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Backup android app, data included, no root needed, with adb

Backup android app, data included, no root needed, with adb

Note: This gist may be outdated, thanks to all contributors in comments.

adb is the Android CLI tool with which you can interact with your android device, from your PC

You must enable developer mode (tap 7 times on the build version in parameters) and install adb on your PC.

Don't hesitate to read comments, there is useful tips, thanks guys for this !

How to make a small tweak to free software

The target audience for this is people who are beginners at software engineering and using linux. A lot of the information here may be obvious or already known to you. The language involved is C but you do not need to know any C to read this tutorial. I used mg to write this blog post. I used vs code to edit the source code.

This post is also available on gopher://tilde.team:70/0/~river/tweak-free-software

If you use a piece of free software and it's 99% perfect but there's just this one thing it does that annoys the hell out of you.. you can in theory just fix it! Here's a look at what doing that is like. Hopefully it inspires you, or you pick up a could tricks on the way!

Step 0: Have a problem

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alexfornuto / immersed-config.sh
Created December 1, 2023 22:11
Install Immersed on Pop!_OS
#!/bin/bash
# Immersed on Pop!_OS
###############################################################################
# This script serves as documentation for how I installed Immersed and #
# configured the v42loopback device to load as needed by Immersed for the #
# virtual webcam on my system running Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS. It's provided as a #
# script so that others can read the comments to learn, and modify it as #
# needed to configure their systems automagically after a fresh install. #