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[Q] Install Blocked, Phone does not have option to allow "Unknown Sources"

I went under settings, applications, and I do not have an option anywhere under any of the menus including development menu to allow applications to install from unknown sources. I have done everything in the Captivate User guide(rooting,backup,recovery).
I am trying to install market enabler.
Phone is Rooted.

Go to the development section and look at the sticky called enable sideloading. Or you can load the stock rom and use sre and it will enable it for you.
Sent from my phone so excuse the spelling errors

Did you mean the "[How To] Enable Non-Market apps on Captivate (consolidated)" Sticky?
I am not exactly a power user yet. That was a whole lot of impossible for me.

Yes you found the right thread. You are going to have to get very comfortable with terms in threads like that if you plan to flash or modify your phone
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I am so lost, I just don't know where to begin.
What would be the best way for me to do it?

Omgosh I did it! Wow. It only took.... lets not say how long.

Shival said:
Omgosh I did it! Wow. It only took.... lets not say how long.
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Oh know your on your way to the addiction now. I'm so hooked I only had my HTC Aria for one month and had to go buy a captivate just cause I had to have more . Now starts the waiting for the next best rom. Damn your doomed .
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Shival said:
I am so lost, I just don't know where to begin.
What would be the best way for me to do it?
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SRE! I think it is suggested to un-root first. Check the sre thread, its a rom and kernel that roots, overclocks, removes bloatware if you want, unlocks tethering, installs busy box, installs app to fool the market so it thinks you're on another network and opens the ability to install unknown sources all in one update.zip.
Flash to stock with the odin one click and rename the sre file to update.zip and reboot into recovery and reinstall packages you'll have everything you ever want in a phone. For now.
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Kizzmiazz said:
Oh know your on your way to the addiction now. I'm so hooked I only had my HTC Aria for one month and had to go buy a captivate just cause I had to have more . Now starts the waiting for the next best rom. Damn your doomed .
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I know all too well about that feeling after having my HTC Blackstone, From Winmo 6.1 - 6.5.5 and TF3D-Sense.

If you are having problems have a look at unleash the beast. It has an easy way to add sideloading. It also adds many other useful features.
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lost
I'm still lost any root for dummys? I all redy root it an i have superuser but, and now? How. I can instal the apps o were i can get it?
Helppppppp!!!!

Dani897 said:
SRE! I think it is suggested to un-root first. Check the sre thread, its a rom and kernel that roots, overclocks, removes bloatware if you want, unlocks tethering, installs busy box, installs app to fool the market so it thinks you're on another network and opens the ability to install unknown sources all in one update.zip.
Flash to stock with the odin one click and rename the sre file to update.zip and reboot into recovery and reinstall packages you'll have everything you ever want in a phone. For now.
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No you can be rooted as long as your on the stock rom. I've flashed back and forth from sre to another rom a few times and as long as your on the stock firmware its fine if your rooted. Matter of fact I would recommend rooting stock, then clockwork mod recovery nandroid backup of stock rom before moving on to another invade there are problems. If you use Odin beforehand, I'm pretty sure it will wipe your backups making them useless. ymmv

I am having the same issue. When I try to install an app it says "Install blocked for security, your phone is set to block installation of application not sourced in Android Market". As a safty feature it will not let me install any file/app that was not downloaded from the market place. How did you get it to work? My friend has the same phone but thru verizon, he said all he had to do was go into settings/applications and uncheck some security feature. Please help.

I am having the same issue. When I try to install an app it says "security block" as a safty feature it will not let me install any file/app that was not downloaded from the market place. How did you get it to work?

Shival said:
Omgosh I did it! Wow. It only took.... lets not say how long.
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I just want to take this moment and point something out to everyone else who has never used ADB or the command prompt before who is reading this thread:
It looks more intimidating then it actually is. Once you get in there and start fooling around, it's not as hard as you originally thought. I'm telling you all, take the plunge, and try it out. I promise it's not that hard, and if you run into trouble, there are literally thousands of people on XDA at any given point in time. Somebody will answer your question if they haven't already. Remember to use the search feature!

