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Unable to download APKs from the browser?

Whenever I try to download an APK from the browser it says my phone doesn't support that file type. I think I remember it being able to before. Any ideas?
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There's an app called "download all files" it's like a browser plugin
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Download crutch also works. Found it on 4shared.
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Can also change browsers. I like Dolphin Browser

gmap516 said:
Whenever I try to download an APK from the browser it says my phone doesn't support that file type. I think I remember it being able to before. Any ideas?
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Use opera MOBILE browser
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I use Xscope. It isn't free I don't think. Honestly, don't get it. haha

I use dolphin browser hd. Also have your unknown sources checked in the application settings.

Make sure you have some type of file browser installed, otherwise you will get this error. I think, one comes installed but not sure.
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+1 for download all files app. It's free and works great

or astro or esfile explorer ...they both have settings to allow browser, to download anything,
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gmap516 said:
Whenever I try to download an APK from the browser it says my phone doesn't support that file type. I think I remember it being able to before. Any ideas?
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The stock browser has this problem. When download some files, it will have some kind of check. Once it found something incompatible, it will notify user and prevent them from downloading. Maybe you could try other browser. Recommend Boat Browser. It supports pause/resume/retry when downloading. You can find it in Android market.

I enabled astro's download anything for stock browser but I told me I have to dissable the setting anytime I want to download a attachment in gmail. Kinda lame :-(

bluefire808 said:
I enabled astro's download anything for stock browser but I told me I have to dissable the setting anytime I want to download a attachment in gmail. Kinda lame :-(
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Yes but how often do you download something from gmail ..... Me never so no biggie but if you do I guess find another or use es file explorer
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New to the epic

Can someone explain to me why whenever I Download anything the Download fails I can't download roms themes or anything any help appreciated
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bigjack216 said:
Can someone explain to me why whenever I Download anything the Download fails I can't download roms themes or anything any help appreciated
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From a computer or your phone?

Phone....I came from the evo 3d and was able to download any rom off xda on my phone without it failing just seeing what I'm doing wrong g on this one lol
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Try to download a different browser like dolphin or Opera browser and see if that helps.
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Tried new browser no roms will Download lol this sucks
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Try download all app from Google Play.

Is your internal memory full? Happened to me before, after I filled my phone up with music. And it wouldn't even tell me memory is full, it just failed downloads. Moved/deleted some files and downloads worked fine after.
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Nope have 11gb left and a 32gb card lol just nothing will Download
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Did you buy a used phone? Might be an internal hardware issue.

Firefox or Opera are the only two browsers that work to download anything. Plus while downloading do not exit the app.
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Its probably the network.. I noticed running on sprints network whe the phone would go into deep sleep the radio would turn off and download would fail.. My suggestion is to try force roaming with another prl and try to download while roaming.. For some reason when im on sprint prl 60687 using sprints 3g data i have to keep screen on until its finished.. While roaming i can throw it on the charger and come back to a finished download. Or get a browser that will allow you to start/stop the download but this way you might get a bad download.. I wish more devs would use torrents since its way easier to download using adownloader
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Thank you for the help guys I got it to work now people seem alot.more friendly in this forum Compared to the 3d forum
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bigjack216 said:
Phone....I came from the evo 3d and was able to download any rom off xda on my phone without it failing just seeing what I'm doing wrong g on this one lol
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Turn back to the Evo 3D .... This device is going out quicker than the Evo

bigjack216 said:
Thank you for the help guys I got it to work now people seem alot.more friendly in this forum Compared to the 3d forum
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I said the same exact thing a month ago. lol
overall everything in this section is better. You're definitely going to like it here.
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If you are using stock browser to download I'm pretty sure it's the browser download boatbrowser the only one I'm able to download with... For me it's impossible to download in el29 stock browser

