[IDE][3.6.30.14100] Virtuous Ten Studio - Advanced Reverse Engineering Solution

ruvort · Jul 2, 2012

I love this tool and it makes editing apks much much easier. I am having an issue though with editing the systemUI.apk of my Motorola Xoom (ICS). The decompile and compile seem to run fine, but the output file is much smaller than the original and when pushed to the Xoom the systemUI no longer functions. Does anyone have any ideas of what I may be doing wrong? I have tested this without making any changes to the file before compiling it as well and have the same results.

Diamondback · Jul 2, 2012

ruvort said:
I love this tool and it makes editing apks much much easier. I am having an issue though with editing the systemUI.apk of my Motorola Xoom (ICS). The decompile and compile seem to run fine, but the output file is much smaller than the original and when pushed to the Xoom the systemUI no longer functions. Does anyone have any ideas of what I may be doing wrong? I have tested this without making any changes to the file before compiling it as well and have the same results.

The file size usually doesn't matter. Apks are just zip files and zip files might have different compression settings.

However, to tell you what's going wrong on your tablet, you'd need to provide a proper logcat. Without I can only guess:

You didn't sign the apk (VTS can do that for you)
You signed it in a wrong way
You don't have a patched services.jar and therefore the signed apk does not match the system.uid and fails to load

ruvort · Jul 2, 2012

Diamondback said:
The file size usually doesn't matter. Apks are just zip files and zip files might have different compression settings.

However, to tell you what's going wrong on your tablet, you'd need to provide a proper logcat. Without I can only guess:

You didn't sign the apk (VTS can do that for you)

You signed it in a wrong way

You don't have a patched services.jar and therefore the signed apk does not match the system.uid and fails to load

I have the option selected for signing the apk. Why would there be a need for a patched services.jar? I have edited systemUI for other devices as well as the Xoom before and never edited the services.jar that I can remember. I feel like a real "noob" right now but I have been editing apps for some time with no issues. Lol. I do really appreciate your help with this btw.

I checked the logcat btw and it says:

Package com.android.systemui signatures do not match the previously installed version; ignoring!

System package com.android.systemui no longer exists; wiping its data

Starting service: Intent {cmp=com.android.systemui/.SystemUIService}

Unable to start service Intent {cmp=com.android.systemui/.SystemUIService}: not found

The changes I am making are just the ones to make the "web-os" like recent apps bar.

shrome99 · Jul 3, 2012

Nice work on VTS Diamondback, still remember you from the Virtuous Unity days

Small question, are you still working on M10 tools for Sense 4? The last post with something about that was a month ago, I hope the project wasn't trashed.... Apparently, only the HTC WVGA Devices need resizing ATM (for full Sense 4 apks), all other devices have a same res device to port from

Diamondback · Jul 3, 2012

shrome99 said:
Nice work on VTS Diamondback, still remember you from the Virtuous Unity days Small question, are you still working on M10 tools for Sense 4? The last post with something about that was a month ago, I hope the project wasn't trashed.... Apparently, only the HTC WVGA Devices need resizing ATM (for full Sense 4 apks), all other devices have a same res device to port from

The m10 resizing stuff will come to VTS soon, we are still testing to make sure everything runs fine

Images in m10 are another story though...:crying:

shrome99 · Jul 3, 2012

So, what will work without images? Would we be able to resize Rosie and the Recent Apps interface? It's really crappy that HTC encrypts their software like this, it's not like we're selling our custom ROMs in the market......

Diamondback · Jul 3, 2012

Yea, that's no problem

You just can't theme anything (change the lockring image for example)

shrome99 said:
So, what will work without images? Would we be able to resize Rosie and the Recent Apps interface? It's really crappy that HTC encrypts their software like this, it's not like we're selling our custom ROMs in the market......

ruvort · Jul 3, 2012

Any ideas sir?

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zalzondabuzz · Jul 3, 2012

Diamondback said:
Are you sure the LDPI folder actually gets used? Android selects the folder based on your hardware (mainly the ppi).
The app might use another folder like "HDPI" or "MDPI".

