[olug] Android phone backup question

[Dan Linder]

I thought I heard the APK files were tied to the account for the phone?

(I guess I can test by trying to install it on my wifes phone...)

Dan

On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 11:33, Steve Madel <sjmadel at gmail.com> wrote:

> I would recommend using either astro file manager or titaniam backup
> to back up your apps.
>
> On Friday, May 13, 2011, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:
> > I've finally entered the smart-phone era and recently got a Droid X.
> >
> > When I activated the phone, I tied it to my "dan at linder.org" account - a
> > Google Apps hosted e-mail domain and things have worked fairly well.  I
> have
> > been able to install apps via the on-phone Android and Amazon marketplace
> > apps.
> >
> > Unfortunately, using a non "@gmail.com" e-mail address seems to have
> it's
> > own set of problems.  For instance, when I use my computer to browse to
> the
> > Android market place it won't let me login with the @linder.org account,
> and
> > my gmail address isn't associated with a device...
> >
> > From what I read, I need to re-associate my phone with the
> > @gmail.comaddress, but that requires a factory reset.  When I do that,
> > I'll loose my
> > purchased apps... :-(
> >
> > I am going to write the support lines for the purchased apps providers to
> > see if they can move the app, but my main question is this:
> >
> > Is there a way to backup the apps on my droid, then re-install them after
> > I've reset it?  Is the installation "apk" file stored on the phone
> somewhere
> > that I can use, or is there more to the app installation process?
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> > Dan
> >
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