Hey guys,
After almost three hours of googling and frustration, I cannot find an answer to my question.
I have a Galaxy S 4G, rooted using Superoneclick (confirmed by having wireless tether and superuser)
I installed Rom Manager, got the clockworkflash version for my phone, and started a reboot into recovery mode.
...
when I got to recovery mode, I see a little android and a exclamation mark. There was an error with installation saying something like "signature not verified"
All I want to do is replace the dialer graphics for my phone.
And that requires some flashing.
I tried an alternate method where I used Root Explorer, trying to replace the old dialer file with a new one. However, I am unable to modify the permissions in the system folder. Whenever I change the permission, it reverts back to the regular settings. I cannot rewrite any file in the system folder.
So how do I get recovery mode to work on my phone,
and how do I modify system file permissions to make them re-writable?
Related
today i deodexed my /system/app/ and /system/framework/ successfully.
used root explorer to copy and paste the framework directory in place.
before i could do the same for the app directory - multiple errors resulting in a reboot to a bootloop
i have tried for a few hours now to create a update.zip with the odexed files to return to a working environment.. what i get on the screen is.. installing update.zip.. installation aborted... no errors or anything. (this is with the stock samsung recovery)
i do have a copy of the the original odexed files and the deodexed files.
clockwork recovery isnt supported for this phone yet so i can't go that route
i can't adb push the files because i need to grant adb superuser permissions from the phone.
so basically i have a nice fancy brick with a rotating droid animation on the screen.
the phone is a Samsung Gravity Smart SGH-T589
any suggestions?
btw - the firmware hasn't been released yet for this phone or i'd attempt a fix with odin.
Last I checked you may have to go a custom route to install a custom recovery. That step is always the weirdest, and it's never been the same for any of my phones. Especially if the phone isn't going to start up the conventional way...
Here are two places with more information that I found, maybe you didn't.
http://androidforums.com/samsung-gravity-smart/395877-yay-gravity-smart-forum.html
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17354030
hey thanks guy
i actually started both those threads a while back =)
i'm making progress with my update.zip
got it to install finally but still bootlooping
Hey so I'm attempting to re-root my Nexus S 4G (now at stock 4.0.4), but when I reboot, it says I'm rooted....however when I try to reboot back into recovery, it goes to stock recovery. I'm not too sure, but I'm wondering if they put the safety feature from 2.3.1 back in the 4.0.4......
P.S.- I'm also havingtrouble getting ROM Manager to work (because Clockwork doesn't exhist in the recovery...I'm guessing)
There is a file that you have to delete using a file manager...I think it is in the recovery folder called "set on boot". Let me check around and see if I can get the exact location and name.
Edit: Here you go. http://www.theandroidsoul.com/install-touch-based-clockworkmod-cwm-recovery-on-galaxy-nexus/
Step 1 shows the file to delete. That file automatically pushes you to the stock recovery.
The problem is SuperUser isn't responding as "rooted" I don't have the permission to Mount R/W.....I'm not sure where to go from here...
Hello XDA can somebody help this bloody fool?
I was following the directions of this thread trying to install notifications toggles to my phone. Used root explorer. However, l changed the permissions on the wrong file or folder, it seems, as the phone just displays the logo and reboots, caught in a loop.
What files and folders has to have which permissions? How can I change them if I can't boot my phone? I don't have any mod other than Root, as this was the first I was trying to use, as I have to have better access to the toggles.
Any ideas? Some command prompt commands? Guide?
Sorry, I think I got it now.
Flashed the phone with Flashtool. Wised everything, but it's working now.
Hi guys!
I was hoping one of you could help me.
Yesterday i modified a build.prop file on my NextBook EBM8000ND (Next800T) tablet, causing it to get stuck in a bootloop every time it's turned on. I've been searching the Internet all day long but it's hard to find support when you have a device which no one in the world uses . It was rooted but I did a factory reset hoping that it would fix it. It didn't and now it's also unrooted. I tried to make a custom update.zip with the backup of the original build.prop file but the stock recovery simply refuses to load any update file. It always stops at verification. I used 7zip with store option. I tried signing the zip, I even edited the updater script to only print some text on the screen but the recovery still wouldn't load it. I tried to find a way to install CWM using sdcard but with no luck. When i tried to use ADB in recovery the device says: "failed to open driver control: No such file or directory". It might be worth mentioning that I found my device's ROM online with boot.img and recovery.img files and a .tar file which contains the original system folder.