Samsung Captivate rooted... but need help..
please help i am still stuck! i just rooted my samsung captivate phone today and tried to download apk apps off of 4shared... but when i go to install it the phone says it is blocked for security... applications not sourced in android market?? your help would be greatly appreciated thanks ...

MzSantiago said:
please help i am still stuck! i just rooted my samsung captivate phone today and tried to download apk apps off of 4shared... but when i go to install it the phone says it is blocked for security... applications not sourced in android market?? your help would be greatly appreciated thanks ...
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why dont no one uses super one click...its simplest way to root/unroot and to allow not market apps...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682

MzSantiago said:
please help i am still stuck! i just rooted my samsung captivate phone today and tried to download apk apps off of 4shared... but when i go to install it the phone says it is blocked for security... applications not sourced in android market?? your help would be greatly appreciated thanks ...
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And please don't pirate apps... If you like it, buy it.

12/16/2010 Captivate update. What is it?

Hi guys, I am a tmobile user so I don't have a captivate, but I do own a vibrant, nexus one, and nexus s.
I rooted my buddy's captivate a little while back. No custom rom or anything, just root, custom recovery, and such.
He just called me today and said he has a notification for an update and wants to know if he should get it. I told him no for now and I'll find out what it is.
So any of you captivate users get an update notification today 12/16/2010? What is it? Froyo? Is it safe to update with root and custom recovery?

No update afaik. It's probably jh7.
Sent from my Captivate

curti.nogg said:
No update afaik. It's probably jh7.
Sent from my Captivate
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Ok so I just called him and he has f*3 I think he said? I don't even remember what he said but it was f something. Not jh7.
I guess would bring me to the question of whether we can just let the ota run it's course or if i need to take him back to stock first. Any thoughts? I'll call back and find out what exact version he is using if I need to. I'm kind of tired right now and forgot what he said.

Stock would be jf6 and the only ota the Captivate has received is jh7.
Edit: You should just flash a froyo rom imo.
Sent from my Captivate

curti.nogg said:
Stock would be jf6 and the only ota the Captivate has received is jh7.
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Ok that's probably what he said, I just texted him to ask again. I knew it had a f in it though.
Do you know if i need to unroot and go back to stock recovery to update to jh7?
Ya he has jf6, just heard back from him. What is a stable everyday use 2.2 rom I should suggest to him? I'm guessing 2.3 will be ported soon too.

So no one knows if I have to unroot and revert the recovery to stock in order to get jh7 update safely? Currently on jf6 rooted with clockworkmod.

I've seen as others have also reported that if you have ever rooted your phone the OTA update to JH7 will fail. The phone will get to 50% in the update and fail. It could possibly even brick.

you would need to use the odin 1 click to update your buddies phone then re root it.
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avgjoegeek said:
you would need to use the odin 1 click to update your buddies phone then re root it.
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thank you, exactly the information I was looking for.

Old text message for update is old.

gunnyman said:
I've seen as others have also reported that if you have ever rooted your phone the OTA update to JH7 will fail. The phone will get to 50% in the update and fail. It could possibly even brick.
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It must be hit or miss. Had two phones and both rooted, with at the time oclf, and ain't bloatware removed. Both had ota go fine. But I guess better safe then sorry.
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Yea mine failed when I had attempted.
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I had been running the leaked Froyo and went back to stock. My OTA to JH7 always failed at 50%. I had to use Kies (what a piece of crap software) to finally get back to out of box. I had to return during 30 day for a continually crazy search button.

My Stupid friend deleted dialer.apk.....

My buddy, has an OG Droid. It's a 'spare' phone and not activated...its mostly used as a web browsing (wifi) device. Well, I rooted it for him and got him a root-enabled application remover...well, he 'accidentally' removed dialer.apk. He is not sure what version of android he was on, but I assume it was 2.2 (the latest official firmware).
Can someone either a) post a version or dialer.apk or let me know where I can find it so I can walk him through putting that back on the phone by way of adb. Or b) let me know what I can do to help him with this. He told me he did do a hardware reset, but it made no difference, dialer.apk is still missing.
Now I'm not exactly sure he did a true hardware reset/recovery.
Any ideas? suggestions?
Thanks in advance....
Paul

