r1 - Custom ROM starter template - Honor 6 Plus PE-TL10 B521

[Guest PaulOBrien]

Ahead of my own MoDaCo Custom ROM for the 6 Plus, which is coming soon, I've created a custom ROM starter template for anyone who wants to have a go. It's a bit different.

Basically, this ROM template will let you create your own custom ROM VERY easily. Easier than ever before. All you have to do is...

• download my ROM template zip
• make the changes to the system of your phone just as you'd like them for your custom ROM
• run some commands on your device via ADB
• add the resulting files to the template zip

That's it! No messaging around with install scripts, no rebuilding anything complex, just mod - and go! ;-)

Preparation

ONLY if you are completing the process for the first time, you need to set up a file on your microSD card - so launch an ADB shell and type the following commands...

touch /sdcard/exclude
echo app > /sdcard/exclude
echo priv-app >> /sdcard/exclude

ROM build

Once you have your system up and running how you want it, and you're ready to distribute it (just the system and cust dirs mind, it won't pull the data dir, so your personal data is safe), reboot to recovery, launch an ADB shell and type the following commands:

mount /system
tar -X /sdcard/exclude -zcvpf /sdcard/system.therest.tar.gz /system/
tar -zcvpf /sdcard/system.apps.tar.gz /system/app /system/priv-app
mount /cust
tar -zcvpf /sdcard/cust.tar.gz /cust

You'll then end up with 3 new files on your SD card - system.apps.tar.gz (which is apps and priv-apps from system), system.therest.tar.gz (which, as the name suggests, is the rest of the system partition!) and cust.tar.gz with is the cust partition contents.

Update the template zip with these 3 files and that's it. It's ready to distribute for people to flash via TWRP! If you have updated the boot image, you'll need to replace that too, the easiest way is to do a TWRP backup then pull that file from the SD card and drop it into the template zip as boot.img. That's really it!

I hope this inspires a few people to start playing around with custom ROMs for the 6 Plus... more cool things coming soon! :)

Oh and the all important template file...

• DOWNLOAD - r1-customromtemplate-honor-6plus-petl10-pine-r521.zip [MEGA]

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[Guest tritanka]

Hi Paul!

 

I'm a newbie of honor 6 plus. After upgrade to Android MM I wanted to regress to kitkat but I definitely something wrong. My 6+ always boots on recovery (twrp 2870).

I flash the r1-customtemplate hoping to booting but the phone always boots on recovery. 

 

do you have some advice ?

 

thank you.