Guest rvdgeer Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 (edited) What I'm trying to do: Theming a the PoV Mobii TEGRA Tablet 10 inch Firmware with some nicer icons and a better looking status bar. Why I'm trying to do this: Because it can look so much better than it does now! I noticed most of the P10AN01 devices are on the same ROM version number: 1.09 or 1.10. My guess is, this means they use the same source to base their ROMS upon... Because Advent is still on 1.09 while PoV is on 1.10, I want to use the PoV as a starting point. What's the problem: No matter how I try to edit the framework-res.apk, I always end up with errors:I tried decompiling and recompiling (without changing anything!) with apkmanager and/or apktool, but the framework-res.apk is never the same size as the original and always causes a boot loop.I tried opening the framework-res.apk with 7zip or winrar and copying over a few images, but this always results in a Google Talk authentication error. This affects the Market, so I can't download/update anymore. I tried:pushing the framework using adb with the device booted or in recoverycopying the framework using adb with the device booted or in recoveryflashing the framework in rrecovery using an update.zipsetting the compression level to 0 and the max memory size to 512 in apkmanagerI'm running out of idea's here... If you know what I'm overlooking (doing wrong) here, please point me in the right direction... I'm a fast learner, so it wouldn't have to take you a lot of time here... Extra info: I only have a Win 7 (32bit) PC available, so it would be nice if it could be done without installing another OS... [EDIT] Managed to do it... Read this post to learn how... Edited March 30, 2011 by rvdgeer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chenga Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 I use this tool by a member on here called Vega Tools to push and pull the framework : http://android.modaco.com/content/advent-v...ega-tools-v3-0/ Get the framework-res.apk using Vega Tools and it should be a .zip file (think it goes to your desktop). Edit what you want and replaced the files and then push to device using Vega Tools. Just edit the images that ends in '.png' and not '.9.png' and then push to device to see if there is any problem. If there isn't, just move on to the '.9.png' files. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rvdgeer Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 (edited) I use this tool by a member on here called Vega Tools to push and pull the framework : http://android.modaco.com/content/advent-v...ega-tools-v3-0/ Get the framework-res.apk using Vega Tools and it should be a .zip file (think it goes to your desktop). Edit what you want and replaced the files and then push to device using Vega Tools. Just edit the images that ends in '.png' and not '.9.png' and then push to device to see if there is any problem. If there isn't, just move on to the '.9.png' files. Hope this helps. Thanks! I know about Vega Tools. As far as I know, it pulls the framework-res.apk from the device (using adb) and renames it to .zip, so you can edit it with 7zip or winrar. I did the same, but manually and had no success unfortunately... Any other tips/suggestions? Edited March 29, 2011 by rvdgeer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chenga Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Have you tried it with Vega Tools? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rvdgeer Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 Have you tried it with Vega Tools? What is Vega Tools? Never heatd about it... LOL :D Please see my previous post... Thanks for trying to help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rvdgeer Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 OK, I worked this out myself! Here a short step-by-step guide... Warning: if you don't get it right, it might cause boot loops and you might need to reflash the entire ROM To edit stock framework: Decompile framework-res.apk Change whatever you want to change Recompile: system apk=y, Copy additional files=n Copy the original framework-res.apk to framework-res.new.apk Open unsignedframework-res.apk in WinRAR or 7zip Extract changed files to a temp dir (for changes in res/value/*.xml you need resources.arsc) Close unsignedframework-res.apk Open framework-res.new.apk in WinRAR (!) Drag and drop the changed files to the corresponding directories Choose "Save" (!) (No compression) and "Replace existing files only" in WinRAR Close framework-res.new.apk Push framework-res.new.apk to /system/framework/framework-res.apk on the device in recovery (!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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