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[Q] Edit System APK

Hi all
I have a Samsung Galaxy mini (S5570L) and I'm trying to edit Phone.apk, I wanna replace the unknown caller picture for the stock android picture, I already managed to do that but I have 2 questions:
1) When I try to replace Phone.apk with the one I edited the phone starts vibrating uncontrollably and I can't seem to be able to do pretty much anything, is there any special treatment when editing system APKs??
2) The stock Samsung ROM is odexed so I know editing and replacing the APK isn't as simple as it sounds, what else do I need to do after zipping the APK in APK Manager??
Thanx for you help
P.S.: This is a wild idea but is there a way to change the TouchWiz Phone.apk for the stock Froyo Phone.apk??

Akath19 said:
Hi all
I have a Samsung Galaxy mini (S5570L) and I'm trying to edit Phone.apk, I wanna replace the unknown caller picture for the stock android picture, I already managed to do that but I have 2 questions:
1) When I try to replace Phone.apk with the one I edited the phone starts vibrating uncontrollably and I can't seem to be able to do pretty much anything, is there any special treatment when editing system APKs??
2) The stock Samsung ROM is odexed so I know editing and replacing the APK isn't as simple as it sounds, what else do I need to do after zipping the APK in APK Manager??
Thanx for you help
P.S.: This is a wild idea but is there a way to change the TouchWiz Phone.apk for the stock Froyo Phone.apk??
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It causes issues if u have some odexed and one deodexed apk so u should deodex all apks.
1. Do a logcat to find out what's wrong .
Did u push the file via adb?
And u should sign the apk ...
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Thanx man, turns out I needed to deodex the APK before editing (which I didn't know).
I've got another question, since I'm using a stock Samsung ROM should I deodex all the system and framework apps?? 'Cause that sounds like a huge amount of work
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Akath19 said:
Thanx man, turns out I needed to deodex the APK before editing (which I didn't know).
I've got another question, since I'm using a stock Samsung ROM should I deodex all the system and framework apps?? 'Cause that sounds like a huge amount of work
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You are welcome
Try dsixdas kitchen which can deodexe all apks of ur Rom.deodexing makes the Rom faster.
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How do i Deodex just one apk file?. And can i run a deodexed apk in odexed rom?

Hi all,
I have started porting my Semi-universal battery mods over to the nexus 4 ready for when I get mine. but I was wondering the two following things:
Firstly, to make the battery mods, I need the systemUI,apk to be deodexed, but if I am running a stock Odexed rom, will I still be able to place a deodexed systemUI.apk in the System/app folder and the phone still work?.
And is the a tool which lets me Deodex a single apk file, as all the ones I have found require you to deodex a whole rom.
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help
Cheers
Corey

fishingfon said:
Hi all,
I have started porting my Semi-universal battery mods over to the nexus 4 ready for when I get mine. but I was wondering the two following things:
Firstly, to make the battery mods, I need the systemUI,apk to be deodexed, but if I am running a stock Odexed rom, will I still be able to place a deodexed systemUI.apk in the System/app folder and the phone still work?.
And is the a tool which lets me Deodex a single apk file, as all the ones I have found require you to deodex a whole rom.
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help
Cheers
Corey
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You DEODEX through JAVA, Smali and backsmali commands in Command Prompt.

I can answer the 2nd question. Not all deodexed apks can run on an odexed rom. Played around with them before and some do, some don't
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I can confirm. Im running an Odexed rom and flashed 3 deodexed apk's today. An accuweather widget, voice mail and a transparent digital clock. All working fine

The OPs question has been misunderstood
The OP's question has been misunderstood. The question was not whether if you can run a deodexed .apk in an odexed ROM. On the contrary, the question was - can you run a odexed apk within a deodexed ROM. I stumbled onto this thread 'cuz I'm in a current situation where I'm asking the same question now.
Although I know the question the OP asks seems as if they're asking if you can place a deodexed apk within a odexed ROM, the overall question is how do you deodex a single apk to begin with?
I'm running a deodexed custom ROM on a Galaxy Note 2, however....virtually all the deodexed ROMs I've installed contain a flaw....the samsungcamera.apk is missing features. However, my default, stock ROM that I restored from my nandroid displays a complete camera full with the features I use regularly. So I was wondering....how do you deodex an apk? In other words, I have currently extracted from the stock ROM the samsungcamera.apk and its accompanying .odex file. Now I would like to join these and create a deodex version of this so I can import it into the custom ROM I'm using.
I believe the question was somewhat answered already on here. I will investigate a little further.
Thanks, guys.

[HOW TO][Windows] Manually Deodex and Odex back
As the thread is a bit "old", I suggest to update the tools in the zip, here you' cuold find the newest.
Hope this helps

Pop Up Icon Messed Up .. Need help guys :(

I installed themes so my androidpolicy.jar , systemui , framework was replaced by that theme.
And now II decided to go back in my original phone state before I installed that theme.
But this is what happen (see image).
Im running on Jellyblastv3 rom and pick the androidpolicy.jar there to replace the androidpolicy.jar into that theme.I restore my framework and systemui too. How can i fix that icons in the image? Thanks for those who'll help.

harizen said:
I installed themes so my androidpolicy.jar , systemui , framework was replaced by that theme.
And now II decided to go back in my original phone state before I installed that theme.
But this is what happen (see image).
Im running on Jellyblastv3 rom and pick the androidpolicy.jar there to replace the androidpolicy.jar into that theme.I restore my framework and systemui too. How can i fix that icons in the image? Thanks for those who'll help.
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Sorry, but you can't ask support for banned roms. BTW, you must edit some lines in androidpolicy.jar or say goodbye to your rom.
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Well thanks for the answer. Goodbye banned rom

Default status bar

Can anyone help me...I use prerooted balliboxer firmware..everything is working fine..but I want colorful status not like white...plz help someone. ..
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You need to decompile the SystemUI.apk (which is the statusbar)
you can use apktool to decompile (afterall ther are plenty guides on XDA to modify statusbar)
once u've done decompiling, replace the images that you want
but dont modify .9.png i.e "9" images else apk will get corrupt or unstable.
then sign the apk and replace your modified systemUI.apk with the one in system/app
and bingo! you have a custom statusbar.

Camera apk and odex for kk roms

hi everyone
this is alink for everyone who want camera apk and odex for stock kk roms
apk
https://app.box.com/s/j728u3lfkbkphyrk63kz
odex
https://app.box.com/s/74z0qehpb6xiqus49yc2
don't forget to hit thanks if i helped you any way.