW!
Remeber to mount /system before flashing // replace with mount Script for ur device... You can check this by dowoading any rom 4 ur device
NOTE: This has nothing to do with developmemt or original development in any way. Its theming a stock ROM in the simplest way...
Just Press thanks if this was helpfull in any way...

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1 year later:laugh:

Sorry... I will finish this guide later...

And so on...
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To infinity and beyond!

saiz136 said:
To infinity and beyond!
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Beyond Smart xD

Updated Thread and Added a First Guide

so where is the guide ? lol ...
maybe make the guide before in PC and the create the thread ? .. just sayin

ruizit0 said:
so where is the guide ? lol ...
maybe make the guide before in PC and the create the thread ? .. just sayin
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There is a guide lol

jader13254 said:
There is a guide lol
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ahaha sorry .. i was thinking that was a little intro explaining clocklowrk and stuff .. to a coocking tutorial ahaha
maybe you can expecify more in title or something
nice tutorial to create a rom this way .. i read somewhere that the next clockwork will have this feature

Will try..
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kaipro said:
Will try..
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You need different commands for wiping on g Note, just search your device forum
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Where is the system.img? I didnt have one when i backed up with cwm

very noob-friendly !

CovXX said:
Where is the system.img? I didnt have one when i backed up with cwm
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check clockworkmod/backup folder... there should be system.xxxx.img

[TUT] Probably the simplest way to load a custom (CyanogenMod) ROM on your Hero!

Hi all.
I had an Orange UK Hero GSM on the latests official stock ROM and looked everywhere for a simple way to get Cyanogen 7 on it...
Most the 'simple' ways I found involved typing in text in a command line window and the ones I tried (including the official CyanogenMod instructions) did not work...
With a lot of looking around I've found a simple way that involves no typing and only downloading 3 files! So here goes... but before I do, remember I am not responsible for any damage you cause to your device. I am sharing the method that worked for me...
1) Put the attached apk files and the CyanogenMod 7 zip in the root directory of your SD card in the phone. The CyanogenMod zip can be got from: here.
2) Install the Universal Androot apk
3) Run the app to root your device (using SU option 2.1-2.2)
3) Install the RomManager 4.3 apk
4) Run the app. Choose install Clockwork Mod Recovery to install the recovery
5) Choose install ROM and when the phone boots into CWM Recovery select to install your CM7 zip from your SD card.
6) Reboot and you've got CM7.2 on your Hero!
Let me know if this works for you and hit the thanks button if it does! This guide would have saved me a day of trial and googling if someone else had written it first! :cyclops:
Thanks to the makers of Universal Androot and Rom Manager... it's their work that made this job so simple!

Thank you!!
Thank you for sharing the almost extinguished Rom Manager 4.3.apk
I've been looking for it for almost 3 days.
Thank you!!
Chris
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Hi all.
I had an Orange UK Hero GSM on the latests official stock ROM and looked everywhere for a simple way to get Cyanogen 7 on it...
Most the 'simple' ways I found involved typing in text in a command line window and the ones I tried (including the official CyanogenMod instructions) did not work...
With a lot of looking around I've found a simple way that involves no typing and only downloading 3 files! So here goes... but before I do, remember I am not responsible for any damage you cause to your device. I am sharing the method that worked for me...
1) Put the attached apk files and the CyanogenMod 7 zip in the root directory of your SD card in the phone. The CyanogenMod zip can be got from: here.
2) Install the Universal Androot apk
3) Run the app to root your device (using SU option 2.1-2.2)
3) Install the RomManager 4.3 apk
4) Run the app. Choose install Clockwork Mod Recovery to install the recovery
5) Choose install ROM and when the phone boots into CWM Recovery select to install your CM7 zip from your SD card.
6) Reboot and you've got CM7.2 on your Hero!
Let me know if this works for you and hit the thanks button if it does! This guide would have saved me a day of trial and googling if someone else had written it first! :cyclops:
Thanks to the makers of Universal Androot and Rom Manager... it's their work that made this job so simple!
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great great , good post