bigjack216 said:
Can someone explain to me why whenever I Download anything the Download fails I can't download roms themes or anything any help appreciated
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It's because the file type is not compatible with any apps you have. I had the same problem. Download any file explorer from the play store and it'll work
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abusedcloth said:
Turn back to the Evo 3D .... This device is going out quicker than the Evo
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How ths device go out before one that is eol'd?
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bigjack216 said:
Can someone explain to me why whenever I Download anything the Download fails I can't download roms themes or anything any help appreciated
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Go into the market and search "Astro". Its a great file explorer and if you go into "Menu"......."Preferences"....and check box that says "Enable Browser Downloads" then reboot. You can now DL anything from any site.
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Change dns with rom.toolbox or similar tool.... Use googles dns 8.8.8.8 or 8.8.4.4
Sprint blocks that stuff via dns
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Go to market and download the app called download all files
It works with stock browser... the browser is made to block some stuff not what exactly...
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Downloading rars

I'm having a huge problem downloading rars or zips whether it be on 4g or WIFI or with dolphin browser, stock, or skyfire. I get errors as ssoon as the download starts every time. I can't figure out if this is some sort of block attempt from sprint / Samsung on filesharing/hosting sites or if its just my phone. Anyone have any insight on this? Driving me crazy
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carnivalrejectq said:
I'm having a huge problem downloading rars or zips whether it be on 4g or WIFI or with dolphin browser, stock, or skyfire. I get errors as ssoon as the download starts every time. I can't figure out if this is some sort of block attempt from sprint / Samsung on filesharing/hosting sites or if its just my phone. Anyone have any insight on this? Driving me crazy
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Try the app "Download all files" - know that works for me. Usually it's a lack of file association.

Opera mobile works for me.
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I have no.idea.why but download.all.files.refuses to assosiate its self with files.until after I download them which is rare and I get the same results on opera.mobile
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check the download directory. Dolphin>Settings>More>Settings>Privacy & Personal Data and see if there is something in there. Check you 'download' directory too (sdcard/download).

carnivalrejectq said:
I have no.idea.why but download.all.files.refuses to assosiate its self with files.until after I download them which is rare and I get the same results on opera.mobile
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But it is dowloading now, right? That solves your first problem.
Opening a rar will require an app and there are free ones out there on Play.
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No they do not download what so ever on wifi 3g or 4g all browsers will just pop up and say error. I'm really thinking its just sprint blocking filesharing sites or something internally wrong with my phone. Its the same thing for downloading roms, tools for roms, or even music that's contained in rars. It just refuses to downlaod things off of browsers.
Edit: it appears to be a memory problem with the internal storage switched it to external dl location and it started working.I was unaware cuz this was previously my girls phone. Thanks for the responses and help.
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No flash in browsers

I used to be able to open flash pages in opera and uc browser but now they do not work. Anyone having this problem?
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We no longer have flash on our phones. Thank apple.
They even pulled it from the play store! Ive got a copy I can give you, but cant get it till later. Maybe someone else can help w that? Check themes and apps section too btw.
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DocHoliday77 said:
We no longer have flash on our phones. Thank apple.
They even pulled it from the play store! Ive got a copy I can give you, but cant get it till later. Maybe someone else can help w that? Check themes and apps section too btw.
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I downloaded flash however it still doesn't load flash pages correctly what gives??
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Check your settings and make sire the plug in is on.
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I'll be beyond disappointed if this sticks. I hate Apple and really loved working from my phones. Android isdominating the market and Apple does this? Wow
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Apple has been pressuring everyone to ditch flash for years. From what ive heard Jobs HATED Adobe which is why no apple product ever supported flash. If its not Apple tech or built specifically for and around apple, this is what they would do. Iphones dominance early on is what helped them succeed in killing flash.
If apple doesn't like something they will go to extremes to destroy it. They have to protect their one good idea per decade somehow I suppose!
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It's there a way to keep flash on my phone. It's not updated but some people say it works fine.
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I am using it with the original browser that came on the stock rom. Chrome does not work. Original browser does
Still on stock btw.
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Guess it's a good thing the ota update never came through to my device because I still have flash, universal search, and the likes.
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Downloaded an apk online and flash is back. Awesome
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g2xpolak said:
I used to be able to open flash pages in opera and uc browser but now they do not work. Anyone having this problem?
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I use boat browser from the android market, and still have flash. make sure you check
Flash plugin always on

