Re: How many packages are installed on your Android phone?

On Thu, 13 Mar 2025 10:28:12 +0100, Andy Burns wrote :

Marion wrote:

How many packages are installed on your Android phone?

 166
 

Tell how to find out without installing anything. I don't have App Manager.

 Settings / Apps should show your top handful of apps by name, then a option like "See all nnn apps"

Ah. My bad. Good question from Carlos. Great answer by Andy. Everyone will benefit by knowing (& then comparing) to that of others.
I just re-ran my tests so that I can tell you how I did it.
And when I looked at the results, I was shocked at what I just found.
I'm glad Andy provided the universal method, where I was backing up all my
APKs and their data using the Muntashirakon App Manager we've discussed
many times on this newsgroup - but Andy's method doesn't require that APK.
 <https://muntashirakon.github.io/AppManager/en/>
 <https://github.com/MuntashirAkon/AppManager/releases>
 <https://github.com/MuntashirAkon/AppManager>
 <https://f-droid.org/en/packages/io.github.muntashirakon.AppManager/>
That app manager will list, filter & sort by almost any method you can
possibly think of (e.g., I typically set it to last used or last installed)
and it will back up not only the APK but the APK data (if desired).
Of course it can filter out system apps, frozen apps, user apps, apps
already with backups, etc., and it can import backups from Titanium, Swift Backup & OAndBackup It can name backups with the version and package name and datetime and
target sdk, etc., or it can just export the list of packages to text.
I backed up about 555 packages out of that 969 (as the rest were mostly
system packages) where this is the beginning of the markdown text:
# Package Info
## Read
**Package name:** com.ifeanyi.read
**Version:** 1.1.3 (13)
**Min SDK:** 26, **Target SDK:** 34
**Date installed:** 2/19/25 12:11 AM, **Date updated:** 2/19/25 12:11 AM
**Installer:** Aurora Store (com.aurora.store)
## AllWrite
**Package name:** rb.camere
**Version:** 1.7.1 (110)
**Min SDK:** 28, **Target SDK:** 34
**Date installed:** 2/19/25 12:08 AM, **Date updated:** 2/19/25 12:08 AM
**Installer:** Aurora Store (com.aurora.store)
## Talk FREE
**Package name:** com.ktix007.talk
**Version:** 2.9.17 (2989)
**Min SDK:** 21, **Target SDK:** 34
**Date installed:** 2/19/25 12:00 AM, **Date updated:** 2/19/25 12:00 AM
**Installer:** Aurora Store (com.aurora.store)
## @Voice Aloud Reader
**Package name:** com.hyperionics.avar
**Version:** 33.0.0 (1633000040)
**Min SDK:** 26, **Target SDK:** 34
**Date installed:** 2/18/25 11:48 PM, **Date updated:** 2/18/25 11:48 PM
**Installer:** Aurora Store (com.aurora.store)
## IIReader
**Package name:** io.elevenlabs.readerapp
**Version:** 1.4.9 (196)
**Min SDK:** 24, **Target SDK:** 35
**Date installed:** 2/18/25 11:12 PM, **Date updated:** 2/18/25 11:12 PM
**Installer:** Aurora Store (com.aurora.store)
## Text to Speech
**Package name:** com.alpaca.android.readout
**Version:** 7.5.3 (77)
**Min SDK:** 26, **Target SDK:** 35
**Date installed:** 2/17/25 11:48 AM, **Date updated:** 2/17/25 11:48 AM
**Installer:** Aurora Store (com.aurora.store)
## Text To Speech
**Package name:** com.stcodesapp.text2speech
**Version:** 2.1.50 (88)
**Min SDK:** 23, **Target SDK:** 34
**Date installed:** 2/17/25 11:45 AM, **Date updated:** 2/17/25 11:45 AM
**Installer:** Aurora Store (com.aurora.store)
## Listen AI
**Package name:** com.codespaceapps.listeningapp
**Version:** 1.0.9 (89)
**Min SDK:** 23, **Target SDK:** 34
**Date installed:** 2/17/25 9:06 AM, **Date updated:** 2/17/25 9:06 AM
**Installer:** Aurora Store (com.aurora.store)
## T2S
**Package name:** hesoft.T2S
**Version:** 13.2.5 (1326)
**Min SDK:** 23, **Target SDK:** 33
**Date installed:** 2/17/25 9:04 AM, **Date updated:** 