Im having issues with reverse engineering an apk file where the compiled apk ends up timing out with a black screen whenever its opened.
What advise would you guys have for me? I am using apktools and also tried dex2jar and jdgui(I think its called) but still not working or maybe I just cant figure out how to use eclipse properly because I'm a bit of a novice to java/android development.
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hi i have been trying to decompile the latest version of gameboid so that i can edit the xml so the app shows in my xperia play launcher, but every time i try to decompile i get the message "an error has occured check the log" so i check the log and since i don't know anything about knowing what is wrong i uploaded the log.txt
http://www.fileserve.com/file/nSnDSkZ/log.txt
and before you ask
YES i have the latest version of jdk, android sdk AND apkmanager
and YES i used google search AND a search of the entire android forum and found NOTHING but errors because of decompiling SYSTEM apks and i was NOT using a system apk
can anyone tell me why this is happening and how i can fix this, because i can not make any sense of this whatsoever
also the location of apkmanager is c:\apkmanager
and the install location of android sdk, and JDK is left at the default
i'm using windows 7 64 bit
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i just tried to decompile some other apks (nesoid, snesoid, n64oid, and gensoid) and bet the same problem.
anybody got any ideas?
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Have you tried another pc? If you don't have access get virtualbox and run a version of linux. At the very least you would be able to rule out problems with your windows config.
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...let you decompile and apk and edit the layout in the xmls, and then display the results in a device emulator without having to recompile and sign the apk and push it to your device? I have all the tools (SDK, Eclipse, apk manager, etc etc etc) but as I am new to Android tweaking I may be missing some simple knowledge that will save a lot of trial and error!
I am looking initially to edit the HtcQuickLaunchWidget.apk (the non-m10 version) and was wondering if there was a way of loading the apk or decompiled apk back into Eclipse or something similar to then be able to tweak the layout of the widget and view the result on the PC rather than spending hours of making single changes and pushing to my phone each time to see the result.
The answer might be a simple 'no other way' or as I say I might be missing something obvious and all I need to do is 'this, this and this'... Any advice would be greatly appreciated. And before you mock, remember we all have to start (or in my case start again) somewhere
Thanks.
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I am a programming noob and I need some help. I just need someone to translate an error message for me. I have already made two complete themes successfully with this tool.
http://gosms.goforandroid.com/?p=235
When it is compiling the APK though, I get an "error" that says "THIS TOOL IS DEPRECIATED" (see attached screenshot). Yes, it is in all caps, which makes me think this is important. Sometimes if I see this the tool does not apply my changes...I get an APK, but it is the same APK I had before with no changes made.
I am a designer, not a programmer. I know enough to slop my way through the process using tools like this, but I don't know what messages like this mean or even if they matter at all. I have been able to compile usable APK despite this warning, but I'd still like to know what is triggering it and whether or not I should care about it.
I get this even with a "fresh" copy of the ZIP for the tool and deleting the old one.
I have tried googling this phrase with GOSMS and the threads are mostly translations from asian developers and I can't really understand them.
Any ideas?
hi Im steve and im quite a noob,
I wanted to post this under the android forum for Android software and hacking discussion or development tools, but I dont know which one is the most right place. the hacking discussion said "no noob here please" so I posted it here.
I tried modding some APK to make the app able to be multi view (tutorial : http://forums.androidcentral.com/verizon-galaxy-note-2/236929-how-edit-apps-use-multi-window.html ), I succeed modding 8tracks.apk, musicxmatch.apk but then when I tried to do it to LINE (NAVER) and installed it, it said "app was not installed".
so I tried answering that it is a system tool while building the apk, and it still doesnt work.
can anyone help me?
oh, and I have some question also
why some people said to not sign a system tool apk? while from what ive read, android cannot install an unsigned apk.
and also can anyone help me to mod the NAVER/LINE Games to stop checking if i am a rooted device?
thanks
I just tried editing the androidmanifest again with notepad++(before was with notepad) for LINE (modding for multivew), and now I solved the problem that I had (app was not installed).
now it is installed but I cannot run it, it just shows black screen and messed up my launcher. (TSF launcher restart everytime I launch the LINE and the LINE close after black screen).
Hi all, I'm pretty new to this modding stuff, and I'm having some trouble with reinstalling an apk after doing some modifications with apktool. Hopefully someone can lend me a hand.
I can disassemble and reassemble the apk just fine, but the problem is that when I try to install it gives me
"Failure [INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_NO_CERTIFICATES]"
I did some Googling and saw that it' s because apktool doesn't sign the apk, so I went ahead and tried to put the modified files into the original apk. However, I still get the same error.
Finally, I tried to use the apk multitool to sign it, but then I get
"Failure [INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_INCONSISTENT_CERTIFICATES]"
which i imagine is because they are signed with different keys.
If it helps, I'm trying to toy with the Touchless Controls apk from the Moto X.
Thanks!
EDIT: I should say that I also tried uninstalling the application. However, it seems to be impossible to remove because even when I uninstall it and get a "Success", it still is there. If I restart the phone the app will update again as well. I am wondering if this is so difficult because Motorola did something to prevent it from being uninstalled.