Hey there! About 2 months ago I first rooted my HTC Legend and unlocked my bootloader and ugraded it to hboot 1.02
I installed cyanogenmod 7.2 and all worked great. I have CWM 5.0.2.8 installed too. And supertool worked for me (zergling rushes commenced . I was also able to use eclipse for android to view my root files via the computer.
Well I cant do this anymore. I can only see my root files via the phone using Root Explorer Lite which I downloaded from the play store.
And supertool is giving me errors of read-only file system (see attached screenshot) and says pushing Superuser.apk, so it appears on my phone, I also opened it but I don't know what im supposed to do in there??
I just want to be able to access my root files via my computer. do I have to use eclipse or is there another program? what am I doing wrong here?
ATM im using a workaround where I copy files to my SD card and then using Root Explorer Lite I copy for instance ringtones to the system/media/audio/ringtones folder and that works. But I need a simpler method like drag and dropping files into this folder via my computer. How can I do this?
Thanks for you help!
You can try qtadb.
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Curious as to actually know the need to use supertools when your already using a rooted rom?
I am so sure supertools was only needed to root a non rooted Rom, perhaps supertools stuffed it up....
Have you simply tried just using adb commands from cmd?
Perhaps your issue is the pc itself.
Maybe first is to try this:
Adb devices (proves phone and pc are connected).
Adb shell
Then type "su"
Then type "ls" (this gives file listing on device)
This is assuming you know anything about windows cmd, Adb and stuff like that.
Just some basics to get you started in trying to diagnose.
Hey, why not try restoring a nandroid backup you did earlier, you did do a backup yeah?
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jazib360 said:
You can try qtadb.
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thanks this actually worked! i dont even know how/why but it did
i tried other programs like Droid Explorer or Android Commander but it didnt let me copy files to system/media/ or wutever. and it would say my phone isnt rooted.
i tried the cmd promt as ranger said with adb shell
i did the su and ls thing and it works (displays dir/files list) but thats not the problem, the problem is when i type something like this:
chmod 777 media/
and it says it cant change permissions cuz its read-only file system, the same reason supertool didnt want to work. i wan my zergling rush!!!
seriously this is weird
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How i got perm root on my Flyer (does not give S-off just permroot of an S-off device)
YOU NEED TO HAVE A S-OFF device!
1)Start off with a fresh install of ROM check RUU thread
2)Used temp root from FlyerROOT.zip Thanks TeamWin for the temproot method Here is thread for orgnial files)
open FlyerROOT\ADB (on pc)
Make sure that you have USB debugging turned on (on phone) and drivers installed to PC
Run Fre3voFlyer.bat (from FlyerROOT\ADB)
3)check in ternimal ((on phone) need to install from market)) and see if you have root (I got permission denied)
4)ran superonclick with Gingerbreak exploit (thanks CLShortFuse for making this tool) (on pc) - S1C thread
open FlyerROOT and click on Superoneclick.exe
change exploit to Gingerbreak
hit root
Installed busybox when asked by S1C
Run Su test and looked on phone and Superuser asked for permission
5)Tried opening a app that uses root (root explorer) and SU FC on me
6)go to market and make sure you had latest version Installed (i had an update I needed)
7)Update binary when opening SU for the first time
Allow the SU app SU priviliages (funny I know)
8)Open a root app (root explorer again) and SU asked for permission
Test for permroot
turned off fastboot
deleted a system/app file (in this case htcfmwidget and htcfmwidge.obex) -using the r/w option in root explorer
Rebooted phone and reopened root explorer and looked for removed files and they were not there
None of the tools that I included were made by me they were made by the people I thanked. I just wrote the script for the tools to work. go to their threads and thank them.
Disclaimer I am not responsible for breaking your phone, melting it, or anything that may happen when doing this. Remember this is your choice
I have been able to use Root explorer, Titanium backup, terminal emulator and was able to remove APKs from the system folder that I do not want.
Thanks a lot! I followed your steps and got the perm-root for my Flyer. :-D
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Thanks a lot! I followed your steps and got the perm-root for my Flyer. :-D
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Glad I could help. Make sure you thank the people that made the tools to do it with as well
Do you know if this will work for the View as well?
this method not working for my s-off flyer. I can temp-root but cannot perm-root using this method.
When using temp-root seem that my /system folder got rw but I don't know why I cannot change the permission to ro. Anyone noticed?
When using SuperOneClick, I got this error and the script looping like no end >>
mount: mounting /dev/block/mmcblk0p25 on /system failed: Device or resource busy
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Great News Everyone!!! Thanks for the instruction. I just got the S-Off from Revolutionary. And now Permroot from this Thread. However I had slight issues with the direction. I still ended up having the files after reboot. I know I deleted those files. But everything else seems to be working. I have Root Explorer and Titanium Back-up working. Quite Excellent. Thanks!
