Hi guys,
I've been trying to download some files from the sites listed above, with extensions such as .rmvb .rar etc When the download starts, I get the message that the file format is not supported. Any ideas how to make the browser ignore what files im downloading and just download them without problems?
Thanks
If you install either linda or astro off the market, then it should allow to download any file type.
thing is i have astro installed, but the problem still occurs. I will give linda a try thanks for the tip
I don't know then. I remember downloading a few .rar's a while back but I can't recall which one I had installed, and it was on my G1 (don't know how that would make a difference).
just installed linda and same problem.
"Cannot download. The content is not supported on this phone."
its a .rar im trying to download.
In linda, there's an option to activate the download functionality. Check the download plugin On (toggle it back and forth just to be sure). See if that helps.
thanks guys managed to find the problem. I enabled those options and it wasnt working so i figured to try a reset, which then worked. BUT due to 3G not being terribly fast, my downloads seem to disconnect or get interupted mid way. Does the screen blacking out, cause the download to disconnect by any chance or would it run in the background fine?
Im not using Wifi, so the wifi timeout wont affect it. Are there any other options that I could try?
THanks
I also had this problem, but downloading Dolphin Browser seemed to resolve it. That, and ASTRO.
m00moo said:
thanks guys managed to find the problem. I enabled those options and it wasnt working so i figured to try a reset, which then worked. BUT due to 3G not being terribly fast, my downloads seem to disconnect or get interupted mid way. Does the screen blacking out, cause the download to disconnect by any chance or would it run in the background fine?
Im not using Wifi, so the wifi timeout wont affect it. Are there any other options that I could try?
THanks
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I download roms with the screen off (and even with the browser closed. . . well, backgrounded anyway) and I've never had a problem.
Mi|enko said:
I download roms with the screen off (and even with the browser closed. . . well, backgrounded anyway) and I've never had a problem.
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Same here... and you can FC the browser even, and it will keep d/l since the d/l app is seperate from the browser/market/et al.
i had a similar issue, uninstalling and reinstalling astro fixed it for me
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When i try to download files from rapidshare or zshare etc.. the counting clock never goes down to zero. It just sits at the same number the whole time. I have everything enabled and it stills gives me trouble. Its annoying when i am not around a PC and i come to xda to download stuff and im crippled until im at my PC again. Any suggestions Devs?
Not run into this issue before, have you even been able to Download to /sdcard on the G1 (never tried it)
additionally what ROM are you running??
Ya I have similer probs sometimes. Rapidshare doesn't like to show up for me at all. Zshare and others sometimes have that no counting count down. Thew way I fix that is hit back then click on link again. Sometimes it takes 2 or 3 tries but always gets it, annoying yes, but works...
Now to get uploads working (besides email, that's easy)
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Not run into this issue before, have you even been able to Download to /sdcard on the G1 (never tried it)
additionally what ROM are you running??
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Ive always been able to download to the sdcard any file i want using download crutch. Its just when i get to those countdown download sites, the countdown number remains the same.
Ive had this problem since jf rc33, i am currently running haykuro 6.0 rom
Someone told me to turn on javascript but it has always been on. Not sure wat 2 do next. Is your browser over refreshing also? like you hit home key, then go to like messaging to fire off an sms, go back to browser and the whole effing browser page is reloading again?
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Ya I have similer probs sometimes. Rapidshare doesn't like to show up for me at all. Zshare and others sometimes have that no counting count down. Thew way I fix that is hit back then click on link again. Sometimes it takes 2 or 3 tries but always gets it, annoying yes, but works...
Now to get uploads working (besides email, that's easy)
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Really? Where have you uploaded besides the built in youtube uploader available now? i remember going into the gmail website and it was saying that uploads are disabled.
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Ive always been able to download to the sdcard any file i want using download crutch. Its just when i get to those countdown download sites, the countdown number remains the same.
Ive had this problem since jf rc33, i am currently running haykuro 6.0 rom
Someone told me to turn on javascript but it has always been on. Not sure wat 2 do next. Is your browser over refreshing also? like you hit home key, then go to like messaging to fire off an sms, go back to browser and the whole effing browser page is reloading again?
