a4apphack

This batch file decompiles an apk to its corresponding java sources. People who are looking forward to do a code review on an android app who’s source code is not readily available can utilize this bat. This batch runs various free tools available on the internet in a sequence to obtain the java source files.

This is not made to encourage piracy/plagiarism in any case.

How To

1. Extract batch file and lib folder to C:\apk2java\ (or any folder that doesnt have space in its path)

2. Backup the target app’s apk from phone to PC via ASTRO Browser (check this post for details)

3. Keep the target apk in the root folder where batch file is present

4. Run ‘apk2java.bat target.apk’ in cmd

c:\apk2java>apk2java.bat target.apk

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This post talks about process of extracting apk file of any app available in market and then decompiling it to Java source. This can be helpful for those who perform code review (for security vulnerabilities) on apps whose source code is not available. Once Java source code is obtained, we can either do manual code review or run any free/commercial automated code scanners.

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This post explains about rooting a Tmobile G2/HTC Vision and then installing Cyanogenmod 7 (Gingerbread) while retaining the apps and data that were in use with stock ROM. Entire process from rooting till installation of Cyanogenmod should not take more than half an hour.

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