Happy holidays guys.
I loved DroidExplorer in the past but I cannot get it to work anymore. It keeps giving me "unable to locate android SDK tools" and I have tried solutions for hours.
Does anyone know of any alternative apps that can push .apk files directly to my phone?
Example: My phone is connected via USB. I download an .apk file or locate one locally on my computer/network. I open the file and it installs silently on my connected device.
This is what DroidExplorer used to do for me. Pushed apps directly to my phone. I used to be able to go to my dropbox online, find all my backups, etc. click on the APKs I wanted and open them with DroidExplorer. It pushed the apps silently installed on my phone.
Does anyone know of a solution that can help me with this in similar fashion?
Thanks for any help guys!
Any help greatly appreciated.
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I currently have a mytouch 3g and am running a slide rom on it, problem is there is no keyboard, how do I manually install an apk file preferrably from the computers console such as swype or astro both of which apk files are currently on my sd card. Any help is much appreciated, I started using this forum in 2008 but have never once posted, sad really. ive been trying to install it via adb commands but I keep getting device not recognized errors, feel free to flame my noobishness
Once you have a file explorer you can just click on APKs to install them. If you don't have access to the market to get a file explorer you will have to install them using the ADB method. I found a forum post that gives some rough instructions, but it sounds like you don't have ADB set up correctly. Also I believe the path used with the adb install command is the location of the apk on the PC.
http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f4/how-to-install-apps-using-adb-4482/
The following is a response to someone having a similar problem on another site:
http://www.androidkit.com/steps-to-install-and-uninstall-apk-file-on-android-g1-device
The message is coming because the drivers for the G1 Android device are not properly installed.
If you are running windows, Check so:
Right click on My Computer, and click Manage, then go to the device manager
If you see an “ADB Interface” category at/near the top, with “HTC Dream” under it, then you’re good to go.
Else, you need to install the drivers by pointing to the driver location to the usb_driver folder under the android sdk folder installed by you, while the device is connected, and the system prompts for 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.
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.
I am using the USB Storage Enabler hack to use my device as way to transport files to and from work, but over the past 2 days, every time I try to copy something back to the device, windows gives me an error: "Error Copying File. Cannot copy file xxxxxxxx.xxx. The device has either stopped responding or has been disconnected."
The device is responding just fine and has definitely not been disconnected. I can even go in and pull files off of the device, I just can't put files back onto it. It was working for a long time and they just suddenly stopped. I have already tried resintalling drivers, trying various USB ports on my computer, etc.
Does anyone have some ideas about how to get it to work?
Solution Update:
I know nobody responded to this, but I thought I'd put the solution up here in case anyone else runs into this same problem. The reason I was getting the error was because when I was trying to move the file, it was in use. The solution is simply to exit whatever program is using the file, then move the file over. Works like a charm.
Hi to all here. i just want to ask anyone what to do with my phone. well first of all, my phone is a sky pantech vega racer im-a760s, not really a match for samsungs popularity but budget wise this is the model for me. it has a dual core. now my problem starts when i started editing the build.prop in its system (tweaked for some texting problem of limited character sending). of course i know what im doing on that part, but the only thing i didn't think that would happen was, i copied it in my computer, i edited it there, then i saved it as "all" in file type so it wont become a ".txt" format. but when i placed it in my phone. the file instantly disappeared, i think it was only hidden and the phone just cant identify it nor read it like something. now i restarted the phone, it booted up to its logo then it just went blank and it just stops there. i tried pushing recovery with adb in my pc cmd. but it cannot detect my device(no problem with my adb installation to eliminate this from the question), i also tried putting an sd card with a recovery file but there was no option for sd card path. but the phone can still function well, i know because it can still be loaded under flashboot, download screen and S / W upgrade menu and it can still perform wipes for all partition and caches and can reset for factory settings etc. but whenever i will reboot, its not going to complete. anyone please help me how to make my phone be detected by my pc. The usb drivers are just fine, updated it many times, read all procedure for making the driver connect perfectly. i reformatted the sd so it wont be a problem when i put it in. but in the recovery menu i just cant see my sd card, theres just the option for "update from external storage" but it doesn't have anything inside. what a mess. i cant make my phone reflashed cause its not responding with the connection with my pc. but when i am opening an odin (just used for connection monitoring) there are two yellow boxes with com port like these: 0:[com7] and 0:[com9], so i know it is still somehow communicating with my pc. please help any advice, i dont want to resort to jtag for im not sure if it will support my phone and it's already avialable for the model but definitely not going to send my phone for repair cause it will be costly. thanks to all who will respond. Please help thank you. additionally: OS was ics version 4.0.4 and rooted. already gone through rooting several times with no problem. just the editing part.
to edit Android files on Windows use only Notepad++ anyway do not use Windows notepad this is for Windows files formatting only
well, you have to get build.prop from your phone edit on PC then copy back
so enter recovery connect phone to PC create a folder say C:\tmp
to get build.prop from phone
Code:
adb devices
adb shell
mount system
exit
that's to mount system partition then
Code:
adb pull /system/build.prop C:\tmp\build.prop
edit it and copy back to phone
Code:
adb push C:\tmp\build.prop /system/build.prop
maybe is not your case ? but I wanted to give you an idea
@ruscan.calin
Thanks, great. i will try this one once i get my phone recognized by my pc, adb seems not able to find my devcie have this message like this one:
"
c:\>adb devices
adb server is out of date. killing...
