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[Q] Backing up apps in Android

Hey guys.
First of all, I own a Moto Milestone.
So I'm on stock 2.1 and I want to install a custom ROM which means wiping everything.
Now, I know how to back up my apps but once I reinstall them how do I make them appear in "downloads" so I could get updates? (I'll be using File Manager from the appstore to back up apps)
Thing is I have a lot of paid apps. Will my google account remember that I payed for the and let me redownload them?

Anyone?
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It will remember your paid apps yes
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Gahh Its Lee said:
It will remember your paid apps yes
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Thanks
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[Q] Keeping XDA Premium app?

Ifi flash a new rom to my phone, how can i keep xda premium?
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Just download it from the market again........ that is presuming you have actually paid for it. If not use astro or root explorer to make a backup of the .apk that's how I make backups of all my apps, saves downloading them everytime I mess up my phone or decide to change ROM.
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Yes i did pay for it haha What folder do the market apps download to?
Edit: nevermind i found it
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Download astro file manager open it, press menu choose tools and then app backup........ backup the apps you want to keep and they will appear in a backup folder on your SD card, install the new ROM then reinstall all the backed up apps. Or you could use titanium backup to save your data too.
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cant run logcat on JB ROMs

Seems I cannot run a logcat on JB ROMS anyone else have that issue? If not please tell me that im doing wrong because I hate posting issues or found bugs on threads and am not able to provide a dev with a logcat. Thanks.

Are you trying to get the logs using adb or using an in phone app?
If you are using an app JB restricts access to the logs. They can only be accessed by system apps.
There are apps on the play store that will convert regular apps to system apps. Then log apps will have access to the logs.
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Skipjacks said:
Are you trying to get the logs using adb or using an in phone app?
If you are using an app JB restricts access to the logs. They can only be accessed by system apps.
There are apps on the play store that will convert regular apps to system apps. Then log apps will have access to the logs.
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Ya im using an in phone app, i will do some research to find one of these apps that convert thanks.

Search for System App Mover.
Ive been using it all week. Works great.
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Skipjacks said:
Search for System App Mover.
Ive been using it all week. Works great.
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sweet thanks i was going to ask, after googling...so the manual way would be to: Find the app in your sd card and copy it - go to root folder-system-click r/w to r/o-paste it-go to pasted app and long press-permission set to rw-r-r.
i tried it and failed but i think i was suppose to restart the device.....but the app works like a charm and logcat works now

Backup protected app to apk

I have tried tirelessly to backup an app to apk. I am rooted but the apk file is not under the data/app which programs use to back it up. I can use titanium backup but I need to eventually be able to install the app without being rooted as the app refuses to run on rooted devices.
Can you backup apps installed to an apk when they are blocked?
How?
I will gladly donate to whoever helps leading to success.
The apps name is Jeppesen Mobile TC
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In case anyone wants to do such in the future, I was able to get the apk by using an application called root uninstaller to get the protected app into an apk file that I could use to install on bother devices.
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i agree with mistarose about using root uninstaller. it comes in handy also, after you install you can search for it:
# busybox find / -name *jeppesen*.apk

Don't know if it helps but i use ave anti iris to back up apps to apk
Will say not all apps but most
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mistarose said:
I have tried tirelessly to backup an app to apk. I am rooted but the apk file is not under the data/app which programs use to back it up. I can use titanium backup but I need to eventually be able to install the app without being rooted as the app refuses to run on rooted devices.
Can you backup apps installed to an apk when they are blocked?
How?
I will gladly donate to whoever helps leading to success.
The apps name is Jeppesen Mobile TC
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ok

Actually app backup and restore app on play store is quite good!
No compulsion for root!
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Side load APK without it showing in Play Store

Hi all
I want to side load an app which I have the APK for but don't then want it to show as installed on the Play store.
At the moment I have extracted the APK file using ES File Explorer then uninstalled it from the device. I then side load through a file explorer.
But it pops back up in the play store as installed on device.
Any help welcome
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Are you rooted? I think using Titanium Backup would work.
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Not rooted and the phone I want to do this on won't be rooted so kind of rules it out.
I have just tried downloading a file from the Amazon app store and repeating the process and when I install that APK it does not show on installed apps. If you search for the app in the Play store it shows as installed however.
I can kind of live with that but otherwise ideas welcome
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simonsteele said:
Hi all
I want to side load an app which I have the APK for but don't then want it to show as installed on the Play store.
At the moment I have extracted the APK file using ES File Explorer then uninstalled it from the device. I then side load through a file explorer.
But it pops back up in the play store as installed on device.
Any help welcome
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Try lucky patcher

simonsteele said:
Not rooted and the phone I want to do this on won't be rooted so kind of rules it out.
I have just tried downloading a file from the Amazon app store and repeating the process and when I install that APK it does not show on installed apps. If you search for the app in the Play store it shows as installed however.
I can kind of live with that but otherwise ideas welcome
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can you be more clear on what you are trying to achieve ?
if you install any app using apk directly then open that app in playstore then yes it does show up as installed but if you see in the list of my apps(press options in playstore and it will be the first option) then it wont be listed ..

Does it have to be sideloaded? If not, create a secondary google account, install it via that account, then remove the account. Another option would be to decompile the apk and alter the androidmanifest.xml to make it incompatible with your phone. Not that straightforward, though...

Prash8429 said:
can you be more clear on what you are trying to achieve ? ..
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Thanks for replies so far guys.
To answer the question above, please basically trying to have an app installed but if the account is looked at using the Play store on a PC it won't show it as being installed.
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simonsteele said:
Thanks for replies so far guys.
To answer the question above, please basically trying to have an app installed but if the account is looked at using the Play store on a PC it won't show it as being installed.
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if you install app via apk and search in playstore on PC it wont be shown as installed ... i just verified

Thanks Guys
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