I've been having an issue with both Google Drive and Dropbox.
I have all my roms, odin restore things, apk files, custom ringtones all stored in Google Drive, previously in Dropbox (I didn't like having to re-login each time I restored the app and data when I installed a new rom). I also store the actually folders themselves on my Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy Tab 10.1, both on 4.0.4.
But my issue is that, whenever I download a file (.apk and .epub are the ones I tried because I was trying to install an app and add an ebook to the nook app.) it doesn't download correctly or something, because my .apks all say "Parsing error" and the Nook app tells me it can't open my ebooks even though, I can open both on my computer (Windows 7 Ultimate, 64-bit, service pack 1). This happens on both my Galaxy Nexus and Tab, on both dropbox and Google Drive. Both Google Drive and Dropbox say they have synced the files correctly.
I realized it was Google Drive and Dropbox, because when I transferred the files directly from my computer to the each device, they worked. The app installed, and the ebook opened, which I was very happy about.
So, I am just wondering if anyone can replicate the issue, fix it, or tell me what I'm doing wrong.
I think it encrypts the file when it downloads so its not a .mobile or whatever file anymore and cannot be opened by the default program.
Belgorm said:
I think it encrypts the file when it downloads so its not a .mobile or whatever file anymore and cannot be opened by the default program.
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Well I was trying to use root explorer to put the apks in system/app and the epubs in the Nook/my documents folder.
Seems like it has to be something with your phone. I move .apks and other files back and fourth through dropbox all the time without issue.
MissionImprobable said:
Seems like it has to be something with your phone. I move .apks and other files back and fourth through dropbox all the time without issue.
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Well, it happens on both my Galaxy Tab and my Galaxy Nexus, so... Unless it has something to do with Samsung or Android 4.0.4. It is not my phone.
Yeah, possibly something with ICS.
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Yeah, possibly something with ICS.
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Not a problem with ICS.
I can transfer files with Dropbox and Drive with no problems.
Have you tried using ES File Explorer's Dropbox and Google Drive integration?
nejc121 said:
Not a problem with ICS.
I can transfer files with Dropbox and Drive with no problems.
Have you tried using ES File Explorer's Dropbox and Google Drive integration?
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I can transfer files fine, but no, I have not used ES file Explorer drive and dropbox intergration. I've used ES file explorer before, but I really don't like the way it looks.
Try Solid Explorer Beta in Play Store. It has Dropbox and Box integration which works really well, and it looks great.
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sashank said:
Try Solid Explorer Beta in Play Store. It has Dropbox and Box integration which works really well, and it looks great.
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Yeah, I've used that one before also! I didn't use the Drive and Dropbox intergration though.
I haven't been having any issues anymore,
I found that instead of putting it into offline mode, just download like you are going to install it, and when it fails (because its a system app), go to the /data/app location and it is a usable apk instead of one that say parsing error or cannot be installed.
So the first guy was probably right about the encryption when its in offline mode.
Thanks everyone!
so i try to upload an *.apk to drive, but when i download i hit install but nothing.....
ironia. said:
so i try to upload an *.apk to drive, but when i download i hit install but nothing.....
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What do you mean by nothing? Does it just fail to install, or sit there for quite some time?
just fail
ironia. said:
just fail
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Maybe you have a bad apk? You have a Galaxy Nexus right?
Highriser said:
Maybe you have a bad apk? You have a Galaxy Nexus right?
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nexus s
yes seems a bad apk
ironia. said:
nexus s
yes seems a bad apk
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Ok, were you able to fix it?
Yes i fix int. I re upload
Tnx
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Yeah, I've used that one before also! I didn't use the Drive and Dropbox intergration though.
I haven't been having any issues anymore,
I found that instead of putting it into offline mode, just download like you are going to install it, and when it fails (because its a system app), go to the /data/app location and it is a usable apk instead of one that say parsing error or cannot be installed.
So the first guy was probably right about the encryption when its in offline mode.
Thanks everyone!
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Just to back this up, I was having the same exact problem. Was using "Make Available Offline" in Google Drive and the file would fail md5 check every time.
Just clicked to "open" the file instead, chose Astro to open the file, and then copy/paste it to the sdcard directory for flashing. All good, md5 passed. I guess there's a level of encryption going on.
For anyone wondering about this still (there are a lot), use Google Drive Download.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hexxus.drive.download
Cuts all the BS out of trying to get easy local access to your Google Drive files.
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Am using CM7 from SD card. How do you install an app if it is on your PC?
I don't have CWM on my NC so if there is a way that doesn't use this great.
