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[How to] Install an app

I want to install Opera Mini on my G1. the apk is out there but I can not figure out a way to make it run load do anything. Anyone no how to make this happen?
For those wondering why I want Opera Mini is becoz I really like Opera mini in a hurry.

You have to make sure to check the box that says allow outside downloads. But the opera mini wont work its for the old beta emulator and will not load on thre G1.

install???
How exactly do we install third party off the market apps??? I have apk extensions. now what???

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I have seen on many users asking on forum what is .apk file ? How to install .apk app on G1 phone ? How to install non market apk apps on android ? etc. A apk file is “android package file” with the extension ‘.apk’ use to install any application on Google Android powered mobile phone. So incase you need to install any application on your android phone you need to have file with .apk format.
Installing any application on google android is pretty easy but installing non market apps on android phone is little tricky one. Well don’t worry here is guide for installing .apk apps on android phones.
How to Install .Apk Apps on Google Android G1 Phone
1. Install and open the Apps Installer application from the Android Market.
2. This opens a view showing *.apk application names in the sdcard root directory.(note, if no AppNames are listed you have no .apk files in the root directory of the SDCard)
3. Touch the app name to initiate installation of the app.
4. The app is now installed
How to Non-Market .Apk Application on Google Android G1 Phone
1. Download and install Google Android SDK.
2. Now type adb in a command shell will display all the options, adb.exe is SDK tool used to install applications and interface with the device.
3. Now Connect Your G1 Phone to your computer using USB cable. You need to install Drivers for this. Download Android USB drivers from here. This driver is required for adb to interface with an android G1 phone using USB cable.
4. Go to Settings/SD card & phone storage and Unmount/eject SD Card. You can enable it again later after you installed your third-party application.
5. Go to Settings/Application settings and enable Unknown sources.
6. Download the Application installer .apk file to a local folder on your computer, Now type below command at command shell to install app.
adb install <Full Path to apk file><apk file name>
The above guide is only application for windows XP users and Windows Vista users wont be able to use it, since android sdk for windows vista is not available.
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neiltoe said:
I want to install Opera Mini on my G1. the apk is out there but I can not figure out a way to make it run load do anything. Anyone no how to make this happen?
For those wondering why I want Opera Mini is becoz I really like Opera mini in a hurry.
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I have Opera mini 4.2 apk in my files if you need it.

Mikey1022 said:
Go to Android Settings/SD card & phone storage and disable Use for USB storage
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There's no such menu. i.e. "disable Use for USB storage" at "Settings/SD card & phone storage" in T-mobile G1.
To enable ADB, you'll need to turn on "USB debugging" in Settings - Application settings - Development.

Opera mini 4.2 beta is on marketplace now anyway.

actually, there is another way. download the app from the internet (either using Android or PC) and move it to the SD card. then download any file browser app (such as IO File Manager) from Android market. open file browser app and locate the downloaded app from the internet and open it. that's it...

Can you add Twidroid to the mix
stats555 said:
I have Opera mini 4.2 apk in my files if you need it.
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Thanks for putting those files together. Can you add Twidroid to the mix?
Thanks!

this should b made a sticky

FYI: Opera is also on SlideME Marketplace. You can install directly from within SAM. It's under "Communications" category.
If you don't have SAM, just visit http://SlideME.org/sam2 from your G1 and download SAM.

help... please? lol
okay i've read through a lot of threads the past couple hours and i just can't figure this out. i can't install 3rd party apps using apps installer or a file manager, but i can install perfectly fine from the market. it tells me that i need to free up some space in order to do so. i have the box checked and such for installing 3rd party apps in settings, and i'm running JF1.42 RC33... what the heck could the problem [email protected]

might be a dumb question, but do you have enough space(mine starts complaining @ less than 5mb left)? menu-settings-storage-internal space.

try adb install, if previous post doesn't help

aye, i'm well above 5MB even without the /data/data move and the /app move, i believe i'm somewhere around 25mb if i keep everything on my phone. so you think the ADB install will fix this? i will have to try it when i get off of work, i don't think the DoD will take kindly to me using their computers for it lol. what thread is that listed under?

