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[APP] Simply change an icon on your Android phone (Update APK Edit V0.4e)

APK Edit V0.4e
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Ever wanted to simply change an icon on your Android phone and found yourself lost in the endless lists of forum posts saying: you have to change heaven and earth to do this...
NOT ANYMORE!!!!
APK Edit is born!
With this little program you can simply change icons of your android application.
It even lets you change the applications name.
But wait mike..... there's more.....
It even lets you edit the text used in applications.
Sounds to good to be true...
Well... to be honest.... it is.
But I've come a long way from that initial question to the final answer.
My conclusion so far, it works for most of my applications.
It probably will work on most of yours as well.
Try it out now!
(Caution: when overwriting an existing application, using the adb Wireless feature, you will loose your associated data!!!)
For the record... only use on you're own apk files, otherwise it's not that legal I think.
Version history:
Code:
0.4e - Minor update
Added: Some more debug logging on startup of the application.
Fixed: Version number in settings tab now shows correct version.
0.4d - Minor update
Fixed: Fixed startup crash if some APK properties are empty (like screensize/densities/locales), like in Settings.apk.
Fixed: A little bug in the fancy install mechanism, mainly experienced when installing system apk's
0.4c - Minor update
Fixed: Compatibility issue with Windows XP, causing program to crash on startup.
0.4b - Minor update
Fixed: Error extracting signature.
Changed: Extended logging.
0.4a - Minor update
Changed: Logging is enabled by default.
Added: Some debug messages for when opening of apk goes wrong.
0.4 - Major rewrite
Did a major rewrite of the code.
Added: Option to choose APK tool version
Added: Logging feature
Added: Auto retrieve required dependency files from phone if needed (for editing system apps)
Added: Details panel, shows information about the package.
Added: Restore original file link, for when thing's get really messed up.
Added: Donate button, for those who wanna celebrate with me.
Fixed: Some annoying issues (APKtool Issue 100) / (XLargeScreens bug)
Removed: QR Code installation support
Removed: AdbWireless installation support
0.3 - Update
Added: Language support.
Added: Installation method (USB Cable).
0.2 - Minor update
Added: Save confirmation dialog (as req by droidzone)
Changed: Recreated the loading animation so that it theme's better with the rest of the application.
0.1 - Initial release
Special thanks goes out to:Brut.all for creating Apktool, the backbone of this little project.
and to: anoniem100 to make it functional for noobs like me Orginal Post click here

very good

Seems an excellent work let's try and then will report back
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

How can I use this program ?? If I open it, it opens a dialog screen that wants to open a java.exe file ?

In order to use it you need to have java installed.
By default it will search for it in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\java.exe".
If it can't find it there, it will pop up the screen you are talking about, asking you where it can find it.
I know, it's a little dirty this way, but I'm a lazy programmer
If necessary you can download java for free at: java.com

Anoniem100 said:
In order to use it you need to have java installed.
By default it will search for it in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\java.exe".
If it can't find it there, it will pop up the screen you are talking about, asking you where it can find it.
I know, it's a little dirty this way, but I'm a lazy programmer
If necessary you can download java for free at: java.com
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Thanks my friend to make it functional for noobs like me

what can i say friend? you are a great guy!!!

dena994 said:
what can i say friend? you are a great guy!!!
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So i'll see all custom icons in your next Rom LOL

This is total awesomeness... works perfect for me, i will definitely promote this!
Thanks for sharing it.

BTW heads up --- this can actually break some apps...
The breakage comes because this tool works by decompiling the apk and
signing it with a key that is NOT the same as the original developer's
key so for apps that have co-dependencies (ie, one app calls into another), this can cause mystery errors because if the signatures are not identical, then the call will fail.
while this is a lovely tool, i just wanted to mention this...

thanks for the info
Update New version V0.2

That's true ThaPHLASH, co-dependencies are a big trouble when using this approach. Can't think of any way around it at this time, so we are currently stuck at changing those apk's who are autonomous.
If it does break you're apk, don't worry... it always saves a backup of the original apk when changing.

Great!! its work fine for me
Thanks!

i think this will change the icon in the appdrawer, right ?
if so, it would be nice to seen this wihtin an app on the phone direct,
like desktop visualiser but also in the appdrawer.
dunno if its possible to code, but that woud be awesom !

Falloutboy2000 said:
i think this will change the icon in the appdrawer, right ?
if so, it would be nice to seen this wihtin an app on the phone direct,
like desktop visualiser but also in the appdrawer.
dunno if its possible to code, but that woud be awesom !
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That is pretty easy to do, u just find the icons in the drawables of a app but I think this app will make it much easier, I need to get back on my pc and check this out.
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I have a problem i think.... when change icon to apk file the aplicattion create a .backup file but no a new file with the new icon... and other work ok i dont know why...