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Not really nitcied it over reloading,,,, ill have a bash at it tonight when i get in from work and see what i see, on a side note when ou go into the browser again does pressing 'back' take you back to the last page you viewed? i can imaging the browzer shortcut on the home screen simply launches it a fresh so that might be the problem
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Not really nitcied it over reloading,,,, ill have a bash at it tonight when i get in from work and see what i see, on a side note when ou go into the browser again does pressing 'back' take you back to the last page you viewed? i can imaging the browzer shortcut on the home screen simply launches it a fresh so that might be the problem
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Yeah it does take me back to the page before it, but i have to wait for it to refresh. Maybe holding down the home key and using the built in task switcher? Is that how you flip through your apps? As opposed to clicking the desktop icons?
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Yeah it does take me back to the page before it, but i have to wait for it to refresh. Maybe holding down the home key and using the built in task switcher? Is that how you flip through your apps? As opposed to clicking the desktop icons?
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I usually use the task switcher but usually messages come to me so i drag the notification bar down and it always keeps the browzer page/app im working on
Ok
ill start using the task switcher and see if its still happens
thanks alot ! ill repost with results
For the count down, when I hit back it goes to previous page, then click link again, not foward. Sometimes it will do nothing and do it again and it works. Sometimes I get 2 or 3 secs counting then stops, has to do it again, lol.
For uploads, yes its disabled, but there is a work around. Go to linda file mgr. Long press the file u want, select send to, then gmail (email doesn't work for some reason, has to be gmail). It will automatically bring u to a new email with the file attached ready to send. I've tested this with all types of files, test up to 7mb so far.
Wow!
Thanks for the tip ! I was in need of that attachment workaround. I remember i tried to send a few attachment emails through gmail on the phone and they all got stuck in the outbox. With a zip file though
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Thanks for the tip ! I was in need of that attachment workaround. I remember i tried to send a few attachment emails through gmail on the phone and they all got stuck in the outbox. With a zip file though
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Ya I've sent .apk .zip .mp3 mp4, they all work. When I was on jf rc33 my gmail app didn't work at all, all got stuck in outbox. Since 1.5 I've had no probs. Now I have backrounf serevices and all syncs turned off to save battery. So after I send it, I got to gmail app, go into outbox and hit refresh and it forces a sync, and volia sent.
I'm bout to send update.zip (45 mb) to my friend and see if that large of a file goes though.
And when I say all got stuck on rc 33 I mean even norm email no att, my gmail app on rc33 always said no connection. But that's like complaing about the graphics of my nintendo, with a ps3 sitting next to me, old news who cares, lol.
And sorry would just edit my previous post, but for some reason can't edit post from phone, lol
The download timers always countdown on my phone, but I have noticed more frequently I have a problem where it'll start downloading something with the actual download file name but instead of the actual size of the file, it will be something really small like 7kbs or 26kbs etc. Anyone else have this problem. Again its completely random sometime happened on files that I eventually was able to download correctly, but not so lucky on some files.
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Ya I've sent .apk .zip .mp3 mp4, they all work. When I was on jf rc33 my gmail app didn't work at all, all got stuck in outbox. Since 1.5 I've had no probs. Now I have backrounf serevices and all syncs turned off to save battery. So after I send it, I got to gmail app, go into outbox and hit refresh and it forces a sync, and volia sent.
I'm bout to send update.zip (45 mb) to my friend and see if that large of a file goes though.
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Yeah let me know how that works out because 45mb is pretty big and its a zip, if that goes through then im figuring nothing is impossible. The way i used to send files was use droid ftp to send files to my ftp server and send the link 2 the receiver
I have always installed Linda File manager and that helps to handle unknown file types. Just d/l'd the Haykuro addons for JF1.5 a few hours ago on the phone. Some of the file sites did not start the d/l, but i think finally z-share let me d/l it no problem...
EDIT: that file is almost 50MB, so you should have no issue. i believe i have done even larger, but dont recall what it was atm...
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I have always installed Linda File manager and that helps to handle unknown file types. Just d/l'd the Haykuro addons for JF1.5 a few hours ago on the phone. Some of the file sites did not start the d/l, but i think finally z-share let me d/l it no problem...
EDIT: that file is almost 50MB, so you should have no issue. i believe i have done even larger, but dont recall what it was atm...
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Oh ok ill be installing that linda file manager ASAP ! By the way haykuro addons? Does that mean you have j.f 1.5 with haykuro 6.0 build apps? Or everything including dialer etc
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Oh ok ill be installing that linda file manager ASAP ! By the way haykuro addons? Does that mean you have j.f 1.5 with haykuro 6.0 build apps? Or everything including dialer etc
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Exactly... until a couple hours ago when i finally got hykuros 6.0r1 to work on my G1.
