So, today we will dispel all the incomprehensibility in this matter, and finally, find out how to install games on android.
We will consider three ways install games on android, and also learn what to do with the cache for "heavy" games. Everything is online now more gamesthat come with a large appendage (cache), which must be installed by copying to a memory card.
1) Installing an application from the Market.
Market is an application for quickly downloading games and applications from the Internet catalog. The market usually comes as standard with the android. Well, there shouldn’t be any questions, having selected the application, just click the " Install". After downloading, the game itself will be installed on the smartphone. Plus this methodThat games can be automatically updated from the Market. But this method may not be suitable if you have expensive internet on your phone, even though your computer has free access to the network. Then you need to go to the second method.
2) Install applications from the APK file
After downloading the game on a computer in the format * .apk, it must be copied to the phone’s memory card in any folder (via usb cord, card reader, wi-fi and other methods).
On the phone, enable the installation of third-party applications. Go to settings Settings \u003e\u003e Applications \u003e\u003e Unknown sources - put a tick.
Open the application ThinkFree Office, or if you don’t have one, then we find the file manager (can be downloaded through the Market ASTRO, Estrongs and others) and run it.
We find the downloaded game on the memory card and tap (click) on it. In the window that appears, click Install \\ Install.
The shortcut from the game will automatically appear in the main menu of your device.
If you didn’t succeed install game this way, then install it through the browser.
3) Installation via browser
To install the game through a browser, after copying it to a memory card, rewrite the file name and path to it on a piece of paper.
Launch a browser. Dial in address bar following:
file: ///sdcard/FileName.apk
or if the game is in a folder on a memory card
file: ///sdcard/Folder/FileName.apk
Also possible install game and through the terminal, just type:
adb install /Folder/FileName.apk
4) Installing a game from a computer
Yes, there is a fourth way to install games. On the computer you need to install the program InstallAPK. After connecting the smartphone to the computer using the usb cable, run the necessary apk file on the computer, and the installation of the game will automatically start on the device.
Installing games with a cache.
Big games from well-known manufacturers sometimes require a separate cache to run. When you install the application from the Market, and the first time you start the game, the cache is downloaded automatically. But what if you do not have the ability to download a huge cache through the expensive mobile Internet? Of course, download it on the Internet. Then we extract the cache of their downloaded archive and copy it to the memory card in the folder specified in the description of the game. Sometimes it still happens that the game needs to download any files.
The right ways for games by famous developers:
Gameloft - sdcard / gameloft / games / NameGames
Electronic Arts (EA) - sdcard / Android / data / NameGames
Glu - sdcard / glu / NameGames
others - sdcard / data / data / NameGames or sdcard / NameGames
Many users of the increasingly popular Android platform are embarrassed by the installation of applications and games. In fact, this process is not at all complicated, and right now we’ll figure out how to install games on Android.
Install simple games on Android
Of course, the most famous method of installing games on Android is to use the service from Google android market. To install games and applications on your device, you must run the pre-installed Market program, select the one you are interested in from the list of games and click the "Install" button. More clearly, how to install games on Android in a video. You can easily find them on the Internet.
Installing Android games for free is not a problem. The main thing is to download the game files themselves, and then proceed to the algorithm below:
- Go to Menu - Settings - Applications.
- Set the “checkmark” opposite “Unknown sources”.
- We connect our androidphone to the PC.
- Now we transfer games from the computer to the Android device to any folder.
- We remove our device from the computer (interrupt the connection).
- Using any file manager, you need to find the very folder in which we moved the game.
- In the folder with the game, we directly look for the APK-file of the android game itself. We are opening!
- In the pop-up menu, click "Install" or "Install".
You have installed a simple game on Android, congratulations!
Installing games with cache for Android
But there is another type of games to which cached files are also attached. As a rule, these are massive and powerful games, often shooters or car racing simulators.
How to install a game with a cache on Android
It is necessary to do all those actions as for simple games, adding only moving the cache to a special folder. You can find this folder (its address) in the description of the game. We will list the exact folder addresses for the most common Android game publishers:
- Gameloft Studio, folder address: sdcard / gameloft / games / the name of your game.
