I have successfully downloaded and installed .sis files direct from the web to my phone, simply by browsing and clicking on them.
But it doesn't seem to work all the time. Right now I have a couple of .sis files that download fine but then open as text files. Anyone any ideas what's going on?
Transferring via Bluetooth or cables is not an option, don't have the hardware.
Thanks for ideas.
It means the web site you're downloading from does not send the correct MIME type ("application/vnd.symbian.install"😉 for .sis files.
Without the correct MIME type in the HTTP headers, the browser does not know what kind of a file it is and defaults to assuming it is text.
The browser does not trust the file extension (which is as things should be), nor does it have nay smarts as to the contents, but entirely trusts the HTTP headers.
So, ask the site owners/maintainers to fix their web server settings.
N/A which MIME type should i use for JAR downloads?
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Try these: application/java-archive, application/x-java-archive
worked fine! kewl
N/A wrote:It means the web site you're downloading from does not send the correct MIME type ("application/vnd.symbian.install"😉 for .sis files.Without the correct MIME type in the HTTP headers, the browser does not know what kind of a file it is and defaults to assuming it is text.
The browser does not trust the file extension (which is as things should be), nor does it have nay smarts as to the contents, but entirely trusts the HTTP headers.
So, ask the site owners/maintainers to fix their web server settings.
Yep this was the solution. I found it at http://www.howardforums.com/archive/topic/402542-1.html after lots of searching but was waiting to see if anyone here would come up with the goods! Well done N/A, we need people like you.