Even tho i knew i had a pvt board i was still sweating like hell when doing the spl and the update to 6.0 lol... i made it though... brick free. Im glad you did 2.... i have tried using setcputo make the g1 operate faster but i dont think its working because for one i dont see a option that says haykuro 1.5 nor does it show up in task manager or processes when i set the cpu clock. Have you used set cpu ?
When I try to use a rapidshare link the page never loads up on my browser. I noticed it happens with megaupload too.
Hey i got a problem,
If I try to download something it looks like its about to start i even see how big the file is but then it just stops and exit back to the market front anybody got the same problem?
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Hey i got a problem,
If I try to download something it looks like its about to start i even see how big the file is but then it just stops and exit back to the market front anybody got the same problem?
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Yes, exact problem I have. I also realized my sd card all of a sudden became "read only" and can't place anything on it (no pics/vids/etc). Read these forums and it's recommended to remove everything from sd card and format it again.,then place everything back.,.,gonna try it when I get home
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Hey i got a problem,
If I try to download something it looks like its about to start i even see how big the file is but then it just stops and exit back to the market front anybody got the same problem?
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Try unmounting sd card, download , then mount card...search for this and you'll find the answers
Yes i will try it also hope it works....
@deadmansink
didn't work it just stops immediately, its like one sec it shows like 324kb and then this disappears. I will try to make a new google account and see if that works
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@deadmansink
didn't work it just stops immediately, its like one sec it shows like 324kb and then this disappears. I will try to make a new google account and see if that works
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You can also search the net for .apk's or go here:
http://www.androidzoom.com/
Are you trying to download via WiFi or data, there may be issues there.
Im on data right now , im about to check if it works with wifi.
Could it maybe be becouse I updated my android market to the new one but it had errors and always closed so I put the firmware back on new now its the old one again?
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Im on data right now , im about to check if it works with wifi.
Could it maybe be becouse I updated my android market to the new one but it had errors and always closed so I put the firmware back on new now its the old one again?
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I think it may be a connection problem. If it works with WiFi and not DATA, then we know it's a DATA problem...
well ... it still doesnt work ill do another reinstallation with another google email then we'll see if it works but that for the help
Mine automatically updated itself while I was out and about just now.
I am on DHD build and have the accounts & sync background data enabled all the time.
Every time I try and download a file on my xoom, it downloads a partial file. For example if I try and download an .apk file from the forums, it will download a partial file, and whenever I try and install it says "problem parsing the package". I've tried to download files multiple times with no hope
And help would be awesome!
I have the same problem. All files I try to download are partial files. Any ideas?
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I get the same issue on my phone running 2.3 and have always had similar issues going back to 1.5. I think it's an Android issue through and through.
I had the same problem, One solution was holding your finger on the link and choosing save from the popup list but that only worked half of the time; the other was using opera when i wanted to download. Opera got most of the files chrome didnt
Best solution I've come up with so far is to use an alternate browser like Opera.
I'm not a fan of using 3rd party apps to replace something that's already standard, but Opera really isn't to bad. You can get it free from the market and try it out.
but still, if someone has a fix for the stock browser, please post!
I agree with the 3rd party browser if you need to dwl anything. i use dolphin to dwl. stock to browse
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I agree with the 3rd party browser if you need to dwl anything. i use dolphin to dwl. stock to browse
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yeah, that's such a pain though lol. I tried editing the UAstring as well, no luck there either.
I was wondering if anyone else has issues on their Xoom with all types of downloads, like from marketplace or the web. I get an abnormally high number of failed downloads. Sometimes on the stock browser I have to retry the downloads several times to get them to work. Downloads from the market usually fail when they hit the 100% mark then I have to start them over again.
you don't happen to have low ( less than 3GB) space available, do you? This causes (at least it did, I haven't checked if it still does in 3.1) downloads and updates to fail.
i've never experienced that.
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you don't happen to have low ( less than 3GB) space available, do you? This causes (at least it did, I haven't checked if it still does in 3.1) downloads and updates to fail.
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No I actually have quite a bit of space left...20gb+
Same issue here since day one
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I've had the problem since day one.
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I've had the same issue since owning my xoom.
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i have this issue on the xoom AND when using Chrome on my PC.
My. Download fails at like 8k a lot of the time from browser
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The only downloads I have been having issues with is large downloads. I have been trying to transfer a couple of large files that are between 3 and 4 GB each and they often fail. I have plenty of space to save them and the web server im pulling them off is within my own network. So I'm not sure what the issue is.
i often download apps from android market, everything works well
Is anyone still having problems like this?
