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[GUIDE/DOWNLOAD] Install apk files quickly from computer to your device

Hi
.. Since i think the progress of connecting phone, put apk file on sd card, disconnecting phone, browsing phones sd card for the apk file for then to install it is annoying ..
So I've made a quick batch file to quickly drag and drop files to install
Lets get started.
1- Download the attached zip. Should look something like this:
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2- Extract using your favourite extraction program or using windows explorer.
You should now have a folder like this one:
3- Thats actually it !
What you can do now is:
Put the apk file inside the folder "Android app installer" and run the "Drag and drop files here" file (remember the ".apk" suffix)
OR
the easier way is to right click on the "Drag and drop files here" file and choose Send to, then click Desktop (As shortcut). From there. you can, any time, just drag any apk file from any directory to the "Drag and drop files here" file. and it will install it directly.
BEFORE YOU GET STARTED YOU HAVE TO DO THIS:
1- Enable USB-Debugging on your phone
2- Connect your phone to your computer
Log:
-V 1.1 (Filename: "Android app installer v1.1.zip"):
Closes after you have installed file. doesnt ask for filename after installation.
-V 1.0 (Filename: "Android app installer.zip"):
Released

I have several batch files associated with .apk files (windows).
As an example, Installing an apk is as simple as right-clicking on the apk and choosing "install"

britoso said:
I have several batch files associated with .apk files (windows).
As an example, Installing an apk is as simple as right-clicking on the apk and choosing "install"
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Cool. But well, this is me, sharing my piece of the gingerbread

Very cool! Thanks for the tip!

Thanz mate was really looking for something like this! Am new to android
Sent from my GT-I5800 using Tapatalk

Thanx! Was looking for something like this (newbie at Android). Excellent!

Thanks for this, What I do is put it in my dropbox, and install it from the dropbox app.

Instead of all that you can just use a app call Awesome Drop drop your apk onto the phone using a browser no wi-fi or usb connection needed just ur usual 3g connection and thats it boom you got you apk just on the app on the phone click on the apk nd install in seconds =]

Yo, thank you very much for this guide, you just made my month!! I was looking a way to do that for a long long time. The internet is full of lausy bad guides. I owe you one

Device not found
Hey guys,
How do I get my device to be found.
My phone shows that it is USB connected on debugging mode and all by the application doesn't seem to know that.
Anything I should do?
Thanks.

Nice! I missed WM6 because of this missing feature. thanks
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gueyenono said:
Hey guys,
How do I get my device to be found.
My phone shows that it is USB connected on debugging mode and all by the application doesn't seem to know that.
Anything I should do?
Thanks.
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The drivers are properly the problem

WOW man that is some work
Thanks

Or you could just download it strait to your phone and click it in the notification bar to install it haha nice program tho.
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very usefull program! thanks mate!

thanks its nice

XabdullahX said:
Hi
.. Since i think the progress of connecting phone, put apk file on sd card, disconnecting phone, browsing phones sd card for the apk file for then to install it is annoying ..
So I've made a quick batch file to quickly drag and drop files to install
Lets get started.
1- Download the attached zip. Should look something like this:
2- Extract using your favourite extraction program or using windows explorer.
You should now have a folder like this one:
3- Thats actually it !
What you can do now is:
Put the apk file inside the folder "Android app installer" and run the "Drag and drop files here" file (remember the ".apk" suffix)
OR
the easier way is to right click on the "Drag and drop files here" file and choose Send to, then click Desktop (As shortcut). From there. you can, any time, just drag any apk file from any directory to the "Drag and drop files here" file. and it will install it directly.
BEFORE YOU GET STARTED YOU HAVE TO DO THIS:
1- Enable USB-Debugging on your phone
2- Connect your phone to your computer
Log:
-V 1.1 (Filename: "Android app installer v1.1.zip"):
Closes after you have installed file. doesnt ask for filename after installation.
-V 1.0 (Filename: "Android app installer.zip"):
Released
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Thank You OP :good:

Installing Amazon apps

1.Make an account for Amazon; you'll need to put a credit card into the account and have to turn on 1 Click
2.You'll well need to download: Download All Files from Android Market Place
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3.Download Android SDK
and extract it the C drive.
4.Download HTC Sync
and switch connection type to HTC Sync doesn't matter if it fails
5. copy the amazon appstore.apk to the tools folder. (C:\sdk\tools). DO NOT rename the files.
6. Open up a command prompt on your PC (In windows it's start, run, cmd) and change to the tools directory.
cd\
cd sdk\tools
After you change to that directory the prompt should say: c:\sdk\tools.
(if you don't want to keep doing this then Create a shortcut for CMD.exe on your desktop. Right click the CMD.exe shortcut and go to Properties.
In the Start in: bar, type in the directory C:\sdk\tools)
7. Type adb devices to verify that your computer can see the phone. If everything is working you should get a response that looks something like this:
List of devices attached
HTxxxxxxxxx device
8. Once you verify that the computer and phone are connected type the following:
adb install nameofapp.apk (obviously changing the nameofapp part to whatever the file is named). should say success when its finish
9. Now open the amazon app and sign in, download any free app like Angry Birds Rio when its finished it will prompt you if you want to use installer or download all files choose download all files the apk will be downloaded to sdcard( if you get an error then go to amazon and purchase the app you want through there and open the amazon app on your phone while signed in to start download)
10 Switch the connection type to disk drive and look for the apk in the download folder and do same as Step 5,and 8 but before that switch the connection type to HTC Sync once again.
11.When its finish checked if it worked and you should be finish
By the way I don't claim the third party installation I just took a combination of things

Did I do Something Wrong??
Thanks for this detailed instruction on installing amazon app store.
Did I do something wrong when I installed amazon app store by inputting my phone number on the amazon app store web site??
I already had an amazon account, so i inputted my phone number on the web site page and the app downloaded to my phone and installed without a hitch, no problems.

robohh said:
Thanks for this detailed instruction on installing amazon app store.
Did I do something wrong when I installed amazon app store by inputting my phone number on the amazon app store web site??
I already had an amazon account, so i inputted my phone number on the web site page and the app downloaded to my phone and installed without a hitch, no problems.
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you didnt do anything wrong. Thats how I did it too.

I just used the directions from the link below and used the 2d bar code on the top right to download the amazon app store.
It was a lot simpler to do then the directions provided in the first post
Code:
www*amazon*com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000626391
You will have to replace the * with a . if you copy and paste the contents of the code box

You all have rooted phones with the ability to use non-Market apps enabled, so of course Amazon Appstore will work naturally for you. This guide is intended for those using stock Arias that can't install .apk files directly on the phone because the ability to install apps from "Unknown sources" is disabled.

I have a rooted Aria and I still can't use it. I downloaded it without a problem, downloaded the free Angry Birds Rio app, and haven't been able to get it to work since then. Every time I open the Amazon app market app on my phone, it crashes. Dunno what the problem is.

Hm, nevermind. Just tried uninstalling and reinstalling the store app. Seems to be working now. We'll see how it goes this time!

Yup, this works on a stock Aria running 2.2. Did it on two seperate phones, and it works like a charm.

Tried another way to install amazon apps today and found it much easier.
Requirements: Amazon App Store, Android Injector, USB cable
1. Purchase or download app from amazon app store (personally did this with todays app of the day). Once downloaded, a pop up will notify you that it couldn't be installed because of the unknown source.
2. Connect your phone to your PC as a Disk Drive and turn on USB Debugging (Settings, Applications, Development)
3. Locate the .apk file at G:\Android\data\com.amazon.venezia\cache (replace G with the correct drive title for you)
4. Copy the .apk to your desktop or somewhere easy to find
5. Open Android Injector, select the .apk file on your desktop, install.

Photosphere feature in 4.2

So I was playing with Photosphere on my Nexus S, and a thought came in.
Samsung, or any other OEM's that make Android Camera, should work hard to bring 4.2 update to their Android Cameras.
Photosphere would be a standout/luring feature to promote their Android Cameras which are somewhat a new kind of product.
While Photosphere is still in beta and doesn't stitch very well, I think people still would like to try it out since it is something new and exciting.