- Games for Android released by Electronic Arts, their cache is stored in: sdcard / Android / data - the name of the necessary game for Android.
- Games from other developers store the cache, as a rule, at the address: sdcard / data / data / name of the game.
So, we learned how to install games on Android!
Many of us do not know how to install the game on Android and what to do with OBB files? But, as it turns out, everything is very simple!
Every day there are several different new interesting games for Android. How to resist such a temptation. In addition, new versions of already known games are coming out, which I also want to play. What if the desire to install the game is huge, but you do not know how to do it? We will help and give some advice on this.
For starters, we have the first solution:
- You can install the game on Android using Wi-Fi.
- If the game is free, then there’s nothing to think about.
- Go to play.google.com from your computer or use google app Play market on your phone or tablet.
- Find the game you need and install it. Everything is simple here.
But what if the game is paid, but you don’t want to pay money? Or have you already paid a lot for that, but they simply weren’t enough for a new interesting game?
The second method works here.
It consists in the fact that you do not pay for the game by installing its paid version. How it works? Look for a game on our website or on any other, download the APK file - this file, like any other. Along with this APK file, usually comes a special file with the * .obb extension. You ask: “What is this file?”. And here, too, everything is simple - this is a special archive that contains some game data, for example, pictures, sounds and all that is necessary so that you can play a game on Android.
To move this archive, you need to connect your phone or tablet to a computer or use it. Using a PC or file manager, create a special directory:
Sdcard / android / obb
in almost all games with a cache it is written what to name the folder into which to throw the cache itself and there is information about the full path to it, how it should look. Therefore, carefully read the description and accompanying instructions for each game and do not worry, you will succeed. Creating a folder and copying a file there is very easy.
- Download the cache with the game.
- Connect the phone through USB cable and insert it into a PC or connect a card reader with a memory card, or use the cache downloaded via WiFi and copy it using the file manager (as written above).
- Copy the game’s cache to the folder whose path is written in the article where you downloaded the cache from.
- Run the game and if everything is done correctly (the correct cache is downloaded and put where necessary), the game should start.
- Sometimes, to run the game, you need to pass a test, i.e. the game must download unique files.
It is also possible in some cases NOT to download the cache, since the game does it itself, but in the accompanying information, this should be indicated. Those. You will not be offered to download the cache separately, you understand.
What if there is no Android phone or tablet, but there is a laptop or computer for Windows, and you need to play the game urgently?
This topic is quite popular on the Internet, since even those who have Android devices cannot always play their favorite game for the following reasons:
- Outdated version of Android.
- Weak processor.
- Not suitable hardware for a specific version of the game.
- Problems with free space other...
So what to do in this case? And here, oddly enough, everything is very simple. You need to download the Android emulator to your computer. it special program, which allows you to run Android on your computer and after that, you can use it, like any other device - install applications, games and test, play them.
Description: Installing applications on android is quite simple, in most cases you do not need to flash or patch your device somehow! To help novice users and not only, we present to your attention the manual "how to install games and programs on Android", as well as "how to install games with a cache on android."
1. We begin, the first thing you should do:
Go to "Settings" - in the "Personal" section, select "Security" - in the "Device Administration" section, select "Unknown sources", check the box!
! Note: android is one for everyone, but for some reason, every manufacturer can change the placement of certain functions in the settings menu, so your task is to find something similar to "Unknown sources" and check the box!
2. Now we proceed to download the necessary files:
Exist setup filesAlso known as apk and cache files, these are additional files for some games and programs! I’ll describe how to install all this below, first we’ll figure out how to choose the appropriate files for your device.
Near links to the file download, on our website, markers with certain parameters are indicated, here is a list of them and what they mean:
First group:
ARM7, ARM6 - mean which processor architecture is supported by this apk. If none of them is specified, therefore apk is one for all.
@root - applications that will only work on devices that have super user rights that can be obtained by flashing the device.
