Deodex services.jar

Here you can find instructions on how to manually deodex services.jar as preparation for Signature Spoofing support.

If you want to check beforehand (or afterwards), if your ROM supports Signature Spoofing, use this tool.

Pre-Check

If your /system/framework/services.jar file contains the file classes.dex, you can skip deodexing and start patching right-away, else following theese instructions.

Android 9.0 Pie

Android 9.0 is currently not supported by smali/baksmali (more precisly O/DEX format 039 and OAT format changes are not yet implemented).

VdexExtractor will create CompatDex for Android 9.0 (more precisely VDEX 019 files) instead of DEX. Theese CDEX files can only be manually converted to DEX on a GNU/Linux or MacOS PC, see vdexExtractor: Strategy to convert CompactDex back to StandardDex

VDEX

If you can see /system/framework/oat/[arch]/services.vdex, where [arch] is the device architecture (arm, arm64, x86 or x86_64), you should follow theese instructions.

the instructions are basically simple, though plenty commands:

connect phone with PC while in TWRP, mount /system read-write
get latest vdexExtractor
- vdexExtractor Sources
zip/unzip utilities for commandline (or some UI tool)
common sense on using commandline (or some UI tool instead)

adb pull /system/framework framework
cp framework/services.jar services.jar-backup

now deodex services.vdex:

vdexExtractor -i framework/oat/[arch]/services.vdex --ignore-crc-error

this will create the following file:

framework/oat/[arch]/services.apk_classes.dex

if it's properly been created rename it to classes.dex and add it to services.jar

mv framework/oat/[arch]/services.apk_classes.dex classes.dex
zip -d framework/services.jar classes.dex
zip -j framework/services.jar classes.dex

next install the new services.jar to device:

adb push framework/services.jar /system/framework
adb shell
chmod 0644 /system/framework/services.jar
chown root:root /system/framework/services.jar

unmount /system and flash the NanoDroid-Patcher.

If something goes wrong you still have the unpatched services.jar, as we created a copy named services.jar-backup.

ODEX

If you can see /system/framework/oat/[arch]/services.odex, where [arch] is the device architecture (arm, arm64, x86 or x86_64), you should follow theese instructions.

the instructions are basically simple, though plenty commands:

connect phone with PC while in TWRP, mount /system read-write
get latest baksmali.jar and smali.jar
- smali Sources
zip/unzip utilities for commandline (or some UI tool)
common sense on using commandline (or some UI tool instead)

adb pull /system/framework framework
cp framework/services.jar services.jar-backup

java -jar baksmali.jar x framework/oat/[arch]/services.odex -d framework/[arch] -d framework/ -o services-new
java -jar smali.jar a services-new -o classes.dex

somestimes baksmali.jar can't find the bootclasses file itself, in this case pass it manually using -b, for example:

-b framework/[arch]/boot.oat

in any case, if a new classes.dex was successfully created in the services-new directory, re-package it into the services.jar we previously pulled:

zip -d framework/services.jar classes.dex
zip -j framework/services.jar classes.dex