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[Q]How can I change the rom UI?

Hi i wanna know how can I edit the UI of my rom for example in ics I want to change that blue line on title of apps or the icons or the status bar background and icons?

Galliture said:
Hi i wanna know how can I edit the UI of my rom for example in ics I want to change that blue line on title of apps or the icons or the status bar background and icons?
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You would need to flash a theme for the rom or theme the system apks yourself.

zelendel said:
You would need to flash a theme for the rom or theme the system apks yourself.
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No i like to theme the rom myself but how can I do it? Ones I tried to decompile the systemUI.apk with apk manager but it didnt decompiled it ... How do modders make modes? which app should i use for modding?

Galliture said:
No i like to theme the rom myself but how can I do it? Ones I tried to decompile the systemUI.apk with apk manager but it didnt decompiled it ... How do modders make modes? which app should i use for modding?
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Apktool is the prefered method but it is alot of trial and error depending on the rom used. Did you install the framework files? Do you have the SDK installed?

zelendel said:
Apktool is the prefered method but it is alot of trial and error depending on the rom used. Did you install the framework files? Do you have the SDK installed?
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im using ice cold sandwich 7.5 but my sdk is for platform 9 and i cant update it ... can you give me a link for apk tool?

Galliture said:
im using ice cold sandwich 7.5 but my sdk is for platform 9 and i cant update it ... can you give me a link for apk tool?
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ICS requires a special apktool set up you have to use a command line set up and 2 different apktool jar files. a Search for decompiling ICS will get you a link to the how to and tools.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1511730
Here is a link that came up in the first result of a search but you will need to update the SDK to allow editing ICS

zelendel said:
ICS requires a special apktool set up you have to use a command line set up and 2 different apktool jar files. a Search for decompiling ICS will get you a link to the how to and tools.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1511730
Here is a link that came up in the first result of a search but you will need to update the SDK to allow editing ICS
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Tnx.I have the lastest version of sdk manager but when i wanna update it it just shows my current sdk .. i tried many ways to update it but i couldnt. How did you get sdk for platform 13?

Galliture said:
Tnx.I have the lastest version of sdk manager but when i wanna update it it just shows my current sdk .. i tried many ways to update it but i couldnt. How did you get sdk for platform 13?
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Just ran manager with admin rights and downloaded and installed all updates. I have windows 7 64 bit
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zelendel said:
Just ran manager with admin rights and downloaded and installed all updates. I have windows 7 64 bit
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ran manager? does it update the sdk? no im using win xp sp3 32bit(i loooove xp)

Issue of APKTOOL

Has anybody workable apktool on JB 4.2? I tried many versions, 1.5.1/1.5.0, but failed to compiled.
What tools do you use to mod phone.apk / systemui.apk / framework-res.pak now?

350d said:
Has anybody workable apktool on JB 4.2? I tried many versions, 1.5.1/1.5.0, but failed to compiled.
What tools do you use to mod phone.apk / systemui.apk / framework-res.pak now?
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HAve you got aapt from the latest sdk? that is most likely the issue. I just tried decompiling and recompiling of a few 4.2 files with no problem. I used a apktool snapshot I compiled from the git.

thanks！ I tried different aapt.exe and I think it is problem. Could you share me your aapt.exe?

tristan202 said:
HAve you got aapt from the latest sdk? that is most likely the issue. I just tried decompiling and recompiling of a few 4.2 files with no problem. I used a apktool snapshot I compiled from the git.
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I can use apktool 1.5.1 pre with the latest aapt.exe(size:5972K) to install framework-res.apk and decompiled phone.apk (both from Cataclysm ROM or stock jelly bean 4.2 deodexed) successfully. But never can I compile them! Enclosed screenshot... What must I missing?

For me I get error when trying to decompile JB apk so I use FJ-apktools and then I sign and decompile + recompile modified apk + zipalign with Android kitchen then it works well..
This may be good: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1053227 I have not tested this yet.

I tried FJ-APKTOOLS yesterday, failed...

350d said:
I tried FJ-APKTOOLS yesterday, failed...
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APKTOOL for JB4.2.x
http://www.mediafire.com/?v46a04y74i7zb5q

I used this aapt and apktool.jar to successfully decompile and recompile 4.2 framework
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34806981&postcount=265

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APKTOOL_JB4.2 no work recompile GalleryGoogle.apk
sorry for google translate.

Try this one before modding your gallery. Copy your browser.apk to your tools folder then apktool if browser.apk. Some of the apps requires the browser to be installed on your apktool folder in order for them to decompile and recompile.
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rustyjay said:
I used this aapt and apktool.jar to successfully decompile and recompile 4.2 framework
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34806981&postcount=265
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Thanks Bro! It really does work!