Congrats zEsAr!!!
You are the lucky finder of a brand new bug!
Are you having this problem with all your apk files?

No, some apks work ok but others say save changes very fast and the new archive dont exist.

zEsAr said:
No, some apks work ok but others say save changes very fast and the new archive dont exits.
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Cool, or actually... not that cool, but you get my drift.
Will look into it, I myself have the same problem with some of them.
Maybe has to do something with compression levels, bla bla...
Back to work ;-)

not to question your skills or the app capability, but does it still have the problem zesar had? just wanna make sure before trying it out..

[UTIL][12/JUL/12] Samsung Galaxy S Chlorine (or cwm update bloat remover generator)

Status: ONLINE and Updated 12/Jul/12
With so many GB roms coming out lately I often can't wait for xxx custom rom developer to update to xxx rom. For the last month or so I've basically been using customised stock roms. (My own AOSP theme, choose a kernel, change a few apks).
One of the first things I do after flashing a new rom + kernel is cut down on some of the bloat in /system/. I more or less remove everything that can be downloaded (for free) from the market. When they're downloaded from the market they often go into /data/, leaving more breathing room in /system/.
As always, backup and be confident with restoring your phone via download mode or CWM.
Android Chlorine
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SGS Chlorine
SGS2 Chlorine
SGS3 Chlorine
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SGS Chlorine (mobile)
SGS2 Chlorine (mobile)
SGS3 Chlorine (mobile)
What this does:
This is a little bit of PHP that will generate a customised CWM update.zip which will remove specific apks (and associated .odexes).
Usage:
* Choose which APKs you want the update.zip to remove and hit the Generate button.
- You can also select a preset to save some clicking.
* Copy the generated .zip file to your phone.
* Apply it with CWM.
Thanks:
The list of APKs was grabbed from the public google docs spreadsheet.
The SGS2 APK list was grabbed from this public google docs spreadsheet
The SGS3 APK list was grabbed from this public google docs spreadsheet. XDA thread
Notes:
* The APK list shouldn't let you remove anything 'vital' to booting the phone.
* I've tested it myself pretty extensively and used it for the last couple of stock roms released. However, there may be bugs. Let me know and I'll attempt to get them fixed!
* If you have any particular ideas for good presets, also let me know and I'll see to adding them.
* You can remove TouchWiz (TouchWiz30Launcher.apk) with this. However, if you do that without having another home 'app' installed, bad things may (will) happen.

Presets:
- Google
Removes the following:
- Gmail.apk
- GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk
- Maps.apk
- Street.apk
- VoiceSearch.apk
- YouTube.apk
- Sargorn Special
Removes the following:
- Everything from the Google preset
- Aldiko
- BuddiesNow
- The flip fonts, Choco, Cool, Rose
- Days
- Dlna
- DualClock
- InfoAlarm
- Flash
- Layar
- MiniDairy
- MyFiles
- Protips
- SamsungWidgets (CalendarClock, FeedAndUpdate, StockClock)
- SnsAccount
- SnsProvider
- Unified Inbox
- Write and Go

Nice, a kitchen for removal rather than gain of apps

reserved for future use!

Simple, but very useful!
Thumbs up!

this looks very promising.
one of the things i hate about upgrading is removing all the bloatware ....will try it out my next flash thanks

what a great idea

Wow, definitely going to try this. Thanks!
EDIT: after generating a .zip and looking at the generated script, it deletes .apk and .odex files. Will this throw an error if used on a deodexed rom? Maybe an option to select whether the rom is odexed/deodexed would be a good idea? Just a thought.

It doesn't throw an error. Just double checked.

I will try. I was looking for such a pc software because im tired of removin app
myself again and again after flashing new roms. Thanks.

can i still choose apps which i don't have so incase in the future, i don't need to create another one.. what i'm generating is my master uninstaller.
very nice utility.

this a very useful +1

Very nice idea. Exactly what I was looking for. Will give it a try right away/

Great!
Suggestion: you could add a text input field (possibly user could press a button to get more text input fields) so that users can remove some other (not pre-defined) APKs.
Don't know if it's of any use though..

bitmappp said:
can i still choose apps which i don't have so incase in the future, i don't need to create another one.. what i'm generating is my master uninstaller.
very nice utility.
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That should work without any problems. The update-script won't complain if the files deleted are not there to start with.
theos0o said:
Great!
Suggestion: you could add a text input field (possibly user could press a button to get more text input fields) so that users can remove some other (not pre-defined) APKs.
Don't know if it's of any use though..
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I can see it being useful if you have a specific apk that usually is installed with your CSC. I'll look into it when I have a chance.

If I understood well, it works on odexed roms?

wonsky21 said:
If I understood well, it works on odexed roms?
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That's right, the update-script removes both the .apk files and the .odex files.
So as long as you have CWM it will work on odex or deodexed.

