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How to fully backup non-rooted devices?
How to backup your device:
First, you need to enable "USB debugging" on you Android device:
Go to "About device" (or "About phone" or "About tablet") section in Settings
Tap 7 times on "Build number" … In Linux, I hope you know how to locate and cd to the parent directory of the adb command. You are using Linux after all. …
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How can I verify the authenticity of an APK file I downloaded?
That's basically what the phone itself does - verifies that something that claims to be from the same party as something already on the phone actually is - the phone doesn't refuse to install things with … Some certificates are apparently themselves signed by known parties, but without figuring out how to trace that, I suspect you could do something like this:
unzip -p suspect.apk META-INF/CERT.RSA | keytool …
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How to set up reverse tethering over USB?
Simply enable USB Debugging on your device (no root required), install the APK linked from that page on your device and connect it to your PC via USB, and then run the binary on your PC. … You can also use Windows to create a WiFi network (using Connectify) and connect your device to that: http://www.nexusoneforum.net/forum/nexus-one-faq-how-tos/3133-reverse-tether-getting-internet-your-phone.html …
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How can I install an app given only its APK file?
I downloaded the APK file for an app to my PC. How can I install it on my phone? …
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Installing to SDCard by default
For more details on ADB, and how you can e.g. get a minimal version of it to your computer (without the overkill of installing the entire SDK), you can take a look at the adb tag-wiki. … on terms/permissions, the apk is downloaded to /data/local, i.e. to your internal-storage. …
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How can I install APK file on Bluestacks app player?
I have created an Android application using Eclipse, and now I'd like to install the APK on Bluestacks which is running on Windows 7. How can I install an APK on the Bluestacks player? …
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How to install xapk, apks, or multiple-apks via adb?
I know there are apps like apkpure or SAI that can do it, but I want to know how to it manually. … I know we can use adb install-multiple to install signed apks but if they are unsigned how can I do it if I have the root? …
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Is there a way to permanently turn off Google Maps until needed?
Possible approaches I thought of (but don't know how to do) are:
Somehow FULLY eliminate (turn off) all Intents registered by Google Maps when not needed. … Have a script which will go into the APK and rename/move/empty out manifest file to remove any intents for that app.
Problem: Would this require a recompile? …
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What are the alternatives for Xposed framework on Pie? Preferably without triggering Safety ...
There are significant changes in Magisk /EdXposed drivers which are updated here How to install EdXposed on Android 10 without triggering safety net
Please refer to updated installation instructions. … See How to install EdXposed on Android 10 without triggering safety net for a more recent method
Source Android 9.0 uses xposed solutions as updated
Use Magisk order to install these modules in the same …
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Control Android with broken screen from PC
Eg, using Droid VNC Server, I install the apk, and am supposed to execute /data/data/org.onaips.vnc/files/androidvncserver but there is no files directory inside org.onaips.vnc (instructions from here: … but it's not OSS so I can't get the apk in order to install (Google Play is not pushing apps to my phone prob because I disabled some service--let me know if I can force Google Play to update itself from …
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Where is user/group id info stored on Android and how do I interpret it?
I have got this all figured out, I just need to know how to update Android's UID/GID database, which does get updated every time you install an app, so I know it is possible. … I have updated my question to include "how do I interpret it?" …
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How do I root the Android emulator?
How do I root the Android emulator? I need root to install an .apk file on the emulator. …
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Batch install apks from computer to Android without actually touching my Android
I want to batch install apks from my desktop directly. Such as I downloaded many apks on the desktop and want to install apks without actually touching my android.
How to do this? …
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How can I verify the authenticity of an APK file I downloaded?
One example path within the Android SDK to apksigner is:
android-sdk/build-tools/30.0.1/apksigner
For more details on how to get apksigner see last chapter of this answer. … If you don't want to install the whole Android SDK (with or without Android Studio) you can directly download build tools and extract and execute apksigner. …
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How to reinstall an uninstalled system app through ADB?
I tried reinstalling it using either of these two commands
pm install com.sec.factory.camera
pm install --user 0 com.sec.factory.camera
but they returned a "can't open non-file" error message. … How to reinstall an uninstalled system app through ADB? …