#get a list of all installed package names adb shell "pm list packages -f"|cut -d\= -f2 #backup an app adb backup -noapk com.your.packagename #the backup.ab file is tar file with special headers #remove that header and untar the file ( printf "\x1f\x8b\x08\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00" ; tail -c +25 backup.ab ) | tar xfvz -