[ale] ot help! - warning radical changes to android astro file manager

JD jdp at algoloma.com
Sun Sep 16 06:44:03 EDT 2012


On 09/15/2012 10:36 PM, Justin Goldberg wrote:
> File Expert can install apk files, as well as keep a backup of
> installed apps as apk files. You just browse to where the apk file is
> and open it.
> 
> This section of the unofficial FE manuals explains the backup function,
> 
> http://help.monroeworld.com/fileexpert/#Z47
> 

I think any file browser will install an APK if you have "unknown sources"
allowed. The extension or mime-type make that happen on android. It isn't
anything special to these specific tools.

Keeping APKs backed up is a good idea just to avoid the annoyance of the
app-store after a fresh OS release.


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