[Q] Location of Market apks ?

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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.

Originally Posted by Amey006

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.

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!