[Q] Where can i download apps? - Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

...without accesing phone`s market. i want to download .apk to use later, or another day, or for another phone who has no internet connection. i found .apk apps on torrents but i want to download specific apps and store them on my computer. my data plan is very limited and i prefer to spent it for something else.

there is a site that you can buy them and store them in pc.i dont know if i allowed to tell who site is.is legal site that have and for other platforms programms to sell.if a mod say ok i can give a link.

you can send me a pm, that is ok for the forum. if its what i look for i will tell you, but i need free apps, not payied ones.
or, can i repack the apps i have instaled to my phone, to use them another time, to install them from scratch?

Use estrongs filemanager to backup your apps as .apk's

Its realy great
thank you very much.

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Any APPS FOR Touch HD ?

any body have apps for touch hd like iphone?help..............
Hi there,
it depends really... what kind of apps are you looking for exactly?
Even though it is limited at the moment, have you tried going to Windows Marketplace apps store? some free apps there...
HDtweak is a must - Lets you fine tune many settings on the device. To install, just copy the cab file over to your phone when connected to your PC and run them like an .exe file from the file manager. Some are exe files. These will run on your PC and install onto your phone when connected by Activesync.
You can try his link also: http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/
Other than that, I would suggest you search the forum/google if you are in search of specific apps.
Regards.

downloading apps from marketplace

I am wary of downloading apps from marketplace, there are several i would be willing to pay for, but being that I flash a new rom every couple weeks, i am worried that i will lose those apps i pay for. Is there a way to download the cabs for these apps or do I have to find another way to go about it
kmartin888 said:
I am wary of downloading apps from marketplace, there are several i would be willing to pay for, but being that I flash a new rom every couple weeks, i am worried that i will lose those apps i pay for. Is there a way to download the cabs for these apps or do I have to find another way to go about it
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When you sign in with your windows live ID, it knows what apps you have paid for and you can re-install them. I've been reloading mine after each flash.
i got a cab file from this forum that allowed me to choose if i want the app saved to my device or memory card. maybe worth looking for that so you could keep the file backed up on your pc??
I can email it over if you PM me your email address
SMF_12 said:
i got a cab file from this forum that allowed me to choose if i want the app saved to my device or memory card. maybe worth looking for that so you could keep the file backed up on your pc??
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When a program is installed from the marketplace does it even download a .cab file to the phone? I dont see the point downloading it to the sd card if its NOT a cab as you would STILL have to reinstall it after you flash.
Like it was said earlier when you use the marketplace it keeps track of your installs so you can reinstall everything.
SMF_12 said:
i got a cab file from this forum that allowed me to choose if i want the app saved to my device or memory card. maybe worth looking for that so you could keep the file backed up on your pc??
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That cab allowed you to INSTALL the app to the device or the SD card, not store a cab. Marketplace doesn't allow the download of cabs like you are thinking.
In any case, old versions of Marketplace get forced to download and install the latest version the second you try to connect to the store, there is no way around it. What you have sounds obsolete, and will get overwritten once you connect to the store, anyway. And the latest version of the Marketplace also now allows the choice to install apps to the device or the SD card.
Don't worry about saving the CABs. Once you've bought something on Marketplace, its yours. You can download them over and over, apparently an infinite amount of times.
If it still bothers you, just get the apps somewhere else, not Marketplace. Most every app on the Marketplace can be bought elsewhere, such as online stores like Handango. These stores will have a CAB version for you.
It seems i am in the wrong here, sorry for that!
Without getting into specific details, I've obtained all of the .CAB files for the applications I *purchased* from the Windows Marketplace. Now every reflash it's a simple matter of having the appropriate .CAB files in my XDA_UC folder so they get re-installed with the ROM setup.
But as I previously stated, the Marketplace ties your purchases to your live ID and you can re-flash and re-download as much as you like.
The apps will definitely be availble to be re-installed once you are ready to install them again. For as long as you sign on with the log in information you purchased them with of course.
Sorry to bump this post, but is there any work around for having to install marketplace apps over and over again after each flash? I have 42 apps from marketplace and some of them don't download properly when I press 'Install all' after a flash. I'm glad I have unlimited net at least

