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##HELP## Renames adwtheme.apk to .zip to add my own images - wont insall???

Ok, so i renamed a default adw theme apk to .zip to unpack and add the images I want and change the orange glows etc after renaming back to apk cant install on phone 'problem parsing package' assuming this is because i unpacked it and re zipped / renamed to apk.
Is there another way of doing this?? Originally made the theme using template and eclipse / sdk with the adw theme template release package but when i install my app [which was packed unsigned as ive no idea how to go through this keymaker stuff] it cannot be installed on x10 [for 2.2] and you cant use the theme template in eclipse with 1.6 minimum it doesn't work and noticed on github site I got the template from [AnderWeb original] that it needs to be based on 2.2 but will work on 1.6 etc [it doesn't].. this was in the comments when ppl were getting errors in the manifest file, was becuase they set it for 1.6
So anyway aside from confusion I only need to change the png images surely theirs a simple way to unpack / explore and change the APK ??? Spent far too long getting nowhere now and killing chrome with over 50 web tabs and searches open lol

open the apk with 7-zip, and just drag the images straight into the archive - no need to unpack at all!

I'm using a modded theme, but have apks open with Winrar by default so don't need to rename them. When you open the apk leave it open whilst you work on it then once you've added your files just close and install it.

... And don't forget to sign it . Thats the reason you are getting this error.

realunited123 said:
... And don't forget to sign it . Thats the reason you are getting this error.
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this after changing the archive with winrar or whatever?
How do you go through siging the app dont have a clue

go3asy said:
this after changing the archive with winrar or whatever?
How do you go through siging the app dont have a clue
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you only have to sign it if your extracting it - keeping it open in winrar or 7zip your not doing that, so i tdoesnt need resigning

Ok messed up a little didnt create a new apk to work on now its buggerd does anyone have a x10 compatable apk of the basic theme? lol

pleeeease

go3asy said:
pleeeease
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Might be as well re-downloading it to your phone and pulling it, I cant seem to find the default one on my phone but can see the one I modded.

What you using to pull it, as they are hidden in drawer the file manager i use to back up also doesnt see adw or its themes lol. I d/l the one i had from god knows what side cant find it now. Just goin g to mod a stock adw laucnher v1.1 apk see if that works also because the new version i had messed up alot of themes and not many are updated for it yet.

ahh cant find an apk of donut 1.6 version of adw v1.1

go3asy said:
What you using to pull it, as they are hidden in drawer the file manager
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I used ADB and pulled from data/app.

go3asy said:
ahh cant find an apk of donut 1.6 version of adw v1.1
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Not sure what version this is, but I do know it's an older one...

thanks.. now saying this application cannot be installed on this phone lol happy days! used winrar and zzip to open and add new images, very annoying now lol.
Uploaded the APK below
'ADW.Launcher could not be installed on this phone'
Would this be because its replacing a newer version? although it gets passed the promp telling me it will replace another app on the phone

Ok annoyd now uninstalled current adw and tried still wont install lol now im stuck with stock hope it keeps saved settings lol
how are you editing the archive im copy/pasting im my drawable-hdpi etc folders in which is replacing the old ones within the archive

When you modify the apk, theres something about the certificates that prevent you from installing a modified version. if u learn how to sign it ul b fine.. btw if there's a stock version u after let me know.. iv got quite a few of them! lol
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Comparing files from the older apk and the one you posted, some of the file dimensions are different as in your images are bigger, and some of yours don't look right either, what are the little dashes dotted around some of them...

open it in photoshop its fine. Thats PNG transparency doesnt show in image viewer

Mobzter said:
When you modify the apk, theres something about the certificates that prevent you from installing a modified version. if u learn how to sign it ul b fine.. btw if there's a stock version u after let me know.. iv got quite a few of them! lol
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Any guides on signing?

go3asy said:
open it in photoshop its fine. Thats PNG transparency doesnt show in image viewer
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But it doesn't show on the original files, and shows for me in PS and Photo Viewer...

