If you have Titanium Backup installed, you can use that to find the location of any APK on your Kindle.
You can also try MyAppshare from Google Store, which allows you to share APK files.
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I just bought the airsync app .
I cant seem to find where the .apk was downloaded. I checked the download file and all the new files that the airsync program created. no .apk
Any suggestions?
Email the developers with proof of purchase and I'm sure they'll help you out.
Done. but my question then is if it is downloaded from the market place, what is it downloading and where does it save it to?
Also does android after installation delete the downloaded files?
If you are rooted you can get the apk out of /data/app or /data/app-private
I've noticed with some apps that if you're sd card is mounted to the phone you can't dl them. It happens with Angry Birds and Five Pumpkins games for me.
apps get installed to /data/app.
But as far as Airsync goes, I thought that it was an extenstion to the DoubleTwist app... Maybe that's why you can't find the apk.
I'm running the gingerbread 2.3 and for some reason now I can't install apk files. My phone was acting up so the sprint store set it back to factory; I installed astro file manager and appinstaller but when downloading apk files from the evo itself, I keep getting the content unsupported message. Before I was on gingerbread, I had a different apk installer but I can't seem to find anything else in market other than the appinstaller (using the new market) and unknown sources is checked under settings
any help would be greatly appreciated!
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I'm running the gingerbread 2.3 and for some reason now I can't install apk files. My phone was acting up so the sprint store set it back to factory; I installed astro file manager and appinstaller but when downloading apk files from the evo itself, I keep getting the content unsupported message. Before I was on gingerbread, I had a different apk installer but I can't seem to find anything else in market other than the appinstaller (using the new market) and unknown sources is checked under settings
any help would be greatly appreciated!
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I'm having the same issue. havnt yet rooted my desire hd, dunno if this is my prob, only new to android, previous winmo user. can u let me knw if find a solution, and visa versa. cheers man
I use Super Box. It's an app in the market with a number of different tools such as apps2sd, apk installer, apk uninstaller, wipe cache, memory/cpu/battery logs, etc. One of those tools is an apk installer. It scans your whole SD card and displays all the apk files it finds so that you can easily select which ones to install. I'm not sure if you're having a system issue or an app issue. Try Super Box and see if you get the same message.
By the way, I used to use Astro all the time but have since switched to Ghost Commander for my file manager needs.
Edit: If your phone isn't rooted then you wont be able to tamper with any files within your root folder.
hi folks,
before on 2.3 when you installed an app from google play, it was named as download.apk in /cache folder so it was easy to copy it to sd for backup.
Since 3.* not possible anymore to do the trick, where do the downloaded app go before be installed? (i need to find a trick for download apk from google play without install them for add them to a rom i am preparing.
thxx for your help
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it s in /data/app
Couldn't you just install it, and then pull the apk back out of /data/app? Is it really that important that it doesn't install?
yes of course, it s just i didn t knew that now it was in /data/app
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Im trying to save some space and delete some files on my rooted aftv,, in the download folder
Just install a file explorer like ES file explorer and find and delete them in the download folder
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Maybe the somewhat recently made Android app "CCleaner" would work.
It can be found on the Play Store,and its been submitted by Piriform itself.
I haven't tried it out yet,but it has the option to clean the Download folder.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.piriform.ccleaner
Just don't expect any widgets to work on Fire TV.
Ccleaner does not work
Let me guess,the widget triggered immediate closing of the app?
EFFIN HATE widgets since they don't work on Fire TV and cause nothing but trouble when apps depend on them!!!
Only the RAM clearing rectangle widget works,nothing else besides onscreen IME controls and a few other things.
Maybe you could email the dev and ask about Fire TV support through Google Play for rooted users.
What is the best way for me to obtain the IPK files for Playstore apps not rooted? How does the answer to this question change if I root?
Thanks
tk_xda said:
What is the best way for me to obtain the IPK files for Playstore apps not rooted? How does the answer to this question change if I root?
Thanks
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APK Pure or APK Mirror then ADB install the apk to phone or transfer to phone and just install.
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APK Pure or APK Mirror then ADB install the apk to phone or transfer to phone and just install.
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Just to confirm these are the locations on the web you mean
APKMirror - Free APK Downloads - Free and safe Android APK downloads
Free and safe Android APK downloads
www.apkmirror.com
Download APK free online downloader | APKPure.com
Download apk for Android with APKPure APK downloader. NoAds, Faster apk downloads and apk file update speed. Best of all, it's free
apkpure.com
Are both of these going to give me the current version of any app as seen on the PlayStore as a clean safe copy from Google Servers?
