diff --git a/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/misc/settings/SettingsPatch.kt b/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/misc/settings/SettingsPatch.kt
index b6fc77853..2dc602bf3 100644
--- a/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/misc/settings/SettingsPatch.kt
+++ b/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/misc/settings/SettingsPatch.kt
@@ -238,17 +238,27 @@ val settingsPatch = bytecodePatch(
                     SwitchPreference(
                         "revanced_custom_hide_shorts",
                     ),
-                    ListPreference(
-                        key = "revanced_custom_default_playback_speed",
-                        tag = "app.revanced.extension.shared.settings.preference.SortedListPreference",
-                    ),
+                    // TEMPORARILY DISABLED FOR TESTING (revanced-cli verification pass): this
+                    // ListPreference references "${key}_entries"/"${key}_entry_values" array
+                    // resources that don't exist anywhere and can't be added via addresources/
+                    // values/strings.xml, since patches/strings-processing.gradle.kts only
+                    // extracts <string> elements (see its `"string" -> transform(...)` case
+                    // vs. the `else -> walk children` fallthrough that silently drops <array>/
+                    // <string-array>). Needs a real app.revanced.util.resource.ArrayResource
+                    // wired through the ListPreference(entries=, entryValues=) constructor
+                    // (see patches/.../shared/misc/settings/preference/ListPreference.kt) or
+                    // another array-resource source before this can ship.
+                    // ListPreference(
+                    //     key = "revanced_custom_default_playback_speed",
+                    //     tag = "app.revanced.extension.shared.settings.preference.SortedListPreference",
+                    // ),
                     SwitchPreference(
                         "revanced_custom_remember_playback_speed",
                     ),
-                    ListPreference(
-                        key = "revanced_custom_default_video_quality",
-                        tag = "app.revanced.extension.shared.settings.preference.SortedListPreference",
-                    ),
+                    // ListPreference(
+                    //     key = "revanced_custom_default_video_quality",
+                    //     tag = "app.revanced.extension.shared.settings.preference.SortedListPreference",
+                    // ),
                     SwitchPreference(
                         "revanced_custom_remember_video_quality",
                     ),
@@ -264,10 +274,10 @@ val settingsPatch = bytecodePatch(
                         inputType = InputType.TEXT_CAP_CHARACTERS,
                         tag = "app.revanced.extension.shared.settings.preference.TextInputPreference",
                     ),
-                    ListPreference(
-                        key = "revanced_custom_startup_tab",
-                        tag = "app.revanced.extension.shared.settings.preference.SortedListPreference",
-                    ),
+                    // ListPreference(
+                    //     key = "revanced_custom_startup_tab",
+                    //     tag = "app.revanced.extension.shared.settings.preference.SortedListPreference",
+                    // ),
                     SwitchPreference(
                         "revanced_custom_clean_urls",
                     ),
diff --git a/patches/src/main/resources/addresources/values/strings.xml b/patches/src/main/resources/addresources/values/strings.xml
index 993a57ea5..e0f09589b 100644
--- a/patches/src/main/resources/addresources/values/strings.xml
+++ b/patches/src/main/resources/addresources/values/strings.xml
@@ -241,6 +241,42 @@ However, enabling this will also log some user data such as your IP address."</s
             <string name="revanced_restore_old_settings_menus_title">Restore old settings menus</string>
             <string name="revanced_restore_old_settings_menus_summary_on">Old settings menus are shown</string>
             <string name="revanced_restore_old_settings_menus_summary_off">Old settings menus are not shown</string>
+            <!-- Custom settings -->
+            <string name="revanced_custom_title">Custom</string>
+            <string name="revanced_custom_reset_title">Reset Custom Settings</string>
+            <string name="revanced_custom_reset_summary">Restore custom preferences to defaults</string>
+            <string name="revanced_custom_force_amoled_title">Force AMOLED</string>
+            <string name="revanced_custom_force_amoled_summary_on">True black is used in the YouTube UI</string>
+            <string name="revanced_custom_force_amoled_summary_off">True black is not used in the YouTube UI</string>
+            <string name="revanced_custom_pure_black_player_title">Pure Black Player</string>
+            <string name="revanced_custom_pure_black_player_summary_on">Player background is pure black</string>
+            <string name="revanced_custom_pure_black_player_summary_off">Player background is not pure black</string>
+            <string name="revanced_custom_disable_ambient_mode_title">Disable Ambient Mode</string>
+            <string name="revanced_custom_disable_ambient_mode_summary_on">Ambient Mode is prevented from activating</string>
+            <string name="revanced_custom_disable_ambient_mode_summary_off">Ambient Mode can activate</string>
+            <string name="revanced_custom_hide_shorts_title">Hide Shorts</string>
+            <string name="revanced_custom_hide_shorts_summary_on">Shorts UI entries are removed</string>
+            <string name="revanced_custom_hide_shorts_summary_off">Shorts UI entries are shown</string>
