Install Custom Apps or APK Files from "Unknown Sources" on Android
Edited by Lukward Thomason, Jen M, Eng, Inukshuk
You are watching VisiHow and this is a tutorial on how to install applications from unknown sources. First thing, what you need to do is unlock the screen. In this case, we are using Huawei G700 and to unlock the screen, you have to press this button here.
Steps
- 1Now you have to swipe down to unlock it.
Advertisement - 2You have probably downloaded an application or the APK file - the installer package of the application that you are going to install, but the system will not let you. So, what we need to do is open any file explorers. For this tutorial, we will be using ES File Explorer.
Advertisement - 3Now go to the section where you have downloaded the APK file. In this case, I have it right here. We are going to install the Mozilla Firefox application. It is a browser.
- 4Now we press on it
- 5and click install.
- 6The system will show us that for security, your phone is set to block installation of apps obtained from an unknown source.
- 7We are going to change this. We want to have the ability to install any application we have downloaded the APK file for. You have two options, you can click settings right here
- 8or you can go the long way. For the sake of the tutorial, I am going to show you the long way so we press cancel here.
- 9Now we need to access the settings menu. To access it quickly, we should swipe down.
- 10Now press the gear button here
- 11and press the button on the left that has appeared just now.
- 12Now that we are in the settings menu, you will need to find the security. For this, you might need to scroll down.
- 13Press the security and the new menu will pop up.
- 14In this menu, you can see unknown sources and it is unticked.
- 15You have to just tick this and there is going to be a warning.
- 16Just read it carefully and press OK.
- 17After this is done, you can now install any application you desire. Just go back to the location of the application
- 18and press it again.
- 19Press install.
- 20All the applications that you have installed or you are willing to will need to gain access to some parts of the operating system or other applications. For example, Firefox needs privacy and device access.
- 21You can read through them if you need to and after that, you click install
- 22and just wait for it to be installed.
- 23Now that it is installed, you can either press done
- 24or press open
- 25We are going to press done.
- 26Now that the application is installed already, you can access it from your home screen. To access the home screen, press the middle button on the lower part of the screen.
- 27Now you can see that there is a newly installed application here.
- 28Just click on it and the application will launch.
- 29This concludes our tutorial on how to install applications from unknown sources. Thank you for watching VisiHow, if you have any questions, or comments, please leave them in the comments section below.
Video: Install Custom Apps or APK Files from "Unknown Sources" on Android
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Categories : General Android Mobiles & Tablets
Recent edits by: Eng, Jen M, Lukward Thomason
