[Q]Noob question - does deodexed mean rooted?

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Not quite sure what deodexed means.... sorry for being such a noob.

No. deodexed from my understanding means that the apks and other files are "organized" so to speak. root means that you have superuser access so you can edit and change files and storage locations you normally would nit have access to. I know this all can be a bit overwhelming to start off with! And I am by no means an expert!

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Here you go >
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/...omplete-guide/

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Originally Posted by ThC23

Here you go >
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/...omplete-guide/

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Good post! described it better than anything I could find searching through xda! Thanks!

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Thank you both. I appreciate the help!

deodexed: APK have all their application packages put back together in one place, allowing for easy modification such as theming.
So before themeing it is essential to take a backup.
SystemUI.apk if using deodexed rom or SystemUI.apk and SystemUI.odex if using odexed.
Odexed systems are compressed and a bit less customizable than deodexed.
Now if you wanna know that your system is deodexed or not:
If you have root access, via Root Explorer or another root worthy file manager, to /system/app you can look at the file extensions and see ".apk" and ".odex" on devices which are "odexed."