I have a Samsung Epic 4G Touch and im having minor issues. Why is it when I try to download a zip files it says unsuccessful? Am I doing something wrong? Do I need to enable something or download an app? Everytime I see something on XDA that I wantt download, I just simply cant.
It's the stock browser blocking the download. Try Opera or Dolphin HD.
I tried Dolphin and it downloads the zip file, but it gives me a warning message that no application has been found to open this file. I also tried an Opera and the same thing. Do I need a specific app in order to open them?
Nyq83 said:
I tried Dolphin and it downloads the zip file, but it gives me a warning message that no application has been found to open this file. I also tried an Opera and the same thing. Do I need a specific app in order to open them?
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Androzip to open zip files
Also try to download astro file manager and go to preferences for that app then check the box to enable browser downloads.
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Thank you, it worked.
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All of a sudden when I try to download files through 4shared they wont work because they are .bin files. Is bthere a way to make them work or what. It seems like they are all changing. It sucks.
Sounds like you have an app on your phone that' s conflicting.
What file manager are you using? What what are you downloading m
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Sounds like you have an app on your phone that' s conflicting.
What file manager are you using? What what are you downloading?
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Astro. Some files will download fine, then some say they wont work with the phone. I dont get it. One file I was trying to download was root explorer. All of the links are .bin files. I didnt think it would be anything on the phone. Sometimes I will look for something, it will give me several download options and versions. some work some dont.
Figured out one thing. If I download the .apk file from 4shared on my laptop and transfer to my phone then install through Astro it works. If I try download through 4shared site on phone that is when some not all files say they are .bin . Whats that all bout?
I think if you go to settings in astro and hit download unsupported content or something like that they will work hope I helped
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Thats not the problem. Astro works fine. Its when I select a download from the actual 4shared website through the phone some files say its not supported on this phone. But if I download the exact same file through my laptop and then install through astro the file installs as an apk. and works fine. I just want to know if anyone else is seeing this or what. Its just puzzling.
Hey all you have to do is when the .bin appears to save and name the file just type whatever.apk. so if your downloading let's say NFL.apk in it appears as .bin just type NFL.apk and download and save. Then goto astro and install.
Thanks to all. I will give it a shot.
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Hey all you have to do is when the .bin appears to save and name the file just type whatever.apk. so if your downloading let's say NFL.apk in it appears as .bin just type NFL.apk and download and save. Then goto astro and install.
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Confirmed this is the correct way to do this. I was having this same issue when I was trying to reinstall Swype.
Nice, thanks for the tip. I too was having that problem, I dont use astro, just OI and root explorer. Renaming the .bin. to xxx.apk installs the app.
I think its been happening to everyone
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My downloads keep failing, and it sucks having to restart them from 0%, is there a app that will allow me to resume failed downloads? Ty
Edit: Crap not where I wanted to put this...
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I don't know of one but you could try opera mobile browser. It is very good with downloads.
Install this. It will let you download nearly any file in the stock browser.
Download this file and rename the extension to .apk instead of .txt
I'm not sure why, I could never download zips or large files to this phone. My last phone, The HTC Hero, was able to do this with no problem. Any ideas ?
using opera mobile I can download any zips. although if you are in a place with crappy 3g it might fail and you would have to do it again. when I can I download mine over wifi
install androzip and then try
You need a app associated with the file type to download. There is a app called download all files or something that will associate with all file types in order to download.
Download astro file manager from the market. open astro, hit the file manager button then the menu button and click on Preferences then scroll down to enable browser download, just click enable and youre good to go
Thank you the Astro fix seems to work.
I've received a couple of emails from a friend that has a .zip file attached. However, when viewing the email, the .zip file has "info" next to it......when I tap that, it says "Unfortunately, you can't save or open this type of attachment." I've have AndroZip app installed.....so what else do I need to do to be able to download this file type? Other files, such as pdf's and doc's give me the option to save, preview, view.
From the Play Store download
Download all files app by MDJ Software.
Already have that installed.
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Already have that installed.
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Dang, I have always used that app for that but you're right, I just tried it and got the same thing as you.
I bet gmail does that because it thinks all zip files are malicious.
There are a few different apps on the market (Play Store) for doing this but I can't find one that has been updated to work with ICS.
Google really needs to build this into the Gmail.apk
Boat Browser or any Browser that you can change your UA to desktop, then go to gmail.com
*cough* stock email app *cough*
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*cough* stock email app *cough*
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I had the same problem.
Agreed
I forwarded to my stock email downloaded zip from there.
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I've received a couple of emails from a friend that has a .zip file attached. However, when viewing the email, the .zip file has "info" next to it......when I tap that, it says "Unfortunately, you can't save or open this type of attachment." I've have AndroZip app installed.....so what else do I need to do to be able to download this file type? Other files, such as pdf's and doc's give me the option to save, preview, view.
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What I recently discovered is, that if you forward your mail with the .zip attachement to yourself, or anybody else, the download button appears ...
Really stupid way, but that could be a solution for you? :good:
i cant download zip file from my gmail
I purchased a 32gb micro memory card (class 10) for my beloved Note2. Then I updated my Google Chrome browser for Android. I made it my default browser. I noticed, all my files I download goes to my internal phone memory.
