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Download APK from market straight to pc?

I'm trying to work out how to download the APKs from the market straight onto my computer, or at least find a way of getting them there (apart from using a backup tool) any ideas?

AFAIK it's not possible officially.

use the force my friend

Using Elixir + RootExplorer I found some APKs in /data/app. So, you must to install the apps you want and after get the .apk you need.
Regards.

tarciozemel said:
Using Elixir + RootExplorer I found some APKs in /data/app. So, you must to install the apps you want and after get the .apk you need.
Regards.
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That's also my advice. But you do not need elixir, imho. Just install app, go to /data/app and copy its apk to sdcard, connect computer and copy apk on computer.

Livewallpaper on Bonsai

Hi All,
I was wondering if I could put out a request for some APKs. I would like to have live wallpapers on Bonsai and have tried putting livewallpaper.apk and the picker into my Epic but I don't have Root Explorer and I can't seem to change the permissions on those files. Right now all of the APKs I found have Read Yes Write Yes and the other one No. All of the APKs in my app directory have Read Yes Write No and other one No. Could someone post those APKs with permissions set like that? I don't know if that is my exact problem or if it is worth it to buy RE for only that purpose.
TIA,
DD

I believe its been mentioned before that ES File Explorer brings most of the Root Explorer functionality for free. I could be wrong though since ive never tried it myself. Worth a shot though if its just a permissions issue.
doggiedog said:
Hi All,
I was wondering if I could put out a request for some APKs. I would like to have live wallpapers on Bonsai and have tried putting livewallpaper.apk and the picker into my Epic but I don't have Root Explorer and I can't seem to change the permissions on those files. Right now all of the APKs I found have Read Yes Write Yes and the other one No. All of the APKs in my app directory have Read Yes Write No and other one No. Could someone post those APKs with permissions set like that? I don't know if that is my exact problem or if it is worth it to buy RE for only that purpose.
TIA,
DD
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U can also use sdx stock app removal app, just put the apk in the adx folder on the SD card and go Into the app then to manage backups and got restore
Set From My 3.0.1 Bonsai Epic 4g

Thanks. I have tried everything. I could not change the permissions using sdx or ES File manager. All I could do with those programs was access the system directories. Unless I am doing something wrong, I will either need to get Root Explorer and change the permissions or get altered livewallpaper apks.

I think the frankenstine rom thread has a flashable zip for live wallpapers
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doggiedog said:
Thanks. I have tried everything. I could not change the permissions using sdx or ES File manager. All I could do with those programs was access the system directories. Unless I am doing something wrong, I will either need to get Root Explorer and change the permissions or get altered livewallpaper apks.
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U don't need to change permissions in the sdx app removal app...
Set From My 3.0.1 Bonsai Epic 4g

OK. I think I may be confusing some people.
I would like to have Live Wallpapers in Bonsai since it's been removed. I did some research and found that you need to install the livewallpaper apks into the system/app directory. I did that using ES File Manager and rebooted. It didn't work. I did some more research and a few people had the same issue. The solution was to make sure the permissions in the livewallpaper apks was exactly the same as the permissions as the other apks in the apps directory. The apks in the directory all have Read Yes, Write No and Hidden No. All of the livewallpaper apks I found had permissions set up as Read Yes, Write Yes and Hidden No. I figure if I change the Write from Yes to No, it might work. I'm not 100% positive which is why I don't know if it's worth it to buy Root Explorer just to experiment. I'm hoping someone can provide me with the livewallpaper and livewallpaperspicker apks with altered permissions that have those settings.
Estewa_619, I will try that ROM. Thanks!

Tried the Frankenstein ROM livewallpaper apks and it still didn't work. The permissions are still set up as Read Yes, Write Yes and Hidden No.

doggiedog said:
OK. I think I may be confusing some people.
I would like to have Live Wallpapers in Bonsai since it's been removed. I did some research and found that you need to install the livewallpaper apks into the system/app directory. I did that using ES File Manager and rebooted. It didn't work. I did some more research and a few people had the same issue. The solution was to make sure the permissions in the livewallpaper apks was exactly the same as the permissions as the other apks in the apps directory. The apks in the directory all have Read Yes, Write No and Hidden No. All of the livewallpaper apks I found had permissions set up as Read Yes, Write Yes and Hidden No. I figure if I change the Write from Yes to No, it might work. I'm not 100% positive which is why I don't know if it's worth it to buy Root Explorer just to experiment. I'm hoping someone can provide me with the livewallpaper and livewallpaperspicker apks with altered permissions that have those settings.
Estewa_619, I will try that ROM. Thanks!
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This is very easy to solve. Go to midnight rom and download it to computer. Open up the midnight extras folder and you will find lots of zip files in there that are all flashable in CWM. Just extract the folder, then copy the live wallpaper zips you want onto your sd card, then flash in CWM.
Alternatively, what I normally do is download the rom you want to flash (Bonsai). Open it up on your pc. Navigate to system/apps. Paste the livewallper apks into that directory. Then flash normally. This will include any files you want in the system/app folder.