I believe in my case it's gotten worse now. Especially in the case of the Market, downloads fail saying "Insufficient Storage Space" or something about Invalid file and some other error I can't recall right now. This is really starting to piss me off, my phone NEVER has issues like this. Why does the Xoom have this problem?! Why can't they fix it? It doesn't even seem like they are trying.
As far as download on the browser goes, if I use a different browser other than stock, my downloads work just fine. So this seems to be in issue with stock version of Honeycomb apps, like the Market and Browser?
Insanely annoying having to download things 10's of times over and over again just to get them to work.
I'd back up, completely wipe and start over if its that big of problem. I hate wiping however usually within an hour you can have everything back in running.
Same issue since day one. Almost nothing will download on the stock browser from the web. Firefox works 100% of the time, though
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Same issue since day one. Almost nothing will download on the stock browser from the web. Firefox works 100% of the time, though
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Try Astro Filemanager.
Open Astro and go to preferences > tick the Enable Browser Download box and see if that helps.
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Try Astro Filemanager.
Open Astro and go to preferences > tick the Enable Browser Download box and see if that helps.
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I have ES File Explorer, so I can't try that. What exactly does that do?
Edit: Also I'd like to add, I've had less failed market downloads since the 3.3.xxxx version we have now. Seems more stable for some reason.
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I have ES File Explorer, so I can't try that. What exactly does that do?
Edit: Also I'd like to add, I've had less failed market downloads since the 3.3.xxxx version we have now. Seems more stable for some reason.
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ES File Explorer won't work. Ticking that setting in Astro (it is free) enables downloading of all download types for the native browser.
Hi Guys,
Just hoping somebody can point me in the right direction.
I flashed to 3.01 US stock from UK in order to get the updates. I updated twice to 3.2.
What I'm noticing now is that if I click on a link, that launches an associated app (browser for instance), I used to get a screen jump up and ask which app I wanted to use. So if I'd installed Firefox, Dolphin and got Stock, it would give me the option if I hadn't yet set a default.
Since 3.2 when I click the link, the screen fades out, but the options aren't showing to select which means I can't launch the link/app.
The fix is to uninstall any relevant applications until I only have one app that can launch said link, then reinstall, and I get the option again.
Anyone had this or know how to fix without reinstalling everything?
Hope that made sense....very tired so it might not have done
I had the problem I hope u didn't set Firefox or dolphin as ur default browser what I did was erase all data now I have dolphin and the default drowser all working fine here
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This issue has been discussed, but there are two simple ways to solve it without having to reinstall everything.
1) Simply wait and eventually it will fix itself. I know this sounds strange but it will eventually work. I am not generally patient so this one did not work for me.
2) With Autorotate ON, simply rotate the Xoom so that it has to redraw the "picker" screen. Do this when the screen dims and nothing is showing up. I have found that once you do this once for any particular file type you do not need to do it a second time.
I too was reinstalling apps to get the screen to show up, but even that did not always work.
I had the same problem and it seemed to only manifest itself after I re-installed all my apps from Tiamat/Xoom Zone with Titanium Backup. I'm not sure which app was the culprit but after uninstalling Scripter and aLogcat it started working perfect.
Hope this helps!
Same Issues !!
With opera Mobile and MoboPlayer !
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This issue has been discussed, but there are two simple ways to solve it without having to reinstall everything.
1) Simply wait and eventually it will fix itself. I know this sounds strange but it will eventually work. I am not generally patient so this one did not work for me.
2) With Autorotate ON, simply rotate the Xoom so that it has to redraw the "picker" screen. Do this when the screen dims and nothing is showing up. I have found that once you do this once for any particular file type you do not need to do it a second time.
I too was reinstalling apps to get the screen to show up, but even that did not always work.
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Will certainly check these options out. Are you saying that in the first instance, when the screen dims.,...if I left it long enough, it would appear?
Has this been put to Google on their Bugs page,....as Bugs go...it's an annoying one
The Asus Transformer has the exact same problem. makes me think it could be more of a HC3.2 bug now after seeing this thread than device related.
Worse after you think you have fixed the problem every time you turn the device off and then on again on the problem begins again if you have multiple apps that can load a file or link like a web browser (I use multiple). If you have one app or set one app to be the default then you don't have the problem ....with that file or link
Easy to reset by rotating the screen ..but each time you turn on?
Question........
has anyone fixed this with a factory reset?
Factory reset will not fix this . Other browsers , media players and file managers somehow cause the problems .