[Q] Simple icon theming of odex'd rom

[BluDever]

Question, If i want to just replace the icons from the system.apk's in an odex rom, do I first need to deodex the rom or can i just do the quick (and sometimes messy) route of using 7zip to replace the res folder inside the system apk's with my modified res folder?

If I need to deodex the rom first, I'm guessing it's the same procedure to deodex an i9100 rom as it is for the i9000 rom?

Thanks!

 

[BluDever]

So no-one knows if the icons can be themed without deodexing it first? I'm not asking how to do it, just if it's necessary.

Sent from my GT-I9100