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[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] androidindian:
so amazing!! been looking for this, and going to try it now. thanks a lot brother!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] hitbit911:
thanx man for nice software

its work fine in win7 64bit
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Scrupix:
This method requires a rooted phone?

Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] androidindian:
cant find apk?

so i have my phone plugged in via debug mode. when i launch the exe file it asks for apk files? where do i locate the apk files, as it doesnt show thru the browser explorer
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] antonio1475:
Do I need to be root for this?

:)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] mortuus82:
i would say yes since it edits the apk files so.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] barome:
Yeah it s easy ! Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] walk.away:
so this can only be used on applications that you have got a .apk file for? you cannot use this on apps downloaded from the market?

also, if its only legal to use on your own apps, if you were the maker, couldnt you change the icon anyway?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] psych0t1c:
Maybe it would be cool to maintain a list of common apps (like provider-specific apps and Sense/Kies/motoBlur/Whatnot) that do NOT like editing?

That way one could do a quick browse through the list and find out whether the app he wants to modify will be worth his while or not... Just a thought.

I will go play around with this now :)

Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] KCRic:
The .apk for every app is stored on your phone so you can literally change any app icon you want. They are stored in /data/app on the root of your phone. Just use a file manager to copy/paste or you can use the adb pull command (for instance Titanium Backup)

adb pull /data/app/TitaniumBackup.apk c:\androidsdk\phoneapps

androidsdk is whatever you named your android sdk. Phoneapps is a folder I created in there to store my phone apps. If you're rooted then you can change system apps too. It's /system/app instead.

Edit icon then push back to the phone

adb remount
adb push c:\androidsdk\phoneapps\TitaniumBackup.apk /data/app

I prefer to run adb in a shell because it's easier to me but to each their own. Also, don't forget to 'cd' to the sdk directory - it saves a lot of typing. I won't tell you where paid apps are located due to the legalities of it but if you find them, congratulations. As for dependencies making apps fail - why not resign both so it's not an issue, would that not work? It only takes a second anyway.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] reachthesky:
any chance on getting a mac-compatible version? :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] miniterror:
Maybe a strange qurstion but i aint home or near a comp to try it:p

Will it be able to edit framework-res.apk?

I ask this mainly cause my favorite dhd developer put in powercontrol widget and its stored in that file and i would like to remove it:p

Thanks in advance for a rep on my question
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] kabooo:
help...please

Hey i know im a total noob, i just got my phone...

but how exactly do i go about doing this? my phones rooted and all but i have no clue where my .apks are on my phone or what to do after..

please help! :confused: :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] outchard:
Working, great! SSG

Thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] :
thanks so much for this!

i was just trying to figure out how to do this yesterday. now its easy!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] justin43712:
Availability for Mac's?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] yanliz_kaptan:
Thanks my friend to make it functional for noobs like me
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Limerick_fr:
Hi All,

I've a dummy question about this app.

I paid for Doc2Go.

I've then 2 icons for the same app :

- the normal one (the largest one about 11Mb)

- the full app one, with a key on the icon (which looks like the previous one but is only about 80 Kb). So it seems to be just for the license key.

Both icons do the same : open Doc2Go

So I 'd like to remove one of these 2 icons... but of course I want to keep the full app.

One solution would be to hide one of these icon.

My question is : is it possible to do something like that with APK Edit ?

Thank you,

Lim.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] LiquidSolstice:
Impressive, but are there any signing issues with this? For instance, all I really want to do is change the default text message notification icon for CyanogenMod, since I use the Black theme and that makes black icons a bit hard to see.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] crazyg0od33:
When I use this program, it changes the icon. but only on the installer package.

ex: I touch the apk to install it, and up at the top where it says what the app is, the icon is changed to what I want, but the app icon itself, once installed, is the same as before. What should I do?

Thanks and great work
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] stormrain:
Excelent stuff!

Tried it with some apps and works flawlessly as it should.

