Difference between revisions of "Installing Universal Helper on Android 14+"

Revision as of 13:59, 12 August 2024

Google have started to prevent older APKs being installable on Android 14 and above. This means that the universal helper app cannot be installed by simply opening the APK on the device and installing in the normal way.

In order to install the universal helper app on any device, you will need a Windows or Linux PC or a Mac in order to connect to your phone along with some basic Android tools to push the APK to the device.

Google's ADB tool can be downloaded from the links below: (Click the fading zone below to expand)

For instructions on configuring your device to connect via adb please see the following information:

[1]

Once you have a working adb connection, you need to run the following command from the command line/terminal on your computer:

adb install --bypass-low-target-sdk-block FILENAME.apk

where FILENAME.apk is the filename of the helper apk you should download to whatever you are running adb commands from. Remember to allow all permissions when starting the helper app else it might not work properly.

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-In order to do this you will need a Windows/Linux based PC or a Mac plus Google's ADB tool which can be downloaded from the links below:
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+Google have started to prevent older APKs being installable on Android 14 and above. This means that the universal helper app cannot be installed by simply opening the APK on the device and installing in the normal way.
+In order to install the universal helper app on any device, you will need a Windows or Linux PC or a Mac in order to connect to your phone along with some basic Android tools to push the APK to the device.
+</pre>
+Google's ADB tool can be downloaded from the links below:
 (Click the fading zone below to expand)
 * Windows - [https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-windows.zip https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-windows.zip]