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

[Ron Frazier (ALE)]

"mike at trausch.us" <mike at trausch.us> wrote:

>On 09/15/2012 09:19 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:
>> Can someone tell me now to sideload one of them or install it from
>the
>> google play application. I've already deinstalled their new version,
>so
>> I guess I don't have a file manager on my tablet now.
>
>Recommendation:  Get Titanium Backup.
>
>Requires root access, but can bail you out of lots of things, such as
>this.
>
>As for sideloading, either mount your device as a USB mass storage and
>copy the APK, then install that from a file manager on the device, or
>use the Android development platform tools and use ADB to push, then
>get
>a shell and use the software on the device to install from the command
>line (IIRC, that'd be the "pm" command, but it's been a while).
>
>	--- Mike


Hi Mike,

I meant to respond sooner.  Thanks for the note.  I was backing up the apps with the old Astro File Manager so I had an APK sitting around.  I ended up installing another file manager and copying the APK with that.  Then I tapped it and was able to install it.  Then I set my outdated Astro install never to update.

Rooting the device and getting Titanium Backup is on my list.  Just haven't done it yet.

Sincerely,

Ron


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