This will be a tutorial on how to manually install Minecraft PE edition texture packs. Follow step by step, I will explain in as much detail as possible to ensure you get it right the first time. Make sure you have the correct version texture pack with your current Minecraft PE version, otherwise it will mess up and please take notice that some texture packs out there aren't what they say they are and contain malware.
I'm not sure if this will work on versions prior to 0.13.1, I'm sorry for not having a tutorial for Ios but I do not own any devices.
Before we even get started you will need these.
- Fresh Minecraft PE apk
- ES File Explorer (Best to use and is free, get it from the Google Play store)
- ZipSigner (Again free, get it from the store)
- Texture pack
- Enable the installing of unlisted Applications (Not sure if it's needed but do it anyways)
Okay now that you have all of that we can get started, make sure you do not have Minecraft installed or this will not work, you need an APK that is not installed.
Step one - Open ES file explorer and go to your downloads, your APK should be there, on the top right of the app there is a menu button, click 'new' and make a new folder named "0.13.1 minecraft pe".
Step two - Hold your finger down on your Minecraft apk, it should then be selected. Next go back to that menu and click 'extract to', now a menu should pop up and then choose 'choose path' and another menu pops up, find your downloads folder then open that folder you just made "0.13.1 minecraft pe". Now push 'ok'.
Step three - After that is finished extracting, go to your texture pack, it should be a zip file, open it and extract the contents to your downloads folder.
Step four - Now go to those files of the texture pack you just extracted (Most texture packs contain a folder called assets, and in that folder is called images) Go into the image folder and there should be a ton of files and photos, press down on one until it's selected then it allows you to select others, select every file in there and go to the menu and click 'copy to'. Now navigate to your '0.13.1' folder and go to assets, then images, and when you are in the image folder push 'Over right all' then push 'ok'. (Make sure you copy each individual file in the texture packs image folder if you copy the image file it won't work it has to be the contents of the image folder)
Step five - Go back to your downloads and then into the 0.13.1 folder, select everything and go to the menu and press 'compress'. Wait for it to finish compressing and it should make a new file, now select that file and go back to the menu and push 'Move to' and go to your downloads folder and press 'ok',
Step five - You are almost done! Now go to the ZipSigner application I told you to download. Select 'choose in/out' and select '0.13.1 minecraft pe.zip' now push 'sign the file' and wait for it to be signed.
Step six - Go back to ES File explorer and go to your downloads folder there should be two zip files "0.13.1 minecraft pe-signed.zip' and '0.13.1 minecraft pe.zip' Delete 'minecraft pe.zip' and select the first one, at the top there should be an uppercase 'i' select it and it will allow you to rename the file. Rename the file you selected (0.13.1 minecraft pe-signed.zip) rename it to 0.13.1 minecraft pe-signed.apk (It is important to have the .apk at the end, that's the only change needed)
Step seven - You are done with Zipsigner and ES file explorer, now you should close both and go to your app menu, somewhere on your phone you will have something called 'File Manager'. Open that and go to "Applications". In that folder '0.13.1 minecraft pe-signed.apk' should be there, open it and install it, now open Minecraft and there you go! Minecraft is updated with a new texture pack!
If anything went wrong make sure you followed every step completely, if it still doesn't work try a different texture pack, and if it still doesn't work leave a comment telling me what's wrong.
I hope my tutorial was helpful! It was very hard to find out how to do this so I decided to make a tutorial on it, blocklauncher always crashed and I just didn't like using it, so I found a way better alternative.
I have a fairy basic Android phone, it's not the best but it works just fine, so you shouldn't have any problems, it's even an 'off-brand' android tracphone and it works perfectly, so it should work for you!
If this tutorial gets enough views I'll make one on how to install mods.
This will be a tutorial on how to manually install Minecraft PE edition texture packs. Follow step by step, I will explain in as much detail as possible to ensure you get it right the first time. Make sure you have the correct version texture pack with your current Minecraft PE version, otherwise it will mess up and please take notice that some texture packs out there aren't what they say they are and contain malware.
I'm not sure if this will work on versions prior to 0.13.1, I'm sorry for not having a tutorial for Ios but I do not own any devices.
Before we even get started you will need these.
- Fresh Minecraft PE apk
- ES File Explorer (Best to use and is free, get it from the Google Play store)
- ZipSigner (Again free, get it from the store)
- Texture pack
- Enable the installing of unlisted Applications (Not sure if it's needed but do it anyways)
Okay now that you have all of that we can get started, make sure you do not have Minecraft installed or this will not work, you need an APK that is not installed.
Step one - Open ES file explorer and go to your downloads, your APK should be there, on the top right of the app there is a menu button, click 'new' and make a new folder named "0.13.1 minecraft pe".
Step two - Hold your finger down on your Minecraft apk, it should then be selected. Next go back to that menu and click 'extract to', now a menu should pop up and then choose 'choose path' and another menu pops up, find your downloads folder then open that folder you just made "0.13.1 minecraft pe". Now push 'ok'.
Step three - After that is finished extracting, go to your texture pack, it should be a zip file, open it and extract the contents to your downloads folder.
Step four - Now go to those files of the texture pack you just extracted (Most texture packs contain a folder called assets, and in that folder is called images) Go into the image folder and there should be a ton of files and photos, press down on one until it's selected then it allows you to select others, select every file in there and go to the menu and click 'copy to'. Now navigate to your '0.13.1' folder and go to assets, then images, and when you are in the image folder push 'Over right all' then push 'ok'. (Make sure you copy each individual file in the texture packs image folder if you copy the image file it won't work it has to be the contents of the image folder)
Step five - Go back to your downloads and then into the 0.13.1 folder, select everything and go to the menu and press 'compress'. Wait for it to finish compressing and it should make a new file, now select that file and go back to the menu and push 'Move to' and go to your downloads folder and press 'ok',
Step five - You are almost done! Now go to the ZipSigner application I told you to download. Select 'choose in/out' and select '0.13.1 minecraft pe.zip' now push 'sign the file' and wait for it to be signed.
Step six - Go back to ES File explorer and go to your downloads folder there should be two zip files "0.13.1 minecraft pe-signed.zip' and '0.13.1 minecraft pe.zip' Delete 'minecraft pe.zip' and select the first one, at the top there should be an uppercase 'i' select it and it will allow you to rename the file. Rename the file you selected (0.13.1 minecraft pe-signed.zip) rename it to 0.13.1 minecraft pe-signed.apk (It is important to have the .apk at the end, that's the only change needed)
Step seven - You are done with Zipsigner and ES file explorer, now you should close both and go to your app menu, somewhere on your phone you will have something called 'File Manager'. Open that and go to "Applications". In that folder '0.13.1 minecraft pe-signed.apk' should be there, open it and install it, now open Minecraft and there you go! Minecraft is updated with a new texture pack!
If anything went wrong make sure you followed every step completely, if it still doesn't work try a different texture pack, and if it still doesn't work leave a comment telling me what's wrong.
I hope my tutorial was helpful! It was very hard to find out how to do this so I decided to make a tutorial on it, blocklauncher always crashed and I just didn't like using it, so I found a way better alternative.
I have a fairy basic Android phone, it's not the best but it works just fine, so you shouldn't have any problems, it's even an 'off-brand' android tracphone and it works perfectly, so it should work for you!
If this tutorial gets enough views I'll make one on how to install mods.
Good luck!
Minecraft Alpha Veteran!
ive tried, it doesnt work