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    What about for an Android? I can't figure it out.
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    If you have an android phone, you can download the RAR program from the Play Store. When you finish your download, open your RAR program and find the ZIP file that you want to Unzip, then hold your finger on the file and a popup screen will show up. Press Extract Here or Extract Files and you are done!
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    How do I unzip a file on my phone?
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    It depends on what kind of phone you have. However, if you have an iPhone, you cannot unzip a file without jail breaking your iPhone or voiding the warranty. .zip files are compressed files that have a lossless compression (which is why they are so popular for image transfer). The de-compression program that's in OSX+ is not an ideal program to include in iOS from Apple's perspective (because they want you to buy an iPhone AND a Macbook), so getting a de-compressor application in your iPhone without jail breaking it and forcing it into the file system is practically impossible.
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    How do I do it on a Mac?
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    Open it, and drag the stuff inside of it out into a new folder.
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    Would I do the same for a chromebook?
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    No. I am not sure that you can "unzip" a file in Chrome like you can on Windows. You have to open the zipped folder and drag the files into another folder to create the same effect. This can be quite tedious, though, if the folder you have is very large.
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    Can I download a .zip file on a tablet?
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    You should be able to. A .zip should be able to work on tablets as well as computers.
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    Will it work on a Alcatel phone?
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    Winrar or a zip file unpacker application may be needed on the device in order to unzip the package.
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