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UBRocked said:
Yeah, if you take the .apk file you want to install and put it on your NC's SD card, then open that file using Astro (or the built in file explorer...I think), you will be able to install the file that way.

I had to do that for my Archos 70 tablet because the "thumb keyboard" app wouldn't show up in the market on it. I purchased the app on my phone, copied the .apk file using root explorer and pasted it on the root directory of my sd card. Then I moved that file to my computer...mounted the A70...moved the file to that device...unmounted my A70...installed the app.

Won't work with all applications (especially paid apps like certain games) because they have anti-piracy blocks that prevent you from doing this.

Side loading apps is a nice option to have for cases like this...but side loading paid apps that you didn't actually buy is piracy...just sayin...
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could I download angry birds, astro and dropbox on my wife's eris, use Astro to place the angrybirds.apk file in dropbox, then get astro and dropbox on the NC and get the file that way?
 
bluewhite79 said:
could I download angry birds, astro and dropbox on my wife's eris, use Astro to place the angrybirds.apk file in dropbox, then get astro and dropbox on the NC and get the file that way?
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Yeah...that would work.

Remember that certain apps have different versions based on your device and the OS version you are running. I don't think that Angry Birds is one of those apps though...so I think you'll be fine.

I do have angry birds (both seasons and the original) on my NCs. The game works just fine...it's just an issue with the market on the NC not showing that app for some reason.
 
bluewhite79 said:
how the heck do I find the .apk file in astro? It only looks at teh sd card on the nook.
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Gotta use Root Explorer (paid app) or ADB (free) if you know how to use that. The file is most like in the "Data > App" directory and that is not accessible with most file managers (most file managers do not require root access and do not allow you to see anything other than you SD card directory).
 
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