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" After android installs an application from the Marketplace, does it keep the .apk file?
Is there a standard location where Android would keep such files?
The location is "/system/app" "
First i would like to explain this is taken from a thread from some other forum so is not mine...
Just want to know if there is another answer as this does not work for me ...desire v5 build
Well I dont know the answer to your question, But if you just want *.apk files you can download OnTheFly Backup and let it export all installed apk to your SD card =)
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/data/app
/data/app-private
XenSA said:
" After android installs an application from the Marketplace, does it keep the .apk file?
Is there a standard location where Android would keep such files?
The location is "/system/app" "
First i would like to explain this is taken from a thread from some other forum so is not mine...
Just want to know if there is another answer as this does not work for me ...desire v5 build
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/system/app for the most part.. if there is a /system/data file, there may be some in there. Also apps downloaded from the market are stored directly in /data/app or data/app-private
KowboyBebop said:
Well I dont know the answer to your question, But if you just want *.apk files you can download OnTheFly Backup and let it export all installed apk to your SD card =)
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this is an easy way, but if you wanna browse your system files directly search around for Android Commander
KowboyBebop said:
Well I dont know the answer to your question, But if you just want *.apk files you can download OnTheFly Backup and let it export all installed apk to your SD card =)
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Thank you so much. But for froyo you'll have to download Flii Backup. It's free and it saves all app in a folder called Onthefly. Aewsome!!!
hey,
I wanted to extract "Torch" application from "Azure" Rom and few other applications. as Torch is the only working app which did really enable the LED for HTC Legend.
I actually opened the ZIP package to path \azure-1.0.1.zip\system\app where the applications are stored, every app comes in APK and OBEX files. I extracted few APKS, non of them worked.
I am seeking some help for extracting the application from the ROM.
Thanks in advance!
lamppu is a good LED torch. You need root to use it, look in market
TheGrammarFreak said:
lamppu is a good LED torch. You need root to use it, look in market
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I have looked in market, but it doesnt seem to exist there. However, do you know anyway to extract the application as working APK file?
Any other LED torches that works with LEGEND?
*EDIT: well, I found it, its named Lamppu. but anyway it didnt work, although my phone is rooted! why is that?
Try Extended Controls, there is a Torch Widget which worked on my HTC Legend. (NOTE:Root access Required For this very Widget)
omar.elhelw said:
hey,
I wanted to extract "Torch" application from "Azure" Rom and few other applications. as Torch is the only working app which did really enable the LED for HTC Legend.
I actually opened the ZIP package to path \azure-1.0.1.zip\system\app where the applications are stored, every app comes in APK and OBEX files. I extracted few APKS, non of them worked.
I am seeking some help for extracting the application from the ROM.
Thanks in advance!
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If you find a ROM that has both .apx and .odex in the app-folder you will not get it to work by only extracting the .apk file.. You need both of the files in order to include them in another ROM..
Use a backup program like Titanium backup or MyBackup pro: they will extract for you.
XtremeHTM said:
Try Extended Controls, there is a Torch Widget which worked on my HTC Legend. (NOTE:Root access Required For this very Widget)
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I already tried using Lamppu, but it didnt work on my rooted phone!
Have any idea what might be the reason?
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whitetigerdk said:
If you find a ROM that has both .apx and .odex in the app-folder you will not get it to work by only extracting the .apk file.. You need both of the files in order to include them in another ROM..
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That makes sense...but who would I merge the .apk and .obex together to be in one .apk file so I can install it?
Or maybe you know some way I can install these files?
Help would be really appreciated.
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robto said:
Use a backup program like Titanium backup or MyBackup pro: they will extract for you.
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You mean like after loading the custom ROM, I backup the application I want then restore them after I load the custom I want?!
This is just long process of backing up your data then load custom rom, then back to the old rom, then root then restore...
I thought there might be easier and shorter ways?!
Any help would be appreciated. Gracias!
Anyone to help?????
try the kitchen method.
Scout around in the .zip to find the package you want, copy the .apk to your ADB directory and then, with the phone plugged in:
Code:
adb install [I]path-to-package[/I].apk
I actually opened the ZIP package to path \azure-1.0.1.zip\system\app where the applications are stored, every app comes in APK and OBEX files. I extracted few APKS, non of them worked.
I am seeking some help for extracting the application from the ROM.
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To be honest you've answered your own question. What you've done is the easiest way to pull an app from a ROM. So if your issue is something else it may be an idea to re-write your question (again, I know. Sorry).
I also apologise for mis-interpreting your question the first time 'round. I hope my help in this post is better.
TheGrammarFreak said:
Scout around in the .zip to find the package you want, copy the .apk to your ADB directory and then, with the phone plugged in:
Code:
adb install [I]path-to-package[/I].apk
To be honest you've answered your own question. What you've done is the easiest way to pull an app from a ROM. So if your issue is something else it may be an idea to re-write your question (again, I know. Sorry).
I also apologise for mis-interpreting your question the first time 'round. I hope my help in this post is better.
