How to INSTALL fdroid after DL to computer?

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@bent_fender

I think it was with a googlish web-navigator

translation: Chrome-based browser

@bent_fender

With MyFiles I opened the Downloads folder

You could have opened the Downloads folder straight from the browser, which would launch the default File Manager (in this case, “Samsung MyFiles”.)

@bent_fender

the guide I followed could have said…

1. Point your browser to https://f-droid.org/
2. Click the blue button that says “DOWNLOAD F-DROID”
3. Open the F-Droid.apk file as described here:

How to Download Files in Chrome on Android

@bent_fender

I tried the DL from the phone but got enough dotcom alerts

No idea what this means and would like to see screenshots.

@bent_fender

security-related nuclear bombs going off all over the place so I shut the process down and fumigated the phone

–I think you mean: “I ran a virus scan because I saw popup advertisements”. You possibly did install malware from some place (or some garbage browser extension in Firefox) but it seems completely unrelated to the F-Droid web site and the application.

@bent_fender

nothing I can do on the phone can be near as secure as doing it via the computer

But simply using a computer does not guarantee better security; there are many variables.

@bent_fender

a day or two earlier I didn’t even know if android was something to eat or to wear

If you are that concerned about security the obvious follow-up question is whether your copy of Android is a Google-free one.

@Licaon_Kter

Note that the “files manager app” might have different names for different OEMs.

Precisely. “My Files” is the native file manager on Samsung phones; various others have been discussed in this forum and you can set the default to be whatever you want.