How do i save my apps to my sd card? i want to save my whole app to my sd card don't care about installing it to sd, just want that the apps i download from market place be saved on sd card for later installing myself either off-line or if i reset phone and don't want to go back to market place and try to find them. The market place doesn't memorize your free apps in the downloads if you install one of them then navigate away then come back to see which one you have missed to download previously it wont show up again.
Ive searched here and on Internet and only thing keeps coming up is installing apps to sd card and why it cant be done. But im not looking for that. Just looking to save it to sd then at later date installing it to memory of phone. just care for saving the apk file not installing it to sd.
I use Titanium back up to save all the apps and some of the system data. When you load a new ROM just do a restore and viola all your apps are back. It does require root access
trentlythp said:
I use Titanium back up to save all the apps and some of the system data. When you load a new ROM just do a restore and viola all your apps are back. It does require root access
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anything that doesn't require root? or that intercepts the market place download and saves the app to the sd card then installs it to phone so the app can be installed later if you do reset.
zer0-1ne said:
anything that doesn't require root? or that intercepts the market place download and saves the app to the sd card then installs it to phone so the app can be installed later if you do reset.
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You can use a file manger i.e. astro or estrongs to backup apps. It can back up your free apps just fine. The only problem is when you install them from the SD card I don't believe they are attached to the market. That means the app won't update.
Your paid apps are attached to your gmail account so you can reset and they will still be there
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trentlythp said:
You can use a file manger i.e. astro or estrongs to backup apps. It can back up your free apps just fine. The only problem is when you install them from the SD card I don't believe they are attached to the market. That means the app won't update.
Your paid apps are attached to your gmail account so you can reset and they will still be there
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so using astro where should i look for the market place downloaded apps?
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Hi all, my 4 GB microSD is gone forever! Now I will buy a new one, but what I must to do to replace all the apps that (with Froyo) I had moved on SD?
Phone: HTC Desire with official OTA 2.2 Froyo (no root)
Thank you
If you didn't backup the .android_secure directory on your SD card, you will just have to download everything from the Market again.
Regards,
Dave
Thanks Dave, I have not a backup of .android_secure directory I did not know this details.
There is some online docs to know the directories and how them are used?
I will try to reinstall from market just I will have new microSD. I am worry for some app that works but some file was on SD.
I'm not aware of any specific online docs that go into this sort of detail.
Once good solution though is to download AppBrain, and sync your application details the web. If you have to change phone, you can then resync your apps back to the phone again.
Regards,
Dave
I had AppBrain, but was never registered!
I can reinstall all applications, there are no problems, but I would try to think for future use what wrong could happen.
An application have its executeble files, there are SQL Lite datas, could be setting files and cache too. When I move an app to SD (with official Froyo option) only some datas are moved.
From Android SDK docs: "The .apk file is saved on the external storage, but all private user data, databases, optimized .dex files, and extracted native code are saved on the internal device memory"
Then I lose my SD with installed app. I have seen that it is possible simply (re)install the apps (from market), but this "see" its old data or overwrite in case its old file on the internal memory? All other data are kept?
I suspect that some apps have added file, because my space in internal memory is lower than before with the same apps installed.
Perhpas some apps have not saw his old data and have installed twice?
It is more secure to uninstall and then reinstall? I have tried to delete only data, but error occurs, instead uninstall works.
I think that uninstalling app I lose all app's data.
Thanks
Im on cyanogen 6.1
I want to have ext2,3..
can that be done by selecting Partition SD Card on "Rom Manager" ?
or do i have to do it the whole comand prompt way?
also, do the apps get deleted after doing ext2/3?
if so, whats a good app to re-install all apps on one click? i dont want to have to click install 1 by 1
xologist said:
Im on cyanogen 6.1
I want to have ext2,3..
can that be done by selecting Partition SD Card on "Rom Manager" ?
or do i have to do it the whole comand prompt way?
also, do the apps get deleted after doing ext2/3?
if so, whats a good app to re-install all apps on one click? i dont want to have to click install 1 by 1
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Using ROM manager should work to partition your sd card, but I'm not sure about the whole apps getting deleted thing, but I would make a backup of your apps just in case. I use titanium backup, excellent program, restores app data and market links with the app. I use it for user apps between roms and system data when I'm flashing new nightlies all the time. Highly recommend it. It also syncs to dropbox if you have an account with them, which is pretty nice.
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Well I've never used Rom Manager to create my ext but I don't think it allows you to select ext2/3. I just used a program on my computer to create it. As far as the apps - yes, they will be deleted if they're on your sdcard, your entire card will be formatted so back it up before you do anything then just transfer it back onto the card once you're done.
Is there a way to download apps and store them in sd card? Avoiding backup and re-download all the apps everytime I flash a new ROM?
You could try to copy them to your sd card from data/app with a file explorer app. I'm not sure though if this works on an unrooted phone.
My phone is rooted. I need to store locally due to the fact that I like flashing often.
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Use Titanium Backup from Market. Requiers Root. (you have, yeah. )
There you can backup all installed Apps within your settings.
And there are options to make a batch, so that you can backup and restore all apps at one time.
