In this guide, I am going to show you how to take apart the .apk file and replace all of the stock photographs inside it with your own, then prevent the app from updating itself so it will only display your photos, not ones it grabs from the internet.
Requirements:
A device that has the Magazine Lockscreen feature WinRar Cwebp Utility Optional: WebP Photoshop Plug-in
If you’ll take notice, the wallpaper images are named wallpaper01.webp, wallpaper02.webp, etc. What the heck is a .webp file? It’s an open-source lossless compression used on a variety of internet images, and allegedly it can achieve up to 30 percent compression over JPEG without any loss in quality. Luckily, as an open-source project, there are a number of tools we can use to convert your favourite image files into .webp files. To convert images to .webp via the cwebp command interface, type: Now once you have converted all of your images to .webp format, begin dragging them inside the .apk folder, replacing the old .webp images with your new ones. Just make sure they have the exact same file names. a) Open up your rom and navigate to the place where you took your .apk file from. Click on the old .apk file and press the delete button. Now drag your new edited .apk file into the zip. Then connect your device to your computer and drag the ROM onto the sdcard and flash it via recovery. Now reboot the system and see your changes in effect! b) Copy your new .apk file from your computer to your device. Then, using Root Browser or a similar app, navigate to the old .apk file and look at the permisions. (eg. RW–r–) Now delete the old file and replace with the new, but make sure to set the permissions the same as they were before. Now Simply reboot and see your changes in effect!
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