i want to be able to edit apk's that i download from market.. where can i find them?
The apks from Market or PI get loaded to /data/app
blubyu87gt said:
The apks from Market or PI get loaded to /data/app
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Using astro on DX and don't see anything under the /data folder
bignadad said:
Using astro on DX and don't see anything under the /data folder
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can only see if you are rooted and I have only looked with Root Explorer
genesis72 said:
can only see if you are rooted and I have only looked with Root Explorer
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i am rooted and i see that RootExplorer is not a free app
guess astro cant access
will adb work?
Yes you can pull an apk from adb as far as I know.
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bignadad said:
i am rooted and i see that RootExplorer is not a free app
guess astro cant access
will adb work?
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Root explorer is best for this. But adb will work as well.
Can we delete apk files in data/app ??
Can we delete those apk files to restore some space so i can install more apps
Will deleting those setup files will cause any problems?
Have som1 deleted it before.
Pl reply
thanks in advance
Also wat the apk files downloaded from appbrain.com , does it even located in data/app ? but i cant find those files though root explorer?
bignadad said:
i am rooted and i see that RootExplorer is not a free app
guess astro cant access
will adb work?
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You can dl root explorer here... RootExplorer 2.12
dr154 said:
You can dl root explorer here... RootExplorer 2.12
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Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe that is Piracy...
Ubermicro13 said:
Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe that is Piracy...
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oh no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi,
I've just installed a new app that requested Adobe Flash to be installed... I did and than run the new app...
I'm looking for the Flash file... but I didn't find the app location on the phone!
Where are all the applications installed?
how do I get there? /system/app contains all the phone applications, but where are all my installed apps? where are they located on the phone?
Thanks
gilamran said:
Hi,
I've just installed a new app that requested Adobe Flash to be installed... I did and than run the new app...
I'm looking for the Flash file... but I didn't find the app location on the phone!
Where are all the applications installed?
how do I get there? /system/app contains all the phone applications, but where are all my installed apps? where are they located on the phone?
Thanks
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/data/app/ typically.
/data is empty....
ROOT of phone. System/apps
I use Super Manger to do that
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Sorry, but this directory is for the system's apps... I didn't see there any of my installed apps...
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/data is empty....
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you need root to see them
1. Fully rooted first
2. Find in data/app
3. If u app2sd, try find in system/sd/app
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A question for you. I have been looking everywhere but could not find a solution.
I am using firewall to filter calls and messages. Also I am using app protector pro to protect applications like settings, installer etc. The risk is, any one accessing to your phone can easily remove the apps (i.e App protector pro or Firewall etc..) from the app drawer (app drawer > menu > edit then touch the app to remove). Only 3rd party apps can be removed this way and not the system apps.
If there is a way to treat the 3rd party apps as system app then this accidental/mischief removal of apps can be stopped.
Is there anyone help in this..
Thanks in advance.
Hi guys,
Any thoughts in this issue.
Please help.... this may help many of the forum users..
Hey smohanv,
This will be my first post in this forum because I think I now have the knowledge to help others
So here it goes!
I used SGS Tools to remove some of my system apps.
Open SGS Tools > Cleanup System Apps and you can select which ones to delete.
It didn't took all system apps btw, I still had a few meaningless apps which I couldn't delete.
For these apps I used Root explorer to delete them manually. Be carefull tho, don't delete stuff you don't know.
Good luck.
Alright I now see my first post on this forum is a complete fail
You meant something else, treat the 3rd party apps as system apps so they won't get deleted.
Good question on which I don't know the answer yet but I did give you a bump hehe
Someone else has any suggestions?
Hi
Thanks for the response. The question is not about removing system app. The question is, how to prevent apps getting uninstalled by anyone seeing your phone. From the OS Froyo onwards, any app can be (except system app) removed just by invoking menu > remove by touching the icon.
If you have root you can copy the .apk of the app to /system/app.
smohanv said:
If there is a way to treat the 3rd party apps as system app then this accidental/mischief removal of apps can be stopped.