Try this one: http://db.tt/mHuwDlP
Maybe you have to rename it - it's from an european version of Cynogen Mod 6 - but I suppose it should work if you put it into /system/app directory
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I would download and .sbf back to stock, although the question begs, what use is dialer.apk on a phone that's not activated?
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Hi, I am the dumb friend that has made a fatal mistake. I was trying to strip my Android of unwanted apps so I could take out my memory card and use it elsewhere. When I was doing this I accidentally deleted dialer. Now when I turn turn on phone a message comes up and tells me dialer is not working and thus I choose force close. Well the problem is this message locks up my phone as its continuously comes back.
I have tried hard reset and this did not work. I also was not paying attention so I did not backup Dialer either
Any and all help is much appreciated for this noob.

Grillmore said:
Hi, I am the dumb friend that has made a fatal mistake. I was trying to strip my Android of unwanted apps so I could take out my memory card and use it elsewhere. When I was doing this I accidentally deleted dialer. Now when I turn turn on phone a message comes up and tells me dialer is not working and thus I choose force close. Well the problem is this message locks up my phone as its continuously comes back.
I have tried hard reset and this did not work. I also was not paying attention so I did not backup Dialer either
Any and all help is much appreciated for this noob.
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If you let me know which sbf you are using, i can extract it for you. btw, is there a dialer.apk in droid? Because the milestone only has Contacts.apk and Phone.apk. I thought dialer.apk was there only in motoblur devices. OG Droid is not one of them.
IF you dont know which rom you are running on your phone, just go to Settings->About Phone, scroll down to the bottom and post a screenshot of your screen.
Update : I just downloaded and unpacked the original Verizon Droid 2.2 sbf from here and i can confirm that there is no dialer.apk in there. Also it is odexed. You are not running the official 2.2 update.

Hello silshen, and than you for taking time out to try to help me.
When I turn on this droid the exact message I get is
! Sorry!
The application Dialer (process
com.android.phone) has
stopped unexpectedly.Please
try again
Force Close
I cannot get any further into my droid now. I force close then this message instantly reappears. I downloaded the link you have posted (ty). Now If I might ask, how would I go about reinstalling 2.2 on this droid? I have 0 experience at
this. Do I need a program on my computer to install?

Grillmore said:
Hello silshen, and than you for taking time out to try to help me.
When I turn on this droid the exact message I get is
! Sorry!
The application Dialer (process
com.android.phone) has
stopped unexpectedly.Please
try again
Force Close
I cannot get any further into my droid now. I force close then this message instantly reappears. I downloaded the link you have posted (ty). Now If I might ask, how would I go about reinstalling 2.2 on this droid? I have 0 experience at
this. Do I need a program on my computer to install?
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You have the following options.
You can flash the official sbf using rsdlite.
If you have installed clockworkmod recovery, I can make a flashable update for you.
You can use rootexplorer to copy the contacts and phone apps to your system folder.
You can use adb to push the apps to system partition.
Best option is to flash sbf. You can then root your phone using z4root/universal androot or superoneclick root. Then install rom manager and then flash whatever custom rom you want.
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Use the attached guide to flash the official 2.2 sbf if your phone is a verizon droid. Follow procedure and please note that all risk that comes with this is yours. If you follow procedure, you shouldn't have any problems.

I'm not to worried about contacts or apps because this is my 'gaming' droid.Even though the Ram(if that is what it is called) is a bit small and can not run every game.Atm I have downloaded rsdlite 4.5.3 and will try to begin to 'flash' this droid. This droid was rooted before if that is any help.

Grillmore said:
I'm not to worried about contacts or apps because this is my 'gaming' droid.Even though the Ram(if that is what it is called) is a bit small and can not run every game.Atm I have downloaded rsdlite 4.5.3 and will try to begin to 'flash' this droid. This droid was rooted before if that is any help.
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You will lose root when you flash the sbf. Root the phone using the method i told you or get your friend to help you out again.

Thank you very, very, very, much for your help.