I'm sure.. I'successed to decompile and compile .apk. but when I 'push all'.. the apk. Not change and still in mod before..
I used samsung galaxy Y..

life for learn..!!--

Diamondback · Jul 3, 2012

zalzondabuzz said:
I'm sure.. I'successed to decompile and compile .apk. but when I 'push all'.. the apk. Not change and still in mod before..
I used samsung galaxy Y..

life for learn..!!--

Hm yea the galaxy y really seems to be a ldpi phone. What exactly did you change?

Sent from my HTC One X

yusuv · Jul 3, 2012

Diamondback said:
Hm yea the galaxy y really seems to be a ldpi phone. What exactly did you change?

Sent from my HTC One X

Now im unable to decompile..
Hey. How to uninstall sdk?
I want to reinstall it..
Will provide the logs
Upd :
http://db.tt/n22gBuBq log 1
http://db.tt/t9xLuD1u log 2

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bobgeneric · Jul 3, 2012

Hi devs!!!
I need a little help with this error log:

Code:

17:43:31.757: [Error] - ApkTool.DecompileApk: 'ApkTool: I: Baksmaling...'
17:43:31.757: [Error] - ApkTool.DecompileApk: 'ApkTool: I: Loading resource table...'
17:43:31.758: [Error] - ApkTool.DecompileApk: 'ApkTool: I: Loaded.'
17:43:31.758: [Error] - ApkTool.DecompileApk: 'ApkTool: I: Loading resource table from file: C:\Users\Herbert\apktool\framework\1.apk'
17:43:31.758: [Error] - ApkTool.DecompileApk: 'ApkTool: I: Loaded.'
17:43:31.758: [Error] - ApkTool.DecompileApk: 'ApkTool: W: Could not decode attr value, using undecoded value instead: ns=android, name=hardwareAccelerated, value=0xffffffff'
17:43:31.758: [Error] - ApkTool.DecompileApk: 'ApkTool: W: Could not decode attr value, using undecoded value instead: ns=android, name=largeHeap, value=0xffffffff'
17:43:31.759: [Error] - ApkTool.DecompileApk: 'ApkTool: I: Decoding file-resources...'
17:43:31.759: [Error] - ApkTool.DecompileApk: 'ApkTool: W: Could not decode attr value, using undecoded value instead: ns=android, name=fastScrollAlwaysVisible, value=0xffffffff'
17:43:31.759: [Error] - ApkTool.DecompileApk: 'ApkTool: W: Could not decode attr value, using undecoded value instead: ns=android, name=showAsAction, value=0x00000000'
17:43:31.759: [Error] - ApkTool.DecompileApk: 'ApkTool: W: Could not decode attr value, using undecoded value instead: ns=android, name=showAsAction, value=0x00000000'
17:43:31.759: [Error] - ApkTool.DecompileApk: 'ApkTool: W: Could not decode attr value, using undecoded value instead: ns=android, name=showAsAction, value=0x00000000'
17:43:31.759: [Error] - ApkTool.DecompileApk: 'ApkTool: W: Could not decode attr value, using undecoded value instead: ns=android, name=showAsAction, value=0x00000000'
17:43:31.760: [Error] - ApkTool.DecompileApk: 'ApkTool: W: Could not decode attr value, using undecoded value instead: ns=android, name=showAsAction, value=0x00000000'
17:43:31.760: [Error] - ApkTool.DecompileApk: 'ApkTool: W: Could not decode attr value, using undecoded value instead: ns=android, name=exitFadeDuration, value=0x010e0001'
17:43:31.760: [Error] - ApkTool.DecompileApk: 'ApkTool: I: Decoding values*/* XMLs...'
17:43:31.760: [Error] - ApkTool.DecompileApk: 'ApkTool: Exception in thread "main" brut.androlib.err.UndefinedResObject: resource spec: 0x0101038c'
17:43:31.760: [Error] - ApkTool.DecompileApk: 'ApkTool: 	at brut.androlib.res.data.ResPackage.getResSpec(ResPackage.java:61)'
17:43:31.761: [Error] - ApkTool.DecompileApk: 'ApkTool: 	at brut.androlib.res.data.ResTable.getResSpec(ResTable.java:55)'
17:43:31.761: [Error] - ApkTool.DecompileApk: 'ApkTool: 	at brut.androlib.res.data.ResTable.getResSpec(ResTable.java:51)'
17:43:31.761: [Error] - ApkTool.DecompileApk: 'ApkTool: 	at brut.androlib.res.data.value.ResReferenceValue.getReferent(ResReferenceValue.java:59)'
17:43:31.761: [Error] - ApkTool.DecompileApk: 'ApkTool: 	at brut.androlib.res.data.value.ResStyleValue.serializeToResValuesXml(ResStyleValue.java:51)'
17:43:31.761: [Error] - ApkTool.DecompileApk: 'ApkTool: 	at brut.androlib.res.AndrolibResources.generateValuesFile(AndrolibResources.java:264)'
17:43:31.762: [Error] - ApkTool.DecompileApk: 'ApkTool: 	at brut.androlib.res.AndrolibResources.decode(AndrolibResources.java:137)'
17:43:31.762: [Error] - ApkTool.DecompileApk: 'ApkTool: 	at brut.androlib.Androlib.decodeResourcesFull(Androlib.java:93)'
17:43:31.762: [Error] - ApkTool.DecompileApk: 'ApkTool: 	at brut.androlib.ApkDecoder.decode(ApkDecoder.java:98)'
17:43:31.762: [Error] - ApkTool.DecompileApk: 'ApkTool: 	at brut.apktool.Main.cmdDecode(Main.java:128)'
17:43:31.762: [Error] - ApkTool.DecompileApk: 'ApkTool: 	at brut.apktool.Main.main(Main.java:65)'
17:43:31.762: [Debug] - ApkTool.DecompileApk: 'ApkTool failed, see log for further details'
17:43:31.762: [Debug] - ApkTool.DecompileApk: 'Exitcode: 1'
17:43:31.763: [Error] - <>c__DisplayClass6.<ImportFilesAsync>b__5: 'Decompiling apk failed!'
17:43:31.984: [Debug] - TenProjectViewModel.LoadBackups: 'Found 13 backups for project 'Editing_apks_icons''
17:43:32.017: [Warning] - ApkProjectViewModel.AnalyzeAdditionalData: 'Can't find public.xml, path: C:\Users\...\Documents\Virtuous Ten Studio\Projects\Icons_apk\Editing_apks_icons\Data\res\values\public.xml'

