Amazon Store Apps Will NOT Install on my SD

[solo1]

About a couple of months ago Angry Birds stopped installing on my SD card ... My solution was to unmount ... download ... install ... re-mount ... then move to SD card ... Now with Amazon ... Angry Birds RIO won't install at all if the SD isn't mounted (or seen) ... Does anyone know of a work-a-round ... Unrooted EVO 4G

 

[apaq]

This is happening to me also. It is driving me nuts.

 

[apaq]

I deleted the contents in .android_secure folder on the sd card and it worked. I do not think it will screw anything else up but I saved the folder before I deleted the stuff.

 

[solo1]

My Android_secure folder is empty ... I am sure WE aren't the only ones having this problem, but I cannot find the solution anywhere or can't understand why Angry Birds decided to only install directly onto the SD card.

 

[solo1]

I finally found the solution that WORKED

The " unable to install " solution below worked well for me.

Hallelujah! Success at last! The solution for the update problem and at least some of the installation problems (like angry birds rio) is as follows:

First, hook your phone to a computer with a usb cable - need to have your phone in "disk drive" mode. Open the new drive that will appear on your computer (which, of course, is actually your phone's sd card).

Next, locate the file folders named ".android_secure" (it should be near the top of the listings).

Click on and open up this ". android_secure " folder and look for a file named "smdl2tmp1.asec"

Delete it! Destroy it! Kick it out of your life! It's what is causing the problems!

Unplug your phone. Phone will say something like "preparing sd card." It could take a bit but after that you can update all the apps including those on your sd card and angry birds and download Rio hassle free.

As there a a whole bunch of threads on this issue, please pass the fix on.

Sent from my Evo - so there!

 

[edw371]

delete smdl2tmp1.asec

I have been having download and installation problems for weeks with my Droid Incredible. The fix was to unmount my SD card and then update all of my apps. Deleting this file (smdl2tmp1.asec) from the .android_secure folder solved everything!! Thanks for the tip solo1 via midmofan.

Does anyone know what this file is; malware, bad download file, android software problem, etc??? It would be nice to know so whatever I did I won't do it again. Thanks.

 

[Cappurnikus]

Removing smdl2tmp1.asec worked for me as well. I am also interested in knowing what its purpose is.