• FX File Explorer (was: Re: Archive suppo)

    From Nuno Silva@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, September 06, 2026 11:29:16
    On 2026-08-13, Maria Sophia wrote:

    AJL wrote:
    On 8/13/26 1:49 PM, Frank Slootweg wrote:

    FWIW, I've used FX File Explorer in the past. Currently I get by with >>>Samsung's native 'My Files' file manager, until I stumble into some >>>proble and the install something 'better'.
    [....]
    I think Frank's point, other than FX File Explorer <nextapp.fx> likely handles the tarballs the OP is interested in, is that we all need more than
    a single file manager because none of them do everything that we need.

    I checked this one some days ago but it was shown (on Google Play) as incompatible. Anyone knows if there's an upper limit on the supported
    Android versions or something?

    There seemed to be another one named "FX Explorer", but (at least where
    I looked...) having found no authoritative official website listed on
    the store entry, and it being from a different entity on Google Play, I
    have no idea if that's intended to be an official successor or if it's
    just a similar name in an unrelated package.

    --
    Nuno Silva

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  • From Frank Slootweg@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, September 06, 2026 17:42:34
    Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On 2026-08-13, Maria Sophia wrote:

    AJL wrote:
    On 8/13/26 1:49 PM, Frank Slootweg wrote:

    FWIW, I've used FX File Explorer in the past. Currently I get by with >>>Samsung's native 'My Files' file manager, until I stumble into some >>>proble and the install something 'better'.
    [....]
    I think Frank's point, other than FX File Explorer <nextapp.fx> likely handles the tarballs the OP is interested in, is that we all need more than a single file manager because none of them do everything that we need.

    I checked this one some days ago but it was shown (on Google Play) as incompatible. Anyone knows if there's an upper limit on the supported
    Android versions or something?

    I don't think there's an upper limit on the supported Android version.

    The 'About this app' section of the Google Play page [1] says
    "Requires Android 5.0 and up" for the lower limit and says
    "Compatibility Works on your device" for both our Android 16 and Android
    13 phones, so theoretically only Android 17 might not be supported.
    Which Android version is your device.

    [1] <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.fx>

    [...]

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  • From Nuno Silva@3:633/10 to All on Monday, September 07, 2026 10:38:20
    On 2026-09-06, Frank Slootweg wrote:

    Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On 2026-08-13, Maria Sophia wrote:

    AJL wrote:
    On 8/13/26 1:49 PM, Frank Slootweg wrote:

    FWIW, I've used FX File Explorer in the past. Currently I get by with >> >>>Samsung's native 'My Files' file manager, until I stumble into some
    proble and the install something 'better'.
    [....]
    I think Frank's point, other than FX File Explorer <nextapp.fx> likely
    handles the tarballs the OP is interested in, is that we all need more than
    a single file manager because none of them do everything that we need.

    I checked this one some days ago but it was shown (on Google Play) as
    incompatible. Anyone knows if there's an upper limit on the supported
    Android versions or something?

    I don't think there's an upper limit on the supported Android version.

    The 'About this app' section of the Google Play page [1] says
    "Requires Android 5.0 and up" for the lower limit and says
    "Compatibility Works on your device" for both our Android 16 and Android
    13 phones, so theoretically only Android 17 might not be supported.
    Which Android version is your device.

    Android 15 on a Moto G05.

    Is there some way to see details for why Google Play says it's not
    supported?

    [1] <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.fx>

    [...]

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    Nuno Silva

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  • From Frank Slootweg@3:633/10 to All on Monday, September 07, 2026 12:50:02
    Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On 2026-09-06, Frank Slootweg wrote:

    Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On 2026-08-13, Maria Sophia wrote:

    AJL wrote:
    On 8/13/26 1:49 PM, Frank Slootweg wrote:

    FWIW, I've used FX File Explorer in the past. Currently I get by with >> >>>Samsung's native 'My Files' file manager, until I stumble into some
    proble and the install something 'better'.
    [....]
    I think Frank's point, other than FX File Explorer <nextapp.fx>
    likely handles the tarballs the OP is interested in, is that we
    all need more than a single file manager because none of them do
    everything that we need.

    I checked this one some days ago but it was shown (on Google Play) as
    incompatible. Anyone knows if there's an upper limit on the supported
    Android versions or something?

    I don't think there's an upper limit on the supported Android version.

    The 'About this app' section of the Google Play page [1] says
    "Requires Android 5.0 and up" for the lower limit and says
    "Compatibility Works on your device" for both our Android 16 and Android
    13 phones, so theoretically only Android 17 might not be supported.
    Which Android version is your device.

    Android 15 on a Moto G05.

    Is there some way to see details for why Google Play says it's not
    supported?

    Not that I know of.

    Perhaps a search on the *exact* message may give a clue.

    I have mainly encountered things like 'not available in your area' (or
    some such) caused by silly geofencing rules, but that's unlikely for
    this kind of app.

    [1] <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.fx>

    [...]

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  • From Nuno Silva@3:633/10 to All on Monday, September 07, 2026 19:19:20
    On 2026-09-07, Frank Slootweg wrote:

    Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On 2026-09-06, Frank Slootweg wrote:

    Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On 2026-08-13, Maria Sophia wrote:

    AJL wrote:
    On 8/13/26 1:49 PM, Frank Slootweg wrote:

    FWIW, I've used FX File Explorer in the past. Currently I get by with
    Samsung's native 'My Files' file manager, until I stumble into some
    proble and the install something 'better'.
    [....]
    I think Frank's point, other than FX File Explorer <nextapp.fx>
    likely handles the tarballs the OP is interested in, is that we
    all need more than a single file manager because none of them do
    everything that we need.

    I checked this one some days ago but it was shown (on Google Play) as
    incompatible. Anyone knows if there's an upper limit on the supported
    Android versions or something?

    I don't think there's an upper limit on the supported Android version. >> >
    The 'About this app' section of the Google Play page [1] says
    "Requires Android 5.0 and up" for the lower limit and says
    "Compatibility Works on your device" for both our Android 16 and Android >> > 13 phones, so theoretically only Android 17 might not be supported.
    Which Android version is your device.

    Android 15 on a Moto G05.

    Is there some way to see details for why Google Play says it's not
    supported?

    Not that I know of.

    Perhaps a search on the *exact* message may give a clue.

    The Play store entry for the app says

    "This app is not available for your device"

    under the Install button.

    In the app details CSS popup the wording is

    "Does not work on your device"

    I'll see if I can find anything about it... so far duckduckgo comes up
    empty.


    I have mainly encountered things like 'not available in your area' (or
    some such) caused by silly geofencing rules, but that's unlikely for
    this kind of app.

    [1] <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.fx>

    [...]

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    Nuno Silva

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