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[Q] How to browse an .apk on your desktop?

Hello everyone. Although n00bs aren't allowed here, I do want to ask you a question that might be very n00bish. And maybe a little inappropriate. Or asked in the wrong section of this forum.
But here it goes: I want to try and edit a savegame for a game on my HTC Hero (baseball superstar 2010). So, first I tried to locate where all the files for this game could be installed on my phone. I did not succeed.
But with help from this forum, I found out that I might find the files by using Astro File Manager. I can use this app to click on the .apk from the game, that I have on my sdcard, and then choose the option 'browse file'. There, I find a lot of files! So, the first problem is solved.
The second problem is, that I cannot edit any of the files I then find. And I cannot find a file that has the datestamp of today, or yesterday, when I last played the game. Shouldn't there be a very recent file with the saved game data in it somewhere?
For me, it would be a lot easier if I could browse the apk on my desktop with a simple explorer. But if I hook up my sd-card to my pc, I cannot open the .apk. How can I accomplish this?
I hope I gave a decent description of my problems, and hopefully anyone can help me with A) finding out which file to edit B) how to open or edit this file and C) what to edit!
Thank you all in advance for your time and patience.

Use 7zip to open/extract the .apk file. You can use winrar too, but I like 7zip better. I'll try to find a link in a minute, or you can always google it if I don't post back quick enough for you.

Your questions are reeallly noobish ;-P
Apk files store libraries and other static files of your applications - there you could find images, texts, code, etc., but not runtime data like savegames. Look into /data/{package-name}/ - you could find package name in many places, I think it's in Settings -> Manage applications, but I'm not sure.

Very noobish yes
I have done something in the meanwhile, and that is: buy the real deal from the market. I no longer seem to have the .apk, but that should be no problem. Now the real game is officially installed onto my phone.
But ... where? I have tried looking in /data with my file managers, but they say that the folder is empty! So... where are my apps installed then? They must be on my phone somewhere. Do I have to root my phone in order to see anything in the /data/folder?

dekraan said:
Do I have to root my phone in order to see anything in the /data/folder?
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I'm not sure, but I think so. This directory is read-protected, so apps can't steal data of other apps. And I've mistaken: it's /data/app/{package-name}.

Hmmm. Do you know a good way to do that? I have a HTC Hero with the 2.1-update1 firmware (so my phone tells me!).

dekraan said:
Do I have to root my phone in order to see anything in the /data/folder?
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I think I'm correct in saying yes. I use RootExplorer and can see my apks in data/app, but if I use AndExplorer I can't.

XperiaX10iUser said:
I think I'm correct in saying yes. I use RootExplorer and can see my apks in data/app, but if I use AndExplorer I can't.
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Hi There,
I've opened another thread to stop the clutter, but: I have installed Root Explorer and used (I thought) Universal Androot to root my mobile phone. It did install Superuser, but when I open Root Explorer, I don't get a prompt to put it on the superuser list... so nothing seems to work. Do you know what I should do, and how I can do that?

dekraan said:
Hi There,
I've opened another thread to stop the clutter
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But thought you'd clutter the forum instead.
dekraan said:
but: I have installed Root Explorer and used (I thought) Universal Androot to root my mobile phone.
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You might be best searching your phones forum for a solution unless someone can offer you help here.

Iirc, savedata and settings would be in /data/data/com.gamevil.bs2010/
probably in a folder named "files".
start by looking in there.
other apps would be in /data/data/[packagename]

[Q] Trying to update Xoom 4G, but I removed dungeondefenders.odex, I have system.img

I just can't find a way to extract what is in the .img files.
It's such a small file so shouldn't be hard to find.
Downloading it from the Play store does not resolve the issue
How can I re-acquire the needed .odex file and/or extract what I may need from the .img files?

Delirious17 said:
I just can't find a way to extract what is in the .img files.
It's such a small file so shouldn't be hard to find.
Downloading it from the Play store does not resolve the issue
How can I re-acquire the needed .odex file and/or extract what I may need from the .img files?
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Do you have a Backup of your system - if so restore your backup. If not google extract .img files and look for software.

