Use the USB connection to install applications onto the device.
When connecting the device to a host computer and mounting the microSD card, follow the host computer’s instructions for connecting and disconnecting USB devices, to avoid damaging or corrupting files.
Connect the device to a host computer using USB.
On the device, pull down the Notification panel and touch
Charging this device via USB
.
By default,
No data transfer
is selected.
Touch
File Transfer
.
On the host computer, open a file explorer application.
On the host computer, copy the application APK file from the host computer to the device.
Carefully follow the host computer’s instructions to unmount the microSD card and disconnect USB devices correctly to avoid losing information.
Disconnect the device from the host computer.
Swipe the screen up and select to view files on the microSD card or Internal Storage.
Locate the application APK file.
Touch the application file.
Touch
Continue
to install the app or
Cancel
to stop the installation.
To confirm installation and accept what the application affects, touch
to view files on the microSD card or Internal Storage.