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How to Enable Sideloading of Apps on Captivate

It almost seems like you have your phone set up for USB Mass Storage, which locks the SD cards for use only by the computer. You need to make sure you haven't mounted the SD cards to your computer and that USB Debugging is turned on.
 
This is probably a stupid question, but when I type in adb shell and hit enter, it says device offline, how do I make it "online"?
 
Here is how Samsung support site tells to do this:

1. Download and install the latest Android SDK from the Android Developer or click here. (For easy of access, it is recommend to extract to local host root (C:))
2. Download and install the Java Developer Kit (JDK) from Sun or click here.
3. Download and install the latest Android Developer Bridge (ADB) driver located click here.
4. Enable USB Debugging under Settings>Applications>Development
5. The installation file should have an extension of .APK, if properly compiled. Place the application in the tools directory, i.e. (C:\android\tools)
6. Using the command prompt, go to the tools the folder (i.e cd\android\tools)
7. Type in ADB Install .APK
8. The ADB tool should now report the application to be installed. To verify, tap on Applications on the device and locate the name of the application.

URL: How Do I Side Load Applications On My SGH-i897 (Captivate) Phone Using The Android Debugging Bridge (ADB)?
 
agent007ppk said:
Macbook-2:tools Alee$ ./adb shell
$ su
# cp /dbdata/databases/com.android.providers.settings/settings.db /sdcard/settings.db
cp: can't create '/sdcard/settings.db': Read-only file system

I get this error. Anyone have any thoughts? My phone is rooted, and has Busybox installed.
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Make sure SD card is mounted to phone, not computer. In notification bar make sure you dismount SD card from comp before trying this.
 
mjgunn said:
Stuck at "cp: not found". Downloaded busy box from the marketplace, opened it. It said "Status: Waiting...", so I hit install. Now it says "Status: Done!" Below that it says "Your phone is rooted. Busybox was found here: /system/xbin". Seems like it's installed? But still getting "cp: not found"
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Anyone?

Edit: Got it working
 
hmm, now I get "error: more than one device and emulator" when i type in adb shell and hit enter

edit: did adb devices and it shows the phone twice, both offline :/
 
Noob and Mac user.....do I just follow the directions entering everything into Terminal? Nothing seems to happen when I do that, is there some special script I need or some step I'm missing?
Thanks for the help.
 
Logging on to a PC, upon entering "cd to SDK install directory" I get "The system cannot find the path specificed."
I know I have SDK as its open....but did I somehow install it wrong?
 
For anyone having trouble with devices being offline or not working, try running this first and then retry your command.

Code: 
adb kill-server


Drazzamatazz said:
Logging on to a PC, upon entering "cd to SDK install directory" I get "The system cannot find the path specificed."
I know I have SDK as its open....but did I somehow install it wrong?
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You have to learn how to use the cd command if you are typing that out word for word. Supposed my tools folder is in C:\users\Darkeligos\SDK\tools -- I could either do one of the two:

Code: 
cd C:\users\Darkeligos\SDK\tools

or

cd \
cd users
cd Darkeligos
cd SDK
cd tools
 
Duck Tales LOL said:
And after I rebooted again, my phone is freezing on the Galaxy S bootup screen, and then shutting off. When I try to hold down the volume button down, and the power button to do a hard restore, it doesn't work..


Sucks to be me.
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My phone is doing this too. I can get to the recovery console, but no matter the case it seems to stop loading at the point where the Galaxy S logo is displayed.

When I try the adb shell it now tells me I have no devices attached.

Any ideas on how to get it going again?
 
I've got to be missing something. I can't find:

"Scroll down to ID 6, "install_non_market_apps". Double-click."

I don't see anything called ID 6 under Tables/secure. I only see _id, name, and value. Am I in the wrong section?
 
kbarsi said:
I've got to be missing something. I can't find:

"Scroll down to ID 6, "install_non_market_apps". Double-click."

I don't see anything called ID 6 under Tables/secure. I only see _id, name, and value. Am I in the wrong section?
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Never mind. I didn't see the tabs.
 
I have tried reinstalling BusyBox numerous times and I am still receiving "cp: not found". Does anyone have a fix or maybe an alternative?

Edit: My phone is in debug mode
 
Tadi said:
I have tried reinstalling BusyBox numerous times and I am still receiving "cp: not found". Does anyone have a fix or maybe an alternative?

Edit: My phone is in debug mode
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Maybe if you copy-paste what you're doing into a post it'll help us help you. Start with where you cd into your android sdk tools directory and copy-paste everything in the cmd window.
 
Tadi said:
I have tried reinstalling BusyBox numerous times and I am still receiving "cp: not found". Does anyone have a fix or maybe an alternative?

Edit: My phone is in debug mode
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You have to install it on the phone not on the computer. That was the mistake I made.
 
Ok.... got the phone rooted and db set to 1. No how do i install a app for example a game. I downloaded a zip file. Do I put in on the SD card and run a app to install? Which app???

Thanks for all who have contributed to these fourms!!!!!
 
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