Samsung, Nikon, you heard?
Hurry up before someone does it first.

jk0l said:
So I was playing with Photosphere on my Nexus S, and a thought came in.
Samsung, or any other OEM's that make Android Camera, should work hard to bring 4.2 update to their Android Cameras.
Photosphere would be a standout/luring feature to promote their Android Cameras which are somewhat a new kind of product.
While Photosphere is still in beta and doesn't stitch very well, I think people still would like to try it out since it is something new and exciting.
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I´ve had Photosphere on my Galaxy Camera almost since the first day I bought it!! Look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2035555

robb13 said:
I´ve had Photosphere on my Galaxy Camera almost since the first day I bought it!! Look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2035555
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Hi Robb
I followed your instructions and was able to download the App + Lib onto my PC and extracted the WinRar files.
I've copied them to my Galaxy Camera's Ext SD card and can copy them to the system directories.
But I'm not sure how to change permissions on the files.
Can you please explain how to do this? I'm a noob to Android.
Thanks.

I use photo sphere too on my galaxy camera and work fine.
So for your problem, you need to change right of the file like say on the link provide.
For doing that, you need a file explorer with admin right.
I use ES file explorer.
Once you install this file explorer, you need first to allow him to access to root, for that go to : Settings
Then on the boot you will found : Root settings
Enable everything there.
Then after enable the first one, you get a pop up inform you to agree to give right on Super SU. Do Yes and after agree to give right.
When done, go to your folder app and lib where you copy the file, found the file one by one and made a long push on the file for show a menu and choice option on bottom "Properties" that open a new windows.
There click on "change" button and enable everything in "Read" column and on user for "write" column then click "ok" and again "ok".
Do that for all files (5 if I remember well) and reboot the Camera.
You will got 2 new icon for camera and galery
Hope I'm clear ^^
David.

djudenne said:
I use photo sphere too on my galaxy camera and work fine.
So for your problem, you need to change right of the file like say on the link provide.
For doing that, you need a file explorer with admin right.
I use ES file explorer.
Once you install this file explorer, you need first to allow him to access to root, for that go to : Settings
Then on the boot you will found : Root settings
Enable everything there.
Then after enable the first one, you get a pop up inform you to agree to give right on Super SU. Do Yes and after agree to give right.
When done, go to your folder app and lib where you copy the file, found the file one by one and made a long push on the file for show a menu and choice option on bottom "Properties" that open a new windows.
There click on "change" button and enable everything in "Read" column and on user for "write" column then click "ok" and again "ok".
Do that for all files (5 if I remember well) and reboot the Camera.
You will got 2 new icon for camera and galery
Hope I'm clear ^^
David.
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Thanks David.
I've downloaded ES File Explorer and am having difficulty copying the files to the system/app directory.
First I connect the SGC to my PC and after the files are extracted with WinRar I copied them to the Download folder on the Camera.
Then using ES File Explorer I navigate to the Download folder and tried to copy/paste the files to the System/app directory but it gave the message that copy "GoogleGallery.apk" failed? The Gmscore.apk was copied OK.
What am I doing wrong?
I'll recheck the Root settings but I think I did that right as I can access the Root directory in ES File Manager now.
BTW, could it be because my SGC is not Rooted?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Yes I think you need root your device for get right to change file in system/app folder or even right of file.
So first root your device, very easy for the moment due of Eqynox issue, uberNoobZA and cybriks on the forum confirm he can root with the tools from Chainfire.
You can read the full topic about root Galaxy Camera here :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1995245
Or go to page 5 firectly if you want use the method from Chainfire where uberNoobZA and cybriks confirm it work
The link about how to use the Chainfire tools :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2050297
This method should be the easy way compare to the one use Odin, so you should be able to use it, it's only an app you run and do eveything alone
So do it and then try again to copy file and change right and you probably can use Photo Sphere (I like this function ^__^)
David

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took this one at work. Almost perfect.

