Finally!! Now i can polish my custom ROM for DEFY....! BIG THANX!
That SK17i...ftf package is stock firmware for my Xperia Mini Pro.By opeing it i have extracted system.sin file.
You will need ftf package of stock firmware of your Galaxy3 as you mentioned in your signature.
Also re install cygwin Completely and add kitchen files in cygwin/home/<YourUserNameOf PC>/kitchen to remove that error.
so this is kinda bit off topic, but ive not seen enough threads to be online before when you are. So carpe diem time. Thank you for your Kitchen dsixda!!!! Your awesome and so I thank you for all your hard work!! Also neroyoung, thanks for the guide!! I love it and thank you for all your hardwork too!!!Hi neroyoung,
I'm just wondering why you have re-packaged an old version of my kitchen, rather than linking straight from the GitHub repository itself. You should also provide a link to the kitchen FAQ, which has the answers to the issues that users like above are most definitely going to ask about.
Please use these links, and straight from the source not older buggy versions that have been WinZip'ed by someone else:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=633246
https://github.com/dsixda/Android-Kitchen/archives/master
Thanks
so this is kinda bit off topic, but ive not seen enough threads to be online before when you are. So carpe diem time. Thank you for your Kitchen dsixda!!!! Your awesome and so I thank you for all your hard work!! Also neroyoung, thanks for the guide!! I love it and thank you for all your hardwork too!!!
Any chance of doing one for ubuntu too?? Or someone??
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium
I will be definitely sneaking in these tutorials when the wife isn't around. She hates that I am on my phone all the time. I guess it's going to get worse from here on out...
Download the tools as per your need.Link is given in the name itself below....
- Flashtool - For Flashing stock ROM if anything goes wrong (Download link in the installation tab of website)
- apktool Direct Download- for editing apk files and jar files (you can use APK manager but apktool is simpler)
- Cywign Direct Download- Linus Terminal For Windows
- ROM Kitchen (ROM Development Tool) Direct Download- For Cooking custom ROM + boot.img related tools - to edit boot.img files (Its inside the ROM Kitchen Files, Please update this Kitchen to latest version its out dated now,for this use inbuilt updater of kitchen)
- Official Link to kitchen dxda Kitchen - Official Thread and Github source Please refer FAQ on official thread for Kitchen related problems
- ftf-extractor Direct Download- It will extract system files from the ftf package which you will use to make your ROM
- fastboot Direct Download- For flashing kernel to your device
- DoomLords Easy Root Kit v4 Direct Download- To Root Stock/Custom ROM
- Demo META-INF Folder Direct Download- For Making Flashable zip files
- DroidExplorer - For advance tools regarding real time phone memory handling through windows.
- Flashable Zip Demo Direct Download- For those who want to just apply some stuffs through CWM
- Customized build.prop demo - Download Build.prop
- Post #9 download link - All In One Tweaker By Nero Young
Introduction
This video gives information about the basic tools for ROM development.
Tools will be uploaded once the tutorial is completed.And the links will be posted in 1st post.This tutorial is for all kinds of devices.No matter what your device is ... you can use this tutorial...
Though ftf files are only for Xperia devcies which are used in flashtool to flash stock ROMs to Xperia devices.If you have other device the don't get confused if you will not ftf file for your device.Try other sources to get system files.
Settings Up Cygwin And Kitchen
This video teaches you how to setup Cygwin And Kitchen.The softwares told in this video can be downloaded from first post
Setting Up Remaining Tools (ftf extractor,flashtool,fastboot etc)
This video teaches you how to setup all remaining files and folders...
Universal method for obtaining system folder (Root needed)This tutorial guides you how to extract system folder from .ftf packages and get system folder for your custom ROM easily.
For this we have used ftf extractor.
Though you can flash your device,install stock ROM root it and then copy all system file to SD Card and get the system folder.This is universal method and can be done easily using terminal emulator.
For this simply download Terminal Emulator from Android Market.
Install it on your freshly flashed device as stated above.
Open it and type:
su
This will give root permission to your terminal emulator.
Then type:
tar -c system/* >> sdcard/system.tar
This will copy all your /system folder to your SDcard with name System.tar
This will take some time to finish so be patient.
After it's done you should have a tar file in your /sdcard named system.tar
You can extract it using Winrar or 7zip software. But yes this will have huge size , as it has other useless folders so you will have to delete them. After extracting this system.tar file you will get following folders (Similar one)
Now simply delete the folders marked in red color and its done.Don't worry if you don't have folders with red colors above,we don't need them.Code:/app /bin /etc /fonts /framework /lib [COLOR="Red"]/lost-found[/COLOR] /media [COLOR="Red"]/sd[/COLOR] /semc /usr /xbin build.prop [COLOR="Red"]And some other files and folders like ""autorooted,kernel files" etc[/COLOR]
And the final files that we will have in our system folders will be
Now thats all...Code:/app /bin /etc /fonts /framework /lib /media /semc /usr /xbin build.prop
Use this pre rooted ROM as your base now and have fun in tweaking and customizing .... Hope this is simplest method that you could ever find...
Extracting .FTF FileTry this method if ftf extractor is failing for ICS. And note that ftf files are only for sony models.
Only For GB ROM AND XPERIA DEVICES !
You can optinally try flashtool to edit .sin files from ftf files. Just install latest flashtool and go to advance menu. then choose sin file editor, choose desired ftf file and then dump the system folder.
Another methods to get system folder.
Getting StartedThis tutorial will tell you how to setup working folder in kitchen and how to root your ROM,change name,add busy box etc.
This is pre requirement on ROM development.So this video will continue after total customization is done !
After this video you can jump to next post to proceed with customization and then come back to setup to second video in this post so you can continue packing of system folder in flashable zip
Finalizing ROMThis video shows you how to finalize making zip file of your ROM and use it for flashing.
Editing .APK Files
This video teaches you how to setup APKTOOL folder as well as teaches you how to edit .apk files.
Editing .JAR FilesIn this next video you will get information on how to edit .jar files like services.jar using APKTOOL.