No backup...I just need to find a way to extract the files from the .img files of which I did google but nothing useful came up

Delirious17 said:
No backup...I just need to find a way to extract the files from the .img files of which I did google but nothing useful came up
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Try magic iso -
http://www.free-news-release.com/Extract--IMG-files---MagicISO-Detail_14991.html

No luck
I have ISOBuster...extracted some files but it was unable to extract them all. It did find a number of android files but no .odex files

Delirious17 said:
No luck
I have ISOBuster...extracted some files but it was unable to extract them all. It did find a number of android files but no .odex files
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Sorry Bro. Do full wipe and start over from scratch, reinstall. I Hope all works out for ya. Peace-

Why the hell is it impossible for someone to find a way to get such a small measly file to get this stupid update to go through!!

Which update are you trying to apply? You will need the pre-updated file. 4g updates were 3.2.4 and 3.2.6.
Sent from my Xoom

I'm on 3.2.4 and trying to update to whatever it's asking me to update it to.

Delirious17 said:
Why the hell is it impossible for someone to find a way to get such a small measly file to get this stupid update to go through!!
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Well first, getting angry because others may not be interested in your issue is not the way to get help LOL. If you tried everything else, Why don't
you try flash the Stock 4G XOOM Firmware Download [4G|MZ602-HLK75D]
##PLEASE NOTE##
This file are from Motorola's Development site, I will not take liability with anything that happens with your device if something goes wrong.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FLASH THIS FILE ON ANYTHING BUT THE VERIZON WIRELESS MOTOROLA XOOM Z602 (4G MODEL) OR YOU WILL HAVE A SHINEY PAPER WEIGHT!!!!​

dungeondefenders.odex anyone?
Such a small file to find yet only option seems to flash...

Make a nandroid backup of your current setup...restore stock, pull file, restore backup. Or try just opening the img file with winrar.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

bwcorvus said:
Make a nandroid backup of your current setup...restore stock, pull file, restore backup. Or try just opening the img file with winrar.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
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What good would making a backup of something I don't even have in the current setup??

Delirious17 said:
What good would making a backup of something I don't even have in the current setup??
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Because that's the first thing you do when you are going to flash stuff. If you had done this the first time you wouldn't be in this situation.
Sent from my Xoom using Tapatalk 2

testingchip said:
because that's the first thing you do when you are going to flash stuff. If you had done this the first time you wouldn't be in this situation.
Sent from my xoom using tapatalk 2
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you are no help why even reply

Delirious17 said:
I just can't find a way to extract what is in the .img files.
It's such a small file so shouldn't be hard to find.
Downloading it from the Play store does not resolve the issue
How can I re-acquire the needed .odex file and/or extract what I may need from the .img files?
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did u ever find the file? if so can you send it to me. i have a similar issue

[Resolved] [Q] Samsung Galaxy Beam GT-I8530 Baseband Unknown

Hi there!
I was tinkering about on the system files of my Galaxy Beam, and (maybe) accidentally messed up with the partition of the device.
The device runs on Jelly Bean 4.1.2 and now its mobile data service is disabled, and when I checked the baseband it says "XXXX" (I believe this is the same case as baseband unknown).
I tried to repair it using Szaby59's method (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2145464), but to no avail.
I wonder if there is another way to restore the baseband of my phone? I understand I might have messed with the efs and modemfs files, will it help if there is anyone who is kind enough to share his/her stock efs/modemfs files, and I get to use those files to my phone?
Hope the information was clear enough, thanks in advance.

ardjet said:
Hi there!
I was tinkering about on the system files of my Galaxy Beam, and (maybe) accidentally messed up with the partition of the device.
The device runs on Jelly Bean 4.1.2 and now its mobile data service is disabled, and when I checked the baseband it says "XXXX" (I believe this is the same case as baseband unknown).
I tried to repair it using Szaby59's method (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2145464), but to no avail.
I wonder if there is another way to restore the baseband of my phone? I understand I might have messed with the efs and modemfs files, will it help if there is anyone who is kind enough to share his/her stock efs/modemfs files, and I get to use those files to my phone?
Hope the information was clear enough, thanks in advance.
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hi ardjit the tow folders that u asked for they are zipped and attached above :good:

alameralshamry said:
hi ardjit the tow folders that u asked for they are zipped and attached above :good:
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thanks a lot man! will try to replace the modemfs file in my phone with the ones you just gave, hopefully this'll work!

