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Help error 18, need help

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asilver

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I got a replacement droid 2 and it won't install many apps, specifically any angry birds app.

it downloads fine, then as soon as it starts install it says unknown error -18


I posted a comment on the angry birds FB announcement and within a few seconds I got a private message from someone I don't know


'Alright found a fix. I hooked my phone up to my computer, browsed to .android_secure and deleted the file 'smdl2tmp1.asec'. Problem solved.'

Obviously I'm not going to just go delete a file without someone here telling me what's up, and I already searched the forum and there's nothing I can find about the error 18.

Please help I really don't want to have to get another replacement
 
thanks, also while waiting I found another solution

plug phone in, delete android secure folder, which is a permanent solution, there was another forum where I found this and to unmount the sd card every time seemed not a permanent solution.

all 3 angry birds now installed....again...WINNING
 
amillionto1 said:
How do I delete this secure folder if I can't plug my phone into my computer?
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I tried with astro first it did not work, so unfortunately you'll have to either plug the phone itself in OR get a SD card adapter so that you can fit your micro sd into a full sized sd and put that in a computer with an sd slot.

OR if there's nothing on the SD card that you need you could try formatting the sd card FROM the phone. I think this would work but don't want/need to try on mine and I don't want to lose everything that's on there.

to format sd card from phone
menu
settings
sd and phone storage
unmount
format
 
Having same error 18 problems with angry birds and other games. Thanks for the advice. Was getting ready to throw phone thru a wall.lol
 
Frisco said:
Unmount your SD card, install the app, then remount the card, then reboot your device.
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So i read this post, and i do this and it works, i then read the next post and i think to myself, oh, i can probably use astro, so i try it and it doesn't work, THEN i read the next post and i think to myself, "dang, i will never get those 10 minutes back", hahaha.

good info.
 
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