davidrules7778 said:
U can also use sdx stock app removal app, just put the apk in the adx folder on the SD card and go Into the app then to manage backups and got restore
Set From My 3.0.1 Bonsai Epic 4g
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Just used this method on bonsai 3.0.1 , worked just fine. Thanks!
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All I did was download the flashable zip from frankenstine post and I flashed it in cwm and it worked for me
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mis3 said:
This is very easy to solve. Go to midnight rom and download it to computer. Open up the midnight extras folder and you will find lots of zip files in there that are all flashable in CWM. Just extract the folder, then copy the live wallpaper zips you want onto your sd card, then flash in CWM.
Alternatively, what I normally do is download the rom you want to flash (Bonsai). Open it up on your pc. Navigate to system/apps. Paste the livewallper apks into that directory. Then flash normally. This will include any files you want in the system/app folder.
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7zip (windows) is what u want to use 2 open the zip but DO NOT EXTRACT it!!! Well in 7zip paste the apks u want into system/apps. Then close 7zip. Move the rom 2 ur sdcard and flash as u would normaly. U can also replace the boot/shutdown animation and a few other parts of the rom that you can add or subtract stuff from. I hope this help as not to sound offensive but u seem a bit newbish and 7zip isa great tool for viewing zip files w/o extracting them took me a good deal of time 2 find this handy tool, hope this helps ya out...
Sent from my Epic4G isn't that enough? *disclaimer* I may not know what I'm talikin bout, plz take w/ a grain of salt or sheen style it "I was banging 7 gram rocks and finishing em... because I'm me" -if thats winning I'm losing....

If any of u have the Android sdk installed, this is a 10 second push using adb - fwiw
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I tried all of the cut and pasting techniques. None of them worked. I came across this online:
Code:
adb push LiveWallpapersPicker.apk /sdcard/
adb shell
Code:
su
remount rw
cat /sdcard/LiveWallpapersPicker.apk > /system/app/LiveWallpapersPicker.apk
exit
exit
I went into the dos shell and sure enough it worked!
Thanks for all the suggestions!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12014836&postcount=13
<smacksforehead>

Here are the .zips from the midNIGHT ROM extras folder... Flash one of these, should work.
But the adb method works just as well... Maybe even faster.

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GalaxyS III S-Voice!

GalaxyS III S-Voice on Epic 4g!
I take no credit for this i just use it on my epic 4g and it works
Install:Copy to system/app and change permissions to rw-r-r then reboot then go to the same place and install it like normal app and you should have S-Voice!!!
I TAKE NO RESPINCIBILTY!
https://hotfile.com/dl/156330651/3d66185/S-Voice.apk.html

Sorry bro.......running cm9 beta3/Nyancolonel...and the installation went well but.....it started force closing on me.......so I booted to twrp recovery and wiped dalvik and cache....also fixed permissions...and rebooted......but no luck still closing........any suggestions.!???
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jctello1 said:
Sorry bro.......running cm9 beta3/Nyancolonel...and the installation went well but.....it started force closing on me.......so I booted to twrp recovery and wiped dalvik and cache....also fixed permissions...and rebooted......but no luck still closing........any suggestions.!???
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Haven't tried it yet but maybe it requires TW framework? Idk. I'm on AOKP right now, anyone else try this?
Edit: Actually it doesn't look like it needs TW framework since people are getting to work on their Galaxy Nexus's

Hey.....when it is stable ...that's going to be sick bro........it has crazy potential........
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running cm9 beta 3 nyan also and it works until i reboot. after reboot get fc. reinstall and works again.

Now.....after reinstall..should I reboot or no..?....I mean I will have to do a reboot eventually...
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i would try it without a reboot at all to see if it does work for you. i did not reboot after installing.

I just installed and no reboot no move and it appears to work fine. I would love if eventually the microphone on the screen in cm9 in the search bar could be modified to run svoice instead of googles voice search
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It works fine for me on both cm9 builds and additional kernals
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Folks, just download the file from here and extract the files from the rar. Push the voicetalk.apk to /system/apps and change the permissions, (or use root explorer) then open the APK file in winrar or winzip, go to the lib folder, then the armeabi folder and extract the libvoxtts.so from that folder. Put the libvoxtts.so file in /system/lib and change the permissions appropriately. Reboot and it will show in the app drawer under S Voice.
No problems on reboot at all. In fact... here are the S voice APK and the lib file already extracted for you, just open in winrar and put the apk in /system/apps/ and the .so file in /system/lib/, change the permissions on both files to rw-r--r-- and then reboot and you will be good to go.

runngwlf said:
Folks, just download the file from here and extract the files from the rar. Push the voicetalk.apk to /system/apps and change the permissions, (or use root explorer) then open the APK file in winrar or winzip, go to the lib folder, then the armeabi folder and extract the libvoxtts.so from that folder. Put the libvoxtts.so file in /system/lib and change the permissions appropriately. Reboot and it will show in the app drawer under S Voice.
No problems on reboot at all. In fact... here are the S voice APK and the lib file already extracted for you, just open in winrar and put the apk in /system/apps/ and the .so file in /system/lib/, change the permissions on both files to rw-r--r-- and then reboot and you will be good to go.
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I assume this only works if on ics and gb roms won't work?
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Can't I just download "androzip".from the play store and do it all from my phone or no?......
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no get es file explorerit works like a charm and this is only for ics no gb!

