It seems that nobody is talking about deodexing the Droid X2. Just thought I would let everyone know that xUltimate 2.2.8 works on the Droid X2 with the newest drivers installed. I am currently manually deodexing my root GB Droid X 2.
Some Members Might Not Wanna Take The Risk. With All The ROMs Are Already Deodexed. Me Personally I've Had That Program Downloaded Since The First Time It Was Posted And Have Used It Numerous Times. Now That You Mentioned This, You Should Go Bump That Thread.
If anyone can instruct me on how to successfully create an update zip I would gladly do it for those that don't want to take the risk of deodexing manually. But I am really shocked that a deodexed GB is not in the TBH App and no one seems to be talking about it.
I'm Gonna PM You A Few Websites To Learn How To Do It.
Am I doing something wrong? I am trying to use the adb commands to copy everything over from the done_app and the done_framework folders but it is saying: CP: /sdcard/done_app/* when I run cp /sdcard/done_app/* /system/app
These are the commands that I am trying:
adb shell
su
stop
mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
cp /sdcard/done_app/* /system/app/
cp /sdcard/done_frame/* /system/framework/
rm /system/app/*.odex
rm /system/framework/*.odex
mount -o ro,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
reboot
dimitri407 said:
Am I doing something wrong? I am trying to use the adb commands to copy everything over from the done_app and the done_framework folders but it is saying: CP: /sdcard/done_app/* when I run cp /sdcard/done_app/* /system/app
These are the commands that I am trying:
adb shell
su
stop
mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
cp /sdcard/done_app/* /system/app/
cp /sdcard/done_frame/* /system/framework/
rm /system/app/*.odex
rm /system/framework/*.odex
mount -o ro,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
reboot
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You Need To Manually Transfer Them Over USB First. Both App And Frame Place Them On Your SD Card.
They are both on my sd card. Actually they are on the external sdcard and the internal sdcard. That is what seems so weird about the error. The files are there. Is the command wrong for the Droid X 2?
dimitri407 said:
They are both on my sd card. Actually they are on the external sdcard and the internal sdcard. That is what seems so weird about the error. The files are there. Is the command wrong for the Droid X 2?
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When You Did "su", Did You Grant The Superuser Request On The Phone?
Yeah. You have to do that initially to be able to use the mount command. Is the mount command my issue by chance?
dimitri407 said:
Yeah. You have to do that initially to be able to use the mount command. Is the mount command my issue by chance?
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There's Nothing Wrong With Your Code As Long As The Two Folders Are On The Root Of The SD Card. I Have No Idea What Is Wrong When The Information You Provided Is What You're Actually Doing.
I can't figure it out either. I did this to my Droid X with no problems. But the Droid X 2 just wants to be a pain when I am trying it.
MikeJ92YJ said:
There's Nothing Wrong With Your Code As Long As The Two Folders Are On The Root Of The SD Card. I Have No Idea What Is Wrong When The Information You Provided Is What You're Actually Doing.
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I am wondering, since it is not working in adb shell then could I do it in the terminal?
MikeJ92YJ said:
There's Nothing Wrong With Your Code As Long As The Two Folders Are On The Root Of The SD Card. I Have No Idea What Is Wrong When The Information You Provided Is What You're Actually Doing.
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So I finally got everything to work but to do so I had to copy the done_app and the done_frame folders to /data/local/tmp then run the cp commands.
For some reason, I could not get to the SD Card or the External SDCard.
you both need to quit hijacking threads and grow up. If I was the mod I would ban both of you.
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mistawolfe said:
Lol. You beg for 'em. Signature...
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Can we please stop hijacking my thread. This is suppose to be about Deodexing the Droid X 2.
Well I am suprised to report that since deodexing my stock pre-rooted GB, my battery life has been much better. Will have to see what it is like at the end of the day.
dimitri407 said:
Well I am suprised to report that since deodexing my stock pre-rooted GB, my battery life has been much better. Will have to see what it is like at the end of the day.
