How to Download and Install Free Apps and Games on the LG Rumor Touch from Virgin Mobile
78Alert to New Owners
The newer LG Rumor Touch phones are not working with this exploit. To see if your phone is compatible, you will need to check your software version.
Check by going to Main Menu-Settings-Phone Info-Version.
The software version should be vm510pv#. If the # is 5 or 7 this should work. If it is 8 people are saying that it is no longer working.
If you happen to find anything that fixes this problem, please contribute to the community and leave a comment.
Get That App!
Your LG Rumor Touch will never be the same when you are done trying out the information in this article.
You may have spent the last few days wishing you would have sprung for the Android phone so that you could have access to more apps and games.
The aim of this hub is to help you make the most of your LG Rumor Touch.
The info in this hub completely changed the way I viewed my LG Rumor Touch when I still used it as my primary phone last year in August, 2010.
I first discovered the APPS folder trick while visiting Howard Forums, and since the day the OP let loose his discovery, there has been no turning back for the LG Rumor Touch community.
I hope that you will be able to use the information in this hub to make all of your anger, frustration, disappointment, and curiosity set at ease.
Install Apps Now!
Short and Sweet Version:
1. Create a folder in the root [where you first go to when you click on the memory card - aka, the first level or the "root" level if you will] of the microSD card called "APPS" without the quotation marks. Also make sure it's in CAPS, or else the phone will not understand it.
2. You will need both the JAR and the JAD files of a Java based app or game placed in the APPS folder (DO NOT PUT in another folder within the APPS folder-it will not work). You can get your first tester apps (I recommend using an app that is known to work before trying to create your own) from the download folder.
3. This brings up a an extra menu under MY STUFF called MEDIA CARD where it will list the .jad files you place in the APPS folder [Don't worry, the JAR files are still there, but they are not shown in this secret menu]. NOTE: This secret menu will NOT appear until there are programs placed in the folder.
4. Once you place the JAR and JAD files in the APPS folder on the microSD, you will go to MY STUFF and select MEDIA CARD. From there, you will pick the app you want to try to install and select GO and then INSTALL. Then, run it and see if it is all you hoped and dreamed it would be ;)
READERS-please list in the comments any apps you have found to work outside of the initial testing list in the link above. Please leave a link for others to find it.
If you need a JAD maker- I recommends JadMaker
Proof-It Can Be Done!
A Walkthrough on Installing a Game
Apps that Work
There is a HUGE list of apps and games available in the community Mediafire folder.
Folder on Mediafire with the LG Rumor Touch Community's Apps
What the hell is a zip file?
Troubleshooting - My App Won't Install
If the app you are trying to install will not install, then there are usually a few possible reasons for this:
- The app is simply not compatible with the LG Rumor Touch
- The app does not have a properly formed JAD file
- The program, aka, the JAR file is broken
Unless you are excellent at coding and javascript, the only one of these three possibilities that you have much control over is the JAD file. A JAD file is just a text file that acts like a map.
The phone looks at the JAD file, or the map as it were, and decides from there how to treat the program, which is the JAR file. You will notice that JAD files are very small - This is because it is simply text.
To solve this problem - See my other hub "Fix the JAD File".
Troubleshooting- I cannot see the secret menu "Media Card"
If the secret "Media Card" menu is not appearing, then double check the following:
- The folder I made in the first level of the microSD was called APPS in all capitals
- In the APPS folder, I placed at least one JAD/JAR pair. You should have just drag and dropped them in there and not created any special folders within the APPS folder.
- If both above options check out, then try restarting your phone or doing a hard reset by pulling the battery.
Troubleshooting - I installed my first list and then tried to install a second but.....
Another common problem almost everyone experiences happens after installing the first list of apps. When reloading your microSD with another list of apps and games to install, most people see that the secret Media Card menu did not refresh to your new list of apps.
There is a simple fix for this
- Back out of the menu and then re-enter it again to force a refresh.
- If the above method did not work, then a restart will do the trick.
Java App Download Locations
- VMTouch.com
Apps, Games, Movies-Put together by an industrious guy who has been active in the app testing community at Howard Forums.
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What r u suppose 2 do iv tried da hack an it didn't work like deanna said
For all the ones that have v8 have ya even tryed to use this foirst try!!
I have a lg rumor touch v8 and my facebook app wont work it loads to the log in page but when i got to log in it loads up to 99% and then says network error please try later... Does any know why that is
let me know
daniel_schertz@ yahoo
Omg thanx soo much!! Now i cant stop! Amazing thanx again!
Anyone figure out how to do this with software v8 yet? Help! I can put the apps in the folder but it says unrecognised file format. Thanks
i cant install it says to make more space but i already deleted everything from my phone even my games can anyone help?
Just got a Virgin mobile V8 .... was almost crushed it was an 8. Still an awesome phone. I grabbed it on a 50% off sale the V.M. site was having from the $99.99 normal listing. Upgraded from a Sanyo incognito from Boost mobile. Have to say... I'm impressed so far had it about a month now and no Phone Related issues... only some minor service issues that have nothing to do with the actual phone itself. Going to be making a custom Chrome case for it as soon as the clear one I ordered from Amazon gets here. If its easy enough I can make a how-to Vid if anyone's interested. Awesome post Thanks for Sharing. I got it tabbed in my browser now. I'll check back for any V8 Hacks. Thanks again!! =D
Im not very technical at all. I have a version 7 but i need simpler instructions! Plz help me
I have version 8 after getting a replacement. If any1 figures out a way 2 still make this work, send me an email at arayaackles@gmail.com
I really love reading your comments guys.I learn a lot from you.
Thank you so much.
Regard,
Epoyjun
If it appears as a file folder thing you have to go in a copy them then you back to the beginning of the apps folder and paste them its a pain but it works. There has to be ABSOLUTELY NO FOLDERS IN THE APPS FILE!!! That may be the problem. Happy Gaming. :))
I have version 8 if ne1 gets ne thing on dis shoot me an Im squ1rr3lman420@yahoo.com
CORRECTION:
I made a goof. The correct screen size is 328 x240. Sorry bout that just noticed my goof.
I have version 8. Has anyone found anything that works for it yet? I hate not being able to play games :( if anyone's found anything, could you shoot me an email at takemetothemoon@live.com ? Thanks :)
new for me, very interesting post
Dana ty so much for this page. It helped me out a lot. Today i got my 5th replacement phone. Yes 5th. This is a crap phone and virgin even said it was. Anyway, as far as the messed up jar and jad files go i have found that if the versions between both do not match or the midlet profile isnt 2.0 and the cldc isnt 1.1 or 1.0 then it will fail. If the screen size isnt set at 328x420 then it will fail. I found it easier to just delete the screen size all together and just put in landscape under midlet orientation and it works or nothing at all and itll work. I got the version 8 on my replacement and havent been able to do the hack but ill figure out a way.
@lost. Send me an email at lakota.2@hotmail.com and ill explain how its done and vm told me that the fb app will not work with the rumor touch you gotta use a web browser to access fb.
@lovetheapps they should install to application folder or game folder. when it installs it says what folder it installed it to. it depends what the jad file says.
Are the apps I installed going to show up in the Application folder eventually? I installed them, but the only way I can open them is through the media card menu, but then it keeps asking me to install. When I install it again, it says: override existing, launch, or list. Is this how it's always going to be?















notellingmyname 5 days ago
what if your version is ln510zvc will it work