I've been seeing those words a LOT in recent threads.
Any detailed explanation on them please?
Any detailed explanation on them please?
Berzerker said:De-odex: Apk files have respective odexes that devs use to supposedly save space. Deodexing means you convert it back to a .dex file and put it back inside the apk. This allows you to easily replace files (not having to worry about odexes), but the main point was to deodex services.jar so that you can change all text to different colors (such as the clock color to white) and to deodex services.jar, you need to deodex everything.
Related question also....
- Which can live with which? (Deodexed ROM + Odexed Theme? or Odexed ROM + Deodexed Theme?)
You know, like type O is universal donor and type AB is universal recipient...do these work similar or only deodexed with deodexed...?
(where is that darn wiki??)
Dear GOD,
Please come down from heaven and explain by some magic show what the hell these deodexed and odexed means?
Thank you,
A non-believer.
Related question also....
- Which can live with which? (Deodexed ROM + Odexed Theme? or Odexed ROM + Deodexed Theme?)
You know, like type O is universal donor and type AB is universal recipient...do these work similar or only deodexed with deodexed...?
(where is that darn wiki??)
Dear GOD,
Please come down from heaven and explain by some magic show what the hell these deodexed and odexed means?
Thank you,
A non-believer.
I have a regular odexed ROM. I replace some of the apk+odex files by deodexed APK's, so that seems to be no problem. But I was wondering whether this would also work for jar+odex files (e.g. android.policy.jar)....
<InigoMontoya>You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.</InigoMontoya>
Thanks for the explanations, all. I just rooted my D2 but haven't done any themes yet. This helps, but only from the standpoint of I'll have to get back into flashing. I thought I left that behind when I trashed my Omnia.
Question to the room: Do I need this deodexing thing just to install apps and run the wifi tether (the whole reason I'm venturing into root territory to begin with)? I don't care what it looks like, I just want it to provide wifi to my soon-to-be-rooted Nook Color. Thanks in advance.
Dear GOD,
Please come down from heaven and explain by some magic show what the hell these deodexed and odexed means?
Thank you,
A non-believer.
Dear GOD,
Please come down from heaven and explain by some magic show what the hell these deodexed and odexed means?
Thank you,
A non-believer.
Related question also....
- Which can live with which? (Deodexed ROM + Odexed Theme? or Odexed ROM + Deodexed Theme?)
You know, like type O is universal donor and type AB is universal recipient...do these work similar or only deodexed with deodexed...?
(where is that darn wiki??)
Dear GOD,
Please come down from heaven and explain by some magic show what the hell these deodexed and odexed means?
Thank you,
A non-believer.
Deodexed ROMs have their .apk's (which are basically the application packages) repackaged in a certain way. An "odex" can be thought of as a collection of parts of applications that have been pulled out and optimized before booting. This speeds up the boot process - in a way, it preloads part of the applications - but it also makes hacking those apps difficult because part of the original code is already extracted somewhere else.
Deodexing is just a process of putting those pieces back into the original applications. It takes a while to extract those parts and build the .dex cache (aka Dalvik cache), but only because the relevant parts aren't in an easy-to-access place for the system. The advantage of this is that an app can be modified effectively and the developer doesn't have to worry about conflicts from the separate odex part of the code.
So, short version: "Deodexed" ROMs have all their apps put back together. If an app can be themed, for example, a deodexed version of that app will not get messed up when the modified .apk tries to mesh with the odex of the original un-modified .apk. Because it's not there.
If you want an aftermarket theme, you need a deodexed ROM. I'm not sure if deodexing can be done to individual apps within a non-deodexed ROM.
I think that's the general idea, anyway.
I simply remember it this way:
De-odexed = Changable
Odexed = NOT Changable
Related question also....
- Which can live with which? (Deodexed ROM + Odexed Theme? or Odexed ROM + Deodexed Theme?)
You know, like type O is universal donor and type AB is universal recipient...do these work similar or only deodexed with deodexed...?
(where is that darn wiki??)
Berzerker said:De-odex: Apk files have respective odexes that devs use to supposedly save space. Deodexing means you convert it back to a .dex file and put it back inside the apk. This allows you to easily replace files (not having to worry about odexes), but the main point was to deodex services.jar so that you can change all text to different colors (such as the clock color to white) and to deodex services.jar, you need to deodex everything.