Is there anyone help in this..
Thanks in advance.
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xxbeanxx said:
If you have root you can copy the .apk of the app to /system/app.
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Yes, as xxbeanxx said, if you have root, you can move the apps you want to protect into your /systems/ directory through ADB or through the Terminal app and that way it will not be available through the TouchWiz drawer delete option.
silverstorm said:
Yes, as xxbeanxx said, if you have root, you can move the apps you want to protect into your /systems/ directory through ADB or through the Terminal app and that way it will not be available through the TouchWiz drawer delete option.
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Thanks for the workaround. I have rooted phone. Can the apk file be moved to system/app folder using root explorer.
Thanks again. If it works through file explorer than using adb or terminal app many forum users can benefit.
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smohanv said:
Thanks for the workaround. I have rooted phone. Can the apk file be moved to system/app folder using root explorer.
Thanks again. If it works through file explorer than using adb or terminal app many forum users can benefit.
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Yes, this will work fine.
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Yes, this will work fine.
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Hi
It worked. Thanks for the suggestion. I copied the installed apk from data/app folder to system/app folder and restarted my device. It works.
Many thanks.
Does anyone know where those installed-apps getting stored on the Nook?
I thought they stored in /system/app but when browsing there, it only seems having those built-in apps such calendar, email, market, ...., and not those that manually downloaded and installed such google earth, astro, ...
Thanks
votinh said:
Does anyone know where those installed-apps getting stored on the Nook?
I thought they stored in /system/app but when browsing there, it only seems having those built-in apps such calendar, email, market, ...., and not those that manually downloaded and installed such google earth, astro, ...
Thanks
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If you have a SD card installed, it depends on the app. There is a setting in CM settings for applications to by default it set to automatic. In that case, the app chooses where it wants to install. You can change it to card or internal. I believe there is also an internal partition that mimics SD so they may be going there. I don't have mine with me to look right now. Perhaps someone can provide more detail.
If you're just looking for the apk, I usually get the path via package manager in terminal.
Open terminal (or adb shell) then enter the following command
pm list packages
This will show a list of packages for the system installed. They are usually named com.android.application.name (that an example) or similar, so its easy to find which one you want. After you find the appropriate package you can use the following command to find where it is location
pm path com.android.application.name
It should spit out the path and you can find it via file manager or anything else.
I'm sure there is an easier way to do it, but that usually works for me.
Big thanks to both patruns and biohazrd for your quick response.
@patruns,
I tend to use my NC w/o an uSD card, so no, I don't have it installed.
Yes, I am aware of the "application" setting and I did set it to "internal" from the default "automatic".
I keep thinking they were stored under /system/app but apparently not.
If you do have time, pls help with the answer. TIA
@bio,
Never think of that way. I'll definitely try it out, hopefully I can learn something new.
Thanks, m8
votinh said:
Does anyone know where those installed-apps getting stored on the Nook?
I thought they stored in /system/app but when browsing there, it only seems having those built-in apps such calendar, email, market, ...., and not those that manually downloaded and installed such google earth, astro, ...
Thanks
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If you're looking for the .apk files for stuff for installed apps, they're in /data/app.
Downloaded apps (like a beta linked from a webpage) land in /sdcard/download (at least with the default browser), but the .apk in /data/app gets overwritten when you install.
At least, that's what the sizes and mod times on the files would indicate, and the only obvious jarfiles I can find are from Apparatus (in /sdcard/Apparatus) and in /system/framework.
If you're looking for app config info and minor storage, that's in /data/data, in a stylized tree that (I suspect) lets the app manager find and clear an app's data and cache when you tell it to, and in /sdcard for some apps.
I'm having a hard time making things put their data in /emmc, but the default music player finds .mp3 files in /emmc/My Files/Music automagically.
The app framework hides much of this inside abstracted APIs, so the app itself may not actually know where its files are. Try getting a filename out of the Music app...
stolenmoment said:
If you're looking for the .apk files for stuff for installed apps, they're in /data/app.