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Hi crackeyes,
I am not very sure what need to be done on step1. I am lost after opend the link and there are many version of ROMs. Which to use? and what I should do next? Thanks.
My device is S-OFF with Revolutionary.
When I click root on superoneclick it stopped to "waiting device"....
test adb manually, to see if it is communicating.
Maby 'couse I have'nt installed HTC sync yet!
But I was sure that worked since "revolutionary" made very well the dirty job!
Now I'm installing HTC sync and re-tryng!
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yongck7, you need to grab the correct ROM for your device. You should read further and it will explain which ROM is for Which. Mine is WIFI only, which was like the 2nd or 3rd comment on that Thread. Once you are sure it is correct ROM, it's pretty simple. Download and execute the file while your flyer is connected. I'm not sure if Debugging is needed, but I had mine on. (Setting/Application/Development) But Like he said, start fresh, I tried this after I S-Off my flyer and it didn't work.
how do i connect my phone to my pc to search all my files and pull them out, im not tlking about sd mount eighter i need to pull out internal files
Try downloading a file manager on your phone.
Evo SHIFT
I need to connect my phones internal files to my pc, so i can access everything in my phone, root explorer or other apps won't allow that.
thizzlemania91 said:
I need to connect my phones internal files to my pc, so i can access everything in my phone, root explorer or other apps won't allow that.
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Root explorer allow you to delete system files.. you just have to change permission for it to work... thrust me I dint know how to do it at the beginning but it works.
You can use root explorer to copy/paste the files you want to your SD card. Or simply adb pull. Either way will work.
Just use adb wireless. You have full access wirelessly that way.
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You can always use Droid Explorer.
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how do i connect my phone to my pc to search all my files and pull them out, im not tlking about sd mount eighter i need to pull out internal files
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personally I prefer using the tools google has released for developers all included in the android-sdk package. the main tool for command line access to the device is adb (android debug bridge).
i wrote a quick/simple guide on the basic commands for using adb - [TUTORIAL/HOW TO] Basics of ADB
hope that helps!
Thanks ppl ill give your suggestions a go
Joey your tutorial is noob friendly +1thank you brother.
does anybody know if there's a way to block an app fr detecting that your phone is rooted, i was trying to redeem my code for my digital copy to download fast five on my phone using pocket BLU, once it gets ready to download it let's me knw that it detected that my phone was rooted n doesn't let me download, i also had the same problem with blockbuster before I was rooted I purchased some movies but after I was rooted tried to go back to my movies n. same thing, detected my device was rooted... I was wondering if there's a way or hack that we can do to not make it detectable as being rooted, thanx
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do you have the Superuser app auto allow root requests or do you have to manually allow each time?
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do you have the Superuser app auto allow root requests or do you have to manually allow each time?
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everytime u get an app that request root user permission I have to allow, it doesn't allow automatically but once I have aloud an app I don't have to do it again
You have to delete the root detection in some smali files to remove it.
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Flip35 said:
does anybody know if there's a way to block an app fr detecting that your phone is rooted, i was trying to redeem my code for my digital copy to download fast five on my phone using pocket BLU, once it gets ready to download it let's me knw that it detected that my phone was rooted n doesn't let me download, i also had the same problem with blockbuster before I was rooted I purchased some movies but after I was rooted tried to go back to my movies n. same thing, detected my device was rooted... I was wondering if there's a way or hack that we can do to not make it detectable as being rooted, thanx
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a temporary fix:
1) rename /system/bin/su to anything else, example: /system/bin/jk. i prefer to use adb shell for the renaming.
2) run the application which looks for root
3) when done running the application which has root detection, rename /system/bin/jk back to /system/bin/su.
this should work because the root detection method most applications use is to only check if a file named /system/bin/su is present. if that file is present, they consider the phone rooted. they usually don't even attempt to open the /system/bin/su which would trigger the superuser apk, they usually only look to see if the /system/bin/su file *exists*.
hope that helps!
joeykrim said:
a temporary fix:
1) rename /system/bin/su to anything else, example: /system/bin/jk. i prefer to use adb shell for the renaming.
2) run the application which looks for root
3) when done running the application which has root detection, rename /system/bin/jk back to /system/bin/su.
this should work because the root detection method most applications use is to only check if a file named /system/bin/su is present. if that file is present, they consider the phone rooted. they usually don't even attempt to open the /system/bin/su which would trigger the superuser apk, they usually only look to see if the /system/bin/su file *exists*.
hope that helps!
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after doing this is not gonna mess anything up with me been rooted, i'm still gonna b able to flash roms n all that?
joeykrim said:
a temporary fix:
1) rename /system/bin/su to anything else, example: /system/bin/jk. i prefer to use adb shell for the renaming.
