Yeah, the drivers can be pretty big pain. And, yes, this is just a little adb trick. Jerry released the source code for it (the link is in the post), so have at it!
On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Olivier Guilyardi <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks for the tip. > > Is this just plain adb? If yes then I even could make a custom installer I > guess. > > The only difficult part I see here is the USB driver. Some user wanted to > try > adb and had a very bad time finding a driver for his "LG Eve". Okay, maybe > that > this is not the most wide-spread phone around, but still.. I'm expecting an > increase in direct downloads and I wouldn't like to spend hours debugging > USB > thingies with users. > > One thing, I'm french, and I don't really know what happens with AT&T, > Verizon, > etc.. in the US. > > Which carrier is most popular amongst Android users? > > Thanks > > Olivier > > On 10/01/2010 06:45 PM, Phil Nickinson wrote: > > Yeah, that's the way AT&T's doing things. But we worked up an easy way > > around it. Sideloading via the desktop. Completely Kosher. > > > > > http://forum.androidcentral.com/android-applications/23940-android-central-sideload-wonder-machine.html > > > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Olivier Guilyardi <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I am distributing an app outside of the market, directly from my > > website. > > > > A Samsung Captivate user reported that he couldn't install it, and > > that he had > > no Settings/Applications/Unknown Sources option. > > > > Then I found that this seems to be AT&T specific: > > > http://www.droid-life.com/2010/07/01/att-hates-supporting-the-android-market/ > > > > Is this correct? Are all AT&T Android devices "market-locked"? > > > > If yes, how do alternative stores deal with this issue? > > > > -- > > Olivier > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Discuss" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]<android-discuss%[email protected]> > > > > <mailto:android-discuss%[email protected]<android-discuss%[email protected]> > >. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Discuss" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<android-discuss%[email protected]> > . > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-discuss%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