None of this work. All failed. Any other fixes?

F4M0U569 said:
None of this work. All failed. Any other fixes?
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No fixes required. All you need to do is get the latest sdk, and a snapshot of apktool 1.5.1.
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It works!
rustyjay said:
I used this aapt and apktool.jar to successfully decompile and recompile 4.2 framework
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34806981&postcount=265
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Thank you for the link!

[Q] Able to de and re compile framework-res.apk?

I was just wondering if anyone with the UAMDL software has been able to decompile and recompile the framework on here yet.
I have tried with the APK multi tool and the decompile works fine but when I try to recompile it errors our right away.
Anyone have any luck with this?
If so what tool did you use?

Yes I have.
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I'd like to know this as well, and how people have been successful. I haven't had any luck installing framework-res.apk or recompiling a modified app. From my understanding, it's an issue with apktool and aapt that needs to be updated.

TheArtiszan said:
I was just wondering if anyone with the UAMDL software has been able to decompile and recompile the framework on here yet.
I have tried with the APK multi tool and the decompile works fine but when I try to recompile it errors our right away.
Anyone have any luck with this?
If so what tool did you use?
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That and SystemUI.apk are both missing files needed for them to decompile and recompile right
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elesbb said:
Yes I have.
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Can you elaborate on what tools you used and how to set it up please?
I have been stuck trying to get this to work for over a week now.
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evil1art said:
That and SystemUI.apk are both missing files needed for them to decompile and recompile right
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There are ways for making it work though
TheArtiszan said:
Can you elaborate on what tools you used and how to set it up please?
I have been stuck trying to get this to work for over a week now.
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I used the tool in my signature and you have to remove some layout paramaters in the xml files then recompile and copy the originals over to the newly compiled apk.

elesbb said:
There are ways for making it work though
I used the tool in my signature and you have to remove some layout paramaters in the xml files then recompile and copy the originals over to the newly compiled apk.
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Im the one who figured out the missing style for the systemui
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evil1art said:
Im the one who figured out the missing style for the systemui
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Yeah so did I lol. Ive ran into that issue before and thats all you have to do to get around it.

elesbb said:
There are ways for making it work though
I used the tool in my signature and you have to remove some layout paramaters in the xml files then recompile and copy the originals over to the newly compiled apk.
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We have our own modified apk manger works good
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evil1art said:
We have our own modified apk manger works good
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Ahhh. That makes life a lot easier lol. How did you modify it? Build it from source or edit the jar file?

elesbb said:
Ahhh. That makes life a lot easier lol. How did you modify it? Build it from source or edit the jar file?
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Modified the original files and changed memory heap etc
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Oh okay that makes sense.
I am editing the framework res apk
Making changes only to the arrays.xml file in the values folder.
Which styles should I be commenting out and then which file should I copy to the original?
I tried putting a + in front of a few lines based on the errors I was getting but that seemed to make it worse.
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I think the arrays and other values xml get compiled into the resources file no?
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TheArtiszan said:
I think the arrays and other values xml get compiled into the resources file no?
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Everything in the values directory is found in your resources.arsc file in the apk.
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Ah that makes sense.
The changes made for layouts, does that go into the same area though?
Just wondering if that might cause a problem since that is what I would want to move over.
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That is odd.
I can get this to decompile in apk multi tool but not Elesbb's GUI
I get the following error:
Tue 06/25/2013
0:46:56.39
Decompiling.. "C:\Users\Bill\APK GUI\framework-res.apk"
I: Loading resource table...
Exception in thread "main" brut.androlib.AndrolibException: Multiple resources: spec=0x010802f4 drawable/ic_ab_back_holo_dark, config=-hdpi
at brut.androlib.res.data.ResConfig.addResource(ResConfig.java:65)
at brut.androlib.res.data.ResConfig.addResource(ResConfig.java:58)
at brut.androlib.res.decoder.ARSCDecoder.readEntry(ARSCDecoder.java:197)
at brut.androlib.res.decoder.ARSCDecoder.readConfig(ARSCDecoder.java:166)
at brut.androlib.res.decoder.ARSCDecoder.readType(ARSCDecoder.java:131)
at brut.androlib.res.decoder.ARSCDecoder.readPackage(ARSCDecoder.java:106)
at brut.androlib.res.decoder.ARSCDecoder.readTable(ARSCDecoder.java:83)
at brut.androlib.res.decoder.ARSCDecoder.decode(ARSCDecoder.java:49)
at brut.androlib.res.AndrolibResources.getResPackagesFromApk(AndrolibResources.java:390)
at brut.androlib.res.AndrolibResources.loadMainPkg(AndrolibResources.java:56)
at brut.androlib.res.AndrolibResources.getResTable(AndrolibResources.java:48)
at brut.androlib.Androlib.getResTable(Androlib.java:48)
at brut.androlib.ApkDecoder.getResTable(ApkDecoder.java:166)
at brut.androlib.ApkDecoder.decode(ApkDecoder.java:99)
at brut.apktool.Main.cmdDecode(Main.java:131)
at brut.apktool.Main.main(Main.java:68)
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Did I miss something.