X10 Swype Theme

1. Download the zip file and move it to your sdcard
2. Open Root Explorer or use ADB to get to /data/app
3. In data/app find com.swype.android.inputmethod-1.apk, long press and move (make sure droid is set to read/write)
4. Move the apk into /system/app
5. Rename to "swype.apk" exactly like that
6. Reboot the phone
7. Install MetaMorph from the market
8. Open MetaMorph and choose Unzip/Extract
9. Find the file named SwypeBlack_blue_keys.zip
10. Choose Apply Theme after it extracts
11. Reboot your phone and you're done!

Wow man that's amazing!! Thanks!

no problem

here is another file htc keyboard swype . my personal favourite and very accurate even in new swype version

are the screenshots taken from your xperia x10? or another phone?

another phone

oh lol i was like "DAMN NICE WHITE STATUS BAR!!"

lol ya me2 when i saw it first. there is a app u can do it . dont remember whats it called and u have to be rooted.

Omg no joke? What app can i use to get default white status bar?
Is it metamorth?
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no its not metamorph. its called screenshot by gik soft or shootme by johan cloetens but i havnt tried it myself. they r both free in market

Oh im talking about getting white status bar not taking a screenshot
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for me swiftkey is much better. writing e-mails or short messages is real fun.
swiftkey is faster (after learning your own contacts etc.) and this theme here is the default theme of swiftkey.
try it... for me swype is OUT !!!

Messaging .apk

Can someone upload the stock messaging apk for the SE x10 please. I've looked on other threads but the links were dead.
I deleted the stock app not realising it would stop the phone receiving messages. And I've changed so much on my custom rom I really wouldn't want to lose it all.
Instructions on how to push it to my device would be nice too
Many thanks

Hi I am guessing that you are still on 2.1, if you are to download any 2.1 rom and look through the file to find conversations.apk (it is the messaging apk) and move to your desktop. Now download ADB mask controller from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=868423.
Now to installer the apk:
Open the adb mask controller,
Go to the 'Push and Pull' tab,
Click the browse button and find the conversations apk,
Untick the install and tick the system button,
Then click send and it should be installed to your phone.
Hope I've helped
If you are using 2.2 all is the same except the messaging app is called mms.apk not conversations.apk

Worked a treat!
Many thanks

[Q] Moving modified .apks to the same roms update

Hello so what I've got is this. I've modified some of the system .apks and the framework on my current rom well an update has rolled out and i was wondering how do i take those modded apps with me I've used zipthemer and cwm but i get a bootloop using zipthemer i had wrote my xml to install the entire .apk is this wrong any help would be greatly appreciated thanks

Use Super Manager to make a backup of all your .APK's on the device it will be under the .APK section in Super Manager around tab 4 or 5 i believe! Mount your SD card in your PC after the backup and push the backup .APK's to a new folder on your PC and do a fresh clean flash of the new ROM then push the .APK's back onto the device after you reboot! If this is not exactly what you are looking for feel free to elaborate a bit more im pretty sure i understand the concept you are going for!

That's pretty much what I'm aiming at only im talking about modified /system apks I usually wind up pulling the apps and framework and replacing the image files inside the new ones with the ones ive edited using 7.zip and pushing them back to /system/app or framework with adb but man that takes forever lol I guess what ive done here is created a system wide theme including system apps and framework but i dont know how to write the xml to push the images into the framework and apks through a cwm flashable
I guess im kinda looking for building a flashable theme something i can just flash after installing the rom update but I''m not really sure if what I've done is or could be considered a theme i guess it would be seeing as how it changes the look of the apps and framework its seems like I'm themeing the hard way
(btw typing while i think sorry if it doesn't make sense)
edit - but it seems like ive tried pushing the actual "old" apk from an older version to a new version of the same rom and it force closes
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AHH yea now i fully understand what you are getting at... props br0... i for one have never used ABD to push system modified values back to the droid but i completely get what your doing. I assume the "old.apk" force closes because your modified values collide with the default values resulting in a source error, are you using some sort of hex editor to modify anything? or just extracting .png's and swapping? if swapping .png's only you should be able to extract swap and rebuild with success but im sure there will be bugs as this is open source of sorts! I'll take a look around and see if i can find anything structured towards this because i gotta tell you man that is something i have thought about taking on myself for a little bit now just haven't gotten around to it. Sounds easy enough to do what you are going for as does most things... until you put it into practice lol i'll have a look around br0

