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[MyndCTRL]

I'm having a hard time with a few things concerning smali / baksmali. I'm in the process of making my own rom, it's tough starting out since I have no friggin clue as to what im doing. I've learned a ton of information and I feel like i got the basics. Apollo so graciously let me use his Unitology rom as a base, but for learning sake I decided to start off from the stock rom and work my way up using unitology as a guide. Ive run into a problem and I cant seem to solve it. Here are the steps as to how I get my problem:

1) Took a fresh copy of stock b08c rom into dsixda kitchen.
2) Setup my working folder in kitchen
3) Went to system/framework and copied the android.policy.jar file and pasted a copy into my directory to work with smali / baksmali
4) Now I enter the following command:

java -jar baksmali.jar -x android.policy.jar -o classout

and this is what I get:

UNEXPECTED TOP-LEVEL EXCEPTION:
org.jf.dexlib.DexFile$NoClassesDexException: zip file android.policy.jar does not contain a classes.dex file
     at org.jf.dexlib.DexFile.<init><DexFile.java:298>
     at org.jf.baksmali.main.main(main.java:269)

Then it sends me back to my command prompt. Now the reason why I brought up Unitology rom is because I followed the same steps with that rom as I did with the stock rom, but without the error on the android.policy.jar file when it was being disassembled. I'm wondering if the two files are different, but I don't really think so...

Now granted I am only trying to do this for the extended power menu with reboot, recovery and download options and it probably really isnt needed but it's a nice feature to have and I really want to incorporate it into my rom. Also this is probably a really good learning experience. Im stuck though so any advice would be welcomed

Edit: Just remembered I forgot to mention that smali / backsmali is the latest version, latest JDK and Java. Im also running windows vista home premium 32bit if the OS really matters.

 

[jetx2x]

Have you deodexed the rom?

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[MyndCTRL]

Have you deodexed the rom?

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Actually I haven't. What would that procedure be? Setup in the kitchen, deodex, build and then grab the file?

 

[jetx2x]

Have you deodexed the rom?

Edit&&&&: because if you haven't deodexed yet then the classes.Dex file isn't contained within the android.policy.jar... which would explain the error you're getting... it can't locate the classes.dex

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[MyndCTRL]

Have you deodexed the rom?

Edit&&&&: because if you haven't deodexed yet then the classes.Dex file isn't contained within the android.policy.jar... which would explain the error you're getting... it can't locate the classes.dex

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That makes a lot of sense. I've been spending days on this power menu and with every little step I stumble and managed to figure everything out until now. But that sounds like an idea, I'll deodex the stock rom and try again, thanks for the suggestion! I'll get back to you

 

[jetx2x]

Haha... you can't do all that much modding to a rom until its deodexed... all of the smali code is contained in the classes.dex file of ever jar or apk... if you don't deodex then it is contained outside of the apk or jar

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[Prinny]

Smali editing...no bueno...I'm not a fan of those...I spent days modifying one to get mms working once...never again, I vowed..

 

[MyndCTRL]

Haha... you can't do all that much modding to a rom until its deodexed... all of the smali code is contained in the classes.dex file of ever jar or apk... if you don't deodex then it is contained outside of the apk or jar

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Currently de-odexing in the kitchen. I think you were exactly spot-on when you told me to try that. Thanks so much. But now I got another question. If you remove an .apk from /system/app, is it safe to remove the corresponding .odex file as well?

 

[Prinny]

Currently de-odexing in the kitchen. I think you were exactly spot-on when you told me to try that. Thanks so much. But now I got another question. If you remove an .apk from /system/app, is it safe to remove the corresponding .odex file as well?

Once you deodex the Rom, you don't need the .odex files anymore

 

[MyndCTRL]

Wow worked like a charm, I got baksmali working with my android.policy.jar file now. Man im well on my way to something special lol thanks gang I appreciate it

 

[IonDev]

Wow worked like a charm, I got baksmali working with my android.policy.jar file now. Man im well on my way to something special lol thanks gang I appreciate it

I will b the first to use yo rom

 

[MyndCTRL]

I will b the first to use yo rom

alright! I'll def let you know when im gettin close. I have a lot of learning to do and I keep gettin stuck. Right now im tryin to figure out why I cant flash my rom after i build it in the kitchen. I keep gettin the status code 7. I fix my mount points, replace the updater-binary but it still wont install in cwm. So im workin on that problem now

 

[jetx2x]

alright! I'll def let you know when im gettin close. I have a lot of learning to do and I keep gettin stuck. Right now im tryin to figure out why I cant flash my rom after i build it in the kitchen. I keep gettin the status code 7. I fix my mount points, replace the updater-binary but it still wont install in cwm. So im workin on that problem now

Use hroarks cwm templates

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[MyndCTRL]

Use hroarks cwm templates

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Now that I got his templates, which one's do I use, and how do I use them?

Edit: I threw something together real quick and i might have a successful installation in CWM! *crosses fingers*
Edit2: It def worked, my first rom was successful but needs massive amounts of work

 

[jetx2x]

Now that I got his templates, which one's do I use, and how do I use them?

Edit: I threw something together real quick and i might have a successful installation in CWM! *crosses fingers*
Edit2: It def worked, my first rom was successful but needs massive amounts of work

rom installer is to install an entire rom... rom updater is to add or replace files without erasing everything everything else is pretty much self explanatory

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[MyndCTRL]

rom installer is to install an entire rom... rom updater is to add or replace files without erasing everything everything else is pretty much self explanatory

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Thanks Jet, I got it to work. I flashed my first rom and I'm already using it. This is so great. Pretty soon i'll have a new rom for people to test. As for versioning, im still stuck. Dont know how to do it

 

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