Kindle Fire: Install Apps outside US

Hello there everybody
Nice to meet you all
I come before you with a grave problem: Is there another way to install apps on a rooted kindle outside the US? For sideloading, you need a free app from the Amazon App Store, which, I had to find out, was not available outside the US.
In retrospect, it was quite a stupid thing to buy the device. Lesson learned.
But maybe you might know a way? (I can't install the google market without a file explorer)
Thank you.
I contacted Unblock-Us and they told me they are working on supporting the Amazon App Store. If they do, then it's just a matter of setting your router's DNS according to what they give you and it'll be possible. They have a week of free trial which is enough to download the file explorer you want.
Outside of that, I'm in the same problem. The second option would be to have someone in America register a dummy Amazon account onto his Kindle Fire, click "buy" on the free file explorer app, then de-register, and when you register your own Kindle Fire to the same account, you could sync the app with your kindle. As far as I know, Amazon still allows syncing your bought content into the device even outside the US (I never tested this though).
If anyone can please volunteer to try the second option that would be awesome. Till then we need to wait for Unblock-Us.
Google is ur friend:
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=157358
lots of different options in the above thread. Enjoy.
Shftup said:
Google is ur friend:
lots of different options in the above thread. Enjoy.
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I don't really see anywhere in that thread where you can sideload apps without the ES Explorer or some other sort of app.. we can't download apps at all.
Another thread on that site says that you can install apps as long as you have a US account on Amazon.. which is not true. I have an account with a US address, US credit card and US location for the kindle and it says my location is not the US on the Fire, meaning it tracks IP.
Could adb be used, So download ES to the PC and use adb install ? That should work fine
or get the ES apk file from google, upload to dropbox, access dropbox from fire, it will automatically install it for u.
Shftup said:
or get the ES apk file from google, upload to dropbox, access dropbox from fire, it will automatically install it for u.
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Wait.. you can just download APK files and install it? Is it really that easy?
All the guides said you need ES Explorer which is what was so misleading. There's no issue here at all and you don't need an explorer for anything, just Google.
Side loading
Hi, did you try side loading the ES file explorer?
bikkou said:
I don't really see anywhere in that thread where you can sideload apps without the ES Explorer or some other sort of app.. we can't download apps at all.
Another thread on that site says that you can install apps as long as you have a US account on Amazon.. which is not true. I have an account with a US address, US credit card and US location for the kindle and it says my location is not the US on the Fire, meaning it tracks IP.
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Had you tried using a proxy? is this even posible? (to use a proxy I mean).
BTW, in wich country are you? I was going to buy a kindle fire for my wife but know I dont think so. We live in Mexico...
MacaronyMax - my hero
Just a little detail on what got my file explorer working in the UK:
Downloaded the needed apk file (don't ask - probably a really dodgy source). I copied it into my Program Files\Androidzandroid-sdk\platform-tools folder (for ease of install).
Then installing was as easy as "adb install *****.apk" (enter your filename).
Complete success, and now with my root file manager I can now do all the other things.
I'm one who has an american amazon account with bank account and everything. Seems as if some geo-ip mapping is stopping purchases from outside america, even on US devices.
Hope this helps.
You don't need additional apps to install APK files
Hey bikkou, that's right, you don't need additional apps to install APK files on your Kindle Fire. I agree, all threads out there seem misleading in this point.
I emailed myself an APK file, accessed my email account with the built in browser, downloaded the file, and then, when I tapped the file (which was listed in the downloads section) the device offered me the option to install the application.
My wife is playing Angry Birds Rio on my Kindle Fire right now
leopignataro said:
My wife is playing Angry Birds Rio on my Kindle Fire right now
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Thank you for your finding, really nice solution
IdrisBengoch said:
Just a little detail on what got my file explorer working in the UK:
Downloaded the needed apk file (don't ask - probably a really dodgy source). I copied it into my Program Files\Androidzandroid-sdk\platform-tools folder (for ease of install).
Then installing was as easy as "adb install *****.apk" (enter your filename).
Complete success, and now with my root file manager I can now do all the other things.
I'm one who has an american amazon account with bank account and everything. Seems as if some geo-ip mapping is stopping purchases from outside america, even on US devices.
Hope this helps.
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I did what you said and now I can install all the apps that I want
Thanks

