I really feel like a NOOB asking this. But I just can't get it to work. How do you download correctly from fileshare sites like filesonic, megaupload, and rapidshare using the phone. I have tried the default browser, dolphin, skyfire, and opera. I even enabled "dowload of all files with browser" in Astro File Manager.
But no matter what all I get is small HTML or BIN files. Does anyone have any clues?
It's fiddly but works for me using X-scope browser.
Use opera mobile browser [not mini]. Some fileshare sites dont work for some reason. Mediafire and megaupload are the best. Avoid rapidshare. Pages dont load properly. Filesonic, duckload work. Hotfile sometimes. Good luck
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Thanks for the responses. I was sure I read something somewhere, that would make it work with the default browser. But no luck here.
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The only internet i have is from my Desire. I would like to upload a large file to some sort of site around 100MB worth.
I have tried most popular ones but they don't work form the phone. I have tried Dropbox but it seems there is no status bar of how much it has uploaded. I even left it going overnight and couldn't tell wether it was done or not!
Any ideas?
I have used estrongs file explorer (available free in marketplace) it has a built in FTP client and I've used it to upload large files (300Mb +) to company FTP site over 3G and WiFi in the past, it has a process indicator too...
EStrongs also has LAN browsing capability, so I can use it to playback mp3 stored on my NAS when at home
Hope this helps.
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Would i not need my own webspace to do that though? I meant more for uploading a file to Megaupload/4shared/Rapidshare anything like that really?
Thanks for the reply though. Will be worth having it for other things!
Yes, it would only work if you had the FTP address for the location you were trying to upload to,
for file sharing sites, have you tried an alternative browser to default, I don't use any of those sites you mentioned, but for other things (managing world cup fantasy football team for example) I found that I could use some pages in dolphin HD that wouldn't work in the default browser, I'm not a big fan of dolphin because of the way it hijacks all of your default preferences even when you ask it not to, but it did allow me to use sites that otherwise would be unavailable
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Use Firefox from ubuntu/debian on your phone.
mercianary said:
Use Firefox from ubuntu/debian on your phone.
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From what i have seen it takes a bit of work to get it going. Would like to try it but maybe once we get a 1 click solution to use it.
I'll look into other browsers. Thanks.
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From what i have seen it takes a bit of work to get it going. Would like to try it but maybe once we get a 1 click solution to use it.
I'll look into other browsers. Thanks.
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try this. not quite 1 click but its bloody easy compared to the other way.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=744236
What about operamini?
I know you can upload files with that. Don't know about files that big. Give it a try.
Tried operamini no luck there. What site would i be able to use?
~100MB and below I've done with Dropbox using the Droidbox app.
It shows an icon in the notification bar and the current status when you scroll down (progress bar, successful/unsuccessful). This is a 63MB 3GP vid file I'm uploading using it right now: http://bit.ly/asyRYa
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Hi, I'm trying to download from an https website (a website with a secure login and password) but every time I try to download a document the browser screen turns white. Has a fix been found for this?
Thanks in advance,
Avi
P.S. I've tried xscope, dolphin HD, and the default browser.
Have you tried long pressing and choosing : save link as....?
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Hi,
As we already know that adfree.apk remove all ads from android, but does anyone try it with windows...?
just replace adfee.apk hosts file with windows hosts file...C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
works with any site any forum...
Before
http://twitpic.com/4enx6d/full
After
http://twitpic.com/4enxdt/full
That's brilliant!
I used to edit the hosts file on mates computers to point Google to porn sites!
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i use firefox with adblock plus addon
and surfing internet without it gives me the creeps
crankshaft said:
I used to edit the hosts file on mates computers to point Google to porn sites!
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Good tip .. now to find an innocent victim
Alternatively, install Firefox + Adblock addon. In fact I would say for the average user this could be even easier.
I like the out of the box thinking. I would not have thought to do that.
Fraktal75 said:
Alternatively, install Firefox + Adblock addon. In fact I would say for the average user this could be even easier.
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Adblock addon works only with Firefox...but hosts file works with any browser any software...
You could use privoxy which I found a while ago. Works pretty well. You just have to change the proxy settings of your browser.
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Just wondered if this happens to anyone else, I cant download from any file share sites via my phone or any external link for that matter. I can only download from the market and attachments in forums.
Am I missing a setting somewhere or does this happen for everyone :-(
Same here, i cant seem to download from any fileservers except a few like megaupload. All the others give me a 'download unsuccesfull'. Anyone?
Are you guys using the stock browser ?
If yes, then try using a different browser to name few ( dolphin HD, Firefox, Opera)
If still doesn't work then make sure you have a astro file explorer or some sort of app like that which will recognize the files you download.
Hope this helps.
I use dolphin and set user agent to desktop, almost always works then.
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I use stock so will give one of the others a bash cheers
Yeah this problem happens when using the browser that comes with the phone. So use another browser for downloading from file share sites. I use Opera browser.
I have Mobile Firefox (FF) installed. The latest version lets you synch FF desktop bookmarks to your FF on your mobile device. This is handy, but I would also LOVE to be able to export those bookmarks over to the stock android browser.
There are several bookmark synching (cloud based) apps out there - Xmarks (pay app), etc. However I don't see anything that specifically allows you to just import a bookmark set into Android. That functionality is also not built into the stock browser.
Surely, by now, there has to be a quick/easy way to import FF/IE/Chrome bookmarks directly to the Android Browser on your mobile device?
Nevermind. I did not read the OP carefully enough.
Edit: I also am looking for a solution to this. Supposedly Gmarks can do this but I could not figure out how.
lancemoreland said:
Nevermind. I did not read the OP carefully enough.
Edit: I also am looking for a solution to this. Supposedly Gmarks can do this but I could not figure out how.
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MyBookmarks app (free in Market) will do this. You export your bookmarks; upload them to their site; import them to your device. Supposedly works on all phones (I have a Toshiba Thrive) and IE, Firefore, Safari, and Chrome.
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MyBookmarks app (free in Market) will do this. You export your bookmarks; upload them to their site; import them to your device. Supposedly works on all phones (I have a Toshiba Thrive) and IE, Firefore, Safari, and Chrome.
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I appreciate the response, I did a market search but this app must not have been popular enough to come up in the first 10-15 bookmark related apps.
I'll give it a try, there is a Free and Pro version.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.rerware.android.MyBookmarks
Downloaded this mybookmarks app. Uploaded ff bookmarks on the website then imported them with the app. Said it was successful but the android native browser has the same bookmarks as before. Nothing new imported. Strange. Anyone else get this to work with synergy or gb based rom? Not sure why it's not importing them to the browser correctly.
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No idea why this app doesn't work for me? Says it imports but my bookmarks are the same.
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Downloaded this mybookmarks app. Uploaded ff bookmarks on the website then imported them with the app. Said it was successful but the android native browser has the same bookmarks as before. Nothing new imported. Strange. Anyone else get this to work with synergy or gb based rom? Not sure why it's not importing them to the browser correctly.
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Same with me.
And I'm getting really upset that I can't transfer my Firefox bookmarks to my HTC. I have allot of them, and use them for work also.
Since I'm going on a business trip, I'll need it all on my DHD.
It's a pain in the ass to create one by one manually.