Hello
I've looking for a way to edit my SwiftKey 3 a few weeks now without any success. Maybe you can help me.
I don't want to post a specific error code here, since I've tried at least 20 methods and 5 different tools and none worked for me I'd be very grateful if someone could manage to re-compile a modified SwiftKey and tell me how to do it
I want to edit the smileys because I don't like the usual ones that come with the app itself. But even if I just try to decompile and compile without doing any changes it doesn't work
I tried APK manager and APK multi-tool and much more :$
Thanks in advance for any hints!
- experience7
PS: If you need any further information which I forgot to mention, just ask me
Anyone? :$ Really would like to have some custom smileys...
Thanks in advance!
- experience7
experience7 said:
I'd be very grateful if someone could manage to re-compile a modified SwiftKey and tell me how to do it )
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I managed to de-compile and re-compile SwiftKey OK, see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=36036723&postcount=9
Sorry, can't help you with the smileys though.
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I have been trying to edit the framework-res.apk for Cyanogenmod 10 for days now and come across countless problems. All I am trying to do is edit the ui so I may have the on screen buttons but every time time I decompile the apk it just wont recompile. No matter what app I decompile I just cant get it to recompile no matter what, even with no changes. So if someone who actually knows what they're doing can please offer some assistance so I may learn or even edit it for me that would be greatly appreciated.
The location of the change needing to be made is res/values/bools.xml line 57 needs to be set true
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/89758977/framework-res.apk
Idk if this worked. I got an error when compiling but I think it still did it correctly. Rename to Framework-res.apk.
(I think you might need to use twframework-res.apk as a dependency.)
Couldn't get it to work. Thanks for the help though. I think it might just be jellybean apks that aren't able to edited yet.
x_SCOS_x_ELITE said:
Couldn't get it to work. Thanks for the help though. I think it might just be jellybean apks that aren't able to edited yet.
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Prddog1 helped me out on this, I was using an outdated apktool. Pm him. He can send you the latest build.
Good bye HTC Rezound, hello Galaxy S3!
Hi all,
Anyone help me how to remove these Chinese symbol in LEWA rom (bbs.lewaos.com/download.php)
I can not find the string in string.xml (PIM.apk and Phone.apk).
Thanks
Do you know what it means?
If you do, you could find a more logical place with that string...
Framework perhaps?
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caydua said:
Hi all,
Anyone help me how to remove these Chinese symbol in LEWA rom (bbs.lewaos.com/download.php)
I can not find the string in string.xml (PIM.apk and Phone.apk).
Thanks
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Hi did you ever find out how to remove or translate this text
I have ported a Lewa ROM and would like to clean up the Chinese letters Language is some of the stock lewa app's and framework such as the phone dialer too.
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Remove Chinese symbol in LEWA rom:
You can remove the chinese characters by removing LocationProvider.apk (delete).
Within MmsFavoriteProvider.apk has SQLite database (. Db), I can open and edit the text.
The file is /res/raw/mmsfrovider.db (Preprogrammed messages).
Already quick texts are in arrays.xml of "TelephonyProvider.apk", putting what I want and recompile
Use this program:
https://mega.co.nz/#!ZsFlmRJY!V3F8MVv3LWmqj4NfGbgl4Ep_CqIGv-lhzyJY8yifa4U
look:
falcaobr said:
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Remove Chinese symbol in LEWA rom:
You can remove the chinese characters by removing LocationProvider.apk (delete).
Within MmsFavoriteProvider.apk has SQLite database (. Db), I can open and edit the text.
The file is /res/raw/mmsfrovider.db (Preprogrammed messages).
Already quick texts are in arrays.xml of "TelephonyProvider.apk", putting what I want and recompile
Use this program:
https://mega.co.nz/#!ZsFlmRJY!V3F8MVv3LWmqj4NfGbgl4Ep_CqIGv-lhzyJY8yifa4U
look:
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WOW Thanks for tips @falcaobr :highfive:
Probably a dumb question but could I just replace the LocationProvider.apk with the one from my stock ROM or is the Lewa LocationProvider.apk framework specific
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Ok I removed the the LocationProvider.apk and the Chinese text is gone :good:
I have found The file /res/raw/mmsfrovider.db and I can edit the text with SQLite database as you suggest :good:
I have a problem with the quick texts arrays.xml of "TelephonyProvider.apk" I can not find arrays.xml within the .apk
I do have the option to send quick text replies in Chinese so I guess the file must be there somewhere (should I use apktool to decompile the apk)
bigrammy said:
...I have a problem with the quick texts arrays.xml of "TelephonyProvider.apk" I can not find arrays.xml within the .apk
I do have the option to send quick text replies in Chinese so I guess the file must be there somewhere (should I use apktool to decompile the apk)
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Ok,
Test can replace LocationProvider, but does not affect anything, best to delete.
