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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.

[APP] Samsung Apps for any Custom Roms

Notice:
Actually, I don't know this application is necessary for you or not
After moved from stock GB to Custom Rom (CM9), sometime we felt some applications are missing
One of them that I felt missing from stock ROM is Samsung Apps
So I will share apk files from this apps
How to install?
The zip file is not flashable, extract it, and install 2 files as normally (tap & install)
And it easy to Uninstall from Apps Manager
Note:
This apps is not latest version, but the apps will updates automatically
I hope you like it

i can't install it as normal app because it say "application not installed "

Laurentyu1995 said:
i can't install it as normal app because it say "application not installed "
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This can happen if you have your activity declared twice in your AndroidManifest.xml file. And by twice, I mean one: as a normal activity and two: as the launcher.
Make sure every activity in the manifest file is declared only once.
1. try another explorer to install it, eg Astro or Root Explorer.
2. If method 1 doesn't help, delete file .android_secure/smdl2tmpl.asec from SD Card. If the folder .android_secure is empty on your file manager, delete it from PC
I hope it will help you

temenalie said:
This can happen if you have your activity declared twice in your AndroidManifest.xml file. And by twice, I mean one: as a normal activity and two: as the launcher.
Make sure every activity in the manifest file is declared only once.
1. try another explorer to install it, eg Astro or Root Explorer.
2. If method 1 doesn't help, delete file .android_secure/smdl2tmpl.asec from SD Card. If the folder .android_secure is empty on your file manager, delete it from PC
I hope it will help you
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samsung apps cant install as common apk files. its require touchwiz framework.
try this instead http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1773983

It worked perfectly for me. Some apps downloaded by the application fail to install, but not all. I managed to install Samsung Apps moving both files to system/app via Root Explorer. After I changed the permissions to RW-R-R.
I would like to add my Samsung account on the phone, but I need the apk files. Do you know where can I find?

Xperia M get all apps + external and internal swap

Here I will tell you how to get all or most of the apps from google play and I will also tell you how to swap your internal and external memory.
I am not responsible if anything unwanted is to happen to your device.
It is not needed but as a precaution make a backup.
How to get all apps
Before you start:
Must be rooted
Have a file explorer with root privileges (I recommend root explorer)
1. Download the edited build.prop (link provided below)
2. Open your file explorer and navigate to /system
3. Rename the build.prop already located there, to build.prop.bak
4. Paste the build.prop you downloaded
5. Change its permissions to rw-r--r--
6. Reboot and enjoy
If you want to put your device back to its original settings delete build.prop and rename build.prop.bak to build.prop and reboot
How to swap internal and external storage
Before you start:
Must be rooted
Have a file explorer with root privileges (I recommend root explorer)
Have Script Manager installed (link here)
1. Download the edited swap.sh and restore.sh (links provided below)
2. Open your file explorer and navigate to /data
3. Paste swap.sh and restore.sh here
4. Change their permissions to rwxrwxrwx
5. Open Script Manager
6. Navigate to /data
7. Click on swap.sh and tick su, boot and is executable. Do the same for restore.sh
8. Run swap.sh wait a 10 seconds then kill it
9. Your storage should have now been swapped, go to settings > storage to check
This will only last until you next reboot. If you want to swap them back but do not want to reboot, repeat steps 8 and 9 but with restore.sh
If you would like to use my edited build.prop you are welcome to. I cannot remember where i got the swap.sh but credit goes to them.

Hello, Can You please specify weather this method works for Xperia M C1904/1905, OR Xperia M Dual C2004/2005?
And Everyone on this forums an Important Request Please Mention specifically Which Device you are Posting anything for....

If we changed the stock build.prop with this,the model of the phone will be changed from Xperia M to XperiaZ1

This will work for C1905, but I do not know if it will work on any others, and the build.prop will make your phone think it is a Z1

Quick question. Why do we need to do this? In your post you mention,
Here I will tell you how to get all or most of the apps from google play
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Is there something we can do to the Xperia M that can cause it to not be able to download apps from Google Play?

What do you mean by cause it not to be able to download apps?
Sent from my C1905 Xperia M

I recently bought a Xperia M SS. And I am reading through the forums to understand what all is available for this device. Your post provides instructions on "how to get all or most of the apps from google play".
That line gives me the impression that without following the instructions you have given, I will be unable to "get all or most apps from google play".
So I ask, what do you mean by that statement. I have only rooted (full root) my phone. I am currently able to download and use all apps that I need. I need to know whether or not I need to follow your instructions. Who are these instructions aimed at? Is there a subset of people who are unable to "get all or most apps from google play"?

