Hi! I need to reinstall MobiTV on my tmo Vibrant so that I can cancel the service. I am running the Eugene373 Vibrant9 ROM (very nice!). I have the app backed up with Titanium from an earlier backup (there is a tar.gz and a properties file associated with the app), and have that TitaniumBackup directory stored on my laptop, but when I do what seems to be the obvious thing (copying the directory to the phone) Titanium does not give me an option to restore MobiTV. I must be missing something obvious.
Ideas? Thanks!
MobiTV is in the /system/app folder and Titanium cannot properly install into /system/app. A lot of my themed apps that I had manually pushed into the folder, like smoked widgets, never restore properly. I wind up having to push the apk's through ADB after everything else is restored.
RobBull69 said:
MobiTV is in the /system/app folder and Titanium cannot properly install into /system/app. A lot of my themed apps that I had manually pushed into the folder, like smoked widgets, never restore properly. I wind up having to push the apk's through ADB after everything else is restored.
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OK. So I have gone through the TitaniumBackup directory and failed to find the relevant apk. I guess that when i told it to backup all apps and data it didn't do this apk because it was "system"?
So, I found an apk here: h t t p :// forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=763580. Is this going to do what I want it to do (reinstall MobiTV)? Which directory should I push it into?
OK. The app is installs and runs, but it says it can't "authorize user". Sigh. I'm feeling like I need to start a new thread, as this one is no longer anything like the right name, nut this is one last query.... Ideas?
Does anyone know in which folder do all the apps downloaded from the Market go? Where are they stored on the phone? It would be nice to transfer a copy of these downloaded files to the laptop for future use.
Install ASTRO (which is free in market), then try to perform a backup of all apps, it will store every installed APK files in a folder.
the pre-installed apks go to a cache folder that gets intermittently cleared out... the installed apk's go to data/apps
data>apps, btw, I had asked this question yesterday
TAEL said:
Install ASTRO (which is free in market), then try to perform a backup of all apps, it will store every installed APK files in a folder.
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Thanks for the reply, I will install that app. But I wanted to be able to manually pick up the files which are downloaded from the Market and put them in my laptop as a backup so that I don't have to download them again. For that I need to know which folder are they stored.
@kryptoner: Only those files which I got from other than the market are stored in data>apps. I am talking about the installer package of the ones which are downloaded from the market. They are NOT stored in data>apps
@lennyUk: I wanted to know where they are stored while they are being downloaded from the market, before they are installed. When you order any app from the Market, it automatically downloads and installs it, and after that the installer package is nowhere to be found. Are you saying they are downloaded to the Cache folder and are immediately deleted after installing? Coz I can't see any of my previously installed apps in the Cache folder
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@kryptoner: Only those files which I got from other than the market are stored in data>apps. I am talking about the installer package of the ones which are downloaded from the market. They are NOT stored in data>apps
@lennyUk: I wanted to know where they are stored while they are being downloaded from the market, before they are installed. When you order any app from the Market, it automatically downloads and installs it, and after that the installer package is nowhere to be found. Are you saying they are downloaded to the Cache folder and are immediately deleted after installing? Coz I can't see any of my previously installed apps in the Cache folder
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yes the cache immediately clears out, if you want to backup the app (which is silly as your google account always remembers purchases) then use an app like titanium backup or just copy the apk from a root file manager.
"just copy the apk from a root file manager".........
I have Root Explorer, that's why I was asking where the files are stored. Now after you've told me it's Cache, I will be able to copy it to some place else so that I'm able to transfer it outside the phone. That way I can use the file in another phone without having to download it again. Thanks. That's all I needed to know.
you can copy the .apk file using root manager in /data/app/
the installations from market do go under /data/app/
may I ask for the stock conversation.apk, SK17i ICS? I deleted my backup of that file, but now I decide to use it again, somehow..
Check my signature for system dump, download it and pick out the apk from there.
The apk is the same for our devices.
Hello, I had Palmary Weather on my S2, and always get license error, so what I must delete to complete clear hidden files from this app?
On sdcard I deleted PalmaryWeather folder yes.
What in system files need to delete?
Hello,
I'm trying to figure out if there is a way to convert a APK plus its data into a single new APK. The specific example is: I have downloaded and configured Authenticator for a number of accounts, and I'd like to back up both Authenticator and account data into a new installable APK.
Before you say "Titanium Backup" - note: I cannot install Titanium Backup onto the device as I cannot root the device, and the TiBkp backup file created by TiBa is NOT an installable APK.
Any suggestions?
Thanks.