If I have a *.apk that I download, is there anyway to backup/extract it?
The apk is really just a ZIP file. Try renaming the file to whatever.apk.zip and open using your favorite ZIP utility. You should be able to view all the contents. Resources (such as images) can be extracted. The java code is compiled into a .dex file so you can't view the raw code, but there are utilities (like this one) to decompile it: http://dedexer.sourceforge.net/
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The apk is really just a ZIP file. Try renaming the file to whatever.apk.zip and open using your favorite ZIP utility. You should be able to view all the contents. Resources (such as images) can be extracted. The java code is compiled into a .dex file so you can't view the raw code, but there are utilities (like this one) to decompile it: http://dedexer.sourceforge.net/
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Right but how do I find the *.apk if I am downloading it off of the market?
apps are located in data/app/
There are also various apps in the market that will backup apps.
I use appmonster incedently.
7zip can extract and view contents of an apk without renaming.
backup and reinstalling apps....
view the first link in my signature.
I used MyBackup Pro to do a backup of my apps onto the sd card, then I used ASTRO file manager to navigate to /sdcard/rerware/MyBackup/AllAppsBackups where I found the file LastBackupApps.zip. I then used androzip or something similar to unzip that file and it contained the apk for every one of the apps I backed up.
how to extract .apk.p files
ghostfaced said:
The apk is really just a ZIP file. Try renaming the file to whatever.apk.zip and open using your favorite ZIP utility. You should be able to view all the contents. Resources (such as images) can be extracted. The java code is compiled into a .dex file so you can't view the raw code, but there are utilities (like this one) to decompile it: http://dedexer.sourceforge.net/
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I have a zip file with .apk.p files in it which are exracted with package_extract_file in the updater script. Is there a way to manually extract these, since renaming to .zip doesn't help if I open them with any unzipper program?
Thanks
lxrose said:
I have a zip file with .apk.p files in it which are exracted with package_extract_file in the updater script. Is there a way to manually extract these, since renaming to .zip doesn't help if I open them with any unzipper program?
Thanks
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I believe the files you are referring to - the files ending in ".p" - are "patch" files. They only appear in the OTA download .zip file, and they are worthless to you. They are not complete files, but just enough data to patch the corresponding 1.5 app .apk so that it turns into the 2.1 version.
If you want the complete .apk files which they correspond to, just download the Leak-V3 .zip file, extract the "system.img" file, and then unpack that file using the "unyaffs" utility (search for it, you'll find it at code.Google.com).
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bftb0 said:
I believe the files you are referring to - the files ending in ".p" - are "patch" files. They only appear in the OTA download .zip file, and they are worthless to you. They are not complete files, but just enough data to patch the corresponding 1.5 app .apk so that it turns into the 2.1 version.
If you want the complete .apk files which they correspond to, just download the Leak-V3 .zip file, extract the "system.img" file, and then unpack that file using the "unyaffs" utility (search for it, you'll find it at code.Google.com).
bftb0
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Thanks for the info. I thought I can update the apk files manually, because from recovery it doesn't work (it is a rooted image, so signature not accepted) and there are some fixes in the new update that I wanted to give a chance.
Unable to install ddx1.14.jar in my HTC wildire
I hve downloaded dexeder.jar file in to my SD card. but i can't install it in my HTC wildfire...
it shows an error...
"ddx1.14.jar cannot be installed because critical information is missing from the application file (MIDlet-Name). Please contact the application provider for more information."
Help me Pls..... Thanks in advance.....
apk download
did you search for the apk online?
please anyone know how to install games that air compressed ZIP
open the zip file, if there is apk file - extract it and install
if there isn't apk file, but there are other directories and files (assets, lib, meta-inf,...), rename the zip to apk (f.e. game.zip -> game.apk) and install it
very very thanks I just found out this method is working again thanks
Filestube is one kind of search engine for files. May be, this site provides only the link of files. But I don't know how to download that file. I use an android cell phone. Today I searched a PDF file which I got by Filestube. The size of PDF file was 21mb (the size of that file was shown below the name of file). Then I wished to download it. In the righht side of the name of file there has an option for download. I pressed this option. After finishing download I saw that the size of the file (that I downloaded) was 1.12 mb. But the name of file (that I downloaded ) and the name of file (that was shown with its size of 21 mb) are same. The last part of the name of file (that I downloaded) contains ".exe". I know that the file which contains '.exe' in the last part of its name is only executable by PC.
Now I want tips for downloading my desired file from this site. Is it possible by android phone? Please,
Instruct me.
