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how to install apps on android?

please help me. how can i install apps on my android?.. i tell you that i have android on my micro sdhc card and on the memory i have WM 6.5

cabasse_tronic said:
please help me. how can i install apps on my android?.. i tell you that i have android on my micro sdhc card and on the memory i have WM 6.5
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That's a very odd question. you can install applications using the android market or if you have apk files download generic file browser and use it to install the apps.

apps that i heve on my memory card..

cabasse_tronic said:
apps that i heve on my memory card..
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vapk files download a generic file browser and
use it to install the apps.
Oi file manager should do the trick.

Astro file manager does the job as well

And AstroZIP too...
But I've a question: is there a way to install an .apk file using just the terminal shell?
I.e.: if I've not Internet access and the build I use have not a burned in file manager...
I know, I can use an androidupdate.tar but suppose I've no way to build it up and have the .apk on the sdcard, from a previous download...

cabasse_tronic said:
please help me. how can i install apps on my android?.. i tell you that i have android on my micro sdhc card and on the memory i have WM 6.5
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i believe you're using haret to run android from SD card, unpack androidinstall with 7zip, copy file browser app .apk into /system/app/ (etc. astro file browser), repack it and then install again with haret. now you can use file browser to install apps on SD.
or :
use terminal to copy file .apk into /data/app/ , reboot android
alternatively, taken from DirectMatrix post (not tested):
put .apk in your sd card root to easily find it then run command as below,
su
busybox install /sdcard/yourapp.apk /sd-ext/app

Oh... I suppose this is an answer to my curiosity too
Yes, I know... it'd be sufficient I googled for a while but, as I said, mine was a question arose at the time I was writing...
CU
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Ok, just tried...
New to this world and with just a little little little bit of knowledge about UNIX-Linux, maybe I did a mistake but:
copying the .apk in /data/app and resetting did the job instead using busybox didn't
As I can see having a look to busybox docs, the install command with no other parameters just copies the file so you can do the same with:
su
cp /sdcard/yourapp.apk /sd-ext/app
More... if I understood well, sd-ext is the application repository used if you enable apps2sd and if you have not (I don't, at present time, as I'm testing...) the method doesn't work...
Correct?

Apps2SD requires an ext3 partition on the SD card, and if you only have ext2 or fat32 it does not work.

[Q] A very Noobish Q: Is there a File Manager pre-installed on DHD

Without downloading one from the market
Thanks

really don't remember, but i don't think so...

That's very unusual! I just want to browse the contents of the SD card (or the phone memory if there is any) in order to install an apk file!

No file manager is included in stock roms, there are plenty free ones on the market though.
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androf said:
That's very unusual! I just want to browse the contents of the SD card (or the phone memory if there is any) in order to install an apk file!
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just install Astro or some app similar...

Install Astro File Manager or ES File Explorer, both are very good.

Thank you guys

[Q] Transferring Wallpapers From Rom to Rom

Is it possible to transfer wallpapers from one rom to another? some roms have really nice wallpapers but aren't that great while others are awesome but don't have good wallpapers.

I dont see why you couldnt pull them out with root explorer and move them into your sd card. Then when u flash new rom put them in media file folder where other ones are.
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IronMan66 said:
I dont see why you couldnt pull them out with root explorer and move them into your sd card. Then when u flash new rom put them in media file folder where other ones are.
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that method sounds ideal but I've searched almost all the phone files and I couldn't find them. If by any chance you're using the stock gingerbread rom you could help me look?

You need root explorer (which you need to buy) on market. You open app n go down to rom zip currently installed. Then go to System folder, Apps folder, and look for Cm wallpaper Apk. file. At this point extract them to root of sd card and bingo bango there u go holmes. As long as you have multiple roms on sd card, you can just go into each one and repeat till u got what u want
meXdroidMod meXperia rom

theres only cmparts.apk :/

Dl rom you want on comp, dl rom with wp you like on comp. Open zips. Drag wp to rom you want, put on SD, flash. There's your walls. Or be easy and add to wp folder on your sd
Sent via my CM7 RC3 G2. PTFO

[Q] Stock Rom: Unable to write to SDCard

Hi.
Just purchased a SM-T800 and was wondering if there is an easy fix for me to be able to write to my SD Card? Do I need to be root to be able to do this ?

x10civ said:
Hi.
Just purchased a SM-T800 and was wondering if there is an easy fix for me to be able to write to my SD Card? Do I need to be root to be able to do this ?
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Kit Kat changed the way sd cards work.
The easiest way i know to fix this is to Root your device and then install this app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sdfix

I have the tab s 8.4 and have a micro SD card coming in this week. I might be misinterpreting this post but does Kit-kat really not let the user copy over downloaded files onto external storage? I'm the kind of guy that usually immediately roots but was enjoying the stock experience for once. Definitely a bummer if this turns out to be true.

No, it let's you do it fine. But you have to use the My Files app. Not the app of your choice. Unless you root and change that.

whit this fix App sd card? i try to resolve the problema with large torrents i try todownload directly to my sdcard becuace torrent say cant find the location of folder when i choose microsd download folder to download files ...

Thank you for your reply.
Will follow your instructions this weekend. Thanks again Galactic2.
Cheers

celtichazard said:
whit this fix App sd card? i try to resolve the problema with large torrents i try todownload directly to my sdcard becuace torrent say cant find the location of folder when i choose microsd download folder to download files ...
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Which browser you use?

