Non-forward-locked APKs are just stored in /data/app, and can be copied the same as any other file. If an app is forward-locked - what the Market calls "copy protected" - it's kept in a different dir with system-level privs. Which means that you need a rooted device to get at it... but this is the major hole that forward-locking has had from the beginning.
String On Nov 18, 6:24 am, Zsolt Vasvari <[email protected]> wrote: > I was wondering about the exact same thing ; actually this very topic > made me finally integrate LVL. What stops the user from using Astro > to "back up" my paid app, get a refund and then restore it? > > On Nov 18, 5:44 am, David Orriss Jr <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Anyone have any idea how this would work or what APIs would be used? I've > > had people say that root is required, but Astro doesn't seem to need that. > > > Anyone have a code snip to show how this works? > > > -- > > David Orriss Jr. > > > My blog:http://www.codethought.com/blog -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