Very Simple to install downloaded apk apps!!!
1. Go into menu/settings/applications and check the box allow install of non-market applications.
2. Then download the app: ApkInstaller
Once you do this, you download the apk file from the internet. Save it somewhere on your memory card. Open ApkInstaller and search for the file on your memory card and install.
It's just that simple. I do it all of the time.
Have fun!

Install .apk
Through Terminal Emulator without adb or another install application (AppsInstaller):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3425442#post3425442

All these methods seem pretty confusing... All I do is just click allow third party apps and then click the .apk file in oi file manager.

If you realize when this thread was created, there was no file manager

Mikey1022 said:
If you realize when this thread was created, there was no file manager
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My bad. Sure glad the file manager came out so I don't have to go through all that trouble .

Transfering apps from pc to phone

Anyone know how its done? Downloaded quickoffice, connected HTC to usb, selected mount. I seem to be able to transfer to sd card, but cant see them on the phone.
Can anyone help?
Thanks in advance

Sorted it. Needed to download the transfer app from the market

horwich said:
Sorted it. Needed to download the transfer app from the market
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Please can you specify app name? Is that one a PC app or it's a MOBILE one?

asci said:
Please can you specify app name? Is that one a PC app or it's a MOBILE one?
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Apps Installer
1) Install Apps Installer (from Market)
2) On your computer, download the apk of the application you want to install
3) Connect your phone to the PC and mount the SDCard
4) Put the .apk at the root of SDCard
5) Run Apps Installer from your telephone

install "ES File Explorer" from market (free)
search for your package and click it.
"ES File Explorer" chooses software is needed for application

@be0ne
@restecool
There must be some faulty information since I wasn't able to find both...
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ok. it must be searched as "appsinstaller".

this is cool!
I'm using the "ES File Explorer"
Now...I need a .apk file to test that out

[Q] How to download apk files directly to your phone

I have searched the forums and Googled it but can not find an answer our a way to do it. I can install non market apps with my computer but was just wondering if there was a way to do or directly from the phone.
Sent from my Samsung Captivate

rtgould said:
I have searched the forums and Googled it but can not find an answer our a way to do it. I can install non market apps with my computer but was just wondering if there was a way to do or directly from the phone.
Sent from my Samsung Captivate
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Use a file manager like Root explorer. It is a paid app but really great. There are some free ones as well like Astro but I personally don't like how the UI looks.

You can download them to your SD card and install with Astro (free). Browse your SD card with Astro, click on the file and it asks you to either browse or install.

Thanks I meant if you can download the file not install them. I assume that its just not possible and you have to use your computer then.
Sent from my Samsung Captivate

Does anyone have any input on this? When I browse the forums on my phone and click on an apk, I get an "Unknown - Cannot download. The content is not supported on the phone" message.
Are there any possibilities installing an apk using only the phone?
on Cognition 3.04

rtgould said:
Thanks I meant if you can download the file not install them. I assume that its just not possible and you have to use your computer then.
Sent from my Samsung Captivate
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Download Astro File Manager. Open it up and then use the menu button and go to Preferences. At the bottom of the list you'll see "Enable Browser Downloads". Tick that box and now you can download files in your phone's browser.
Don't uninstall astro, or you won't be able to dl anymore.

