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[Q] Apps/widgets installed on phone

Just want to know where the .apk files are kept on the phone because I want to manually back up so I don't need to download everytime I do a reset. I also want to keep them on my PC.
I've searched all the folders but could not find them. Are they hidden?

Try using a file manager such as Astro or ES file explorer. They have the ability to save an app to an apk.

olivierlee said:
Try using a file manager such as Astro or ES file explorer. They have the ability to save an app to an apk.
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I've got both but couldn't find any by using search function.
How do I do it ?
cheers

Just go astro, press menu button, choose tools then backup option.
Then select the app that you want to back up.
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somefile.ext????

I'm using Rcmix 4.0...for some reason, there is a file called "somefile.ext"
soon as i click on ES File Explorer.
I delete it, and it appears again.
Can't open it, all I know is that it's 1.04mb in size.
Any ideas as to what this could be?
cheers
Matt

What folder does it appear in?
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Soon as I click to open es.file explorer its there. It's not in a folder.

I can open the file with Es Note Editor, but takes a long time to load and this is what's displayed:
1st pic is what i see when i open ES File Explorer
rest of the pics are a few screenshots of the actual contents of the 'somefile.ext'
cheers
Matt

Move User Manual in Downloads to Home Scr

I downloaded the User Manual to the Downloads folder.
How do I put it (or a shortcut to it) on my Home Screen?
Thanks, cb

abredt said:
I downloaded the User Manual to the Downloads folder.
How do I put it (or a shortcut to it) on my Home Screen?
Thanks, cb
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If you have ES File Explorer (if you don't, it's free on the market), go to sdcard/download, press and hold until the menu comes up and select shortcut.
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I am using Astro File Manager.
I can get to the file in the download folder, but where do I put it?
Where is the folder for the Home Screen?

abredt said:
I am using Astro File Manager.
I can get to the file in the download folder, but where do I put it?
Where is the folder for the Home Screen?
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There isn't one you have to use estrongs file explorer like the other guy said
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[Q] CM 10.2 my files back plz?

I recently updated from CM 10.0 to 10.2
it seems that all my old files are at
/mnt/shell/emulated/
while the new home folder is at
/mnt/shell/emulated/0/
even giving full root access to any app (solid explorer/cm explorer...) I can't open copy or move any of the old files
I'm able to list them and thats it
How do I move the files at the right place?
thanks

prunn said:
I recently updated from CM 10.0 to 10.2
it seems that all my old files are at
/mnt/shell/emulated/
while the new home folder is at
/mnt/shell/emulated/0/
even giving full root access to any app (solid explorer/cm explorer...) I can't open copy or move any of the old files
I'm able to list them and thats it
How do I move the files at the right place?
thanks
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Try an other Explorer. Like es or root browser.
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+1 for root browser. Not sure if you can pull entire directories via adb?
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sorry the other explorers did not work
its like the files are owned by the wrong user and they can't be modified

update...
I rebooted the phone after trying es root explorer and suddenly I got access back trought ES explorer
It failed before the reboot... I don't know why...
thanks

Cm10.3 File manager Issue.

So I have run into a weird issue. I am running the latest official nightly and if I give the file manager root access I lose the 0 folder in /storage/emulated/ but I can get to it through/mnt/shell/emulated. If go back to user access the 0 folder comes back.
I tried es file explorer and that works just fine, but I really like the cm one better. Any ideas?
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