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Your help so much appreciated mate!
Well, the last conclusion I got to is, the .apk and .obex files are actually one file but they were divided to 2 files just to make them work better, so if you take the .apk file only it wont work as it will be missing the other .obex file.
Anyway, I am also guessing there is a way to merge the 2 files back, I read a little about "de-odex" but I couldnt really get the best help I could get. I will post the solution once I get to it.
Thanks again for your help mate!
omar.elhelw said:
Your help so much appreciated mate!
Well, the last conclusion I got to is, the .apk and .obex files are actually one file but they were divided to 2 files just to make them work better, so if you take the .apk file only it wont work as it will be missing the other .obex file.
Anyway, I am also guessing there is a way to merge the 2 files back, I read a little about "de-odex" but I couldnt really get the best help I could get. I will post the solution once I get to it.
Thanks again for your help mate!
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You will have to use the kitchen do deodex the files.. Search the entire forum for "Chefs Central"
whitetigerdk said:
You will have to use the kitchen do deodex the files.. Search the entire forum for "Chefs Central"
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I tried the "de-odexing" method of the Android Kitchen, but it didnt seem to be working fine. Error message of "There is a problem prasing the package." ???
omar.elhelw said:
I tried the "de-odexing" method of the Android Kitchen, but it didnt seem to be working fine. Error message of "There is a problem prasing the package." ???
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I know it's a pain, but de-odexing the whole rom might help. Unless you already did this, in which case something is wrong with your download I imagine.
Swyped from my HTC Legend
TheGrammarFreak said:
I know it's a pain, but de-odexing the whole rom might help. Unless you already did this, in which case something is wrong with your download I imagine.
Swyped from my HTC Legend
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I havent tried deodexing the whole rom actually. I will certainly do this and try.
I have another question to you though, from where can i get Swype? lol
I know it's a pain, but de-odexing the whole rom might help. Unless you already did this, in which case something is wrong with your download I imagine.
Swyped from my HTC Legend
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I havent tried deodexing the whole rom actually. I will certainly do this and try.
I have another question to you though, from where can i get Swype? lol
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Search, I might post the link when I'm home. Swype HVGA
Swyped from my HTC Legend
TheGrammarFreak said:
Search, I might post the link when I'm home. Swype HVGA
Swyped from my HTC Legend
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Thanks!
heres the DL link
http://goo.gl/xKSk
Hey guys,
I was wondering if you guys have the fonts from the stock Samsung ROM? Particularly the "Samsung Sans".
Cheers!
hidea said:
Hey guys,
I was wondering if you guys have the fonts from the stock Samsung ROM? Particularly the "Samsung Sans".
Cheers!
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Are these what you need (attached)? I used Titanium Backup to rip them out as backups and extracted the apks from the backups. They "should" still work...
Aou said:
Are these what you need (attached)? I used Titanium Backup to rip them out as backups and extracted the apks from the backups. They "should" still work...
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oh thank you!! They are indeed the right font(s)!
Samsung Sans is drop dead pretty. Far prettier than Roboto. Cheers!
EDIT:
By the way, how did you extract them with TiBackup? Would love to learn, in case in the future I need to do further extracting!
hidea said:
oh thank you!! They are indeed the right font(s)!
Samsung Sans is drop dead pretty. Far prettier than Roboto. Cheers!
EDIT:
By the way, how did you extract them with TiBackup? Would love to learn, in case in the future I need to do further extracting!
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You're welcome.
It's probably easier to just run some shell commands to copy the apk's out to the SDcard, but this is what I did with TiBu:
Searched for "font" to narrow it down to just these 5 items
Batch backed them up as usual
Connected phone to PC and browsed the phone for the TitaniumBackup folder.
Inside, you'll see three files associated with each app - the one we want is the .apk.gz
Extracted the contents of the file - it contains only an apk with a really long filename
Grabbed the "real" name of the .apk from TiBu by touching the app name in the list, and then touching the name of it highlighted in yellow. This gives the apk name among other info.
Rename the really-long-named apk that was extracted with the name obtained in the previous step.
Can somebody give me the font Samsung Sans in ttf format (not apk)? I cannot find it in the web.
asbozh said:
Can somebody give me the font Samsung Sans in ttf format (not apk)? I cannot find it in the web.
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I know this wan an old post but for anyone wanting to know how to get them in ttf format in the future just extract them from the apk files using 7-Zip
Can i have The stock folder s4 samsungSans?
Does anybody have the default font of samsung? (They called it droidsans) i'm using a zenfone btw.
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odd, once I did downgrade once I never had to download the package again as it is stored locally until I delete it. The recovery tool picks up the stored rom and flashes it without downloading.
Here All Guy's are clever, so they uses their own mind and their own step's.
and the steps they uses that is more simple than you described here.
Why you don't go to settings menu in Recovery Tool ?
Why you don't define your "Custom Package" Folder.
Even you don't have copy any large content into any directory.
