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Hi, I rooted my Vribrant, both ways (manually and with one click root). I installed terminal emulator. I tried the su command to check if I am root. The # appears normally. However I tried deleting a file with Root explorer, inside the system folder, and when I get back it's still there. I also tried deleting it manually from Terminal EMulator with these commands:
su
cd system/apps
rm Swype.apk
and I get this:
rm failed for Swype.apk, Read-only file system
I also tried:
su rm Swype.apk
and this is returned:
Permission denied.....
I also tried the exact same thing from adb shell (which I had to allow in superuser permissions program), but it gave me the exact same results. What's wrong? Am I doing something wrong? Thanks
In root explorer, try hitting the r/w button at the top and see if that works.
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I know about the button. The strange thing is that inside system folder it grands me r/w permissions, and no matter how many times a press the r/o button it doesn't change. Still gives the results I said. However, besides root Explorer what's wrong with terminal emulator and adb?
I'm not 100% sure how to mount as root in adb. I wish I knew myself heh.
Did any of those root methods install the superuser app?
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Terminal Emulator should return a "#" after typing "su"
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From a terminal write
adb root. (will give root)
adb remount. (will remount system as r/w)
adb shell cp /system/app/swype.apk /system/app/swype.apk.bak
Adb shell rm /system/app/swype.apk
This link is what i used to use to gain rw permissions
http://android-tricks.blogspot.com/2009/01/mount-filesystem-read-write.html
Alternatively from terminal on the phone type
su
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
Assuming your sys partition is mntblock3
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rbirg said:
I'm not 100% sure how to mount as root in adb. I wish I knew myself heh.
Did any of those root methods install the superuser app?
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Yes both methods installed the "Superuser Permission" app.
I7oobie said:
Terminal Emulator should return a "#" after typing "su"
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It does normally.
linuxmotion said:
From a terminal write
adb root. (will give root)
adb remount. (will remount system as r/w)
adb shell cp /system/app/swype.apk /system/app/swype.apk.bak
Adb shell rm /system/app/swype.apk
This link is what i used to use to gain rw permissions
http://android-tricks.blogspot.com/2009/01/mount-filesystem-read-write.html
Alternatively from terminal on the phone type
su
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
Assuming your sys partition is mntblock3
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I tried the first method but it didn't work. When I entered adb root, it said "adbd cannot run as root in production builds". I searched a bit and found that I must have a rooted kernel for this to work. (I guess it's different from the root method I tried in "how to root vibrant").
Anyway the second way worked, where i replaced mntblock3 with stl9 for my phone. I tried the rm command and it worked! However as soon as I exited terminal, I couldn't delete other files. I had to retype the command. I can't do this everytime I need access in System folder. Why is this happenning? Does this have something to do with the fact that root explorer cannot change r/w to r/o mode while in system folder?
what if you open Superuser
Click on Root Explorer.
Click on Forget.
Open Root Explorer and grant Root Access and check to remember it.
work now?
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s15274n said:
what if you open Superuser
Click on Root Explorer.
Click on Forget.
Open Root Explorer and grant Root Access and check to remember it.
work now?
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No it didn't work. I also installed the latest version of SuperUser 2.3.6.1. But without a difference unfortunately.
What works for me, is installing sgs tools, and whenever I want to do write operations on system folder, run the appropriate script from sgs and then use root explorer......
Although I think there's something wrong? Why doesn't the mount r/w button work in root explorer, and why do I have to remount the file system through SGS tools, every time for it to work?
makes no sense to me either. Have you uninstalled RE and the installed it back granting root once reinstalled?
Yes several times.....
I am giving up. I just have to go through the whole process every time. I found some other people having this issue. I am on stock JI6 firmware. Maybe when I read a little bit more I will flash a custom rom.
Download and install Super Manager. Pretty handy program to use for Root users.
I'm not sure what the issue is,but mine does it too. I'm running the "unofficial" froyo JK2 build,flashed via ODIN,and I'm having the same issues. root works,root file explorer is stuck in rw,won't let me switch to ro,and it can't do anything to files in / or /system. manually remounting it from terminal or sgs tools works.
msnuser111 said:
I'm not sure what the issue is,but mine does it too. I'm running the "unofficial" froyo JK2 build,flashed via ODIN,and I'm having the same issues. root works,root file explorer is stuck in rw,won't let me switch to ro,and it can't do anything to files in / or /system. manually remounting it from terminal or sgs tools works.
