Installation question - General Questions and Answers

Hi all,
I am completely new to smartphones, etc. searching the web I found reference to:
[APP][v1.1 release]Enhance your phone in one amazing toolbox——ZDbox by Ikaola and signed up and downloaded the file. My problem now is I do not know what to do with it. How do I install it?
It seems from the replies/comments that this is a very useful application.
Any help greatly appreciated.

Don't bother
mate, if you are completely new to smartphones, then you shouldn't be messing with something you don't understand. I have been using my Desire (first smartphone) for 8 months almost, and I know I still know crap about it despite rooting it and flashing it.
Stay away from the toolbox and play with the phone in other ways.
Alternatively, if you want an easy way to install apps (.apk), go to your Market app and search for appinstaller. Using your SD card to download various apps from here and wherever else, you can install them without HTC Sync or a computer at all.
Cheers.

Thanks
Thank you for the advice.
When I posted the question I wasn't thinking clearly. I had downloaded the app to my PC and then wondered how to get it installed on the phone. The logical thing would have been to download directly to the phone. I will try to be more alert before asking another dumb question.
Thank you for your courtesy.

you can connect your phone to your PC in usb storage mode and transfer it to your sd card. from there I recommend using Astro file Manager from the market place to install it.

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Dear People,
How do I install Dropbox on Andriod without WiFi? Can't I just upload it on the USB ? Please help I am searching like 3 hours for now and I want free games Non-Market . Hope you guys can help me
Greets,
Spooky.
Bump... I am still searching please post if its possible or not.
Is there some reason you can't download it from the market over the cell signal? I downloaded it from the market while not on WiFi, and it installs, registers, and downloads files just fine.
Also, if you are connecting via USB cable, why don't you just mount your SD card, and transfer the applications to the phone that way?
Unless someone has a stand-alone Dropbox apk, I don't know if you can install it over USB.
interested
i am having the same trouble. will try your other idea
Zerg The Bear said:
Is there some reason you can't download it from the market over the cell signal? I downloaded it from the market while not on WiFi, and it installs, registers, and downloads files just fine.
Also, if you are connecting via USB cable, why don't you just mount your SD card, and transfer the applications to the phone that way?
Unless someone has a stand-alone Dropbox apk, I don't know if you can install it over USB.
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Well, I can't login in Apps Market without internet .. I wanna some new god damn games .. How I install Dropbox on my HTC Wildfire? I mean which files I need to upload?
SpookyTRP said:
Well, I can't login in Apps Market without internet .. I wanna some new god damn games .. How I install Dropbox on my HTC Wildfire? I mean which files I need to upload?
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Okay, if you have no internet access from your phone, then I'm not sure if Dropbox will help you out any. It is just a tool to share and download files on the internet.
If you can find the apps/games you want in ".apk" form, you can download the files to your computer, and use your computer to install them to your phone. The generic way to install apk's to any Android phone is with adb. It's part of the Android SDK. Do a Google search for using adb to install apk's, and you'll find plenty of instructions.
Something I ran across on the internet that you could also use is HTC Sync. It's supposedly a program that works with all HTC phones and has an "Install" function. I have a Samsung phone and have no idea how this software works or exactly what it does. I'm sure if you do a search for it, you will be able to find plenty of instructions.
Oh yeah, no matter which way you install these apps, you will need to go into Settings -> Applications and enable "Unknown Sources." This will allow you to install non-market applications (which is what you're doing).
Hi
First of all you need to be connected to Internet ...
From there you can type in this from inside your phone https://www.dropbox.com/android
Or you could go directly to Market https://market.android.com/details?id=com.dropbox.android&hl=da
If you need a new account you can use this invitation Dropbox.

