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How to open bin file

.bin files usually mean binary files. Which can be created by many things and used by many things as well, e.g. ROM dumps for game console and arcade game emulators. Even if you had a computer, you do need to find what was used to create them, what are they for. What application you need depends on what they are.



 
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I've got these .bin files on my phone, but the folder name gives a clue as to what they are for, e.g. /ROMS/Atari/Atari2600/ and they open with an Atari 2600 emulator app.

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What phone have you actually got there, and what folders are the .bin files in, do they have any specific names? Are you using any game console emulator apps? If necessary post a screen-shot of them.
 
We need to know what the file is for, as you can add any extension to any file. There are multiple ways to open them, but first we need to know what they are associated with.
 
"bin" implies a binary file. Not all binaries are the same, so I doubt there is a single app that will open all files with that type (apart from a hex editor). So can you tell us more about the file?
 
Exactly! You presumably know what's supposed to be in the file (at least what sort of information or code it contains) as well as where you got it from, and those 2 bits of information are the starting point to working out how to open it. And we do not have that information, only you do.
 
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