2/17/25 9:04 AM
**Installer:** Aurora Store (com.aurora.store)
## Article Reader
**Package name:** ai.articlereader.mobileapp
**Version:** 1.4.6 (149)
**Min SDK:** 21, **Target SDK:** 34
**Date installed:** 2/17/25 7:41 AM, **Date updated:** 2/17/25 7:41 AM
**Installer:** Aurora Store (com.aurora.store)
## Speechify
**Package name:** com.cliffweitzman.speechify2
**Version:** 5.0.1755 (5001755)
**Min SDK:** 28, **Target SDK:** 34
**Date installed:** 2/17/25 6:36 AM, **Date updated:** 2/17/25 6:36 AM
**Installer:** Aurora Store (com.aurora.store)
## Zueira's Voice
**Package name:** com.brunopiovan.avozdazueira
**Version:** 6.1.63 (61063)
**Min SDK:** 21, **Target SDK:** 35
**Date installed:** 2/17/25 5:04 AM, **Date updated:** 2/17/25 5:04 AM
**Installer:** Aurora Store (com.aurora.store)
## WhatsApp
**Package name:** com.whatsapp
**Version:** 2.25.1.75 (250175003)
**Min SDK:** 21, **Target SDK:** 34
**Date installed:** 2/3/25 4:28 PM, **Date updated:** 2/3/25 4:28 PM
**Installer:** Aurora Store (com.aurora.store)
## Rain
**Package name:** com.yoshi.rain
**Version:** 1.3.6 (2039)
**Min SDK:** 23, **Target SDK:** 35
**Date installed:** 1/27/25 11:01 PM, **Date updated:** 1/27/25 11:01 PM
**Installer:** App Manager (io.github.muntashirakon.AppManager)
## NewPipe Debug
**Package name:** org.schabi.newpipe.debug
**Version:** 0.27.2 (999)
**Min SDK:** 21, **Target SDK:** 33
**Date installed:** 1/21/25 5:57 PM, **Date updated:** 1/21/25 5:57 PM
**Installer:** App Manager (io.github.muntashirakon.AppManager)
## Voice Notify
**Package name:** com.pilot51.voicenotify
**Version:** 1.4.2 [cc4c76e] (32)
**Min SDK:** 21, **Target SDK:** 34
**Date installed:** 1/12/25 11:04 PM, **Date updated:** 1/12/25 11:04 PM
**Installer:** App Manager (io.github.muntashirakon.AppManager)
## Android Accessibility Suite
**Package name:** com.google.android.marvin.talkback
**Version:** 15.1.0.693631415 (60143461)
**Min SDK:** 26, **Target SDK:** 35
**Date installed:** 1/3/25 8:23 AM, **Date updated:** 1/3/25 8:23 AM
**Installer:** Aurora Store (com.aurora.store)
## Merge Dragons!
**Package name:** com.gramgames.mergedragons
**Version:** 11.13.1 (1134)
**Min SDK:** 24, **Target SDK:** 34
**Date installed:** 12/5/24 5:09 PM, **Date updated:** 12/5/24 5:09 PM
**Installer:** Mobile Installer (com.sprint.ce.updater)
(and so on)
Notice that last item. Merge Dragons? WTF? I didn't install that.
At least not on purpose. So how did it get installed? Dunno yet.
 <com.gramgames.mergedragons> Damn thing has 82 trackers!
It's currently "stopped" but when I launch it, "Gram Games" icons come up and then an "Accept" the "Terms of Service".
Yeah. Right. I'm never gonna do that. But where'd it come from?
Muntashirakon says the signature "SourceStamp verified and identified to be from Google Play" (which is odd, since I didn't install it!).
These three were all installed (somehow) on the same day:
## Merge Dragons!
**Package name:** com.gramgames.mergedragons
**Version:** 11.13.1 (1134)
**Min SDK:** 24, **Target SDK:** 34
**Date installed:** 12/5/24 5:09 PM, **Date updated:** 12/5/24 5:09 PM
**Installer:** Mobile Installer (com.sprint.ce.updater)
## Royal Match
**Package name:** com.dreamgames.royalmatch
**Version:** 25464 (25464)
**Min SDK:** 22, **Target SDK:** 34
**Date installed:** 12/5/24 5:07 PM, **Date updated:** 12/5/24 5:07 PM
**Installer:** Mobile Installer (com.sprint.ce.updater)
## Block Blast!
**Package name:** com.block.juggle
**Version:** 6.0.3 (6030)
**Min SDK:** 21, **Target SDK:** 34
**Date installed:** 12/5/24 5:06 PM, **Date updated:** 12/5/24 5:06 PM
**Installer:** Mobile Installer (com.sprint.ce.updater)
All were signed by Google & installed on that day.
But I didn't install them. I'm wondering how they got there.
