[Q] where are apps stored? - Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So I downloaded the Angry Birds apk, installed it, and then deleted the apk from my download folder. The app is still installed and working, but I can't actually find anything on the phone relating to it (been all through Astro and Linda looking for files). Any idea where it's hiding?

data/apps
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s15274n said:
data/apps
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that's where I looked before. my data folder is empty.

not sure how it's possible that sdcard/data/apps could be empty. Have you done other mids?
Astro has a search function too by the way.

Yep, tried Astro's search before making the thread. All it found were some icons on my external sd.
I'm running a few mods but nothing that should cause this (lock screen, mobile ap, meta morphs)
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try
$adb shell
$su
#cd /data/app
#ls
the file should be listed as com.rovio.angrybirds.apk

Related

Removing Installed Apps

Is there anyway to remove the installed apps that came with the phone i.e. Roller coaster, create touch, peggie, CA gold rush, and the roadsync apps?
david_vargas_85 said:
Is there anyway to remove the installed apps that came with the phone i.e. Roller coaster, create touch, peggie, CA gold rush, and the roadsync apps?
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Hi David
It isn't possible at the moment.
We'll have to wait till the phone gets rooted.
Thanks for letting me know. I'm new to this whole Android OS. Using dumbphones all my life.
Since installed apps cannot be removed, it eats up my internal memory space, now how do i install new apps ? Could not find any method to install it on SD card Any suggestions on how to install on SD card.
settings/applications/manage applications/ select app you don't want/uninstall/
You wont be able to uninstall apps on the ROM of course, but anything installed after the update can be removed.
You'll have to download an app installer for new apps. Place the downloaded APK file in one of the folders contained on the SD card eg./downloads ( done via a USB cable plugged into your computer). Run app installer and it should list all APK files. Depending on the installer, you may have to open the sub directory (folder) you stored the app in.
As far as I know, the only way to install apps on sd card in android is through the root. In other words you need a rooted phone - rooting on the x10 mini/pro hasn't been achieved yet.
It's been rooted now.
How would you go about removing RoadSync and Wisepilot for example?
EDIT: Oops, just saw the other thread, my bad.
To delete preinstalled apps, open up cmd and navigate to 'c:/exploid-x10mini' (like you did when you rooted it.
Then enter the following commands:
adb shell
su
rm -r /system/app/[filename]
The RoadSync filename is simply roadsync.apk
To find what the filename for a specific app is, you can navigate to /system/app from a file explorer on your phone, but you can only delete a file through cmd.
Help Please!
Can anyone tell me the app name for Creatouch and CA Gold Rush?
Ex. roadsync.apk
????????.apk
Just list the app directory and you will see all of them
Code:
ls -l
Creatouch is creatouch-2.apk and CA Gold Rush is california-gold-rush.apk

[Q] Save apk protected by copyright?

Hi,
I downloaded the free application "Jupiler Pro League" by market (football app),
I would like to save the .apk (as I do for all my applications) with MyPhoneExplorer
but it is protected by copyright, is there a trick? it's a free application
so really I don't understand why I cannot save it for a system recovery in future ...
Thank you in advance for your answers.
Can you not pull the .apk using adb?
how to do that please? thanks
Need Root,
you can do it with appMonster Pro
Root ok, I work with CM7v16, I try app monster pro, thanks
Ok, it say "protected", now what can I do? I try "backup"
but the .apk is not saved, (the rest of apps are saved on sd)
If you want the app+data then use Titanium Backup. If you just want the apk I'll post it here for you
http://db.tt/i85kFrUm
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Yes, just the apk it's perfect! thanks very much for this! but I would like
do it my self can U tell me how do please? thanks again
edit: your apk it's jupiler league, it's not the same that jupiler PRO league
oops sorry, I didn't see the pro league. Anyway, if you have adb set up already just go to command prompt and type adb pull /data/app/jupiler.apk. If you do not have adb set up then we can get that set up for you.
Another way (which may be easier) is to download File Expert and on the top there will be four tabs. The far right one will be "Apps". Go to that tab, find Jupiler Pro, and back it up. Now, you'll have the .apk on your sdcard in a folder labeled backuped apps (or something like that).
No problem so, file expert work perfectly with a "normal" appli but not with
an appli protected, the folder is empty... I'm really sorry...
Have you downloaded AndroidSDK so that you can pull it off your phone using adb?
EDIT: I have other methods and apps you can try but it's all on my phone and I don't have my phone with me right now. When I get home I'll take a look for you.
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Open terminal and try this:
1.Enter su to be superuser (root).
2.Enter cd /data/app-private/ to enter the protected application directory.
3.Use ls to view the apps in the directory.
4.Enter cp filename.apk /sdcard to copy a single app to your SD card.
(Or to backup all the protected apps: cp * /sdcard)
5.If you want to backup all your apps, they can be found in /data/app/
Hi, too noob for this, I don't understand AndroidSDK
no problem, thanks for all
here a detailed description of the subject http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1273508
I hope it will be useful
YoungSinema said:
If you want the app+data then use Titanium Backup.
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Indeed, Titanium Backup does that, best app out there <3

