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Help Phone deleting .pkg file immediately after download

Highlander1181

Highlander1181

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Hello all. This is my first post on the forum so i hope i am in the correct area for my problem.

My story is this... I have a Playstation 4. I moved to an ares that has very poor internet so i bought a mifi which is fast but unfortunately has a 15gb download limit so PSN and game update downloads are killer. I found an android app that acts as a proxy server to 'capture' the PSN download URL's so that I may take my phone anywhere, download the updates on an alternative wifi, or in my case i have unlimited mobile data, so the idea is that once that download is finished on the phone you can then upload it to the PS4 and hey presto!

The problem, however, is that as soon as the app is finished downloading the update onto the phone, the phone immediately deletes it! One particular update file is 609mb. I have over 5gb of free space, so it's not that. I dont have any antivirus app installed. I was initially running the app (ps4updater) on Android 4.2.2 but yesterday i upgraded to Android 5.0. I had hoped that this would fix the issue but apparently not.

The files are .pkg files. Can anyone please shed some light on this problem? Am i missing something?

Thanks in advance, people.
 
How are you looking for the files? Does the app give you an option to specify the download folder?

What's the app you're using? I'll install and see what happens if you like?
 
I read the ps4updater description and I'm not clear - is it just a proxy giving you urls to use with your browser or does it also do the download?

If it's the first one, I can say that some browsers suck at downloading, like Chrome, while others like Dolphin work pretty well.

If it does its own downloads, can you specify where they go?
 
El Presidente said:
How are you looking for the files? Does the app give you an option to specify the download folder?

What's the app you're using? I'll install and see what happens if you like?
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Thank you. I am using the HTC file manager. The app is called 'ps4updater'. Yes the app has a built in download capability but does not allow you to specify a download folder. While the file is downloading i can see it in the application download folder but as soon as the download completes, the phone (or something) deletes it.
 
EarlyMon said:
I read the ps4updater description and I'm not clear - is it just a proxy giving you urls to use with your browser or does it also do the download?

If it's the first one, I can say that some browsers suck at downloading, like Chrome, while others like Dolphin work pretty well.

If it does its own downloads, can you specify where they go?
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It is a proxy and downloader in one and it specifies the download location. It completed the download with no problem but as soon as the download completes the file disappears
 
Are you specifying the download location as internal or your SD card?

Did it let you create the download folder or just specify an existing one?

I have an HTC so I know that they enforce the KitKat rule about only letting apps write to sd card folders that they own.

And the HTC File Manager is, uh, ok. Have you tried ES File Explorer (And don't use it to connect to your Dropbox, the Chinese listen to your login with that app) or better, X-plore?

Try ES first, run ps4updater. If it asks you to choose between the system downloader or the ES downloader, we'll know if it's using its own code for that or calling for system help. If it asks, choose ES downloader and answer the dialog - Just Once (not Always).

Let's see what's up.

And don't forget my questions at the top of this post, thanks. :)
 
EarlyMon said:
Are you specifying the download location as internal or your SD card?

Did it let you create the download folder or just specify an existing one?

I have an HTC so I know that they enforce the KitKat rule about only letting apps write to sd card folders that they own.

And the HTC File Manager is, uh, ok. Have you tried ES File Explorer (And don't use it to connect to your Dropbox, the Chinese listen to your login with that app) or better, X-plore?

Try ES first, run ps4updater. If it asks you to choose between the system downloader or the ES downloader, we'll know if it's using its own code for that or calling for system help. If it asks, choose ES downloader and answer the dialog - Just Once (not Always).

Let's see what's up.

And don't forget my questions at the top of this post, thanks. :)
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Thanks again for your help. The app never gives a choice of download location nor the opportunity to create a new folder. It chooses to download to internal memory (emulated\o\PS4) as opposed to SD card . I have installed ES File manager, i will attempt to download something again and keep a strict eye on the file from within ES. I suspect that the file will disappear as it did from within the HTC file manager. After installing ES i have started a fresh download with PS4updater and it didn't give me any choices. It is downloading an update file now so i will post again soon once its finished. Thanks again.
 
Unfortunately that didn't work. You can see the file in storage\emulated\0\ps4 while it is downloading but the second the download completes the file disappears.
 
Not because of an app that is misbehaving, because as you put it "they enforce the KitKat rule about only letting apps write to sd card folders that they own.".
 
Highlander1181 said:
Not because of an app that is misbehaving, because as you put it "they enforce the KitKat rule about only letting apps write to sd card folders that they own.".
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As does most everyone else.

And that is the PS4 folder - assuming that the app created it, it does own it, and is therefore not a KitKat issue - facts I didn't have when thinking out loud.

We need to find someone on KitKat without an HTC who can get this to work.

Everyone I know is rooted, I'll have to ask around.
 
EarlyMon said:
As does most everyone else.

And that is the PS4 folder - assuming that the app created it, it does own it, and is therefore not a KitKat issue - facts I didn't have when thinking out loud.

We need to find someone on KitKat without an HTC who can get this to work.

Everyone I know is rooted, I'll have to ask around.
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If I rooted my phone would it work? I am on Android 5.0.1
 
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