I want to start building my own rom where do i start?

[cammykool]

allright as a test i put jerrys build.prop back in and its bootlooping at peeping androie

 

[sellers86]

See why I said nandroid

 

[cammykool]

i have a nandroid

 

[cammykool]

all i did was add a theme and swapped the file manager in system/app and changed build.prop to say GracieMod insted of BACKside

 

[sellers86]

all i did was add a theme and swapped the file manager in system/app and changed build.prop to say GracieMod insted of BACKside

Ive never worked from a zip or modified the build.prop so I couldnt tell you whats wrong. Run a logcat through adb while it boot loops and post it to pastebin.com and put the link here

 

[cammykool]

i dont know how to use adb thru cmd

 

[sellers86]

i dont know how to use adb thru cmd

Do you have sdk installed? If not, you should go through the forums and get adb running. It will help a lot

 

[cammykool]

figured it out

 

[cammykool]

logcat:

c:\SDK\platform-tools>adb logcat - waiting for device - link_image[1962]: 8 - Pastebin.com

 

[cammykool]

so where do i start

 

[JerryScript]

It looks like you borked the system folder when you made your changes. That's why it's better to use a decompiler like apkmanager instead of just using an archive manager like 7zip. I believe you can do it with just 7zip, but be sure you have everything set to "store" and you don't attempt to sign the frameworks-res.apk or the systemui.apk, you don't resign system files.

If you do post something like this, please post it as a themed BACKside-IHO like the ICS themed version was at xda. Once you make significant changes to the workings of the ROM, or build from IHO source with whatever changes you like, then you can post your work as your ROM.

Of course, you can always build from IHO source and post your own ROM as pure IHO as well!

And there's still a need for an AOSP port, I'm sure a lot of people would love to see one for the OV!

 

[anthonycr]

It looks like you borked the system folder when you made your changes. That's why it's better to use a decompiler like apkmanager instead of just using an archive manager like 7zip. I believe you can do it with just 7zip, but be sure you have everything set to "store" and you don't attempt to sign the frameworks-res.apk or the systemui.apk, you don't resign system files.

If you do post something like this, please post it as a themed BACKside-IHO like the ICS themed version was at xda. Once you make significant changes to the workings of the ROM, or build from IHO source with whatever changes you like, then you can post your work as your ROM.

Of course, you can always build from IHO source and post your own ROM as pure IHO as well!

And there's still a need for an AOSP port, I'm sure a lot of people would love to see one for the OV!

I don't know how he borked it, because I do that thing every time I flash your new builds, just hecaude I like to switch ouf some stuff and theme it up. I've never had a problem except one time when I switched the framework-res.apk from harmonia and put it into backside, but that was understandable.

 

[anthonycr]

here's my modded launcher if you still want it

 

[cammykool]

will someone point me on the right direction? iver browsed the biulding your own rom thread with getting nothinbg out of it how do ibuild a rom like that with all the drivers and such....

 

[cammykool]

alright i lkooked at both and its alot of gibberish aosp requires gelal stuff and i dont wanna brick any phoes with IHO witch is why i planned to start with basicilly a modded backside and move away from kit with bnevery build so in a month maby no traces of the orifional rom will be therewhat did i do to bork my system folder

 

[cammykool]

im gonna take my GB backup to a hacksaw with this tut maby ill have a good GracieMod posted bvy the end of the week

[GUIDE] The Noobs Guide to Android ROM'ing - xda-developers

and i will use jerrys post in the building your own rom theead if i could run ubuntu in a program like VMware there is no video/audo/wireless drivers for my actual hardware for ubuntu can i virtual macine it?

 

[JerryScript]

Use WiBu, it's an installer you use in Windows to set up a virtual partition with Ubuntu on it. If you mess up, it's a simple Windows uninstall, so there's really no way to bork your box.

 

[cammykool]

I've done that.. u can get online. Everything is bliated and sound doesn't work. No drivers

 

[rukin5197]

I've done that.. u can get online. Everything is bliated and sound doesn't work. No drivers

Are you sure you didn't go into the ubuntu recovery? Lol

 

[JerryScript]

I've honestly never heard of anyone having issues using WiBu, sorry you had troubles.