I cant find any libs/modules in the kernel zip. There is only the zimage and gipo-keys.kl in system/usr/keylayout (and of course META-INF, but I think that isn't important).
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I cant find any libs/modules in the kernel zip. There is only the zimage and gipo-keys.kl in system/usr/keylayout (and of course META-INF, but I think that isn't important).
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he is looking at a samsung rom touch wiz and it uses zimage not the boot image like aosp roms do and you dont have to flash any other modules like wifi or lib files they are in the rom. the zimage is the kernel so just switching thoughs will work
so zimage from kernel zip file put in to rom.zip will do what he wants
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just swap zimage thats all and META-INF is used for the flashing process just leave it alone
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One more thing I am not yet clear about:
Do I have to copy the zimage from the kernel zip or from the extracted kernel and do I have place it in the working folder of the rom or in the rom zip (or does it not matter)?
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One more thing I am not yet clear about:
Do I have to copy the zimage from the kernel zip or from the extracted kernel and do I have place it in the working folder of the rom or in the rom zip (or does it not matter)?
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the easy way for would be to double click your kernel zip folder then double click your rom folder have them side by side and drag zimage from kernel zip in to rom zip and drop it when finished just close rom zip and flash now as for working folder im assuming your useing a kitchen whitch i would think it has a spot for kernel so if there is a spot with zimage i would say you shoild be able to change it there as well
So I guess I can copy it after adding root permissions and busybox (corect me if I am wrong)....
Two more questions:
1. Do I still have to add CWM or is it included in zimage?
2. My rom is about 850Mb large. I've seen other XWLS8 roms and they are 400-550Mb large.
So are there any tricks to reduce the size of my rom?
I think those are all questions for now
So I guess I can copy it after adding root permissions and busybox (corect me if I am wrong)....
Two more questions:
1. Do I still have to add CWM or is it included in zimage?
2. My rom is about 850Mb large. I've seen other XWLS8 roms and they are 400-550Mb large.
So are there any tricks to reduce the size of my rom?
I think those are all questions for now
yes after
yes cwm is in zimage
if you want smaller rom you can remove the apks not needed or the ones you do not need/use wallpapers,samsung apps ect. that is what most do for smaller rom sizes you can remove any app aslong as it is not needed to run the rom
I indeed found two more questions:
1. What's the difference between system/app and preload/symlink/system/app?
2. I've noticed that all other roms have a somewhere a file called "flash_image" but I can't find that file in my rom. So what is that file for and do I need it?
:1. What's the difference between system/app and preload/symlink/system/app?
2. I've noticed that all other roms have a somewhere a file called "flash_image" but I can't find that file in my rom. So what is that file for and do I need it?
I indeed found two more questions
1. What's the difference between system/app and preload/symlink/system/app?
2. I've noticed that all other roms have a somewhere a file called "flash_image" but I can't find that file in my rom. So what is that file for and do I need it?
answers
1.check this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2030594
2.i think flash_image is the reocovery like cwm from what i seen on google you can probably just use one from another rom though
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Hi,
How do I move the system apps to preload in the zip file of my rom? What do I have to change in META-INF and is anything else to do that it works? I use dsixda kitchen....that might make it easyer....
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Hi,
How do I move the system apps to preload in the zip file of my rom? What do I have to change in META-INF and is anything else to do that it works? I use dsixda kitchen....that might make it easyer....
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AW: [FAQ] HELP THREAD - Noob Friendly
Hi,
How do I move the system apps to preload in the zip file of my rom? What do I have to change in META-INF and is anything else to do that it works? I use dsixda kitchen....that might make it easyer....
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
Hi,
How do I move the system apps to preload in the zip file of my rom? What do I have to change in META-INF and is anything else to do that it works? I use dsixda kitchen....that might make it easyer....
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if you open the .zip file for your rom it should have a zimage file that is the kernel so if you want to swap just download a flashable zip of the kernel you want open it and there should be zimage, now put that zimage with the rom you want. you can do this with 7zip just double click to open dont extract the rom zip you can extract the kernel from the the kernel .zip and drag the zimage for th ekernel you want to the opened rom.zip then close and flash2
This is why people brick their devices when people that has no idea what their talking about give advice! First of all the kernel in a ROM comes as a boot.img and second you can't just switch out the zimage when their is more than the zimage for it to probably work. You need the modules as well... I would recommend you not give advice unless u either know 100% of what your talking about or don't give advice in these specific forums where noobs lurk and don't know good advice from bad....
Now to answer your question...
You have 2 options if your kernel comes as a boot.img just replace it with the one from the ROM and replace lib/modules from the kernel to the rom, and flash away...
The second option is if your kernel comes in a zimage and the ROM comes as a boot.img then you will have to unpack the boot.img from the rom and then replace the zimage and pack the boot.img but to do that you will need to be in Linux or VirtualBox... This can't be done thru windows, but recently there have been programs that can unpack the boot.img thru windows but I always use Linux.
So post how your kernel comes in either a boot.img or zimage and how the room has its kernel we can help u more after that.
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he is looking at a samsung rom touch wiz and it uses zimage not the boot image like aosp roms do and you dont have to flash any other modules like wifi or lib files they are in the rom. the zimage is the kernel so just switching thoughs will work
so zimage from kernel zip file put in to rom.zip will do what he wants
---------- Post added at 05:05 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:01 PM ----------
just swap zimage thats all and META-INF is used for the flashing process just leave it alone1
the easy way for would be to double click your kernel zip folder then double click your rom folder have them side by side and drag zimage from kernel zip in to rom zip and drop it when finished just close rom zip and flash now as for working folder im assuming your useing a kitchen whitch i would think it has a spot for kernel so if there is a spot with zimage i would say you shoild be able to change it there as well