Optimus 3D root

Works with gingerbreak?
Yep!
Sent from my LG-P920 using XDA App
nope after 5minutes still running...
i can't root my p920....
but also with root,we need a kernel that allow overclock if we want clock the cpu to 1.2ghz like gs2,i think?
Oh maybe only works with older software. I was able to root. Make sure u have debugging on. Yeah, someone needs to first make a recovery then a oc kernel.
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how to root o3d
hey guys how are you all? okay, so i need some help, im a complete noob when it comes to android and the process of rooting?:/ ive had iphones since the 3g all the way through to the i4 and ive not had any problems learning about jailbreaking or how its done and infact jailbroke all of my iphones, but long story short i just got the optimus 3d today..or yesterday now should i say..i think ive figured out android to a certain degree,some things are still a mystery to me though, such as how i back up my contacts to my pc and how i get the first (far left) page to actually be the first page instead of it always returning to the middle page and havin to scroll either way?!? but thats for a different post, my question here is howdo i root my optimus 3d? i have an acer laptop running windows ultimate x64 if thats important, the o3d is on tmobile uk although i believe its unlocked(theres no tmobile branding or custom tmobile firmware to my knowledge), its running android 2.2 froyo, version 10b-jun-16-2011. a simple quick walkthrough of all the programs needed and the method to root it is what im after,id so very much appreciate it,thank you in advance. Rob
81088Y said:
hey guys how are you all? okay, so i need some help, im a complete noob when it comes to android and the process of rooting?:/ ive had iphones since the 3g all the way through to the i4 and ive not had any problems learning about jailbreaking or how its done and infact jailbroke all of my iphones, but long story short i just got the optimus 3d today..or yesterday now should i say..i think ive figured out android to a certain degree,some things are still a mystery to me though, such as how i back up my contacts to my pc and how i get the first (far left) page to actually be the first page instead of it always returning to the middle page and havin to scroll either way?!? but thats for a different post, my question here is howdo i root my optimus 3d? i have an acer laptop running windows ultimate x64 if thats important, the o3d is on tmobile uk although i believe its unlocked(theres no tmobile branding or custom tmobile firmware to my knowledge), its running android 2.2 froyo, version 10b-jun-16-2011. a simple quick walkthrough of all the programs needed and the method to root it is what im after,id so very much appreciate it,thank you in advance. Rob
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Hi Rob, firstly welcome to Android, be patient, root will arrive shortly.
However, unless you need to do some SERIOUS hacking you probably do not need root to do stuff in Android you needed to jailbreak the iPhone for. ie, just put mp3 files on you device's mSD card and they will play, same with videos, same with games. You don't need to bypass the market (as in itunes) you just need to alter you settings to accept none market stuff. A couple of clicks and your done!
Pete
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
Myn is rooted
You need to download google developers sdk go here http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
and the Lg optimus 3D drivers make sure debuging is on
thanks for the welcome. so this might be another stupid question, but what is the 'root'? what does rooting actually do and is it a necessary requirement, i wont be using any custom software or writing any of my own programs, im happy with the way it is id just like to get the odd paid app for free from time to time unless theres a reason to root to get free apps or whatever(i dont always pirate i usually stick with free apps unless theres a major diff between the paid and free versions, for example just this afternoon i paid for perfectlockapp from the marketplace). also off topic but the phone has 8gb internal sd, around 900mb internal memory and ive got an 8gb external sd card. all the apps ive installed were saved onto the internal memory but i figured out how to transfer them to internal sd,but the internal sd has a capacity of only 5.93gb useable.how do i get the apps to goto onto the external sd card or cant i do this?if i cant,what is the external card for? cheers guys.rob
ik911 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
Myn is rooted
You need to download google developers sdk go here http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
and the Lg optimus 3D drivers make sure debuging is on
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clould you tell how exactly you did root lg optimus 3d? which files from this tread>>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682 you downloaded
was this one>>> SuperOneClickv1.9.5-ShortFuse.Drivers.rar - [Click for QR Code] ?
there is some drivers already so must I download google developers sdk from here >>> http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html as well ?
x7nofate said:
clould you tell how exactly you did root lg optimus 3d? which files from this tread>>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682 you downloaded
was this one>>> SuperOneClickv1.9.5-ShortFuse.Drivers.rar - [Click for QR Code] ?
there is some drivers already so must I download google developers sdk from here >>> http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html as well ?
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Yes then run superoneclick as admin click root and then restart phone done
I did download this one>>> http://imageshack.us/f/269/19435071.jpg/ when I run this file I got this >>> http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/811/17119628.jpg/ I went on this website and did download this>>> http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/705/96613926.jpg/ ,I restared windows and still god the some massage>>> http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/811/17119628.jpg/
turn debugging on and connect your phone try it
Need extra info
I to am trying to root a P920, I've been reading through this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
and it talks constantly about putting the phone in debug mode.
How do I do that?
Second I'm supposed to get the right drivers for the phone, but I don't understand where.
I have the android SDK installed with all the optional bits and Eclipse integration. I've also just downloaded super one click from the other thread.
Thanks
you find the drivers in LGE folder in the internal memory of your 3D phone or search for this LGUnitedMobileDriver_S498MA22_WHQL_ML_Ver_2.2.exe
for debug mode--->settings-application-developer-debug
Nic you're a star. I just figured out the debugging thing, so was on my way back to post that I found it, but had no clue about the drivers
Cheers
Ian
Right, I seem to have rooted my phone
Here is some additional information in case it helps.
Previously I downloaded the Android SDK and Eclipse plug in. The eclipse plug in isn't required for this, the details are above.
I put it in debug mode as detailed above.
I downloaded the file SuperOneClickv1.9.5-ShortFuse.zip from the link in my post above.
Now here's the useful bit. I couldn't get my PC to recognise my phone, it complained it couldn't load the drivers. So I went to:
edit: ok I can't post external links yet, on lg.com there's a mobile support section and a support tool.
and downloaded the support tool. This allowed me to download and install the LG P920 drivers. Once this was done I reconnected my phone to the PC and ran SuperOneClick.exe then clicked on Root.
The dos box flashed up about a dozen times, and I was about to disable debug when it said "Success!"
I'm new to all of this so sorry for being a noob.
Once I root the phone. Does this automatically imply I also unlocked it? If not how do you unlock the phone? I know there's some way to unlock them without needing to use unlock codes.
The carrier I want to use (MTS) is so puny they have a terrible phone selection. I'm thinking about rooting and having the LG Optimus 3D and rooting it. I had a friend who's done such to a HTC Desire, but it seems every phone is done very differently.
Edit: Okay, I I found the topic http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1186406 about unlocking the phone which I think makes sense but it's still difficult to follow and it seems a handful of people are having issues with it.
I can't post on that topic as I'm too new. I'm looking forward to getting this phone, rooting, and doing that unlock though once I know for sure that I'll be able to do it.