Made some progress and decompiling ok now on a different computer.
If I add the + before the layouts would that cause operation issues?

I would like to know too.
Still having trouble.
What did you do too decompile?

Okay I can now get it to recompile adding the +layout to the xml files that were erroring in the compile log and only other change was made was to the arrays.xml file to enable bluetooth tethering like on the GS3 did.
however when I push it to the phone and chmod and try it I get a boot loop.
Did I do something wrong?
Am I supposed to copy out the resource.asrc from the file I compiled like a zip then add it to the original that I pulled using 7zip or something?
Any input would be greatly appreciated.

TheArtiszan said:
Okay I can now get it to recompile adding the +layout to the xml files that were erroring in the compile log and only other change was made was to the arrays.xml file to enable bluetooth tethering like on the GS3 did.
however when I push it to the phone and chmod and try it I get a boot loop.
Did I do something wrong?
Am I supposed to copy out the resource.asrc from the file I compiled like a zip then add it to the original that I pulled using 7zip or something?
Any input would be greatly appreciated.
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Move the AndroidManifest.xml and Meta-INF folder from the original apk to the modified one.
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[Q] Recompiling SystemUI.apk or any other apks Error

Everytime i try to compile system apps i get this error, i have latest sdk installed, latest jdk and last version of apktool. I did apktool if framework-res.apk then apktool if semcgenericuxp.apk and decompiled systemui.apk, i have it done. I edited things, when i try to recompile it, gives me this error. I searched a lot but nothing helped, so if there is anyone who's facing this issue and then solved it, please help me. This is really eating me inside

federico rotundi said:
Everytime i try to compile system apps i get this error, i have latest sdk installed, latest jdk and last version of apktool. I did apktool if framework-res.apk then apktool if semcgenericuxp.apk and decompiled systemui.apk, i have it done. I edited things, when i try to recompile it, gives me this error. I searched a lot but nothing helped, so if there is anyone who's facing this issue and then solved it, please help me. This is really eating me inside
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Try deconpiling then recompiling without any changes
If it still shows error change the semcgeneric or framework
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Sahaab said:
Try deconpiling then recompiling without any changes
If it still shows error change the semcgeneric or framework
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It showed that error, i changed it showed that again, i tried it again with framework and semcgenericuxpres from your rom.

federico rotundi said:
It showed that error, i changed it showed that again, i tried it again with framework and semcgenericuxpres from your rom.
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Where is the systemUI from?
Is it a port?
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Sahaab said:
Where is the systemUI from?
Is it a port?
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Yes it's from MXY1997's thread.

federico rotundi said:
Yes it's from MXY1997's thread.
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Then I suggest u PM him
But I will give u a suggestion
Use the framework-res and semcgeneric from DdcCabuslay's Xperia Z theme
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Sahaab said:
Then I suggest u PM him
But I will give u a suggestion
Use the framework-res and semcgeneric from DdcCabuslay's Xperia Z theme
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It is not about the SystemUI, there is something wrong about java, i can't recompile any other system app with apktool as i said, i used lots of versions of apktool and this problem still remains, maybe it is something to do with Windows 8?

federico rotundi said:
It is not about the SystemUI, there is something wrong about java, i can't recompile any other system app with apktool as i said, i used lots of versions of apktool and this problem still remains, maybe it is something to do with Windows 8?
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Ya maybe windows 8 isnt supported yet
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Apktool?

Anyone got a working apktool for our new mm TouchWiz?
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carrsteven said:
Anyone got a working apktool for our new mm TouchWiz?
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I've heard people say to install framework and decompile with 2.0 and recompile with 2.3 but I haven't had any success

nyfl2004 said:
I've heard people say to install framework and decompile with 2.0 and recompile with 2.3 but I haven't had any success
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I read that but I also read that decompiler with 2.0 didn't decompile the smali. I haven't had any luck at all myself.
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