No I'm not using an editor just 7zip to open the apk and pulling pngs from old and placing them in the "new" apk and pushing it back to the system folder if you can download something like this from the market surely I can build one I think I'm just missing something
That would be awesome man any help further into this would be greatly appreciated and Ill do the same and post here
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Nevaloud said:
No I'm not using an editor just pulling pngs from old and placing them in the "new" apk and pushing it back to the system folder
That would be awesome man any help further into this would be greatly appreciated and Ill do the same and post here
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Download a apk editor just Google how to edit apk and you should find a nice set of script put together as a cmd promt.There extract the apk both old and new then replace the PNG files.After that repackage them using the script and also sign them as a system apk (there is a script for this too).After that just copy it to the folder you took it from or via ADB.I edited mine SystemUI.apk like this and now my status bar is exactly like the one in ICS
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This sounds like what I do with with 7zip i keep the drawable files ive edited on my cpu after a rom update i pull the new apk and open with seven zip and just drag and drop what I've edited to the open res
push back reboot success
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Nevaloud said:
This sounds like what I do with with 7zip i keep the drawable files ive edited on my cpu after a rom update i pull the new apk and open with seven zip and just drag and drop what I've edited to the open res
push back reboot success
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Yeah but i think you need to sign them too in order for them not to FC and yeah rebooting after you pushet them is a must
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O no no they don't force close doing this at all
they only force close when I tried pushing an "old" apk to the "new" rom
If you pull the new ones and change with 7zip and push back they're money
I really just want to build a flashable theme zip so I don't have to pull all kinds of stuff after an update
Just a simple flash maybe even something i could deploy onto another inc2 but I'm really not sure if that's possible because of the amount of changes done to multiple apks and framework
If you guys would like to see screen shots ill post some just for fun I've done alot of work
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1111476
you can have a look at this

Thank you for the link but I'm not using apktool to decompile apps I'm just editing .Png images and putting what I pull from the phone back on the phone like a theme would but I'm not just editing the framework-Res I've "themed" 6 or 7 system apks aswell but I have done zero XML editing to anything
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How to customise APK's Images [EASY]

First off you need a deodoxed custom rom , next copy the desired APK's from your System/App folder or from the zip you flashed or from wherever.
Download and Install WinRAR or 7Zip and drag the APK onto the shortcut on your desktop. It should open it up , next extract the LDPI and the HDPI folder/s onto your desktop.
Edit your pics with any program e.g. Paint.net . Then replace the modified folder with the old one.
Next download SignAPKTics from APKTops and install that. Drag the modded APK to your SD card.
Click START , choose the APK , click next , choose Test Sign and click sign! Wait 1.5 mins! And ot should be done. Now just (with root browser) replace the old one with the modded one.
And re-boot! Enjoy...

hah great tip for us
thanks

Has the OP tested this trick?

Thanks a lot!!!!!!!!!!!! :^)
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bumslayer said:
Has the OP tested this trick?
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Click START , choose the APK , click next , choose Test Sign and click sign! Wait 1.5 mins! And ot should be done. Now just (with root browser) replace the old one with the modded one.
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I'm not sure if he has tried it with system app. replacing a file like systemUI.apk or framework-res.apk will make our device continously give FC message. we should use zip file to push the apk to /system/app. system app is also should not signed. I always using this trick without signing stuff and it works. we just need to make sure that we're replace the ordinary file (not the .9 one) and put a picture with same resolution with the original one.

Exactly my thoughts. Resigning systems apps is a big NO. I already did it twice (SystemUI.apk) and I ended up with no statusbar. Good thing I had a backup.

bumslayer said:
Exactly my thoughts. Resigning systems apps is a big NO. I already did it twice (SystemUI.apk) and I ended up with no statusbar. Good thing I had a backup.
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afaik, it's all or nothing. if you resign one system apk, you have to do for all system apk with the same key.

irfanbagus said:
afaik, it's all or nothing. if you resign one system apk, you have to do for all system apk with the same key.
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AND permissions.. make sure the permissions are same as original BEFORE putting it in the appropriate folder..