*daemon started successfully *
list of devices attached "
and that's it nothing happens.
thanks for the advice i will definitely use this once i get my phone connected with my system. thanks a lot
cruelink said:
@ruscan.calin
Thanks, great. i will try this one once i get my phone recognized by my pc, adb seems not able to find my devcie have this message like this one:
"
c:\>adb devices
adb server is out of date. killing...
*daemon started successfully *
list of devices attached "
and that's it nothing happens.
thanks for the advice i will definitely use this once i get my phone connected with my system. thanks a lot
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start phone in recovery mode do not connect to PC at this time
open Device Manager now connect phone to PC
if you see ADB Interface connecting in Dev Manager it's ok if not you have a problem with phone drivers so install it again
ruscan.calin said:
start phone in recovery mode do not connect to PC at this time
open Device Manager now connect phone to PC
if you see ADB Interface connecting in Dev Manager it's ok if not you have a problem with phone drivers so install it again
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Hi, cant still afford to make the adb component in my device manager to appear, but it's good to inform you that it helped me a bit because i was able to see the storage of my phone and i was also able to put some files in there without any hassle that alone was satisfying me that my phone is not really dead. sad to say i did everything i could to have my pc detect my phone via recovery menu, but still no devices found. it's really weird that some links are saying that i should make my phone's "usb debugging" enabled, wherein fact i cant even go beyond my original problem(bricked phone), i can't even see the inside of my phones directory, only the storage one that was activated just recently. i even did a reinstallation of my usb, uninstalled every other phone related usb installation to avoid conflicts reinstalled my phones proper usb installer then restart. no progress still to be called. it makes me feel that the phone was just trap in the state of booting and not knowing what to do because it cant see any command inside its system. i cant go into the systems directory as well. and that's the only way i think i could revive my phone in replacing a new build.prop, as you advised to be edited in a notepad++ which i recently acquired and installed. by the way how do i save the build.prop to its original file format, and what is the extension. thanks alot for helping out. im getting a little brighter each step of the way, im not loosing it to come to smashing my phone to pieces instead of keeping a very expensive paper weight.
usb debugging enabled is not useful in this case (you can't set it )
build.prop is a file with .prop extension save file with notepad++ name it build.prop then check location of file it should be build.prop notepad from Windows saves it as build.prop.txt that's not good also notepad adds some formatting characters inside file that's wrong so use only Notepad++ when working on Android files (or VIM for Windows editor etc anyway do not use Windows editors they are good for Windows files only)
-try these things on another computer (to install drivers etc)
-I advised somebody to send a mail to manufacturer and he got a reply with a link to stock rom... that's great !
-if you link me your build.prop file I can tell you if it's ok
-pc link - that's to be solved firstly check manufacturer site for sync software/ drivers even send mail
isa. rgiespea
ruscan.calin said:
usb debugging enabled is not useful in this case (you can't set it )
build.prop is a file with .prop extension save file with notepad++ name it build.prop then check location of file it should be build.prop notepad from Windows saves it as build.prop.txt that's not good also notepad adds some formatting characters inside file that's wrong so use only Notepad++ when working on Android files (or VIM for Windows editor etc anyway do not use Windows editors they are good for Windows files only)
-try these things on another computer (to install drivers etc)
-I advised somebody to send a mail to manufacturer and he got a reply with a link to stock rom... that's great !
-if you link me your build.prop file I can tell you if it's ok
-pc link - that's to be solved firstly check manufacturer site for sync software/ drivers even send mail
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that's great news, you actually come to emailing the phones manufacturer? wow, im flattered. well you're a very nice guy to help me out on this. and i have good news too. i found out that i have a little conflicting usb drivers, as i have installed samsung for my previous phone(samsung galaxy 1) i had it liquidated for this new one. but a little hard on the support. you gave me a new idea about the usb. so i uninstalled all the related usb drivers and have it reinstalled. now i am able to communicate with OTA firmware server, and i got a reading that was not happening before(stucked in just detecting the phone) now i have a percentage reading of downloading or so. but i still have to wait if it will complete and have it repaired. so by now you can give me a little more help cause im still not at it in pushing through the use of adb programming. and the link you mentioned, i'll wait for the progress about it and see what really was it. and thanks a lot. really appreciate it.
fixed bricked phone via OTA by fixing link to pc.
Hi, i thank you for your help. i managed to fix the phone myself. i just missed the simple step that you advised me. fix the link first to pc. i have installed another model of the phone for the same manufacturer with different type so that was causing the mixed up for updating and recovering via the OTA site of the phone. so yey. you helped a lot. i thank you. i am now running at ics version 4.0.4 and now rooted. i will not commit the same mistake of saving the build.prop with another format. that was bad. so then i'll be very careful in editing the build.prop and first of all, i will keep a backup inside where i can access it even if it will be hard bricked. never forget that one from now on. so this is it. i thank you. of all the place ive been circling around for answer. here is where i found it. and just one person. hooray. thank you very much.
cruelink said:
Hi, i thank you for your help. i managed to fix the phone myself. i just missed the simple step that you advised me. fix the link first to pc. i have installed another model of the phone for the same manufacturer with different type so that was causing the mixed up for updating and recovering via the OTA site of the phone. so yey. you helped a lot. i thank you. i am now running at ics version 4.0.4 and now rooted. i will not commit the same mistake of saving the build.prop with another format. that was bad. so then i'll be very careful in editing the build.prop and first of all, i will keep a backup inside where i can access it even if it will be hard bricked. never forget that one from now on. so this is it. i thank you. of all the place ive been circling around for answer. here is where i found it. and just one person. hooray. thank you very much.
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that's good news ! and thanks for feedback
feedback is an invaluable resource ! (some just forget about that from my experience :laugh: NOT your case ! )