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Cooking A Custom Rom Method 2.

Welcome To The Guide For Cooking Custom Roms Method-2.

Only For Windows Users.

SAMSUNG DEVICES EXPLAINED AS EASILY AS POSSIBLE.

THIS GUIDE WILL WORK FOR ANY ANDROID DEVICE, NO MATTER GINGERBREAD, ICS OR JELLY BEAN IF YOU HAVE ITS STOCK FIRMWARE.TAR FILE AND YOU KNOW TO EXTRACT THAT.

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WHOM WILL THIS TUTORIAL HELP?

ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS;

PEOPLE WITH LITTLE OR NO DEVELOPING SKILLS;

PEOPLE WHO WANT TO COOK THEIR OWN ROM N WANT TO TRY FEW BASIC MODS;

THUS, THIS TUTORIAL IS FOR ANYONE & EVERYONE.

PLZ NOTE EACH ONE OF YOU READING THIS POST I ASSUME YOU HAVE ALREADY READ ALL THE PREVIOUS POSTS/GUIDES TO SETUP YOUR COMPUTER/LAPTOP N HAVE DONE SAME ALREADY N THAT YOU ARE NOW READY TO COOK YOUR ROM.
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BASIC GO-THROUGH WITH THE TOOLS YOU WILL NEED.

JAVA;

CYGWIN;

ANDROID KITCHEN;

ODINATRIX;[Only For Samsung Devices]

SAMSUNG STOCK FIRMWARE.tar.md5 FILE;

Xperia ftf SYSTEM FILE;

NOTEPAD++;

PAINT.NET/GIMP IMAGE MANIPULATION PROGRAM/ADOBE PHOTOSHOP;

7-ZIP.

THE ACTUAL GUIDE STARTS HERE.

SAMSUNG USERS FOLLOW THESE STEPS:

DOWNLOAD ODINATRIX FROM THE FIRST POST;

EXTRACT IT ANYWHERE YOU LIKE[SAY c:/ODINATRIX];

DOWNLOAD THE LATEST STOCK FIRMWARE OF YOUR MOBILE FOR YOUR COUNTRY FROM XDA OR ANYWHERE IN THE INTERNET;

EXTRACT THE DOWNLOADED FILE, YOU WILL GET A SINGLE FILE NAMED XXXX_XXXXX_XXXX_HOME.tar.md5;

MOVE THE ABOVE FILE TO ROOT OF ODINATRIX FOLDER;

THUS THE ROOT OF ODINATRIX FOLDER SHOULD HAVE THESE FILES & FOLDERS:

DOUBLE CLICK ON runme TO OPEN ODINATRIX TOOL;

PRESS ENTER TO START THE SEARCH;

WHEN YOU SEE THAT YOUR FILE HAS BEEN FOUND AGAIN PRESS ENTER TO START THE EXTRACTION PROCESS;

WAIT FOR THE EXTRACTION PROCESS TO FINISH. IT MAY TAKE FEW MINUTES TO FINISH DEPENDING UPON YOUR COMPUTER'S SPEED.[MY LATEST HP LAPTOP TOOK NEAR BOT 10-11 MINUTES TO DO THE JOB.]

WHEN THE EXTRACTION IS FINISHED CLOSE THE CMD WINDOW N OPEN THE output FOLDER;

THERE YOU WILL GET 4-6[YOU MAY EVEN GET ONLY 3] .tar FILES ACCORDING TO YOUR MOBILE;

COPY THE ONE NAMED PDA_XXXX_XXXX_XXXX_HOME.tar & PASTE IT TO THE original_update FOLDER IN ANDROID KITCHEN FOLDER:

cygwin folder/home/your user name/kitchen/original_update

MINIMIZE THE EXPLORER WINDOW N RUN KITCHEN BY FOLLOWING THE STEPS BELOW.

OPEN THE CYGWIN TERMINAL FROM THE DESKTOP/START MENU SHORTCUT;

TYPE:

Code:

cd kitchen[PRESS ENTER] ./menu[PRESS ENTER]

TRICK-O-TREAT!!:D

PICTURE TUTORIAL:

AFTER THE KITCHEN STARTS PRESS THE OPTION 1;

NOW IGNORE EVERYTHING WRITTEN & SIMPLY PRESS ENTER;

WHEN YOU SEE YOUR PDA FILE SELECTED PRESS ENTER;

NO NEED TO CHANGE THE NAME OF YOUR WORKING FOLDER. JUST PRESS ENTER TO START THE EXTRACTION PROCESS;

NOW FOLLOW THE ONSCREEN GUIDE IN KITCHEN CAREFULLY TO GET SYSTEM FOLDER & ITS FILES.

AFTER DOING THE ABOVE STEP CORRECTLY YOU WILL AGAIN RETURN TO THE HOME OF KITCHEN IN CYGWIN, NOW ENTER OPTION 8;[THIS WILL SHOW WHAT FEATURES YOU HAVE IN YOUR ROM & WHAT YOU MAY ADD. IT WILL ALSO SHOW THE NAME OF YOUR ROM. THIS ALSO MAKES THE META-INF FOLDER APPEAR IN YOUR WORKING FOLDER]

THIS COMPLETES ALL YOUR REQUIREMENTS FOR COOKING THE ROM.

PRESS ENTER TO GO BACK TO KITCHEN MENU.

ENTER OPTION 0[ZERO]

ENTER DIFFERENT OPTIONS THERE TO ADD THOSE FEATURES IN YOUR ROM.

ENTER OPTION 0[ZERO] AGAIN TO GO BACK TO THE STARTING SCREEN OF KITCHEN.

OPTION 2 & 3 ARE ALMOST COMPULSORY AS A CUSTOM ROM WITHOUT ROOT N BUSY-BOX IS NOT LIKELY TO BE LIKED BY USERS.

ONCE YOU FINISH ADDING FEATURES AGAIN PRESS 8 TO SEE THE STATS OF YOUR ROM. PRESS ENTER TO RETURN BACK N PRESS OPTION 99 TO COOK THE ROM.

HERE ENTER OPTION 1.

GO THROUGH THE ONSCREEN INSTRUCTION N THEN COLLECT YOUR ROM FROM:

C:\cygwin\home\YOUR USER NAME\kitchen\OUTPUT_ZIP