Developing - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I am slowly getting through the basics of apk decompiling, Editing, Debugging & recompiling.
Using tools like Apk Tool, Winrar, Notepad++ Winmerge, Adb .
first time I have touched an android or even done any kind of stuff like this was Early August 2012. So not long at all, now i have a question to the more experienced Devs. Eg; Lets just say I dont want increasing ringtone How do you pin point where in the apk to start editing i mean there are heaps of files its like looking for a needle in a haystack. One way I came close and pin pointed it is using a previous made mod and then used Winmerge to compare the differences, Problem is the differences in these to Apks is not just the Increasing ringtone, so when I winmerged them it picked out out the other differences Now this deffinatley narrowed it down. I have a feeling it has something to do with the Callnotifier.xml is this the only Xml?
Also Lets just say you dont have another apk to compare it to , how to you find out this stuff..
Another thing is I want to cook up a rom, but the way I want to do it is modding my own rom untill I am happy with it and then creating something like a nandroid without my personal data. then making it flashable for people. What tools is best used for this? I was thinking editing my nandroid and adding it to a cwm flash. but I think there is an easier way.
Thanks for you help

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btemtd said:
I am slowly getting through the basics of apk decompiling, Editing, Debugging & recompiling.
Using tools like Apk Tool, Winrar, Notepad++ Winmerge, Adb .
first time I have touched an android or even done any kind of stuff like this was Early August 2012. So not long at all, now i have a question to the more experienced Devs. Eg; Lets just say I dont want increasing ringtone How do you pin point where in the apk to start editing i mean there are heaps of files its like looking for a needle in a haystack. One way I came close and pin pointed it is using a previous made mod and then used Winmerge to compare the differences, Problem is the differences in these to Apks is not just the Increasing ringtone, so when I winmerged them it picked out out the other differences Now this deffinatley narrowed it down. I have a feeling it has something to do with the Callnotifier.xml is this the only Xml?
Also Lets just say you dont have another apk to compare it to , how to you find out this stuff..
Another thing is I want to cook up a rom, but the way I want to do it is modding my own rom untill I am happy with it and then creating something like a nandroid without my personal data. then making it flashable for people. What tools is best used for this? I was thinking editing my nandroid and adding it to a cwm flash. but I think there is an easier way.
Thanks for you help
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In my point of view,this is no shortcut,this is experience have been modified in the way
correct me,maybe i'm wrong!
Disable Increasing ringtone @secphone.apk\com\android\phone\Ringer$1.smali
delete every this code
Code:
setstreamvolume

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thanks for your input.....It would now be good to have someone that has done this mod, to give us the 100% answer and maybe some extra advise/tips/tricks from their personal book of knowledge

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Try the Android hacking forum on XDA
http://forum.xda-developers.com/
jje

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I search, search and search the net for info on the mod i want. Some can be difficult to find the guides for.
If searching fails ill ask a dev for some info.
When it comes to comparing apks I will only do that if I know where the change needs to be then trial and error
Sent from my GT-I9305 using XDA Premium HD app

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btemtd said:
thanks for your input.....It would now be good to have someone that has done this mod, to give us the 100% answer and maybe some extra advise/tips/tricks from their personal book of knowledge
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I've 100% done this mod
disable increasing ringtone
http://www.mediafire.com/?72la46qi95j1d7b

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leamoor said:
I've 100% done this mod
disable increasing ringtone
http://www.mediafire.com/?72la46qi95j1d7b
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is this Disable Increasing ONLY mod?
And could you let me know what files inside the Secphone.apk you edited just for curiosty? was it the one file you stated above? Or did you port this mod?