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alfa71omega said:
My phone is rooted. I need to store locally due to the fact that I like flashing often.
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fyi, even if you store your apps in sd card, when you flash another rom with full wipe, you need to download your apps back (still , even the apps is there in your sdcard).
My suggestion is , download Titanium Backup, and make backup every apps installed, because you can easily restore back your apps ( with data saved - this is important especially if you play angrybirds .. lol ) even if your apps install in the system or sd card. No need to redownload back.
Hawks556 said:
You could try to copy them to your sd card from data/app with a file explorer app. I'm not sure though if this works on an unrooted phone.
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What a meant is that you can copy your downloaded and installed apk files from this folder to the sdcard and install them again once you flash.
or you can use MyBackup root to backup your APP and Setting, when you reinstall the OS , you can use it restore your APP and Setting too.
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fyi, even if you store your apps in sd card, when you flash another rom with full wipe, you need to download your apps back (still , even the apps is there in your sdcard).
My suggestion is , download Titanium Backup, and make backup every apps installed, because you can easily restore back your apps ( with data saved - this is important especially if you play angrybirds .. lol ) even if your apps install in the system or sd card. No need to redownload back.
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The matter is that I log on Google automatically the phone download all the undreds apps bought and previously installed. Anyway i,
'd to stop all the download and download only "mybackup app" and restore the other apps. I'd like to download and store locally only mybackup, just to make easy the restore.
Need help backing up apks since I've begun installing from non-market sources. Where are they stored in system and sd card directories? A game I just installed automatically put itself on the card and so I can't find it. MyBackupRoot doesn't seem to find them either when doing its nightly scheduled run. Thanks.
Some apps make their own directory for data and app storage but maintain a link on the phone as well usually in \data\data. Try Titanium Full version. It is mostly the link you need to backup since it tells the system where to find the rest of it. If most of the app is on the sd card and your backup goes to your sd card, you are essentially using double the space on your sd card if you backed that up too.
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Is there a simple tool or way to find the .apk location? I have 3 different file explorers but that's not the easiest way always.
The best is Root Explorer. It will search sub directories. Then just search for part of the apps name and all files will pop up.
In miui.us file exlorer sorts everything .apk .zip misc don't know if you can port this apk over or just flash miui.us cause it is amazing
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When I download nonmarket apps I put all the apks in an "app" category on my SD card to reinstall if I switch ROMs. I also backup the data with titanium.
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Well, it turns out that I'm happily wrong about two things:
-MyBackupRoot does snag those apks even if they aren't from the market, and...
-I found that out by reacquainting myself with AntTek App Mgr. Root, which shows every apk on the SD card and has install features too! So that's a nice way to find them, free of charge. And so they're backed up and safe
Hello,
I wanted to update my firmware, unfortunatelly my device was fully formated ... How reinstall all apps automatically from playstore ?
I can see my 156 apps in google playstore.... But reinstall them one by one would be very boring !
Thanks for your help.
Just open Playstore in computer...sign into playstore and click my android apps in the upper right hand corner...there you will see which all apps were installed on your device...jst keep pressing install and things will be installed on to your phone...!!
Hope this helps
kskendsup, that's exactly what he(everyone) DOESN'T want to do. He has 156 apps
I am in need of a similar solution, I just flashed and did a full wipe, but android/google play refuses to sync my apps like it did before.
Is there anyway to automate downloading and installing all the apps listed in "My Apps"? I do have root access.
/sorry for threadjacking
How about downloading an macro recorder or similar program on PC and make it press install in every app you have in play store.
And to prevent this from happening again, use titanium backup. You can even transfer your titanium backups to pc in case of full wipe.
For future reference why not get a backup program like Mybackup Pro or Titanium Backup? Titanium offers scheduled backups and has a lot of other features like only keeping 3 backups, or 1 if you prefer.
To reinstall most apps the simplest way I find is to login to my Google account, turn WiFi on and after a few minutes it starts to restore them. Remember to check the box that asks if you want it to keep your device backed up.
If neither of these are what you want then I don't know what you can do. I normally backup a ROM and the apps separately so I can always recover if an update to a ROM requires a full wipe.
Guys, if I format the CD card, do all system folders get deleted also? Or it'll just delete user data?
The formatting of the SD card means that everything will get deleted but i guess the important folders are made by system again which are required for the system to run...!!
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Guys, if I format the CD card, do all system folders get deleted also? Or it'll just delete user data?
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Formatting sdcard alone will not format system and user data (unless for some apps on asec).
Format system and wipe data thru CWM will delete them
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The formatting of the SD card means that everything will get deleted but i guess the important folders are made by system again which are required for the system to run...!!
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Just asking to make sure the formatting won't brick my phone..
@dionas
I had and loved to use titanium BUT
When my all phone was erased by updating firmware, titanium has also gone !. So titanium isn't the solution in my case .
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Just asking to make sure the formatting won't brick my phone..
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Nah it wont brick..unless you totally wipe it through CWM and then no rom is loaded onto it, it would not start but thats not bricking it..!!
If you just normally format your SD card it means only your music n things like that will be deleted..no chance of bricking i guess..!!