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Unable to download anything using Dolphin/Stock Browser

I am Unable to download anything using Dolphin/Stock browsers. When i click on download it saves html file. What shld i do to rectify the problem?

Same problem here, still looking for an answer.

I never had this problem. In fact, the file that i download using stock browser shows up under the downloads app. What type of file are you downloading?

techpal said:
I am Unable to download anything using Dolphin/Stock browsers. When i click on download it saves html file. What shld i do to rectify the problem?
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just rename it, some times my android devices download files as .html but is not only on Iconia

Alejandrissimo said:
just rename it, some times my android devices download files as .html but is not only on Iconia
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How do i rename it before downloading?

I have the same problem but I am only using the stock browser and I "supposedly"
Downloaded a 5mb file but it was only a 26kb .Htm file....
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If it helps, I'm not having this problem at all with Dolphin HD or the stock browser. Let me know if you want to compare stuff (settings, configs, apps, etc.)...?

I haven't tried this on the Acer, but I had the same problem with my Droid x at first.
Go to the market and download "Download All Files". On the Droid, this is a browser addon for stock. Try to install it, launch it, then try the browser again. You might have to kill the process first aafter installing it.
I'm going to test it now for myself.

Download problems
Do you have 'Unknown Sources' checked in Settings-Applications? If not, you won't be able to do it.
Ken - Sent from my A500
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i have this same problem. im downloading a large file and a -100kb file is saved. i dont know whats going on. unkown sources is checked, but that is dealing with apk, not normal web downloads.

whats the solution , its irritating me , cant downlaod any .avi or mkv, etc any file.

Try with Firefox, it's the Best browser for downloading...
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I had the same problems, since then for downloads I am using Opera Mini and for normal browsing Dolphin HD.

Download mp3/apk from website

hi all, im using samsung galaxy sl.
i wan to download mp3 from mp3.sogou.com.
when i click the download button in the download page, i only manage to download the html of that page but not the mp3, so i wonder what is the problem....
i try to download apk from some website too, same thing happen.
the file showed to be download is .apk, but when downloading, it is .html.
when done, i open it, it is the html of the page that contains the download.
is there anyway to download mp3/apk from website (through internet)?

Try opera mobile or install "download all files" from the market.

''musicbox turkce'' apk downloads mp3 songs..try it

I'm not 100% sure if this works, but download astro file manager, free from the market...go to options/preferences and there is an option to download all file types, select that and see how it goes...
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thanks all, i will try all the suggestion.
Btw, i tried "download all files".. can't solve the problem, it still download the HTML instead of the file i want

Try mp3 music download app ba..
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Opera mobile is cool! thanks...

dolphin browser hd runs flawesly too

Or you could choose to purchase music, downloading from these sites is illegal.

Downloading files from filesonic? How?

Hi
I have a question about downloading files from www like filesonic. I enter the captcha word and the file is ready to download. So I click on the link and the downloading is starting. But after few seconds am informed by my transformer that the downloading is a failure.
So I ask you. Is it possible to download any files from links like I do on my PC?

I get the same message with the stock browser and Dolphin HD.
Opera and and the new Dolphin for Tab work just fine when downloading from hosting sites.

Try using Firefox.

Can also try with Opera. It's what I keep it installed for.

Filesonic doesn't work with stock browser deposit files does tho
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thanks. Opera works fine. But I wonder. Are there any downloading managers for android? Or something like jdownloader?

Help can't download

Hi everyone I'm new to nexus 7
I have unlocked BL and root installed cwm and i have just updated to SmoothROM-v3.2 via too.I'm but I have a problem that has occurred I can't download anything via any browser or even attachments via xda please can someone help
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Same over here.I am running stock android (unlocked,rooted,cwm).
And i can't download anything from a custom app or browser (chrome doesn't work either)
But I've figured out that by changing the download directory to storage/sdcard0 you can download anything you want.But you can only do this with opera or dolphin browser.In my case I can't even delete my files (except for files located in storage/sdcard).I tried it with my computer but it didn't work either.I am also getting error message 492 in the play store.
I tried everything (delete (dalvik) cache,reset my system etc.) but it didn't helped.

I am also having a download issue. It seems like ever since I updated to Smooth Rom 7.8 via Goo Manager (might be coincidence) and now I can't download from Goo (I get "errored download") and when I try to download from a browser it says "unable to download". I can download apps via Play Store w/ no issue. I think it may have to do w/ permissions? or path issues? Also I restored back to when everything was working and now the issue follows. Anyone?

