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Root Modding Settings Apk. Help?

DeltaXzombies

DeltaXzombies

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So Im trying to mod the settings apk so i can make it more like the AOSP settings. Im using the apktool.jar and have the framework installed but when i go to decompile to apk it gives multiple errors (see attachment).
If anyone could help out or even send me a modded version that would be awesome!
 

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I got those also. Never did get time to try the lg-res.apk for franework but i suspect it may give issues also. Can give it a try. Could be our setup for decompiling also. Have not had time to see why I got the decompiling errors.
 
Curtis1973 said:
I got those also. Never did get time to try the lg-res.apk for franework but i suspect it may give issues also. Can give it a try. Could be our setup for decompiling also. Have not had time to see why I got the decompiling errors.
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Glad im not the only one getting these errors
Also i used that G2Tweaksbox you mentioned and it actually works on the pure stock rom, i have a completey different status bar and panel now :P
 
lol yeah its sweet. On those errors,Ive found they can usually be traced back to tge apk tool set being not recent in a lot of cases but with this being an lg rom that could be just as much the issue regardless of tools used.
 
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lol yeah its sweet. On those errors,Ive found they can usually be traced back to tge apk tool set being not recent in a lot of cases but with this being an lg rom that could be just as much the issue regardless of tools used.
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Maybe LG just has some type of security built into the apks so people cant decompile them correctly, thats my best guess. I tried the lge-res.apk for the framework but it gave me an error.
 
I managed to partially theme the settings using G3Tweaksbox (not g2) by using a theme i found on XDA. Its not much but its a another step towards stock rom themes
 

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DeltaXzombies said:
I managed to partially theme the settings using G3Tweaksbox (not g2) by using a theme i found on XDA. Its not much but its a another step towards stock rom themes
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I think i've found something interesting...
I managed to change just the little gear icon to see if it the settings app would install if i actually edited it and sure enough it did. So i guess theming the settings apk is possible. Now just to figure out how to change the text and background color. :D
 
Text and background colors will be controlled by xml in the app. You can try doing a decompile WITH errors do your editing. Recompile WITH errors then extract the edited xml from the one with errors and transplant that xml in to the otiginal using winrar. Have had success with it
 
Curtis1973 said:
Text and background colors will be controlled by xml in the app. You can try doing a decompile WITH errors do your editing. Recompile WITH errors then extract the edited xml from the one with errors and transplant that xml in to the otiginal using winrar. Have had success with it
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I have no idea which one to edit and where to find the background color now. There are so many xml folders
 
Yeah its a bit overwhelming at first. Im trying to recall from memory where you should start. The best place for systemui would be the drawable folder first. Learn as you go sort of thing. Lets start with the status bar and notifications panel. They will be listed in drawable plus there are other corresponding files in layout also. Some you wont be able to plop back in to an already compiled apk as after compiling is done some folders do not show up. But just focus on the folders you can see in a compiled and decompiled apk. Those will be the ones you can transplant after they are compiled.
 
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