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Oh God Yes. It's Gonna Faster And Smoother. The Point Of Deodexing Is It Recompiles The Odex Inside The Apk For Easier Themeing And The System Is Able To Read The Apks Faster. Definitely Gonna Help Battery If The System Isn't Working As Hard.
when you connect USB, you MUST be in "charge only" mode w/ usb debugging enabled. ANY OTHER MODE will fail to allow complete access to /sdcard or /sdcard-ext...
or at least that was my experience.
I'll Challenge That I Used PC Mode To Run The Deodex App And Then To Transfer The Completed Files Without Switching Modes. Anytime I Run ADB Operations My Phone Is In PC Mode.
I will check both settings today. But by mounting the partition, it should become available either way. But we will see.
I'm trying to push files to /system via ADB. However I'm having problems (getting permission errors). I am running Eclipse 2.0.2, so yes, my phone is rooted, I have su and busybox.
Phone is connected to PC and is set as "USB Mass Storage".
USB Debugging is ON
Here is my CMD log:
Code:
C:\android-sdk\tools>adb remount
remount failed: Operation not permitted
I tried to remount and it failed
Code:
C:\android-sdk\tools>adb push C:\myfile.apk /system
failed to copy 'C:\myfile.apk' to
'/system/myfile.apk': Read-only file system
I tried to push, and got a READ-ONLY FILE SYSTEM error (keep this in mind)
Code:
C:\android-sdk\tools>adb shell
$ adb push C:\myfile.apk /system
adb push C:\myfile.apk /system
adb: permission denied
I try to push inside of ADB shell. Nothing again...
Code:
$ su
su
# mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
# exit
exit
I go into SU and attempt to remount the /system
Code:
$ adb push C:\myfile.apk /system
adb push C:\myfile.apk /system
adb: permission denied
$ exit
exit
I go back up to ADB shell and try to push again... same error as before
Code:
C:\android-sdk\tools>adb push C:\myfile.apk /system
failed to copy 'C:\myfile.apk' to '/system/myfile.apk': Permission denied
I go back to the main command line and try to push again. This time I get PERMISSION DENIED. This error is different than before.
Any help on the matter?
I've read about ro.secure needing to be set to 1, but I need to edit the boot.img in order to do this, correct? Does that require an unlocked bootloader? Is root ADB even possible on the DX2.
Thanks!
I am no expert (don't even know if i know enough to b called a newb) but maybe try a root explorer. I use es file explorer because it's free. In settings check root explorer and mount file system. I received similar errors and this solved my problem.
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I'm familiar with root explorer, it's easy. I'm wanting to be able to use ADB though. Your post made me try something new though. I plugged my phone into my PC, then went into root explorer and mounted everything as RW. But, still was unable to push via ADB. Thanks for the reply though
So, how can I get ADB working?
wesf90 said:
I'm familiar with root explorer, it's easy. I'm wanting to be able to use ADB though. Your post made me try something new though. I plugged my phone into my PC, then went into root explorer and mounted everything as RW. But, still was unable to push via ADB. Thanks for the reply though
So, how can I get ADB working?
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I was using adb also and had similar problems. After i changed those settings i was able to push a file. I had to have system mounted.
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No luck on my end :/
Sorry i couldn't be more help. I am new to adb and may have done more to get it working. I'm sure there's someone else around here that can help u out.
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Make sure there are no spaces in the file path to your android-sdk folder. Can't say if this is your issue but its worth a shot as it has always caused weird problems with android development since day one.
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Ro.secure is in your local.prop on the root of your phone. As far as your issue you have to reset permissions in order to push to /system. I saw that you were trying to do that but with no success. I believe I know what will help but I will have to find it and repost.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1133528
Ok look at the command lines at the bottom of the op. You are going to use adb shell. Follow that almost exactly but adjust according to your directories. Should go into adb shell, gain su permissions, mount /system rw, push your apk, then don't worry about remounting as ro, just reboot. Pay close attention to spaces.