noobwithgalaxyy said:
AND permissions.. make sure the permissions are same as original BEFORE putting it in the appropriate folder..
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Thats the reason I prefer flashing instead of manually replacing the files cuz then you dont need to set the permissions. Its good for lazy people like me

I have tried it and it works. I did it because when I didn't it said "status bar force close".
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I.AM.H3RO said:
I have tried it and it works. I did it because when I didn't it said "status bar force close".
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lol?
show us screen shots
when making a guide always post screenshots dude,
not just post words,
make it clarified and very detailed so that people reading this will not get lost,
also don't post for the sake of just putting it there,
you have a good title
but when people read this its not "easy"
try to put yourself in other people's shoes,
even i can't comprehend the output you put on this
no offence but make this better and stop posting threads that are useless

The easiest and foolproof method is to use Ninjamorph or metamorph app from market.I've modified tones of .pngs with them.
First open the apk with the app
Exit the app
Go to myfiles/Androidthemes/workspace/name-of-apk/res/
Then go to drawable ldpi
Take a look at all of the .png files
Find which .png you want to replace.
You should make your own pic with photoshop or anything to replace it with exact resolution and name
Store it in the sd-card
Open the app again
Go to Existing project/name-of-apk/res/drawable ldpi
Click on the .png you want to replace
App will ask you to replace it with some other .png
Navigate to the modified pic
It'll replace the .png
Then go back to homepage of app
Then click finish project
Tap on the apk name
App will ask you whether you want to replace the original apk
Do as you want
Reboot phone
Make a nandroid backup before everything. cheers
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b16h22 said:
The easiest and foolproof method is to use Ninjamorph or metamorph app from market.I've modified tones of .pngs with them.
First open the apk with the app
Exit the app
Go to myfiles/Androidthemes/workspace/name-of-apk/res/
Then go to drawable ldpi
Take a look at all of the .png files
Find which .png you want to replace.
You should make your own pic with photoshop or anything to replace it with exact resolution and name
Store it in the sd-card
Open the app again
Go to Existing project/name-of-apk/res/drawable ldpi
Click on the .png you want to replace
App will ask you to replace it with some other .png
Navigate to the modified pic
It'll replace the .png
Then go back to homepage of app
Then click finish project
Tap on the apk name
App will ask you whether you want to replace the original apk
Do as you want
Reboot phone
Make a nandroid backup before everything. cheers
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yea metamorph/ninjamorph is great but i'd prefer to do it in PC and just push it via adb cuz i use photoshop and i find it a hassle to use my phone to edit apk's

It's for those guys who dont know how to decompile/compile apk files with their pc.But I agree with you, pc is the best way to go.
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I.AM.H3RO said:
First off you need a deodoxed custom rom , next copy the desired APK's from your System/App folder or from the zip you flashed or from wherever.
Download and Install WinRAR or 7Zip and drag the APK onto the shortcut on your desktop. It should open it up , next extract the LDPI and the HDPI folder/s onto your desktop.
Edit your pics with any program e.g. Paint.net . Then replace the modified folder with the old one.
Next download SignAPKTics from APKTops and install that. Drag the modded APK to your SD card.
Click START , choose the APK , click next , choose Test Sign and click sign! Wait 1.5 mins! And ot should be done. Now just (with root browser) replace the old one with the modded one.
And re-boot! Enjoy...
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May be you should try it out first.Replacing system apps with root explorer is a very dangerous business.I'm familiar with that.My phone started to do endless boot loops which even a nandroid restore failed to fix and ended up in flashing a new stock rom.
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b16h22 said:
May be you should try it out first.Replacing system apps with root explorer is a very dangerous business.I'm familiar with that.My phone started to do endless boot loops which even a nandroid restore failed to fix and ended up in flashing a new stock rom.
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agree
pushing it using adb is a more safer way, because if something goes wrong with forcing it to system then you can just repush the original system apk

you was replacing a running apk. there's no doubt it will give you FC message (lol). try your method to replace framework-res.apk or any system app/framework. b16h22 is right. your method is dangerous.

I modify my systemui.apk but signapktic give
Doesn't exist
132 installed package
Error ...

I'm just trying to help people , if you don't like it then good for you. I'd love to add screenies but laptop is broken. If you could provide them then brilliant.
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Use test sign and if that doesn't work are install signapktic
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