[Q] installed app. app disapeared. cant reinstall

ok.... I have Samsung Fascinate.
PWGB2.0 beta3 ROM
I found the zip containing on here(XDA) somewhere containing the BuddiesNow app for my phone and installed it. I then found the BuddiesNow for Vibrant tweaked for the Fascinate. I went to /system/app and located my BuddiesNow I had placed in there 1st and renamed it .bak
I then placed the Vibrant BuddiesNow app in the /system/app folder.
It worked great. I discovered I liked the Vibrant BuddiesNow app much better.
*************
ok... now my issue. I picked my phone up ealier this week and went to use my Vibrant BuddiesNow app and it was gone. I then long pressed the blank screen and pressed Widgets from the list that popped up. I scroll thru the list and BuddiesNow does not show up in the list.
I then open my file manager and navigate to /system/app folder and BuddiesNow is not in there. Not even the .bak file version.
I then go to my SDcard and find the copy of the Vibrant BuddiesNow app I had originally stored in a folder there and tried to copy it to the /system/app folder. The error message pops up saying that the file already exist and cant paste the file here.
I then booted into recovery, tried wiping partition cache and dalvik cache.
That did not help any. Got same result when I tried to move the file to /system/app folder again.
I then thought I would be cleaver and rename the Vibrant BuddiesNow in my SDcard folder to [BuddiesNow.apk.grid] and then move it to the /system/app folder. AND THEN AFTER PLACING IN THE /system/app FOLDER, RENAME IT TO .APK
That did not work either! It also diappeared.... now I have BuddiesNow.apk,
BuddiesNow.apk.bak, BuddiesNow.apk.grid, all in the /system/app folder and all invisible.
I had the file manager settings to SHOW HIDDEN FILES from the beginning.
I also have tried the SEARCH function in the file manager but it shows no results. I have tried installing many file manager apps and attempting to see if a different file manager would show the files but none did.....
I tried to write this episode as short as possible.. this is the best I could do to cover al the bases...
what could be a fix????????? PLEASE ADVISE! I LOVE MY BUDDIESNOW!
Come one...anyone? I love my buddiesnow app. Please help me out here
hard to belive
hard to believe someone has not seen this before and has an idea how to fix it...
I love this forum anyways
File exists, How about overwrite the file?
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melvinchng said:
File exists, How about overwrite the file?
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OVERWRITE FILE is not an option to choose... in this particular problem with this
particular apk disappearance, the option to overwrite is not there.
I have had the overwrite option at other times but not now with this issue fo who know what reason.
I am going to factory reset I guess and start over.
hasn't anyone else had the same issue?
Not sure if this would be helpful but when I had a similar issue I just used titanium backup and found the file that "already existed" and removed it. Also, you can use any file manager that allows you to sort by date modified and look for any buddynow files that may be in a folder that you didn't think about looking in
did you maybe moved the app to your sdcard ? sometimes app's widgets wont show if you move them to sdcard.If you did so move it back to the phone's memory
YoungSinema said:
Not sure if this would be helpful but when I had a similar issue I just used titanium backup and found the file that "already existed" and removed it. Also, you can use any file manager that allows you to sort by date modified and look for any buddynow files that may be in a folder that you didn't think about looking in
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I used the search function in the various file managers I have tried & even searched the entire phone (and also the /system/app )for he disappeared files and got no results...when I get some time next week I am going to sit down and factory reset my phone and start all over.
if it works I will not try the vibrant version of buddiesnow on my phone again,
I will just use the fascinate version of buddiesnow. (the vibrant version sure was nicer tho)....