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CadenH said:
Ro.secure is in your local.prop on the root of your phone. As far as your issue you have to reset permissions in order to push to /system. I saw that you were trying to do that but with no success. I believe I know what will help but I will have to find it and repost.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1133528
Ok look at the command lines at the bottom of the op. You are going to use adb shell. Follow that almost exactly but adjust according to your directories. Should go into adb shell, gain su permissions, mount /system rw, push your apk, then don't worry about remounting as ro, just reboot. Pay close attention to spaces.
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Took me a few days to be able to getting around to trying this, but it didn't work :/ I'm still getting all of the same errors. The /system just doesn't seem to want to mount as RW (even though it is possible when using root explorer).
As for ro.secure in my local.prop, I'm able to edit this but it resets on reboot because (from what I've read) this is a file generated by the kernel
Anyone else have ideas?
Wes
wesf90 said:
Took me a few days to be able to getting around to trying this, but it didn't work :/ I'm still getting all of the same errors. The /system just doesn't seem to want to mount as RW (even though it is possible when using root explorer).
As for ro.secure in my local.prop, I'm able to edit this but it resets on reboot because (from what I've read) this is a file generated by the kernel
Anyone else have ideas?
Wes
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Moon shadow has a post in development to mount system rw
It's some type of script u run before adb or something
I don't know anything bout adb
But I do know he created it for this reason
Check it out
It's prolly got the info you need
ashclepdia said:
Moon shadow has a post in development to mount system rw
It's some type of script u run before adb or something
I don't know anything bout adb
But I do know he created it for this reason
Check it out
It's prolly got the info you need
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Thanks for that! It's not quite what I'm aiming to eventually do, but did give me more insight on how the whole adb/shell/su systems work. From inside of su, I was able to mount the /system as RW, however I'm only able to do this from inside of SU. I want to be able to do this from the initial CMD so that I can ADB PUSH from my computer to the phone.
Here's my latest log:
Code:
C:\android-sdk>adb shell
[[TRYING TO MOUNT FROM ADB SHELL]]
$ mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
mount: Operation not permitted
[[TRYING TO MOUNT FROM ADB SHELL USING BUSYBOX]]
$ busybox mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
busybox mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
mount: permission denied (are you root?)
[[GO TO SU]]
$ su
su
[[MOUNTING AS RW SUCCESSFUL]]
# mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
[[COPYING A FILE INSIDE /SYSTEM SUCCESSFUL]]
# cp framework/framework-res.apk framework/framework-res-test.apk
cp framework/framework-res.apk framework/framework-res-test.apk
[[REMOUNTING /SYSTEM AS RO]]
# mount -o ro,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
mount -o ro,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
[[ATTEMPTING TO COPY AGAIN, FAILED]]
# cp framework/framework-res.apk framework/framework-res-test2.apk
cp framework/framework-res.apk framework/framework-res-test2.apk
cp: can't create 'framework/framework-res-test2.apk': Read-only file system
#
So now the question is, how do I mount as R/W so I can use ADB push?
Wes
Maybe its because im tired but im confused as to why it wont let you push your files if you have remounted as rw. At that point it should be cake. You gained access to system by remounting it as rw successfully already.
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wesf90 said:
So now the question is, how do I mount as R/W so I can use ADB push?
Wes
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Try:
Code:
adb devices
adb remount
adb push [filename] [destination]
adb reboot
the "adb remount" remounts the fs RW instead of the default RO.
I'm no expert in ADB, but I had run into the same issue as you and for me the fix was to go into ADB SHELL , then type SU to get SU access, then type exit twice to get out of shell completely. Then I tried pushing the APK and it worked fine with no read only errors.
This worked for me on my SGS2, could work for you ! Goodluck !
Come to IRC and I can help you with this. http://webchat.freenode.net Come to the #cm7dx2 channel. I'm usually there... Look for the nick(s) Moon|Work|(something), Moon|Home|(something), or MoonShadow-NM. If the (something) says Busy, I might not answer right away. If it says Away, I'm away from the keyboard and you won't receive a response until I return.
