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Re: Can archived APK files be used in *other* Android devices?

From The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.mobile.android
Subject Re: Can archived APK files be used in *other* Android devices?
Date 2016-07-22 17:05 -0700
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On 07/21/2016 11:48 PM, Poutnik wrote:
> Dne 22/07/2016 v 08:18 Aardvarks napsal(a):
>
>>
>> Thank you for clarifying that the apps that work on the S3 will work on any
>> other Android device as long as they are compatible with the hw/sw of that
>> other Android device.
>>
>> This makes sense.
>>
>> What I was wondering was whether there was any built-in restriction, either
>> to the user id or to the specific model of the phone.
>
> Not sure about the paid versions,
> this is probably not possible/easy.

I couldn't update my (few) paid apps from 1 Mobile Market, I had to go 
through the play store, which meant eliminating a few nonessential apps.

> Generally it is better to install apps from the store,
> unless connection is a problem.

Or "not enough room".

>> I wonder if F-Droid builds in the same restrictions.
>>
> I have recently comfigured a BlackBerry Q10
> with Android subsystem for my friend.
>
> Before I was successful to install Google play store client,
> I used CM CleanMaster on My Sony Xperia M Dual (A4.3)
> to export several APKs,
> transferred them to the BB
> and installed APK from local storage.

-- 
Cheers, Bev
     Cthulhu for President in 2016. Why vote for a lesser evil?

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Can archived APK files be used in *other* Android devices? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-21 21:43 +0000
  Re: Can archived APK files be used in *other* Android devices? Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-07-22 06:46 +0200
    Re: Can archived APK files be used in *other* Android devices? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-22 06:18 +0000
      Re: Can archived APK files be used in *other* Android devices? Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-07-22 08:48 +0200
        Re: Can archived APK files be used in *other* Android devices? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-22 15:02 +0000
          Re: Can archived APK files be used in *other* Android devices? Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-07-22 17:26 +0200
        Re: Can archived APK files be used in *other* Android devices? The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-07-22 17:05 -0700
          Re: Can archived APK files be used in *other* Android devices? Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-07-23 07:25 +0200
  Re: Can archived APK files be used in *other* Android devices? crankpuss <undisclosedUserid@gmail.com> - 2016-07-22 06:41 -0600
    Re: Can archived APK files be used in *other* Android devices? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-22 15:02 +0000

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