ROM creation - HTC Rezound

Hello. I would appreciate it if someone would point me in the right direction of where to go to learn (from the very beginning) how to develop ROMs for the Rezound or even just AOSP. I am new to coding but I am willing to learn and have lots of time to put into it. I want to help contribute to the development of the Rezound and get us out of this lull. :good:

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cslingerland said:
Hello. I would appreciate it if someone would point me in the right direction of where to go to learn (from the very beginning) how to develop ROMs for the Rezound or even just AOSP. I am new to coding but I am willing to learn and have lots of time to put into it. I want to help contribute to the development of the Rezound and get us out of this lull. :good:
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Chef Central
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=613

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Thank you. Sorry about not finding that on my own. :/

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Just jump in there and do it. Get 7zip and start dissecting other roms to see how they work.

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kzoodroid said:
Chef Central
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=613
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I am also very eager to learn and will probably be learning at the same pace as you maybe slower but I've ALWAYS been a quick learner. Maybe we can help each other. my email is [email protected]
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For sure man. Any help is appreciated. I'm trying to figure out where to start. I might just start with changing graphical things to see how that works and then go from there. Don't really know yet though.

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cslingerland said:
For sure man. Any help is appreciated. I'm trying to figure out where to start. I might just start with changing graphical things to see how that works and then go from there. Don't really know yet though.
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Yeah man. I guess we could just learn and try the basics and the quickly we learn we will most likely hit the advanced levels of Rom Development pretty soon. Should we start with the STOCK Rezound rom?
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I want to start win the graphics because you can't mess too much up playing with graphics and I will get the feel of. Where things are located. I think I am goin to start from the newest ics leak stock. And then move to the official ota when it comes out. Sound like a good plan?

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Thanks for the link, kzoodroid. Been thinking about possibly starting up ROM'ing for a bit now, just never knew where to start.
I haven't had any code projects to work on since I got out of college for summer break... weird that I'm slightly itching to code lol.

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Working on a ROM using the kitchen. It's really good for showing you a lot of things you need to do for basics (deodexing, zipaligning, etc.) Just remember that it is "basic" and you can't completely construct a ROM just using the kitchen. Great way to get started :good:

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cslingerland said:
I want to start win the graphics because you can't mess too much up playing with graphics and I will get the feel of. Where things are located. I think I am goin to start from the newest ics leak stock. And then move to the official ota when it comes out. Sound like a good plan?
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WHEEW.. high five. Alright.. I'm right there with ya.
sent from my S-off HTC Rezound using XDA Premium
if I've helped in any way, don't be shy of that thanks button : )

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Awesome! Ha. I'm gonna look for the kitchen tonight when I get out of work... I think it's a few steps inside my back door. I should be able to find it just fine
Also... I if anyone knows of any straight to the point videos about how the kitchen works or basic ROM building, please post links. Or make one! That would be great too

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cslingerland said:
Awesome! Ha. I'm gonna look for the kitchen tonight when I get out of work... I think it's a few steps inside my back door. I should be able to find it just fine
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HAAAAA don't get distracted by the beer in the fridge lol
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if I've helped in any way, don't be shy of that thanks button : )
http://www.speedtest.net/android/210112746.png

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Dig through the Chef Central forum, looks like a lot of good info there.
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Building Sense based ROMs using dsixda's kitchen is pretty straight forawrd, hardest part was seting it up to run on a windows pc. You pretty much just end up with a deodexed, zipaligned ROM. I haven't done this with my Rezound but have built ones for the Incredible and Eris. You can also de-sense ROMs easily witht his too. Its a good tool to learn teh basics. The next step up is to learn to compile from source or to port over a ROM from another device.
AOSP
http://source.android.com/source/initializing.html
Guide to Porting (Droid Incredible thread so not sure if its the same for the Rezound but it will give you an idea)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1169570
Guide to decompiling and compiling using baksmali and smali (need to know this to modify files without creating a custom ROM)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1732635

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Still looking for video breakdown of essentials if anyone has some. It's not that I can't do it myself, I just like being visually showed how to do things when I start something new. Thanks

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cslingerland said:
Still looking for video breakdown of essentials if anyone has some. It's not that I can't do it myself, I just like being visually showed how to do things when I start something new. Thanks
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You can't really be shown how to make a ROM. Every Rom is different, and requires different steps.

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Yeah I understand that but I mean like for finding where things are located and what some important things do
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theres no shortcut to learning how to make roms
id say a large portion of rom devs started out by theming...helps to learn the files structures and what does what...as well as becoming familiar w/ apktool, smali, etc
biggest lesson that few seem to hit out the park on the first try? credit
if using other peoples stuff, make sure to credit them properly :good:

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What do people use as a base for the sense 4 roms?