Winrar for Nokia 5800: Zip/ Unzip Files on your Phone
Filed Under Nokia 5800 Applications
How many times have you encountered a zip/rar file while browsing for apps/games/themes for your 5800? You have probably lost count of it and so have we. This is kinda frustrating when we are browsing directly from our Nokia 5800s and there is no way for uncompressing the downloaded files.
We were scouting the web in search of an app to handle compressed files on our phone and thats when we came across one of the better known compression tools- Winrar. Winrar, doesn’t need any introduction, does it? Anyone who has ever used a PC/Mac should be familiar with this powerful tool. We tried this app on our Tube 5800s and it works just as fine as its desktop counterpart.
Screenshots:
The winrar/ JZipMan application features a very easy-to-use explorer type interface making it easy to locate a zip/rar file, stored on either the phone memory or memory card. We were very much impressed to see the wide range of formats supported by the application (rar, zip, jar and even gif).
Further the app can even compress the files and thus the app can basically handle all your compression/uncompression needs on your 5800. We were particularly impressed by the speed of both compression and uncompression on our 5800s. The application supports all Symbian 5th Edition Phones like Nokia 5800, N97, 5530 etc.
Steps to pack/ unpack the files:
1) Open the application, you will see the screenshot #3 above as your first screen. Hit “options- back” to select the drive (see screenshot #2). Alternatively, you can also use “options-path” for this.
2) To compress a file, choose the file(s) by “options- select” then go to “options- list” to see the files you have selected and then “options- pack”.
3) To uncompress an already compressed file, select the file, options-select and then extract.
Tip: If you are getting annoying messages everytime for permission to access the user data, this is because its a java based application. You can stop it by Menu > Settings > Application Manager > Installed Apps > Winrar > click Options > Suite Settings and change the settings as per your needs.
What We Like?
- Support for wide range of compression formats
- Ability to both compress and uncompress
- Speed of compression/uncompression
What we hate?
- File manager type browsing may not be to everyone’s taste
- Its little complicated to understand the steps and features
Verdict
The Tube 5800 version of Winrar is a very handy application and a must have app for 5800ers who browse heavily from their phones. It has impressive feature set and the app is going to stay on our 5800s for long. While we are no strangers to file manager type browsing, a user interface which could search and list compressed files on the phone would have been much better and easier for day to day usage.
However, considering the fact that this is a free app, it delivers more features than that can be expected from a freebie. We recommend this app to our readers, which adds to the spectrum of supported features of our beloved 5800s.
The java based setup file can be downloaded for free from here.
Tags: compression utility, nokia 5800 winzip program, symbian 5th edition winrar, uncompress files, winrar, winrar for nokia 5800
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 at 5:44 am
Awesome, about time!
Sunday, August 23rd, 2009 at 3:14 am
hey please help me i am having problem with my nokia 5800
It is not supporting Winrar files
there is a ? mark on these files
i dowload the above thing but its still not working
please help me i am suffering from this problem from a long time
Sunday, August 23rd, 2009 at 10:37 pm
Hay Faiza if your seeing a ? then your trying to use the phone’s built in File mgr. to open the arcive. You need to install the winrar jar file and then run it from your phone’s Applications menu and use it to brows for your zip or rar files.
Note that went i frist ran it it openend the c: drive (interal memory) and I had to use the options button and select back the pick the memory card (E:/)
Sunday, August 23rd, 2009 at 10:58 pm
Where can i find this application you are talking about yes i am using the phones buildin file mgr.
thanks Trav
please help me i am suffering from this prob since i buy my nokia 5800
Sunday, August 23rd, 2009 at 11:48 pm
Hey Trav
Listen i dowload winrar jar file in my phone
and i do as the above stuff say
to unpack or pack the file
but you know when i went on the second step
i having those files in my memory card
i chose it then i click select
then on one app it say RAR:Invalid Flie
and on the second one it says TZIPFile.ReadEntries:central directory
not found, probably not a zip file
if you got my msg please reply
yours thankful
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 at 10:48 pm
hello… i am trying to instal the winrar, but it only download and says, saved… but it not opens to install. when i try to open manually it says, the type of file is not allow
what i need to do? it is not a problem with a file to open. the problem is the winrar app….
thanks for the help.
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 at 10:52 pm
please if any one else can help me on that
Friday, October 23rd, 2009 at 4:14 am
the dwnld link u hav gvn takes one to a hosting page. bUt SORRrY tO say that nokia’s builtin browser fails to display the dwnload link.please provide an alternative link.
Thanks
Friday, October 23rd, 2009 at 3:10 pm
@nokiye- yes you are right, the mediafire link is blank on 5800s browser for reasons unknown.
Try this alternate link-
http://www.filefactory.com/file/a06cega/n/WinRaR_jar
Scroll down and click ‘Download Now’ and link will appear on next page. Hope that helps.
Friday, February 5th, 2010 at 8:53 pm
I have a problem. Every time I try to extract a file from an archive it gives me the error “writing to the file is not allowed” what should i do? Thanks.
Saturday, August 21st, 2010 at 3:58 pm
hi i exactly have raku’s problem,,, Every time I try to extract a file from an archive it gives me the error “writing to the file is not allowed” what should i do? Thanks