12
votes
Obtain package name AND common name of apps via ADB
Here is my solution for a non-rooted phone which needed some slight changes from above which I ran on a Moto G 2nd gen running Android 5.0.2.
I didn't have aapt binary in /system/bin, so I first tried ...
4
votes
Obtain package name AND common name of apps via ADB
This can be achieved with Android Java API:
import android.app.ActivityThread;
import android.content.pm.ApplicationInfo;
import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
import android.os.Looper;
public ...
4
votes
Where do I find the minimum requirements for an app?
Look up on APKPure. They list this data at the bottom of the screen. No need to download tools.
As a consumer, I needed to know the version because I wanted to know if my older Kindle tablet could run ...
3
votes
How to verify if device is reporting fake technical specs like Android version, RAM, or storage memory?
In general the more common an hardware info app is the more likely it is that the hardware faker have integrated a patch to let a system info app display wrong values.
Therefore the best way to ...
2
votes
How to verify if device is reporting fake technical specs like Android version, RAM, or storage memory?
If you're comfortable with the command line here's what I think is a better and simpler way that doesn't require adb and connecting to a computer, doesn't require root access or anything else tricky. ...
2
votes
Obtain package name AND common name of apps via ADB
None of the suggestions were particularly good for me, so after some fiddling, here's my 100% on-device solution using Termux:
Get Termux and install adb and aapt through its package manager:
pkg ...
2
votes
How to verify if device is reporting fake technical specs like Android version, RAM, or storage memory?
Have you tried using something like AIDA64?
Apparently the newer versions have mitigations against reporting spoofed specs.
Another thing to check against the claimed specs. is pixel/screen resolution,...
1
vote
How to check Android phone’s processor (ARM, ARM64, or x86)?
It is indeed a pity that this isn't listed anywhere in Settings, not even in Developer Options. The minimum-change way to get the information is as follows:
Turn on Developer Options and USB debugging
...
1
vote
Where can I find my device info?
There are pretty much good app in Google play you can take help from there , search for hardware information or device information application will make your work.
I prefer one of my best app - CPU ...
1
vote
Accepted
Where on an Android device can I find information about the make, model, etc of the device?
Android devices have an item called About phone or About device – usually directly in the Settings menu (scroll to the very end), but some manufacturers like Samsung often move it into a Sub-Menu like ...
1
vote
How can I see what exactly an application does?
It's a really old question but you may still be interested in this quite new community project : Universal Android Debloater
It's a bash script using ADB to debloat non-rooted smartphones. The ...
1
vote
How do I view apk information in Mac OS X?
As others have mentioned, apk is just a renamed zip file. For a quick look at its content, on the mac terminal, you can type
zipinfo apk-file.apk
you can also use the command unzip to extract its ...
1
vote
How do I identify apps or settings that cause performance problems?
Starting from Android 11 and up the security for controlling system dependent apps have been limited to root user only so modern android can do such automatically close unresponsive apps by default ...
Only top scored, non community-wiki answers of a minimum length are eligible
Related Tags
system-info × 27applications × 5
hardware × 4
google-play-store × 3
custom-roms × 2
apk × 2
system × 2
adb × 1
wi-fi × 1
samsung × 1
security × 1
settings × 1
external-sd × 1
4.2-jelly-bean × 1
file-system × 1
5.1-lollipop × 1
ota-update × 1
android-emulator × 1
partitions × 1
9.0-pie × 1
notification-bar × 1
performance × 1
data-transfer × 1
android-versions × 1
bugs × 1