I ran a regular-expression search and nothing else was installed on that
same date, and nothing else was even updated on that same date. Hmmm...
Then I searched for <com.sprint.ce.updater> which seems to be the culprit!
## MONOPOLY GO
**Package name:** com.scopely.monopolygo
**Version:** 1.28.2 (26815)
**Min SDK:** 23, **Target SDK:** 33
**Date installed:** 8/24/24 7:48 AM, **Date updated:** 8/24/24 7:48 AM
**Installer:** Mobile Installer (com.sprint.ce.updater)
## Solitaire
**Package name:** com.mobilityware.solitaire
**Version:** 8.5.1.5721 (5721)
**Min SDK:** 23, **Target SDK:** 34
**Date installed:** 8/24/24 7:47 AM, **Date updated:** 8/24/24 7:47 AM
**Installer:** Mobile Installer (com.sprint.ce.updater)
## Spades
**Package name:** com.staplegames.spades
**Version:** 1.8 (12)
**Min SDK:** 22, **Target SDK:** 34
**Date installed:** 8/24/24 7:46 AM, **Date updated:** 8/24/24 7:46 AM
**Installer:** Mobile Installer (com.sprint.ce.updater)
## Merge
**Package name:** com.staplegames.dice
**Version:** 2.04 (17)
**Min SDK:** 22, **Target SDK:** 34
**Date installed:** 8/24/24 7:46 AM, **Date updated:** 8/24/24 7:46 AM
**Installer:** Mobile Installer (com.sprint.ce.updater)
## NewsBreak
**Package name:** com.particlenews.newsbreak
**Version:** 24.34.0 (24340056)
**Min SDK:** 26, **Target SDK:** 34
**Date installed:** 8/24/24 7:45 AM, **Date updated:** 8/24/24 7:45 AM
**Installer:** Mobile Installer (com.sprint.ce.updater)
## Blocks
**Package name:** com.staplegames.blocksClassicSGGP
**Version:** 2.11 (23)
**Min SDK:** 19, **Target SDK:** 31
**Date installed:** 8/24/24 7:45 AM, **Date updated:** 8/24/24 7:45 AM
**Installer:** Mobile Installer (com.sprint.ce.updater)
It looks like T-Mobile may have inserted "com.sprint.ce.updater" onto my
phone, unbeknownst to me, where I have 4 packages with "spring" in them:
 <com.sprint.ms.cdm> Carrier Device Manager
 <com.sprint.ms.smf.services> Carrier Hub
 <com.sprint.w.installer> MCM Client
 <com.sprint.ce.updater> Mobile Installer
I selected all four in Muntashirakon App Manager & uninstalled them.
This brought all four to the factory defaults. Then I deleted every app that was installed by "com.sprint.ce.updater".
# AppSelector
**Package name:** com.ironsrc.aura.tmo
**Version:** 8.2.11.0 (8021100)
**Min SDK:** 26, **Target SDK:** 34
**Date installed:** 12/31/08 7:00 AM, **Date updated:** 12/21/24 10:03 AM
**Installer:** Mobile Installer (com.sprint.ce.updater)
## Mobile Device Information Provider
**Package name:** com.amazon.appmanager
**Version:** 1.1.34.4 (140816)
**Min SDK:** 28, **Target SDK:** 34
**Date installed:** 12/31/08 7:00 AM, **Date updated:** 8/24/24 7:43 AM
**Installer:** Mobile Installer (com.sprint.ce.updater)
## Mobile Device Information Provider
**Package name:** com.amazon.appmanager
**Version:** 1.1.34.4 (140816)
**Min SDK:** 28, **Target SDK:** 34
**Date installed:** 12/31/08 7:00 AM, **Date updated:** 8/24/24 7:43 AM
**Installer:** Mobile Installer (com.sprint.ce.updater)
It looks like T-Mobile is pulling some funny business here by installing
those apps (presumably during a system update) as I didn't install them.
Anyway, they're all deleted (or set back to the original factory apk) now,
thanks to looking at the files which Carlos & Andy prompted me to do.
Given what I just found, I suggest all of you do the following if you care:
1. Run Muntashirakon & set it to reverse sort by "installation date"
2. Longpress on any app. At the bottom, you'll get a useful dialog
3. Select "Export App List" > (_)XML (o)Markdown
You can also backup/restore all your selected APKs by that same method.
Thanks for prompting me to take a deeper dive at my 969 installed apps!
I currently have 961 installed packages, 404 of which are "System Apps".
Clicking the "User Apps" filter shows only 557 of them are "User Apps".