App install directory?

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  1. inmotion [OP]
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    11-26-2009 11:54 PM
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    App install directory?

    Started rooting around the filesystem tonight, couldn't find any main app files ( found the randoms on the sd card) also searched the forums to no avail. Where do programs normally drop their files?
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    11-27-2009 12:03 AM
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    the main folder for preinstalled apps is \system\app, the apps that you download, i think are part of a root locked folder that you don't have access to.
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    11-27-2009 07:48 AM
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    Thanks for the response, that would explain why I couldn't find them. I did find the pre-installed apps, I should have been more specific.
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    11-28-2009 04:09 PM
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    11-28-2009 05:37 PM
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    yes that is what was already stated... but you still cannot delete them with the emulator. unless my emulator was broken
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    11-28-2009 07:08 PM
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    Also, as was stated, only the pre-installed apps were in there. I wonder when we are going to see a PC based file browser so we can pull down the whole file system.
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    11-28-2009 07:09 PM
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    Quote Originally Posted by wnrussell View Post
    Also, as was stated, only the pre-installed apps were in there. I wonder when we are going to see a PC based file browser so we can pull down the whole file system.
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    11-28-2009 07:14 PM
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    Quote Originally Posted by New2u View Post
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    I hear you, but still, it isn't easy to forget how BitPim allows access to some folders and not others:

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    11-28-2009 07:40 PM
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    that's because some folders allow for read access for user accounts, there was another file explorer other then astro i tried out, and it actually told you what folders were root access only. there were 2-3 on the main file structure. Meaning that 2-3 folders and sub-folders you can't access without root access. (if that's what you mean)
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    11-28-2009 07:51 PM
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    Quote Originally Posted by New2u View Post
    that's because some folders allow for read access for user accounts, there was another file explorer other then astro i tried out, and it actually told you what folders were root access only. there were 2-3 on the main file structure. Meaning that 2-3 folders and sub-folders you can't access without root access. (if that's what you mean)
    Yes, that's exactly what I mean. Where are the file browsers that work OFF the phone? We can read the NVM from RadioComm and QXDM.
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