what's the framework-res.apk to use to decompile apks in apktool? i can't decompile even one apk because it says the framework installed is wrong.
also maybe can someone attach the original stock settings.apk for lww?
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patz0110 said:
what's the framework-res.apk to use to decompile apks in apktool? i can't decompile even one apk because it says the framework installed is wrong.
also maybe can someone attach the original stock settings.apk for lww?
:thanks:
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The framework-res.apk you need to install is the one which comes with your rom. You may need to install some other files as well, depending on which files you're trying to decompile.
Best thing to do is go through your system/app and system/framework folders and install everything with the word 'res' in the name. You might install some files you don't need, but this won't cause any harm and it will ensure you've installed all the resources available.
Solved by installing SemcGenericUxpRes.apk
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Posted it here because i need a dev.
I pulled my Framework-res.apk and modified all the icons for everything. I decompiled using apktool.
My question is what steps do i take now (do i need to sign it, what a good tool to recompile it as apktool does and gives me a framework-res.apk but caused my phone not to boot up)..also someone said seomthing about resources.arsc or something..not sure where to go...thanks for your help.
Open ur new apk using 7zip (righr click>7zip>open archive) and do the same with ur old one. Delete the resources.xxxx(i dont know the name by heart lol) and drag and drop the one (by one i meant the resources.xxxx file) from the new zip to the old zip and adb push ur old frameworkres apk and reboot
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kpkimmel said:
Posted it here because i need a dev.
I pulled my Framework-res.apk and modified all the icons for everything. I decompiled using apktool.
My question is what steps do i take now (do i need to sign it, what a good tool to recompile it as apktool does and gives me a framework-res.apk but caused my phone not to boot up)..also someone said seomthing about resources.arsc or something..not sure where to go...thanks for your help.
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sounds more like a question. Use apk manager and or 7zip
how does just that one file carry over all the new pics and stuff i changed...
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What exactly have you edited? If you just change non patch9 images... then you can just drag and drop the new images into the apk (may have to rename apk to zip).
If they are patch9's... you need to..
decompile framework-res.apk (apktool d framework-res.apk)
swap out images
recompile (apktool b framework-res)
Now take the newly compiled apk (in the /dist folder). Open it up and take the edited images (only the ones you need changed) and put them into your original apk.
No need to resign just push it to your phone and verify that it works
If you are editing xml files in /values* or /layout..
do the same as above, except after re-compiling, you're going to swap over the resources.arsc file to the original apk.
This is using apktool... in my experience apk manager doesn't do the job to my expectations... so i just do it manually with apktool.
Lemme know if u need anything more, or if i didnt touch on a specific situation.
Btw, maybe to combat the retarded comments about q&a and being in the right section... maybe turn the OP into a How-To?
preludedrew said:
What exactly have you edited? If you just change non patch9 images... then you can just drag and drop the new images into the apk (may have to rename apk to zip).
If they are patch9's... you need to..
decompile framework-res.apk (apktool d framework-res.apk)
swap out images
recompile (apktool b framework-res)
Now take the newly compiled apk (in the /dist folder). Open it up and take the edited images (only the ones you need changed) and put them into your original apk.
No need to resign just push it to your phone and verify that it works
If you are editing xml files in /values* or /layout..
do the same as above, except after re-compiling, you're going to swap over the resources.arsc file to the original apk.
This is using apktool... in my experience apk manager doesn't do the job to my expectations... so i just do it manually with apktool.
Lemme know if u need anything more, or if i didnt touch on a specific situation.
Btw, maybe to combat the retarded comments about q&a and being in the right section... maybe turn the OP into a How-To?
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Thank you very much..finally...one last question, where do i put the wallpaper so when the system is fully booted it shows the wallpaper i want? Thanks.
kpkimmel said:
Thank you very much..finally...one last question, where do i put the wallpaper so when the system is fully booted it shows the wallpaper i want? Thanks.
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There's an xml edit for it... but forgot it off the top of my head... quickest way is to replace system/customize/resource/shows_over.jpg with your image.
preludedrew said:
There's an xml edit for it... but forgot it off the top of my head... quickest way is to replace system/customize/resource/shows_over.jpg with your image.
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Thanks you, sorry about the stupid framework-res question...i knew the answer but had been so long forget the simplest of steps....instead of normal compression i was using store instead.....duh.......thank you though for the reminder because 7zip will automatically restore the same it was decompressed with, unlike that crap winrar. Have a good one man and thank you again.
Hey guys I have an evo 4g I am trying to apply steelH's Mms compression fix and I'm wondering what I'm doing wrong. I extracted the MMS.apk file along with the framework-res.apk file into the apktool directory to install the framework with the apktool if framework-res.apk command and it said that it was installed then I tried to decompile with apktool d Mms.apk and it just gave me a bunch of errors and at the end it said that it needed the proper framework files but the folder with all the decompiled files were still there. So I went ahead and found the imagemodel.smali file and made the necessary changes and tried to recompile it but it gives me a bunch of errors that you can see in this screenshot. Any idea what I should do to fix this so I can recompile and put the MMS.apk file back into my phone with the fix?
