This process does take a while to complete and will be longer if you have many apps to be restored. While you cannot pick and choose what apps are restored from within the program, BBSAK offers a no-nonsense way of restoring your smartphone programs. Restore AppsPresumably after backing up your applications, you'll want to put them back on the BlackBerry at some point. The solution? Close the Desktop Manager and click 'Backup Apps' again. This usually happens when both BBSAK and the BlackBerry Desktop Manager are both trying to talk to your BlackBerry. Though a quirk of programming, BBSAK can erroneously tell you that apps were backed up when they are not. If you do not see a list of COD files that were backed up, then the backup was not successful. Once you are done, you'll see a screen like the one above. Backup COD's (your application files) can be found in C:\Program Files\BBSAK\Backup\ After specifying where I want the complete backup, BlackBerry Swiss Army Knife takes care of the rest.
All I have to do is make sure BBSAK can see my BlackBerry and then click backup. There's no direct way to trigger a simple app backup. The Desktop Manager can handle app backups, but it's not the simplest way to do so. Creating useful backups of your Third-Party apps can be a chore.
