Help How can i get apps off of my droid and save them on to my computer as an APK file?

[mxrider821]

i used to have the old droid and i bought the app "imusictao" and its now gone in the market place for some reason... so i was wondering how can i get it off my old droid to put it on my droid x? i know there is some way to get it off the phone as an APK file, there has to be an app or a method..



so can someone please help me out and figure how to get the app off my old phone


thanks in advance

 

[Fabolous]

It's located in /data/app

I would just use:

adb pull /data/app/whatever.apk

But you might be able to use ASTRO to just copy it to you sdcard (not sure)

 

[mxrider821]

It's located in /data/app

I would just use:

adb pull /data/app/whatever.apk

But you might be able to use ASTRO to just copy it to you sdcard (not sure)

its not that easy unfortunately..

theres no APK files on the phone when i plugged in in, i just checked right now. what should i do

 

[SiXiam]

its not that easy unfortunately..

theres no APK files on the phone when i plugged in in, i just checked right now. what should i do

Are you referring to the SD Card?

The apps are in the internal storage of the device.

You would use a command like this, if you rooted:

cp /system/app/BackupAssistanceClient.apk /sdcard/BackupAssistanceClient.apk

[Copy Source Destination]

 

[mxrider821]

Are you referring to the SD Card?

The apps are in the internal storage of the device.

You would use a command like this, if you rooted:

cp /system/app/BackupAssistanceClient.apk /sdcard/BackupAssistanceClient.apk

[Copy Source Destination]

im not rooted and the phone is not connected to any network so i cant D/L any apps either.. idk what else to do

 

[Fabolous]

its not that easy unfortunately..

theres no APK files on the phone when i plugged in in, i just checked right now. what should i do

Are you referring to the SD Card?

The apps are in the internal storage of the device.

You would use a command like this, if you rooted:

cp /system/app/BackupAssistanceClient.apk /sdcard/BackupAssistanceClient.apk

[Copy Source Destination]

Yeah, you're not going to see them on your sd card, they're on the /system and /data partitions of your phone's internal memory.

Since you downloaded it, it will be in /data/app

You can use Terminal Emulator and do this:

cd /data/app
ls

and it will list all your downloaded apps, scroll through until you find the one you're looking for.

then cp /data/app/yourappname.apk /sdcard

Then you'll have a copy on your sdcard to install on your X

 

[mxrider821]

Yeah, you're not going to see them on your sd card, they're on the /system and /data partitions of your phone's internal memory.

Since you downloaded it, it will be in /data/app

You can use Terminal Emulator and do this:

cd /data/app
ls

and it will list all your downloaded apps, scroll through until you find the one you're looking for.

then cp /data/app/yourappname.apk /sdcard

Then you'll have a copy on your sdcard to install on your X

i dont have "terminal emulator" i only have OI file Manager... the data folder is empty and theres no imusic in the app folder either