Usually when you get the weird characters it means the apk did not decompile properly, make sure when you decompile the SystemUI.apk you also put framework-res .apk In your apktool folder. Then in cmd type
apktool if framework-res.apk
apktool d SystemUI.apk
Well if you take a look at the screenshot my framework-res.apk is in the folder with the apktool and the Mms.apk which I wanted to decompile and those are the commands I used except I didnt need to decompile systemUI but rather Mms.apk. So I'm wondering what I'm doing wrong since I've done exactly what you suggested in the first place. the 1.apk is from the first command as it installed correctly according to cmd.
Have you type those word in cmd? You need to type in those code while decompiling ssystem app
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yes i typed in cmd: apktool if framework-res.apk but not apktool d systemui.apk I don't want to decompile that file. I'm confused about why you're telling me to decompile that file. can you please give me an explanation as to why I need to decompile that file to decompile mms.apk?
EDIT: Nevermind, I figured out what the problem was. I also needed to bring out and install the resources from the rom for the decompile to work.
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yes i typed in cmd: apktool if framework-res.apk but not apktool d systemui.apk I don't want to decompile that file. I'm confused about why you're telling me to decompile that file. can you please give me an explanation as to why I need to decompile that file to decompile mms.apk?
EDIT: Nevermind, I figured out what the problem was. I also needed to bring out and install the resources from the rom for the decompile to work.
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Can you post more info on this?
Trying to modify contacts.apk to make the dialer multi-dpi compatible. Did that and it works.
My issue is recompiling the apk. Everytime I recompile the apk with apktool it looses over a megabyte in size. In my case went from 4.49MB to 3.19MB after rebuilding. Only file modified was dialer_app.xml and it's size stayed about the same.
I've brought framework-res.apk and twframework.apk into apktool. After copying the resulting contacts.apk back to the device it is not recognized.
I've also tried copying the META-INF directory from the original apk over to the new one. Still no luck. I'm new to this and if anyone has some help for me it would be greatly appreciated!
Did you sign your new apk after recompiling it ?
Do you have classes.dex and resources.arsc files in your new apk ?
since its a system apk I've read it shouldn't be signed. Only thing I did was copy the META-INF folder to the new apk. In the new apk I do see classes.dex and resources.arsc. All the files appear to be there but the apk has shrunken in size.
I'm guessing I'm missing something simple here. But I'm new to this. Been at it for a few hours haven't had any luck.
I am new in development field. I have two questions 1. Is there same meaning for building and recompiling using apk tool? 2. I know framework-res.apk is needed for apktool d com, but where and the what is the use of twframework.apk file. Please explain anyone .
Recompiled apks will be quite a bit smaller as they will have more compression applied, this is normal, just be careful as if the tool compresses it to much you will get fc's. But it should work fine.
idhbar said:
I am new in development field. I have two questions 1. Is there same meaning for building and recompiling using apk tool? 2. I know framework-res.apk is needed for apktool d com, but where and the what is the use of twframework.apk file. Please explain anyone .
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Read the apktool website for info about framework files, as far as which one to use, if you are decompiling a la2 or la4 base use a kl2 or kk5 framework without jkays built in as the laX frameworks are kinda buggy.
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This what I have done,
Decompiled the framework-res.apk without any errors.Didn't change anything.
Compiled the framework-res.apk without any errors.
Copied resources.arsc from unsignedframework-res.apk to original framework-res.apk.
Installed original framework-res.apk using flashable.zip with correct permissions.
framework-res.apk is from Xperia sola ICS.
It is causing bootloops.I want to know what is wrong with compiled framework-res.
I seriously need some solution.
i think you need to zipalign and signed it.
neectron said:
This what I have done,
Decompiled the framework-res.apk without any errors.Didn't change anything.
Compiled the framework-res.apk without any errors.
Copied resources.arsc from unsignedframework-res.apk to original framework-res.apk.
Installed original framework-res.apk using flashable.zip with correct permissions.
framework-res.apk is from Xperia sola ICS.
It is causing bootloops.I want to know what is wrong with compiled framework-res.
I seriously need some solution.
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never change androidmanifest and meta-inf, there are keys from sony.
copy back and it'll work.
jader13254 said:
never change androidmanifest and meta-inf, there are keys from sony.
copy back and it'll work.
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I never change them ..I always use orignal ones.
I have use apktool to decompile an apk and made some customizations on it, there after recompiled it back using the same apktool. But for recompiling SystemUI.apk and framework-res.apk files were needed, anyway i downloaded it from some sites and now the recompiling has done successfully. So i need to know what exactly are these apk's and where to get these apk? I had googled it several times but did't got a right answer, all i understand is that both that apk's are part of rom.