The device doesn't have to be rooted in order to get the apk's off the thing. I've done it with every device I have (Evo, Droid, N1, Magic) and none are rooted and have the standard os installed.
As Dianne commented, you must have something else going on. I think I see it. You're running adb shell. Do the pull command from the PC's command line, not from shell in adb. -John Coryat -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en