I just used Dropbox. Files go in on my PC, and are available on my phone with the Dropbox app.
DB offers 2GB storage for free and, so far, it's worked from all my PC's and works well with my phone. I just open the .apk and install.

umm... same way you download on a computer...
google.com search > "" Some Dumb app pro v9.9 .apk download ""
download. install. duh
use google to rip off google...

ryude said:
Download Astro File Manager. Open it up and then use the menu button and go to Preferences. At the bottom of the list you'll see "Enable Browser Downloads". Tick that box and now you can download files in your phone's browser.
Don't uninstall astro, or you won't be able to dl anymore.
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Thanks. I had tried with explorer, which is the free version of root explorer, but it didn't work. I'll try astro.

rtgould said:
I have searched the forums and Googled it but can not find an answer our a way to do it. I can install non market apps with my computer but was just wondering if there was a way to do or directly from the phone.
Sent from my Samsung Captivate
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There's an app on the market called "Download All Files ". It has allowed me to download several different files that I was not able to before. Downloaded files get put into a folder called "download" on the sd card. Use your file explorer, you can install .apks from there.

[Q] Installing via Astro

Hi, I downloaded the Cosmic Flow live wallpaper and put the apk file onto my SD card. But when i open the file in astro, there is no install option. I tried downloading wallpaper from several different sites but none of them work. Any ideas? This method has worked for me previously.

Maybe your "PackageInstaller.apk" is missing/corrupted. It's the app which installs non-market apps.
It's explained here -->
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Barebones

make sure you have enable non-market apps>click the apk which you want to download>click "open app manager">click "install"
if you cannot install an app like this then i dont know watch goin on....

Mayank77 said:
Maybe your "PackageInstaller.apk" is missing/corrupted. It's the app which installs non-market apps.
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how do i know if my package installer is missing?

zelda707 said:
how do i know if my package installer is missing?
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Check in
/system/app

Mayank77 said:
Check in
/system/app
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The app isn't there, how do i fix it?
Sorry for being such a pain

zelda707 said:
The app isn't there, how do i fix it?
Sorry for being such a pain
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Yes ,so finally you found the root cause of your problem - missing file
I strongly suggest you flash a new ROM.
Else , download your ROM once again.
Copy the Package installer app from the downloaded ROM file and place it into /system/app

guys why when i put an app in system/app it doesn't install it automatically?
even after the reboot, i have to install it manually...

pochopsp said:
guys why when i put an app in system/app it doesn't install it automatically?
even after the reboot, i have to install it manually...
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Well...umm I'm afraid you have to re-flash your ROM

Question on how to install rooted apps

new to this process but got my tablet rooted and now curious on how to install apps, i was reading
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1893410
to install googleplay and such but i dont understand, when i jailbreak my iphone i can accesss my files on computer to drag and such but is that how i install aswell? do i go and look at attached devices click my kindle and explore files?

Abiddar said:
new to this process but got my tablet rooted and now curious on how to install apps, i was reading
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1893410
to install googleplay and such but i dont understand, when i jailbreak my iphone i can accesss my files on computer to drag and such but is that how i install aswell? do i go and look at attached devices click my kindle and explore files?
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you can install your APK files (like the Play Store) by going to the Amazon Market first and downloading a File Explorer App such as ES File Explorer or any type of File Manager app, locating the APK through that program, and then clicking on it to install

Jodic100 said:
you can install your APK files (like the Play Store) by going to the Amazon Market first and downloading a File Explorer App such as ES File Explorer or any type of File Manager app, locating the APK through that program, and then clicking on it to install
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just got it figured out now google play is installed abd can browse but installing app will make it "not respond" idk if this is because its an incompatible app or if there was an error with installing i didnt enable any of the reading promissions i didnt see anything anywhere in app or while downloading like guide says idkand my superuserapp never asked me for promision the app is just blank nothing in it why would that be any idea?

Abiddar said:
just got it figured out now google play is installed abd can browse but installing app will make it "not respond" idk if this is because its an incompatible app or if there was an error with installing i didnt enable any of the reading promissions i didnt see anything anywhere in app or while downloading like guide says idkand my superuserapp never asked me for promision the app is just blank nothing in it why would that be any idea?
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If you used ES File Explorer, check out this here, it should help you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1476212.html