Bypass Setup Wizard SGS4

For those of you who have an error completing the setup wizard, this is how I bypassed it.
1. From the wizard, on the Samsung account screen, select sign up for new Samsung account
2. Select log in with Facebook - which launches a browser
3. On that page click and hold a word to select it
4. Scroll to the right to do a web search
5. Select Chrome
6. Navigate to facebook.com
7. Click the link to download the app which launches the Play Store
8. In Play Store download Nova launcher and then launch
9. From here you can enable developer options and USB debugging
10. Root again and reboot
11.From here, you can use your ADB skills to rename/remove the SetupWizard.apk and SecSetupWizard2013.apk files from /system/app, or as I did, repeat the steps 1-7, install Root Explorer and alter the files that way.
12.Reboot
I hope this helps until we can install a custom recovery and flash ROMs.
Thanks to RandomHandle for helping me repeat the process to verify it worked, as well as clean up the instructions!

I followed all of the steps but for some reason I can't rename or delete the setup files. I re-rooted and even installed root checker to make sure I had root access but it's not letting me touch them.

Did you mount as R/W ?
I am able to rename those files with Root Explorer.

pakxelaos said:
Did you mount as R/W ?
I am able to rename those files with Root Explorer.
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Ah, yes... That was it. Thank you so much.

I am still getting boxes popping up occasionally saying that text-to-speech has stopped. Other than that the phone is working good. Thanks again for finding this clever fix.

wtd966 said:
For those of you who have an error completing the setup wizard, this is how I bypassed it.
1. From the wizard, on the Samsung account screen, select sign up for new Samsung account
2. Select log in with Facebook - which launches a browser
3. On that page click and hold a word to select it
4. Scroll to the right to do a web search
5. Select Chrome
6. Navigate to facebook.com
7. Click the link to download the app which launches the Play Store
8. In Play Store download Nova launcher and then launch
9. From here you can enable developer options and USB debugging
10. Root again and reboot
11.From here, you can use your ADB skills to rename/remove the SetupWizard.apk and SecSetupWizard2013.apk files, or as I did, repeat the steps 1-7, install Root Explorer and alter the files that way.
12.Reboot
I hope this helps until we can install a custom recovery and flash ROMs.
Thanks to RandomHandle for helping me repeat the process to verify it worked, as well as clean up the instructions!
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Thank you very much

ethem11 said:
Thank you very much
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wtd966 said:
For those of you who have an error completing the setup wizard, this is how I bypassed it.
1. From the wizard, on the Samsung account screen, select sign up for new Samsung account
2. Select log in with Facebook - which launches a browser
3. On that page click and hold a word to select it
4. Scroll to the right to do a web search
5. Select Chrome
6. Navigate to facebook.com
7. Click the link to download the app which launches the Play Store
8. In Play Store download Nova launcher and then launch
9. From here you can enable developer options and USB debugging
10. Root again and reboot
11.From here, you can use your ADB skills to rename/remove the SetupWizard.apk and SecSetupWizard2013.apk files, or as I did, repeat the steps 1-7, install Root Explorer and alter the files that way.
12.Reboot
I hope this helps until we can install a custom recovery and flash ROMs.
Thanks to RandomHandle for helping me repeat the process to verify it worked, as well as clean up the instructions!
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I don't have the Samsung account screen. I had uninstall alot of Samsung stuff with Titanium, so I don't know if that is the reason. I did do a factory reset from the recovery screen but I still don't see where it says sign up for Samsung on setup...

gsessons said:
I don't have the Samsung account screen. I had uninstall alot of Samsung stuff with Titanium, so I don't know if that is the reason. I did do a factory reset from the recovery screen but I still don't see where it says sign up for Samsung on setup...
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When you do the factory reset, do you get the setup wizard on the first boot? The Samsung account login is a few pages in after the personal information.

wtd966 said:
When you do the factory reset, do you get the setup wizard on the first boot? The Samsung account login is a few pages in after the personal information.
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When I get home I will tell you everything I see on phone.... Off top of head... Yes I do get the setup wizard but I do not see where it say Samsung account.
EDIT******** this is what im getting....no samsung sign up
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Yeah unfortunately that is the only way to get into the browser to be able to get out of the wizard. Looks like you need to wait for the official firmware release.