2) run the application which looks for root
3) when done running the application which has root detection, rename /system/bin/jk back to /system/bin/su.
this should work because the root detection method most applications use is to only check if a file named /system/bin/su is present. if that file is present, they consider the phone rooted. they usually don't even attempt to open the /system/bin/su which would trigger the superuser apk, they usually only look to see if the /system/bin/su file *exists*.
hope that helps!
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joey good **** man, u da man, got it downloading my movie now so it worked
Flip35 said:
does anybody know if there's a way to block an app fr detecting that your phone is rooted, i was trying to redeem my code for my digital copy to download fast five on my phone using pocket BLU, once it gets ready to download it let's me knw that it detected that my phone was rooted n doesn't let me download, i also had the same problem with blockbuster before I was rooted I purchased some movies but after I was rooted tried to go back to my movies n. same thing, detected my device was rooted... I was wondering if there's a way or hack that we can do to not make it detectable as being rooted, thanx
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There's an app on the market "temp root remover" this works great for me..is much easier...
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luisrod03 said:
There's an app on the market "temp root remover" this works great for me..
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so we can go unroot n root pretty easy?
Flip35 said:
so we can go unroot n root pretty easy?
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Yes....on one click
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Yes....on one click
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iight thanx ill give itt a shot
After you rename the file you lose root. How do you regain root privilege to rename the file? Do you chmod? How do you mount rw?
larsdennert said:
After you rename the file you lose root. How do you regain root privilege to rename the file? Do you chmod? How do you mount rw?
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Try the app I put on the previous post that's going to give root access again...
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larsdennert said:
After you rename the file you lose root. How do you regain root privilege to rename the file? Do you chmod? How do you mount rw?
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yes try the app that luis posted it works flawless, i went in blockbuster and pocket BLU and downloaded all my movies without any issues got don't when to temp unroot remover one click n. back to normal, that app is definitely a life saver, thanx luis
Flip35 said:
yes try the app that luis posted it works flawless, i went in blockbuster and pocket BLU and downloaded all my movies without any issues got don't when to temp unroot remover one click n. back to normal, that app is definitely a life saver, thanx luis
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you welcome.....
Ok tried to watch fast five from the market, got video playback not supported on rooted devices error 49. Tried to find "temp root remover" in market... No results... Tried renaming system/bin/su still wont work... Ideas?
Ok got the temp root remover but is not working... Help?
Edit... Found a fix. Must be a synergy thing cause got the app to work in viperROM... guess synergys just heavyhanded with the tweaks.
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Ok tried to watch fast five from the market, got video playback not supported on rooted devices error 49. Tried to find "temp root remover" in market... No results... Tried renaming system/bin/su still wont work... Ideas?
Ok got the temp root remover but is not working... Help?
Edit... Found a fix. Must be a synergy thing cause got the app to work in viperROM... guess synergys just heavyhanded with the tweaks.
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Yeah synergy is cool rom but the bad thing is that when trying to change system files is not going to let u....
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Flip35 said:
after doing this is not gonna mess anything up with me been rooted, i'm still gonna b able to flash roms n all that?
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as you found out, the temporary fix won't "mess" with anything as long as you restore the su binary back to its default name.
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After you rename the file you lose root. How do you regain root privilege to rename the file? Do you chmod? How do you mount rw?
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you don't lose root by renaming the su binary. by renaming the su binary, you're ONLY changing the name of the su binary. the su binary does not require itself to be named "su" to execute properly. of course, make sure not to run chmod and remove the setuid bit on the file.
command: mv /system/bin/su /system/bin/jk
now, instead of having to type "su" for root, you'll type "jk" or whatever the new name of the su binary is.
also, you can configure adb shell to always drop to root access by toggling the ro.secure value, either 0 or 1, in the default.prop file which is stored inside the ramdisk of the boot.img kernel file. many custom kernels toggle this setting so adb shell always drops to root, even if no "su" binary exists on the system.
worse case, if for some reason you make a mistake, you can always boot into the custom recovery which provides root access via adb shell (ro.secure is toggle as such in the ramdisk of the recovery custom kernel) and setup root access again from there.
hope the additional information and technical details help!
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After using this app or manually renaming in Terminal Emu. Root is still detected by Pocket Blu. Any suggestions?
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After using this app or manually renaming in Terminal Emu. Root is still detected by Pocket Blu. Any suggestions?
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Really??? I've been using the app fr the market temp unroot remover n it works
I rooted my strange tablet using Kingo and apparently it was succesful:
http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/t539/talos910/Screenshot_2015-09-11-17-08-20_zpsurdgzj8p.png
But I have been trying for days to erase a file in /system and I have not been able to do it, I think I have read every relevant thread about this problem but no luck, I tried using ES and changed /system to r/w in the root options but when trying to delete the file all I get is operation failed, the same happens with all the other root explorers and tools. I even tried the solution on this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/ascend-p7/help/edit-replace-write-files-set-immutable-t2884172
but still can't delete it.
