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How to unpack apk file

Hi, I am using the iskoot software, installed by an apk files. But I need to change a setting of this software, and in Windows Mobile I used to change the registry setting I need, but now, we do not have a registry....so what I am asking is, there is a way to unpack an apk files to see where and wich files it install? So that I can go there and edit the conf file I need?
Thanks!

alex_time said:
Hi, I am using the iskoot software, installed by an apk files. But I need to change a setting of this software, and in Windows Mobile I used to change the registry setting I need, but now, we do not have a registry....so what I am asking is, there is a way to unpack an apk files to see where and wich files it install? So that I can go there and edit the conf file I need?
Thanks!
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apks are just zip files. Set them to open with your archive manager or change the extension to .zip. All applications install their settings into /data/data/%PACKAGENAME% where %PACKAGENAME% is the Java-style package name of the app.

Ugh, no need to use the evil "R" word here. You're going to give us nightmares!
Each application stores its configurations/settings in its home directory in /data/data as pointed out by the previous poster. You might want to bone up on 'sqlite3' as most configuration settings tend to be stored in such databases.
alex_time said:
Hi, I am using the iskoot software, installed by an apk files. But I need to change a setting of this software, and in Windows Mobile I used to change the registry setting I need, but now, we do not have a registry....so what I am asking is, there is a way to unpack an apk files to see where and wich files it install? So that I can go there and edit the conf file I need?
Thanks!
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I'am trying right now to find this confing files, thanks, I'll let you know if it's ok.

Note that depending on what you are trying to do, the config files may or may not be able to adjust the property you're after. No matter what, the program itself must support what you are trying to do (this goes for ALL OS's -- you simply can't change something that is irrelevant and expect it to do what you want) and more often than not, the ability to adjust that property would be presented by the program itself.
That is, of course, not to say that manually adjusting the config files is useless, because there IS a lot you can do directly from the config files.
alex_time said:
I'am trying right now to find this confing files, thanks, I'll let you know if it's ok.
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Er, delete please

Modify an " .apk " file in " .exe " file
Hi everybody ,
Please , does anyone know how
I can modify an Android Mobile File .apk
in a .exe to use it with Windows Mobile ?

ccpgclap said:
Hi everybody ,
Please , does anyone know how
I can modify an Android Mobile File .apk
in a .exe to use it with Windows Mobile ?
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No, they have absolutely nothing in common.

Modify an " .apk " file in " .exe " file
Originally Posted by ccpgclap View Post
Hi everybody ,
Please , does anyone know how
I can modify an Android Mobile File .apk
in a .exe to use it with Windows Mobile ?
Originally Posted by RubenGM View Post
No, they have absolutely nothing in common.
Originally Posted by ccpgclap View Post
But I have found this and it doesn't work ....
Download APK2EXE and NSIS install system
Follow these steps to create your executable!
* Extract APK2EXE to a new directory
* Add your APK to the directory
* Doubleclick APK2EXE.NSI and edit the 3 lines containing information about your application.
* Right click the NSI file, and select 'Compile NSIS Script' - this will create your install EXE
* Done!
And it is a .apk to .exe converter !!!
Can anyone tell me why it doesn't work ? Many thanks

because your trying to run a Android application on Windows.
it's like saying I want to make this MAC application run on windows.. it just doesn't work..
I dont care what programs say.. Its not coded for Windows so it wont understand what the program does...
BTW you application you speak of is meant to install APK's FROM windows not TO windows
"Hot on the heels of my installAPK utility to let you install APKs from your Windows desktop, I now have another neat trick... which allows developers to distribute APKs as Windows EXE files instead."

boostnek9 said:
because your trying to run a Android application on Windows.
it's like saying I want to make this MAC application run on windows.. it just doesn't work..
I dont care what programs say.. Its not coded for Windows so it wont understand what the program does...
BTW you application you speak of is meant to install APK's FROM windows not TO windows
"Hot on the heels of my installAPK utility to let you install APKs from your Windows desktop, I now have another neat trick... which allows developers to distribute APKs as Windows EXE files instead."
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shouldnt be too tough. just make a executable file that installs and configures adb, allows user to select apk or select a folder of apk's, create a .bat file that tells windows command prompt adb push the .apk to the sd card, then adb install /sdcard/nameofapk.apk
simple enough!