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Am using CM7 from SD card. How do you install an app if it is on your PC?
I don't have CWM on my NC so if there is a way that doesn't use this great.
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I like to use dropbox for things like that. download the client on your nook color then whatever you upload to their website from you computer you can easily sync on your nook color.
Masterface7 said:
I like to use dropbox for things like that. download the client on your nook color then whatever you upload to their website from you computer you can easily sync on your nook color.
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Have no problem putting stuff on my SD card. I need to know where (folder) the xxxxxx.apk file is put and how do you run it to install it?
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Have no problem putting stuff on my SD card. I need to know where (folder) the xxxxxx.apk file is put and how do you run it to install it?
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You can put it anywhere. Download Astro from the market to install it.
Rodney
Using ES File Explorer and went to my PC to transfer an app to my SD card. When I clicked it to copy it ran it and asked whether I wanted to install. So I installed without moving the .apk file.
Question, should the .apk reside where the app will work from or is it not needed?
I personally use awesome drop. Love it on my wireless network.
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GTT1 said:
Using ES File Explorer and went to my PC to transfer an app to my SD card. When I clicked it to copy it ran it and asked whether I wanted to install. So I installed without moving the .apk file.
Question, should the .apk reside where the app will work from or is it not needed?
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After you install it you don't need the .apk anymore. Android takes care of it by itself.
The apk is like the original exe file of an installation program at windows system for PC.
After U install a program, U dont care to move the installation file.
A family member has the Galaxy S3 and it is completely stock, non rooted and so on, and i know the phone does not need to be rooted to install apk files.
The problem is that i have copied over the apk file that i want onto his S3 but his phone, no matter what file explorer you use, just will not see the apk files at all, the fines worked fine on my Sensation and DHD and One X, but i just can not get the phone to see the apk files,
any idea's on what is causing the phone to not see the files?
cheers
Stiffy_Scotland said:
A family member has the Galaxy S3 and it is completely stock, non rooted and so on, and i know the phone does not need to be rooted to install apk files.
The problem is that i have copied over the apk file that i want onto his S3 but his phone, no matter what file explorer you use, just will not see the apk files at all, the fines worked fine on my Sensation and DHD and One X, but i just can not get the phone to see the apk files,
any idea's on what is causing the phone to not see the files?
cheers
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you sure they are named as .apk file and not .zip? you should be able to see the filename without the .apk in myfiles for example (myapp.apk will appear as myapp), you will also have to check allow install from unknown sources in the security menu in settings..
yes its named .apk
i have not changed anything about the apk files from installing them on my other phones as i said, the DHD and the Sensation are both rooted but my One X is not rooted and that was able to see the apk file and install it, i seriously have no idea on why the S3 is not seeing them at all and that is after searching online for info
also i have enabled the use on non-market applications to be installed, but that is no use if the phone cant see the .apk files to install it in the first place
How you transferred the file to GS3? Is the file visible when connected to PC?
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I connected the S3 to the PC via the USB cable and transferred the apk that way to the SD Card, when the phone is connected to the PC i can see the apk
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I connected the S3 to the PC via the USB cable and transferred the apk that way to the SD Card, when the phone is connected to the PC i can see the apk
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Have you tried Supermanager and gone into the filemanager bit and enabled show hidden files incase its properties are hidden?
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Have you tried Supermanager and gone into the filemanager bit and enabled show hidden files incase its properties are hidden?
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I have not tried that, will have to wait until I get back home later.
Cheers for the replies so far
Try through adb
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snowman77 said:
Try through adb
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never thought of that either, its actually my grampa's phone and he away for the week so will be a week before i can try anythin.
Stiffy_Scotland said:
never thought of that either, its actually my grampa's phone and he away for the week so will be a week before i can try anythin.
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Are you using the builtin file manager?
If yes open it, press menu softkey, press settings, show hidden files.
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Are you using the builtin file manager?
If yes open it, press menu softkey, press settings, show hidden files.
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was using both ES and astro, and nothing, what is the builtin explorer? never seen anythin like that installed on the phone
It is called my files.
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getting my files to show hidden files did not work.
what it is that i'm trying to install a game, there is a data folder that has to be transferred onto the phone as well, it goes into the Android\obb folder on the sdcard, i created the folder and copied over the files into the folder, the phone.... using my files, astro or es explorer still will not see that folder i created for the files or the apk file itself that has to be installed for these files to be used.
also i tried it on a friends stock, non-rooted Galaxy S2 and it could see the files and it installed first time with no problems so right now i have no idea on what is going on with the Galaxy S3
Sorted, i know what it was, me being a tit....
when you open astro, it starts off in the SDcard folder... the samsung see's the built in memory as the SDcard.. to see the actual SDcard (the removable one lol) i have to select extSCcard..
