Safe site to download Application .apk files?

[elanning]

Greetings,

I just want to ask the forum if there is a reliable and safe place to download app .apk files from. Some apps do not recognize my phone as compatible when I am using one ROM or another, and so I would like to just download the .apk and install it manually.

It is not that hard to Google the app name and find some site hosting the .apk but I am not sure about trusting a random site to give me the real app.

Any tips on a reputable site that collects .apk files?

Thanks!

 

[alostpacket]

I'd like to give you the benefit of the doubt, but also to remind you that asking for paid software apks or warez on this forum is a big nono.

That said, there are a fair number of legit markets out there but I'm not sure how many give you apks separately. Most will try to automate the process for you.

Here are a few of the legit options you have:

Android Market (Google)
Amazon AppStore
SlideMe
AppBrain
AndAppStore
AppsLib (Archos)

 

[elanning]

I'd like to give you the benefit of the doubt, but also to remind you that asking for paid software apks or warez on this forum is a big nono.

That said, there are a fair number of legit markets out there but I'm not sure how many give you apks separately. Most will try to automate the process for you.

Here are a few of the legit options you have:

Android Market (Google)
Amazon AppStore
SlideMe
AppBrain
AndAppStore
AppsLib (Archos)

I had not thought about the way I phrased that, I am not looking to pirate I assure you. Though now that you bring that up, I guess I can see why the market doesn't post links directly to .apk files for paid apps. I suppose I would like to see some secondary method where you can verify that you own the app and get like a one-time link to the file, but that may be asking to much for an issue not many people are running into anyway.

My specific problem at the moment is that I installed the just released MIUI ROM for the Droid X and free apps like Google Shopper and PayPal no longer recognize my phone when I try to install them through the market.

Perhaps that is just the price one pays for running cutsom ROMs.

 

[alostpacket]

Ah I see, makes sense

I'd actually recommend asking in the Droid X root forum and see if anyone knows how to get free apps to work again, or in the MIUI communities.

That would be a more long term solution I would think

Droid X - All Things Root - Android Forums

hope that helps