Grillmore said:
Thank you very, very, very, much for your help.
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You are welcome.
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When I open RSD and then plug Vdroid in, most values are N/A. I downloaded drivers and am not sure what I should do.I was able to try flash device, the model comes up as SE Flash OMAP3430 MI. The status is 'Failed flashing process. Unable to retrieve initialization from INI file.

Grillmore said:
When I open RSD and then plug Vdroid in, most values are N/A. I downloaded drivers and am not sure what I should do.I was able to try flash device, the model comes up as SE Flash OMAP3430 MI. The status is 'Failed flashing process. Unable to retrieve initialization from INI file.
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Did you put the phone into bootloader mode? (Power+dpad-up)
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Yes, I put the vdroid into bootloader then plug into my pc
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Did you install Moto USB drivers?
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Yes I have installed the drivers, updated, and reboot comp.
I also am running windows vista ultimate if that is any help.
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Grillmore said:
Yes I have installed the drivers, updated, and reboot comp.
I also am running windows vista ultimate if that is any help.
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Download rsdlite 4.6 or above and try running the program as admin. Have you installed any other recovery like cwm or sprecovery on your phone.
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I have upgraded to 4.6, gave RSD Lite Admin rights(doh' I should have done that >.<
Vdroid is now able to be flashed. Model still came up different though,but this worked like a charm!!!! Thank You!!!
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Just Got It Fixed
I also have the same problem on my Cherry Mobile Infinix Pure. Just got fixed it yesterday. Good thing that I already backed up my system before it happened. I have a stock app and its components .odex file. Just download it here.
Instruction:
1. Download the "Priv-app" on Facebook. Search the group Free Applications
2. Extract it.
3. Copy "Dialer.apk and Dialer.odex File.
4. Paste it in \system\priv-app on your android phone.
5. Press and hold Dialer.apk and click properties.
6. Uncheck all boxes except read only.
7. Click OK and Reboot.
Thatsss alll. Hope it might help you.

[Q] accidentally deleted a TouchWizCalendar.apk

I feel so stupid. Should have backed up before trying to do this, but...
I was trying to upgrade my TouchWiz30Launcher.apk but I gave up, unfortunately, i did rm Touch*.apk. I have no idea what the h311 I was thinking, but luckily I only lost the calculator and the calendar. I found the stock calculator apk and put it back. Works fine, but I am having trouble with the calendar. I was having trouble finding the right one and it foobared the app. It is no longer in the installed list and not executable anymore.
ANY help would be appreciated. Freaking out a bit as I like my calendar. Gahhh!
Thanks all.
A
GT-i9000M
Gingerbread 2.3.3

Just flashgingerbread again using odin... U ll get all what u lost...

sbnaul said:
Just flashgingerbread again using odin... U ll get all what u lost...
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I flashed it as an OTA upgrade (well, using the Samsung crap). I don't have the original flash file.
I've tried to execute the .apk and it goes and looks like it is trying to install and then says (with a check mark mind you) Application not installed. How awesome is that.
Any other ideas?
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I think if you flash the firmware via Odin without repartitioning, you'll get the Samsung apps reinstalled and user data not wiped

adrian.h said:
I feel so stupid. Should have backed up before trying to do this, but...
I was trying to upgrade my TouchWiz30Launcher.apk but I gave up, unfortunately, i did rm Touch*.apk. I have no idea what the h311 I was thinking, but luckily I only lost the calculator and the calendar. I found the stock calculator apk and put it back. Works fine, but I am having trouble with the calendar. I was having trouble finding the right one and it foobared the app. It is no longer in the installed list and not executable anymore.
ANY help would be appreciated. Freaking out a bit as I like my calendar. Gahhh!
Thanks all.
A
GT-i9000M
Gingerbread 2.3.3
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Fastest way will be just the desired apk and then use root explorer to push it to system>app
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adslee said:
I think if you flash the firmware via Odin without repartitioning, you'll get the Samsung apps reinstalled and user data not wiped
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Hmmmm, guess I'm not making myself clear. I don't have the firmware to flash.

