Talk:Euro4/@comment-26459806-20150603001510/@comment-26415680-20150605151802

You don't need to have root in order to extract an APK from an Android device, one can do it (on Android v4.0 or newer) using an adb backup command with the -apk switch. Convert the resulting .ab file into .tar using Android Backup Extractor, fetch the apk from inside that tar, done.

PS: I agree, root makes it easier, but it isn't 100% necessary.