just wanted to say: This is awesome!

Nice work man. Smali is an unreadable b!tch.

[Lanchon]

lol thanks!

[Lanchon]

btw this is about the best issue i ever got, you should've left it open lol

I'm looking to apply this to my stock ROM (Nexus 6P 7.0) which is sadly deodexed, is there a way to deodex only the files that this modifies?

[Lanchon]

hey,

i'm a bit against hacking stock. dealing with rooting, mods, otas, and the cat-and-mouse game with the OEM is a pain. what happens in the end is that ppl end up using old unpatched and exploitable OSes.

i'd recommend that you go for fully custom, such as CM, or remain fully stock (no root, nothing).

that said, you have options. you can use latest smali beta (or tool/gui based on it) to deodex the complete rom or just the modded files (service.jar and Settings.apk). only two files, you can even do it manually.

but i'd say don't. you have a very popular and supported device. if you don't want to wipe and go fully custom, why don't you switch to a stock-based recovery flashable distro? you can find them with disabled OTA, pre-rooted, maybe debloated, and even deodexed. and because they are really massaged stock, you can clean-flash /system without wiping /data. picture that the dev you choose will do the whole dance after every OTA, with you just needing to flash.

otherwise you can find the same exact version of modded deodexed flashable stock that you are running and extract the two deodexed files you need (but then you don't learn how to deodex).

finally, you can forgo Haystack altogether and use xposed and the spoof-sign xposed module, if you want seamless updates.

I've done custom alot man, just trying stock for a bit. Xposed is also not out for Android N yet

[Lanchon]

oh yeah, N! i was using KK for the longest time... until it went unsupported by everybody. that OpenPDroid-patched build was the best android i ever used. i switched to de-googleized MM recently, i guess i'll stick with this one for a long time. i go for MM just in time to see CM dropping it lol :)

do you know the commands to deodex with smali.jar?

[Lanchon]

no such thing AFAIK. you have to baksmali and then samli the complete jar/apk. baksmali can read odex/oat files.

I meant the use of both baksmali & smali, looking to pull the necessary files and if odexed deodex the files.

[Lanchon]

i suppose it's quite straightforward. but ive never done it, you'll have to look for the details yourself.

please post your experience here :)

[Lanchon]

hey, i gave you wrong info! check this out: JesusFreke/smali#375

It's worth pointing out that when you change any of the framework jars (e.g. by deodexing them), it invalidates all odexes on the devices, so you have to deodex everything on the system image.

if you use windoze:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2213235

@BenBaltz when I reported issues of patching CopperheadOS with the MicroG signature spoofing script, you recommended Haystack instead. Before I go flashing COS on my device, I was curious if root adb is even an option? Or do you have to root your device to toggle root adb? Noob question! Thank you and great project you've created @Lanchon

[Lanchon]

this is completely off-topic, please do not post again regarding adb root on this issue. adb root requires a custom kernel or else some kind of huge brittle hack. take care.