I can't open .zip files on my phone

[andytx1]

Hello everyone, here is my question there is a couple of cool apps but they are .zip folders and when i download them and put them in my phone it says "there is no application associated with this file. run the app first and then open this file inside the application". But i don't know how to run the app.

Please help me, it is driving me crazy!

Thank you

[slipknotfn]

Perhaps if you could be more specific as to what kind of applications you are trying to install. You may need to install a driver in order to open said apps.

[snl702]

did you save the file to your storage card? if you did then open it up there first, then run it on your phone.

[zcurves]

Did you download a .cab or a .zip file to begin with?? Sometimes your PC will identify a .cab file as a 'Compressed (Zipped) Folder'. (1) If you downloaded a .cab file, then just move it to your device or storage card, then execute it from there. (2) If you downloaded a .zip file, then you will need to extract (unzip) the file on the PC first, if it contains a .cab file then follow step 1 above.
Sometimes program files are zipped up for transport (e.g. an RUU packages), those files need to be extracted on the PC and then executed from there. Hope this helps!