Replace HTC battery widget

[Guest Benjay09]

Hi !!

I've a little question for you , skilled users and developpers ^^

I've made a copy of HTC battery widget .apk (the one that comes with MCR) with root explorer to modify some pictures.

(i found it in system/sd/apps , but i've noticed there's one in data/app too)

So i've extracted it , modified the pngs (there's no .9.png in it) , rezipped , and resigned.

The same way i do when i modify other apps skin.....

btw , it doesn't want to install , of course i've uninstalled the stock one first.

i get a "can not be installed on that phone"..

i've tried many times to resign it (to be sure) , but with no success...

I can reinstall the original from the market with no problem.

I've also tried not to unzip it , and just replace the pngs , and not resign : no success , still the same error message.

I believe this is some sort of copy protection , but is there any way to force it to install ?

i'm rooted , on MCR 3.1, i've root explorer , i can use the SDK , adb commands etc etc..

or any way to force the picture replacement in the phone ? (like metamorph does)

Thanks in advance for your tips :huh:

[Guest zorm]

After you've modified the apk, can't you just push it back into /system/sd/app, rather than uninstall/reinstall? BTW /data/app is a symlink to /system/sd/app

[Guest Benjay09]

great idea ^^

i tried to push in system/sd/app : not allowed , this folder is read-only

i tried to push in data/app :

it bricked my phone.

That's a chance i've Amon RA recovery.

btw , thanks for your help.

Another tip ?? someone ?

Edited April 24, 2010 by Benjay09

[Guest]

great idea ^^

i tried to push in system/sd/app : not allowed , this folder is read-only

i tried to push in data/app :

it bricked my phone.

That's a chance i've Amon RA recovery.

btw , thanks for your help.

Another tip ?? someone ?

Have you tried accessing the phone in recovery mode using adb and then doing the copy to system/sd/app? You may need to do a mount remount so that the area is read write.

I suspect the phone would have problems if there are two apps with the same name.

If it still bricks the phone in normal mode, you can rollback to the stock.

[Guest zorm]

great idea ^^

i tried to push in system/sd/app : not allowed , this folder is read-only

i tried to push in data/app :

it bricked my phone.

That's a chance i've Amon RA recovery.

btw , thanks for your help.

Another tip ?? someone ?

You must push it back to the same location. Yeah, it would say the folder is read only. You need to remount /system first:

adb remount

adb push ....

[Guest Benjay09]

I'm back ^^

Well , i've tried again with the adb remount command before to push , still with no success , this is what i did :

- first i pulled the original .apk with adb , replace the images (without uncompress the file) , no resign , push : widget is no more listed on my phone....

- secondly i pulled the original .apk with adb , replace the images (without uncompress) , resigned with stericson's tool , pushed : widget is no more listed on my phone ^^

- thirdly : i tried to push back the original .apk : the widget is now listed again on my phone (but it's still the original lol)

i have made a reboot of my phone after each push.

What did i do wrong ?? is it just somehow impossible to modify this .apk ?

Thanks again for your help.

PS : i've tried to boot into recovery , and push the file from here with adb.

the file seems to be pushed (i get the speed transfer and the size) , but when i reboot the phone , it is still the stock one....(and with root explorer i can see that the file's size is still the stock one)...so it looks like it was not replaced with the new one.

Edited April 25, 2010 by Benjay09

[Guest zorm]

I've not tried any theming myself. You could ask about this issue on the xda-dev -> Android dev & hacking -> Android themes forum. Alternatively, in the same forum, look at Stericson's Metamorph. Aiui it's an app which makes replacing individual files within apks much more simple. When you find a solution hopefully you'll post back here?

Edited April 25, 2010 by zorm

[Guest Benjay09]

Yeah i thought about XDA , and Metamorph (i used it to apply the black-eclair theme on my Hero)

I'll have a look at the forum , and if i find a solution , sure i'll post it here :huh:

Edited April 26, 2010 by Benjay09