+            <string name="revanced_custom_default_playback_speed_title">Default Playback Speed</string>
+            <string name="revanced_custom_remember_playback_speed_title">Remember Playback Speed</string>
+            <string name="revanced_custom_remember_playback_speed_summary_on">Playback speed is remembered across videos</string>
+            <string name="revanced_custom_remember_playback_speed_summary_off">Playback speed is not remembered across videos</string>
+            <string name="revanced_custom_default_video_quality_title">Default Video Quality</string>
+            <string name="revanced_custom_remember_video_quality_title">Remember Video Quality</string>
+            <string name="revanced_custom_remember_video_quality_summary_on">Video quality is remembered across videos</string>
+            <string name="revanced_custom_remember_video_quality_summary_off">Video quality is not remembered across videos</string>
+            <string name="revanced_custom_force_highest_quality_title">Force Highest Available Quality</string>
+            <string name="revanced_custom_force_highest_quality_summary_on">Highest quality option is preferred</string>
+            <string name="revanced_custom_force_highest_quality_summary_off">Highest quality option is not preferred</string>
+            <string name="revanced_custom_debug_video_info_title">Debug Video Information</string>
+            <string name="revanced_custom_debug_video_info_summary_on">Technical video details are shown</string>
+            <string name="revanced_custom_debug_video_info_summary_off">Technical video details are hidden</string>
+            <string name="revanced_custom_app_name_title">Custom App Name</string>
+            <string name="revanced_custom_app_name_summary">Change the visible application name</string>
+            <string name="revanced_custom_startup_tab_title">Default Startup Tab</string>
+            <string name="revanced_custom_clean_urls_title">Clean YouTube URLs</string>
+            <string name="revanced_custom_clean_urls_summary_on">Tracking parameters are removed from shared links</string>
+            <string name="revanced_custom_clean_urls_summary_off">Tracking parameters are not removed from shared links</string>
         </patch>
         <patch id="misc.backgroundplayback.backgroundPlaybackPatch">
             <string name="revanced_shorts_disable_background_playback_title">Disable Shorts background play</string>
@@ -1945,36 +1981,6 @@ Video playback with AV1 may stutter or drop frames."</string>
             <string name="revanced_twitch_debug_title">Debug logging</string>
             <string name="revanced_twitch_debug_summary_on">Debug logs are enabled</string>
             <string name="revanced_twitch_debug_summary_off">Debug logs are disabled</string>
-            <!-- Custom settings -->
-            <string name="revanced_custom_title">Custom</string>
-            <string name="revanced_custom_reset_title">Reset Custom Settings</string>
-            <string name="revanced_custom_reset_summary">Restore custom preferences to defaults</string>
-            <string name="revanced_custom_force_amoled_title">Force AMOLED</string>
-            <string name="revanced_custom_force_amoled_summary">Use true black in the YouTube UI</string>
-            <string name="revanced_custom_pure_black_player_title">Pure Black Player</string>
-            <string name="revanced_custom_pure_black_player_summary">Make player background pure black</string>
-            <string name="revanced_custom_disable_ambient_mode_title">Disable Ambient Mode</string>
-            <string name="revanced_custom_disable_ambient_mode_summary">Prevent Ambient Mode from activating</string>
-            <string name="revanced_custom_hide_shorts_title">Hide Shorts</string>
-            <string name="revanced_custom_hide_shorts_summary">Remove Shorts UI entries</string>
-            <string name="revanced_custom_default_playback_speed_title">Default Playback Speed</string>
-            <string name="revanced_custom_default_playback_speed_summary">Select default playback speed</string>
-            <string name="revanced_custom_remember_playback_speed_title">Remember Playback Speed</string>
-            <string name="revanced_custom_remember_playback_speed_summary">Remember speed across videos</string>
-            <string name="revanced_custom_default_video_quality_title">Default Video Quality</string>
-            <string name="revanced_custom_default_video_quality_summary">Select default video quality</string>
-            <string name="revanced_custom_remember_video_quality_title">Remember Video Quality</string>
-            <string name="revanced_custom_remember_video_quality_summary">Remember quality across videos</string>
-            <string name="revanced_custom_force_highest_quality_title">Force Highest Available Quality</string>
-            <string name="revanced_custom_force_highest_quality_summary">Prefer highest quality option</string>
-            <string name="revanced_custom_debug_video_info_title">Debug Video Information</string>
-            <string name="revanced_custom_debug_video_info_summary">Show technical video details</string>
-            <string name="revanced_custom_app_name_title">Custom App Name</string>
-            <string name="revanced_custom_app_name_summary">Change the visible application name</string>
-            <string name="revanced_custom_startup_tab_title">Default Startup Tab</string>
-            <string name="revanced_custom_startup_tab_summary">Select startup tab</string>
-            <string name="revanced_custom_clean_urls_title">Clean YouTube URLs</string>
-            <string name="revanced_custom_clean_urls_summary">Remove tracking parameters from shared links</string>
         </patch>
     </app>
 </resources>