Tuesday, March 1, 2011

How to remove the developer signature from android .apk file?


The followed steps are very easy to understand and we can easily to remove the .apk signature from the android .apk file

First you need to extract the .apk file ..
Find META-INF folder inside .apk folder and delete it ..
Re-zip it again ..
Next find the your android sdk location
Put your re-modified .apk file into sdk\tools folder...

Create a folder name called like android or other name in any where in your drives
C:\android

Next  find .android folder your C:\  drive  and you can see avd, androidtool.cfg, ddms.cfg, debug.keystore, default.keyset, repositories.cfg files and all
Take the debug.keystore file Put your debug.keystore file into C:\android folder

Next go to cmd prompt and type followed command
D:\apps\android\2.3\tools: jarsigner –keystore C:\android\debug.keystore –storepass android android –keypass android apkname.apk androiddebugkey.