Yes, quick texts are arrays.xml.
TelefoneProvider.apk have to decompile with apktool and edit:
res/values/arrays.xml.
cheers
falcaobr said:
Ok,
Test can replace LocationProvider, but does not affect anything, best to delete.
Yes, quick texts are arrays.xml.
TelefoneProvider.apk have to decompile with apktool and edit:
res/values/arrays.xml.
cheers
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Hi Thanks @falcaobr,
I will use apktool to try locate the arrays.xml in /res/values as 7zip does not show "values" or unpack this
I deleted LocationProvider as you said and everything is normal and does not seem to affect anything as you have said except removing the chinese from the contacts.
Thanks for the help bro it is much appreciated
bigrammy said:
Hi Thanks @falcaobr,
I will use apktool to try locate the arrays.xml in /res/values as 7zip does not show "values" or unpack this
I deleted LocationProvider as you said and everything is normal and does not seem to affect anything as you have said except removing the chinese from the contacts.
Thanks for the help bro it is much appreciated
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hey buddy hows your experiment??got succes with it?wanna know..:fingers-crossed:
stubbornboy said:
hey buddy hows your experiment??got succes with it?wanna know..:fingers-crossed:
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Hi @stubbornboy
Just follow the above posts it all works :highfive:
I still have not got around to fully editing the quick texts as I am very very lazy :laugh: Maybe I will do it soon
bigrammy said:
Hi Thanks @falcaobr,
I will use apktool to try locate the arrays.xml in /res/values as 7zip does not show "values" or unpack this
I deleted LocationProvider as you said and everything is normal and does not seem to affect anything as you have said except removing the chinese from the contacts.
Thanks for the help bro it is much appreciated
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bigrammy said:
Hi @stubbornboy
Just follow the above posts it all works :highfive:
I still have not got around to fully editing the quick texts as I am very very lazy :laugh: Maybe I will do it soon
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glad to hear that @bigrammy..i gotta try to.
thank for the info:highfive:
Hello,
I'd like to ask somebody more proficient than me to modify/create/whatever to get AOSP jelly bean lockscreen
there are numerous entries in xda forums about that but it seems I'm too dumb to follow it - there's always something wrong.
example links I've found for S2 JellyBean but can't follow:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1689376
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2026976
Thanx in advance (also for not advising me to try 3rd party lockscreens which I found all either laggy or unresponsive or unreliable or battery draining or just ugly)
adamuadamu said:
Hello,
I'd like to ask somebody more proficient than me to modify/create/whatever to get AOSP jelly bean lockscreen
there are numerous entries in xda forums about that but it seems I'm too dumb to follow it - there's always something wrong.
example links I've found for S2 JellyBean but can't follow:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1689376
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2026976
Thanx in advance (also for not advising me to try 3rd party lockscreens which I found all either laggy or unresponsive or unreliable or battery draining or just ugly)
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Just like you I didn't understand anything on those two threads!! But since this is for S2, it may or may not work for S Advance... just wait for some expert to answer you..
Why don't you give Holo Locker a try.. I used to use it when I was on GB...
Sami Kabir said:
Just like you I didn't understand anything on those two threads!! But since this is for S2, it may or may not work for S Advance... just wait for some expert to answer you..
Why don't you give Holo Locker a try.. I used to use it when I was on GB...
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It consumes your battery. I tried to make that one work, but no luck. When I transfer modded file to my phone I got same thing like before.
I follow four different tutorials and none succeeded, we must find the specific form for SGS Advance.
That seems easy. Try using Virtuous Ten Studios. It will save a lpt of time and help in debugging.
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Tried it but I got stuck in a bootloop when I replaced the android.policy.jar in my phone
thanks Shaan for the tip about the software.
successfully edited and compiled android.policy.jar file - I'm trying to follow mirko_ddd's tutorial
but no luck decompiling secsettings.apk - I know it has dependencies on framework-res.apk and tw-framework.res but I can't find any option in the program to force that
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just got it, finally decompiled secsettings.apk
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SECOND EDIT:
I finally managed to decompile secsettings, followed mirko_ddd's tutorial, recompiled and exchanged the androidmanifest.xml from original .apk as otherwise system claimed not to have the app installed (ie. you couldn't enter settings at all). so, the system boots fine, everything works fine, except there's no change, so still no way to toggle AOSP lock.
currently I'm at loss, can you share any ideas with me? ofc if you'd like to take a look I'll upload the smali files I changed
Hey guys,
I was searching for a tool to edit an apk file and i found Apk Tool on xda but i think it's not
that much easy to work with this program. (for a n00b, like me.. )
I managed to open and edit te file with winRAR,
but is this program also capable of proper compiling the app again, ready to use?
I tried it and it worked well i think, but is this possible with any app or other kinds of changes?
