backup a list of installed market apps?

[tktouch12]

i'm just wondering if there is a way to backup the list of market apps i've downloaded so i can reinstall them easily? i dont care about the actual data just the name of all of them so if i restore, i know what i had installed. is there an easy way?
thanks

 

[rjax]

Yep, it's an app called "App List" (surprisingly enough)

 

[tktouch12]

thanks. thats really all i need to make myself feel better

 

[xjman349]

Last time I did a hard reset and wiped my device it reinstalled all my apps automatically. I have no idea how but it did. After I logged into my gmail account everything started to appear. It was actually pretty cool.

 

[eversonsc]

The phone backs up the installed programs to your main google account so if you get a new droid or have to wipe the phone clean it will download the programs from google.

 

[MarkDF]

The phone backs up the installed programs to your main google account so if you get a new droid or have to wipe the phone clean it will download the programs from google.

Is this list available somewhere that I could get to through my google account (on the PC)?

 

[chrispt]

You can also use a program like Astro to backup all your apps to your SD card.

 

[PridgNYC]

The phone backs up the installed programs to your main google account so if you get a new droid or have to wipe the phone clean it will download the programs from google.

You need to have Settings->Privacy->Back up my settings turned on for this to work. It is off by default.

 

[tktouch12]

The phone backs up the installed programs to your main google account so if you get a new droid or have to wipe the phone clean it will download the programs from google.

even the free apps?

You need to have Settings->Privacy->Back up my settings turned on for this to work. It is off by default.

if i turn it on now will it back them up? or did i have to do it right when i got the phone

 

[CDB]

If you turn it on now, yes, it will make a backup list. My issue with this is that if you installed some app that totally F'ed up your phone, when you do a hard-reset, it loads it right back on.

I keep it off. When I hard-reset, it's sort of a way to keep my "app-happy" self in check...as in, after the hard-reset, I'll download only the apps I 'need' right then.