Can anyone tell me how to edit the app / extracted APK file to make the phone think it's a completely different app i.e. install it twice...
Not trying to cause trouble, I'm just looking to install an older version of an app as well as the updated version...

RichCowell said:
Can anyone tell me how to edit the app / extracted APK file to make the phone think it's a completely different app i.e. install it twice...
Not trying to cause trouble, I'm just looking to install an older version of an app as well as the updated version...
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apk manager will let you

Asadullah said:
apk manager will let you
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Thanks for replying, I've had a go with that and extracted / decompiled, compiled, signed, and that doesn't work, when I try to install the newly created apk it still tries to overwrite it...
I've watched the vid and read the comments but haven't worked it out yet... Can you point me in the right direction about which bit to edit?

i think you need apktool

Cool, I'll look into that... Any pointers on how to do it once I've got apktool?

command line usage, this tool unpak and repak

donut: unwanted images in galley

ok this is really starting to bug me. ever since i updated to donut, there have been images showing up in the gallery that i dont want to show. is there anyway i can get rid of them?

djosiah said:
ok this is really starting to bug me. ever since i updated to donut, there have been images showing up in the gallery that i dont want to show. is there anyway i can get rid of them?
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If your talking about pictures that you only want viewable in something like "Astro File Manager" you could put a dot in front of the folder in question.
For example, for the pictures I have of my GF, i hide it by naming the folder ".GF" and it wont show in Gallery at all... but if you use a file browser like Astro you can view the files by going into the folder.
In Linux, a dot before the name of the folder usually means a hidden folder, hence thats why gallery won't pick it up then.

ive added dots to the beginning of some of the folder, but they are still appearing in the gallery

try using the nomedia file.
connet your phone to your computer, go to the file you don't want pic, music or whatever from create a new txt file open it, save as name nomedia change file type ot all files remove the .txt extention and then delete the first .txt file..
works for me...

thisoneguy said:
try using the nomedia file.
connet your phone to your computer, go to the file you don't want pic, music or whatever from create a new txt file open it, save as name nomedia change file type ot all files remove the .txt extention and then delete the first .txt file..
works for me...
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ok i didnt understand all of what you said but i will try

ok that didnt work either. i think its because the images i am trying to hide are in a .zip file. for example the themes that you can download for lock 2.0 and weather widgets donate. anyone know how to hide these images?

so none has a solution to this problem?

djosiah said:
ok that didnt work either. i think its because the images i am trying to hide are in a .zip file. for example the themes that you can download for lock 2.0 and weather widgets donate. anyone know how to hide these images?
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The gallery is displaying images compressed in a zip file?!?!

AdrianK said:
The gallery is displaying images compressed in a zip file?!?!
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well thats what i believe, because i dont know where else the images would be located. f

If you wana hide pic, you can use advanced launcher to just hide the gallery. Images in a zip should not come up in your gallery unless the zip was extracted. I think you my have images in your "download" folder. Just move them somewhere else and they shouldn't come up anymore

BlackElvis79 said:
If you wana hide pic, you can use advanced launcher to just hide the gallery. Images in a zip should not come up in your gallery unless the zip was extracted. I think you my have images in your "download" folder. Just move them somewhere else and they shouldn't come up anymore
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i cant find where the other pictures are, the only place they are on my Sd card inside the zip files i dont know where else they could be

[Q] Just a quick question

Hi, when you go into the "media" folder on your tab, is it possible to add more folders there then the stock photo, video, download?

Yes, its possible

And how do you do it?

Use the stock file manager "my files", or download astro file manager or efile from the market.

or use your pc/mac via usb

Using your tab only, click "my files" icon and navigate from there to wherever you want to place your new folder. Then use the context button to reveal the new folder menu, as well as rename and details options.
by the way, you might also be interested in a better media browser than the stock, use quickpic from android market.
also, if you add a blank file (usually a txt file) named .nomedia at the root of a folder which contains some files, the files won't get picked up by the media scanner and stay hidden, but will still be seen by file explorer like My Files.

Sef_P1000 said:
also, if you add a blank file (usually a txt file) named .nomedia at the root of a folder which contains some files, the files won't get picked up by the media scanner and stay hidden, but will still be seen by file explorer like My Files.
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this is good if you wat to hide some porno...lol

thanks alot guys!

[Q] How Do I Remove The Anime Wallpaper In Gingercruzt 8.1?

