As they patched PackageInstaller.apk, I imagine that they simply completely locked out that codepath, and it is no longer accessible. I mean, if I were going to go with the clumsy hamfisted nuclear option, that's what I would do. As this seems the modus operandi of B&N, I doubt that such sideloading would be any sort of available option in the future.
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As they patched PackageInstaller.apk, I imagine that they simply completely locked out that codepath, and it is no longer accessible. I mean, if I were going to go with the clumsy hamfisted nuclear option, that's what I would do. As this seems the modus operandi of B&N, I doubt that such sideloading would be any sort of available option in the future.
Link to video of this application if you want to put it up on OP http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8V9ZorJpwM
Hope I got everything right. I was still a little unclear about that new bottom button for installation of unknown locations etc. Maybe explain a little further on OP? Let me know and I will add an annotatino to the video on those few seconds of the film
Hope I got everything right. I was still a little unclear about that new bottom button for installation of unknown locations etc. Maybe explain a little further on OP? Let me know and I will add an annotatino to the video on those few seconds of the film
They didn't actually mess with the PackageInstaller.apk. They changed the settings app so every time you check "Unknown Sources" then go out of settings and back in, "Unknown Sources" will be unchecked again. With this unchecked, your only way to install apps in 1.4.1 is to sideload or Market. This feature will allow you to check "Unknown Sources" and keep it checked.
Thanks! If you have 1.4.1 and you go into Application Settings>Unknown sources will be unchecked. After you use this feature, Application Settings>Unknown sources will be checked. It might take a second or two before settings realizes a change has been made.
As mention by the previous poster, the status bar is context sensitive, so if there is no back button, swipe your finger along the status bar from right to left will send a back key press to the app. (Swiping from right to left doesn't always work for me.) In most cases, the physical button is context sensitive too and will send a back key press to the app (one click), but if you've hijacked the button in any way, it doesn't always work and just take you to your home screen.
So, what you're telling me is that they totally don't even think about things and do stuff like make Bright dark, and such like that rather than actually really solving the problem?
WTF B&N, seriously... v_v Go into PackageInstaller.apk, and where it checks to see if "Unknown Sources" is checked, you make it always false. Not hard, guys. ... These guys are way too incompetent to be writing such a drastic fork of Android...
That would not have stopped us. We could have then just pushed the PackageInstaller.apk from 1.4.0 to 1.4.1 or just copy the apk we want to install into /data/app/ then reboot.
A video to demonstrates how to use "Unknown sources" feature. Please reboot after using, then the system sees the changes. I will try to fix it so, this is not needed in the future.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lTzs54lj8U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lTzs54lj8U
But we can just push the Settings.apk from 1.4.0 as well, and get around the whole Unknown Sources as well.
I've rebooted several times and waited for an hour and it still won't stay enabled on mine. Sideload Wonder Machine works though and even though I can't sideload from Dropbox, I can still at least sideload.
I'm going to have to back up and punt. I'm rooted, but just to make sure I had the latest version, I uninstalled HiddenSettingsUpdate and when I connected my Nook, it keeps installing the Nook instead of an Android devce. I've removed all instances of the Nook and Mass Storage devices and it keeps installing anyway. I'll have to run this rabbit before I can even get to the Hiddensettings.
If I am on 1.4.0 with OTA's blocked (Settings reports software 9.9.9), do I need/should I install the most recent version of this app?
If I install it and then update to 1.4.1 manually, will I still have the ability to install from Android Market, Amazon App Store, and directly from downloaded and copied APKs?
Thanks for a great app Brian!
If I install it and then update to 1.4.1 manually, will I still have the ability to install from Android Market, Amazon App Store, and directly from downloaded and copied APKs?
Thanks for a great app Brian!
No, you do know need to install this update. If you upgrade to 1.4.1, you will need to use DeanGibson's root method on 1.4.0, so you can reroot after the upgrade. At that point, you will need to upgrade this app too.
Now that I think about it, maybe DeanGibson can app the Unknown sources fix during the root process? This would avoid some of the issues that people are having.
This is most likely not the place to ask this, but what are the, if any, advantages of the 1.4.1 update? I thought that is was just B&N's attempt at re-locking down the device?
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I'm clicking the one under NT Hidden Settings. When I click it, it pops up a couple of small windows saying, sqlite3, libncurses.so
I just rebooted after the first time, I'm going to wait awhile and reboot again.
I'm clicking the one under NT Hidden Settings. When I click it, it pops up a couple of small windows saying, sqlite3, libncurses.so
I just rebooted after the first time, I'm going to wait awhile and reboot again.
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According to an Official Unofficial post over at the B&N forums sideloading was one of the reasons for the update. It was for our own safety.
Do you have super user installed?According to an Official Unofficial post over at the B&N forums sideloading was one of the reasons for the update. It was for our own safety.
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