Installing on an Android Device Using the USB Connection
Installing on an Android Device Using the USB Connection
Use the USB connection to install the application 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 the Rugged Charge/USB cable.
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 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
Install
otherwise touch
Cancel
.
Touch
Open
to open the application or
Done
to exit the installation process.
The application appears in the App list.
For Android 11 and above, the PTT Express application asks for Record audio, Manage phone calls, Access photos and media, and Display over other apps permissions after the application starts.