I need to know basics

[Guest BRITISHBABOON]

being totally new to smartphones I am a bit loathe to start messing before i have a clue what I'm doing.I'm pretty literate on the pc and understand most things but need guidance before I start installing stuff on my SPV c500.

For instance I have downloaded one or two apps (notbad and smart explorer) to my pc, how and where do i put them on my phone? They are rar files at the moment.I put notbad on which worked but when I saved any notes and tryed to reopen them i couldn't associate them,getting accociation failed messages.

All a bit basic I know but don't want to screw my phone.

[Guest BRITISHBABOON]

bump

[Guest Tech]

usually to install software either a cab file is used (place it on the smartphone and execute it)

or sometimes you get a proper setup installer - just run that from your PC.

or extract the zip/rar files on the PC and then look at what type of file it is (read 1 and 2)

Edited November 20, 2005 by Tech

[Guest BRITISHBABOON]

cheers,I'll be having a mess about,will get back on results 8)

[Guest BRITISHBABOON]

just a thought, where do I put them,in program files or somewhere else

[Guest w411y]

Kindly check this here!

Various ways of installation. 1 tip i will give you is that beware of .cab files as they are usually recognised as .rar files and people end up unpacking them.

[Guest Disco Stu]

It doesn't matter where you put the cab files as they are deleted after installing their contents. The cab file contains the instructions of where the software gets installed, though you usually get the choice of phone memory or storage card.

So, just put it somewhere you can find it easily with the phone's file explorer - \Storage \Windows \Start Menu \Accessories is a good bet as there is not much else in there to lose it amongst.

:)

[Guest BRITISHBABOON]

8) some good info there! have installed smart explorer successfully cheers! working nicely. laters

[Guest BRITISHBABOON]

and to be a bigger nuisance, which file is the one I need for betaplayer, there are a few? :oops: :?:

[Guest gpcarreon (MVP)]

Try this one:

_http://corecodec.org/frs/download.php/346/tcpmp.smartphone.0.70.exe

It's a setup launcher, launch it on PC.

[Guest w411y]

Try this one:

_http://corecodec.org/frs/download.php/346/tcpmp.smartphone.0.70.exe

It's a setup launcher, launch it on PC.

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...and don't forget your phone needs to be connected to your PC at the time