:D:D
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Limerick_fr:
No chance to have an answer ? :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] shawn_pro:
Thanks a ton pal for this gr8 app.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] op_111:
Great! thank you
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Anoniem100:
For further support my advise would be to post your question in the original thread
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] elajnel:
.apk files are the applications. if your phone is rooted, then you can copy your apps from your phone at /system/apps or /data/apps then paste it in a folder in your pc. show extensions of the file types if u wanna make sure its .apk file. :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] elajnel:
try it. copy the .apk file from your /data/apps and put it in your pc. run the APK edit and choose the file you want to change. it wouldn't harm your application if that worries you cause APK Edit automatically creates backup for your original files.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] BumRush:
Hey guys. Can't seem to get this working. I've tried aobut 7 or 8 .apks and they all give me the same unhandled exception error and then some about could not find part of the path "C:\Users\Alex\AppData\Local\Temp\astro\res"
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] shiftpda:
Very nice,Thanks Man
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] LiquidSolstice:
Is there any way we could get this to also do the notification icons as well? I'd love to have the native GMail icon be my notification icon instead of Gingerbread's/Froyo's grey/black and white version of it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] id.goPLAY:
Nice, thank you!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] marlontoe:
AWESOME! works like a charme!

thanks for this big simplification! =)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] UniqueNate:
Does this automatically install Firefox? Every time I want to use this APK Edit thing it wants to intstall FireFox. I haven't used this thing yet because I wasn't sure if that was supposed to happen.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] semidev:
Thanks, makes it much simple now.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] farazive:
good work mate
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Pope Viper:
Hmm, didn't work for me. I'll try it on my home PC.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] GabrielSousa:
work app dont change the icons on res\drawable-hdpi

can you upgrade it ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] nemello:
I just can't figure out,is this app capable of replacing system icons aswell?or it's just a clone of desktop visualizer???:confused:
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] whiskeybro:
updated :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] nemello:
well done,but how can I change icons in drawable-hdpi with this tool??
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] akachay:
still give me "error installing:". what is it i'm missing?

i run .exe > ask for .apk > click on icon / replace icon > click on arrow-to-phone > error installing: " "

all i want is my version of customize icons for phone, message, browser and contact.apk
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] bassie1995:
This can be done without moving heaven and earth. It's quite simple, actually :P

Still, good you are doing this. Probably a bit easier.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] akachay:
can you elaborate? i'd like to try your method since this isn't working for me.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] bassie1995:
I have NOT tried this myself, haven't had time yet... First school now I'm on a holiday :P

Well, you can extract an apk file from your phone, and then open it with WinRAR (don't unpack it), go to res/drawable-hdpi, and replace the icon there. If you have the new icon, it should have the same name, meaning it will overwrite the old icon.

Copy back to your phone, et voilà.

Feel free to ask more questions, but it's around 12.15 am here, so I'm going to go to sleep soon. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] akachay:
what about signing the apk? how do you copy it back to phone? what directory to copy it to? using file manager or adb?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] bassie1995:
Signing isn't necessary if you don't unpack it.

Copying back can be done any way you like, only make sure that you put it in the right folder.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] preclajsz:
after finished when i wanna instal it, the app told ERROR not installed - where is problem?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] wackowizzard:
Cool app dude! I have ordered an apk file that was on my PC, edited with your application, and it worked perfectly! :)

I have only one question, perhaps a stupid, but how I connect my phone to my PC that I have access to all files on my mobile phone?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] baldchicken19:
installed java

still cant get it to go past the searching phase, java says its installing in the right file, but when i run the app its not there

what am i missing to make this work?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] baldchicken19:
how else can this be done, because this way is not working for me no matter what i try?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] [-Amrish-]:
Can't someone make a small guide for this?

much appreciated!!

Thanks!!

Quick Question:

After updating an app will reset the changed icon?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] bortak:
I get this error a lot of the time :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] FalleZ:
Same error
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] rimsilva:
Great application!

