[myTouch 4G General] e.lectronick:
FOR NOOBS LIKE ME: DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS ON INSTALLING APKS ( NETFLIX in this case )

Like many of you, I've been "harrumphing" a lot about the slow rollout of Netflix for the My Touch 4G, AND T-Mobile's very slow OTA rollout of firmware 2.3.4.

Well, the day before yesterday, I finally received the OTA update.

I'd been reading articles here "until my eyes bled" about everything I could regarding rooting, roms, installing apks, and the new Gingerbread 2.3.4. I still have MUCH MORE to learn, but I wanted to share with you guys my successful experience installing Netflix on my unrooted stock My Touch 4G with the newest OTA 2.3.4 Gingerbread update from T-Mobile

I found the following tutorial on Youtube about installing Netflix on an unrooted My Touch 4G. However, as with most tutorials, it sometimes takes a bit of extra reading to grasp everything if you're a noob like me. So I thought I'd break it down for folks in the way I'd want it explained to me:

Go to Youtube and search for the following tutorial:

"How to get netflix on myTouch 4g for any rom *FIXED WHITE SCREEN *NON ROOTED WITH 2.3.4 UPDATE"

Apparently, the video itself focuses on rooted phones, but in the description, below it, the procedure is laid out for an unrooted stock My Touch 4G.

This is what I did.

1. I downloaded the Netflix 1.3 apk to my PC from the link to the article provided earlier in this thread by dls5375 on 23rd July 2011 09:56 AM (thanks, man).

2. On my phone I navigated to the Android Marketplace, downloaded and installed the free "Astro File Manager" by Metago.

3. I followed somebody's advice (can't remember who -or if it's even necessary) and enabled USB Debugging by following these steps on my phone:

1. From the Home screen, click the "Menu" button

2. Touch "Settings"

3. Touch "Applications"

4. Touch "Development"

5. Place a check in the box marked, "USB Debugging"

4. I plugged my phone into the USB port of my PC, and made sure the phone was set to be a disk drive.

1. From the Home screen, click the "Menu" button

2. Touch "Settings"

3. Touch "Connect to PC"

4. Touch "Default Connection Type"

5. Select "Disk Drive"

6. Touch "Done"

5. Now that my phone was plugged into my PC and recognized as a removable drive, I opened it as a drive

6. I double clicked on the "Removable Disk" icon under My Computer to open the SD card.

7. I then opened the folder where I had downloaded the Netflix apk file earlier (com.netflix.mediaclient.1.3.apk)

8. I dragged the apk file into the open window for my "Removable Disk" drive (phone) and dropped it there.

9. I disconnected the phone from my PC.

10. I opened up my "All Programs" menu, and ran Astro.

11. In Astro, I Clicked the "Home" button to reveal the list of files on my SD card.

12. I scrolled down until I saw com.netflix.mediaclient.1.3.apk

13. I touched it, and clicked "Install" on the resulting pop up window

That's it, folks. I know this is a lot of extra itty bitty detail for the experienced Android user, but I'm a noob, myself, and I always benefit from a step by step with lots of explanation as to the "why" in addition to the "how". I suspect that there are others out there who may find this useful as well.

All the best to you out there.

Erik