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UPM 1.0 for Android

29Jan10

There’s nothing like the feeling of relief the day after a software release. Even when it’s only something small you’re still putting your creation out into the big bad world to be pored over.

Over the past few weeks I’ve been working on a version of UPM for Android. This was mainly an exploratory exercise so that I could get a feel for Android but it’s nice to have something useful at the end of it.

UPM is cross platform, easy to use password manager. It runs on Windows, OS X (native L&F), Linux and now Android. It’s available on the Android Market or by direct download.

I hope you find it useful.

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  • msturtz
    Are the binary files compatible, can I manage the sync by hand in the meantime? You can email me directly if you'd like -- your domain name @ matt house dot com. Thanks for your reply!!!
  • Adrian Smith
    The database files are 100% compatible msturtz. I'll put the instructions here for anyone else who'd like to see them.

    Here's how to copy your PC file to your phone.

    1. Connect your phone to your PC using the USB cable.
    2. On your phone go into Notifications and select "USB connected" (this will mount your phone's SD card as a drive on your PC).
    3. Copy and rename your PC's UPM password db to the root of the mounted drive. Name it "upm.db".
    4. Unmount the drive on your PC (right-click the drive and Eject on Windows)
    5. Turn off the USB storage on your phone (Notifications -> Turn off USB storage)
    6. Start UPM on your phone and enter your master password to open the current database.
    7. Select Menu -> More -> Restore
    8. When promoted to overwrite your existing db select Yes (assuming of course your want replace your phone's db with the one from your PC).

    The upm.db file on your SD card will be copied into UPM's private storage area and opened. You'll be prompted for you master password as usual.

    Similar steps can be followed to copy the db on your phone to your PC. Selecting Menu -> More -> Backup, will copy your db to your SD card and call it upm.db. You can then copy this file to your PC.

    Let me know if you have any problems.
  • msturtz
    Hi, I just found UPM. I was disappointed that pwsafe-android, which should be compatible with Password Safe on the PC, actually isn't, and there doesn't seem to be any current development.

    I'll pony up a $25 donation if you can add the HTTP-sync feature to the Android version, so that I can keep the database in sync with the PC clients. :-)
  • Adrian Smith
    HTTP sync is the big feature I'm working on for the next release. Hopefully it won't be much longer.
  • Adrian Smith
    Hi Davy,

    Unfortunately there's no import facility available at the moment. A few people have asked for it though so I'll probably include it in a future release.

    Adrian
  • Davy
    Hi, is there a possibility to import data from PC ? And if yes, in which format does it needs to be made on the PC to be imported ?
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