r2 - Custom ROM starter template - Honor 5C NEM-L51

[Guest PaulOBrien]

Let's get some custom ROM tweaking going on for our 5cs! :)

Ahead of my own MoDaCo Custom ROM for the 5c, 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 messing 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
echo delapp >> /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 /system/delapp
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 5c... more cool things coming soon! :)

Oh and the all important template file...

• DOWNLOAD - r2-customromtemplate-honor-5c-neml51-nemo-b102.zip [ROMRAID] MD5: bd68429b1678c93eb8c48d38a1a15610

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[Guest PaulOBrien]

Changelog

r2:

• Corrected boot image flash issue

r1:

• Initial release

[Guest Liffeyman]

On 14/6/2016 at 9:57 AM, PaulOBrien said:

Changelog

r2:

• Corrected boot image flash issue

r1:

• Initial release

Hi Paul

Could you create a rom template for the NEM-UL10 version? I've tried replacing the boot image from the stock UL10 rom, but twrp keeps giving me a error 3 when trying to flash the rom i created

Thanks

Paul

 

[Guest PaulOBrien]

I can't really create a template without the actual device. If you follow the instructions in the first post you should be able to create your own!

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