Hello guys.
I am wondering if there's any option/programme/app that can detect changes in apk files.
For example:
A dev releases a mod for something, let's say swaps a .png files to a custom .png and shares the mod in a thread.
And i want the same mod but in a different .png.
Now i can ofcourse ask the dev to do it, which is easy but i wont learn anything.
So i decide to try to make it for myself, but having no past experience with android i don't know how to do it.
And here's where the app/programme comes in (if there is one, ofc). A software that can detect any kinds of changes after decompiling apk files. Now many of you know that apk files have several folders inside, and inside those folder are various files.
So this software (if it exists) could be able to detect changes in the modded apk compared to my unmodded apk, and tell me where exactly the change(s) have been made.
In this way i don't need to bother a dev, and i maybe start to learn how to mod special areas of my phones UI.
Thanks for any reply!
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Hi guys, I was wondering how you would go about personalizing ROMs for your own use. Nothing code-wise, but installed programs and such. Opening up the zip files of downloaded ROMs I see the apk files and the system apk files - is it really as easy as just removing those you don't want and plotting in the ones that you do?
If this rom is from the same board as you, can say so.
But, .. you still need to run a linux terminal the code to sign the package that you previously made with same special files..
Just the search tools and you'll find it!
...You can easily too start porting rom's too...
I have been creating themes for all types of ROMs for a while now and for some reason about half of Hero ROMs I am not able to edit. When I download the .zip file and make changes when I go to close it I get memory errors and things of that nature that happen on multiple computers so I know it isnt my hardware.
So I decided to extract the Hero ROMs side by side, the one I can edit and the one I cant to see the difference. Well the one I cant edit always crashes when extracting, so I went folder by folder to find the issue. Well the problem is in the system > lib folder and there are 2 files with the same name but different capitalizations, liba2dp.so and libA2DP.so and it causes the error.
It appears I can remove the capitalized version of the file (aka the smaller one) and then everything goes back to normal and I can edit the ROM like usual. Can anyone confirm any of this?
this is microgays fault - ntfs doesn't support this - switch to linux.
maxisma said:
this is microgays fault - ntfs doesn't support this - switch to linux.
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I have a virtual Mint installation I use for much of my theming which is why it was never really a problem, but I know other people have run into the issue and never bothered to ask and I just wanted to understand it instead of avoiding it.
So removing the file will work or am I breaking something else in exchange? I noticed your Hero roms dont have this issue and its your ROMs that helped me figure this out.
i was just wondering what the deal is with trying to change the color of the letters and numbers on the taskbar.. i remember reading somewhere that it causes a bootloop but has there been any progress on that?
thanks!
Not sure about the boot loop rumor, but its almost near impossible to change. you have to deodex .odex files to get to the actual file to make the change. The problem is the .odex files can be deodexed, but reassembling them is more difficult. Trust me, im still trying to find a way to get this done.
obannvi said:
Not sure about the boot loop rumor, but its almost near impossible to change. you have to deodex .odex files to get to the actual file to make the change. The problem is the .odex files can be deodexed, but reassembling them is more difficult. Trust me, im still trying to find a way to get this done.
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I was able to un-odex the file and see the code I needed to change. The problem fo rme was re-odexing the file. I un-odexed the file on the phone and then used utilities to re-odex on my PC. I wonder if I need to re-odex directly on the phone to create a valid file. Has anyone tried this yet?
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I was able to un-odex the file and see the code I needed to change. The problem fo rme was re-odexing the file. I un-odexed the file on the phone and then used utilities to re-odex on my PC. I wonder if I need to re-odex directly on the phone to create a valid file. Has anyone tried this yet?
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i dont know..
if i had enough skills and knowledge about that stuff i would try but i'm still learning :]
is anyone up for the challenge?
Hello all,
I am new here and just got my Galaxy S 4g. I am used to creating themes on the iphone and am getting very frustrated with this phone so far. I have rooted my phone, and also downloaded go launcher and a couple widgets. and a couple different file explorers.
Problems I am having is that everyone says the apps and themes are located in the phones data folder. My data folder is always blank with nothing inside. I search for the exact name or location of the apps and it says 0 files. I look at the apps running and details of them tell me they are in the /data folder, but My folder says empty. I even have the show hidden files checked.
Also I am trying to find a way to browse the phones files (not the memory card files) from my computer. I have now read over hundreds of pages of searches and can not find any answers.
Please help me.
the files that you are going to want to find are the framework-res.apk and twframework.apk.
those files are located in the system/framework/
i use android commander to push and pull files cause it is the easiest for me. you will need winrar to unzip the apk's but if you want to edit the .9.png's you will need APK manager to unpack the .9.png's and Ultimate Compiler to recompile after you edit or the png's will stretch wrong and look horrible.
There is a link on the main Android Themes page on XDA that has a wonderful write up in PDF about theming...
ill see what else i can post when i have time later to help you out.
Hi ive seen some things on making miui themes but they require having the sdk and all these things that i think only work on pc and im on mac. Im a professional graphic designer of over 10 years and would like to start contributing to the theming community. Can anyone provide a zip with all of the image files that would be extracted so i could edit them in photoshop to make my own themes and then get them to someone to recompile everything? Im using miui V4 on my g2x so the files for version 4 would be great as ill probably stay on it waiting for the rest of the cm9/cm10 issues with drivers to finally be resolved.
Thanks in advance if anyone can help out.
Ive done this before.
thegoochking said:
Hi ive seen some things on making miui themes but they require having the sdk and all these things that i think only work on pc and im on mac. Im a professional graphic designer of over 10 years and would like to start contributing to the theming community. Can anyone provide a zip with all of the image files that would be extracted so i could edit them in photoshop to make my own themes and then get them to someone to recompile everything? Im using miui V4 on my g2x so the files for version 4 would be great as ill probably stay on it waiting for the rest of the cm9/cm10 issues with drivers to finally be resolved.
Thanks in advance if anyone can help out.
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Download a full theme from the miui themes app. It saves to a folder on your sd card (miui/). Keep a copy of the original unzipped theme file as you will need it later. Unzip the theme file. In there you will find a bunch of system apps. Each of these can be unzipped. Then look for a folder in each one called res. in there you will find all the images you are looking for. It's important that you keep the image file names the same and in their respective res folders. Once you have finished changing all the images you want it's time to copy the images back into the original unzipped theme file. Message me when you get to this point.