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I'm running CM10 on my phone but I'm not sure where the most recent OpenPDroid installation is or whether it's phone dependent or not...

Mind enlightening me a bit? Thanks!

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There's an auto-patcher utility[1] they've developed--you basically give it your ROM file and specify the patch, and it'll generate an update file you can flash to enable it (as well another file you can flash to remove it).

There's also a utility mentioned on that page that provides a GUI for Windows that will automatically download patches and run the auto-patcher[2].

It's definitely not easy yet, but it's not too difficult to get through if you're used to this sort of thing.

[1] http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1719408

[2] http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31648393

Thank you for replying (and thanks to the others too but this was more helpful). That certainly sounds within my pea-brain's ability to follow directions.

Well, I'm exploring the process myself. From what I understand, you need to patch the CM source tree for your device with the patches found at [1] (choose the branch that corresponds to the correct Android version; CM 10 is AOSP 4.1.2, CM 10.1 is AOSP 4.2). Then build the source tree and install on your phone, similarly to how you did with the unmodified CM10 firmware. If anyone has more experience with getting OpenPDroid to work with CM, please, correct me if I'm wrong.

[1] https://github.com/OpenPDroid/PdroidBuildPatches/tree/4.2.0

From what I understand, you have to install it into the ROM and reflash, and then install an app that will manage permissions. Installing it into the ROM is the hard part, but I've heard that there are tools to do it.

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