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At least I am not the only one with this problem.... haha
I forgot to mention that I use Root Explorer version 2.12.2
When I try a custom Rom I will post the results....
^ why not get the update, .4 is the most recent build. Do you have an illegal copy?
It's not only root explorer. It happens with other file explorers too like android mate and super manager... Inside system folder whatever, I do doesn't happen unless I unmount and remount like before
Any brave souls tried the new Market today?
Yes, I just tried it. It works! and it fixes the button problem in 2.2.6.
I first tried one that did not work, but I've attached the one I did get to work. Just copy into /system/app, rename to Vending.apk, and change permissions.
Enjoy!
Xhorder said:
Yes, I just tried it. It works! and it fixes the button problem in 2.2.6.
I first tried one that did not work, but I've attached the one I did get to work. Just copy into /system/app, rename to Vending.apk, and change permissions.
Enjoy!
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Would this work ?
adb shell mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system
adb shell cp /system/app/Vending.apk /system/app/oldVending.apk
adb push Vending.apk /system/app
adb reboot
Or, you can just download and install it like any other apply. It'll install over the old Market no problem. It Indore you that it's a system apply, but works anyway.
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golfprorm said:
Or, you can just download and install it like any other apply. It'll install over the old Market no problem. It Indore you that it's a system apply, but works anyway.
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that didn't work for me... YMMV of course.
Anyone have the old Market (Vending.apk)? I stupidly replaced it with the above and broke it. Much obliged.
Thibor69 said:
Would this work ?
adb shell mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system
adb shell cp /system/app/Vending.apk /system/app/oldVending.apk
adb push Vending.apk /system/app
adb reboot
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Worked for me
I was able to install it via the .apk...
Kept getting error message about cp: not found
Skipped the renaming step and it worked perfect, rejected both drives first and it worked like a charm.
FW 1.0.0 / Launcherpro
Works great! Any updated Gmail success yet?
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Just installed it from the APK above. Works great.
Took the plunge... did it from the APK. Works.
The scrolling issue when you had to flip the NC in landscape is gone. But I find it a royal pain to switch between Paid, Free and Just In. For some reason the oval overlay trasfers the click on the app below and I end up opening that instead. I found that switching requires a rather precise click... something to think about Mr. Sergei. Well... maybe not for us free spirits
Thanks, I just installed it and it worked, straight from tapatalk app.
Worked fine for me also.
Via TapaTalk on Nook Tablet
I've downloaded and put it into the system\app folder, renamed and when market opens it just instantly crashes.
ideas anyone? greatly appreciated
EDIT: ROFL! redid the process and rebooted after double checking permissions, works fine now
One thread on the subject is enough: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=872621
Can someone please post zip for aosp messaging. Thanks.
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Here you go.
Thanks a bunch
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How would you install this? I found something similar but had no luck at installing it
trigger1974 said:
How would you install this? I found something similar but had no luck at installing it
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With this you would use Root Explorer or similar app to just drop it in your system/app folder
jrharvey said:
With this you would use Root Explorer or similar app to just drop it in your system/app folder
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Code:
adb push mms.apk /sdcard && adb shell
su
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system
cp /sdcard/moms.apk /system/app
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dasunsrule32 said:
Code:
adb push mms.apk /sdcard && adb shell
su
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system
cp /sdcard/[B]mms.apk[/B] /system/app
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I could be wrong, but I am sure you meant the above.
I'll push your mom into my system/app.... lol j/k
lol @ moms.apk
Whenever I push, chmod, then reboot, my device reboots but nothing else. Adb DOES recognize my device, I can install/uninstall, remount, etc... So wat?
I'm try'n to get a modded Ziggy script to run on boot (to further undervolt- others have gotten to run)
I've tried manually pasting in unit.d folder, then manually fixing perm.s but after I reboot, the permissions have reverted n nothing has changed.
Yes, I'm a noob, please help.
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I've gotten weird problems with adb in Win7 by not running cmd as an admin
Ok, well I'm the admin. (only 1 user acct.) so I should be good
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Maybe you're pushing whatever to a system folder not mounted with write access? I know if you try pushing to say /system/etc/hosts and you dont have it mounted in write access and have root permission (on the phone in both cases), it will reset it back to the original on reboot.
yareally said:
Maybe you're pushing whatever to a system folder not mounted with write access? I know if you try pushing to say /system/etc/hosts and you dont have it mounted in write access and have root permission (on the phone in both cases), it will reset it back to the original on reboot.