Exactly what the title says...so please help me

Am I right when I say that you´ve wrote this with your X8?
Becasue there is no ROm called "fingerprint", and because your phone didn´t recognize the name, it just changed it to "fibgerprint", a word from the dictionary that was the most similar to it.
To answer your question:
Go to your homescreen/one of your homescreens, search a free place (that means, that there are no widgets or links to apps, just the background.
Then, put your finger on that free place and leave it there for 2 seconds.
Then, a windows should pop up, that asks you what you want to add to your homescreen.
Choose:"Background image" and then choose another from your gallery/the CM-background images/the live wallpaper gallery and add another one.

Sorry...i wrote the wrong sentence...i was talking about the Anime wallpapers in gingercruzt..that is disturbing...i just need some good Rom not a Rom with pictures like that...can you help me?i want them gone forever...something like deleting lib or anything....and yeah....im using my phone

you can find the wallpapers inside /system/media/wallpapers
you have two options for delete
1- using root explorer or any other file explorer with root permission from inside your phone
2- open the updateGCR8.1 Rom file from your PC with winrar and point to the wallpapers and right click delete "do not extract just right click open" then update it through recovery as you did when installing on your phone

Default one will stay anyway, it is in resources
Just load any wallpaper/s from market.

rav3n_pl said:
Default one will stay anyway, it is in resources
Just load any wallpaper/s from market.
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Nope it won't stay
Sent from my E15i using XDA

Yes it will.choose another wallpaper,if it's doesn't work then make a full wipe and repeat that process again.
Sent from my XPERIA X8 using XDA Premium App

Amrooz said:
you can find the wallpapers inside /system/media/wallpapers
you have two options for delete
1- using root explorer or any other file explorer with root permission from inside your phone
2- open the updateGCR8.1 Rom file from your PC with winrar and point to the wallpapers and right click delete "do not extract just right click open" then update it through recovery as you did when installing on your phone
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Thank you... ill test it now

How do I "rip" the gallery from a ROM (zip)

Hi, I want to know if I can rip the AOSP gallery from a installed ROM (or ROM zip).
I also need the editor to work.
Who can help me out on this matter?
Thanks for your replies!

franatic08 said:
Hi, I want to know if I can rip the AOSP gallery from a installed ROM (or ROM zip).
I also need the editor to work.
Who can help me out on this matter?
Thanks for your replies!
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For ROM zip you would need to unzip it using 7-zip, then navigate the system/app folder and find what might be a folder called "gallery" everything you need should be inside that folder. For an installed ROM just use a file explorer app and navigate to the system/app folder then copy and paste the gallery to the root of your internal storage. All this assumes the gallery is in the same location as the photos app is on my stock ROM.

Awesome, found it.
I usually backed it up using ES Explorer, but that broke the editor.
The lib folder is now included, so I should be good to go. Will try later!
Thanks!

BladeRunner said:
For ROM zip you would need to unzip it using 7-zip, then navigate the system/app folder and find what might be a folder called "gallery" everything you need should be inside that folder. For an installed ROM just use a file explorer app and navigate to the system/app folder then copy and paste the gallery to the root of your internal storage. All this assumes the gallery is in the same location as the photos app is on my stock ROM.
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The unzip will not completely work with the changes google is making. The newer compiled roms are compiled into images and not like they used to be.

franatic08 said:
Hi, I want to know if I can rip the AOSP gallery from a installed ROM (or ROM zip).
I also need the editor to work.
Who can help me out on this matter?
Thanks for your replies!
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Forget about ripping it from a sysimage. Install it as an application from specially modified sources;
https://github.com/lbdroid/android_packages_apps_Gallery2
Or if you trust me, binary; https://github.com/lbdroid/Android-Binaries/blob/master/Gallery2.apk

zelendel said:
The unzip will not completely work with the changes google is making. The newer compiled roms are compiled into images and not like they used to be.
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doitright said:
Forget about ripping it from a sysimage. Install it as an application from specially modified sources;
https://github.com/lbdroid/android_packages_apps_Gallery2
Or if you trust me, binary; https://github.com/lbdroid/Android-Binaries/blob/master/Gallery2.apk
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I already encountered the image thing you both mention.
Luckily I was able to pull it from the installed ROM.

Got it working now. Editor works just fine.
Last thing though...
Each time I hit the edit button, the pop-up for "select action" shows up. It only displays the editor to select.
Is there any way I can get rid of that?
Setting a default action for it somehow, somewhere?

This selection menu