why wont apk tool recompile?

if you are getting strange errors related to resources. for example:

W: Could not find sources
I: Checking whether resources has changed...
I: Building resources...
C:\someapp\res\values\public.xml:2395: error: Public entry identifier 0x107001d entry index is larger than available symbols (index 29, total symbols 29).
C:\someapp\res\values\public.xml:2395: error: Public symbol array/carrier_properties declared here is not defined.
Exception in thread "main" brut.androlib.AndrolibException: brut.common.BrutException: could not exec command: [aapt, p, -F, C:\Users\Soontir\AppData\Local\Temp\APKTOOL5080969896487671571.tmp, -x, -S, C:\someapp\res, -M, C:\framework\framework-res1\AndroidManifest.xml]
        at brut.androlib.res.AndrolibResources.aaptPackage(Unknown Source)
        at brut.androlib.Androlib.buildResourcesFull(Unknown Source)
        at brut.androlib.Androlib.buildResources(Unknown Source)
        at brut.androlib.Androlib.build(Unknown Source)
        at brut.androlib.Androlib.build(Unknown Source)
        at brut.apktool.Main.cmdBuild(Unknown Source)
        at brut.apktool.Main.main(Unknown Source)
Caused by: brut.common.BrutException: could not exec command: [aapt, p, -F, C:\Users\Soontir\AppData\Local\Temp\APKTOOL5080969896487671571.tmp, -x, -S, C:\framework\framework-res1\res, -M, C:\someapp\AndroidManifest.xml]
        at brut.util.OS.exec(Unknown Source)
        ... 7 more

the problem could be non-standard resource qualifiers. it affects current versions of apktool (1.3.2), but may be fixed in a later version. the solution is to decomile using --keep-broken-res and fix the xml file manually. for an explanation of how to do this, read this issue by the developer himself: http://code.google.com/p/android-apktool/issues/detail?id=128#c1