Install App to phone w/o file manager

[chargersrool]

I have a problem, the phone is a p.o.s. (kyocera rise) and is my fathers. I want to use it as a music player but problem is the phone is not active nor will it connect to the wifi. "timed out" every single time. I downloaded a music player .apk file and moved it to the sd card root dir. but how can I install it now?

 

[funkylogik]

Is memory full or something?
Make sure "unknown sources" is still checked in settings, security or settings, applications :thumbup:

 

[chargersrool]

Unknown sources was already checked. and the phone has a lot of space left.

 

[funkylogik]

Just realised the "w/o file manager" mate sorry.
Now that im stuck with tbh soz
Are you sure it doesnt have a basic file manager included?

 

[chargersrool]

Im sure it does not have a stock file manager.

 

[WoohooGuy]

I would suggest you try a hard reset of the phone and see if that cures your issues.

If that doesn't work you can follow this guide and use ADB to help manage the device via your computer.

How To Install and Use ADB, the Android Debug Bridge Utility

 

[vosg]

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kayan.nurav.apkshare

You could install your apps on another Android device and transfer them to your dad's over bluetooth, with something called ApkShare.

 

[PaulS]

Can you insert a Sim with some internet access if the phone is unlocked and download a file manager to the phone like ES File Exlporer/manager?

 

[Harry2]

Im sure it does not have a stock file manager.

If you've moved the .apk to the SD card's root dir then you could try to execute this line in the address field of your phone's internet browser ...

file:///sdcard/your .apk file name
(... yep, 'file:' instead of 'http:' and three /// )

EDIT: Make sure that you execute the line on the brower's address field not as a search.

 

[Fox Mulder]

You sure there's no file manager on the phone? Just about every Android phone has some kind of basic FM app built in. How did you move it to the SD, did you do that on a PC?
The apk doesn't have to be in any particular location to install it, but regardless of where you put it it won't just run by itself. You have to navigate to it with a file mgr and tap on it so the phone's package installer can install it.

 

[chargersrool]

If you've moved the .apk to the SD card's root dir then you could try to execute this line in the address field of your phone's internet browser ...

file:///sdcard/your .apk file name
(... yep, 'file:' instead of 'http:' and three /// )

EDIT: Make sure that you execute the line on the brower's address field not as a search.

You Sir, are Amazing! Thank you for saving me time instead of figuring out adb.

I do have another problem, might as well ask. my phone-SGS2 has a stuck sleep button and it keeps turning on automatically. How can I determine the amount of time I want my phone to stay on the lockscreen? (when you press the sleep button on any phone, the lockscreen comes up for a certain amount of time)

 

[Harry2]

You're welcome

Edit: ... this sleep button, do you mean the Power button for putting the phone on stand-by?
My HTC phone has on Settings, Security a time-out option for the lock screen ... maybe it would work reverse like with a stucked Power button ... just guessing.
I'd not trying it, there is the danger of a complete lock out with this stuck button.

 

[Petrah]

Just about every Android phone has some kind of basic FM app built in.

I've had quite a few Android phones, and the last two I've bought were directly from Google. I think my kids have gone through more Android devices than I have. None of them have ever had a built in file manager.

 

[chargersrool]

Well the good thing is the button is stuck in the "on" position.
whenever I take the battery out and put it back in it turns on, so to put the phone to sleep i use a proximity scanner and thats what I have been doing for months. The only downside like i said is the phone keeps turning on the lockscreen then back off and back on etc.