Don't work with all the apk's (example music2.apk) is this because some apk are protected?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] SenseiSimple:
same error - tried in win xp and windows server 2008 java and .net2 installed

EventType : clr20r3 P1 : apk edit.exe P2 : 1.0.0.0 P3 : 4d92f12c

P4 : apk edit P5 : 1.0.0.0 P6 : 4d92f12c P7 : 7d P8 : c9

P9 : system.io.filenotfoundexception
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] anonim1:
I'm trying to use this tool to change the AndroidManifest.xml file to allow for a particular application to rotate (to landscape mode). Unfortunately, I am getting errors while trying to update the APK after modifying the file. I can recreate the issue by opening the file, saving it without making any changes, then clicking Apply. The error seems to be related to the @android:style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.EventContent entry. It complains with a "No resource found that matches the given name" error.

Any ideas? The relevant errors from the log are below.. thanks in advance.

I: Checking whether resources has changed...
I: Building resources...
C:\Users\user1\AppData\Local\Temp\My_APK\res\layout\sync_notification.xml:6: error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name (at 'style' with value '@android:style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.EventContent.Title').
C:\Users\user1\AppData\Local\Temp\My_APK\res\layout\sync_notification.xml:9: error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name (at 'style' with value '@android:style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.EventContent').
Exception in thread "main" brut.androlib.AndrolibException: brut.common.BrutException: could not exec command: [aapt, p, -F, C:\Users\user1\AppData\Local\Temp\APKTOOL3010785002957324851.tmp, -I, C:\Users\user1\apktool\framework\1.apk, -S, C:\Users\user1\AppData\Local\Temp\My_APK\res, -M, C:\Users\user1\AppData\Local\Temp\My_APK\AndroidManifest.xml]
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Goronok:
I'm getting this same error no matter what I try. Anyone have any ideas?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] kbs24:
I get this error also....
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] thunderroid:
same here, works well with small no. of app
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] rwingvr6:
Thank you very much!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Edgarhighman:
I read about breaking codependency of other apps =\ I want to change the icon of my Mms.apk I got the PNG, and can view inside the original apk to its ic_launcher_smsmms.png isnt there a simpler way, only asking cause my PC is down. Longterm.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] einstein.frat:
Opening forever, 1 star
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] RubenRybnik:
Just found this ... Looks pretty cool. Posted the below thread asking pretty much what this does before I found this. Any chance this app could be changed to point to the android folder where all apks are installed and give you a list of them so you can change then it would backup the original and copy over all your changes at once?

If the above was done it would be great to see a backup / restore function, so after you flash a new ROM you could just copy over the APKs again. And once an app is updated you could just go in make your changes( or maybe the app could remember the last icon you picked for that app name and suggest it when you choose a non modded app ) and then copy it over.

That would be great! Great work so far on this, look forward to play with it today :)

My thread with this basic idea( only phone based )
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] r4wky:
this app doesnt change the icon of "go sms pro"....

why???
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] cleblanc92:
For those who want a basic way to change an icon easily I have used "Icon Changer Free" from the market. It's pretty simple pick the app, pick the new icon from your file system, then save. This just creates a shortcut icon and leaves the original .apk alone.

It's another option anyhow that I think is also simple.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] LiiQuoR:
Good !!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] zorvax:
'value may not be NULL' error with most apks

Hi all,

I'm encountering the error mentioned before with most of the apks I'm trying to modify. So APK Edit has come to a point where its nearly useless. Is this project still alive, i. e. will this program be updated in a forseeable future?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] abhishek046:
Whenever I change the name & icon & click Apply, I get the error "Something went wrong while saving, check the log" or something like that. What's up with this? Any fixes or instructions plz......
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] A_U:
that might be due to outdated apktool version...

@OP = it will be very much appreciated if u work on anupdate...this is very handy, and saves my time a lot. :)

thanks...hope u see this post and continue this project :good:
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] djskarpia:
Thanks man, it's working like a charm!!!! :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] jay5204.abd:
Do we have to run it in computer or flash the zip via CWM
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Jorlin:
I have tried it with the latest Maxthon browser apk but I get an error message...