I'm looking for an app can edit files inside zip (or apk) without extracting it. For java, there was a program called Mini Commander, which could do that. For Android I could't find one. All zip programs can just extract and repack. So is there any program supports inside zip file management?
Can any XA2 Ultra user share its stock wallpapers by extracting it from its system folders please? I know the liquid wallpapers are now available online but I am looking for the ones that have loops in them. And I am not talking about the live wallpapers.
Following...
Just got the black, silver, gold, and blue wallpapers and huge thanks to AndroPlus. Hoping for someone to share the pink and sky blue ones.
Hi,
did you maybe get the pink and sky blue wallpaper yet?
Tnx
xperiaxyz said:
Hi,
did you maybe get the pink and sky blue wallpaper yet?
Tnx
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Not yet. I've been trying to download XA2's firmwares a couple of times but it's always an error.
ermond012 said:
Not yet. I've been trying to download XA2's firmwares a couple of times but it's always an error.
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I don't know if these will help you, or if you'll have the same amount of bad experience trying to download these as the original firmware through XperiaFirm (I assume). If there's a particular image file or files you want out of here, if that'll help, let me know and I'll upload just the image file(s) you need.
Extracted stock H3223 ROM images through XperiFirm - flash with NewFlasher
If you're looking for XA2 and not XA2 Ultra firmware files, disregard.
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
I don't know if these will help you, or if you'll have the same amount of bad experience trying to download these as the original firmware through XperiaFirm (I assume). If there's a particular image file or files you want out of here, if that'll help, let me know and I'll upload just the image file(s) you need.
Extracted stock H3223 ROM images through XperiFirm - flash with NewFlasher
If you're looking for XA2 and not XA2 Ultra firmware files, disregard.
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Yeah, I am looking for XA2's...? Though I appreciate your effort to help.?
ermond012 said:
Yeah, I am looking for XA2's... Though I appreciate your effort to help.
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No trouble! Would you like me to provide the image files (assuming I don't have trouble downloading) from the non-Ultra XA2 for you to get the files from? I assume you just need the equivalent file(s) to the Ultra's 1.27 GB "system_X-FLASH-ALL-18AE.sin"? Any particular XA2 model #?
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
No trouble! Would you like me to provide the image files (assuming I don't have trouble downloading) from the non-Ultra XA2 for you to get the files from? I assume you just need the equivalent file(s) to the Ultra's 1.27 GB "system_X-FLASH-ALL-18AE.sin"? Any particular XA2 model #?
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I think any XA2 model will do.? I was trying downloading firmware myself but it's always unsuccessful.? If that won't cause you any trouble, that'd be great.?
ermond012 said:
I think any XA2 model will do. I was trying downloading firmware myself but it's always unsuccessful. If that won't cause you any trouble, that'd be great.
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No trouble, I'm currently downloading "H3123_Customized US_1312-1865_50.1.A.10.40_R13A". I presume you can get inside or extract the system*.sin file yourself once I upload it to Android File Host, or wherever's best for you - Mega is also an option for me if that's better for you. If you have trouble downloading that, too, I can try to follow directions at [Tool] sin2raw v0.2 - new tool to extract sin files *updated* to get to the files you need.
Edit: Or the UnSIN that comes with XperiFirm.
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
No trouble, I'm currently downloading "H3123_Customized US_1312-1865_50.1.A.10.40_R13A". I presume you can get inside or extract the system*.sin file yourself once I upload it to Android File Host, or wherever's best for you - Mega is also an option for me if that's better for you. If you have trouble downloading that, too, I can try to follow directions at [Tool] sin2raw v0.2 - new tool to extract sin files *updated* to get to the files you need.
Edit: Or the UnSIN that comes with XperiFirm.
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That's my other problem - I do not know how to extract files from firmwares.? If I could do. It, I wouldn't bug anyone else.?
ermond012 said:
That's my other problem - I do not know how to extract files from firmwares. If I could do. It, I wouldn't bug anyone else.
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It wasn't hard. I'm sure you could do it at least once you would be able to get ahold of the complete firmware or just the system image. After I used XperiFirm to download and extract the most recent XA2 H3123 firmware, I put a copy of the UnSIN.exe (linked to from the author of XperiFirm's signature) in the same folder as the largest file, the 1.26 GB "system_X-FLASH-ALL-18AE.sin". I opened a command prompt in Windows from that folder, and typed:
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unsin system_X-FLASH-ALL-18AE.sin
which created the 2.78 GB "system_X-FLASH-ALL-18AE.ext4".