[Q] New to Android

Hi,
I just got my new SE Xperia Play phone and got it with android Gingerbread on it, I'm not completely familiar with this OS but following information that I've read I rooted my phone and it is working fine, I did this cause I read that by doing this I would be able to remove and add apps to my phone as I became a Super User on the Linux side of it. Now my questions is, How can I do this? I've tried to find like an step by step add and remove apps on my phone with no luck. Also I'd like to get some information on what can I do and what I can't (or shouldn't do) with my super user rights ( i found this but not sure how to add this titanium backup on my phone http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1046699).
All help will be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Btts.
you can delete any apps including system apps by using TITANIUM BACKUP.
once you've installed it and run it click on the backup/restore tab at the top then select whatever app you want to remove (system apps inluded) click that app and there will be an uninstall option.
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU DELETE!
Hope this helps
You have to download Titanium Backup from the market
oh ok I get it, so it is available through the android market.. now that is for the Uninstall stuff part (thanks to both) now in order to get stuff installed into the phone is it there an option for that or can I do it using the linux terminal that is installed on the phone?
Thanks for all the help
OK, I have been where you are, and maybe this VERY brief summary will get you started.
1. Root - you did that.
2. Download and install the CWM for locked bootloaders from this link here.
3. Follow the instructions to power off, then power on and press down on the Volume Down key to enter the recovery mode. Then go to the Backup/Restore menu and backup the phone. This creates a Nandroid, or image of the phone so you can put it back to rooted stock if you mess something up.
4. Download and install Titanium Backup from the App Market. You can use this to uninstall any bloatware, including System files, but use with caution so you won't need to use your Nandroid! There is a safe list thread here that will give you some help in what you can remove.
5. Apps for Android usually come from the Android Market, or another market that hosts Android apps like Amazon AppMarket, etc. So any program you want to install will generally need to come from there. (Yes, I know there are some apps around that some Joe Ubertech wrote, but in general, you will want to get apps from the Market or a Vendor site, like Gameloft or EA.)
6. Use an App2SD program to move as many apps to your SD Card as are able to go. This frees up internal storage so you can run smoothly and have a lot of apps too. I like Droidsail Super App2SD (ROOT) because it lets you select a group of apps at one time to move. Do NOT move to SD any app that is accessed through a widget, or any replacement launcher program.
7. Be aware that Programs marked as System files cannot be moved to SD. However, some of them, like the preinstalled games, GMail, Youtube, etc, are also found in the Market. You can either delete them and reinstall them from the Market, or use a program like Root Explorer to manually move these to a folder on the SD card. Then reboot your phone, and you can reinstall them as user apps and be able to move them to SD as well.
8. Read. Read, read, read, READ everything you can get your hands on here in xda. It has been the best source of info for the Xperia Play.
I hope this helps you get going. Have fun, and if you run into trouble, someone here will usually be able to help you get going again.
Cheers!
netizenmt said:
OK, I have been where you are, and maybe this VERY brief summary will get you started.
1. Root - you did that.
2. Download and install the CWM for locked bootloaders from this link here.
3. Follow the instructions to power off, then power on and press down on the Volume Down key to enter the recovery mode. Then go to the Backup/Restore menu and backup the phone. This creates a Nandroid, or image of the phone so you can put it back to rooted stock if you mess something up.
4. Download and install Titanium Backup from the App Market. You can use this to uninstall any bloatware, including System files, but use with caution so you won't need to use your Nandroid! There is a safe list thread here that will give you some help in what you can remove.
5. Apps for Android usually come from the Android Market, or another market that hosts Android apps like Amazon AppMarket, etc. So any program you want to install will generally need to come from there. (Yes, I know there are some apps around that some Joe Ubertech wrote, but in general, you will want to get apps from the Market or a Vendor site, like Gameloft or EA.)
6. Use an App2SD program to move as many apps to your SD Card as are able to go. This frees up internal storage so you can run smoothly and have a lot of apps too. I like Droidsail Super App2SD (ROOT) because it lets you select a group of apps at one time to move. Do NOT move to SD any app that is accessed through a widget, or any replacement launcher program.
7. Be aware that Programs marked as System files cannot be moved to SD. However, some of them, like the preinstalled games, GMail, Youtube, etc, are also found in the Market. You can either delete them and reinstall them from the Market, or use a program like Root Explorer to manually move these to a folder on the SD card. Then reboot your phone, and you can reinstall them as user apps and be able to move them to SD as well.
8. Read. Read, read, read, READ everything you can get your hands on here in xda. It has been the best source of info for the Xperia Play.
I hope this helps you get going. Have fun, and if you run into trouble, someone here will usually be able to help you get going again.
Cheers!
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awesome thanks for the information
Also, grab KeiranFTW's tweak package in the dev forum. Best thing you could do to your phone.
Sent from my R800x using xda premium
Trygon said:
Also, grab KeiranFTW's tweak package in the dev forum. Best thing you could do to your phone.
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here's the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1385236
University of Pi said:
here's the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1385236
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thanks for the info guys, now I'm working on my other phone the Xperia Arc ^^, if a moderator wants to close this thread is alright
thanks to all

[Solved] Any way to access an apk file immediately after flashing?