Can any help me changing the icon in this app?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] al1lo:
:good:
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] coollongaa:
Thank you

Thank you for sharing. .
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] tHr4sh3R:
Nice Tool!

But I got some problems: for many apps (e.g. WhatsApp) when I try to open the apk it stops and an error msg pops up:

Value Cannot Be Null.

Parameter Name: source.

:/

Works fine with other apps though!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] faslane:
Thank you! It works well but sadly, there's no App Drawer icon change-ability. do you know of one that will change that icon? I use GNL and there's no way to change icons like some launchers have the ability to do.

Thanks

Faslane
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Aemyiam:
problem with finding java.exe file

problem with finding java.exe file
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] axxx007xxxz:
Have you installed Java? :confused:
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EdWRX:
Hey guys, anyone knows which app plays .m3u files so I can listen to audio streams? Thanks for all the help.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EdWRX:
No one? :(
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OsieKhan:
What apps have you tried? I use "stream furious" and xiialive for my streams.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EdWRX:
Gonna try streamfurious, thanks a bunch!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] holmern:
Just installed launcher pro and I'm wondering where I can find the controls that came with stock sense where I can turn on/off gps/4g/wifi/bt?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluebeast213:
Power widget. There is a free version and a paid version.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _MetalHead_:
Switchpro is a good one. Toggles for everything, including 4G. Multiple widget options.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rcordray:
widgetsoid2.x

it's free in the market.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CCallahan:
The previous are good.

Another good free one is Control Bar.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devnulldroid:
+1 10 char
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jblade1000:
Hey everyone, i did some extensive searching in this general section and didnt see my specific problem, so if theres a thread open on it already, please (kindly) point me to it.

I'm having an interesting problem where sometimes, some of my widgets are not displaying properly. So far its been Beautiful Widgets Home, Arti's Contact widget (4x4), and the AudioGuru profile widget that have done it.

PowerControl, TaskPanel X, and BatteryLife have always been fine, and shortcuts have been fine. I attached some pics of Beautiful home and audio guru. For Beautiful Widgets Home, it should be quite obvious, for AudioGuru those buttons are half the size they should be.

I cant pinpoint when it happens, although the last time it did, it was after i closed the stock browser.

Lastly, rebooting the phone fixes it, trashing the widgets and re-adding them fixes it, and connecting to my laptop via usb and mounting the sd-card fixes it.

I'd like to know whats causing it. Has anyone else experienced this bug with any of their widgets?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neok44:
safe to say it's a bug with the launcher, this sometimes happens on custom launchers and it's a quick fix by just restarting your custom launcher.

usually it happens when the phone tries to rotate and then gets confused so the widgets get all screwed up. Shouldn't happen that often though.

i have it happen on LP everyonce and a while if i'm in a landscape game and then go back to my portrait homescreen, but i'd say 95% of the time they fix themselves.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jblade1000:
Well I appreciate the insight but I'm not on a custom launcher which is sorta why it bothers me a bit more.

Sent from my Samsung Vibrant with Swype!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jblade1000:
so anyone else have anything they could contribute to my issue?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slowz3r:
chances are its something with the app/widget that doesnt know what the hell to do in Gbread
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jblade1000:
you might be right but I'm not so sure its gbread per say. as an update, since my last post, it was doing it at random times. i could not reproduce the issue intentionally but it happened one to two times a day.

