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[Q] Can someone tell me how to Deodex my phone?

Hey guys,
First of all I wanna say how frustrated I am with how slow the development of themes and roms is going. I'm so anxious to unleash the BEAST inside of the Fascinate. It's an amazing phone with so much potential, but it just needs a few things. I had an Incredible since it came out, and the options were endless with roms/themes/kernels, you name it. Nevertheless, I won't complain because I'm not a dev and I have so much respect for those guys.
Anyway, I'm really looking to port over some themes from a few other different phones. However, from what I understand my phone needs to be deodexed. Can someone tell me how to go about doing this? Any help would be great!

nshemi714 said:
Hey guys,
First of all I wanna say how frustrated I am with how slow the development of themes and roms is going. I'm so anxious to unleash the BEAST inside of the Fascinate. It's an amazing phone with so much potential, but it just needs a few things. I had an Incredible since it came out, and the options were endless with roms/themes/kernels, you name it. Nevertheless, I won't complain because I'm not a dev and I have so much respect for those guys.
Anyway, I'm really looking to port over some themes from a few other different phones. However, from what I understand my phone needs to be deodexed. Can someone tell me how to go about doing this? Any help would be great!
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I believe you soak it thoroughly in white vinegar for a few hours, then let it dry and you should be good.

nshemi714 said:
Hey guys,
First of all I wanna say how frustrated I am with how slow the development of themes and roms is going...Nevertheless, I won't complain because I'm not a dev and I have so much respect for those guys.
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Hmmm, really now?
If you're that anxious, quit your job and start developing fascinate ROMs full time.
I'm sure these guys are doing their best, and it's only been a few weeks.
We have root and clockwork so far, the rest will be coming soon.

Wow, I love how quickly the flaming starts. I stated in my first post about how I appreciate everything the devs are doing, I'm just anxious that's all. I thought by asking a question like this I'd get some productive feedback from someone so that I could start theming my phone. But apparently that's not the case.
So does anyone want to help or does everyone just want to flame me?
Thanks
Sent from my SCH-I500 using XDA App

You guys flaming must be really bored. Of all the posts that deserve a jab, his seemed pretty innocuous.
Anyway, I have deodexed other android phones (Incredible, Droid X) and the manual process was, if not brutal, at least time consuming and buggy. Better to just wait for one of those developers you were good naturedly poking for some advice to release a pre-deodexed zip.

nshemi714 said:
Wow, I love how quickly the flaming starts. I stated in my first post about how I appreciate everything the devs are doing, I'm just anxious that's all. I thought by asking a question like this I'd get some productive feedback from someone so that I could start theming my phone. But apparently that's not the case.
So does anyone want to help or does everyone just want to flame me?
Thanks
Sent from my SCH-I500 using XDA App
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Hey, no need for flaming anyone. We understand that the process is moving slowly. We just have other things that we want to get finished first. There are a few people just trying to get the kernel to boot from the source samsung posted. There has already been some breakthroughs, wifi and sound is what they are working on now.
As for roms, fallingup posted a semi-clean rom. It's not deodexed, but it gets rid of alot of the bloatware.
Matt4542 is trying to get his running and it is deodexed, he is also trying to find a phone lol.....
frost posted a nextheme remix, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788294
I posted a mod to get your lockscreen back to stock http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=791089
We pretty much all work other places, so no one is fully giving their time. This weekend i'm sure we will have some more progress. So just go out and enjoy your weekend and when you come back on monday hopefully there will be some new stuff.
Edit : feel free to join the #samsung-fascinate irc chat room on freenode, its the best place to keep up with the movement.

Thanks so much guys for the info. I wouldn't call myself a newbie when it comes to this stuff but I don't think I'm ready to take on this project alone.
So I'll just wait patiently like I have been and try theming some other ways. Thanks for posting the manup theme and the stock lock screen. Those lookpretty good. I can't wait for a good aosp rom!
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THIS is the guide that I found the other day, however I've been working 12+hr days all week so I haven't given it a go yet, but I should have time Sunday if you are nervous.

Just found this
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/sa...5-frost-remix-nextheme-samsung-fascinate.html

Didn't know about the lock screen mod, many thanks!

Finally got xultimate working and is deodexing right now, will let everyone know if it works..
Hmm getting an error on the last vzwlbs file..

bblanski said:
Finally got xultimate working and is deodexing right now, will let everyone know if it works..
Hmm getting an error on the last vzwlbs file..
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If you get past the error on vzwlbs.odex at the framework part, let me know.

frostman89 said:
If you get past the error on vzwlbs.odex at the framework part, let me know.
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Yup I am going to work on it when I get home..
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Just skip the vzwlbs files. They have issues. Xeudoxus confirmed VZW's ****ty code is producing the errors. Just so you know I already tried this and applying the deodexed files borked my phone. I had to odin system. It may have been my method of applying the files. I believe it's best to do it in recovery. Best of luck. I hope you get it working.

