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I have the I9 Phone and I have yet to figure out how to download apps! I keep reading download into main memory( thats the phone right?) or the SD( that is the memory card right?)! so confused!!!! Well I was trying to Download Mario Planet and I did sort of I think but I don't get how to open it can you help me step by step, from downloading it to my computer to downloading it to my phone then extracting it from the phone, Please? Thank You in advance!

Please help me to understand how to download apps to my I9 phone so confused!

mateodamaris said:
Please help me to understand how to download apps to my I9 phone so confused!
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Welcome to the forum
I have not clear what is your device, but if it´s not HTC build you won´t find much support on this site
Anyway
Good luck,

mateodamaris said:
I have the I9 Phone and I have yet to figure out how to download apps! I keep reading download into main memory( thats the phone right?) or the SD( that is the memory card right?)! so confused!!!! Well I was trying to Download Mario Planet and I did sort of I think but I don't get how to open it can you help me step by step, from downloading it to my computer to downloading it to my phone then extracting it from the phone, Please? Thank You in advance!
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Do you mean Samsung Omnia
Regardless - I checked out the game and believe it is a Java based game - I downloaded it and it was a Java file in a ZIP file or RAR File as it showed on my computer. All you would need to do is extract the JAVA - .jar file from the zip folder and transfer that to your device - With my device I would transfer either through bluetooth, WIFI or activesinc and I would place it in a folder with the rest of my java apps then run it- Not sure about your device - basically whatever works for you. Then you would just find it using your file explorer and tap it to play it or open your Java app and select the game- as long as your device supports Java games.
From what I have seen it is an older game so even if you can get it to run - it might not run properly on your device or even look right with your screen resolution. Hope this helps

Here is a tutorial on cab files. (what most installations are)
If it is a java based game then the process is similar, copy and run.

Marketplace download

Hi all
I want to download MS Marketplace. I found a link on Microsoft's webshop. There you can write your Mobile-Phone-Number and they will (hopefully) send you a download-Link.
Unfortunately the link isn't supported for Switzerland-Numbers.
Could someone please post a link or upload the cab?
that would be great! thanks.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4669566&postcount=549
Please use search next time.

thank you.

You might want to think about using marketplace first. The main problem with marketplace is that it only allows you to download and install to the phone's memory, you cannot choose storage memory. Your phone will be out of memory after a few downloads.

hi. thanks.
do you think, it's the same problem with the OpnMarket-(App)?
greetings

casaout said:
hi. thanks.
do you think, it's the same problem with the OpnMarket-(App)?
greetings
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OpenMarket allows you to download the App to your Storage card. When you download an App from OM, the cab file is stored in cache file located in storagecard/programs/openmarket/cache. When the cab file installs you have the choice to install to device or storage.
Don't know why MS can't do the same.

downloadind apk files direct from android device

every time i try to download a apk from my i9000 it starts but after a few seconds it brokes with the massage the file isnt supported by the system, how to slove this?
i would like to download direct on my device and not over my laptop...

Is it trying to open it after downloading it? I had an issue where I had to exit the browser and open the apk in Root Explorer. It seems to handle it better.

hi,
Im even able to download any apk files...
The download wont complete wont even start.
any way to solve this?

are you download any files using market ?
if yes, try to clear cache from your google stuff

[Q] How to browse an .apk on your desktop?

Hello everyone. Although n00bs aren't allowed here, I do want to ask you a question that might be very n00bish. And maybe a little inappropriate. Or asked in the wrong section of this forum.
But here it goes: I want to try and edit a savegame for a game on my HTC Hero (baseball superstar 2010). So, first I tried to locate where all the files for this game could be installed on my phone. I did not succeed.
But with help from this forum, I found out that I might find the files by using Astro File Manager. I can use this app to click on the .apk from the game, that I have on my sdcard, and then choose the option 'browse file'. There, I find a lot of files! So, the first problem is solved.
The second problem is, that I cannot edit any of the files I then find. And I cannot find a file that has the datestamp of today, or yesterday, when I last played the game. Shouldn't there be a very recent file with the saved game data in it somewhere?
For me, it would be a lot easier if I could browse the apk on my desktop with a simple explorer. But if I hook up my sd-card to my pc, I cannot open the .apk. How can I accomplish this?
I hope I gave a decent description of my problems, and hopefully anyone can help me with A) finding out which file to edit B) how to open or edit this file and C) what to edit!
Thank you all in advance for your time and patience.

