[IDE][2.4.18.9530 (OTA)] Virtuous Ten Studio - Advanced Reverse Engineering Solution

ttabbal · 11th February 2013, 04:56 PM

I really like VTS now that I got it to work.

The ability to generate Java code from the smali is excellent.

The thing I ran into was that I was running in a VM as I don't use Windows as my main OS. Under vmware it kept using directories like \\vmware-host\shared\apktool. Which didn't exist, and couldn't be created as that's a placeholder for shared folders. I had to create a new share named "apktool" to get it to run. Could you consider adding an option to set a "home" path that is used exactly, without any expansion etc.. So I could tell it to use something on C: for everything and never have it try that? It would make life a LOT simpler for VM users. I could set the project directories and such, but couldn't seem to get apktool to avoid that directory.

I had an issue with Touchwiz system apps not finding resources. Will the multi-framework feature in the new update fix that? Seems like it wants to be able to use framework-res and twframework...

Diamondback · 11th February 2013, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Juanig

What project type should I choose to decompile those kind of images? I tried apk and M10 project types but it didn´t work. I´m trying to extract the battery image from HtcPowerManager.apk (attached).

Thanks in advance.

Okay, just tried, worked fine for me. Here's a screenshot of the images:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/10460451/VTS/JGIFs.PNG

Quote:

Originally Posted by ttabbal

I really like VTS now that I got it to work.

The ability to generate Java code from the smali is excellent.

The thing I ran into was that I was running in a VM as I don't use Windows as my main OS. Under vmware it kept using directories like \\vmware-host\shared\apktool. Which didn't exist, and couldn't be created as that's a placeholder for shared folders. I had to create a new share named "apktool" to get it to run. Could you consider adding an option to set a "home" path that is used exactly, without any expansion etc.. So I could tell it to use something on C: for everything and never have it try that? It would make life a LOT simpler for VM users. I could set the project directories and such, but couldn't seem to get apktool to avoid that directory.

I had an issue with Touchwiz system apps not finding resources. Will the multi-framework feature in the new update fix that? Seems like it wants to be able to use framework-res and twframework...

I am really not sure what's the issue with VMs. What contained these shared folders? (framework apks maybe?) What else besides that apktool folder?

Concerning the Touchwiz thing. Did you actually add ALL framework apks from your ROM (with the same tag)? (current HTC ROMs have 5 or more).
The new feature isn't something new, it just makes it a lot easier to add multiple frameworks with the same tag.

Diamondback · 11th February 2013, 06:38 PM

Okay everyone, VTS 2.2.11.8210 has been released via OTA and setup file.
Download via the internal updater or:
http://www.virtuous-ten-studio.com/index.php/downloads

What's new article
Full changelog

tsw_sweden · 11th February 2013, 07:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Diamondback

Okay everyone, VTS 2.2.11.8210 has been released via OTA and setup file.
Download via the internal updater or:
http://www.virtuous-ten-studio.com/index.php/downloads

What's new article
Full changelog

Great!! I really want to test it out, does anyone had any success with running it in Wine? I'm thinking of reinstall Windows only for this software

Juanig · 11th February 2013, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Diamondback

Okay, just tried, worked fine for me. Here's a screenshot of the images:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/10460451/VTS/JGIFs.PNG

Tried again (in 3 different computers) and didn't work, What am I doing wrong? Log attached.

Diamondback · 11th February 2013, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Juanig

Tried again (in 3 different computers) and didn't work, What am I doing wrong? Log attached.

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20:30:20.737: [Error] - ApkTool.DecompileApk: 'ApkTool: Can't find framework resources for package of id: 2. You must install proper framework files, see project website for more info.'

That's what you are doing wrong :P
If the actual import fails, VTS won't touch the HTC jpgs, so they are left in their jpg form.
Add the required framework(s) with a tag, select this tag in the project settings and import the apk again.

Juanig · 11th February 2013, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Diamondback

That's what you are doing wrong :P
If the actual import fails, VTS won't touch the HTC jpgs, so they are left in their jpg form.
Add the required framework(s) with a tag, select this tag in the project settings and import the apk again.

It worked! thanks a lot!

fisha21 · 11th February 2013, 10:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Diamondback

Okay everyone, VTS 2.2.11.8210 has been released via OTA and setup file.
Download via the internal updater or:
http://www.virtuous-ten-studio.com/index.php/downloads

What's new article
Full changelog

Fantastic feature set, great user support and always willing to entertain new feature requests.

Thanks guys:

Confirmation number: 0GB69290PD223553N

zalzondabuzz · 12th February 2013, 01:59 AM

THANKS!

thx...

adb push/ adb install to emolulator working damn good..!!
I Love VIRTUOUS....!!

alkhafaf · 12th February 2013, 02:26 PM

Hell Diamondback
Awesome updates, thank you very much..
I was trying the deodexing tool. It is very good and easy to use, but I got 4 files failed to deodex:
anroid.policy.jar
ext.jar
framework.jar
services.jar

I am on i9000 with GB ROM 2.3.6 ( API level = 10), using 4 thread with core i5.