CheckROM said:
Fastest way will be just the desired apk and then use root explorer to push it to system>app
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Well, I tried that. I found a file in what I think is a compatible firmware and pulled the TouchWizCalendar.apk on to my sdcard and copied it to the /system/app folder. Doesn't seem to work. It's like it's not there. I tried to rename the TouchWizCalendar.odex file to TouchWizCalendar.odex.bak too without success.
Is there something that I'm missing?

Perhaps someone with 2.3.3 and Titanium Backup could backup the app and send it to me? TB can restore an app that isn't on the system, right?

adrian.h said:
Hmmmm, guess I'm not making myself clear. I don't have the firmware to flash.
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Oh I'm sorry, if only there was some way to find and download the stock firmware for the i9000 and i9000m, which is listed in a thread dedicated to stock firmware for the SGS.

No root luck with sch-i800 Galaxy tab

Hey everyone this is the third android device root im attempting. Ive rooted both my Droid incredible as well as my HTC evo 4g, so im not a major noob. With that said i still need help. First off yes ive searched for root options for my galaxy tab 7. ive tried z4root, gingerbreak, and everyones favorite superonceclick. i just got done trying hemidall (spelling) and that was no luck. im ready to throw both my computer and tab in the garbarge, but i like a challenge and want to get this accomplished. so with that being said when i plug in the tablet to the PC it wont connect with the junk softwawre kies or anything else. when i use superonceclick it gets to the point of the second "zerg rush" and it says path not specified. Ive downloaded what i think are the correct drivers. ive got the version of C++ it wants as well as the driver and it just wont root. so please can Anyone help??????

awheet5193 said:
Hey everyone this is the third android device root im attempting. Ive rooted both my Droid incredible as well as my HTC evo 4g, so im not a major noob. With that said i still need help. First off yes ive searched for root options for my galaxy tab 7. ive tried z4root, gingerbreak, and everyones favorite superonceclick. i just got done trying hemidall (spelling) and that was no luck. im ready to throw both my computer and tab in the garbarge, but i like a challenge and want to get this accomplished. so with that being said when i plug in the tablet to the PC it wont connect with the junk softwawre kies or anything else. when i use superonceclick it gets to the point of the second "zerg rush" and it says path not specified. Ive downloaded what i think are the correct drivers. ive got the version of C++ it wants as well as the driver and it just wont root. so please can Anyone help??????
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Whats your "end-game"?
Do you just want root? or are you planning on using a custom rom? CM9 maybe?
For myself, I just wanted to jump to CM9, so I just jumped in with heimdal, then flashed over CM9... no rooting or anything!

Hey it was to try custom roms i read there was a decent ics rom but i havent gotten into cm9. I downloaded the galaxy tab cubed rom and everytime i tried loading into hiemdall it said tar header invaild file size so i gave up for now
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awheet5193 said:
Hey it was to try custom roms i read there was a decent ics rom but i havent gotten into cm9. I downloaded the galaxy tab cubed rom and everytime i tried loading into hiemdall it said tar header invaild file size so i gave up for now
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If you are on GB 2.3.3 or lower you can easily root r tab with the above methods. But I thought everyone's favorite was doomlord's script?
GB 2.3.5 and above is unrootable with the methods you mention.
There are two ways you can go. The easiest one is to install pre-rooted kernel for sch-i800 or other CDMA models.

I tried doomlords script woth no luck as well. I am running 2.3.5 so ill have to root with a kernal? Also what did hammerfest meam when he said he flashed cm9 without rooting?
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awheet5193 said:
I tried doomlords script woth no luck as well. I am running 2.3.5 so ill have to root with a kernal? Also what did hammerfest meam when he said he flashed cm9 without rooting?
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I did the following:
1: Total factory reset! (to include formatting my MicroSD card!)
2: Found the drivers and odin
2.5: Spent the better part of 3hrs literally DIGGING through posts on HOW to get this done PROPERLY, like someone else said, the information was THERE on how to do it properly, but it was BERRIED like a needle in a hay stack...
3: Flashed cubed's ROM (using odin, without rooting at all)
4: Flashed AOKP (more for the update for CWM)
5: Flashed CM9
If I cared to go through the pain again of going stock then reflash, and licked the sound of my voice when recorded, id do a video...but I dont want to and I dont like it, so... Sorry?