[How To] Manually enable sideloading

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First of all, Linux and OS X come with sqlite3 by default. Windows users will need to download the executable. With that said, here is how you can enable sideloading the old-fashioned way.

[gdanko@dolemite ~]$ adb shell

$ su
# busybox cp /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db.bak
# chown system.system /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db
# ls -l /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db*
# busybox cp /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db /sdcard
# exit
$ exit

[gdanko@dolemite ~]$ adb pull /sdcard/settings.db
sqlite3 settings.db
sqlite> SELECT * FROM secure WHERE name="install_non_market_apps";
3|install_non_market_apps|0

sqlite> UPDATE secure SET value=1 WHERE name="install_non_market_apps";
sqlite> SELECT * FROM secure WHERE name="install_non_market_apps";
3|install_non_market_apps|1

sqlite> .quit

[gdanko@dolemite ~]$ adb push settings.db /sdcard/
[gdanko@dolemite ~]$ adb shell

$ su
# busybox cp /sdcard/settings.db /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db
# chown system.system /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db
# ls -l /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db*
# exit
$ exit

[gdanko@dolemite ~]$ adb reboot

You should be all set.

thank god for super one click

Script?

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Originally Posted by lsxrx7

thank god for super one click

1) Great if you use Wind'oh!s which I refuse to do.
2) I like to know how things work.

I think this work on only rooted devices. If that case we have one already which will root it and also side load apps.

You got the phone gdanko?! Cool
I'll do it this way for kicks when I get my phone lol

Originally Posted by gdanko

1) Great if you use Wind'oh!s which I refuse to do.
2) I like to know how things work.

Yes, it's always great to know how things work.

But it looks like SuperOneClick is not just confined to Windows.

It is compatible with:
Windows Vista
Windows 7
Ubuntu Hardy (8.04 LTS)
Ubuntu Jaunty (9.04)
Ubuntu Karmic (9.10)
Ubuntu Lucid (10.04 LTS)
Ubuntu Maverick (10.10)
Debian Lenny (5.0)
Debian Squeeze (testing)
Debian Sid (unstable)
Debian Experimental

SuperOneClick uses Mono on Linux platforms, so most any of the modern ones should work. I used it on my openSUSE box and it worked just fine for allowing non-market installs.

Can anyone do this a little more nood friendly? And/or does this require root?

Originally Posted by phro321

Can anyone do this a little more nood friendly? And/or does this require root?

Yeah, you basically want to get out of this thread and head here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=960336

Follow briefmobile's tutorial. And yes, it requires root.