HD - applications with high-quality graphics and support for high-resolution screens (tablets).
Programs for receiving root right:
Framaroot:
Baidu Root:
Towerloot (Android 4.x)
Baidu Super Root
DingDong Root:
360 root
ct_hack or ct_root
Root root
KingRoot:
Root zhushou
Via PC:
Kingo Android Root
Rootx
The second group (types of video accelerator):
Adreno, PowerVR, Mali, Tegra 2, Tegra 3 - in addition to the main processor, the devices also have a graphics processor - a video accelerator. You need to select files according to the video accelerator of your device (we mainly use these notations for cache files), but if there are all marks next to the cache link, then the cache is one for all!
For Broadcom processors - try the cache from Adreno
For Vivante processors - Mali cache should be suitable
2.1 Determining the type of processors in your device:
After registering on the site, go to the “Cabinet” - “Settings”, then find the field with the note “Your PDA device” and start entering the name of the smartphone / tablet (similar devices will be displayed in the list), after choosing your device, its video accelerator and architecture will be displayed below the processor. Or use the program CPU-Z
If your device is not in the list, use the button "My device is not in the list" and we will add it!
Having decided which tags correspond to your device, go to the site and upload the files!
3. Install apk on android:
If the files were downloaded to a PC, we connect the device when uSB help lace, wait until the device is defined as a flash drive (for some, confirmation of the connection on the device may be required). Next, copy the downloaded file to a folder convenient for you.
If you downloaded the file directly to the device, then skip the previous paragraph.
Next, run the file manager (called “My Files” on Samsung), if it is not there, install it from the Play Store, for example: “ES Explorer”.
We find the downloaded file and tap on it, starting the installation, follow the instructions, at the end click ready!
If the game does not require additional cache files, then in the list of your applications we find the game and start it!
3.1 Installing games with cache on android:
We select the previously loaded cache, unpack it using the WinRAR program for PC or ES File Explorer for android, or their analogues. We place the resulting folder along the path indicated on the page with the game (above the links with the cache). In 99% of cases, sdcard \u003d Built-in memory card, NOT a removable microSD!
Next, install apk, as described above.
Note: cache path features:
/ sdcard / Android / data / and / sdcard / gameloft / games / - caches placed on these paths can be downloaded via the application via wi-fi, EDGE or 3G. Also, from version to version it is not necessary to change the cache.
/ sdcard / Android / obb / - download caches to this folder only from the site, when updating the version, load the new cache again.
4. Key mistakes and frequently asked questions:
You will not receive an answer from these moderators to these questions; you will find answers to them under the list of questions!
In the description of the cache path, "sdcard" is a built-in memory card, NOT a micro SD that can be removed!
Will it work on my device?
What cache to download for my device?
Question: Will it work on my device?
Answer: Look at the tags and in Google play Your device is supported or not. We can’t know if it will go with you or not, and you can wait a long time for a response from a user with the same device! Better write about the result!
Question: Why doesn’t it see the cache ?, I placed everything as it is written.
Answer: The cache is not located on the phone’s internal memory, but on microSD. Not every game supports cache allocation on external storage. The exception is some Chinese devices and some Fly models in these smartphones / tablets when connected microSD cards an external card is replaced with an integrated ...
Answer 2: Run the game and look at which folder and where it will create, it should look like a folder from the cache archive, move the files from the folder in the archive to the folder created by the game.
Answer 3: You need to extract the folder from the archive to the current folder, and not to the folder with the archive name (when unpacking through WinRAR)
Question: I placed the cache correctly, but asks to download x MB, why?
Answer: If the number of MB is approximately equal to the MB of the cache downloaded from the site, then this is not to be downloaded, but to download completely! That is, the cache is not placed correctly, read the previous question / answer!
Question: I have only 1GB of internal memory, and the cache weighs 2GB, what should I do?
Answer: Flash root rights and use the program, for example:
Answer 2: Look in the phone settings, activate the option "Install applications on an external SD card". Perhaps it will help if the apk has already been installed, after enabling this option, you need to reinstall it.
Good luck to all!