I used the free 7-Zip from http://www.7-zip.org to extract the "system_X-FLASH-ALL-18AE.ext4" into a folder. Note that this is a good, easy way of getting files of any type out of stock system images, whether you're talking about wallpapers or APKs. There are more complex methods required for doing some other things like decompiling framework files, etc.
I then used GPSoftware Directory Opus, which is not free (or even cheap) - it's a Windows file management program that I use instead of Windows Explorer, now called File Explorer - been using it since before it was made for Windows, since 1991-1992 to be exact - to display all the files in the extracted "system_X-FLASH-ALL-18AE.ext4" in a "flat" format and without displaying folders. I then filtered for JPGs and PNGs, copied them all out while keeping the folder structure and that way found where the wallpapers were. Apparently in the path "system\etc\customization\content\com\sonyericsson\wallpaperpicker\wallpapers".
The wallpapers (in a 7-Zip archive you can extract with the free 7-Zip I linked to above) are at https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=277920.
And I've attached a screenshot of the output of the UnSIN command I ran.
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
It wasn't hard. I'm sure you could do it at least once you would be able to get ahold of the complete firmware or just the system image. After I used XperiFirm to download and extract the most recent XA2 H3123 firmware, I put a copy of the UnSIN.exe (linked to from the author of XperiFirm's signature) in the same folder as the largest file, the 1.26 GB "system_X-FLASH-ALL-18AE.sin". I opened a command prompt in Windows from that folder, and typed:
which created the 2.78 GB "system_X-FLASH-ALL-18AE.ext4".
I used the free 7-Zip from http://www.7-zip.org to extract the "system_X-FLASH-ALL-18AE.ext4" into a folder. Note that this is a good, easy way of getting files of any type out of stock system images, whether you're talking about wallpapers or APKs. There are more complex methods required for doing some other things like decompiling framework files, etc.
I then used GPSoftware Directory Opus, which is not free (or even cheap) - it's a Windows file management program that I use instead of Windows Explorer, now called File Explorer - been using it since before it was made for Windows, since 1991-1992 to be exact - to display all the files in the extracted "system_X-FLASH-ALL-18AE.ext4" in a "flat" format and without displaying folders. I then filtered for JPGs and PNGs, copied them all out while keeping the folder structure and that way found where the wallpapers were. Apparently in the path "system\etc\customization\content\com\sonyericsson\wallpaperpicker\wallpapers".
The wallpapers (in a 7-Zip archive you can extract with the free 7-Zip I linked to above) are at https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=277920.
And I've attached a screenshot of the output of the UnSIN command I ran.
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Oh thank you! Thank you for the information as well. That would help me a lot in doing the extraction of files myself.?
ermond012 said:
Oh thank you! Thank you for the information as well. That would help me a lot in doing the extraction of files myself.?
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You're welcome!
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
It wasn't hard. I'm sure you could do it at least once you would be able to get ahold of the complete firmware or just the system image. After I used XperiFirm to download and extract the most recent XA2 H3123 firmware, I put a copy of the UnSIN.exe (linked to from the author of XperiFirm's signature) in the same folder as the largest file, the 1.26 GB "system_X-FLASH-ALL-18AE.sin". I opened a command prompt in Windows from that folder, and typed:
Code:
unsin system_X-FLASH-ALL-18AE.sin
which created the 2.78 GB "system_X-FLASH-ALL-18AE.ext4".
I used the free 7-Zip from http://www.7-zip.org to extract the "system_X-FLASH-ALL-18AE.ext4" into a folder. Note that this is a good, easy way of getting files of any type out of stock system images, whether you're talking about wallpapers or APKs. There are more complex methods required for doing some other things like decompiling framework files, etc.
I then used GPSoftware Directory Opus, which is not free (or even cheap) - it's a Windows file management program that I use instead of Windows Explorer, now called File Explorer - been using it since before it was made for Windows, since 1991-1992 to be exact - to display all the files in the extracted "system_X-FLASH-ALL-18AE.ext4" in a "flat" format and without displaying folders. I then filtered for JPGs and PNGs, copied them all out while keeping the folder structure and that way found where the wallpapers were. Apparently in the path "system\etc\customization\content\com\sonyericsson\wallpaperpicker\wallpapers".
The wallpapers (in a 7-Zip archive you can extract with the free 7-Zip I linked to above) are at https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=277920.
And I've attached a screenshot of the output of the UnSIN command I ran.
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Oh thank you for these wallpapers!