Help Original Download date for an app

[T Kramer]

I need to find the date I originally downloaded and began playing a game on my android phone. how do I dod that?

 

[mikedt]

In Google Play you can check the date you originally purchased and installed it AFAIK.

 

[scary alien]

Okay, you can do this the easy way:

- install the APK Info app​

or the complicated way (LOL, I typed up the stuff below before I found the above app ):

Here's how to get the exact installation date/time:

- find the name of the app's package if you don't already know it

- one way is viewing the Play Store (https://play.google.com) and finding and focusing on the app you've previously installed

- the package name will appear at the end of the app's URL (web link) after the "?id=" portion

- for example, for my "RAM Truth" app, it's full URL is

"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=sa.ramtruth"​

and so the package name is "sa.ramtruth"​

- from a shell prompt (either an adb shell or a Terminal Emulator for Android session), type the following command:

pm dump <packagename> | grep -i -e "firstInstallTime"​

and replace <packagename> with your app's specific package name​

- for example, doing this for my RAM Truth app:

D:\>adb shell
angler:/ $ pm dump sa.ramtruth | grep -i -e "firstInstallTime"
firstInstallTime=2016-12-29 19:45:04
angler:/ $​

Cheers!