how do you download files?

5 replies · 1,851 views · Started 08 August 2006

llolslim 08 Aug 2006, 19:34

Using the n80 browser, is there anyway to download files?
If I try to download say a zip file it just shows a load of gobbledy-gook.
Or say .jad and .jar files? Straight to the phone?
Or would opera broswer do this?
Thanks
Laurie

N/A 09 Aug 2006, 08:37

The server that hosts the .zip file must send the correct MIME type for the file, and the browser will then launch the application which has installed a, so called, recognizer to manage/handle such file types (e.g., ZipManager).

If there is no recognizer, and/or if the web site does not send the correct MIME type, the built-in browser will simply take its default action, which is opening whatever content it doesn't know how to handle in the Notes text editor.

Opera is better in this respect.

icemanjimbo04 09 Aug 2006, 14:12

I downloaded mp3's from some russian website no prblem, with the standard web browser..

Jaffa-cake 09 Aug 2006, 15:34

yeah because the phone knows how to open them 😉

llolslim 09 Aug 2006, 16:41

thanks N/A
So does this mean that if I use ZipManager I will be able to download zip files?
Thanks
Laurie

Biggzy 09 Aug 2006, 20:32

Wirelessly posted (NOKIA 6630: NokiaN80-1/3.0 (3.0617.0.5) Series60/3.0 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1)

opera will download ANY file u want, and if u instal handyZip then once a zip file has downloaded it will automaticly open!