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How to Download and Install Free Apps and Games on the LG Rumor Touch from Virgin Mobile

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Alert 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.

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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


WGS1912's Mediafire Folder


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.

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Bear 8 days ago

Fruit ninja worked

cool 2 weeks ago

my phone has a 8 instead of a 5 or 7

3 weeks ago

Where do you find the jar files

UglyCyborg 4 weeks ago

I got a Facebook app fix using the Facebook app in the mediafire folder. Got to my profile for the instructions :p

VJLews 5 weeks ago

Hello,

Bolt is no longer a free browser and I am not able to complete the transition. Any suggestions? Thanks

Emily 5 weeks ago

I dont know what version i have but i need some help bad .. I wanna have apps .. Somebody should fohreal help me out

gibby 6 weeks ago

what website has the most free apps?

Maya 7 weeks ago

Do you have a more detailed or video instructions of this cause I still need more help

matt 2 months ago

thanks!!!

lilly 66 2 months ago

what format do i have to put videos/movies so i can download and view on the phone

juan909 2 months ago

did the figure a way to hack the vm510pv#8?

rory619 2 months ago

i name the folder APPS and i still cant view the hidden folder on my phone.

nickybear 2 months ago

is there any Apps similar to pandora or last fm?

I had the tt pod but i have over 100 songs on my phone.

any good music/ mp3 apps for the lg rumor touch that i can listen to music in the background while i txt and surf the web?

notellingmyname 3 months ago

what if your version is ln510zvc will it work

Squ1rr3lman420 3 months ago

What r u suppose 2 do iv tried da hack an it didn't work like deanna said

011anqelica 4 months ago

For all the ones that have v8 have ya even tryed to use this foirst try!!

Daniel 4 months ago

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

YeaMeToo 4 months ago

Omg thanx soo much!! Now i cant stop! Amazing thanx again!

Joemama1960 5 months ago

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

sulik 5 months ago

i cant install it says to make more space but i already deleted everything from my phone even my games can anyone help?

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