Neat trick to get a file from sdcard using web browser.
Have a web browser but not a file manager, have files you want to access on your sdcard but can't with out a file manager. Always make sure to have a file manager on your sdcard so you can use the following to install it even with out a web connection or a file browser
Type in your web browser:
Code:
file:///mnt/sdcard/somefile.apk
Should work with any file to download the file and you can then install it. Should show up in downloads after you type the exact file location.
This trick saved me when I had no web connections data or WiFi to download from the play store, but had a file manager on my phone
Related
The ES explorer sees it and I can see JPG files and play music but if I want to open files from my network even giving the application the path, it says the folder doesn't exists. To be more specific, what I'm trying to do is open CBR files in Perfect Viewer that reside in my home network.
SimonDroid said:
The ES explorer sees it and I can see JPG files and play music but if I want to open files from my network even giving the application the path, it says the folder doesn't exists. To be more specific, what I'm trying to do is open CBR files in Perfect Viewer that reside in my home network.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I used CIFS Mount, which mounts a shared drive as if it were a folder on your SD card. You can then navigate to it via most apps.
Is it cifsmanager? After installed I get the error: "This app is not installed in your phone"
I have a local .html file that needs javascript to work.
How can I run it on the Prime?
With astro or any file manager, you can navigate to a file an open it with browser
or input file://path-to-a-file/file.html
yeah, for whatever reason asus' file manager doesn't work. but HD did.
What if you need to install an apk from sdcard but you don't have a file manager installed yet, and to make things worse you don't have internet access to download it from the market!
Well, there's a solution to that. Provided by every internet browser available.
(I suppose you have one installed
Here's what you need to do:
1. Put the apk file in the main directory of your sdcard. Rename it to something very short for easy typing. In this example, I will use "fm.apk".
2. Boot your device. Goto Security Settings and check "Unknown Sources".
3. Open your internet browser. In the address bar type "file:///sdcard/<filename>.apk".
In our example above it should look like this: file:///sdcard/fm.apk
4. Press "Go". That's it! Installation started!
Alright well because of my situation I do not have Wi-Fi for the next 5 months. I have internet (obviously). Well I have 0 apps from the android market and that is also astro. When I try to put apps onto my SD card I cannot install them (obviously). Debating on rooting it and I am running Android Ver 3.1. Does anybody have any ideas for my issue?
Did you try installing those apps with the option "Allow unknown sources" (something like that) checked, in the Definitions->Applications menu?
Yes I have tried to do that. what I have done is go into the file transfer, transfer to a folder, locate file still on the file transfer app and push on it. The open file selection in grayed out.
Install adb drivers for the tab on your computer. Turn on USB Debugging. Find an apk install file of ES File Explorer or Astro. Connect your tab to pc via usb cable. Install this apk onto your tab by typing the following command into cmd: 'adb install fullpathtoapk' where fullpathtofile is for e.g 'd:\install.apk'
Find the adb drivers here: www.forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1488822
If i helped, press the thanks button!
Try installing something like the Astro File Manager on your tablet. After you copied the app file from your PC into the tablet's SD, run Astro, locate the file an then install it (this, inside Astro)...
As putente said, although Sony's File Transfer app cannot open apk's, most file explorers such as ES File Explorer, Solid Explorer, and Astro File Manager will have their associations set so that apk's can be opened using the built-in (and available offline) Package Installer. So, first use either adb install or WiFi to install a good file manager, then load your apk's on your external SD, browse to them in your new file manager, and open with the Package Installer.
Thank you
Thank you xyancompgeek, you led me into the right dirrection. Yeah Wifi would have been a nice option but I am kinda on deployment so that helps out a lot with passing the time
So I have seen many guys here complaining to host any file/ROM on xyz site because of their limited bandwidth or non-resumable downloads . Well if you use cloud downloading feature in UC browser your downloads won't fail, still if for any reason you don't use the feature and your download fails there's a simple trick with which you can resume downloads almost 95% of times . just follow these few simple steps
1. First go to your file manager and open UCDownloads folder.
2. Now select your failed download file and download template , in my case it's S5 Styled S6 port , and move it to your root folder .
3. Now go to UC browser , open your downloads and delete the download.
4. Now again start your download from whichever site you have downloaded from and pause your download.
5. Go to your file manager again and move your previously moved files to the UCDownloads folder again.
6. Resume your download from UC browser .
It's that simple to resume your download [emoji3] .
Why exactly root folder?
Well you can move it anywhere root folder isn't necessary and root folder means your internal Storage's first directory i.e. Sdcard (not external SD )
Ok,thanx a lot
I tried your method and its working
Its Not Working in my phone, There An other Way To ReSume Download
working