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Crap, I think ur right. I was fixing perms thru adb w chmod, but AFTER I pushed.
But regardless I don't think I set as R/W.
Also, wat would cause me not to be able to set permissions manually (for individual paths) using root explorer ( or similar file manager)?
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Nope, doesn't change a F'n thing. God I wanna swear soooo bad. almost more than I respect this forum.
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K, I found that adb thinks I'm mounted as R/O tho I'm mounted as R/W. WHY
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Dunno offhand; you're not being very descriptive and it's hard to read what you're saying. Try a different approach, like using sshdroid pro (with putty or xshell) and the command line there instead of adb. I dont really use adb to push/mod things on the phone unless there's no other choice (like rooting your phone). If you're using a custom rom, they generally have a small script built into them to mount the system folder(s) as r/w (type sysrw or sysro).
It was as simple as having slashes backwards, lol, figures.
Adb still thinks I'm in read-only tho. I tried "adb remount" to no avail.
I'm not familiar w/ the other things u mentioned (i can barely read em til I change my font)
R those things I DL? Put in my SDK?
I'LL check em out
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To be more descriptive: I'm using virusROM RC1B2 w/ updated Ziggy kernel (bfs).
I have a modified script (from Ziggy) that I recently pushed to system/etc/unit.d that I'm tryn to run.
After I push I type "adb shell chmod 755 /system/etc/init.d/04vddlevels" (file name).
Then adb says "can't chmod" cuz the file system is "read-only"
I try "adb remount" n then re-entering chmod n it says nothing n nothing happens.
I am mounted as R/W so I'm confused.
Hope that explains it btr, Thnx 4 the help!
Edit; I also have a "tweak" zip file I flashed from adrynalyne to enable script to run on boot encased the Rom isn't set up to, tho others (one that I know of) has had no problems. He hasn't been able to help either.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/sshdroid/berserker.android.apps.sshdroid
then you log into it with either
http://www.netsarang.com/products/xsh_detail.html
or
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
or if you're using linux or osx, you can do it natively on the terminal line with the ssh command.
You can transfer files over sftp (with ssh) using something like filezilla http://filezilla-project.org/
Tutorials:
http://www.netsarang.com/tutorial/xshell/list
http://www.howtoforge.com/ssh_key_based_logins_putty
http://psychologyit.rutgers.edu/helpdocs/filezilla.html
There's plenty of pages out there on ssh if you search google though. Just read up. It's the primary way to communicate (securely) remotely with a linux/unix server. It encrypts your traffic to and from a server (in this case, your phone). It also means no cables (though you can do that with wireless adb also).
Basically, it's a way of remotely using the terminal built into android (since it's linux) without having to use adb.
try this (all one line):
(for write perms)
adb shell mount -o remount,rw,noatime,nodiratime -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk0p25 /system
(to set back to read only)
adb shell mount -o remount,ro,noatime,nodiratime -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk0p25 /system
if that doesn't work, then you're not root, so you will have to type:
adb shell su -
to get root before doing the other commands
Cool Thnx, yeah I have seen that b4, I'm tryn it(adb thing 1st) now.
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Ok, I typed: adb shell mount.... N got "Device or resource busy" ?
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Next I tried: (all one line) "adb shell su -adb shell mount... n got permission denied. ??
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if you do it all as one line you have to put a ; in between the statements so it terminates the last command before doing another
Ok, wat does "device or resource busy" mean?
http://lmgtfy.com/?q="device+or+resource+busy"+android
Do I type: "adb shell su-" (then hit enter) ? Cuz I get "su- not found"
There's not supposed to be a space between 'su' and '-' , correct, cuz then I get a '#' sign n adb freezes.
Wow I'm a mess, lol, Thnx 4 help, maybe I should do some studying n come bak more prepared!