Ciao!
Any update
did you ever get this figured out? I'm having the same frustrations on mine. Mine won't install the 2.3.5 update due to it not recognizing the Quickoffice.apk and I'm trying to push the files manually, but I'm having no luck getting past the same you've posted here.
hellhunter said:
did you ever get this figured out? I'm having the same frustrations on mine. Mine won't install the 2.3.5 update due to it not recognizing the Quickoffice.apk and I'm trying to push the files manually, but I'm having no luck getting past the same you've posted here.
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I've got a better idea to fix your issue brotha!
From my nexus tappin the talk
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hellhunter said:
did you ever get this figured out? I'm having the same frustrations on mine. Mine won't install the 2.3.5 update due to it not recognizing the Quickoffice.apk and I'm trying to push the files manually, but I'm having no luck getting past the same you've posted here.
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Do this
Sbf to 2.3.4
(or 2.3.3& take one ota To get to 2.3.4...however you want to do it..just be bone stock 2.3.4 )
Root your device.
BUT DO NOT USE ZERGRUSH TO ROOT
Use petes Motorola one click root method.
Then continue the process as normal from there on out.
Trust me in this. Zergrush root method is not playing nice with your /system partition, (if you notice during the root process it might say something like "making room in system,"= or "moving/deleting app to make room" something similar)
And when it does that, it's messing up how the update checks for untouched stock apps.
Let me know how it goes.
This solution has worked for COUNTLESS others so far, zergrush has always been the culprit when it comes to failing to find certain apk or system file that needs to be there for the update to install.
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jamesh0317 said:
Try:
Code:
adb devices
adb remount
adb push [filename] [destination]
adb reboot
the "adb remount" remounts the fs RW instead of the default RO.
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This won't work with Eclipse since it's not using 2nd init. I asked this question in the Eclipse forums and Nitro responded with the following:
Not without using 2nd init. All of that works due to being able to load its own init.rc which starts services and passes parameters, etc.. during boot time. It is possible to make a stock rom use 2nd init. CM9 will not even have root enabled by default. The only other way to push stuff is to enable root shell prior to pushing.
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I know that CM7 allows using the adb remount, but that's because it's using 2nd init. I had also asked the question about why CM7 defaults to root shell when you adb shell into it and that's why he mentions how CM9 won't have root enabled by default.
The way I push to Eclipse is to run root explorer on my phone and mount the directory r/w. Then, I can use "adb push" to the phone.
ashclepdia said:
Do this
Sbf to 2.3.4
(or 2.3.3& take one ota To get to 2.3.4...however you want to do it..just be bone stock 2.3.4 )
Root your device.
BUT DO NOT USE ZERGRUSH TO ROOT
Use petes Motorola one click root method.
Then continue the process as normal from there on out.
Trust me in this. Zergrush root method is not playing nice with your /system partition, (if you notice during the root process it might say something like "making room in system,"= or "moving/deleting app to make room" something similar)
And when it does that, it's messing up how the update checks for untouched stock apps.
Let me know how it goes.
This solution has worked for COUNTLESS others so far, zergrush has always been the culprit when it comes to failing to find certain apk or system file that needs to be there for the update to install.
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I think I may have tried that in one of my iterations. Originally I had it rooted with One-Click and then I was having issues with the 2.3.5 OTA update (quickoffice.apk) and at this point I've SBF'ed and rooted it probably 5 times this week so far. Rooted with both One-click and zergRush at various times. Actually I think every time except this last time has been with one-click. So I don't think that has seemed to make a difference for me so far. I can try it again, but if there's any other advice to throw out in the mean time, I'll take it.
Alternatively, I may take the new phone (the first replacement they sent had 2.3.5 on it, but a bad menu key causing the phone to flip out), load Titanium Backup on it, backup all the system apps and restore them to my original phone. Worst case is I have to SBF it again. But that seems like a logical process since I will have two phones available.