Ok, so domo arigato, as they say

Worked pretty good when I went from JVP to JVQ just a minute ago
Great!

After downloading the zip file, can the updater-script be manually edited and and readded to the zip?

Only mobileversion in cm 7.1 browser

Hello
I rooted my Desire last week (finally!!!) and put on CM 7.1
Coming from stock HTC Rom everything is now a complete new world...
I have searched and searched to find a solution but argh!! It seems I'm the only one...?
When I browse on the internet on my Desire it seems that it always chooses the mobileversion of a page - instead of the "real big page"
In the stock Htc browser I could tick if I wanted to browse showing the mobileversion - but this doesn't seem to be possible with CM 7.1?
I have tried to install Dolphin Browser HD too but that didn't solve it either...
Please please help me!!!

hi
in cyanogenmod you can choose the user-agent in Menu->Settings->User-Agent. There you can switch between several options.
AndroidJaspie

Thank you but there doesn't seem to be any solutions under this CyanogenMod settings...???

not in the cyanogemod-settings.
open your browser, press menu und select settings. there you can setup the user-agent you want.

open browser>settings>user-agent choose a diffrent profile and that's all
Edit I'm very slowhand

Oh I see!
But which version do you use then...? Because it seems that neither Android nor Froyo gives me the ability to look other than mobileversion homepages...?

maybe you should try linu-desktop or mac-desktop to get a standart view of the page

Yes! Linux desktop was the solution and then clearing cache... Thank you all

no problem

I'm on michael etc etc rom which is a sense rom. In brower settings I have also to unflag mobile view manage user agent only for aosp rom
I'm too slowhand ...I give up

Alternatively use Dolphin Browser HD and change the user agent from the menu there.

[Q] Optimizing Beanstalk 4.3.075 ?!

Hi there!
First of all, I really want to thank you a lot, officiallysonyrebel, for such a great ROM!!!
You did an amazing job and compiled a wonderful ROM.
I'm using it on my Arc S - and it's actually the first ROM, I'm using at all.
I was running crazy with the former firmware and ICS (system too slow & all the other issues you know!).
I even thought, I've to buy a new smartphone, because my issues caused by the ICS - firmware will never be solved.
→ However, YOU SAVED me from further headaches them!!! :good:
Well, back to the essential:
While "optimizing" the ROM to my uses, i. e., deinstalling & moving apps from /system/apps etc., I realized the following "behaviors":
1. In the status bar, there is a date area. So if you click on the date, Calendar.apk opens.
The same happens with my weather widget: If I click there on the date, Calendar.apk opens.
When I removed Calendar.apk to replace it with my favorite Busines Calendar (netgenius.biscal.apk), both link areas simply lost their functionality.
→ Would it be also possible to link this area to any calendar app you want? So everyone could keep this great "link" in the status bar (and in the widget) without loosing its functionality and define himself which calendar app he wants to be linked with this area.
2. It seems QuickSarchBox.apk is linked to the GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk.
When I removed QuickSarchBox.apk, I only had the GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk, which at the same time offered me the Google Now!! functionality.
→ So may it be that QuickSarchBox.apk just "lays on" the "standard" Google Search and also hides the functions of Google Now!?
At the same time, it's really interesting that pressing long on the menu button opens Google Now!.
3. Actually, I didn't want to use Gallery2.apk, but instead Album.apk of Xperia Z.
But when I removed Gallery2.apk, I realized that some other areas are linked to "Gallery2.apk", i. e. my profile in Contacts.apk.
So it happened, when I wanted to add a picture to my profile, the Album of Xperia Z opened, I could choose a foto, but it wasn't "sent" to my profile. The pic - area there kept being blank.
→ Would it also be possible to link this area to any album app you want?
4. When I converted Contacts.apk from a system's to a user's app, moved it to my SD Card and wanted to dial a number of any of my contacts, Contacts.apk just crashed. But at the same time I was able to choose any of my contacts within Contacts.apk to send them a SMS and even decide via which app (Stock, Whatsapp, Textra, ...).
→ I was really wondering, why this happens in that way?
(To get all the functionality back, I converted it already back to a system's app.)
5. It's not possible to move the system app Torch.apk to SD Card. If you do so, it won't work at all.
→ Would be great, it would be possible to convert Torch.apk also to a user app and to move it without problems.
6. Is there a possibility to solve the "camera issue", i. e. the green foto thumbnail?
7. For those, who are interested: I converted a lot of system apps to user apps and moved them from /system/app to /data/app.
After trying them out, I also removed a lot of apps, because I didn't need them at all.
That's how I cleaned the System ROM up to aprox. 150 MB and the intern space up to aprox. 220 MB.
My Arc S literally "runs" now like a charm and the real speed (in comparison to ICS Firmware) makes me very happy.
This is a list of what I converted to user app or deinstalled at all - once, again, I decided to remove this apps, because I personally don't need them at all (a lot of them are live wallpapers:
Moved from /system/app to /data/app - WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ISSUES / PROBLEMS:
Code:
BasicDreams.apk
BeanStalkPapers.apk
Browser.apk
Calculator.apk
Calendar.apk
DownloadProviderUi.apk
Gallery2.apk
Gmail.apk
MediaUploader.apk
Mms.apk
SoundRecorder.apk
Removed at all - WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ISSUES / PROBLEMS:
Code:
Apollo.apk
ATweakerFree.apk
DSPManager.apk
Gallery2.apk
GooManager.apk
HALO.apk
HoloLauncherHD.apk
HoloSpiralWallpaper.apk
HTMLViewer.apk
LatinIME.apk
LiveWallpapers.apk
MagicSmokeWallpapers.apk
NoiseField.apk
PhaseBeam.apk
PhotoTable.apk
SetupWizard.apk
StalkExplorer.apk
Stk.apk
Trebuchet.apk
VideoEditor.apk
VisualizationWallpapers.apk
XposedDPI.apk
XposedInstaller.apk
So, I hope you can give me some answers to my questions an I hope my experiments help our community to get better and better!!!
Regards,
Chipy

