How to extract Apps from Device? - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi, I have a Android TV Box, there is an App on it which is installed by the Factory, how can I extract it without rooting the device?
I allready used AppMoster, so I got the apk, but it seem to be not enoght...I guss there is some more system files on the device, but I cant found it...
so I hope you guys can help me out

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I have a rooted X10 mini pro. I just got a net connection on my mini pro and downloaded apps from Market.
Can anyone please tell me where the applications downloaded from market are stored ? ie- location of the .apk files.
I dont want to back up applications. I just want the base .apk file.
Any help will be appreciated. Thanks.
Amey006 said:
I have a rooted X10 mini pro. I just got a net connection on my mini pro and downloaded apps from Market.
Can anyone please tell me where the applications downloaded from market are stored ? ie- location of the .apk files.
I dont want to back up applications. I just want the base .apk file.
Any help will be appreciated. Thanks.
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Market installs the apps in /data/app and after installation it removes the temp installation files..
So is there no way to copy those .apk files before they are deleted ????
The apk is in /data/app just backup that one if you have to. The apk in that directory can be used over and over again to install on any phone you want.
I searched through astro but nothing is there in that directory ??????????????
The folder needs to be accessed with root permissions.
Via ADB shell or i believe there is an application called root explorer which does it with UI.
Astro, tools, backup - works for me
Thanks very much.....
One problem with this is, you only get common file names like
downloadfile-1.apk and so on. you wont get the app name on the file name. so everytime you copy it you have to run it and see what app that is.
That is one down matter. other than that its ok!

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Q3 MT7891C missing systemui.app

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I have managed to root the tablet and then started removing some apps with Titanium backup app. Unfortunately I accidentally deleted an app starting with syst.... - did not see the whole name. The tablet restarted and now there are no back, home buttons and slide menues from above, no multitasking. The Android version is 4.2.2. I have managed to install some hover buttons, CW custom recovery. Found the rom and downloaded it. I guess the app that I am missing is in system.img file? How can I extract /browse the contents? There are some img extractor apps but i cant find a valid link to download such. Is it true that if i find the apk and put it in the system folder the problem will be fixed? Please advise me what to do! I thought of flashing the device with mtk flash tool but i dont have a computer to do this with ?
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I have managed to extract the Systemui.apk and systemui.odex files from the system.img firmware file. Put them in system/app with the correct permissions, restarted - still not working! In the net somebody advised that I try deleting the .odex file and / or install the systemui.apk (installation fails) . No solution again!
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I have a rooted TWRP Android.
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