I started toying with LauncherPro yesterday and was impressed so earlier this morning I bought Launcher Pro Plus. it hasnt happened once while using it. So I've recreated every screen i had on the stock launcher in LauncherPro Plus (and then some) with no issues.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dragon546:
The phone has only been release less than a month. I think that devs are still getting to grips or updating existing apps to be compatible with GB.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jblade1000:
i find it hard to believe that widgets running on the stock launcher within gingerbread might mess up due to the dev needing to change the code to be gb compatible yet those same ones running within launcherpro are just fine. It has to be something specific to the launcher itself and not gb the os and third party. although i haven't spent any time testing just the widgets that come out of the box to see if its 3rd party only that's having the problem
[Samsung Mesmerize] crackeyes:
Since the Mesmerize is just starting to bloom this page will be helpful in the future. I figured we can list the ROMS that work on our phones in one spot. My plan is to keep it updated with all the Roms and kernels for the Mesmerize. Make sure you check the thread for more details. So shall we get started. (if i miss any let me know and Ill get it added)

ROMS:

DI14 Pick-n-Pack 0.2 ROM

Downloads: Here Mirror Here

Super Clean ROM 0.3 for MESMERIZE!

Download: here

PORT-NEW LUNA CM 6.0 for the MESMERIZE!!

Download: Here

DI14 Blues ROM

Download: Here

PORT-DARK GLOSS MOD ported to the MESMERIZE!!!

Download: Here

AOSP Mesmerize Vanilla Froyo ALPHA 0.1

Download Here

2.2 ROMS:

Leak USCC Mesmerize Froyo EA11 Stock + Root

Download:

Links:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WG39PL2H <--USCC Froyo EA11 ODIN Stock + Root Mirror phidelt82

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XRDDYL75 <--USCC Froyo EA11 ODIN Stock + Root + Recovery Mirror phidelt82

EA11 Mesmerize Pick-n-Pack 0.1

Download: HERE

KERNELS

VooDoo 5

Download: here

VooDoo 5 2.2

download: Here

CAUTION - WARNING

Do not use the partition sd card option in rom manager. It will mess up the phone's master boot record and you will have to rewrite the original one in order for voodoo kernels or anything that modifies the boot record to work properly.

TO GET BACK TO STOCK

The download page has two files. Odin, which is used to flash files, and a zip file containing the Mesmerize DI14 stock files.

Mesmerize Files located here

Odin3 v1.3 located here

MIRROR FOR BOTH

ROOTING

There are several ways to root your phone so here are some threads to help you do it yourself

RageAgainstTheMachine Method

Z4Root - Install to phone and run

SuperOneClick

Clockwork Recovery

THis is used to flash different ROMS to your phone once it is rooted. Make sure you read the thread for details.

Downloads: Redbend_ua Recovery
[Samsung Mesmerize] crackeyes:
reserved for more
[Samsung Mesmerize] sageDieu:
good idea. hopefully we will get a lot more to add.

Sent from my Galaxy S.
[Samsung Mesmerize] Yoder808:
Excellent! Can we get this stickied?
[Samsung Mesmerize] crackeyes:
Does any one know which (if any) fascinate roms will work on our mesmerize if so I will post them.
[Samsung Mesmerize] phidelt82:
None of the Fascinate ROMs will work on the Mesmerize unless you follow the Fascinated-Mesmerize thread. I don't recommend it, but it seems to work.
[Samsung Mesmerize] crackeyes:
Not worthy of our post then. Unless you have tried it and approve i will not post it. I have personally tried everyone of the ones i have posted but due to the women i am not allowed to keep my phone rooted (i am not going to win that argument so I am not even going to try LOL) But what i do when i am not at home she dont know about. Thats how i have tried all the roms LOL
[Samsung Mesmerize] skitzo_inc:
So...your woman won't let you have your phone rooted?

Does she keep them in her purse or just laying around?:p
[Samsung Mesmerize] crackeyes:
She 1) pays the bill and 2) pays for the insurance and she does not want to pay full price if i have to send it in. Call me whipped or whatever you like but i do not want to piss of the pregnant women LOL
[Samsung Mesmerize] phidelt82:
I had a response about product replacement until you said pregnant. Then I understand your pain and wouldn't want to piss her off either. I also see women in stead of woman, I'm hoping that's just a typo. If not you can come stay with me. lol
[Samsung Mesmerize] crackeyes:
yep typo just one. I could stand to have 2 pregos around LOL
[Samsung Mesmerize] crackeyes:
just an update to main post