I also flashed smooth ROM.But now i'm on stock again and it didn't helped.I also noticed that i only can't download huge apps propabally because they need to save data on your sdcard.(with small apps like angry birds i have no problems).So it definetldy has to do something with permissions and path issues.But i have no idea how to fix that.Any ideas?
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How to use Mega to download without the App

Many people including me have tried to download something from the Mega host, just to run into troubles, and if you are like me, you dont want to install the app...
I found a little trick i thought i'd share, hopefully its the right place to share it.
When you run into a thread that has a link to Mega, you are normally greeted with the nice Mega App redirect page. To get around this:
1) Change your browser to Desktop mode on the current page you are on, not on the Mega redirect page.
2) Most importantly, tap and hold the download link and copy the link address.
3) Paste the link address into your current desktop viewed tab, and go.
You should now be able to get to the actual download without the app and/or fuss.
Cheers!

Thank you for sharing this it was kind of hard to figure out and it was annoying to have their ad for the app always appearing.
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Awesome! Now do you know how to get the browser to open tabs in the background?

m0nz said:
Many people including me have tried to download something from the Mega host, just to run into troubles, and if you are like me, you dont want to install the app...
I found a little trick i thought i'd share, hopefully its the right place to share it.
When you run into a thread that has a link to Mega, you are normally greeted with the nice Mega App redirect page. To get around this:
1) Change your browser to Desktop mode on the current page you are on, not on the Mega redirect page.
2) Most importantly, tap and hold the download link and copy the link address.
3) Paste the link address into your current desktop viewed tab, and go.
You should now be able to get to the actual download without the app and/or fuss.
Cheers!
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The app doesn't support downloading from folders anyway. So your method is still the best bet even if the app is installed. I should also mention that this method works with the stock browser I couldn't get it to work with Dolphin.

SiNJiN76 said:
Awesome! Now do you know how to get the browser to open tabs in the background?
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You can try entering this into your browser- i didnt have to touch anything once i hit enter., just paste the link and go. Afterwords, try tapping and holding a link, open in new tab, and it should open in the background.
chrome://flags/#enable-new-ntp
speedy1979 said:
The app doesn't support downloading from folders anyway. So your method is still the best bet even if the app is installed. I should also mention that this method works with the stock browser I couldn't get it to work with Dolphin.
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I'm glad I could be of some help!
I wonder what it is about Dolphin. Theres gotta be a way for it to work. I will check it out when I get a chance.

m0nz said:
You can try entering this into your browser- i didnt have to touch anything once i hit enter., just paste the link and go. Afterwords, try tapping and holding a link, open in new tab, and it should open in the background.
chrome://flags/#enable-new-ntp
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Thanks for the help. It didn't work. I exited the browser (cause the Relaunch Browser button on the bottom didn't work), but still, tabs open in foreground. Weird that this is not an option. (BTW I'm using the built in brower)

Seems it's not working anymore with stock browser under CM12.1

Just curious, why not just install the app? It is IMO one of the best cloud storage/file sharing services you can use, way better than dropbox or box. Would love to understand why people don't use it.
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ShrekOpher said:
Just curious, why not just install the app? It is IMO one of the best cloud storage/file sharing services you can use, way better than dropbox or box. Would love to understand why people don't use it.
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Because it's slow, it downloads to a cloud 1st then to my phone and never allows me to use download booster so that's it in a nutshell for me anyways

Seems that Mega does no more allow uploading img files
I usually upload stock e.g. boot img, recovery.img, persist.img whenever I switch or update the ROM (used to do it on several devices and never had problems)
Yesterday I wanted again but it didn't upload. Then I tested:
- same img files that I uploaded with no problems time ago to Mega, but now uploading to another folder on Mega
- by renaming img files to bin files
- I even downgraded from the recent Mega 4.3 apk to 4.2.2 (because the last time, two weeks ago I successfully uploaded two img files and I checked now that Mega 4.3 apk was updated afterwards, just few days ago)
But no avail
I can upload my stock or Android patched boot images but ONLY if I ZIP them
However, I checked with a TWRP img file (for flashing TWRP) and it worked
Also, all my img files that were previously uploaded to Mega are still there and can be downloaded
I'm an old Mega user, with 50 GB limit, and I have 26 GB of free space (boot images are about 20 MB each), hence there is no lack of space problem - btw, I just uploaded an even bigger zip file with no problem