Sis file gets opened in Notes — S60 Software — All About Symbian Forum Archive

mpgrewal 11 May 2005, 15:33

Hi,
I'm using Nokia 6600. I have searched whole internet for this but there is no solution.

Problem:
I have tried downloading many SIS files via GPRS. Instead of automatic running SIS installer, sis document gets opened in Notes Application. Can anyone suggest how to remove this association of sis files to Notes.

Juanm 11 May 2005, 16:55

Get fexplorer 1.13 (or similar sw)

then while the file is still opened in note try looking for it on your drive c:\ (the path should b something like c:\system\temp)
click on it and it should start installing.

Sometimes also the 6630 does jokes like this 😉

hope it could help.

N/A 12 May 2005, 05:58

There is no phone-side association of .sis files ot Notes, but if the server (WAP or web) does not send the correct MIME type (header) for .sis files, the default behaviour of the browser is, when it does not know what kind of file is being received, to open it in Notes.

So, fix the WAP or web server so that it sends the correct MIME header for .sis files.

mpgrewal 12 May 2005, 10:18

Juanm wrote:Get fexplorer 1.13 (or similar sw)
then while the file is still opened in note try looking for it on your drive c:\ (the path should b something like c:\system\temp)
click on it and it should start installing.
Sometimes also the 6630 does jokes like this 😉
hope it could help.

Thanks for your reply Juan. I got FExplorer. After the sis file gets downloaded it opens in Notes for a while. I have searched everywhere on the phone it does not finds any sis file. I checked D:\cache, there the temporary downloaded file is situated but its extension is .hps not .sis. Anyother idea.
Thanks

Juanm 20 May 2005, 21:40

Ok ... Then that trick worked only on 6630 ...

mpgrewal wrote:I checked D:\cache, there the temporary downloaded file is situated but its extension is .hps not .sis. Anyother idea.
Thanks

change its extension to sis and then click ... If the file is not corrupted it *should* work (I haven't tested it 'cause I don't have 6600).

A little question ... How to fix the wap/web server? It should be up to the network operator ... And local configs for access to the server are correct.

N/A 21 May 2005, 07:00

Juanm wrote:How to fix the wap/web server? It should be up to the network operator ... And local configs for access to the server are correct.

However it is done on the server (depends on the server, so check the documentation for it), configure it (or change your CGI script, if it is doing the sending) to send the MIME type "application/vnd.symbian.install" for .sis files.