HughesNet said:
Which browser you use?
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I use Chrome and yes now I have torrent fixed to download large files to my SD card

ES File Explorer File Manager
With this app, you DON'T have to ROOT your device, and you can copy/move file from device to SD-card vice versa:
ES File Explorer File Manager

celtichazard said:
whit this fix App sd card? i try to resolve the problema with large torrents i try todownload directly to my sdcard becuace torrent say cant find the location of folder when i choose microsd download folder to download files ...
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You need to be rooted and applied the app to sd card fix before you can download torrents direct to sd card. Otherwise you can download straight to your tablet then transfer to sd card using the my files app.
Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

You can't transfer apps to SD , from the Playstore "AT ALL", unless you are ROOTED.

henklbr said:
With this app, you DON'T have to ROOT your device, and you can copy/move file from device to SD-card vice versa:
ES File Explorer File Manager
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Oh awesome I already use ES for everything. Thanks!

dw1ght said:
Oh awesome I already use ES for everything. Thanks!
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I cannot copy or move anything using ES. The only workaround I found is connect the tablet to a PC and copy or move the files with widows explorer.

shadow78 said:
I cannot copy or move anything using ES. The only workaround I found is connect the tablet to a PC and copy or move the files with widows explorer.
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Exactly..
As said before... You can't transfer apps to SD, from the Playstore "AT ALL", unless you are ROOTED.

shadow78 said:
I cannot copy or move anything using ES. The only workaround I found is connect the tablet to a PC and copy or move the files with widows explorer.
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Yup, SD card came in today. ES can't do it. Time to root I guess...

xRevilatioNx said:
Exactly..
As said before... You can't transfer apps to SD, from the Playstore "AT ALL", unless you are ROOTED.
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Tried the app you linked and unfortunately it did not work. My problem was finally resolved with the Wanam Xposed application SD card fix. That works fine if anyone else has any trouble. But honestly it is so irritating that any of this is necessary to get full use of my device. I am rocking 128 gigabytes loud and proud
Okay well maybe not. Big file I was moving to SD is now gone and I can longer write to the SD. Bummer. No idea what went wrong.
Second edit: so the JRummy Apps "SD Fix" on the Play Store seems to have me covered for now. Fingers crossed...
Third edit: Gahh once again read only. No idea what the issue is. SD appears empty, can't read or write. Any help would be appreciated. For now I have a useless slice of plastic sitting in my otherwise perfect tablet.

henklbr said:
With this app, you DON'T have to ROOT your device, and you can copy/move file from device to SD-card vice versa:
ES File Explorer File Manager
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I made a mistake in this: sorry!
On my Note 3 (also on Android 4.4.2), ES File Explorer works correctly with copying/moving files from/to SD-card...
Strange it's not working on the Tab S...

dw1ght said:
Tried the app you linked and unfortunately it did not work. My problem was finally resolved with the Wanam Xposed application SD card fix. That works fine if anyone else has any trouble. But honestly it is so irritating that any of this is necessary to get full use of my device. I am rocking 128 gigabytes loud and proud
Okay well maybe not. Big file I was moving to SD is now gone and I can longer write to the SD. Bummer. No idea what went wrong.
Second edit: so the JRummy Apps "SD Fix" on the Play Store seems to have me covered for now. Fingers crossed...
Third edit: Gahh once again read only. No idea what the issue is. SD appears empty, can't read or write. Any help would be appreciated. For now I have a useless slice of plastic sitting in my otherwise perfect tablet.
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I had this problem with my 32gb sandisk card, it even said made for android on the packaging but it was very unreliable, sometimes there and sometimes not, even tried the usual test apps for these sdcard on my pc and they reported genuine with no errors. In the end i decided to buy a samsung 64gb card and it works reliably with stock apps but i have not got around the kitkat restriction cos i dont want to root yet.
Sent from my SM-T805 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

TimC149 said:
I had this problem with my 32gb sandisk card, it even said made for android on the packaging but it was very unreliable, sometimes there and sometimes not, even tried the usual test apps for these sdcard on my pc and they reported genuine with no errors. In the end i decided to buy a samsung 64gb card and it works reliably with stock apps but i have not got around the kitkat restriction cos i dont want to root yet.
Sent from my SM-T805 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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Same story with my card, SanDisk and android packaging. I might look into getting an official Samsung card. Thank you for the reply!

uTorrent update
The new update on uTorrent:
✔ (NEW) Save to external SD cards (Solution for Google/KitKat external SD card restrictions)
In case anyone didn't know.

[Q] I need help better understanding the Kitkat SD card restristion

First, I want to say that I have unrooted version of this tablet on Version 4.4.2
After I was forced to up date I knew I would loose some function with my SD card. I thought the restriction were going to be if that app didn't create the file that app couldn't modify it. So today I had tried to create a folder with in a folder within a folder with ES File Manager and it was unable to do so. Is this apart of the regular restrictions? Is there a non root solution that doesn't involve taking the SD card to the computer and then creating the file structure with the app?

Icon000 said:
First, I want to say that I have unrooted version of this tablet on Version 4.4.2
After I was forced to up date I knew I would loose some function with my SD card. I thought the restriction were going to be if that app didn't create the file that app couldn't modify it. So today I had tried to create a folder with in a folder within a folder with ES File Manager and it was unable to do so. Is this apart of the regular restrictions? Is there a non root solution that doesn't involve taking the SD card to the computer and then creating the file structure with the app?
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Normal........ You need to use the native file manager (my files).

kkretch said:
Normal........ You need to use the native file manager (my files).
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Thanks for the update on this. I guess the only way to use a non native file manager is root?

Icon000 said:
Thanks for the update on this. I guess the only way to use a non native file manager is root?
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Correct.