I'm not sure if this is possible as ICS has no built in file manager, but is there anywhere I can put an apk file that it would be accessible without one? Specifically I want to be able to open an apk to install a file manager as the first thing I do after flashing a rom, to avoid needing to go through the market.
I thought maybe I could leave it in sdcard/download but it seems like the downloads program is blind to anything in that folder that wasn't officially "downloaded". (I suppose I could upload one to my dropbox and download it via the browser, if there are no viable options). Also made a few stabs at getting the gallery program to show one but it seems to filter out anything that's not a picture or video.
Any ideas for places to stick an apk and get one of the stock programs to let me open it?
maybe email it to yourself?
but you would have to log into the email app to do that
but there isnt really anyway to access the file without a file explorer
Open your favourite rom zip, add your apk to /system/app, save the zip, push that zip to the phone, flash.
Peesashiz said:
maybe email it to yourself?
but you would have to log into the email app to do that
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Yeah in general I'm trying to cut out the step of signing into anything and just restoring my apps from a backup before I need to cancel automatic restore functions (which I do want on and running once I do my own initial run of things).
bk201doesntexist said:
Open your favourite rom zip, add your apk to /system/app, save the zip, push that zip to the phone, flash.
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I'm guessing this comes with the consequence of raising any apk added in this manner to system app level? Not that I distrust the apps I'd have in mind for this to do anything malicious themselves, but is there any danger of opening security holes by elevating apps not designed to be system apps?
What I've done many times is just enabling Air Plane as soon as I can after flashing a ROM. That's way I can install any apk I want.
Hope it helps.
heo_con184 said:
What I've done many times is just enabling Air Plane as soon as I can after flashing a ROM. That's way I can install any apk I want.
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Hmm but then what is your method for getting to that apk? If you do it over wifi that seems to defeat the point, no?
Personally I've found that it works just fine to uncheck the boxes for recovery syncing during the setup process, and then just re-enabling them later in settings. (Alternately, not signing into my google account at all until I've performed a backup). That way even if I end up signing into the market to download a recovery app, it doesn't automatically try to re-download everything else on its own.
I'm starting to think that my dropbox solution will be the cleanest, as it'll be a simple step of opening the browser and downloading a single apk every time at the same link.
I bet that the inclusion of a basic file explorer will be one of those headline items in a future android release. A nice basic functionality that the bloggers can rehash to death before anything actually hits.
Download the file manager apk over wifi and install the APK via download manager.
I do it all the time with Chinese android tablets with no market access.
Or Bluetooth it from another device.
Or just use the market
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JoeSyr said:
Hmm but then what is your method for getting to that apk? If you do it over wifi that seems to defeat the point, no?
Personally I've found that it works just fine to uncheck the boxes for recovery syncing during the setup process, and then just re-enabling them later in settings. (Alternately, not signing into my google account at all until I've performed a backup). That way even if I end up signing into the market to download a recovery app, it doesn't automatically try to re-download everything else on its own.
I'm starting to think that my dropbox solution will be the cleanest, as it'll be a simple step of opening the browser and downloading a single apk every time at the same link.
I bet that the inclusion of a basic file explorer will be one of those headline items in a future android release. A nice basic functionality that the bloggers can rehash to death before anything actually hits.
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Transfer by USB from my laptop.
Is there a way to do that in which the device will launch the apk you move over? When I copy files over usb, it only ever puts them into whatever directory, and I need a file explorer to interact with them on the phone. And then I'm back to square one, as far as this particular task is concerned (once things are up and running I just use the LAN option in ES file explorer and it's as convenient as could be).
you have the apk in your computer right?
connect the phone to pc, and use adb to install
'adb install <apk_file_name.apk>'
Ah. I haven't used adb since I first unlocked/rooted a few months ago. Guess it probably pays to be a little familiar with those tools; they don't even occur to me when problem solving these days.
JoeSyr said:
Ah. I haven't used adb since I first unlocked/rooted a few months ago. Guess it probably pays to be a little familiar with those tools; they don't even occur to me when problem solving these days.
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mark thread as solved then, if that solved it
Well a completely in-phone solution would still be nice, but I guess if there were any of those they'd have come up by now.
I'll probably use abd if I'm actively working at my computer and a dropbox download otherwise.

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