[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tekno4ever:
I think I have them all installed but I'm really not sure as I can successfully decompile the ARM Gnow but not the arm64 Gnow APK. So maybe I dont?

Also, I am not able to replicate if your log file above. Also, when I decompile the ARM APK using Advanced Apk Tool I get far fewer files in the decompile as compared to when I decompile using http://www.javadecompilers.com/apk.

In a nutshell, I am treading water and about to drown as I've spent the last 7 hours trying to figure this out today.

UPDATE: [MENTION=4900068]XDAMaxe[/MENTION] = I did not have the proper framework in folder # 2 inside the Advanced APK Tool by BDFreak. Once I put the Java Framework in the folder, I was able to successfully decompile the arm64 APK!

But my success was short lived as when I tried to recompile, I too got the same exact error as you "ERROR: input directory 'arsc' does not exist" so I have no idea how to fix this. Please find my log file below for review.

Log For : Velvet.apk

Log Type : Recompiling

Log Recorded At : Fri 15-01-2016 18:30:50.89

Log Recorded By : Advanced ApkTool v4.1.0 By BDFreak

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ERROR: input directory 'arsc' does not exist

Exception in thread "main" brut.androlib.AndrolibException: brut.androlib.AndrolibException: brut.common.BrutException: could not exec command: [C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\brut_util_Jar_2740510709197269095.tmp, p, --forced-package-id, 127, --min-sdk-version, 19, --target-sdk-version, 23, --version-code, 300552196, --version-name, 5.5.29.19.arm, -F, C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\APKTOOL3968079121413336047.tmp, -0, arsc, -0, , -0, arsc, -I, F:\Desktop\AdvancedApkTool\1-BDFreak\Frameworks\1.apk, -S, F:\Desktop\AdvancedApkTool\3-Out\Velvet.apk\res, -M, F:\Desktop\AdvancedApkTool\3-Out\Velvet.apk\AndroidManifest.xml]

at brut.androlib.Androlib.buildResourcesFull(Androlib.java:472)

at brut.androlib.Androlib.buildResources(Androlib.java:410)

at brut.androlib.Androlib.build(Androlib.java:298)

at brut.androlib.Androlib.build(Androlib.java:268)

at brut.apktool.Main.cmdBuild(Main.java:225)

at brut.apktool.Main.main(Main.java:84)

Caused by: brut.androlib.AndrolibException: brut.common.BrutException: could not exec command: [C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\brut_util_Jar_2740510709197269095.tmp, p, --forced-package-id, 127, --min-sdk-version, 19, --target-sdk-version, 23, --version-code, 300552196, --version-name, 5.5.29.19.arm, -F, C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\APKTOOL3968079121413336047.tmp, -0, arsc, -0, , -0, arsc, -I, F:\Desktop\AdvancedApkTool\1-BDFreak\Frameworks\1.apk, -S, F:\Desktop\AdvancedApkTool\3-Out\Velvet.apk\res, -M, F:\Desktop\AdvancedApkTool\3-Out\Velvet.apk\AndroidManifest.xml]

at brut.androlib.res.AndrolibResources.aaptPackage(AndrolibResources.java:425)

at brut.androlib.Androlib.buildResourcesFull(Androlib.java:458)

... 5 more

Caused by: brut.common.BrutException: could not exec command: [C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\brut_util_Jar_2740510709197269095.tmp, p, --forced-package-id, 127, --min-sdk-version, 19, --target-sdk-version, 23, --version-code, 300552196, --version-name, 5.5.29.19.arm, -F, C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\APKTOOL3968079121413336047.tmp, -0, arsc, -0, , -0, arsc, -I, F:\Desktop\AdvancedApkTool\1-BDFreak\Frameworks\1.apk, -S, F:\Desktop\AdvancedApkTool\3-Out\Velvet.apk\res, -M, F:\Desktop\AdvancedApkTool\3-Out\Velvet.apk\AndroidManifest.xml]

at brut.util.OS.exec(OS.java:89)

at brut.androlib.res.AndrolibResources.aaptPackage(AndrolibResources.java:419)

... 6 more

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