runngwlf said:
Folks, just download the file from here and extract the files from the rar. Push the voicetalk.apk to /system/apps and change the permissions, (or use root explorer) then open the APK file in winrar or winzip, go to the lib folder, then the armeabi folder and extract the libvoxtts.so from that folder. Put the libvoxtts.so file in /system/lib and change the permissions appropriately. Reboot and it will show in the app drawer under S Voice.
No problems on reboot at all. In fact... here are the S voice APK and the lib file already extracted for you, just open in winrar and put the apk in /system/apps/ and the .so file in /system/lib/, change the permissions on both files to rw-r--r-- and then reboot and you will be good to go.
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I have downloaded the files. I have ES explorer and rooted phone. But I can not copy files to app folder or lib folder. I am getting msg, Files can not by copied or moved.

dps33 said:
I have downloaded the files. I have ES explorer and rooted phone. But I can not copy files to app folder or lib folder. I am getting msg, Files can not by copied or moved.
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Go to settings check root explorer and then check mount system as rewrite able.
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ÜBER™ said:
Go to settings check root explorer and then check mount system as rewrite able.
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Thanks, that's it. SVoice started up but I was going thru help screens and next next and I get S voice stopped working. Checked files permission again and re-booted and same thing.

Hey..........everyone that's having problems with is apk........"LiLChris06"...has a .zip. for this I used it and this thing works like a charm........no fc's whatsoever.....and I tried everything from a few posts.......so thank him...I am just sharing this for the rest of us who had issues with this install....
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Here is the zip.file that i mentioned before....thank LiLChris06
http://d-h.st/kNj

Is this specially nodified?
Works at a sleep deprived pace ...EPIC 4G
Cool but as of now usable with "stock cyanogen 9" beta2 4.0.4 I will try beta3 and report back. Thanks though looks promising!
AVOID FC
Force Closes
1.DO NOT change default install settings
2. Reboot
3.run!

Hope everyone enjoyed it for the couple days or so.....
http://thenextweb.com/mobile/2012/0...-voice-requests-ahead-of-galaxy-s-iii-launch/
Sent from My Epic Ice Cream Sandwich With Sprinkles!!!

Such a cool app. Works good. A lot of thing are missing and don't work. There are S voice setting we don't have because we are only installing the S voice app and there's more to it. But I will say this, if you are wanting a SGSIII before you try this. This is going to straight piss you off and make it worst. Sprint had better be bring us the full version of this phone.
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unraring...???

Downloaded a rar, tried to unrar it using a whole bunch of different apps, would not unrar. Note that this was my own rar file, so I know for certain that it is good.
Thoughts..??
Thanks.

Rickkins said:
Downloaded a rar, tried to unrar it using a whole bunch of different apps, would not unrar. Note that this was my own rar file, so I know for certain that it is good.
Thoughts..??
Thanks.
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Try Explorer
I use Root Explorer (same app by same dev just with Root features added) and i have no issues opening UNENCRYPTED RAR files on my device.

it's no longer in beta, so it's no longer free, but you may be able to use the trial version of solid explorer for this. if not, purchasing a license will make an extraction possible. root explorer can also do this. es explorer should be able to do it for free. keep in mind, no app can create a .rar; you can only extract, as .rar is a proprietary code and is not yet ported for full access by its creator.
elesbb typed faster than me

[APP][MUSIC][Tested] Music app by Sony

Don't be careless & blame me after
it's just simple instructions
ROOT NEEDED
1. Download latest apk (tested and working version 9.0.2.A.0.0)
Current version "Music v9.0.2.A.0.0.apk" by Sony (previously aka Walkman app)
Google it to download or from the link provided
2. Rename the downloaded apk to "com.sonyericsson.music" and also create a folder named "com.sonyericsson.music" and put the apk inside this folder.
[OR just download the file i provided, just extract it.]
3. Use any file explorer (i used FX) to copy it to the directory [# System (Root)>system>app] & paste the folder here
4. Reboot and Enjoy
do you like any other music player other than this let me know
how much do you like this app?
let me know if it works or not & also hit thx and share it..:fingers-crossed:
Credit: @hacker1911

Reserved!!

working for me! I've used ES file manager and I've also set permission for the folder and apk (for being sure )

jackcicci said:
working for me! I've used ES file manager and I've also set permission for the folder and apk (for being sure )
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Good! :good:

Did'nt worked here, I put the extracted folder in the system apps, reboot and nothing... Any ideas? I set the permissions to rw-r--r-- only in the folder, not in the apk, trying again.
Best greetings

Didn't worked for me so i downloaded the latest version from apkmirror and pasted it in system/app without the folder and rebooted and it worked
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