Also had similarly bad success here. Pushed the deodex'ed files back into system/app and system/framework, and removed all odex files except the vzwlbs.odex.
Phone got black screen after the VZW boot up animation.

Let mine run and I am up and running... I also didn't put in the vzwlbs bs. Do I need them for something?? LMK if I am missing something. New to this
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About vzwlbs:
http://www.directionsmag.com/articles/verizon-wireless-3rd-party-lbs-developer-program-thezon/122964
It's their stupid developer program, that give us such greatness as VZNavigator or VZCast...

timeToy said:
About vzwlbs:
http://www.directionsmag.com/articles/verizon-wireless-3rd-party-lbs-developer-program-thezon/122964
It's their stupid developer program, that give us such greatness as VZNavigator or VZCast...
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Don't use that stuff anyhow, so far no issues!!!!

bblanski said:
Let mine run and I am up and running... I also didn't put in the vzwlbs bs. Do I need them for something?? LMK if I am missing something. New to this
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Works after reboot? Would be nice if you can upload your compiled files, as I think I might have messed something up if I couldn't boot lol.

frostman89 said:
Works after reboot? Would be nice if you can upload your compiled files, as I think I might have messed something up if I couldn't boot lol.
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Just rebooted and it is fine. tell me what you need and how to do it...

Blurry Bread

Is anyone out there using Drod's blurrybread rom? If so, is the CRT animation enabled? Or can I just use the same file I used for the stock gingerbread for it?

Yes. Yes. and Yes it works well.. ..I'm not sure what file your referring to for stock gingerbread though.

I was refering to the zip file that I flashed to enable it for the stock gb but since it's already there I wont need it. I'll be flashing as soon as I can

+1 for blurrybread.
My only complaint so far, is my swype license doesn't want to stick around after reboots and has to be regenerated.

Jmoney47 said:
I was refering to the zip file that I flashed to enable it for the stock gb but since it's already there I wont need it. I'll be flashing as soon as I can
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Oh ok. Well yeah if needed that can be flashed again.

anyone know if blurrybread is going to be updated to the official GB release? i really like it and don't really want to load the official until drod has had his way with it.

I could be wrong...but Im pretty sure drod said on twitter that hes developing solely for the thunderbolt now.
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Yep looks like that..he doesn't even reply to inquiries ..beginning to hate these devs..

ram130 said:
Yep looks like that..he doesn't even reply to inquiries ..beginning to hate these devs..
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That seems to be a characteristic for almost all the devs these days. No offence to their work, but they could be a lot more supportive of their followers

Jmoney47 said:
That seems to be a characteristic for almost all the devs these days. No offence to their work, but they could be a lot more supportive of their followers
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Yep or at least say "im moving on" or not working on it again in their thread damn .

well... that's a bumber. at least it didn't seem like he had done a ton with blurry bread anyway. hopefully someone with the skills will do the same. it was really just some "basic" tweaks to the base rom. nothing particularly major. i'd do it but don't have that level of skill... but surely someone out there will do something similar. i hope at least.

[ANDROID] [DUMP] Android Touchpad System and Images (UPDATED 26-AUG-11 )

I dont know if anyone cares or not but I believe the more people gets on in this the better and we also get to achieve android faster. I wonder if their are any devs on XDA that wants the android system dump from off the touchpad. Hopefully we can put this to good use. Apprently people from all over are dumping and those few people wasnt the only ones.
I DID NOT DUMP THIS ROM!!! I FOUND IT ON THE NET!! IM ONLY POSTING IT BECAUSE I DONT SEE IT HERE. I TAKE NO CREDIT FOR THIS!
Otherwise ENJOY
NEW DUMP:http://www.multiupload.com/BO2JSPTVB0
BTW this is a froyo dump
*UPDATED NEW DUMP LINK

Hope this is real. Would probably be a nice jump-start.

It is real.. sad part it I cant do anything with it.. but I wanna learn how to.

I'm downloading it now, we'll see what I can do with it. I've silently been compiling Dalvik and Chrome OS for the TouchPad and have a decent amount of experience with Assembly, cross-compiling, Java, etc. Let's get this **** done.

I guess there is some stupid bounty and everyone wants to be selfish and aim for the money. So it would be nice to get groups all over without other people yelling and trying to shut others down.

While pretty, this is utterly useless. It seems to have some userspace drivers like Wifi (woot) but it's missing the boot.img which contains the kernel. The hard part about porting Android is compiling the kernel, and this depressingly doesn't have it. All this is is a more helpful version of arm-linux-androideabi- compiled system, which is pretty normal. At least IMHO :\ I'd love to be told otherwise, though.

