I have been looking and I cannot find andy useful tutorials on making a custom rom for Honeycomb. I need specifics like where to start, how and what to modify, and what to fo when finished.
I have many ideas ready and some useful mods to contribute to the forum.
Please no links unless it has everything on one page only.
I don't know of any resource that has everything on one page. This question would probably get more views and would be more appropriate for the questions section.
Since there is no HC source code, you have to modify an existing rom. Use a rom as a base and add\remove what you want, zip it back up and flash. Then you have a custom rom. That simple
I know you won't want to hear this, but google it. It is what the rest of us did. It will give you the most useful info.
That may actually be good enough for the moment. I suppose it will be trial and error for now and I can restore my tab if it bricks. Hopefully I can get som roms out from this.
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Custom Roms vs. Dev Roms
What do we see as the difference between Custom Roms (http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Supersonic/ROMs#Custom_ROMS) and Dev Roms (http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Supersonic/ROMs#Dev-ROMs)?
All Roms are pretty much under constant development. I think these two tables should be combined.
Added CyanogenMod wiki page
Wiki page devoted to our favorite community based AOSP ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Supersonic/ROMs/CyanogenMod
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don't know if this thread is still active, but as I'm unfamiliar with editing wikis, but I'm full of ideas (and I have a big mouth), I thought I'd list some discussion items here. I'm working on the assumption that the wiki should be one of the, if not the, first place new users shouldbe looking to get information.
1 - remove the radios from the rom section, and give it it's own section on the main wiki page - it's too confusing for new users to locate this information under roms
2 - instead of just linking to roms, kernels, radios, etc. from the main page there should be a few sentances on what each is above the link to the new page - something simple defining each term, and some basic instructions on how to flash each (what should be wiped, what goes on top of what, etc).
3 - would also like to see some info on the main wiki page on nandroid (and the importance of nand backups), hboot, recovery info for both amon ra and clockwork, what wiping means and what it does, themes and themeing, and possibly even a section on popular apps and what they do, like setcpu (and what it means to over/underclock), various launchers (like rosie, adw, launcherpro, etc), and various benchmarking tools and what they measure.
I could probably think up a bunch more, but I'll see what kind of response this gets before posting more
Bump from the dead. no new ideas, thoughts, or suggestions for the wiki?
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Bump from the dead. no new ideas, thoughts, or suggestions for the wiki?
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What about an android development setup environment guide to Linux? Forgive me if I have not searched throughly for a good guide.
Seems this may be dead but this is worth a try.
I would like to add a link to some RUU's provided by Football
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1335368
This would be extremely helpful for those wanting to revert to stock for any reason.
Well, it's all in the title and I'm sure it has been asked but I'd like it to be more HD2-specific.
Can someone point me to a blog, xda thread or wiki that explains how to cook your own CM rom ? HD2 related or something that would do.
I know a lot of threads that tells you where to start and what to do...but not much explaining the process all the way through, in order to understand it.
Any help on this ?
Thanks !
Well nothing ?
its been less than 24 hours
google is problem your best option or sending a message to one of the actual devs and waiting for a reply
Yeah I already contacted one...
Don't get me wrong: I've done some research but it's hard to encounter a step-by-step guide or a real bible.
Thanks.
yeah it is difficult to find the info, there are kitchens available but they dont really give you information on how to write the scripts etc which i think comes down to just having the knowledge of where to start and what to look for to modify/hack
Exactly. Wiki's tend to tell you "type this in terminal" but why I should do it, that they don't say. Of course, they can't explain every specitif command but at least the ones really related to the cooking rom process...
I am interested in cooking my custom rom.. is there any guide which can help me doing that? Is there any tutorial or a list of all the resources required in cooking the rom available for a500? Any help will be greatly appriciated ... I apologies if this question has already been asked but I have used the search but couldn't find anything
Aldo I believe this is the right section if the forum.. if I am wrong plz let me know and I will move accordingly (if only I can)
There's a new site, something like know your android (or something like that), where they have tutorials for these things.
Look at xda, as they did a promo for this site about a month ago. The site was developed by some of the root and rom guys.
I just can't remember the exact name, and I just wiped my os to install a new one, but if you look at xda's past reviews and news, you will find it.
EDIT : http://freeyourandroid.com/
To all XDA Developers,
I would like to suggest that:
At the first line on every first post on new Development ROM, that is the start of a new post for any New Development ROM (alpha, beta, etc), which is still undergoing test and development,... can you put an advice targeted to new user, who are unfamiliar with this site. Put up an advice there where they should start off. Something that is like these, example for DS5 ROM:
To New Users who own Dell Streak 5, please go this page/post to get you started with familiarizing yourself with flashing new ROM, and finding stable stock and custom ROM for your device:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=695
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Dell_Streak
and add probably other pages that might be useful for any eager new users to start reading properly before acting on impulse doing somethings that they are not be doing, unfamiliar and no knowledgeable of. Well, something like that. Would it be helpful to do so?
I actually stumble onto this page after viewing some Youtube clips on upgrade done on DS5, searching on Google and I somehow end up on xda-developers page. I was struggling to find a starting point, what to do first... I read endlessly and jumping onto different forums, sometimes ending up on different device forums (ugh, that's kinda stupid of me, :silly: )... until I discover somehow some pages that would be somewhat my starting points. Perhaps this suggestion might be useful.
Secondly, I found out that, for DS5, I can go to these page to get info on DS5, with stock roms and custom roms:-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Dell_Streak
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Dell_Streak_5/ROMs
But, is there such page as well, similar to that, that list out all the Development ROMs ?
Thanks.
open xda via pc there you can find whole list of completed roms with respective recovery and base files
Sent from my Dell Streak using xda premium
There is no list of custom ROMs such as what you find in the wiki with the stock ROMs.
As to the idea presented, it's redundant as there are pinned posts in these forums which cover the same material. You should be reading those posts instead of trying to force developers or chefs to provide a link to the material on every ROM.
Hi all,
I'm newbies in this domain and I would like to trie to make my own custom rom to understand. However i miss concept and I did'nt find any information how I can backup my actual rom from my galaxy S5 to obtain the firmware tar.md5 like those give by sam-mobile to use it to restore on a any phone or to extract to modify it to make my own custom rom.
Can you help me ? :laugh:
Kind regards :good:
It's not clear what you are trying to do? Modify your own phone (ROM). Or create a custom ROM for redistribution to others?
Making a custom ROM for others is something that should be done by someone knowledgeable, which you aren't yet. If this is your goal, you have a lot to learn and should start reading a lot of existing threads. Do some searches for threads on repackaging firmware and creating custom ROMs. There are existing threads for both as well as a lot of tutorials on various aspects of Android, ROMS, flashing, et cetera.
Also why would you be doing this? There are a lot of existing great custom ROMs.. so what would do you plan doing differently to distinguish yours? At the most basic level, there are modified stock ROMs varying from simply debloated to highly customized. And ROMs built from source code (from scratch).
OTOH if you really meant that you just want to modify your own phone, then your post was misleading. You should still read the stickies and peruse the forum. Or at least do a search and read some threads intended for beginners so that you have some basic knowledge of how everything fits together. But you won't need to know very much compared to developing and supporting a custom ROM for others. If you're lazy.. you could just pick a custom ROM at random and follow the installation instructions in the custom ROM thread.
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