Hey all, the forums been great at helping me with any issues I've had so I thought I'd throw another one your way. So just a moment ago when attempting to update some apps as play store notified me of the availability and it's giving me an "insufficient storage" msg I'm just trying to update swiftkey and google maps and I have over 6gb left, could someone please help me out with what's going on here? My next thought is to wipe phone and start from scratch but we all know the hassle that can be. Please help thanks.
i sent you a pm
radeonddr said:
i sent you a pm
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Any other takers? The pm'd method did not work and it's really annoying now because I was just able to do other updates it specifically won't let me update swiftkey, maps and crunchyroll. 2 out of these 3 are important lol and once again it just did 4 other updates with no problem just stops with these ones. Please help me or I'm gonna have to do a wipe and format my data just to be sure. Would rather not especially as I'm at work now and wifi is at home.
Any time I have gotten this error when trying to install an app (via play store or otherwise) it was due to a stuck (locked/corrupted/wrong permissions?) .odex for the app being present in the same directory as the app.
Use a root enabled explorer (ES File Explorer) and navigate to the directory where the app is located (/system/app for system apps or /data/app for user installed apps). Look for a file with the same name as the application's apk but it will be a .odex file. Delete this odex file and attempt to update from the play store. If deleting just the .odex file doesn't help, try deleting the .apk as well and re-download/install the app.
I hope this helps. If there is no .odex file present then I'm lost as like I said, the only time I have gotten that error is when there has been an .odex file present that I assume was had either improper permissions or corrupted.
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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I've an app on my Tab S that I downloaded from the Google Play store and want to have it on my other Tablet, however the app is no longer available on the Play Store. So is there a way to copy the app that's on my Tab S and load it onto my other Tablet?
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schrodinger56 said:
I've an app on my Tab S that I downloaded from the Google Play store and want to have it on my other Tablet, however the app is no longer available on the Play Store. So is there a way to copy the app that's on my Tab S and load it onto my other Tablet?
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Pretty sure you will need root for that.
The .apk file should be in \data\app or possibly \system\app
omniphil said:
Pretty sure you will need root for that.
The .apk file should be in \data\app or possibly \system\app[/QUOTE
I though you could make a back up with samsung-Kies and then pick the apk from the back up dir on your pc.
Thats what I did in the past and I'm not rooted.
Maybe I'm wrong but I see a lot of apk files in the back up dir.
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HANSB57 said:
omniphil said:
Pretty sure you will need root for that.
The .apk file should be in \data\app or possibly \system\app[/QUOTE
I though you could make a back up with samsung-Kies and then pick the apk from the back up dir on your pc.
Thats what I did in the past and I'm not rooted.
Maybe I'm wrong but I see a lot of apk files in the back up dir.
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That might work, I've never used Kies so I can't be sure. But all you need is the APK file, so if you can find it on your local PC then your good.
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Just back it up with es file manager, zip it and send it via bluetooth..thats it
AnyShare from Lenovo (Link) is a nifty tool to send files from device to device. Have not tried it without root before maybe it works. You can send those app's apk that's already installed to another device.
All user installed apps are in \data\app and you don't need root to copy them out, just a file browser than can navigate to the folder. Some apps that are taken off the Play Store sometimes still appear in the All tab of the My Apps section so have a look there just in case.
So I own an Asus Zenfone2, and recently rooted it. Been stupid - I deleted the "Download Manager" app. Google Play requires this to download, and won't download without it
Does anyone have a copy of Download Manger for me to use?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0Xx--SGB8lAVTZlMnZoaE1YQ28/edit?usp=docslist_api
Hopefully this is what you need!
I grabbed those two folders from /system/app
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?
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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
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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?
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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?
Psk.It said:
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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