Root Odexing your ROM

[Lanman1978]

This is something that I highly suggest doing because it can really speed up your ROM. As a matter of fact there is an app that takes all the work out of it, the Kuban Odexer. Of course you need root and busybox/init.d in order to run it. Oh and a word of caution just in case anything goes wrong make a backup of your ROM before you run the odex process. I just odexed two ROMs in the past few days and it went off without a hitch both times, but it pays to have a good backup just in case.

 

[OhSeven]

From the first results of google, is this not true?

The advantage of deodexing is in modification possibilities. This is most widely used in custom ROMs and themes. A developer building a custom ROM would almost always choose to deodex the ROM package first, since that would not only allow him to modify various APKs, but also leave room for post-install theming.

On the other hand, since the .odex files were supposed to quickly build the dalvik cache, removing them would mean longer initial boot times. However, this is true only for the first ever boot after deodexing, since the cache would still get built over time as applications are used. Longer boot times may only be seen again if the dalvik cache is wiped for some reason.

For a casual user, the main implication is in theming possibilities. Themes for android come in APKs too, and if you want to modify any of those, you should always choose a dedoexed custom ROM.

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