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btemtd said:
is this Disable Increasing ONLY mod?
And could you let me know what files inside the Secphone.apk you edited just for curiosty? Or did you port this mod?
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yes,only disable Increasing ringtone!
this is exactly what i said @#2
decompile secphone/smali/com/android/phone/Ringer$1
delete red sentences
Code:
#setter for: Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;->mOriginRingtoneVolume:I
invoke-static {v1, v2}, Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;->access$702(Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;I)I
.line 571
iget-object v1, p0, Lcom/android/phone/Ringer$1;->this$0:Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;
iget-object v1, v1, Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;->mAudioManager:Landroid/media/AudioManager;
[COLOR="Red"]invoke-virtual {v1, v6, v4, v5}, Landroid/media/AudioManager;->setStreamVolume(III)V[/COLOR]
.line 573
const/4 v1, 0x7
const-wide/16 v2, 0x7d0
invoke-virtual {p0, v1, v2, v3}, Lcom/android/phone/Ringer$1;->sendEmptyMessageDelayed(IJ)Z
.line 578
:cond_4
:goto_2
invoke-virtual {v0}, Landroid/media/Ringtone;->play()V
.line 579
iget-object v2, p0, Lcom/android/phone/Ringer$1;->this$0:Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;
monitor-enter v2
.line 580
:try_start_1
iget-object v1, p0, Lcom/android/phone/Ringer$1;->this$0:Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;
#getter for: Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;->mFirstRingStartTime:J
invoke-static {v1}, Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;->access$900(Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;)J
move-result-wide v3
const-wide/16 v5, 0x0
cmp-long v1, v3, v5
if-gez v1, :cond_5
.line 581
iget-object v1, p0, Lcom/android/phone/Ringer$1;->this$0:Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;
invoke-static {}, Landroid/os/SystemClock;->elapsedRealtime()J
move-result-wide v3
#setter for: Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;->mFirstRingStartTime:J
invoke-static {v1, v3, v4}, Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;->access$902(Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;J)J
.line 583
:cond_5
monitor-exit v2
goto/16 :goto_0
:catchall_0
move-exception v1
monitor-exit v2
:try_end_1
.catchall {:try_start_1 .. :try_end_1} :catchall_0
throw v1
.line 546
:catchall_1
move-exception v1
:try_start_2
monitor-exit v2
:try_end_2
.catchall {:try_start_2 .. :try_end_2} :catchall_1
throw v1
.line 563
:cond_6
invoke-virtual {v0, v5}, Landroid/media/Ringtone;->setRepeat(Z)V
goto :goto_1
.line 574
:cond_7
const-string v1, "extra_ringer"
invoke-static {v1}, Lcom/android/phone/PhoneFeature;->hasFeature(Ljava/lang/String;)Z
move-result v1
if-eqz v1, :cond_4
.line 575
iget-object v1, p0, Lcom/android/phone/Ringer$1;->this$0:Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;
#getter for: Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;->mExtraRinger:Lcom/android/phone/ExtraRinger;
invoke-static {v1}, Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;->access$800(Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;)Lcom/android/phone/ExtraRinger;
move-result-object v1
invoke-virtual {v1}, Lcom/android/phone/ExtraRinger;->startExtraRinger()V
goto :goto_2
.line 589
:pswitch_2
iget-object v1, p0, Lcom/android/phone/Ringer$1;->this$0:Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;
const-string v2, "mRingHandler: PLAY_TTS..."
#calls: Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;->log(Ljava/lang/String;Z)V
invoke-static {v1, v2, v4}, Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;->access$400(Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;Ljava/lang/String;Z)V
.line 591
iget-object v1, p0, Lcom/android/phone/Ringer$1;->this$0:Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;
iget-object v2, p0, Lcom/android/phone/Ringer$1;->this$0:Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;
iget-object v2, v2, Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;->mContext:Landroid/content/Context;
invoke-static {v2, v4}, Lcom/android/phone/CallTextToSpeech;->getInstance(Landroid/content/Context;I)Lcom/android/phone/CallTextToSpeech;
move-result-object v2
#setter for: Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;->mCallTextToSpeech:Lcom/android/phone/CallTextToSpeech;
invoke-static {v1, v2}, Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;->access$1002(Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;Lcom/android/phone/CallTextToSpeech;)Lcom/android/phone/CallTextToSpeech;
.line 592
iget-object v1, p0, Lcom/android/phone/Ringer$1;->this$0:Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;
#getter for: Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;->mRingHandler:Landroid/os/Handler;
invoke-static {v1}, Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;->access$1100(Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;)Landroid/os/Handler;
move-result-object v1
if-eqz v1, :cond_0
.line 593
iget-object v1, p0, Lcom/android/phone/Ringer$1;->this$0:Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;
#getter for: Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;->mRingHandler:Landroid/os/Handler;
invoke-static {v1}, Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;->access$1100(Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;)Landroid/os/Handler;
move-result-object v1
const/4 v2, 0x5
invoke-virtual {v1, v2}, Landroid/os/Handler;->removeMessages(I)V
goto/16 :goto_0
.line 598
:pswitch_3
iget-object v1, p0, Lcom/android/phone/Ringer$1;->this$0:Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;
const-string v2, "mRingHandler: STOP_RING..."
#calls: Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;->log(Ljava/lang/String;Z)V
invoke-static {v1, v2, v4}, Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;->access$400(Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;Ljava/lang/String;Z)V
.line 599
iget-object v0, p1, Landroid/os/Message;->obj:Ljava/lang/Object;
.end local v0 #r:Landroid/media/Ringtone;
