A RAR file is a archive file format that supports data compression, error recovery, and file spanning
An .apk file extension denotes an Android Package (APK) file
A rar file you have to extract it to get the file, sometimes it has a password set.
How are you downloading them, Straight to your phone?
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dushers wrote:oh okay thank you for that info.
not that i understood it. haha
and yes im downloading them straight to my phone...is that a bad thing?
No u just need an app to extract rar on android. If there is one?

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dushers wrote:oh okay thank you for that info.
not that i understood it. haha
and yes im downloading them straight to my phone...is that a bad thing?
Rars need to be extracted apk does not. As far as I know no app has been made to extract rars on a phone(atleast not android). I know androzip claims to do it but never did for me.
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dushers wrote:ohhh okay.
that actually seems to complicated for me /:
thank you for ur replies guysss(:
Best way to do it for rar files if you download them to you phone send them to your computer and get winrar(Google it). Once winrar is installed on your computer right click the rar file and click extract here then send the apk back to your phone and install it.
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problem is..is that when i do try to download a rar file it starts off as downloading..but then it says that it doesnt support it on my phone and it doesnt download.
and i heard also that rar files might have viruses. /:
and i heard also that rar files might have viruses. /:
ima noob. bare wit me(:
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dushers wrote:problem is..is that when i do try to download a rar file it starts off as downloading..but then it says that it doesnt support it on my phone and it doesnt download.
and i heard also that rar files might have viruses. /:
All files can have virus on/in them.
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bloop wrote:Rars need to be extracted apk does not. As far as I know no app has been made to extract rars on a phone(atleast not android). I know androzip claims to do it but never did for me.
iPhone & WM both have .rar programs
dushers wrote:problem is..is that when i do try to download a rar file it starts off as downloading..but then it says that it doesnt support it on my phone and it doesnt download.
and i heard also that rar files might have viruses. /:
bloop wrote:All files can have virus on/in them.
You will have to have a .rar extraction program installed before your phone will identify it as a file type that is why it cancels.
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