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/
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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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?
Hi friends this post is to show you how to send whatever file you want in whatsapp without using any third party app​
Things required :
1) ES file explorer
2) Whatsapp
3) A small mp3 file(less than 100 KB will be effective)
First put the file (any file ...) You want in a folder along with the mp3 file...
Then compress it in ES file explorer in store mode
Then Rename the extension of the .zip file into .mp3
Then Send it using whatsapp
Ohhh don't run.....wait ....next comes the most important step....
You need to know how to unpact the file if you receive the same file from someone ..right???
So now go to Whatsapp folder in your SD card and goto media-->audio-->received
(The recently received file will be the last file in the folder)
Rename the received file's extension again to .zip and then extract the files to the required destination .....
Thats it .....:good:
If you want to see the video tutorial take a turn to my youtube channel (it assistors)......
Hi
My network nas has a folder with the files .r01, .r02, etc (Note: .r01, .r02, etc files are needed to extract the one file inside them)
I want to extract the file from r01, r02 etc to the same folder in my nas drive using my android phone
I've tried a few programs clicked on r01 and they all save r01 to temp folder in phone but ask for location of r02 but doesn't let me search for r02
On my windows pc I just go in the folder right click on r01 and it extracts the file to the same folder no problem
if i copy all .r01, .r02, etc files to my phone i can extract the file but dont want to do that every time
anyone know of an app?
thanks for the help
I had a backup.zip of 6 gb and when i extracted it all my files turned into folders and i m unable to access or use those files.
So my ques is how can i recover my files
I am Using a Windows-10 pc
Edit 1-Tried googling for hours,antivirus scan and recovery softwares but nothing worked out.
ahmad13faizan said:
All my files contained in backup .zip turned to folders after i unzipped my backup.zip and now i am unable to restore or preview any file .all which is left are just the folders with same file names
Backup.zip size -6 gb
Windows-10
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The correct way to create a zip file is to place all of the files that you want to archive into one folder.
Yeah i did the same but after extracting the zip i couldnt acess those files which are either turned into folders or being displayed as folders.
Please help me it is nasa's stuff backed up in my zip?
Hi, does anyone know how to edit Android/Data and Android/OBB folder?
I can't move any files to those folders and I can't edit the contents even rename it too.
It was just fine when I'm on OneUI 3. After I update it to OneUI 4, which is Android 12, those folders completely uneditable.
I CAN still access it, I just CAN'T edit the inside of those folders.
not sure what folder you are referring to, but you can reproduce the issue and submit error to samsung members app > get help > error report.
Samsung should be able to confirm what the issue is. Hope this helps.
Have you tried this ?
https://ictfix.net/active/how-to-access-obb-data-folders-on-android-11-when-denied/
muppetz said:
Have you tried this ?
https://ictfix.net/active/how-to-access-obb-data-folders-on-android-11-when-denied/
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I've tried this.
The thing is, I can access the OBB and Data folders but I cannot edit the contents inside of it. So I can't rename or add anything inside those folders..
Try TotalCommander file manager.