How to download .sis files from the Ovi store on the Desktop
Ok, so sometimes it would be nice if you could download a .sis (symbian install file) from the Ovi store on your desktop. This is handy to copy a load of stuff to install to your phone en masse or perhaps to get around flaky Ovi store issues or a slow 3G/wifi connection on your phone.
It’s really easy!
- Go to http://store.ovi.com/
- Sign in.
- Make sure your mobile is selected:
- Browse to the app you want, e.g. Nokia Battery Monitor
- Change the URL to the following scheme by appending “/download”: http://store.ovi.com/content/61776/download
- Install as you wish!
NOTE: This only works for free apps, doesn’t seem to work for bought & paid apps. Still handy though! Read this on a forum somewhere I think, but I forget where.
If I can be bothered, I might write a bookmarklet to do it for you. Would this be of interest to anyone?
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22/11/2010 at 12:51 pm
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10/04/2012 at 7:02 am
Why wouldn’t I is a better answer- If push comes to shove and your phone shits itself at least you will have a copy on your pc and you can reinstall without having to connecr to the net and download it all over again.That is why not
22/11/2010 at 12:53 pm
nice thing. Thanks.
22/11/2010 at 4:22 pm
thanks definitely going to try out
22/11/2010 at 11:42 pm
Thanks!!!
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11/01/2011 at 4:10 pm
good good good, thank so much
17/01/2011 at 6:36 am
Thank you for the tip!
I just want to let you know that some files are downloaded with a weird extension: *.sis.dm or *.sisx.dm
I have tried to install them on an N8, but it gives an error more or less like “impossible to open file. Format not allowed” (I am translating from Spanish). I have removed the “.dm”, but the error is still there.
This happens with some free applications, for example voicerecorder_36178.sis.dm o Opera_Mobile_10_S60_apac_45401.sis.dm Grid_1_00_exp_25102010_131320.sis.dm
Skype_S3_1061_152912.sisx.dm
and many others.
For other free applications it works fine, and it is great.
17/01/2011 at 10:00 am
There’s a way around the .dm problem. You need to tweak the files with a hex editor. A bit of googling will find the answer.
21/02/2011 at 12:58 pm
http://www.walkernews.net/2010/10/24/how-to-convert-ovi-store-dm-file-to-sis-or-sisx-file/
17/01/2011 at 10:50 pm
how can we download the aplications that are not free??
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Thnx…
14/03/2011 at 6:21 am
is it work for Nokia X3-02??
14/03/2011 at 9:47 am
Yes, it works fine for the X3-02, I’ve just tested it. Though of course you download a .jad file, not .sis.
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