Like,
C:\ProgramData\ Etc Etc It's very complicated to backup your Image Files.
Mean, Assume I've more than 10 device and i want to place my ROM files on different Drive for backup purpose.
I.e "D:\ROMS\RM-xyz
Cheers..
derausgewanderte said:
odd, once I did downgrade once I never had to download the package again as it is stored locally until I delete it. The recovery tool picks up the stored rom and flashes it without downloading.
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Bro its for ppl who flashes their os on their pc as well...you can backup the file's after they are downloaded from Ms recovery tool....
never mind..
djamol said:
Here All Guy's are clever, so they uses their own mind and their own step's.
and the steps they
Why you don't go to uses that is more simple than you described here.settings menu in Recovery Tool ?
Why you don't define your "Custom Package" Folder.
Even you don't have copy any large content into any directory.
Like,
C:\ProgramData\ Etc Etc It's very complicated to backup your Image Files.
Mean, Assume I've more than 10 device and i want to place my ROM files on different Drive for backup purpose.
I.e "D:\ROMS\RM-xyz
Cheers..
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never mind it.......i am new to xda....nd all these things which you have been doing so far.....there are mistakes in every man....just learning from them....nd by the way how to open settings menu in recovery tool????
And this tutorial is for beginners.....who are frustrated like me after downloading gb's of files from navifirm....
And thnxx ....just updated tutorial with Note and easier instructions..for beginners..
Hritwik said:
never mind it.......i am new to xda....nd all these things which you have been doing so far.....there are mistakes in every man....just learning from them....nd by the way how to open settings menu in recovery tool????
And this tutorial is for beginners.....who are frustrated like me after downloading gb's of files from navifirm....
And thnxx ....just updated tutorial with Note and easier instructions..for beginners..
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see attached. either right click onto the open wp recovery tool or click the three dots....
You can define new paths for any device you got etc...
thnxxx
derausgewanderte said:
see attached. either right click onto the open wp recovery tool or click the three dots....
You can define new paths for any device you got etc...
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thnxx.... will just update tutorial......i just cant even notice a single simple thing like that.....:good::good::good:
djamol said:
Here All Guy's are clever, so they uses their own mind and their own step's.
and the steps they uses that is more simple than you described here.
Why you don't go to settings menu in Recovery Tool ?
Why you don't define your "Custom Package" Folder.
Even you don't have copy any large content into any directory.
Like,
C:\ProgramData\ Etc Etc It's very complicated to backup your Image Files.
Mean, Assume I've more than 10 device and i want to place my ROM files on different Drive for backup purpose.
I.e "D:\ROMS\RM-xyz
Cheers..
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And @djamol ...do you know about any device specific thing that every app reads on wp...like first is rm no. which can be changed with your registry hack...but is there anything like google android ID in android .....which can be changed and every app reads that....???
I tried to install via WDRT.. set the location for custom package also. But it won't show the package available on disk. It only says package available on server.
What should i do ?
will it install directly by what is on Rm-xxx folder ?
or I have to do anything else please tell me.
suks said:
I tried to install via WDRT.. set the location for custom package also. But it won't show the package available on disk. It only says package available on server.
What should i do ?
will it install directly by what is on Rm-xxx folder ?
or I have to do anything else please tell me.
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you need to use Nokia Care Suite 5 and higher to accomplish flashing.
edit: ok, ignore this. just see the next post for a good tutorial.
Hi @derausgewanderte,
Nokia Care Suite has become obsolete. Use rather Thor2.
Best regards,
DilanChd said:
Hi @derausgewanderte,
Nokia Care Suite has become obsolete. Use rather Thor2.
Best regards,
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... Really ?
thanks Dilan!
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I looked through the apk and didn't see this image anywhere. I think they're downloaded remotely, so not built into the apk.
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JJ-KwiK said:
I'm thinking the same thing. I also went through the apk and didn't find anything. I haven't had any luck searching in the internal file system, but if it's downloaded remotely, I would expected to find it somewhere. Hmmm...
Anywho, thanks for taking the time to look. I hope I can find it.
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It's probably stored in cache, which I don't know how to look through. Good luck!
You can find it in the Nvidia Customization.apk
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Hi,
I found it to in NVcustomise, I can extract but impossible overwrite an other background , did someone know the way how to do.
Best regards
michelmo said:
Hi,
I found it to in NVcustomise, I can extract but impossible overwrite an other background , did someone know the way how to do.
Best regards
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Can you upload it somewhere?
Give your mail, I will send you
Regards.
Thanks for sending me the file.
Actually, changing the file is easy, but I'm not sure how we can replace the system NvCustomize.apk after changing it. even if we sign it, it has to be with the original sign key, which I dont believe we have.
Anyone been doing this before?
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Actually, I did it with XPosed and a custom module that I wrote. Unfortunatelly, it doesn't want to usa a resource from the sdcard/internal storage, it has to be hardcoded in the app. Ill continue to look for a solution.
Please post the image of the last shield poly wallpaper