This report everytime i try to import a APK from system. For instace: Browser.apk

zalzondabuzz · Jul 5, 2012

Diamondback said:
Hm yea the galaxy y really seems to be a ldpi phone. What exactly did you change?

Sent from my HTC One X

I compile systemui.apk guys... can u help me?

life for learn..!!--

Dic3ptor · Jul 9, 2012

Hi all

Great tool! Is there a tut how to use it? Always when i create a apk project "With Fusion akp from HTC" in exampel i have only empty folders. No res folder or something like.

Dunc001 · Jul 9, 2012

Dic3ptor said:
Great tool! Is there a tut how to use it? Always when i create a apk project "With Fusion akp from HTC" in exampel i have only empty folders. No res folder or something like.

Tutorials are being written at present but for starters you can check out a few DiamondBack has already written HERE

Several things you need to do to setup including importing all your relevant framework files, selecting the correct framework tag and version of apktool in your new project, etc. Feel free to PM me and I can go on Chat to talk you through.

Dic3ptor · Jul 9, 2012

Dunc001 said:
Tutorials are being written at present but for starters you can check out a few DiamondBack has already written HERE

Several things you need to do to setup including importing all your relevant framework files, selecting the correct framework tag and version of apktool in your new project, etc. Feel free to PM me and I can go on Chat to talk you through.

Thank you i will have a look on it. Should i have problems i will write to you! Is it possible to decompile default M10 files from HTC now like the navbar?

Dunc001 · Jul 10, 2012

Dic3ptor said:
Thank you i will have a look on it. Should i have problems i will write to you! Is it possible to decompile default M10 files from HTC now like the navbar?

No, m10 support for files coming soon I believe, but still not for m10 images. DiamondBack had another thread open asking for dev help with that

Diamondback · Jul 14, 2012

Have a look again at the Changelog

Not that you guys think I am doing nothing

VTS Changelog

Still waiting for my team mates to finish some graphics stuff for me for the release.

torxx · Jul 14, 2012

WOW, m10 support! Looking forward to it, this program gets better and better!

XsMagical · Jul 14, 2012

I wonder if it will support sense 4.0 m10's

Sent from my Nocturnal'd ONE XL

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