Extract text from SIS files
To convert your SIS file to another format, you need Steam or other Compressed software.
To convert other file formats to the "Mobile Installation Archive" file type, you need software like Steam or a similar tool.
The .SIS file extension represents a legacy Symbian Installation System archive, once the standard format for deploying applications and games on Nokia, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson smartphones running Symbian OS. Architecturally similar to ZIP or JAR packages, these files contain compiled binaries, resources, and installation scripts. The primary challenge for modern users is the obsolescence of the Symbian platform; these files cannot be installed on Android (APK) or iOS (IPA) devices due to fundamental architecture incompatibilities. Instead of running them, users often need to convert .SIS to .ZIP to inspect the package or extract embedded assets like images, ringtones, and game data.
In a completely different context, .SIS files (specifically sku.sis) act as Steam Backup Information files. Generated by the Steam client, these contain critical metadata for restoring game backups but are often mistaken for the game data itself. Users attempting to read this configuration data should convert to .TXT or XML. Additionally, in digital pathology, the format stores scanning session settings for Leica Biosystems Aperio ImageScope software. These proprietary data files are best converted to open formats if interoperability is required.
Convert.Guru analyzes your SIS file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted SISX, ZIP, TXT, JPG, XLSX, CSV, JAR, PDF, PNG, TMP, BIN, TORRENT and BLOB files.
If you want to convert SIS file to JAR, APK, OBJ, FBX, DAE, 3DS, MAX, BLEND, MA, MB, C4D or STL, you can use Steam or similar software from the "Symbian OS Installer Package" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DWG, DAE, X3D, IGES, WRL, JT, SKP, 3DS, 3DM, OBJ, STEP or FBX files to SIS, try Steam or another comparable tool in the "Symbian OS Installer Package" category.
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our SIS converter.