Downloaded apps (like a beta linked from a webpage) land in /sdcard/download (at least with the default browser), but the .apk in /data/app gets overwritten when you install.
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.apk files are what I am looking for. I'll look into the /data/app folder.
You meant, I won't be able to get those .apk files from the /data/app folder after installed since they gets over-written?
Thanks stolenmoment
I found .apk files in 2 locations:
mnt/asec & system/app
stolenmoment said:
If you're looking for the .apk files for stuff for installed apps, they're in /data/app.
Downloaded apps (like a beta linked from a webpage) land in /sdcard/download (at least with the default browser), but the .apk in /data/app gets overwritten when you install.
At least, that's what the sizes and mod times on the files would indicate, and the only obvious jarfiles I can find are from Apparatus (in /sdcard/Apparatus) and in /system/framework.
If you're looking for app config info and minor storage, that's in /data/data, in a stylized tree that (I suspect) lets the app manager find and clear an app's data and cache when you tell it to, and in /sdcard for some apps.
I'm having a hard time making things put their data in /emmc, but the default music player finds .mp3 files in /emmc/My Files/Music automagically.
The app framework hides much of this inside abstracted APIs, so the app itself may not actually know where its files are. Try getting a filename out of the Music app...
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/data folder is empty. Nothing in there.
/sdcard/download. I don't have an external uSD installed so /sdcard is empty.
I don't even know where those downloaded apps stored.
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I found .apk files in 2 locations:
mnt/asec & system/app
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/mnt/asec is empty and nothing in there.
/system/app has a lot of .apk files but all of them are the built-in apps, not the manually downloaded apps.
Maybe stolen was right as they got over-written after installed.
I did what biohazrd instructed and sure enough, all the .apk files (packages actually) are indicated storing under /data/app, which exactly what stolen has said earlier.
How come I see NOTHING there. I'm sure I am not blind as I tried both Astro Manager and built-in File Manager.
Are you sure you gave the file manager root permissions? You can usually find this in settings.
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votinh said:
I did what biohazrd instructed and sure enough, all the .apk files (packages actually) are indicated storing under /data/app, which exactly what stolen has said earlier.
How come I see NOTHING there. I'm sure I am not blind as I tried both Astro Manager and built-in File Manager.
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Astro doesn't do root access. For the best filesystem digging, buy Root Explorer. Yes, it's a paid app, but it was the first app I bought; this is why.
Astro claims that /data is empty for me too, but Root Explorer shows me everything.
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votinh said:
/data folder is empty. Nothing in there.
/sdcard/download. I don't have an external uSD installed so /sdcard is empty.
I don't even know where those downloaded apps stored.
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Look in /emmc/download; that's the /media NC partition and is supposed to be treated like an SD card.
If you get Root Explorer, do a find for apk and see what turns up. The .dex files are dalvik "object" files, but they contain the apk filename they were compiled from, so they'll show up in the search results.
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stolenmoment said:
Astro doesn't do root access. For the best filesystem digging, buy Root Explorer. Yes, it's a paid app, but it was the first app I bought; this is why.
Astro claims that /data is empty for me too, but Root Explorer shows me everything.
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That may be it.
Will do
Thanks m8
stolenmoment said:
Look in /emmc/download; that's the /media NC partition and is supposed to be treated like an SD card.
If you get Root Explorer, do a find for apk and see what turns up. The .dex files are dalvik "object" files, but they contain the apk filename they were compiled from, so they'll show up in the search results.
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I don't have my NC with me now but I swear to Buddha that I don't have "download" folder under eMMC. Only .LOST (directory?) and some of my own self-created folders.
Anyway, will take a look at it again.
Until I get the Root app, I rest my case here.
Big thanks to all
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Until I get the Root app, I rest my case here.
Big thanks to all
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I'm going to assume you want to pull the apks off the device?
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I'm going to assume you want to pull the apks off the device?
