[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] jpwhre:
No luck, made no changes, put META-INF, SEC-INF, and AndroidManifest.xml into folder. I had no luck with modifying, so i did a test of instll, decompile, and then compile it back and got this.

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17025.1000]
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C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Local\APK Tool>apktool if settings_v7.1.1_com.android.settings.apk
S: WARNING: Could not write to (C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Local\apktool\framework), using C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Local\Temp\ instead...
S: Please be aware this is a volatile directory and frameworks could go missing, please utilize --frame-path if the default storage directory is unavailable
I: Framework installed to: C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Local\Temp\127.apk

C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Local\APK Tool>apktool d settings_v7.1.1_com.android.settings.apk
I: Using Apktool 2.3.0 on settings_v7.1.1_com.android.settings.apk
I: Loading resource table...
I: Decoding AndroidManifest.xml with resources...
S: WARNING: Could not write to (C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Local\apktool\framework), using C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Local\Temp\ instead...
S: Please be aware this is a volatile directory and frameworks could go missing, please utilize --frame-path if the default storage directory is unavailable
I: Loading resource table from file: C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Local\Temp\1.apk
I: Regular manifest package...
I: Decoding file-resources...
I: Decoding values */* XMLs...
I: Copying assets and libs...
I: Copying unknown files...
I: Copying original files...

C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Local\APK Tool>apktool b settings_v7.1.1_com.android.settings
I: Using Apktool 2.3.0
W: Could not find sources
I: Checking whether resources has changed...
I: Building resources...
S: WARNING: Could not write to (C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Local\apktool\framework), using C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Local\Temp\ instead...
S: Please be aware this is a volatile directory and frameworks could go missing, please utilize --frame-path if the default storage directory is unavailable
W: C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Local\APK Tool\settings_v7.1.1_com.android.settings\AndroidManifest.xml:1: error: Error parsing XML: not well-formed (invalid token)
W:
Exception in thread "main" brut.androlib.AndrolibException: brut.androlib.AndrolibException: brut.common.BrutException: could not exec (exit code = 1): [C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Local\Temp\brut_util_Jar_6796349427421646967.tmp, p, --forced-package-id, 127, --min-sdk-version, 25, --target-sdk-version, 25, --version-code, 25, --version-name, 7.1.1, --no-version-vectors, -F, C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Local\Temp\APKTOOL1968228692802383508.tmp, -0, arsc, -0, zip, -0, qmg, -0, webp, -0, pio, -0, png_opti, -0, res/drawable-nodpi-v4/gesture_ambient_lift, -0, res/drawable-nodpi-v4/gesture_ambient_tap, -0, res/drawable-nodpi-v4/gesture_double_tap, -0, res/drawable-nodpi-v4/gesture_fingerprint_swipe, -0, res/drawable-nodpi-v4/gesture_twist, -0, arsc, -I, C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Local\Temp\1.apk, -S, C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Local\APK Tool\settings_v7.1.1_com.android.settings\res, -M, C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Local\APK Tool\settings_v7.1.1_com.android.settings\AndroidManifest.xml]
at brut.androlib.Androlib.buildResourcesFull(Androlib.java:485)
at brut.androlib.Androlib.buildResources(Androlib.java:419)
at brut.androlib.Androlib.build(Androlib.java:318)
at brut.androlib.Androlib.build(Androlib.java:270)
at brut.apktool.Main.cmdBuild(Main.java:224)
at brut.apktool.Main.main(Main.java:75)
Caused by: brut.androlib.AndrolibException: brut.common.BrutException: could not exec (exit code = 1): [C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Local\Temp\brut_util_Jar_6796349427421646967.tmp, p, --forced-package-id, 127, --min-sdk-version, 25, --target-sdk-version, 25, --version-code, 25, --version-name, 7.1.1, --no-version-vectors, -F, C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Local\Temp\APKTOOL1968228692802383508.tmp, -0, arsc, -0, zip, -0, qmg, -0, webp, -0, pio, -0, png_opti, -0, res/drawable-nodpi-v4/gesture_ambient_lift, -0, res/drawable-nodpi-v4/gesture_ambient_tap, -0, res/drawable-nodpi-v4/gesture_double_tap, -0, res/drawable-nodpi-v4/gesture_fingerprint_swipe, -0, res/drawable-nodpi-v4/gesture_twist, -0, arsc, -I, C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Local\Temp\1.apk, -S, C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Local\APK Tool\settings_v7.1.1_com.android.settings\res, -M, C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Local\APK Tool\settings_v7.1.1_com.android.settings\AndroidManifest.xml]
at brut.androlib.res.AndrolibResources.aaptPackage(AndrolibResources.java:454)
at brut.androlib.Androlib.buildResourcesFull(Androlib.java:471)
... 5 more
Caused by: brut.common.BrutException: could not exec (exit code = 1): [C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Local\Temp\brut_util_Jar_6796349427421646967.tmp, p, --forced-package-id, 127, --min-sdk-version, 25, --target-sdk-version, 25, --version-code, 25, --version-name, 7.1.1, --no-version-vectors, -F, C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Local\Temp\APKTOOL1968228692802383508.tmp, -0, arsc, -0, zip, -0, qmg, -0, webp, -0, pio, -0, png_opti, -0, res/drawable-nodpi-v4/gesture_ambient_lift, -0, res/drawable-nodpi-v4/gesture_ambient_tap, -0, res/drawable-nodpi-v4/gesture_double_tap, -0, res/drawable-nodpi-v4/gesture_fingerprint_swipe, -0, res/drawable-nodpi-v4/gesture_twist, -0, arsc, -I, C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Local\Temp\1.apk, -S, C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Local\APK Tool\settings_v7.1.1_com.android.settings\res, -M, C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Local\APK Tool\settings_v7.1.1_com.android.settings\AndroidManifest.xml]
at brut.util.OS.exec(OS.java:95)
at brut.androlib.res.AndrolibResources.aaptPackage(AndrolibResources.java:448)
... 6 more

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