IT WORKEDD!!!
I replaced the modemfs folder in the root directory, with the ones given by alameralshamry, rebooted my phone, and voila! data plan is back!
thanks a million to alameralshamry...and hope this thread may help anyone with similar problem.

ardjet said:
IT WORKEDD!!!
I replaced the modemfs folder in the root directory, with the ones given by alameralshamry, rebooted my phone, and voila! data plan is back!
thanks a million to alameralshamry...and hope this thread may help anyone with similar problem.
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im happy to know that its worked with you ... you are welcome

i8530
ardjet said:
IT WORKEDD!!!
I replaced the modemfs folder in the root directory, with the ones given by alameralshamry, rebooted my phone, and voila! data plan is back!
thanks a million to alameralshamry...and hope this thread may help anyone with similar problem.
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how replaced modemfs folder

i m unable to download your files..
please help me... thanks in advance.

alameralshamry said:
hi ardjit the tow folders that u asked for they are zipped and attached above :good:
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agan can ask EFS has a backup folder that agan ga bin or img shape.

alameralshamry said:
hi ardjit the tow folders that u asked for they are zipped and attached above :good:
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I just registered and replied this post with many thanks! Because I also had headache with my i8530 phone which lost the baseband info.
Your file of "modemefs.zip" REALLY worked on my I8530 phone! I unzipped the files and copied into the root directory of "modemefs", then reboot, finally the baseband came back!!!:good:
I almost decided to throw away this cell phone before I found this post. You have greatly helped me to solve my problem.
Many thanks again!

alameralshamry said:
hi ardjit the tow folders that u asked for they are zipped and attached above :good:
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how to replace the modem file in root directory plz tell

imran qasim said:
how to replace the modem file in root directory plz tell
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First make sure your phone is rooted and Root Explorer is installed.
Open Root Explorer, copy the files to /modemfs directory.
If failed to copy, one reason may be that /modelfs directory has insufficient space. Because Android system allocates different space for some specific system directories.
When you turn to /modemfs, Root Explorer will show "XX MB used, XX MB free" on the top.
If the free space is very little, you will NOT be able to replace the model file, so you need to consider to delete some useless or irrelevant files inside this directory.

apk that overwrites everything you have deleted?

Hi, I have quite possibly downloaded some nasties and want some software that can overwrite anything I have deleted and make it unreachable.
Many thanks.

[Completed] [Q] Cut/Paste issues. (moving folders to Desktop)

Hello, I didn't know where to post this so I thought here would be best, so I can be pointed to the right place.
in one of my camera folders, I've had around 12,000 pictures "had 30,000 before deleting".. I decided it's time to move it to my PC and sort them out.. I have tried to copy them before when they were 30,000 but I've never been able to do that (it just doesn't work)
when I tried to copy them this time through connecting my Note 3 Rooted, I accidentally "cut" the folder and pasted it my desktop in PC..
the folder I have copied was Empty..
when I checked back on my android there was no trace of the folder.. and my Gallery no more shows the folder.
I tried to undo the process but it also failed.
I don't know where are the files exactly?
I've used DiskDigger to recover the files.. but I couldn't see them anywhere.
I've used ES file Explorer to unhidden the files (if they were hidden) but to no avail.
I hope someone, anyone, would know what I can do to recover the pictures or at least know what exactly happened
thank you!

anyone? where should I post this at least...

is this an issue that is not known?

Hi
Thanks for writing to us at XDA Assist. Have you written to the storage at all since these files went missing?

timmaaa said:
Hi
Thanks for writing to us at XDA Assist. Have you written to the storage at all since these files went missing?
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nope I haven't, I immediately did a recovery attempt..
the files are just not there... not a single one lol
so they must be "not deleted" somehow, somewhere.. they're there..

alisj99 said:
nope I haven't, I immediately did a recovery attempt..
the files are just not there... not a single one lol
so they must be "not deleted" somehow, somewhere.. they're there..
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The only thing you can do is continue to try different data recovery methods and hope that one of them works. Sorry, that's about all the advice I can give you.
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Thread closed, thanks.