Yeah. I here ya. Thnx. Again
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Hello I recently rooted because of my small internal storage that will not allow me to install apps. Like modern combat 4 and Nfs most wanted because I cannot move them to extsdcard I tried link2sd but had the same result dose anyone know if I can get apps to install to the extsdcard instead of the internal without flashing? Any help would be appreciated
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realbro657 said:
Hello I recently rooted because of my small internal storage that will not allow me to install apps. Like modern combat 4 and Nfs most wanted because I cannot move them to extsdcard I tried link2sd but had the same result dose anyone know if I can get apps to install to the extsdcard instead of the internal without flashing? Any help would be appreciated
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If you have root & busybox installed you can run this script.
Code:
#!/system/bin/sh
busybox mount -t vfat -o umask=0000 /dev/block/vold/179:61 /mnt/sdcard
busybox sleep 3
if busybox mount | grep vold/179:61; then
mount -o bind /data/media /storage/external_SD
rm /storage/external_SD/external_sd
chmod -R 777 /sdcard
chmod -R 777 /data/media
fi
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kuma82 said:
If you have root & busybox installed you can run this script.
Code:
#!/system/bin/sh
busybox mount -t vfat -o umask=0000 /dev/block/vold/179:61 /mnt/sdcard
busybox sleep 3
if busybox mount | grep vold/179:61; then
mount -o bind /data/media /storage/external_SD
rm /storage/external_SD/external_sd
chmod -R 777 /sdcard
chmod -R 777 /data/media
fi
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where do you run this command from? i tried to run it from adb and it didn't work it said "#! wasn't found"
pitbullmommy45245 said:
where do you run this command from? i tried to run it from adb and it didn't work it said "#! wasn't found"
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Try running with terminal app... It's there in play store...and you don't input #... You open terminal... Type su... Then try running script...
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pitbullmommy45245 said:
where do you run this command from? i tried to run it from adb and it didn't work it said "#! wasn't found"
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place this file "swapint2ext.txt" on your sdcard and type the following
with a terminal emulator
Code:
su
./sdcard/swapint2ext.txt [B](if on your internal sdcard)[/B]
./sdcard/external_sd/swapint2ext.txt [B](if placed in your external sd)[/B]
with adb
Code:
adb shell
su
./sdcard/swapint2ext.txt [B](if on your internal sdcard)[/B]
./sdcard/external_sd/swapint2ext.txt [B](if placed in your external sd)[/B]
There is a lot more info on the subject in the general section. Look for the titles starting with swap internal or something similar. There are like 3 different threads on the subject. I'll send you a link later with some more info, but that will be later later
kuma82 said:
place this file "swapint2ext.txt" on your sdcard and type the following
with a terminal emulator
Code:
su
./sdcard/external_sd/swapint2ext.txt [B](if placed in your external sd)[/QUOTE]
Hi,
i have "don´t permission", when i type this one in terminal emulator.
Any idea? My phone is rooted. I rename the "swapint2ext.txt in .sh", is this correct? And the path is "sdcard0", is this also correct?
And also i try to execute the "swapint2ext.sh" with the Root Explorer. Works fine, but i can´t install Fifa 14 for example. Not enough place...
Thanks Thomas
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+1 from the above post. i tried to run it in smanager and it said permission denied. i tried to do adb and terminal on the phone and it said it couldn't find the file.
pitbullmommy45245 said:
+1 from the above post. i tried to run it in smanager and it said permission denied. i tried to do adb and terminal on the phone and it said it couldn't find the file.
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You are getting permission denied because it needs root access. Read this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=45268460&postcount=1
More info coming Hold up.
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kuma82 said:
You are getting permission denied because it needs root access. Hold up.
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We have root access!
thomasoeli said:
Hi,
i have "don´t permission", when i type this one in terminal emulator.
Any idea? My phone is rooted. I rename the "swapint2ext.txt in .sh", is this correct? And the path is "sdcard0", is this also correct?
And also i try to execute the "swapint2ext.sh" with the Root Explorer. Works fine, but i can´t install Fifa 14 for example. Not enough place...
Thanks Thomas
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Read this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=45268460&postcount=1
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---------- Post added at 03:12 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:05 PM ----------
More info
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36627662
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36948542
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realbro657 said:
Hello I recently rooted because of my small internal storage that will not allow me to install apps. Like modern combat 4 and Nfs most wanted because I cannot move them to extsdcard I tried link2sd but had the same result dose anyone know if I can get apps to install to the extsdcard instead of the internal without flashing? Any help would be appreciated
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You can also try this guide if you are still searching for solution