Installing apk?

[Lee5000]

I just got rid of my Galaxy Nexus and bought the Note 3. LOVE this thing!!! Only had it for a couple of days now and just trying to get it all set up

Got a question. One of the apps I liked on the old phone was Ad Block. Got it a long time ago off Google Play. Well, as I'm sure many of you already know (I didn't) is that Google now longer allows ad blocking apps on their site. I did find a site that still has the app and you can download it for free. Only problem for me is that I have no clue how to install an apk. All that apps I have ever had were off Google Play and they installed automatically.

Can someone help me with this?

Thanks

Lee

 

[jwither]

I just got rid of my Galaxy Nexus and bought the Note 3. LOVE this thing!!! Only had it for a couple of days now and just trying to get it all set up

Got a question. One of the apps I liked on the old phone was Ad Block. Got it a long time ago off Google Play. Well, as I'm sure many of you already know (I didn't) is that Google now longer allows ad blocking apps on their site. I did find a site that still has the app and you can download it for free. Only problem for me is that I have no clue how to install an apk. All that apps I have ever had were off Google Play and they installed automatically.

Can someone help me with this?

Thanks

Lee

Settings, security, Unknown sources [ x ]

Download the file, then run it. Been a while since I did this, so I'll have to leave that part of it vague.

 

[Lee5000]

Thanks for the quick reply, j. From experience with my last phone I selected the option to allow downloads from unknown sources as one of my setup procedures. That gets the app to me but I still have no clue how to install it.

Lee

 

[menmyjeep]

Thanks for the quick reply, j. From experience with my last phone I selected the option to allow downloads from unknown sources as one of my setup procedures. That gets the app to me but I still have no clue how to install it.

Lee

Just click on it to open the file and it should then automatically install.

 

[Lee5000]

That was easy. : ) Thanks, Menmyjeep.

 

[darkcyber]

I just got rid of my Galaxy Nexus and bought the Note 3. LOVE this thing!!! Only had it for a couple of days now and just trying to get it all set up

Got a question. One of the apps I liked on the old phone was Ad Block. Got it a long time ago off Google Play. Well, as I'm sure many of you already know (I didn't) is that Google now longer allows ad blocking apps on their site. I did find a site that still has the app and you can download it for free. Only problem for me is that I have no clue how to install an apk. All that apps I have ever had were off Google Play and they installed automatically.

Can someone help me with this?

Thanks

Lee

Glad you got it fixed. What I want to know is does Ad Block still actually work? Does it block any ads? I hate it since Google has started pushing ads in everything now...especially all of the free apps.

 

[darkcyber]

Just installed it and tested. It does not block Google's ad bars in the free apps.

Update: Well, maybe it did...I set up the proxy stuff like it suggested and tried one app and I didn't see the Google ad banner. Maybe it is working...more testing needed.

 

[Lee5000]

Hey dark, Yeah mine works like a charm now that I have it setup correctly. Those few days without it almost made me nuts. I'd gotten used to not having any ads with my old phone. Per blocking all ads - no. Justing throwing out a figure I'd say 90%. I read something about how this works and there are a few types of ads it can't block but it gets most of them and I'm a happy guy.

I think that's a hoot that Google makes it's money selling ads and for months the Play store had an app that blocks them. LOL Bet they had a hard time explaining that to their customers. No wonder they pulled Ad Block.