[APP] JB ExtSD App Binder

Hi,
I would like to share with you my new app. In few words... this app let you move Android folder (which usually contains app/game data) to external SD.
ROOT and BUSYBOX required!!!!!
How does it work? It's simple. It's a binder that binds Android folder from ext to int SD, all what you have to do is:
Move Android folder from internal to external SD (automatic in the future)
Install my app
Open app
Check "Bind Android folder blablabal"
Click Save
Reboot phone
1.0 - Initial release
Cheers
QBANIN
Cool will test
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Me too, thanks.
Tried this.
I moved the Android folder which contain all the data to my SD card and run the app, checked the box and restart my phone.
But when I run those games, it ask me to download all the data again. And even the fancy widgets can't detect the skins which downloaded earlier.
Any advice?
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kevinlow said:
Tried this.
I moved the Android folder which contain all the data to my SD card and run the app, checked the box and restart my phone.
But when I run those games, it ask me to download all the data again. And even the fancy widgets can't detect the skins which downloaded earlier.
Any advice?
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Is your device rooted and do you have busybox installed?
Yes. It is rooted and with busybox installed.
I moved the entire Android folder to external SD and run the app but with no luck.
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kevinlow said:
Yes. It is rooted and with busybox installed.
I moved the entire Android folder to external SD and run the app but with no luck.
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Did SU app ask for granting su permission to my app after tapping SAVE button?
[Comment deleted. Need to test this app more.]
QBANIN said:
Did SU app ask for granting su permission to my app after tapping SAVE button?
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Yes. Permission granted.
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No dice. Just creates a new android folder on the sdcard. Keep it up and let us know when you have it working.
Please, pm me output of
Code:
logcat |grep qbanin
and
Code:
mount
commands from adb terminal.
QBANIN said:
Please, pm me output of
Code:
logcat |grep qbanin
and
Code:
mount
commands from adb terminal.
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I think I might know what the issue is. Once you move the folder into the sdcard, and the use the app to bind the folder. If you then delete the Android folder from the internal sd, all stuff gets deleted from the extSdCard as well. Once you bind the two folders, I think whatever is in one automatically is in the other one as well. I maybe speaking n00bishly here but that is what I observed.
Maybe the person for whom this is not working deleted the Android folder from the internal sdcard after he used the app. Thats why the files got removed from the extSDcard as well.
I think a working way would be to copy the data to ext sdcard first, delete from the internal, then use the app. Although from what little use I experienced was that whatever data is coming in after using the app is present in both locations. I maybe wrong though, maybe I'm using it wrongly. Please correct me if I'm using it wrongly.
if4ct0r said:
I think I might know what the issue is. Once you move the folder into the sdcard, and the use the app to bind the folder. If you then delete the Android folder from the internal sd, all stuff gets deleted from the extSdCard as well. Once you bind the two folders, I think whatever is in one automatically is in the other one as well. I maybe speaking n00bishly here but that is what I observed.
Maybe the person for whom this is not working deleted the Android folder from the internal sdcard after he used the app. Thats why the files got removed from the extSDcard as well.
I think a working way would be to copy the data to ext sdcard first, delete from the internal, then use the app. Although from what little use I experienced was that whatever data is coming in after using the app is present in both locations. I maybe wrong though, maybe I'm using it wrongly. Please correct me if I'm using it wrongly.
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Yes. you're right I'm gonna make some of these steps automatic in the next release
QBANIN said:
Yes. you're right I'm gonna make some of these steps automatic in the next release
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Ok. Well. It is not correct anyway.
This is how i did.
1) MOVE the ANDROID folder from internal SD to External SD by MY FILE
2) Once file moved, i never delete any folder from internal SD.
3) Run the app. Check the box, save and grant permission.
4) Reboot the phone.
And once phone starts, apps like fancy widgets, or games will require me to download the data file again. And there's one more ANDROID folder being generated in Internal SD
Rooted N7105 with busy box installed
Let me know if i miss out any steps
Thanks
Hi,
Does your app use mount-o bind ?
I so, install instruction:
1) COPY android folder to extsdcard
2) DELETE content of android folder, but then leave the empty android folder there.
3) run app
If that doesn't work, check that you have a kernel that uses init.d, if the method is the one I think.
Am I right ?
Otherwise, will try this app, DirectoryBind keeps crashing and randomly forgetting the location of my spotify cache...
francois13 said:
Hi,
Does your app use mount-o bind ?
I so, install instruction:
1) COPY android folder to extsdcard
2) DELETE content of android folder, but then leave the empty android folder there.
3) run app
If that doesn't work, check that you have a kernel that uses init.d, if the method is the one I think.
Am I right ?
Otherwise, will try this app, DirectoryBind keeps crashing and randomly forgetting the location of my spotify cache...
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You dont need this for making Spotify use the external Sd card. Install an older Spotify apk. Start it and in loginscreen press menu button and change sd location to exSdCard. Then you can update Spotify in Market to the newest and it will use the external sd card.
Sorry for the ot
francois13 said:
Hi,
Does your app use mount-o bind ?
I so, install instruction:
1) COPY android folder to extsdcard
2) DELETE content of android folder, but then leave the empty android folder there.
3) run app
If that doesn't work, check that you have a kernel that uses init.d, if the method is the one I think.
Am I right ?
Otherwise, will try this app, DirectoryBind keeps crashing and randomly forgetting the location of my spotify cache...
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Yes, it does use mount -o bind command, but not via init.d scipt.
Ad 2. When you tap "Save" button, my app check if Android folder exists on internal sd and creates it if necessary.
Work great with crash rom v3.1
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This is the same kind of app as "Directory Bind" ?
(Also here on Xda for quite some time)
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fotoingo said:
This is the same kind of app as "Directory Bind" ?
(Also here on Xda for quite some time)
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Yes it is. But directory Bind also have the ability to choose the directories and so it is more complicated