hey
i dont see SetupWizard.apk in my phone where i can find it and remove that damn thing!

huang1231991 said:
i dont see SetupWizard.apk in my phone where i can find it and remove that damn thing!
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/system/app

[TOOL] Android Wear APK Tools: Sideload and Uninstall Apps to Android Wear

Android Wear APK Tools:
A GUI application which allows you to install any APK straight to your watch (via adb) or uninstall any non-protected package directly. Much more convenient than doing it through the adb command line.
Screenshot:
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How to use:
Download Link: HERE
Windows:
Unzip Android-Wear-APK-Tools.zip, and run Android-Wear-APK-Tools.exe
Linux:
Run the following command in terminal, and then open AndroidWearAPKTools.py
Code:
sudo apt-get install python-tk
Mac:
Install Python from here, then run AndroidWearAPKTools.py
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Connect your watch to your computer, enable ADB Debugging on your phone and your watch, and make sure ADB and the drivers are set up on your computer.

Doesnt work for me.
I opened it, clicked connect to watch, then it told me that it has connected, i can see the list of all the apps that i have installed on my phone. But android wear doesnt tell me that its connected.
I tried to uninstall an app, then it gave me an error. Then i tried installing an app, and it just stayed on "installing app, please wait" for a very very long time.

So, apparently you must have ADB already on the system path or in the main directory of this application and it must be accessible with the command "adb"

I am experiencing similar errors with the app. It tells me I am connected to my watch. I can't see any apps on the list. When trying to install an app it stops on "Installing app, Please wait..."

root required?
Does this require that the Android Wear device be rooted?

Lord_Cyrix said:
I am experiencing similar errors with the app. It tells me I am connected to my watch. I can't see any apps on the list. When trying to install an app it stops on "Installing app, Please wait..."
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same here

can we install ota lollipop from this
by regular method my samsung gear live is not responding to sideload method

doesn't seems to work on windows 10
Exception in Tkinter callback
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "Tkinter.pyc", line 1470, in __call__
File "AndroidWearAPKTools.py", line 36, in connectToWatchCallback
IndexError: list index out of range
EDIT:Fixed by allowing adb access through cmd

works for me
In samsung gear neo 2 ported to android wear, works perfect thx...

NightMean said:
doesn't seems to work on windows 10
Exception in Tkinter callback
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "Tkinter.pyc", line 1470, in __call__
File "AndroidWearAPKTools.py", line 36, in connectToWatchCallback
IndexError: list index out of range
EDIT:Fixed by allowing adb access through cmd
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NightMean, how did you fix it? Could elaborate?
I don't know how to allow ADB access through CMD
Thanks

nagasgura said:
Android Wear APK Tools:
Much more convenient than doing it through the adb command line
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So writing all that code was easier than "adb install" ?

clevebb said:
So writing all that code was easier than "adb install" ?
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Not for him (except he installs and deinstalls applications from 9 to 5 )
But for the rest off the world it´s really comfortable

I installed google chrome but i cant see it in the list of apps installed and i cant uninstall it any help? this is the list http://puu.sh/pc5Ka/0e12811101.png

Thanks for creating such a simple but useful tool!

Hy guys , i've used this method to install apps but i have a problem when opening a pdf file , as you can see in the pictures , i can't select a default app for it. can somebody give me a solution ? thx a lot .

kmc99 said:
Hy guys , i've used this method to install apps but i have a problem when opening a pdf file , as you can see in the pictures , i can't select a default app for it. can somebody give me a solution ? thx a lot .
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Try opening the PDF on your phone instead.

For me, I connect to watch alright, I see the apps list, but uninstalling takes forever.. :/
Much easier to use adb command. meh

My watch is detected by the pc but I see an empty directory ....and if I try to copy a file no way ....

Any idea ?

So the windows 10 users have no chance to enjoy this ???