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Re: Loading custom rom in emulater..

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Originally Posted by MrBigKid View Post
Ok

I've decided to take the plunge and create my own Rom. However I want to customize it extensively.

I have the 6.1 emulator and was wondering if there is any information on inserting a custom ROM into the emulator for testing purposes. This would make it much simpler to test and change things for me without using the phone for it initially.

Any information or links to such would be greatly appreciated.

MBK
Personally, this would be in-efficient to test for bugs and such. Most of the drivers that will be included in a ROM, probably won't even get activated and used, because the Emulator Set has it's own, if I am not mistaken.
Also, you wouldn't be able to verify if the device booted half way, or to the Today Screen, because it is software-based and not hardware based. Just to test general applications, the emulator is sufficient. However, this is why software companies still have to fix bugs, even after months of beta testing; a hardware device just isn't the same as a software-driven emulator. Mostly all software companies, or at least Spb that I can speak of, use both Emulator and Device testing, to ensure compatibility, but still end up at release, with a few bugs to fix. This is the reason that "flashing a rom to a emulator" would fail to provide anything worth much.
Anyone who knows better, feel free to correct me. However, based on my experience, software is not hardware, and a lot of bugs are hardware related.
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