Am i a tit or what lol
Cheers for the help anyway guys
much appreciated
Hey all,
Can anybody tell me what is android apk and how can i install it in my phone [samsung galaxy lite (GT-3302)]?
lason0 said:
Hey all,
Can anybody tell me what is android apk and how can i install it in my phone [samsung galaxy lite (GT-3302)]?
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Android application package file (APK) is the file format used to distribute and install application software(wiki)
setup same setup on PC windows. Download it to your phone and open setup..
phatoa said:
Android application package file (APK) is the file format used to distribute and install application software(wiki)
setup same setup on PC windows. Download it to your phone and open setup..
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how can i install it in android phone?
lason0 said:
how can i install it in android phone?
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Any .apk will do? .apk is just the extension that apps are in, essentially your asking how to install an app to your android phone.
Just open the play store and download is the most common way, you can side load with adb, if you have an app on SD you can use a file explorer to open it then choose install (must have unknown sources checked)
I guess you may want to be a bit more specific for further help
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demkantor said:
Any .apk will do? .apk is just the extension that apps are in, essentially your asking how to install an app to your android phone.
Just open the play store and download is the most common way, you can side load with adb, if you have an app on SD you can use a file explorer to open it then choose install (must have unknown sources checked)
I guess you may want to be a bit more specific for further help
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You're taking it a bit far with adb there don't u think?
It's too much for his brain to process, slowly ease into it.
lason0 said:
Hey all,
Can anybody tell me what is android apk and how can i install it in my phone [samsung galaxy lite (GT-3302)]?
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simply saying it is an extension like .exe on windows programmes or .jar on java apps just like that android apps have .apk
demkantor said:
Any .apk will do? .apk is just the extension that apps are in, essentially your asking how to install an app to your android phone.
Just open the play store and download is the most common way, you can side load with adb, if you have an app on SD you can use a file explorer to open it then choose install (must have unknown sources checked)
I guess you may want to be a bit more specific for further help
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ok thanks for your help but yeah i need some more help.
Let me explain in post reply!!
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simply saying it is an extension like .exe on windows programmes or .jar on java apps just like that android apps have .apk
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yup, got it.
Thanks for your time.
Hi -- Per another thread, some of us are getting hangs when we try to install anything from the Galaxy Gear app store using Gear manager. Obviously, the best solution would be a fix for that. However, in the meantime, I thought maybe I could find some .wgt files and install them with sdb.
Aside from the fact that even the sdb connection seems a bit flakey, the bigger issue is that the .wgt apps I can find get rejected because they are not properly signed (for the S or whatever). I don't see a way I can turn of the signing verification (so nice of Samsung to provide watch software with so many bugs but then make sure and protect us from trying to actually make use of the device some other way).
Does anyone have a workaround for this? I've also tried to see if I can crack open an .apk from the Gear store to get the .wgt I assume is inside, but even after I've got a Gear S app "hung" on "Installing..." I don't see a .apk anywhere on my phone (S4) file system. It seems like there should be some way to put various pieces together to install apps other than with the official, but broken, way. Any ideas would be appreciated!
I have my Gear S running with an HTC One, and also can't install directly from Gear Manager. I can find the .wgt file in my /system/data/data/com.android.samsung.galaxyapps (or something like that) / files folder, then install it via USB cable with "sdb install [file].wgt".
Bill
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I have my Gear S running with an HTC One, and also can't install directly from Gear Manager. I can find the .wgt file in my /system/data/data/com.android.samsung.galaxyapps (or something like that) / files folder, then install it via USB cable with "sdb install [file].wgt".
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Bill -- I was hoping I could do that, but I can't find any .wgt files (I've searched pretty thoroughly using ES Explorer). I don't know if the Galaxy Gear App process doesn't even get far enough to create them? I tried a couple .wgt files for other Gear units I found on the web, but when I sdb them they fail with certificate errors. If you (or someone) can post a .wgt that is known to work with the Gear S that I can try to sideload, that'd be appreciated (or if someone has another way I can to to get the .wgt files from the apps I'm trying to download using Galaxy Apps.
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Bill -- I was hoping I could do that, but I can't find any .wgt files (I've searched pretty thoroughly using ES Explorer). I don't know if the Galaxy Gear App process doesn't even get far enough to create them? I tried a couple .wgt files for other Gear units I found on the web, but when I sdb them they fail with certificate errors. If you (or someone) can post a .wgt that is known to work with the Gear S that I can try to sideload, that'd be appreciated (or if someone has another way I can to to get the .wgt files from the apps I'm trying to download using Galaxy Apps.