check-cast v0, Landroid/media/Ringtone;
.line 600
.restart local v0 #r:Landroid/media/Ringtone;
if-eqz v0, :cond_9
.line 602
iget-object v1, p0, Lcom/android/phone/Ringer$1;->this$0:Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;
#getter for: Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;->mCallTextToSpeech:Lcom/android/phone/CallTextToSpeech;
invoke-static {v1}, Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;->access$1000(Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;)Lcom/android/phone/CallTextToSpeech;
move-result-object v1
if-eqz v1, :cond_8
iget-object v1, p0, Lcom/android/phone/Ringer$1;->this$0:Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;
#getter for: Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;->mCallTextToSpeech:Lcom/android/phone/CallTextToSpeech;
invoke-static {v1}, Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;->access$1000(Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;)Lcom/android/phone/CallTextToSpeech;
move-result-object v1
invoke-virtual {v1}, Lcom/android/phone/CallTextToSpeech;->IsSpeakingTts()Z
move-result v1
if-eqz v1, :cond_8
.line 603
iget-object v1, p0, Lcom/android/phone/Ringer$1;->this$0:Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;
#getter for: Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;->mCallTextToSpeech:Lcom/android/phone/CallTextToSpeech;
invoke-static {v1}, Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;->access$1000(Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;)Lcom/android/phone/CallTextToSpeech;
move-result-object v1
invoke-virtual {v1}, Lcom/android/phone/CallTextToSpeech;->stopTts()V
.line 604
iget-object v1, p0, Lcom/android/phone/Ringer$1;->this$0:Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;
#setter for: Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;->mCallTextToSpeech:Lcom/android/phone/CallTextToSpeech;
invoke-static {v1, v8}, Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;->access$1002(Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;Lcom/android/phone/CallTextToSpeech;)Lcom/android/phone/CallTextToSpeech;
.line 606
:cond_8
invoke-virtual {v0}, Landroid/media/Ringtone;->stop()V
.line 610
:goto_3
invoke-virtual {p0}, Lcom/android/phone/Ringer$1;->getLooper()Landroid/os/Looper;
move-result-object v1
invoke-virtual {v1}, Landroid/os/Looper;->quit()V
goto/16 :goto_0
.line 608
:cond_9
iget-object v1, p0, Lcom/android/phone/Ringer$1;->this$0:Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;
new-instance v2, Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;
invoke-direct {v2}, Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;-><init>()V
const-string v3, "- STOP_RING with null ringtone! msg = "
invoke-virtual {v2, v3}, Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;->append(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;
move-result-object v2
invoke-virtual {v2, p1}, Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;->append(Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;
move-result-object v2
invoke-virtual {v2}, Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;->toString()Ljava/lang/String;
move-result-object v2
#calls: Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;->log(Ljava/lang/String;Z)V
invoke-static {v1, v2, v4}, Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;->access$400(Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;Ljava/lang/String;Z)V
goto :goto_3
.line 614
:pswitch_4
iget-object v1, p0, Lcom/android/phone/Ringer$1;->this$0:Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;
new-instance v2, Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;
invoke-direct {v2}, Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;-><init>()V
const-string v3, "RETURN_ORIGIN_VOLUME: "
invoke-virtual {v2, v3}, Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;->append(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;
move-result-object v2
iget-object v3, p0, Lcom/android/phone/Ringer$1;->this$0:Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;
#getter for: Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;->mOriginRingtoneVolume:I
invoke-static {v3}, Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;->access$700(Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;)I
move-result v3
invoke-virtual {v2, v3}, Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;->append(I)Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;
move-result-object v2
invoke-virtual {v2}, Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;->toString()Ljava/lang/String;
move-result-object v2
#calls: Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;->log(Ljava/lang/String;Z)V
invoke-static {v1, v2, v4}, Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;->access$400(Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;Ljava/lang/String;Z)V
.line 615
iget-object v1, p0, Lcom/android/phone/Ringer$1;->this$0:Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;
iget-object v1, v1, Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;->mAudioManager:Landroid/media/AudioManager;
iget-object v2, p0, Lcom/android/phone/Ringer$1;->this$0:Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;
#getter for: Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;->mOriginRingtoneVolume:I
invoke-static {v2}, Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;->access$700(Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;)I
move-result v2
[COLOR="Red"] invoke-virtual {v1, v6, v2, v5}, Landroid/media/AudioManager;->setStreamVolume(III)V[/COLOR]
.line 616
const-string v1, "extra_ringer"
invoke-static {v1}, Lcom/android/phone/PhoneFeature;->hasFeature(Ljava/lang/String;)Z
move-result v1
if-eqz v1, :cond_0
.line 617
iget-object v1, p0, Lcom/android/phone/Ringer$1;->this$0:Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;
#getter for: Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;->mExtraRinger:Lcom/android/phone/ExtraRinger;
invoke-static {v1}, Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;->access$800(Lcom/android/phone/Ringer;)Lcom/android/phone/ExtraRinger;

