[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] dwitherell:
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How to custom install Tweaked

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As I said, there are really three approaches to installing Tweaked:

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----- DEFAULT -----

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This is the approach used when one of two things has happened:

- 1) There was no preparation done or found as far as selecting options (i.e. no install.prop found where it should be on internal/external sdcard)

- 2) You are flashing an updated version of the main installer and failed to update your install.prop. Note that in this case your original install.prop can still be found, it just has a .bak added to the end of the file name.

This approach installs a set of options that harken back to the earlier alpha/beta days of the rom when there were no install options - it was just a zip that you flashed and that was it.

When you flash the main installer zip as-is and it will give you a default setup after installation - at which point you can then reboot into recovery and flash the modificatinator (see downloads post

here

) - which is still aroma-based.

[size=+2]NOTE:[/size] For the next two approaches please be aware that the process will likely need to be redone with new versions to make sure you have access to all available options!

I will try to keep changes to these files minimal, but changes are inevitable, so make sure to stay up-to-date with the version you are flashing, as otherise you will likely get the default install!

[size=+2]ALSO -[/size] with these approaches you can place the TweakedInstall directory on either the internal or external sdcard. That being said, in general if you have a TweakedInstall directory on BOTH your external AND internal sdcard, the files in the external sdcard directory will be chosen over those in the internal sdcard directory. Furthermore - it is VERY important that you DO NOT RENAME ANY OF THE FILES OR THE DIRECTORY! If you do you will likely get a default install when flashing the main installer (not the worst thing, but still).

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This is the approach that was discussed to some extent in the "SUPER SIMPLE SAFE APPROACH" in the first post. This approach utilizes the aroma installer, but it doesn't actually install anything. Instead, it creates and correctly places one of the files referenced in the advanced approach for you. On the surface it will appear quite similar to what you might see regarding aroma, but trust me nothing is being flashed (outside of one file being written to internal/external sdcard). You only need to do this once, unless you later decide you want to change your setup or you are flashing an updated version of Tweaked.

Again - THIS DOES NOT FLASH TWEAKED!

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This approach requires changes you will have to do, and therefore needs a little reading and preparing ahead of time. In order to help things along, I've put together a zip file (see downloads post

here

) with instructions and needed files - make sure to read the... well, the README! The contents of that readme file are below:

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From the READMEFIRST-INSTRUCTIONS.txt in the InstallInfo.zip file

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HOW TO CUSTOM INSTALL USING ADVANCED APPROACH:

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1) Decide if you will be editing text files on the computer or the phone

- regardless of where you do this, the result must go in a specific directory on your internal/external sdcard (see below)

- if you use a computer to edit, make sure it uses the Unix-style end-of-line character (you can use Notepad++ on a PC)

- Not all text editors work as you need them to if doing this on the phone - I have only tried it using the built-in text editor in Root Explorer

######## THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT AND A SOURCE FOR SIMPLE MISTAKES - YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! ########

2) Extract the TweakedInstall folder

- Inside are four files - the main one of interest is install.prop

3) Open install.prop and read the instructions

- it is on this file you select options

- this is similar in idea to how it was done in aroma

- ALL you are doing with this is changing the numbers that come after the = signs

- DON'T CHANGE ANYTHING ELSE! ONLY NUMBERS!

- Follow the instructions for what each number means for each choice

4) Complete any other OPTIONAL file edits per how you want to install

OPTIONS INCLUDE (these are for the more advanced users around - THEY ARE NOT NEEDED AND CAN BE IGNORED):

- If you opted to further debloat beyond available options and have set dangertweak to = 1

- edit the applist file with the apk name that you want removed

- ONE APK PER LINE

- see baseapplist.txt for a list of apk names that are included on /system as "default"

- If you opted to keep some pre-existing system files and have set savelist to = 1

- edit the savelist file with the full path to the file you want saved

- so for example if you wanted to save a script file called 02ForExample that was in the init.d folder, you would enter

/system/etc/init.d/02ForExample

into the savelist file

- ONE PATH PER LINE

5) Make sure the directory along with your newly-edited files are moved to your sdcard if not already

### IMPORTANT: THIS DIRECTORY HAS TO BE AT THE ROOT OF YOUR SDCARD (INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL)!! ###

### IMPORTANT: THE NAME OF THIS DIRECTORY MUST NOT CHANGE!! ###

### IMPORTANT: YOU ARE DOING THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK!! ###

6) Boot into recovery and flash the main installer zip :)

TAKE HOME:

The edited install.prop file (and optional ones related to it) being kept in the TweakedInstall directory on your sdcard will make it so you won't need to do any choosing the next time you want to flash the main installer. You can always come back to or reflash Tweaked exactly how you have set it up with no extra effort!

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The hope is that these instructions are as simple but as thorough as possible for those wanting to embark on the advanced customizing approach.