What I mean by this is that it will allow you to get incompatible apps, such as asphalt 8 which is actually fully compatible.
Sent from my C1905 Xperia M

The build.prop will not work on firmware version 15.1.C.2.8

Is this work on cm12.1?

SD-Card: write access is not enabled

Hi guys,
yesterday I flashed my Sony xperia m (C1905) single sim with this custom rom: https://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-m/orig-development/rom-aosp-nougat-7-0-t3448481
And also I flash the gapps here: http://opengapps.org/ Arm, 7.1, micro
First, I unlocked my bootloader - all fine
Second, I install twrp recovery as boot.img
Then I go into recovery mode ->install custom rom (zip file) from sd-card and the gapps (+ wipe cache etc.) - all fine
After this, I setup the Android 7.1 correctly, and all apps work very nice...
But then, I download the fx file explorer, see here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.fx
I installed it and want to create a folder on the sd-card, but then a error appears, which says: "Access was denied: write access is not enabled".
But I already give the app the permission to access the sd-card in the settings.
And if I use a app like Backup & Restore (Backup APKs), and select as backup folder the sd-card, it works fine...
But why?

i solved the problem, you have to go to sd-card (Media card) in fx file explorer ->next click on the three points on the right top, a menu appears, you scroll down and see "Enable write access". Click on this and select in the next step the Media Card/Sd-card.
Now is the sd-card writeable by fx file explorer.

Change built-in file manager?

I would like to change default file manager but it seems that some links to it are hardcoded in LOS so for example if i uninstall it and replace it with fx file manager some
apps can't access it because they are calling to that default one which is not there anymore.
Any tips on how can i replace it, or where can i change those links to default app?

The default file manager that you were using has the package name "com.android.documentsui", and you generally see it when you have to choose a file for an app. Only here has it been turned into a full-fledged file manager. That was a system app that you weren't supposed to remove, so your only option is to install another file manager app alongside the default one.

Hi i'm with the same problem, i need a default file manger that can accese root so other app can get accese to root folder. Is there a way to resolve?

Here is how to replace the stock file explore with the root accessable one.
I'm gonna priovide the best filemanager fully featured, called mixplore, which i highly recommend. this file manager can access root directory.
watch Mixplore review from HERE
NB: make sure you have a root access
1. download Mixplore
2. install it on your device then open it
3. on the left then click on "root" then grant root permission when prompted
4. go into system/apps/documentUi OR system/apps/cmfilemanager
OR system/apps/files. If your on other roms apart from cynogenmod, lineageOs or RR-Os.. go into system/apps/filemanger
in case not found in app forlder try priv-app, i.e system/apps/..
NB: not "document" its "documentUi"
5. open the that last folder on the directory i.e file manager, swipe right and go into downloads copy the Mixplore.apk, then swipe left back into root/system/app/___ and paste the mixplore and delete the stock filemager from that folder
6. restart the phone.. now you have replaced the stock file explore from your android.

ppllzz help meee mi a1
i uninstalled the system file manager and now can't reinstall it and com.andeoid.documentsui keeps stopping and after installing app getting the problem files keeps stopping

Adwolf01 said:
i uninstalled the system file manager and now can't reinstall it and com.andeoid.documentsui keeps stopping and after installing app getting the problem files keeps stopping
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Dirty flash your ROM

yohannacastle said:
I'm gonna priovide the best filemanager fully featured, called mixplore, which i highly recommend. this file manager can access root directory.
watch Mixplore review from HERE
NB: make sure you have a root access
1. download Mixplore
2. install it on your device then open it
3. on the left then click on "root" then grant root permission when prompted
4. go into system/apps/documentUi OR system/apps/cmfilemanager
OR system/apps/files. If your on other roms apart from cynogenmod, lineageOs or RR-Os.. go into system/apps/filemanger
in case not found in app forlder try priv-app, i.e system/apps/..
NB: not "document" its "documentUi"
5. open the that last folder on the directory i.e file manager, swipe right and go into downloads copy the Mixplore.apk, then swipe left back into root/system/app/___ and paste the mixplore and delete the stock filemager from that folder
6. restart the phone.. now you have replaced the stock file explore from your android.
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will this work if an app ask to write on external storage ???

loopypalm said:
will this work if an app ask to write on external storage ???
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This method creates problem when trying to access sd card or otg,mixplorer ,though fully featured,will also need permission from documentsui to access externals,it will show error "doesn't exist x

Best way is disable documents ui from showing icon in launcher

HarmitR said:
This method creates problem when trying to access sd card or otg,mixplorer ,though fully featured,will also need permission from documentsui to access externals,it will show error "doesn't exist x
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yes, i already tried, it didn't work
best thing to do is give access to all apps that require SD write then freez DocumentsUI