Enable Captivate App Sideloading

Now that you’ve got your Captivate rooted, you’ll probably want to remove AT&T’s “no app sideloading” restraint from your device. No problem. If you follow the instructions below, you’ll be all set! Thanks to maerlim for the instructions.

Instructions

What you’ll need:

• Android SDK
• BusyBox
  • If you don’t have BusyBox, go search “BusyBox” on the Android Market
  • Once installed, open up the BusyBox app and follow the full installation directions to enable it
• Samsung Captivate with root
• SQL Database Manager
  • We suggest trying the SQLite plugin for Firefox, you can find it here.

Process:

1. Turn on USB debugging: Settings >> Applications >> Development
2. Plug in your Samsung Captivate
3. Open up Command Prompt on your computer (Windows: start, search, type “cmd”, right click cmd, Run as Administrator)
4. Type in: cd _____PATH TO ANDROID SDK FOLDER______\tools
   Example:

   cd C:\Users\USERNAME\Desktop\android-sdk-windows\tools
   

   Press ENTER

5. Type in: adb shell
   Press ENTER
6. Type in: su
   Press ENTER
7. Type in: cp /dbdata/databases/com.android.providers.settings/settings.db /sdcard/settings.db
   Press ENTER
8. Type in: cp /dbdata/databases/com.android.providers.settings/settings.db /sdcard/settings.db.backup
   Press ENTER
9. Type in: exit
   Press ENTER
10. Type in: exit
    Press ENTER
11. Type in: adb pull /sdcard/settings.db %userprofile%\desktop
    Press ENTER
    Leave Command Prompt open
12. Open SQLite Manager in Firefox by pressing Tools >> SQLite Manager
13. Click “Database”
14. Then click “Connect Database”
15. Navigate to “settings.db” on your Desktop
16. Expand the tables
17. Click “Secure” on the panel
18. Scroll down to ID 6, “install_non_market_apps”
19. Double click it and change “value” from 0 to 1.
20. Close SQLite Manager
21. Go back to the command prompt window, type in: adb push %userprofile%\desktop\settings.db /sdcard
    Press ENTER
22. Type in: adb shell
    Press ENTER
23. Type in: su
    Press ENTER
24. Type in: cp /sdcard/settings.db /dbdata/databases/com.android.providers.settings
    Press ENTER
25. Type in: chmod 777 /dbdata/databases/com.android.providers.settings/settings.db
    Press ENTER
26. Type in: reboot
    Press ENTER
27. Disconnect your Captivate from your computer while your phone reboots.

Congratulations! You can now sideload non-market applications on your Samsung Captivate.