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How To Download .SIS Files From The Ovi Store To Your Computer

By - On 10 January 2011 23 Comments

The Ovi Store doesn’t let you download .SIS files directly to your desktop in order to manually install them on the phone. From the desktop website, the maximum you can can do is send yourself a link to the app via a text message. But if you need to download a large game and are without WIFI, you are pretty much out in the cold.

How To Download .SIS Files From The Ovi Store To Your Computer

Fortunately, while looking at Ian Wallace’s Lapsed app, I came across a handy way to download SIS files directly to your desktop. The method works for free apps only and needs you be signed into the Ovi Store with a phone selected. Then simply add the words “/download” to the URL in your bar. The “/download” needs to be added after the numerical identifier.

For example, if you want to download NFS HD and see the following in the title bar:

http://store.ovi.com/content/55867?clickSource=search

change it to:

http://store.ovi.com/content/55867/download

That’s it. The best part is that you can even pause downloads and resume from where you left. Once you have the SIS file, transfer it to your phone via USB or bluetooth and install as you would any other app.

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  • Aatif said:

    NICE! That’s really useful for putting stuff on my dad’s wifi-less 5230!

    # 10 January 2011 at 10:52 pm
  • Vaibhav Sharma (author) said:

    Also handy when you do a format, no need to download those HD games all over again. Also nice for people who have problems with Ovi Store on the phone.

    Nokia should add some polish and make this an official feature.

    # 10 January 2011 at 10:54 pm
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    # 10 January 2011 at 11:11 pm
  • Mauricio said:

    Sometimes the downloaded file ends with a .dm then you have to convert it to .sis or .sisx google for notepad ++ dm to sis.

    # 11 January 2011 at 12:18 am
  • locus said:

    looks like they’ve patched it already, i get an internal server error

    # 11 January 2011 at 2:03 pm
  • locus said:

    ah, i see now, that game not available for n97, works with one that it..

    # 11 January 2011 at 2:05 pm
  • Zahid said:

    Thanks man… It works brilliantly

    # 15 January 2011 at 8:01 pm
  • tasfiq ahmed said:

    nice & useful post thanx a lot……..

    # 20 January 2011 at 4:35 pm
  • Fabrizio said:

    Thanks a lot!

    # 22 January 2011 at 7:47 pm
  • che said:

    most apps i cannot install on n8. it’s showing file not supported. have also converted to .sis from .sisx, same error.

    # 11 February 2011 at 7:08 pm
  • ronak said:

    not workin yar…wchich browser to use..not working on firefox n chrome

    # 24 April 2011 at 3:27 pm
  • ninad mittal said:

    thanx dude it rlly works!!!
    awesom!! no need to wait for files to download in the mobile!!
    thanx a lot!

    # 1 May 2011 at 11:44 am
  • lborrero said:

    Excellent, brilliant, useful trick. My browser is mozilla and all application are downloaded instantly. Thanks

    # 19 July 2011 at 5:04 am
  • Willson said:

    I did this and its still a JAD file. Why?

    # 2 September 2011 at 2:14 am
  • shahul said:

    dear friends…If any body have installation sis file of talking tomcat for nokia n8….please send me..

    # 11 September 2011 at 3:58 pm
  • kurotsuchi said:

    yeah its a good idea it worked but what to do after downloading at pc there’s an extension like .sis.dm and it won’t be installed at phone i am having much more trouble while installing these apps rather than downloading them do you have any idea how to do it????i tried a few tricks which were available but none of them worked…..:’(….so pls if you can help me….:)…..<3….

    # 18 October 2011 at 11:32 am
  • sadq said:

    what is ovi ovi kaisa use karna plz tell me

    # 18 October 2011 at 11:33 am
  • sadq said:

    what is ovi ovi kaisa use karna plz tell me wat

    # 18 October 2011 at 11:34 am
  • kurotsuchi said:

    its an official site for the most compatible and best apps for nokia made by nokia……:)

    # 18 October 2011 at 11:35 am
  • nahom said:

    OMG……..I CANT BELIVE THIS IS ACTUALLY WORKONG…………THANKS A LOT MAN…….U HAVE SAVED ME HOURS OF MY LIFE……….UR THE BEST

    # 29 October 2011 at 9:00 am
  • yethz said:

    Here’s another guide and tools if you downloaded a .dm file from ovi store..
    http://www.yethz.com/more-tips-and-tricks/download-apps-games-from-ovi-store/1554/

    # 7 November 2011 at 11:53 am
  • shahul hameed said:

    thangs

    # 12 January 2012 at 3:31 pm
  • murLee said:

    Hey guys.. Some days ago im aslo facing this problem i.e. I need a third party like uc browser or opera mini to download apps from ovistore not only because for the fast downloading but aslo because there is an installation problem that it was only installed in the phone memory while using nokia ovi store launcher. As all buddies know that there is small phone memory in the symbian mobiles and using third parties to download apps from ovi store it will start downloading with .dm formate, which cant be installed directly by the mobile phones. So there are many methods for converting .dm to .sis but what can do any one who have no pc’s like me?

    I have found a simple trick to download apps in .sis/.sisx formate which can be installed in the memory card.

    Do You know how?

    This could be done with your own third party- the Nokia web browser, given with your nokia phone.

    Simply log on to ovi store, download apps, and instal it as you was formely been doing with other third parties.
    The downloading speed is much faster then the other parties but there is a little problem, that during surfing in ovi store, the ovi store launcher opens itself. Dont worry close that every time.
    I wish your ploblem to be soved.

    # 11 August 2012 at 9:00 pm

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