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You have to rename or move the the .wgt file while Galaxy Apps is hanging on "Installing..." before it fails. When it fails it will remove the file.
To avoid the certificate signing issue, create a new project in the Tizen Developer Tools IDE, change the file extension of the given .wgt to to .zip, and copy the contents of the zip (asside from the certificate xml files) into the new Tizen project and build to the watch. No more signing error.
You can do the same to APK files, just change them to .zip to extract the .wgt file embedded inside of them.
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You have to rename or move the the .wgt file while Galaxy Apps is hanging on "Installing..." before it fails. When it fails it will remove the file.
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That's what I've been trying to do, but I'm not finding the .wgt even during that Window of time. Doing a search with ES Explorer doesn't find anything, so I think maybe I have to know exactly what directory Galaxy Apps places things in. But I don't have a System/data/data (like you mentioned you do), and I can't seem to figure out where in the FS the temp files might be. [I'm running KangaKat 8.1, which is 4.4.4., in case that provides any ideas]. I'll keep looking around!
PS Thanks for the suggestion on the Cert. That should be helpful as well.
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But I don't have a System/data/data (like you mentioned you do.
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Your phone will have to be rooted to access that folder.
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Your phone will have to be rooted to access that folder.
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Ahh, thanks. My phone is definitely rooted (that's likely why all the problems with gear in the first place), but the Root settings got turned off for Explorer at some point. It also appears that my equivalent folder is under "/data/data/..." instead of under /system, but in any case once I turened on the root switch it was easy to find. Now to try to load some widgets! Thanks again!
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Ahh, thanks. My phone is definitely rooted (that's likely why all the problems with gear in the first place), but the Root settings got turned off for Explorer at some point. It also appears that my equivalent folder is under "/data/data/..." instead of under /system, but in any case once I turened on the root switch it was easy to find. Now to try to load some widgets! Thanks again!
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That worked. I was able to get Opera Mini & an Alarm app installed. Thanks! I haven't figured out how to get Watch Styler themes over, so I need to read up more on how it works.
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That worked. I was able to get Opera Mini & an Alarm app installed. Thanks! I haven't figured out how to get Watch Styler themes over, so I need to read up more on how it works.
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Just wonder how you accessed these folders once you are rooted and where you got the apps from?
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Just wonder how you accessed these folders once you are rooted and where you got the apps from?
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I followed the instructions in the post further up the thread from Oleyb about snagging the .wgt file while the install was running.
Thanks for the reply...unfortunately my gear s is standalone so I don't have access to the Galaxy store :/. The watch would have been so much better if Samsung would have I clouded this on the watch itself....let's hope a dev or modded can one day figure that out...thanks again!
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To avoid the certificate signing issue, create a new project in the Tizen Developer Tools IDE, change the file extension of the given .wgt to to .zip, and copy the contents of the zip (asside from the certificate xml files) into the new Tizen project and build to the watch. No more signing error.
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How do you know what files are the certificate files? And do you have to do anything else after deleting the certificates before building to the watch? Thanks in advance!
Sorry to post this here couldn't find any other threads to post it on is there any way to play youtube on the gear s I have the tmobile version
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After downloading in Chrome and moving files elsewhere, they still show up in Chrome Downloads. I can even open the files via Chrome Downloads even when the file has been moved.
If the file was an image, it initially appears that it was opened from the Downloads folder, but then when you actually open it with a gallery app and view details, the file path shows the folder I've moved the files to.
Surely moving downloaded files elsewhere should prevent Chrome from picking them up? How does Chrome even know where I've moved the files to? The destination folder even has a .nomedia file but that doesn't seem to make a difference.
I've tried deleting cache and data for both Downloads and Download Manager, but that hasn't helped. The only way I can stop downloaded files from showing up in Chrome Downloads is by deleting them.
I've recently upgraded to a S23 Ultra from a Note 8, and I never experienced this on the Note 8.
try incognito
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try incognito
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That obviously works but I shouldn't have to use that. If I move a file, there shouldn't be a link to the new location.
Furthermore, I don't get why it wasn't an issue on my previous phone.
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That obviously works but I shouldn't have to use that. If I move a file, there shouldn't be a link to the new location.
Furthermore, I don't get why it wasn't an issue on my previous phone.
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probably because of Android verison? btw it's not just you buddy and not just samsung. I have a Xiaomi and an Sony phone that behaves the same so......