disabling button backlight
beanstalk is a GREAT ROM!! but the button back-light is annoying, I really want to disable it.
I saw on the official beanstalk thread that someone posted a mod for adding advanced settings, but it didn't help.
I was able to add the settings for disabling it but it didn't do anything.
I also head problems with mounting the system root with RO, it is stuck in RW and no app was able to change it.
if the mounting issue with the ro-rw will be fixed i will be able to fix the back-light manually so it is more important.
thank you

Hi dropsy1234!
Did you try to mount the system root with ES File Manager (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.estrongs.android.pop&hl=en)?
Which buttons back - lights do you mean?
I even didn't see any lights...

thanks
hi
thank you for the answer, but I already tried es and fx file explorer and another app... nothing helped. i saw that allot of people had problams with this on android 4.3
i'f i'm the only one with this problem on this ROM then I will try to install it again.
about the light' i'm talking about that annoying light behind (on the sides) the menu button.

dropsy1234 said:
hi
thank you for the answer, but I already tried es and fx file explorer and another app... nothing helped. i saw that allot of people had problams with this on android 4.3
i'f i'm the only one with this problem on this ROM then I will try to install it again.
about the light' i'm talking about that annoying light behind (on the sides) the menu button.
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HI dropsy1234!
I don't exactly know why do you want to mount the system root with RO?
But checking my settings in es file explorer, they're set to:
Path RO RW
/ X
/system X
So, does this mean, my system root is mount with RO?!
Finally, I realised the light behind the buttons.

Mmmm...
thanks chip
but as you can see i'm new to this forum (only 3 posts) so i have no idea what your es settings mean
thanks for trying to help tough.

Question about Stock browser !!

Hello,
On my N5120 (Samsung stock deodexed and rooted), my bookmarks in thumbnail view are displayed as in 2nd attached photo.
I tried AOSP browser, my bookmarks are displayed as in 1st photo. And, obviously, I prefer the way the bookmarks are displayed in AOSP browser.
My question: Is there a way to modify SecBrowser.apk in Samsung stock rom, so that the bookmarks be displayed as in AOSP browser.
(Maybe, by modding a file in res/layout?? But, which file and how??)
You may ask why I just don't use AOSP browser. The reason is CSC feature to add an exit button to browser does not work with AOSP browser.
Off course, if I can add an exit button to AOSP broswer, that's also fine for me. But, this seems more complicated.
Can any one help??

3to4 said:
Hello,
On my N5120 (Samsung stock deodexed and rooted), my bookmarks in thumbnail view are displayed as in 2nd attached photo.
I tried AOSP browser, my bookmarks are displayed as in 1st photo. And, obviously, I prefer the way the bookmarks are displayed in AOSP browser.
My question: Is there a way to modify SecBrowser.apk in Samsung stock rom, so that the bookmarks be displayed as in AOSP browser.
(Maybe, by modding a file in res/layout?? But, which file and how??)
You may ask why I just don't use AOSP browser. The reason is CSC feature to add an exit button to browser does not work with AOSP browser.
Off course, if I can add an exit button to AOSP broswer, that's also fine for me. But, this seems more complicated.
Can any one help??
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I have been trying to change in xml files in res/layout without success, which is normal as I don't know anything about programming....
I just had a thought! Maybe, the difference in the way that the bookmarks are displayed is in UI between Phone and Tablet.
Is there a way to set stock browser in Phone UI?