Smith7018 said:
While pretty, this is utterly useless. It seems to have some userspace drivers like Wifi (woot) but it's missing the boot.img which contains the kernel. The hard part about porting Android is compiling the kernel, and this depressingly doesn't have it. All this is is a more helpful version of arm-linux-androideabi- compiled system, which is pretty normal. At least IMHO :\ I'd love to be told otherwise, though.
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Did you check the update with the images... is that any good?

Metalshadowx2 said:
Did you check the update with the images... is that any good?
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Ah, no I did not! Downloading now, will report back soon!

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Ah, no I did not! Downloading now, will report back soon!
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ok thanks for helping out. I been scanning the net so any new updates ill post here.

Alright, I can't look much more right now, but what I can tell you is that this dump has the boot.img (8.img), the system.img and the user data.img (either 12 or 13.img). It may also have a modem (?) of some sort, I've never seen the files before but looking at them, they appear to be the modem to the Evo 3D. That makes this a little...... odd?

i think the evo 3d and sensaton have the same processor as the touchpad wonder if that have something to do with what you seeing

Smith7018 said:
Alright, I can't look much more right now, but what I can tell you is that this dump has the boot.img (8.img), the system.img and the user data.img (either 12 or 13.img). It may also have a modem (?) of some sort, I've never seen the files before but looking at them, they appear to be the modem to the Evo 3D. That makes this a little...... odd?
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you reckon? Any more developments?

moxdown said:
you reckon? Any more developments?
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We dont have anyone else looking into besides Smith so no but im thankful for what hes doing.

Well it looks like Mr. Smith is the big swinging **** in the room. Since I don't know jack crap about building these ROMs I will say Thank you Sir, Looking forward to the outcome of this!!!

Thank you for posting this here, OP.

Well, I work 9-5 at a computer company so I do have to get some work done I have a good amount of reverse engineering history, programming, and hacking around history, so this is pretty fun for me.
Some random observations:
This IS from Qualcomm, there are a lot of files that mention it and even two apk's that are by them.
HP obviously had a hand in this because the device is called Topaz in the build.prop file, which was HP's codename for it.
I'll look more into it now

skantman69 said:
Well it looks like Mr. Smith is the big swinging **** in the room. Since I don't know jack crap about building these ROMs I will say Thank you Sir, Looking forward to the outcome of this!!!
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HAHAHAHA From the bottom of my heart, thank you "big swinging ****"!

Smith7018 said:
Well, I work 9-5 at a computer company so I do have to get some work done I have a good amount of reverse engineering history, programming, and hacking around history, so this is pretty fun for me.
Some random observations:
This IS from Qualcomm, there are a lot of files that mention it and even two apk's that are by them.
HP obviously had a hand in this because the device is called Topaz in the build.prop file, which was HP's codename for it.
I'll look more into it now
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12 is system, 13 is data, from what I have seen.

I've built a signed "custom ROM" but I'm not too sure what to do with it I'll have to look into how Doctor'ing works. Anyone know the probability of bricking the device with it?

Smith7018 said:
I've built a signed "custom ROM" but I'm not too sure what to do with it I'll have to look into how Doctor'ing works. Anyone know the probability of bricking the device with it?
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What do you mean you've built a signed custom rom ?
We need to try get it in a format for webos doctor. Think we need to use that tool to flash

[Request] Official Multiwindow on Tab 2

Hey guys, as we all now there is a multiwindow feature on the s3/note2.
I would like to have this feature on the tab 2 (10.1) too. Are there any devs who would take a look at it? By maybe porting it?
I saw some apps but don't realy like it.

*bump*

HAKANN said:
*bump*
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maybe u can use Sungsonic HD rom, they're in the works multi windows.

viktorlucky said:
maybe u can use Sungsonic HD rom, they're in the works multi windows.
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but not fully fumctional

Supersonic hd is very buggy, i tried it just for the multiwindow and it was a waste of time cause depositefile server is REALLY slow.
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So... anybody ?

Well el_venga I will await the rom you are building. Dont dis peoples free dev work on a dev site. If you want something then learn to do it. This isnt what this site is about. Whining about something gets you nowhere. This site is a place for you to learn how to do stuff yourself. It seems more and more people are coming here to "pimp" their phone.
sent from MY BAD A$$ ET4G

I think this feature is kinda complicated to port, since you need to mess up a lot of things in framework (I mean, I don't think it's possible in an easy way like porting to stock without messing up a lot of things).
For example, I like the lockscreen from S3, but lockscreen is something terrible to do inside the framework in this case (yes, I've already tried to port, even for galaxy nexus).