Use 7zip to open/extract the .apk file. You can use winrar too, but I like 7zip better. I'll try to find a link in a minute, or you can always google it if I don't post back quick enough for you.

Your questions are reeallly noobish ;-P
Apk files store libraries and other static files of your applications - there you could find images, texts, code, etc., but not runtime data like savegames. Look into /data/{package-name}/ - you could find package name in many places, I think it's in Settings -> Manage applications, but I'm not sure.

Very noobish yes
I have done something in the meanwhile, and that is: buy the real deal from the market. I no longer seem to have the .apk, but that should be no problem. Now the real game is officially installed onto my phone.
But ... where? I have tried looking in /data with my file managers, but they say that the folder is empty! So... where are my apps installed then? They must be on my phone somewhere. Do I have to root my phone in order to see anything in the /data/folder?

dekraan said:
Do I have to root my phone in order to see anything in the /data/folder?
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I'm not sure, but I think so. This directory is read-protected, so apps can't steal data of other apps. And I've mistaken: it's /data/app/{package-name}.

Hmmm. Do you know a good way to do that? I have a HTC Hero with the 2.1-update1 firmware (so my phone tells me!).

dekraan said:
Do I have to root my phone in order to see anything in the /data/folder?
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I think I'm correct in saying yes. I use RootExplorer and can see my apks in data/app, but if I use AndExplorer I can't.

XperiaX10iUser said:
I think I'm correct in saying yes. I use RootExplorer and can see my apks in data/app, but if I use AndExplorer I can't.
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Hi There,
I've opened another thread to stop the clutter, but: I have installed Root Explorer and used (I thought) Universal Androot to root my mobile phone. It did install Superuser, but when I open Root Explorer, I don't get a prompt to put it on the superuser list... so nothing seems to work. Do you know what I should do, and how I can do that?

dekraan said:
Hi There,
I've opened another thread to stop the clutter
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But thought you'd clutter the forum instead.
dekraan said:
but: I have installed Root Explorer and used (I thought) Universal Androot to root my mobile phone.
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You might be best searching your phones forum for a solution unless someone can offer you help here.

Iirc, savedata and settings would be in /data/data/com.gamevil.bs2010/
probably in a folder named "files".
start by looking in there.
other apps would be in /data/data/[packagename]

Weird files generated in Download folder.

So, who else is having this problem? Loads of weird files are being generated in the Download folder.
Even after I delete them they reappear. Somebody knows why this is happening and how to fix this?
Thanks in advance.

Incomplete download?

Also happens for me, not just on the op6, also on the note8. I think chrome generates this files.

i had weird files all over my internal storage...also, weird folders...i just deleted them all and everything still works

ilivss said:
So, who else is having this problem? Loads of weird files are being generated in the Download folder.
Even after I delete them they reappear. Somebody knows why this is happening and how to fix this?
Thanks in advance.
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My folder spells Download, not Downloads (no s). You sure you're looking at the right folder?

dark_polok said:
My folder spells Download, not Downloads (no s). You sure you're looking at the right folder?
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Yes. As you can see I didnt miss spell it.

virtyx said:
Incomplete download?
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Probably this is the answer...

ilivss said:
Probably this is the answer...
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Make sure your browser has storage permission allowed as that is needed to write the download to storage or you will get a failed download.

Very late reply but go to chrome>settings>downloads>
Uncheckd/ untick "download articles over WiFi"
Off course after doing this articles on chrome will not be available offline

I am having this problem as well. Its only happening when i updated to android 10. And i have reset phone and not given chrome storage permission and still it is able to create those files in my storage?. Anyone know what's happening?