I do not know how to fix this, here is my problem.
I have a vista desktop, everytime I download an apk file it reads or downloads it as a winzip file.
But if I download the same file in my XP desktop, it corectly downloads it and recognizes it as an apk file. I have 2 vista PC, both have the same problem.
Fortunately I have an old XP PC, and I am using it to download apk file from XDA.
Any suggestions on what maybe the problem will be appreciated.
tomasitoc said:
I do not know how to fix this, here is my problem.
I have a vista desktop, everytime I download an apk file it reads or downloads it as a winzip file.
But if I download the same file in my XP desktop, it corectly downloads it and recognizes it as an apk file. I have 2 vista PC, both have the same problem.
Fortunately I have an old XP PC, and I am using it to download apk file from XDA.
Any suggestions on what maybe the problem will be appreciated.
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I never heard of downloading a file and the os converting the file before download.
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tomasitoc said:
I do not know how to fix this, here is my problem.
I have a vista desktop, everytime I download an apk file it reads or downloads it as a winzip file.
But if I download the same file in my XP desktop, it corectly downloads it and recognizes it as an apk file. I have 2 vista PC, both have the same problem.
Fortunately I have an old XP PC, and I am using it to download apk file from XDA.
Any suggestions on what maybe the problem will be appreciated.
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When you go to download choose save as then choose all files as the type from the drop down which is below where you would name it and make sure it has a .apk extension after the name.
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Delete....
To test:
In the PC desktop a file was displayed/read it as an apk file.
I transfered the same file to my vista PC it displayed it as a zip file not an apk file!
I just don't know what is causing this
tomasitoc said:
To test:
In the PC desktop a file was displayed/read it as an apk file.
I transfered the same file to my vista PC it displayed it as a zip file not an apk file!
I just don't know what is causing this
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no idea then unless you somehow set win zip as the default program for .apk files.
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Hello Monk4life,
That was a good suggestion. It worked.
This is what I did, I looked at the XP desktop, to verify what program was defaulted to open the apk file. somehow it was set to open with droidexplorer.
I went to my vista desktop, the droid explorer was not installed, the file open as a default was winzip. I installed the droid explorer and wala the file displayed as an apk file. The droid explorer installed an apk shell extension!
thank you so much
You're welcome. Glad I could help.
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I downloaded xml applications from the net but they can not be installed. Can u help me, please! I need some software?
you are not supposed to extract the contents of the cab file that you downloaded, copy the cab file over to the phone and execute it from the phone
k, thx! i solved it!
i am trying to install some applications on my brand new touch pro 2..
but the bundles of files i get to install is not called .cad files. my computer tells me they are dll files..
anyone care to noob me around a bit ?
prokrank said:
i am trying to install some applications on my brand new touch pro 2..
but the bundles of files i get to install is not called .cad files. my computer tells me they are dll files..
anyone care to noob me around a bit ?
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Sure....what exact files are you downloading? You should be able to tell when you're downloading them that the extension is ".cab"...as long as that's the case, just put the .cab file on your phone and click it to run from there.
sirphunkee said:
Sure....what exact files are you downloading? You should be able to tell when you're downloading them that the extension is ".cab"...as long as that's the case, just put the .cab file on your phone and click it to run from there.
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in other words. Don't unpack the "cab" files on your computer or phone... just transfer the entire "cab" package to your sd card or phone. Use file explorer (on your phone) to navigate where you have saved the cab files. Select the cab file and the installation will begin
aaand this too just for the noobness haha.. if you've d/l'd a .cab to your pc and have winrar installed on it.. winrar will show the .cab's icon as that little set of books like a .rar file.. they're both archives, but the .cab doesn't need unpacking.. it's like a windows mobile version of a .exe for the pc.. just saying, i did that too at 1st.. a loong time ago.. haha
just copy and paste to your phone storage and you are all set
Sometimes, when I download a zip file of an apk, my mac unzips it into a folder with all the internal files, not as one apk file.
This almost always happens when I download from mediafire. Sometimes from other sites as well.
Any way to get around this without running windows? Or to quickly repackage the folder into an apk?
It seems to do the same thing on my evo when I transfer the zip from my mac.
If I could open mediafire and other such sharing sites on my evo, I would, but they don't run correctly in my browser.