What do I do if I want the APK of one of my paid apps?
Just to be clear my intent here is NOT about piracy, but to keep archival copies of my legitimate apps. However, if I need to go to a pirate source to get an APK file I purchased, I would consider this a second choice if there is no want to get my hands on a clean copy of my APK file.
Also, would rooting open any additional options related to obtaining APKs of my legit paid apps?
tk_xda said:
What is the best way for me to obtain the IPK files for Playstore apps not rooted? How does the answer to this question change if I root?
Thanks
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why don't you just flash nickgapps , open gapps or mindthegapps?
In any case, exploring nickgapps, you can find the PlayStore.zip insidie, it contains "___etc___permissions" and "___priv-app___Phonesky" folders
if you have root copy the content relatively to "/system/etc/permissions" and "/system/priv-app/Phonesky" folder
otherwise you can try to.inatall the apk as a common user app (manually grant all required permissions)
Psk.It said:
why don't you just flash nickgapps , open gapps or mindthegapps?
In any case, exploring nickgapps, you can find the PlayStore.zip insidie, it contains "___etc___permissions" and "___priv-app___Phonesky" folders
if you have root copy the content relatively to "/system/etc/permissions" and "/system/priv-app/Phonesky" folder
otherwise you can try to.inatall the apk as a common user app (manually grant all required permissions)
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Once I do this, I assume I then download my apps from the modified or alternative Google Play app. Where does nickgapps (etc) put the IPK files in my phone, so that I can collect them?
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Once I do this, I assume I then download my apps from the modified or alternative Google Play app. Where does nickgapps (etc) put the IPK files in my phone, so that I can collect them?
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you don't have to
if you change rom, and you want to re-install gapps just flash them again (if necessary)
if you want to backup locally installed apps, you can use a backup tool (but not all back-up install proprtly from local, some apps needs to be installed via playstore)
I tried to download the apk for "Text Free: Call & Texting App" on both APKPure and APKMirror and neither offer this free app. I would like to save my APK file somehow, but it seems like it is available only on Google Play. Is there some way I can capture the APKs downloaded by Google Play so that I can retain them? If I must root to accomplish this, I will root. (I currently have global stock OOS firmware.)
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I tried to download the apk for "Text Free: Call & Texting App" on both APKPure and APKMirror and neither offer this free app. I would like to save my APK file somehow, but it seems like it is available only on Google Play. Is there some way I can capture the APKs downloaded by Google Play so that I can retain them? If I must root to accomplish this, I will root. (I currently have global stock OOS firmware.)
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Installed apps are under /data partition, /apps folder
navigating to that folder with file.manager should allow you to copy them
tk_xda said:
I tried to download the apk for "Text Free: Call & Texting App" on both APKPure and APKMirror and neither offer this free app. I would like to save my APK file somehow, but it seems like it is available only on Google Play. Is there some way I can capture the APKs downloaded by Google Play so that I can retain them? If I must root to accomplish this, I will root. (I currently have global stock OOS firmware.)
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If you are talking about just extracting the apk from an installed app, did you try Apk Extractor from Play Store?
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Installed apps are under /data partition, /apps folder
navigating to that folder with file.manager should allow you to copy them
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I used Cx File Explorer to back up some apps on my One Plus 9 Pro. Then I rooted and got Root Explorer to rummage in /data/apps.
I found that when apps are download from Google Play that some apps download two or more apks. Every app downloads a "base.apk" file. Some apps download "split_config.arm64_v8a.apk" and "split_config.xxhdpi.apk". If I backup an app with Cx File Explorer, only the base apk is backed up, not the other essential apks to allow the app to work if installed from the backup. In particular, I noticed this with "Text Free" by Pinger, and several other apps.
I find it clunky to rummage in /data/apps because the folder names are gibberish and I have to hunt for an app's folder to find its pieces. Is there a better app backup utility that will get all the pieces of an app? (And since I am already rooted, I don't care if it requires root or not to work.)
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If you are talking about just extracting the apk from an installed app, did you try Apk Extractor from Play Store?
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I also tried ApkExtractor on Text Free and find that it also only extracts the Base Apk and not the "split_config" pieces.
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