The Bold Explorer | |
BACKING UP APPS AND CREATING | |
INSTALLERS | |
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INTRODUCTION | |
With the impending shutdown of | |
BlackBerry World, it is more important | |
than ever to backup your apps. This | |
tutorial explains how to backup your | |
apps using BlackBerry Swiss Army Knife | |
and how to create single app installer | |
files to make reinstallation more | |
convenient (especially for sharing | |
apps with your friends, | |
post-app'ocalypse). | |
HOW TO BACK UP APPS USING BBSAK | |
The best tool for getting third-party | |
apps off a BlackBerry device is | |
BlackBerry Swiss Army Knife: | |
BlackBerry Swiss Army Knife | |
The process of backing up your apps is | |
relatively simple. | |
Install BBSAK, connect your BlackBerry | |
device to your computer via USB cable, | |
and press the "Backup Apps" button. | |
That leaves you with a folder full of | |
.cod files (the actual apps) and one | |
.jad file (the installation file), | |
intended to reinstall all of the apps | |
at once. | |
HOW TO CREATE SEPARATE INSTALLERS FOR | |
EACH APP | |
After performing a backup with BBSAK, | |
you can then take any of the .cod | |
files, and use the "Create-a-Jad" | |
feature of an app called BBHTool to | |
create a .jad which will install just | |
those .cod files. So, if you want to | |
create a .jad for an app called 'foo', | |
grab all of the .cods for that app and | |
put them in a folder (let's call the | |
folder 'foo'). Then run BBHTool and | |
use Create-a-Jad, adding those .cods | |
in the Create-a-Jad dialogue box, and | |
editing the fields as necessary. Make | |
the output folder your 'foo' folder, | |
and it will create a .jad file there. | |
The .jad file and the .cod file(s) | |
must be kept in the same folder for | |
the .jad to work. | |
From that point, you can put the | |
folder on your device, upload it to | |
your home server where you can build | |
your own app world, or zip it and send | |
it to a friend. As long as the .jad | |
and .cod files are in the same folder, | |
when you click the .jad, the app will | |
install. | |
BBHTool download link: | |
BBHTool |