Ian Renton

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Sep 4	accepted	Can I build an APK from an installed app and its data?
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Aug 23	answered	Can I build an APK from an installed app and its data?
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Aug 23	revised	Can I build an APK from an installed app and its data? Added clarification based on comments/answers so far
Aug 23	comment	Can I build an APK from an installed app and its data? @Izzy TB has two backup methods. Its normal one stores three files in the backup directory - a tar.gz containing the APK, a tar.gz containing the contents of /data/data/[app]/, and a .properties file containing what I assume is a hash of the files. The other option (under "Send this Backup" -> "easy import" writes a single .TiBkp file that I believe contains the normal three. Either way, as you said, root access is required to restore the data to /data/data/[app]/ on the target device.
Aug 23	comment	Can I build an APK from an installed app and its data? I have just tried ES, and it doesn't appear to include data with its backup either. (Or at least, when the backed up APK is installed on my non-rooted target device, the data I expect is not there.) As far as I can tell, ES' backup does nothing more than copy an APK from /data/apps to /sdcard/backups.
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