[Q] How to manually edit ROM files - Huawei Ideos X5 U8800

i am very much concerned about using perfect things, i used alot of different ROMS both with .32 and .35 kernel, none was perfect even all the stock ROMs available does have something to hate about,
my question is Cant we manually edit Stock ROMs (Update.APP) and Custom ROMs and select few important and better apps and replace with unwanted apps in roms?
in this way we can manage to create a new ROM as per our requirements....

Can't do it with stock roms unless you install, root, delete apps from /system/app.
With custom rom, just use 7-zip in windows to open zip file and delete apps you don't want from /system/app and /data if it is there. Copy your own apps in and then install.

There is a perl script to extract system.img from update.app, but i dont think there is a way to pack again

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APK autoinstall after flashing NAND ROM?

Hey guys. I have a question. When I used to use the SD Android, I used to put my APKs in the AndroidApp folder and it installed with Android. I flash different NAND Android ROMs often to my HD2 to test out which one I like. Is there a way I can do this with the NAND version? Can I somehow add them in? Thanks guys!
im not sure how to with a nand version to install your apps when you flash the rom to your phone, but you can add them all to your rom after flash, have all your apks in a file on your sd card, use root explorer and navigate to that file, use multi-select and pick all your apks, now goto /system/app. paste all your apks there. after that power off your phone and turn it back on, now they should all get installed, so boot time will longer only this time thou.
now with a cwm version rom, you'll need to unzip the rom, goto system/app, put your apks there. rezip the rom and flash it to your phone how you would with cwm version.
i can't say these ways will work for you with your roms but with mine, i have had luck.

Changing Rom contents before Flashing -CM7 RC4

What I would like to know is before flashing a Rom, CM7 RC4, is it possible to unzip the ROM, Remove some apps I dont want, add some that I do, Re-Zip & flash.
Will it still work?
Thanks.
dont unzip the file open it in winrar etc and then remove the files u need and put the files u need in but just to let u now that not all the file u prop will not work as some apps dont like bein put in system apps and will force close or even not load
Thanks, might not add any as I can install them after I flash the rom but there are 1 or 2 I would remove.
Will give it a shot.

[Q] Custom ROM-cannot remove all bloatware

Hello,
(My rom is based on stock "Acer_A500_0.000.00_4.010.42_EMEA_GEN3")
I have been building a custom rom for the A500. Everything has been going well. I removed most of the bloatware and added more features, but I have an issue that I have been unable to resolve.
When the custom rom(and the original stock) is flashed on the A500 there are several apps that are extracted to following folder. (On the device itself)
/system/vendor/app/
APKInstaller.apk
CheckerLunch.apk
FixWifi.apk
KoboAcer.apk
xt9.apk
While most these apps are OK, I want to remove KoboAcer.apk from the rom. But when looking for KoboAcer.apk at "\update\system\vendor\"inside the rom, its not there.
There is no app folder inside the vendor folder, just a dummy file inside the vendor folder called fake.txt
So my question is…
How do I remove KoboAcer.apk from the rom file?(No, I do not want to manually remove apps from the device after the flash).
Where is KoboAcer.apk being installed/extracted from during the flash process?
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks!
OK, I found KoboAcer.apk’s location, but I still don’t know how to remove it. By analyzing a backup of the ROM, I discovered that KoboAcer.apk is located in the flexrom (flexrom.img). My problem, is that I don’t know how to unpack flexrom.img and repack it without KoboAcer.apk
Could a ROM developers help me? I am stuck with the flexrom and I can’t find a tutorial/post.
Thanks!
Try to remove if using Titanium Backup.

[Q] CWM backup-->flashable rom?

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).
9steele9 said:
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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[Q] Understanding Meta-Inf folder

So i pulled stock system folder and deodexed, zipaligned and signed.
Wanted to try flash it by twrp. So i copied one of custom roms meta inf folder but i get sysmapfile error.
Created certificates with signapk but there is no update-binary and update-script file. So i searched and learnt sth about update-script but what is exactly update-binary do? How can i edit for my rom or create one? can i use one of them with all devices rom?
Btw editing update-script didnt solve my sysmapfile error. Can someone guide me about meta-inf folder? All other articles just tells using another roms meta inf but it simply didnt work for me.
The update-binary file is different from one ROM to the next. For example, a CyanogenMod binary will be different from one in a custom ROM based off stock. In general, look at http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Doc:_About_Edify for an explanation of what the binary is. You will need to pull a binary from a custom ROM based off stock, preferably from the same version of Android.

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