If this is stupid or something, please tell me. I am not very experienced in these kinds of things.. (neither in english, sorry.. )
Somebody any ideas?
Thanks in advance!
bart1996 said:
Hey guys,
I was searching for a tool to edit an apk file and i found Apk Tool on xda but i think it's not
that much easy to work with this program. (for a n00b, like me.. )
I managed to open and edit te file with winRAR,
but is this program also capable of proper compiling the app again, ready to use?
I tried it and it worked well i think, but is this possible with any app or other kinds of changes?
If this is stupid or something, please tell me. I am not very experienced in these kinds of things.. (neither in english, sorry.. )
Somebody any ideas?
Thanks in advance!
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It all depends on what you edit,obviously you didnt make a fatal change,so it must have been small,no its not possible to edit anything else as far as the manifest and xml files.You'll get a parsing error.
Diablo67 said:
It all depends on what you edit,obviously you didnt make a fatal change,so it must have been small,no its not possible to edit anything else as far as the manifest and xml files.You'll get a parsing error.
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Okay, that's true i only changed those kinds of files and it wasn't a problem yet.
I changed somethings in an demo version of an app and now it recognizes it as the full version so winRAR can be pretty usefull for apk edit if you keep things simple like this..
bart1996 said:
Okay, that's true i only changed those kinds of files and it wasn't a problem yet.
I changed somethings in an demo version of an app and now it recognizes it as the full version so winRAR can be pretty usefull for apk edit if you keep things simple like this..
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It only really works for editing images.
Admitting this is a nice way to get banned
Wayne Tech Nexus
Hi guys, I'm fairly new to this but I wanted to know how I can change the list pressed animation style in Xperia U? I mean the white background glow on pressing and holding any list button in menus or tabs or buttons, for example see the following photo (attachments), how the background of the notification has turn to white (fading).
I thought there might be a. 9.png file for that, but when I started searching for in the drawable folder of framework-res.apk, I wasn't able to find it?
So I wanna know that am I searching wrongly or there is no such file and just a xml code which I'm not able to get my hands on because of lack of my knowledge of decompiling the apks. I tried decompiling it by apktool but it won't budge. Also to edit pngs I am using a simple technique (posted by a xda user, sorry for not recalling your name but thanks) that is to just open or extract the roms through 7zip and then just copy them back to the respective apk file. This seems to be working as I was able to create my own lockscreen. So please help me in finding where I'm going wrong.
Thanks in advanced...
You must decompile the framework-res.apk and then, search in /drawable-hdpi folder the image. Its name is notification-normal-bg.9.png or something like that. Edit it with photoshop, and, when you have all that you want, compile the framework-res.apk and change it in your phone. Do a backup before do anything.
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Slash137 said:
You must decompile the framework-res.apk and then, search in /drawable-hdpi folder the image. Its name is notification-normal-bg.9.png or something like that. Edit it with photoshop, and, when you have all that you want, compile the framework-res.apk and change it in your phone. Do a backup before do anything.
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First of all thanks for your advice, but as it turns out the Sony isn't using that file?? And also I just did it with my normal method (described before), so I guess it might be a problem that I'm not decompiling it, but as it turns out I don't know exactly how to. So can you suggest me a Guide or something like that through which I can learn to do it without any problems...?? Because last I time tried it, I got a failed app! Please help, thanks in advance...
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First of all thanks for your advice, but as it turns out the Sony isn't using that file?? And also I just did it with my normal method (described before), so I guess it might be a problem that I'm not decompiling it, but as it turns out I don't know exactly how to. So can you suggest me a Guide or something like that through which I can learn to do it without any problems...?? Because last I time tried it, I got a failed app! Please help, thanks in advance...
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I have successfully figured out the first part of the problem, the sony uses the .png starting with semc... So I just searched for semc_list_.... And found what I was looking for. But still how to decompile system apps in Xperia based devices succesfully..? Please someone..?
divinemamgai said:
I have successfully figured out the first part of the problem, the sony uses the .png starting with semc... So I just searched for semc_list_.... And found what I was looking for. But still how to decompile system apps in Xperia based devices succesfully..? Please someone..?
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You must use APKTool for decompile. When you got it it's so easy to use.
Slash137 said:
You must use APKTool for decompile. When you got it it's so easy to use.
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Yeah buddy, it was pretty easy. And I figured out what I was doing wrong before, I wasn't including framework-res.apk and SemcGenericUxp.apk in the tool to help it compile the resources! Thanks.
divinemamgai said:
Yeah buddy, it was pretty easy. And I figured out what I was doing wrong before, I wasn't including framework-res.apk and SemcGenericUxp.apk in the tool to help it compile the resources! Thanks.
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Can you suggest me a method of porting roms perfectly...?
divinemamgai said:
Can you suggest me a method of porting roms perfectly...?
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Don't worry GOT.. IT....