Is there any way to make the stock recovery (since installing CWM or TWRP seems impossible) read my update file? Or is there another way to fix this? I only need to replace that single file.
Hoping to get help soon.
Cheers!
yeah.. so bought phone from swappa a couple years ago. It had a ROM on, was rooted, but I wanted to update / install cyanogenmod and so decided to factory restore (4.2.2) and then upgrade device to lollipop. Rooted again using http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-verizon/general/root-of1-t3249971 (worked like a champ), but was having trouble with Barnacle tether app. Used this procedure: http://bbs.elephone.hk/thread-5991-1-1.html~
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1. Download SQLite Editor from Play store – Open it and grant the root access
Go with a file root explorer into data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases. Make a copy of settings.db if you are not sure about what you are doing
Open SQLite Editor and grant the root access. Go into data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases and open settings.db and Global option
Select the "add" button and create a new pair entry
id= 108
name=tether_dun_required
value=0
Save and exit
2. Open a file explorer with root access (root explorer, ES File Explorer…). Go in /system and edit build.prop
At the end of the file, add this line:
net.tethering.noprovisioning=true
Save and exit
3. Shutdown your phone and restart in recovery mode, then go in Wipe/advanced and select Dalvik and Cache. Wipe this 2 files. Then reboot the phone.
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(made copies of db and build.prop, named with '_orig' in same (respective) directories, but reboot failed after clearing cache. Now all I can do is get into download mode. Kies says not meant for this device. repeated attempt to reload factory image using odin fail. booting into recovery mode gives message "software update failed - your device didn't update successfully. Use the Verizon Software Repair Assistant on a computer to repair your device and complete the update"
I read some things about verizon recovery app, but the download I managed to find doesn't actually install anything (yes, strange I know), and Verizon steered me toward samsung / Kies 3.
Is there a way to crack into the CLI (using adb for example) while in download mode so I can try to revert back to orig. settings.db and build.prop?
(should have left well-enough alone, pdanet was working
clymer said:
yeah.. so bought phone from swappa a couple years ago. It had a ROM on, was rooted, but I wanted to update / install cyanogenmod and so decided to factory restore (4.2.2) and then upgrade device to lollipop. Rooted again using http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-verizon/general/root-of1-t3249971 (worked like a champ), but was having trouble with Barnacle tether app. Used this procedure: http://bbs.elephone.hk/thread-5991-1-1.html~
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1. Download SQLite Editor from Play store – Open it and grant the root access
Go with a file root explorer into data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases. Make a copy of settings.db if you are not sure about what you are doing
Open SQLite Editor and grant the root access. Go into data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases and open settings.db and Global option
Select the "add" button and create a new pair entry
id= 108
name=tether_dun_required
value=0
Save and exit
2. Open a file explorer with root access (root explorer, ES File Explorer…). Go in /system and edit build.prop
At the end of the file, add this line:
net.tethering.noprovisioning=true
Save and exit
3. Shutdown your phone and restart in recovery mode, then go in Wipe/advanced and select Dalvik and Cache. Wipe this 2 files. Then reboot the phone.
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(made copies of db and build.prop, named with '_orig' in same (respective) directories, but reboot failed after clearing cache. Now all I can do is get into download mode. Kies says not meant for this device. repeated attempt to reload factory image using odin fail. booting into recovery mode gives message "software update failed - your device didn't update successfully. Use the Verizon Software Repair Assistant on a computer to repair your device and complete the update"
I read some things about verizon recovery app, but the download I managed to find doesn't actually install anything (yes, strange I know), and Verizon steered me toward samsung / Kies 3.
Is there a way to crack into the CLI (using adb for example) while in download mode so I can try to revert back to orig. settings.db and build.prop?
(should have left well-enough alone, pdanet was working
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Greetings,
Thank you for using XDA Assist. To get you the specific help you need, I'm going to move this thread to your device's Q&A forum. The experts that own your device are located there and will be able to help.
Good luck!