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Originally Posted by peaceridge
I had forgotten about esfile explorer. I found a couple of the older versions on the internet, but don't know how to apply them to the tablet - can anyone point me to somewhere that might explain how?
That is applying older versions of Mantano (not es file explorer) from my pc to my tablet.
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First, you need to enable installing from "unknown sources" (i.e. anything other than Google Play). On my phone it's
Settings->Security->Unknown Sources, but it varies slightly by Android version.
If you have the .apk file and ES File Explorer (or any other file manager), browsing to the file and clicking on the icon should give you an installation prompt and allow you to install it. You can get the file to the tablet any of several ways. The two easiest are:
- download the file using the browser on the tablet
- connect the tablet to a computer and drag-drop the file to the SD Card
For the drag/drop route, I always create a folder on the SD Card named "Installers" and drop things there. Then they're easier for me to find from the file manager.
The downloaded version should then replace the version on your tablet. If the encrypted signature on the new version doesn't match the old, it won't install. For this reason, I recommend that you install the current version from Google Play before installing any that you download from the internet. If it won't install, it means that someone has repacked the file with a different signature and it's been hacked in some way (
probably to remove the license check if it's the premium version,
possibly to add some sort of malicious code).