XDA Developers' Android Hacker's Toolkit The Complete Guide to Rooting, ROMs and Theming

134 Pages·2012·19.042 MB·English

by  Jason Tyler,

XDA Developers' Android™
Hacker's Toolkit
Table ofContents
Introduction
FirstThingsFirst:WhatIsXDA?
TheDragonsthatLieAhead
WhoThisBookIsFor
WhatThisBookCovers
HowThisBookIsStructured
WhatYouNeedtoUseThisBook
PartI: What YouNeedtoKnow
Chapter I: AndroidasInternals: UnderstandingHowYourDevice Starts
ThePenguinDownBelow
HowYourAndroidDeviceStarts
Bootstranning
AddingaCustomBootloader
UnderstandingtheBootloaderProcess
CustomRecoveries:TheHolyGrail
Chapter2: RootingYourAndroidDevice
WhyShouldYouRoot?
IncreasingtheServiceLifeoftheDevice
FixingOEMDefects
IncreasingCanability
CustomizingtheDevice
BackingUnData
ContactInformation
ApplicationsandTheirData
DataontheSDCard
HowYouCanRootandLeaveYourOEM'sControl
OEMFlashSoftware
Exploits
NativeFastbootFlash
ScriptedandOne-ClickMethods
RootingTwoDevices
NexusOne
HTCThunderbolt
TheRootofItAll
Chapter3: TheRightToolfortheJob
Ready,Set....WaitIHavetoHaveWhat?
ConnectingaPhonetoaComputer
HackingTools
USBCables
USBDebugging
What'sDrivingThisThing?
UsingtheAndroidDebugBridge
CheckingDeviceConnectivity
RestartingtheADBService
CopyingFilestoandfromYourDevice
RebootingaDevice
ThePowerofFastboot
UnlockingaDevice
UpdatingaDevice
FlashingaDevice
RebootingaDevice
HarnessingthePowerofthePenguinwithADBShell
FileSystemNavigation
FileManagement
FileAccessPermissions
RedirectionandPiping
Concatenation
BusyBox:GivingthePenguinBackItsPower
TheddCommand
TheechoCommand
Themd5sumCommand
Chapter4: RootingandInstallingaCustomRecovery
HowtoUseExploits
ExploitScripts
ExploitApplications
UsingaScriptorApplicationonaDevice
HackingUtilities
OEMTools
DeveloperUtilities
ImageFiles
RecoveryMode
WhatIsRecoveryMode?
MakeItAllSoEasy:GetACustomRecovery!
UsingClockworkModRecovery
RebootingtheDevice
UpdatingaDevicefromtheSDCard
ResettingaDevicetoFactotyCondition
WipingtheCache
InstallingaZipFilefromtheSDCard
BackingUpandRestoringaDevice
MountingPartitionsandManagingStorage
AdvancedFunctions
BackupandDisasterRecovery
PrecautionsforSuccessandDataRecovety
BackingUpApplications
BackingUpThroughaRecovetyProcess
BackingUpThroughanApplication
WhatHappensultGoesReallyWrong?
Chapter5: Theming: DigitalCosmetic Surgery
ChangingtheLookandFeelofAndroid
ThemingtheLauncher
ThemingwithanAdd-onLauncher
ToolsUsedinTheming
APKManager
AndroidSDK
Eclipse
AROMofYourChoice
7-Zip
Paint.NET
Update.zipCreator
Amend2Edify
TheEditingProcess
WalkthroughforCreatingThemeFiles
WalkthroughforCreatingaFlashableZIPFile
Chapter6: You'veBecome Superuser:NowWhat?
PopularMulti-DeviceCustomROMs
CyanogenMod
AndroidOpenKangProject
Vi1lainROM
KernelTweaks
BacklightNotifications
VoodooEnhancements
PerformanceandBatteryLifeTweaks
RootApplications
SetCPU
AdfreeAndroid
Chainfire3D
TitaniumBackup
PartII: ManufacturerGuidelines and Device-Specific Guides
Chapter7: HICEVa3D:ALockedDevice
ObtainingTemporaryRoot
UsingS-OFFandPermanentRootRequirements
RunningtheRevolutionaryTool
InstallingaCustomRecovery
InstallingtheSuperuserBinary
InstallingaSuperUserApplication
Chapter8:NexusOne: AnUnlockableDevice
RootMethodsAvailable
ResourcesRequiredforthisWalkthrough
Walkthrough
PlacingtheNexusOneinFastbootMode
FlashingaBootPartition
GettingFullRootAccess
InstallingaCustomRecovery
Chapter9: HTCThunderBolt: ATightlyLockedDevice
RootMethodsAvailable
ResourcesRequiredforthisWalkthrough
Walkthrough
PushingFilestotheDevice
GainingTemporatyRoot
CheckingaFile'sMD5Signature
WritingtheTemporaryBootloader
DowngradingtheFirmware
GainingTemporatyRoottoUnlocktheMMC
RewritingtheBootloader
UpgradingtheFirmware
Chapter 10:DroidCharge: FlashingwithODIN
ResourcesRequiredforthisWalkthrough
Walkthrough
ConnectingtheDevicetoODIN
FlashingtheDevice
Troubleshooting
Chapter 11:Nexus S: AnUnlockedDevice
ConnectingtheDevicetoaPC
ResourcesRequiredforthisWalkthrough
Walkthrough
UnlockingtheDevice
FlashingtheDevicewithaRecovery
FlashingtheDevicewiththeSuperUserapplication
Chapter 12:MotorolaXoom: AnUnlockedHoneycombTablet
ResourcesRequiredforthisWalkthrough
Walkthrough
PushingtheRootFiletotheSDCard
UnlockingtheXoom
FlashingtheDevicewithaRecovery
FlashingtheDevicewithaUniversalRoot
Chapter 13:NookColor: RootingwithaBootable SDCard
ResourcesRequiredforthisWalkthrough
Walkthrough
CreatingaBootableSDCard
BootingtheDevicefromtheSDCard
MakingtheDeviceMoreUsable
AppendixA: SettingUpAndroidSDKandADBTools
XDA Developers'
Android Hacker's
™
Toolkit
The Complete Guide to Rooting,
ROMS and Theming
Jason Tyler with Will Verduzco
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