Download Astro File Manager Without Android Market
What I thought was a simple question turned out to be a hard to find answer but was eventually a very easy solution. All I wanted to do was to install a.apk on a new running Android 2.3 without creating/linking a or Google account or installing a file manager. This is easily achieved when you know how. My reason for doing this was that I have just purchased(through the company) 23 HTC Wildfire S, through the HTC Hub app you can create an account, and download a free app called which allows the user to create Office 2003 Word & Excel documents but more importantly open them as attachments. I also wanted to install the app from the Android Market to open PDF attachments, and also the free HTC Flashlight app because it uses your camera led as a torch and can be very useful. Obviously you can download these by a)creating a htcsense.com account to use HTC hub to download apps and b) creating a Google account and using the, both of which I have done for my personal mobile but didn’t want to do for the company mobiles because I didn’t want everyone downloading apps easily and I didn’t want to create accounts on each phone just to get an app. Now for the instructions, if you have already got the.apk file then skip to Step 3, if not then start here.
1) To get the.apk files we will download the apps on one mobile, possibly your personal one as I did, then use. to ‘backup’ the apps to the sd card. When you open File Expert go to My Apps and then select the ones you want to backup, and choose backup (If your app isn’t listed you can make it show, just go to preferences to show all apps, but don’t back up apps you haven’t download as they are probably just for your device.).
These will then be moved to the sd card in a backup-apps folder or similar. 2) When you have backed up your apps, either connect your phone using a USB lead and select USB disk drive mode or use a card reader to access the memory card. Then move the.apk files to your computer, you can then store these to backup your apps, or alternatively follow the next steps to install these on another device. 3) Copy your.apk files on to the memory card of your new phone, to make this easy I renamed my.apk files to 1.apk 2.apk & 3.apk and place them in the root of the card.
4) Now make sure you either disconnect or reinsert the memory card from your pc. 5) To allow us to install an app from the sd card we need to allow installation from an unknown source. This is done by going to Settings - Applications and tick Unknown Sources 6) Now for the install. Open the Internet browser and enter the following in the address bar, Obviously if you stored your files in a folder or called them something different then change the path to something else. When asked whether to download or play online choose play online, the install screen will now launch and follow the instructions to install your app. Shortcut romeo full movie hd torrent download. 7) When you have finished I personally changed back the setting in Step 5 to make sure others don’t accidentally install malicious apps, highly unlikely but better safe.
I also deleted the.apk files off the sd card making sure I had a backup of course. While I have only tested this on a HTC Wildfire S, I would like to know what other devices it works on so if it works for you please let me know in the comments. Please note, this process should not be used to copy apps that you shouldn’t have access to or have purchased, I only used this to copy apps that are free on the handsets I used. I also believe you can use the same method in Step 6 to access any file stored on the sd card.Although in this article I suggest using File Expert, this is because it allows you to backup more apps from your android device, my preferred file browser on android is which has SMB/FTP access and can also backup apps but I found it didn’t find some apps. On a personal note comments are welcomed as this is my first blog, hope this helps others. I will post other tips/tricks in future not just Android. My Droid-X phone was having screen problems and was replaced by Verizon.
Unfortunately, I activated the replacement phone before knowing that all my text messages were not stored on the SD card. Once activated, I couldn’t download an Ap installer so I needed to know how to install the Ap after I had it on the SD card. Luckily I found your Blog! Thank you so much for helping me to keep my old text messages since they are a like a time capsule of fond memories. So your Browser technique works great for Droid-X. Hi, even i have a similar problem. My phone is, sony ericsson live with walkmen, i dnt have not activated internet, or no wifi now i want to install file manager, from pc, i have the.apk file but not able to install it can u please help me to install.
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I went through the above steps but did not understand, how to give the path?? I tried with file:///sdcard/fm.apk path name, where sdcard is the neme of the memory card, and fm.apk is present inside that.
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What does root of the card mean??? Please help me. I connected memory card via usb cable. Waiting for ur reply. Hi, hope I can help. When you connect your memory card via USB to your computer it will open a window that either shows the files or will give you the option to ‘view files and folders’ select this and you will see the ‘root’ of your ad card this is the top of the card, as you go into folders you go deeper and away from the root/beginning of the card.
So just place your apk file here. Your file should now be on the SD card, let pretend you called the file ‘fm.apk’ To install this, open the web browser and enter the path suggested ‘file:///sdcard/fm.apk’ ensure you have followed step 5 first. Let me know how you get on.
I followed all the steps, but still not able to get it. П˜¦ when i connect the phone through usb, the memory card is opened in ‘h’ drive. Now the name given to the card is sdcard, i.e the name of the drive h is sdcard(h). I copied the ‘fm.apk’ file in the memory card.
So when we open h drive we get to see the fm.apk file. There are many other folders in the card like, music, photos, etc etc. I enable the required option, i.e step 5. Now i opened google chrome, n gave the path as “file:///sdcard/fm.apk” there is no action it shows “web page not available”. Please help me to sort this. Name: Craig Beall Device: HTC wildfire (buzz) Apps: 1) Trekbuddy 2) Androzip 3) No Lock Firstly I would like to thank you for this endlessly useful tip. I was hunting high and low for a solution to this problem and I found this thread which has solved it for me on the above mentioned device.
The reason I really needed a work around to this issue is because I use the device as a non network dependent GPS navigator. What always concerned me is if the device needed a factory reset for whatever reason while I am miles away in a mountain range for example, I would then have no way to reinstall the crucial apps (stored on the sd card) for network free navigation and would therefor effectively be “screwed” for lack of a better word. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
I can continue to get lost in the bush!