Why can't I delete this folder/files

Ok this is driving me nuts. I've tried every file manager, script manager, file deleter and everything else I could come up with. And before anyone asks yes I've connected my phone to my computer and tried getting rid of them that way with no luck. They seem to get deleted but when I look on my phone there still there. I've been successful at making copies of the folders which now resulted in me having 2 folders I can't erase.
Here's the folder named "tmp" that's on my sd card.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/m9l4ur7txma5aby/9Wx7p9KF9W
The folder consists of a cleanup.sh file that is written like this
#!/sbin/sh
rm -rf /sdcard/theme/
echo "Cleanup complete"
And another file named
"This folder can be deleted after the theme has been installed"
I have no clue as to what theme it's referring to nor do I recall what theme installed this but all I want to do is get rid of it. When I try to delete it all I get is uninstall fail, or not enough memory, which makes no sense. I've tried changing permissions with no luck and I'm stumped. I don't think these folders are causing any harm to my phone but still I want them erased. If anyone may know of another way maybe through terminal command or something I can erase these files I would be greatly appreciated.
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What is the path to the file?
Localhost798 said:
What is the path to the file?
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There's many different paths but the most direct path is /sdcard/tmp/cleanup.sh
Or u could go /storage/emulated/0/tmp/cleanup.sh
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