[Q] adb push denied and update.zip questions

Hello! Just upgraded from the Galaxy S2 and want to make some changes to Lollipop on my new-fangled S5. I have stock deodexed lollipop and knox at 0x0 and would like to keep it there. I have been looking and looking but haven't found anything on the following yet that has been helpful:
1. I've modded some of my apks according to the instructions of the guides I'm following but I can't adb push the modded apks back to my phone like I used to. I keep getting permission denied. The instructions in this thread used to work for my S2 but not with my S5. Does anyone have any thoughts on how to overcome this issue?
2. Can I create and install my own updated.zip files to install through stock recovery without tripping knox?
4. I've also found guides for other TW devices that I like. I haven't had much time yet to try them for my S5 but does anyone have any thoughts they would like to share on "converting" a guide from the Note 3 to the S5? (obvi a modding a file like SecMms.apk or something)

I can answer only nr. 2 for now:
The answer is no, you can't install anything with stock recovery, you must have custom recovery to install something and installing a custom recovery will trip Knox flag.
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Akalsemann said:
I can answer only nr. 2 for now:
The answer is no, you can't install anything with stock recovery, you must have custom recovery to install something and installing a custom recovery will trip Knox flag.
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Thanks for the info. So, if I'm making some mods to my stock ROM then I have to figure out how to push apks through adb so that I can restore backups of my original files if something doesn't work quite right because I can't make an update.zip file and install it though stock recovery without tripping knox. Well shoot.

Canyon30 said:
Thanks for the info. So, if I'm making some mods to my stock ROM then I have to figure out how to push apks through adb so that I can restore backups of my original files if something doesn't work quite right because I can't make an update.zip file and install it though stock recovery without tripping knox. Well shoot.
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I spent a lot of hours trying to find a way to get it to work with stock recovery but it won't stock recovery blocks ADB once you boot into it, it will only allow access through ADB sideload and that won't let you access system apks, the only way you will get it to work is using a custom recovery like TWRP which will trip knox.
You don't need to use all the ADB commands if you have Android SDK installed.
On your phone go to settings and developer options, then plug your phone into you PC go to SDK / Tools folder, you will see a file monitor.bat, click it a wait for it to load. it is slow so be patient once the window opens make sure at the top DDMS is selected and the File Explorer tab, your phone should be visible on the left, in developer options on your phone untick USB debugging, then tick it again, click OK then next you should get a message to allow access to your computer, tick always then OK, the root directory will appear on the right.
You will see little black icons to the top right one of them is the pull function so you click the apk you want to pull click the pull icon and extract it to the folder you want, to put an apk back just drag and drop it form the folder to the exact same location as the apk you want to replace, you will find it far easier than typing out the adb commands all the time, but you will need a custom recovery to do the modding and changing the apk on the phone as you need to be in recovery mode to replace them and you need to use the custom recovery to mount the system otherwise they wont install.

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I spent a lot of hours trying to find a way to get it to work with stock recovery but it won't stock recovery blocks ADB once you boot into it, it will only allow access through ADB sideload and that won't let you access system apks, the only way you will get it to work is using a custom recovery like TWRP which will trip knox.
You don't need to use all the ADB commands if you have Android SDK installed.
On your phone go to settings and developer options, then plug your phone into you PC go to SDK / Tools folder, you will see a file monitor.bat, click it a wait for it to load. it is slow so be patient once the window opens make sure at the top DDMS is selected and the File Explorer tab, your phone should be visible on the left, in developer options on your phone untick USB debugging, then tick it again, click OK then next you should get a message to allow access to your computer, tick always then OK, the root directory will appear on the right.
You will see little black icons to the top right one of them is the pull function so you click the apk you want to pull click the pull icon and extract it to the folder you want, to put an apk back just drag and drop it form the folder to the exact same location as the apk you want to replace, you will find it far easier than typing out the adb commands all the time, but you will need a custom recovery to do the modding and changing the apk on the phone as you need to be in recovery mode to replace them and you need to use the custom recovery to mount the system otherwise they wont install.
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Thank you so much for the information! Not what I was hoping to hear but such is life, again thank you! I'm wondering though, is it possible to use a root browser to copy and past apks to/from /system/priv-app? Granted if I mess up a mod I might be SOL and have to odin back my stock deodexed ROM...

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I'm wondering though, is it possible to use a root browser to copy and past apks to/from /system/priv-app?
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Yes it is but personally never a way I would do it, I think you need to root your phone to do this as well though but not sure as I have never done it like that, download ES File Explorer from Play Store and use that.