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Cannot delete file (read only)

5 replies · 5,259 views · Started 17 April 2003

I copied the file P800JUNGLEJUMB.jar to c:\documents\media files\other and then installed the game by clicking on the file in my P800 using file manager. The game installed ok but I cannot delete the original jar file using filemanager or pc filemanager it says the file is read only. I have tried switching the phone off and back on again but I can still not delete the file. Any ideas ?

It might be locked until you uninstall the game...

Download file manager and then delete it (after changing it to read/write).

On the filemanager, tap on the file that you want to delete. Tap on Edit, Attributes. Then uncheck the Read Only box. Now you can delete the file withoug any problem. Good Luck. 😉