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I am so confused now as i just tried to decompile the same secphone.apk as i did before which worked, it also worked now but it gave this message
with your apk and my own something like could not decode replacing by false value: drawable *****bla bla/calll video icon.png
My apk said could not find 9patch chunk in file and all of a sudden it is doing this i did nothing!! each apk repeated this message with a few differnet files. Now how and why would it do this for no reason. it has always decompiled flawlessly. now it seems like there are missing files weirddd.
PS how did you locate that line, It would be almost in possible to search for that with no leads

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btemtd said:
I am so confused now as i just tried to decompile the same secphone.apk as i did before which worked, it also worked now but it gave this message
with your apk and my own something like could not decode replacing by false value: drawable *****bla bla/calll video icon.png
My apk said could not find 9patch chunk in file and all of a sudden it is doing this i did nothing!! each apk repeated this message with a few differnet files. Now how and why
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This is the method i from i9000 alreay know(i decompile some devs mod and fround it)
What version apktool are you used?Modifed code apk some apktool can not compile and decompile them
maybe for this reason,i used two sets of apktool to compile and decompile jelly bean apk
i'm use apktool 1.4.3 to decomplie,apktool 1.4.2 to compile,hope this can help.

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but the funny thing this only just happened now it showing these weird errors, but the file is decompiled , but before it nevr showed these errors. They are more like files or certain things not found... not really errors. thanks anyways

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here is the screen shot of these weird messages i have NEVER seen them before when decompiing does anyone know what they are, and why is it saying that

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OK I removed that line that you said setstreamvolume etc,,,,,, now check out what happened wen i tried to compile it. I really dont get it now this would of happened if i didnt remove the line as it already happened even when i decompiled
has anyone seen this

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btemtd said:
OK I removed that line that you said setstreamvolume etc,,,,,, now check out what happened wen i tried to compile it. I really dont get it now this would of happened if i didnt remove the line as it already happened even when i decompiled
has anyone seen this
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Because your apktool can not compile modified apk
try use another apktool compile them
upload your apk here,for test compile and decompile

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leamoor said:
Because your apktool can not compile modified apk
try use another apktool compile them
upload your apk here,for test compile and decompile
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but this seems too strange i already made a mod 5x6 touchwiz layout... and it compiled perfectt.
Do you think i hould get the latest apktool?

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btemtd said:
but this seems too strange i already made a mod 5x6 touchwiz layout... and it compiled perfectt.
Do you think i hould get the latest apktool?
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Yes,this is strange,but sometimes happen ,
apktool I will suggestion you get the latest one!