There are 2 Dual Screen apps in Google Play that work well.

Can you tell me the name?

patrao_n said:
Well el_venga I will await the rom you are building. Dont dis peoples free dev work on a dev site. If you want something then learn to do it. This isnt what this site is about. Whining about something gets you nowhere. This site is a place for you to learn how to do stuff yourself. It seems more and more people are coming here to "pimp" their phone.
sent from MY BAD A$$ ET4G
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im not whining. its a fact. i gave my opinion about the rom cause i tested it and it has bugs. other users in the same section said it also and we are just waiting. i mentioned the waste of time cause of depositefiles, not the rom. i have 2mbps connection at work and it was WAY lower than 256kbps. i test a lot of roms for my devices and i never whine about it. dont judge me for a misunderstanding. i apoligize if i offended you in anyway.
btw i am a programmer, not of this kind of software, but i am, and i know what it takes to do what devs do. have a nice day.

I apologize as well. Lately on my phomes forum there a lot of new people requesting the hell out of stuff and complainimg about everything. I program too at work.
sent from MY BAD A$$ ET4G

Devs Register (Please Report In) ; )

There are some really truly great devs in previous version of our beloved nexus devices, And would like to please ask DEVS! To put your HANDS UP if you are going to show your support & efforts in the HTC Nexus 9 :good:
Thank you.
So excited ? ?

I should be able to develop some stuff.

I will try to make an kernel
for the fun and to learn how

I'm not a dev, I just know how to do stuff. But I'll be supporting the n9
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USBhost said:
I will try to make an kernel
for the fun and to learn how
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jd1639 said:
I'm not a dev, I just know how to do stuff. But I'll be supporting the n9
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Top man !
@joshuabg I appreciated the work you done on the nvidia shield tablet (sent it back) so just a thank you

Maybe @flar2 can help you people out :wink:
flar2 said:
Nexus 9 looks great, will order as soon as it's available. Better screen size, 64bit, and doubletap2wake. A little anxious about Tegra, I never liked the earlier Tegra devices as much as Qualcomm stuff.
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Im ready for preorder too!!!! i need that gorgeous screen sitting on my desk asap ;D~

i9100g user said:
Maybe @flar2 can help you people out :wink:
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Don't worry he will be here

I'm hoping against hope, that the 2nd HTC Nexus device will be as OTA FM radio capable as the Nexus One was.

i9100g user said:
Maybe @flar2 can help you people out :wink:
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Looking @flar2 devices look good right
HTC One (m8)*•*HTC One (m7)*•*HTC One XL*•*HTC One S*•*Motorola Xoom*•Nexus 7 (2013)*•*Nexus 5
Perfect match, pretty sure he will be here

I have not done any dev work in a long time, and not on nexus but I am going to try to learn how to and release something

MadMax said:
I have not done any dev work in a long time, and not on nexus but I am going to try to learn how to and release something
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Same there

MadMax said:
I have not done any dev work in a long time, and not on nexus but I am going to try to learn how to and release something
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Same there
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How different do you think Lolipop will be to build for vs Kitkat. I know Lolipop has alot of security.

joshuabg said:
How different do you think Lolipop will be to build for vs Kitkat. I know Lolipop has alot of security.
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Tbh, I have no idea, I use to port sense software, never did much else. I have been wanting to learn so I guess it a better time then never right now

joshuabg said:
How different do you think Lolipop will be to build for vs Kitkat. I know Lolipop has alot of security.
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First off don't build with the security
when i make my own kernel it will not have SELinux on

MadMax said:
Tbh, I have no idea, I use to port sense software, never did much else. I have been wanting to learn so I guess it a better time then never right now
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I usually just port Custom Rom's to devices. Not really port I guess, just have to change the device tree. Do a little bit of kernel stuff to.

I don't consider myself a dev, but I will be getting one of these, once the "Sand" version is available.
I am wondering how much more difficult everything is going to be between Lollipop/SELinux and 64-bit capability.
This will be my first Nexus device as well - closest I've had up to now is running GPE on my M8.

Captain_Throwback said:
I don't consider myself a dev, but I will be getting one of these, once the "Sand" version is available.
I am wondering how much more difficult everything is going to be between Lollipop/SELinux and 64-bit capability.
This will be my first Nexus device as well - closest I've had up to now is running GPE on my M8.
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The bootloader will be unlocked so much will be possible. If you've never had a nexus device you're in for a treat!
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Well I thought I'd jump in here and say that this is the device that I'm getting to learn the basis of Java. So I guess I'm like a future dev?

skalsson said:
Well I thought I'd jump in here and say that this is the device that I'm getting to learn the basis of Java. So I guess I'm like a future dev?
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aren't we all
Im the same as you
time to learn how to hack a kernel