XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, comp.mobile.android   
   From: mariasophia@comprehension.com   
      
   Maria Sophia wrote:   
   > As you know, Android is the only operating system that never deletes   
   > the original installers, so you can always back them up anytime.   
   >   
   > Here's the shortest summary I can think of for backing up & restoring   
   > all the apps that you've installed on your Android over the years.   
      
   All 588 user-installed launchable apps are now on the Windows filesys.   
      
   Since I put together systems for a living in Silicon Valley for decades, I   
   am putting together a system here which backs up all user apps to Windows   
   (without the Internet, without accounts, without root, without cost).   
      
   One caveat I learned the hard way is that paradoxically, with the newer   
   Android versions you no longer want to use Muntashirakon's "Backup/restore"   
   (because /data/data/ is extremely tenaciously locked up nowadays).   
      
   I tried every workaround I could to access /data/data for PulseSMS and   
   failed, so I'm going to say it's likely almost impossible nowadays.   
      
   What this means is we are forced to use "Save APK" instead of   
   "Backup/Restore", where the difference is we don't get data with it.   
      
   Here is the list of the 588 APKs (some of which are split APKs) which I had   
   personally installed over the years (since I test software a lot) and which   
   have a GUI (not just plugins or addons but clickable user-installed apps).   
      
   Did I say 588? It's 582 on Windows, so I'm gonna need to debug the delta.   
      
   Here is the command used to sort, which works, but it's space-sensitive.   
    C:\> for /f "delims=" %f in ('dir /b /a-d ^| sort') do @echo %f %~zf   
      