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Hi there. I don't know if this the right place to ask my question but I couldn't find a section that seemed to fit my question. Sorry if it's the wrong place!
I have no experience with rooting devices but I wanted to try and install Android 7 on my Nexus 7 tablet so I watched a video on how to do it. I have successfully managed to install Android 7 and the tablet boots up and works fine but it refuses to connect to my PC.
I want to install the Google Play Store app but I can't get the apk file onto the tablet. I've tried e-mailing it to myself but the tablet won't save the file. What am I doing wrong?
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randomaccessmemory said:
Hi there. I don't know if this the right place to ask my question but I couldn't find a section that seemed to fit my question. Sorry if it's the wrong place!
I have no experience with rooting devices but I wanted to try and install Android 7 on my Nexus 7 tablet so I watched a video on how to do it. I have successfully managed to install Android 7 and the tablet boots up and works fine but it refuses to connect to my PC.
I want to install the Google Play Store app but I can't get the apk file onto the tablet. I've tried e-mailing it to myself but the tablet won't save the file. What am I doing wrong?
Many thanks
Nicky
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Did you enable USB debug in the phone?
Secondly to install gapps on a custom ROM you need open gapps zip file
randomaccessmemory said:
Hi there. I don't know if this the right place to ask my question but I couldn't find a section that seemed to fit my question. Sorry if it's the wrong place!
I have no experience with rooting devices but I wanted to try and install Android 7 on my Nexus 7 tablet so I watched a video on how to do it. I have successfully managed to install Android 7 and the tablet boots up and works fine but it refuses to connect to my PC.
I want to install the Google Play Store app but I can't get the apk file onto the tablet. I've tried e-mailing it to myself but the tablet won't save the file. What am I doing wrong?
Many thanks
Nicky
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For the connecting to PC, it sounds to me like you're not opening USB options to enable MTP when you connect the device to PC.
As,for the app not saving from your email. Go to system settings>applications>(your email app), open the app info for your email app, then tap the permissions option, then enable permission to storage.
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