====== Android APK backup ====== ===== Locate the package name ===== adb shell pm list packages ===== Locate the apk path ===== adb shell pm path com.google.android.youtube ===== adb pull out the APK file ===== adb pull /data/app/com.google.android.youtube-1/base.apk . If it says "xxx does not exist", then you can try copy the file to sdcard adb shell HWEVA:/ $ cp /data/app/com.google.android.youtube-1/base.apk /sdcard/ Then pull out the APK file adb pull /sdcard/base.apk .