YourAntic said:
I downloaded flash however it still doesn't load flash pages correctly what gives??
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What a joke. :thumbdown:
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leodney said:
I use boat browser from the android market, and still have flash. make sure you check
Flash plugin always on
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Ya i checked settings and tried both user interfaces. I'm not that much of a noob. I tried 4 browsers. It works after installing the apk file i found online. I was really pissed off. The flash installer from Google play doesn't work. Search Google for flash player apk.
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g2xpolak said:
Ya i checked settings and tried both user interfaces. I'm not that much of a noob. I tried 4 browsers. It works after installing the apk file i found online. I was really pissed off. The flash installer from Google play doesn't work. Search Google for flash player apk.
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I'm glad u found a solution

Download stops at 99% and fails!!

Is anyone having issues downloading files on your device? This is a first one for me. I have more than enough memory on both sd cards but my downloads fail at 99%. I've tried different roms to see if maybe it was just the one I was running but they all seem to have the same results. I've been trying to download Jovys Stockorama v2 but it keeps failing. Anyone have an idea of what could be causing this to happen? Thanks in advance guys!
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I've had issues in the past downloading large files over mobile connection. With a solid 5-15mbit downstream. Just times out for no reason. One day I can download my CM update, the next day I can't.
Use computer or wifi.

Yeah this is the 1st time is happened to me. Unfortunately my WiFi is down at the moment and I won't get another modem till the end of the week.
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mrzhadow said:
Yeah this is the 1st time is happened to me. Unfortunately my WiFi is down at the moment and I won't get another modem till the end of the week.
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Have you tried downloading it with Download Manager? I have had that issue using the stock download app before but it works fine with the Download Manager app.

I didn't even think to do that! I'm going to try it right now and see if it works for me. Will update shortly
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I've had this problem when I'd use boat browser, it would always fail at 99%. Wouldn't matter what I'd be downloading. The way i got past it was by installing dolphin browser and use that.

I actually used dolphin too and I had the same errors. I am using download manager right now to see if it works. I had a hard time connecting to the server I think they were having issues. I'm at 50% at the moment. I hope it works!!
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Aerowinder said:
I've had issues in the past downloading large files over mobile connection. With a solid 5-15mbit downstream. Just times out for no reason. One day I can download my CM update, the next day I can't.
Use computer or wifi.
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I am having the same issue with larger files, usually I just try a different browser until one finally works (ie Chrome, Dolphin, xScope, Next Browser, Lightning, Boat Browser, Firefox, Opera, etc. - Usually one out of two or three will work.)
Question for Aerowinder AND anyone reading this running CM10.1, are you getting hotboots (random reboots without the SGS3 boot logo) on CM10.1? --- I've had this happen a lot when I'm taking the time to download these files on WiFi... I read somewhere that the d2mo CM Team is working on a new kernal to solve such issues, but its a pain when doing such tasks on WiFi...

I tried download manager but it downloaded with errors. It also took twice as long to download. Which app are you using?
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Is it just the one file it's doing this on? Or all large files?
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I was able to download detmobilized on their dev-host mirror link. I tried other files but was unable to download all the way. Maybe it also depends on the server. This is the 1st time I've had issues.
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On stockorama download page, scroll down a little and you can choose a different mirror/server to download from.
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I tried all of the mirrors and they're all a no go. I'm going to try the other browsers. I just want to figure it out so it won't happen again
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If the Download Manager didn't work try Opera... It's useless for most things but when I wanted to download something and nothing else was doing it, opera never failed.
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