diff --git a/apktool-cli/pom.xml b/apktool-cli/pom.xml
index 572fa44f..b033f52b 100644
--- a/apktool-cli/pom.xml
+++ b/apktool-cli/pom.xml
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
             <artifactId>apktool-lib</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <artifactId>common</artifactId>
@@ -62,5 +68,11 @@
             <version>1.3.4-ibot7</version>
             <type>jar</type>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
+            <version>2.4</version>
+            <type>jar</type>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apktool-lib/pom.xml b/apktool-lib/pom.xml
index 3b4d2787..a9522740 100644
--- a/apktool-lib/pom.xml
+++ b/apktool-lib/pom.xml
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@
     </build>
 
     <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
+            <version>2.4</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>brut.j</groupId>
             <artifactId>dir</artifactId>
diff --git a/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/data/value/ResPluralsValue.java b/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/data/value/ResPluralsValue.java
index accb4bb0..2ca45fbb 100644
--- a/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/data/value/ResPluralsValue.java
+++ b/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/data/value/ResPluralsValue.java
@@ -16,12 +16,13 @@
 
 package brut.androlib.res.data.value;
 
-import brut.androlib.res.xml.ResValuesXmlSerializable;
-import brut.androlib.res.xml.ResXmlEncoders;
 import brut.androlib.AndrolibException;
 import brut.androlib.res.data.ResResource;
+import brut.androlib.res.xml.ResValuesXmlSerializable;
+import brut.androlib.res.xml.ResXmlEncoders;
 import brut.util.Duo;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlSerializer;
 
 /**
@@ -49,9 +50,21 @@ public class ResPluralsValue extends ResBagValue implements ResValuesXmlSerializ
             if (item == null) {
                 continue;
             }
+
+            ResScalarValue rawValue = item;
+
             serializer.startTag(null, "item");
             serializer.attribute(null, "quantity", QUANTITY_MAP[i]);
-            serializer.text(item.encodeAsResXmlValue());
+            if (ResXmlEncoders.hasMultipleNonPositionalSubstitutions(rawValue.encodeAsResXmlValue())) {
+                serializer.text(item.encodeAsResXmlValueExt());
+            } else {
+                String recode = item.encodeAsResXmlValue();
+                //Dirty, but working fix @miuirussia
+                for (int j = 0; j < 10; j++) {
+                    recode = StringUtils.replace(recode, "%" + Integer.toString(j) + "$" + Integer.toString(j) + "$", "%" + Integer.toString(j) + "$");
+                }
+                serializer.text(recode);
+            }
             serializer.endTag(null, "item");
         }
         serializer.endTag(null, "plurals");
diff --git a/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/data/value/ResScalarValue.java b/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/data/value/ResScalarValue.java
index 6d80e1b8..8fcc2e12 100644
--- a/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/data/value/ResScalarValue.java
+++ b/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/data/value/ResScalarValue.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public abstract class ResScalarValue extends ResValue
         if (mRawValue != null) {
             return mRawValue;
         }
-         return encodeAsResXml();
+         return encodeAsResXmlValueExt();
     }
 
     public String encodeAsResXmlValueExt() throws AndrolibException {
@@ -90,15 +90,16 @@ public abstract class ResScalarValue extends ResValue
     public void serializeToResValuesXml(XmlSerializer serializer, ResResource res)
             throws IOException, AndrolibException {
         String type = res.getResSpec().getType().getName();
-        boolean item = ! "reference".equals(mType) && ! type.equals(mType);
+        boolean item = !"reference".equals(mType) && !type.equals(mType);
         
         String body = encodeAsResXmlValue();
         
         
         /* check for resource reference */
         if (body.contains("@")){
-           // item = true; 
-           // messes up strings with @, need to check if strings.xml ignore
+            if(!res.getFilePath().contains("string")) {
+                item = true;
+            }
         }
         
         /* check for using attrib as node or item */