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Yes, m8, that's what I intend to do.
In some case, when I boot off the uSD (both CM7 and Honeycomb), some apps were not available on Market for some reason, so I try to get those apk files that currently installed on my NC eMMC for sideloading them later on the uSD boot-off.
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Yes, m8, that's what I intend to do.
In some case, when I boot off the uSD (both CM7 and Honeycomb), some apps were not available on Market for some reason, so I try to get those apk files that currently installed on my NC eMMC for sideloading them later on the uSD boot-off.
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Well, there are a few ways to get around that.
1) Use adb to copy the .apk off the device.
adb pull /data/app/nameofapplication.apk c:\locationyouwanttocopyto
Use the push command to send it to it/another device.
http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/adb.html
2) Another way to get around the new market device restrictions is to uninstall the Market updates OR find an old gapps zip file and sideload vending.apk. Either one of these will revert the market back to old where devices restrictions weren't there.
I know either of these methods will work in CM7. I haven't touched HC so I'm not sure.
Thanks again, bio
Will definitely try it out.
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I don't have my NC with me now but I swear to Buddha that I don't have "download" folder under eMMC.
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I humbly apologize for being wrong. I don't have one, either...
Do you have the Downloads app? Does it show any files? You can download things w/o the SD in, right?
I took out my SD and it remembers the downloads, but can't find them.. I'm gonna reboot and play around.
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I am trying to find the directory that contains all of the paid app apk files and in previous phones they were found in the data/app-private folder but there isn't anything in that folder and I do have a lot of paid apps installed. They're not in the data/app folder either.
Can anyone help me and tell me where I can look to find these? I am rooted and have access to all directories.
Thanks in advance for any help!
bgs_piece said:
I am trying to find the directory that contains all of the paid app apk files and in previous phones they were found in the data/app-private folder but there isn't anything in that folder and I do have a lot of paid apps installed. They're not in the data/app folder either.
Can anyone help me and tell me where I can look to find these? I am rooted and have access to all directories.
Thanks in advance for any help!
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/data/app
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/data/app
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I have looked in the folder data/app and they're not there. All of the free apk's are in that folder but not the paid version apk's. They used to be in data/app-private on previous versions of Android but they are not located there anymore.
bgs_piece said:
I have looked in the folder data/app and they're not there. All of the free apk's are in that folder but not the paid version apk's. They used to be in data/app-private on previous versions of Android but they are not located there anymore.
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System privledged apps are in /system/priv-app
so called system apps are in /system/app
User (paid or free) are in /data/app
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donc113 said:
System privledged apps are in /system/priv-app
so called system apps are in /system/app
User (paid or free) are in /data/app
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I thought they'd be in /data/app too but I have apps installed that are not in that folder and all of the apps missing seem to be paid apps. They are not in the system/app folder either. The directory /data/app-private is empty even though that is where paid full version apps were stored in previous phones I've owned. I have looked through the folder /data/app and all of my free apps are located there and some of the paid apps are too but there are many paid apps missing from that folder even though they are installed on the phone.
bgs_piece said:
I thought they'd be in /data/app too but I have apps installed that are not in that folder and all of the apps missing seem to be paid apps. They are not in the system/app folder either. The directory /data/app-private is empty even though that is where paid full version apps were stored in previous phones I've owned. I have looked through the folder /data/app and all of my free apps are located there and some of the paid apps are too but there are many paid apps missing from that folder even though they are installed on the phone.
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All your paid apps are in the root directory mnt/asec inside you will see folders titled the app name. Inside the folder you will see pkg.apk. copy the pkg.apk to your backup location and rename it to the app name so you know what it is. Rinse and repeat for all paid apps.
RomsWell said:
All your paid apps are in the root directory mnt/asec inside you will see folders titled the app name. Inside the folder you will see pkg.apk. copy the pkg.apk to your backup location and rename it to the app name so you know what it is. Rinse and repeat for all paid apps.
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You are awesome! Thank you so much; I found them!