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[GUIDE][4.1+] Enabling User Profiles in Jelly Bean (below 4.3), No Apps Needed

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This is how to enable User Profiles in Jelly Bean (below 4.3).

1. Decompile Settings.apk
2. Go to res/values/strings.xml

Add this code:

Code:

<string name="multi_user_profiles">Users</string>
For example:



3. Go to res/xml/settings_headers.xml

Add this code:

Code:

<header android:icon="@drawable/ic_settings_multiuser" android:title="@string/multi_user_profiles" android:fragment="com.android.settings.users.UserSettings" />
For example:



4. Download the attached, "user icon": http://www.mediafire.com/download/ov.../user_icon.zip

5. Extract user_icon.zip, inside is a png image file named "ic_settings_multiuser.png"

6. Put "ic_settings_multiuser.png" into the drawable-hdpi folder

For example:



7. Recompile Settings.apk

8. Push the new Settings.apk into system/app and set permissions to rw-r-r

9. Reboot your phone

The end result should be like this:







To activate: Open the Power Menu (e.g. Hold Down the Power Button)



Note: You won't be able to fully restrict your contents from the Guest profile. That's why before establishing a Guest profile, you should choose the apps that should be restricted from the Guest profile.

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