I appreciate the help.
elr0y said:
Sometimes, when I download a zip file of an apk, my mac unzips it into a folder with all the internal files, not as one apk file.
This almost always happens when I download from mediafire. Sometimes from other sites as well.
Any way to get around this without running windows? Or to quickly repackage the folder into an apk?
It seems to do the same thing on my evo when I transfer the zip from my mac.
If I could open mediafire and other such sharing sites on my evo, I would, but they don't run correctly in my browser.
I appreciate the help.
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Those site should work fine in your browser, may want to check into that. Anyways, don't open the file after you download. Just rename to a .apk file and you'll be good to go. Macs can screw up zip files like apks and update.zips, so definitely don't open it. Renaming always works for me. Then you can load it on your phone.
If your using Safari it will all ways do that unless you change your settings in preferences in Safari so it wont automatically open files. It is set by default to open any folder when you download hope that helps I have a Mac too
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Thanks for the advice. I'll try all of that going forward.
When i download the .Apk file it shows up on my desktop as a .Zip. If i place it on my sdcard Astro just wants to open it instead of installing it.
Any ideas on what im doing wrong???
Thank you
unzip it first on your desktop, the apk is located in the zip. and then move the apk
Jeff Zaugg said:
When i download the .Apk file it shows up on my desktop as a .Zip. If i place it on my sdcard Astro just wants to open it instead of installing it.
Any ideas on what im doing wrong???
Thank you
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Hm, which version? It should just be an apk which you can download/install via phone. Or download it via desktop and move it to the phone. Perhaps your browser is doing something wrong!?
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Its version LMT v0.9 here from the Xda site.
Maybe im suppost to flash it in cwm.....
If i extract it to my desktop the files that show up are as follows-
res.rar
Androidmanifest.rar
classes.dex
resources.rar
META-INF.rar
Lib.rar
No apk in there. I sure i just dont know what im doing. Guess i need i step by step guide for beginers..lol
Jeff Zaugg said:
Its version LMT v0.9 here from the Xda site.
Maybe im suppost to flash it in cwm.....
If i extract it to my desktop the files that show up are as follows-
res.rar
Androidmanifest.rar
classes.dex
resources.rar
META-INF.rar
Lib.rar
No apk in there. I sure i just dont know what im doing. Guess i need i step by step guide for beginers..lol
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Please don't install it via cwm! . An apk is nothing more than a normal zip file with a special folder structure/contained files (you already posted the contained files ). So perhaps your browser tried to find the "best" extension and named it *.zip. Just rename it to *.apk again, push it to your phone and try to install it again. Then it should work...
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noname81 said:
Please don't install it via cwm! . An apk is nothing more than a normal zip file with a special folder structure/contained files (you already posted the contained files ). So perhaps your browser tried to find the "best" extension and named it *.zip. Just rename it to *.apk again, push it to your phone and try to install it again. Then it should work...
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You were right. Thank you very much.
Guess windows was adding the .zip to the end of it after i renamed it .apk..lol Didnt notice that until i took a look at the file in Root Explorer and it was Lmt_v0.9.apk.zip. Just renamed it again to Lmt_v0.9.apk. Astro installed it just fine now...
Thanks again
This thread should have been posted on a microsoft windows forum. Period.
Hello everyone, I would like to know if it's possible to open files with .face extension on a PC with Win or OSX.I tried unsuccessfully with xn viewer.
Try renaming to .zip and use 7Zip , Winzil or WinRar to open the file.
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mayen said:
Try renaming to .zip and use 7Zip , Winzil or WinRar to open the file.
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If you use 7Zip, you don't even have to rename it. It's that cool of a program that it'll let you extract anything that is extractable simply by right clicking on it.
Thanks for the tip.I can extract the files but I was hoping to see immediately the animated clock.Maybe one day there will be a program for PC similar to Facer in order to edit faces for the smartwatch.
Someone once mentioned a program that did exactly that. I can't remember what it's called now, but it was some ambitious name for the software.
Watchface-Studio
Thank you for the suggestion LazyT !!.
rename the .face to .zip then you can extract the info reverse step to make back to a .face and install Note make sure to turn off the "Hide extensions for known file type" in Folder view options..
Or use my program
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