Cannot download: content being downloaded is not supported

holybladder · 04-18-2009, 09:12 AM

Hi. Had my G1 a few months and on the whole I'm really happy with it. But I've run into one missing feature/block which is very annoying. I sometimes want to download files through the browser and transfer them to my laptop when I'm somewhere I can't get wi-fi, but if the file type isn't supported by Android I can't download it.

Is there any way round this, either through a hack or an application? Any help appreciated.

lund0529 · 07-10-2009, 08:22 AM

I just ran into this too. I would very much like to download a file onto my phone's memory card and transfer the file to my computer.

Is it something to do with the warnings that all the app downloads have about what the program will have access to on the phone? Is there a way to disable that check so that the phone doesn't try to validate the file?

Similarly, it would be really nice if you could visit URLs without automatically being redirected to their mobile version. I tried to use vehix.com when I was shopping for a car recently and couldn't get to the "real" site, just kept getting forced to the stripped down mobile version. Even if I can't use all the content (flash, etc.) it would be nice to get a real error as opposed to just not being allowed to go there.

EDIT: Get a download manager from the marketplace. I just installed "Linda" and it worked fine.
http://android-dls.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=138

lund0529 · 07-10-2009, 08:34 AM

Found a solution. Get a download manager from the marketplace. Here is a related discussion. I downloaded "Linda" and it worked fine.
http://android-dls.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=138

holybladder · 07-12-2009, 12:54 PM

That's awesome - thanks for your help!

Raish101 · 11-24-2010, 01:10 AM

i have the same question but its a little different..
so i have the htc evo on android 2.2 and it was great.. i m new to the whole android system.. so i dont know a lot about it.. according to what my friend told me i downloaded some of the live wallpapers and apps and beautiful widgets and all that from 4shared.com and it worked great.. it was working good.. until i received a notification saying that the app has stopped working unexpectedly then i talked to this other friend who knows a lot about android.. he told me to restore my phone and erase everything.. i did that.. but then.. everything got erased and i had to download everything again.. i got all my apps from the android market but i wanted the rest paid ones from 4shared so.. i tried to download it.. i checked the unknown sources thing too.. but i receive a message which says that the file is not supported and it will not work on the phone.. that is what it says right now i never showed this message in the past and i want to use it.. so can someone please help me.. i downloaded better keyboard without any problem but everything else like city at night wallpaper, lithium music player etc.. is my favorite.. i had all this before but i dont have it anymore.. so yea.. can some one please help me..

corey11820 · 12-21-2010, 07:33 PM

Had the same problem. Used Astro to get it to work. Astro has an option to force the browser to download anything. I also had to use astro to install any apps I've downloaded. I dont know why you have to do this. Thought android was open but i see they do like to control things a bit