I tried to figure out how to change the default download directory, with no success. It's just not possible. I'm coming from stock browser, which uses external memory. Also, Dolphin HD browser uses external memory, but not Chrome!
Not Chrome!
Someone correct me but, may have to do with Nexus phones not having an SD card slot and its probably the Nexus' default browser? For some reason they carried that throughout?
Yeah, i thought of that also. But for us with removable external memory cards, it's a pain to keep manually moving my downloaded "stuff" from the storage/sdcard0/download folder to the storage/extSdCard/downIoad folder. It's a shame they can't put it in the settings somewhere.
You could probably use one of the bind Mount utilities from the market to mount the download directory over to the external card.
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You could probably use one of the bind Mount utilities from the market to mount the download directory over to the external card.
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However, I would need a rooted phone.
Don't misunderstand me. I rooted all my Android phones up to my Note 2 (Vibrant, G2, SGS2) however not my Note 2 yet. Its because I use Isis wallet.
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How about a download manager? I have been researching for a solution, and came across these download managers. I noticed that If you install these apps, when you attempt to download anything, it asks if you want to use the download manager or "internet". Why can't the download manager point to my "download" folder on my external SD card.
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How about a download manager? I have been researching for a solution, and came across these download managers. I noticed that If you install these apps, when you attempt to download anything, it asks if you want to use the download manager or "internet". Why can't the download manager point to my "download" folder on my external SD card.
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You would need one that's configurable for that. I imagine that's more up to the download manager app than anything else. There has to be one that lets you pick the destination directory.
You could also try something like Script Manager, write a quick script to copy the files over to the external, then delete them from the internal. It wouldn't need root as the sdcard directories don't respect permissions by design. Then set it to run once an hour or similar. The "script" could be as simple as "mv /sdcard/download/* /extSdCard/" .... Assuming "mv" doesn't get angry about them being different filesystems. If not, a "cp" followed by an "rm" would do the same thing. Or you could get fancy and use a loop to check that the files got copied over before deleting the original... lots of options.
Google's hate toward removable storage is irritating.
lawalty said:
How about a download manager? I have been researching for a solution, and came across these download managers. I noticed that If you install these apps, when you attempt to download anything, it asks if you want to use the download manager or "internet". Why can't the download manager point to my "download" folder on my external SD card.
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If you are going that route why not just choose the stock Android browser for downloads and that has an option to download to memory card? You would have to clear defaults in Chrome if you already had chosen to use that to download as default.
I use the download manager that comes with ES File Explorer as my default downloader. All downloads go to my sd card.
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I use the download manager that comes with ES File Explorer as my default downloader. All downloads go to my sd card.
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I will check out thid download manager fron ES. Maybe it'll work. Thanks
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kennyglass123 said:
If you are going that route why not just choose the stock Android browser for downloads and that has an option to download to memory card? You would have to clear defaults in Chrome if you already had chosen to use that to download as default.
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Ok.. I've been using the stock Android browser like forever. I recently been falling in love with the snappiness of Chrome browser.
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lawalty said:
Ok.. I've been using the stock Android browser like forever. I recently been falling in love with the snappiness of Chrome browser.
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But can't you select the stock browser for downloads only as default until Google fixes the Chrome app?
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But can't you select the stock browser for downloads only as default until Google fixes the Chrome app?
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I guess I can switch browsers, only use the stock browser for downloads and chrome browser for surfing. However, I want to stick to only one.
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This is how you do it: install es file explorer --> open it and go to settings --> select directory settings --> then download path. Pick your SD card. Open chrome and surf to a download of some sort. A pop up should appear and ask how you want to download the file. Choose es file and select always. Done.
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Just use foldermount app... works great
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lawalty said:
I guess I can switch browsers, only use the stock browser for downloads and chrome browser for surfing. However, I want to stick to only one.
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If you mean you are removing the stock browser then the options are a third party app as suggested by a few here, but if you leave the stock browser on your phone, once you select that to use to download as default it will be the same as a third party app. It will just download.
08j3ct1v3 C said:
Quite an easy fix actually. It requires you to decompile the app, though. If you know how to do that with an SDK tool I can provide you with the modified app file.
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Sure! Decompiling sounds scary, plus if I was to figure out how to change the default directory, any updates would totally revert it back. But, having said all that, I will look into how to do such a feat. Thanks.
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Cubicsilver said:
This is how you do it: install es file explorer --> open it and go to settings --> select directory settings --> then download path. Pick your SD card. Open chrome and surf to a download of some sort. A pop up should appear and ask how you want to download the file. Choose es file and select always. Done.
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This worked perfectly for me. Thanks man! You solved the one thing that was keeping me from using this browser.
Cubicsilver said:
This is how you do it: install es file explorer --> open it and go to settings --> select directory settings --> then download path. Pick your SD card. Open chrome and surf to a download of some sort. A pop up should appear and ask how you want to download the file. Choose es file and select always. Done.
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Nope, didn’t work for me. It seems logical, and it should work, however I can't get it to work correctly from a website I routinely download from that requires a cookie. For some reason the stock downloader app works fine, along with the stock browser, but not Chrome.
I get a download fail everytime I use ES File Explorer along with Chrome browser.
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Try maxthon browser. Been using it to put download to my sd card
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