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Guide: Saving Apps From The App Catalog Part 2: HP Takeout

** PLEASE NOTE: Following the closure of the HP app catalogue, the instructions in this article are no longer relevant. It is now of historical interest only. **


Though the HP App Catalog may be closing, there are still many creative members of the community working on ways to help you back up your apps before they’re gone for good. Today, we’ll continue on with our series of how to back up your apps. This guide will walk you through the process of using pivotCE’s solution, developed by our very own Pattyland: HP Takeout.

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Guide: Saving Apps From The App Catalog Part 1: nodeleteipk patch

** PLEASE NOTE: Following the closure of the HP app catalogue, the instructions in this article are no longer relevant. It is now of historical interest only. **


The time has come; HP has finally shut off the App Catalog payment service. This means that as of November 1, you can no longer purchase new paid apps from the App Catalog. However, you can still download apps that you have previously purchased and can acquire new free apps until January 15th. After that point, the App Catalog will be gone for good (at least the official one will…) and you’ll have no way to restore your apps. So, you’ll want to make sure that you’ve backed them up. This guide will walk you through the primary app backup method: saving IPKs when you download and update apps.

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HP to Shut Down Catalog and Cloud Services

Mark your calendars for January 15th, 2015. It’s the day that HP will officially end the HP App Catalog and cloud services for webOS. How do I know? They put up a banner here. That’s it. No tweet. No blog. Just a banner and a FAQ.

This doesn’t mean you can’t continue to use your webOS phone after that date. In preparation for the shutdown, here are a few things to do:

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