   This sort is more robust, but at the cost of added complexity:   
    C:\> for /f "delims=" %i in ('dir /b /a-d ^| sort') do @for %j in ("%i") do   
   @echo %~nxi %~zj   
            @Voice Aloud Reader_33.0.0.apks 28539039   
            2nd Line_2.4.3.apks 39194378   
            2ndLine_25.19.2.0.apks 74496236   
            ACBridge_1.6.0.apk 954810   
            Accrescent_0.28.1.apk 6954309   
            AccuWeather_8.8.1-5-google.apks 57452273   
            Activities_1.5.apk 2976026   
            Activity Launcher_1.15.2.apks 871243   
            Activity Manager_5.4.2.apk 4251813   
            Ad Detector_1.0.apk 747274   
            Adobe Acrobat_24.2.1.41772.apks 57101956   
            Aegis_3.0.1.apk 6059514   
            AeroWind_2.0.apk 1001765   
            AI Chat_1.2.1.apks 17165087   
            AI Chat_2.0.9.apks 6867861   
            AIDA64_2.07.apks 8898473   
            AirDroid Cast_1.1.5.1.apks 21728504   
            AirDroid Control Add-on_1.0.6.0.apk 3548987   
            AirDroid Remote Support_1.1.3.0.apks 20019609   
            AirGuard_2.1.1.apks 4772128   
            AirVisual_6.7.0-4.7.apks 34076907   
            All-In-One Offline Maps_3.15b.apk 7425082   
            AllWrite_1.7.1.apks 22967371   
            alOBD Scanner(tm)_02.05.03.apk 603554   
            alOBD Terminal_02.04.01.apk 643854   
            Altimeter Plus_2.1.3.2019 fix v9.apk 1383271   
            Altimeter_2.0.apk 598887   
            Amaze Utilities_1.71.apks 22781368   
            Amaze_3.10.apk 10182967   
            Amtrak_5.3.1.apk 32992679   
            anchor_1.0.0.apks 6566263   
            AndDrop_1.0.2.apks 6998409   
            Android Accessibility Suite_15.1.0.693631415.apks 16532631   
            AnySoftKeyboard_1.12.1264.apk 13289759   
            APH_16-nllStore.apk 3794710   
            Apk Analyzer_3.2.0.apks 5902831   
            APK Explorer & Editor_v0.28.apk 3590150   
            APK signature checker_0.1.2.apk 215039   
            APKUpdater_3.0.3.apk 2876090   
            App Detail_1.1.1.apk 2709139   
            App Finder_1.4.1a.apk 4497432   
            App Inspector_3.1.33.apks 4413391   
            App Killer_ Close Apps_1.0.0.apks 7612459   
            App Manager_4.0.4.apk 26986467   
            App Ops_9.0.7.r1708.57e6ad70.apk 10336795   
            App Shortcut Maker_3.10.apk 3212273   
            App Shortcuts_4.4.apks 345674   
            App Updater_2.24.056.apks 4145296   
            Application Inspector_1.29.6-201910301402.apk 16467931   
            AppLinks_1.1.0.apk 741039   
            apps_Packages Info_1.7-19.apk 120970   
            Area & Volume Calculator_1.0.apk 1935597   
            AreaVolumeCalculator_AVC 2.5.apk 6923187   
            Article Reader_1.4.6.apks 26038879   
            ASR_523-arm64-v8a.apk 32441022   
            Assist AR_15.54.141.apks 29280911   
            Atomic Time_1.7.0.apks 6416929   
            Audio Recorder_0.9.33.apks 1278632   
            Audio Recorder_3.5.15.apks 2833935   
            Aurora Droid_1.0.6.apk 3638257   
            Aurora Store_4.5.1.apk 7055671   
            Auto Speaker_6.0.apk 958938   
            Automate_1.47.0.apk 8987786   
            Automation_1.8.apk 5759601   
            Autoxuga diagnosis_1.0.6.apks 57236170   
            Avenza Maps_3.8.2.apk 72300383   
            Aves_1.8.4.apks 17073250   
            Awesome Icons_0.15.3.apk 1993525   
            Azimuth Compass_1.0.apk 3664588   
            Background Eraser_1.6.1.apks 26967553   
            Barcode Generator_3.3.1.apk 1648506   
            Barcode Scanner_1.23.0.apk 7293481   
            Barcode Scanner_4.7.8.apk 815580   
            Barcode Scanner_5.0.9 (175).apk 13150979   
            Barcode Scanner+_1.12.3.apk 1212288   
            basicGPS_1.0.0.apk 1543713   
            BatteryBot Pro_12.0.0.apk 2685931   
            BatteryBot_11.0.4.apk 1402901   
            BBS_3.4.0.apk 5626136   
            Beeper_2.22.28.apks 61329508   
            Best step counter_1.14.apks 1840996   
            BestDAV Server (Free)_1.5.apks 1591748   
            Better Internet Tiles_3.0.0-github.apk 5213175   
            BikeGPX_4.41.0.apks 3818343   
            BLE Radar_0.25.3-beta.apks 2618032   
            Book Reader_1.15.3.apk 26618987   
            Brevent_4.2.21.1.apk 1990864   
            Bromite System WebView_108.0.5359.156.apk 99330457   
            Bromite_108.0.5359.156.apk 176471259   
            Button Mapper_3.09.apks 3724810   
            Cache Cleaner_1.11.0.apks 1365666   
            Calcolo Volume Cisterne_3.2.1.apk 250450   
            Calculator_5.12.0.apk 9670077   
            Calculator++_2.3.3.apk 3938473   
            Calendar_6.23.1.apk 10777826   
            Call Recorder_1.0.2.apks 6671567   
            Call_1.0.apk 894628   
            Camera Go_1.8.332394960_release.apk 15629747   
            Camera_5.7.2.apk 11850850   
            Camera_68.apk 3136376   
            Camera_v7.0.apk 34422532   
            Camera2 Probe_0.9.28.apks 1700957   
            Cards_4.1.0.apks 20976660   
            CARR_3.9.1.apk 5577520   
            Cartage_2.6.1.0032.apks 3365133   
            Cartoon Photo_7.6.apk 16470079   
            CBFS Cell-Id Tracker_1.2.apk 1615030   
            CBS_12.0.79.apks 39975775   
            CCY OBD MOBILE_2.2.apks 4419611   
            Cell Spy Catcher_3.5.3.apk 2364096   
            Cellular-Z_5.3.apk 13223057   
            Charging Indicator_3.64.apks 2565676   
      
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