Hey guys,
When i try to mount system :
Code:
[email protected]:/# mount -o rw, remount /dev/block/system
mount: read-only file system
There is the problem.
Please help i'm stuck with that since 4 hours
I have no idea, but maybe you can find something useful here? If not, try googling "can't mount android system read-only" or the output from your terminal.
Thank you
I've already seen the thread and nothing worked for me i will search a little bit more on google and if I find something will post it here.
Drakir said:
I've already seen the thread and nothing worked for me i will search a little bit more on google and if I find something will post it here.
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Hi did you find a solution? I have the same problem. I am root user but cannot change the mounting of the /system
thank you
Re
I had to reset and wipe data, reboot a few times and it finnaly worked with the same command good luck
Hello, Noob here so only allowed to post to 'General' forum.
I have a Nabi-2 tablet that I recently flashed the stock 2.1.27 ROM.
Then used WiFi to do the OTA to version 2.3.11.
And got TWRP installed (Jelly Bean v2.6.3) and rooted the device.
Trying to get Need For Speed installed without chewing up all the
internal memory. And also trying to learn some basics about mounting,
symbolic links, etc on the Android.
NFS gets installed at:
/storage/sdcard0/Android/data/com.ea.games.nfs13_na
I'd like to install it on the external card at:
/storage/sdcard1/links/Android/data/com.ea.games.nfs13_na
I made a folder named 'init.d' and placed it:
/system/etc/init.d/
Then placed my script 'foo' into init.d.
foo contents:
Code:
#!/system/bin/sh
mount -o bind /storage/sdcard0/Android/data/com.ea.games.nfs13_na /storage/sdcard1/links/Android/data/com.ea.games.nfs13_na
Then I moved all the contents from the subfolder in sdcard0 to
the respective folder in sdcard1.
And made sure the permissions were set to rwx for all folders and
the script.
Should this approach work? I did something wrong but thought I should
ask the experts if this is even a valid approach.
I'm sure there are other ways to accomplish this but like I said, my
objective is to also learn.
I also also run into this problem with my kid's nabis. Especially with NFS!
So I put up a post here to give it some more visibility (maybe):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2592694
Looking at your mount command - looks like you reversed the args.
Try this with the suggestions in my post.
Code:
mount -o bind /storage/sdcard1/links/Android/data/com.ea.games.nfs13_na /sdcard/Android/data/com.ea.games.nfs13_na
Hope it helps.
skippyV said:
I also also run into this problem with my kid's nabis. Especially with NFS!
So I put up a post here to give it some more visibility (maybe):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2592694
Looking at your mount command - looks like you reversed the args.
Try this with the suggestions in my post.
Code:
mount -o bind /storage/sdcard1/links/Android/data/com.ea.games.nfs13_na /sdcard/Android/data/com.ea.games.nfs13_na
Hope it helps.
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Just got it working using your pointers. Thanks so much! :good:
That Init.d program is awesome!
Hi all.
I apologize ahead of time that this thread is so long, but I have quite a problem. I am in the process of rooting my unlocked Galaxy S4 running Android 5.0.1 lolipop, but I cannot add the su and busybox to my /system/bin folder because /system is a read-only filesystem. I have done just about everything I can think of to mount and remount, like typing adb remount and mount -o remount,rw /system, but they just give me the same answer saying permission is denied. I tried doing adb root to get the permission I needed, but I got an error message saying that adbd cannot run as root in production builds. After doing some research, I found out that the /default.prop has debuggable=0 and that may be what is not allowing me to restart adb as root. So I opened the shell and typed cat to see and sure enough it was set to 0. So I did echo and set the variable to 1. However, whenever I hit enter, I got another error telling me the same thing, that /default.prop is a read-only file. I am at a loss of what to do now. How I can mount and unmount the /system if I can't get any permission to do so? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I do ask though, please don't recommend ready made apps that can insta-root your phone like a supah-hackah because I want to do this the hard way for gratification's sake. I am just stuck and need some help to get the /system to allow writing as opposed to read-only. Thanks in advance.