Also the app root toolkit for android gives me this weird error too:
http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/t539/talos910/Screenshot_2015-09-11-17-08-06_zps4nrxqiev.png
http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/t539/talos910/Screenshot_2015-09-11-17-08-02_zpsa1ycwdwl.png
Do you have an app like root explorer that specifically asks for root permissions? It doesn't matter if you have root if the explorer can't use it
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Yes all the file manager apps I used always ask for root permission, that is the problem they have root permission but still can't delete the file, which is weird because I can use apps that definitely need root like scr screen recorder and greenify just fine.
Try installing root explorer and then attempt to delete the file, then it should instantly open a window asking for root. The of course grant the permission. That should always work, but if it doesn't just restart the tablet, if it still doesn't work it must mean you are deleting a file that is in use by the system. Otherwise i have no idea whats wrong
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Talos91 said:
Yes all the file manager apps I used always ask for root permission, that is the problem they have root permission but still can't delete the file, which is weird because I can use apps that definitely need root like scr screen recorder and greenify just fine.
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What recovery did you install...twrp, cwm, philz?
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What recovery did you install...twrp, cwm, philz?
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Rooted my device using kingo root, I didn't intall other recovery.
Bad idea to try and remove system files without a custom recovery and a nandroid backup made and stored in a safe spot. What are you trying to remove?
I am trying to delete /system/sbin/su because I read in another thread this was the solution to fixing the issue of the app supersu not updating binaries when rooting your device using Kingo.
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I am trying to delete /system/sbin/su because I read in another thread this was the solution to fixing the issue of the app supersu not updating binaries when rooting your device using Kingo.
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That is the binary. If you remove it, you wouldn't be rooted. Can you link the thread you are looking at? There's an app made specifically for replacing that su binary with SuperSU and it's binary called Super-SUme, though I believe it is a paid app.
I know it is the binary but according to this guy:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/supersu/support-update-failures-t2907365/page23
(post 223)
""It appears kango wrote to /system/sbin/su whereas supersu wrote /system/xbin/su and subsequently supersu would keep wanting to update 'su' then fail.
The long and the short of it is once I manually removed /system/sbin/su supersu stopped telling me 'su' was outdated. I don't know android but I do know linux.
$PATH on my tablet has /system/sbin/ prior to /system/xbin/ so it would appear supersu is issuing 'su -V' as opposed to '/system/xbin/su -V' when it checks the version. The kingo 'su' was older than the supersu 'su'.
Dunno what the solution is 'cos the older 'su' is going to get called first & I figure there's nothing but trouble to be gained from changing $PATH globally. Nevertheless it might be enough to check $PATH for unwanted 'su' and flag them, possibly offer to remove them? In my case I renamed it "/system/sbin/su.ORIGINAL" so that it's still runnable in an emergency"""
If you rename it, it won't be able to run, and won't require removal.
That's the thing I can't rename the file either for some reason. Using es and other root explorers doesn’t work.
Talos91 said:
That's the thing I can't rename the file either for some reason. Using es and other root explorers doesn’t work.
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Seems like the SU binary that Kingroot included is pretty finicky and only works for some things. I've rooted 100s of devices and have never had issues like that. Have seen complaints about other various oddities with Kingroot too. It's nice that it's easy and works on a variety of devices, but if you have only limited control then that kind of defeats part of the purpose of rooting it...
Tried using SuperSUme but the app says I am not rooted with Kingo? wtf? Do you guys know of any other reason why i can't erase the system file sbin/su?
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Tried using SuperSUme but the app says I am not rooted with Kingo? wtf? Do you guys know of any other reason why i can't erase the system file sbin/su?
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With Root Explorer, does it let you set the system to R/W? There's a little button at the top of the app that will say R/O or R/W for Read Only or Read Write. If you don't have R/W to the system, then you are unable to make changes to it.
I just renamed file su and then it became able to be deleted.
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Tried using SuperSUme but the app says I am not rooted with Kingo? wtf? Do you guys know of any other reason why i can't erase the system file sbin/su?
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Connect your android tablet device to your windows computer. Then enable usb debugging on your android tablet. Then open the windows program called cmd. Then do these commands.
Code:
adb root
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adb remount
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adb shell rm /system/sbin/su
Using a Blu life x2 rooted TWRP and using a custom rom called Drax from blox2.
Having a heck of a time getting access to the root system directory. I can browse it just fine via Root Explorer app. I can see all the notification sounds and ringtones that are default. (im ultimately trying to put some new notifications/ringtones directly on the internal storage vs installing something like zedge to manage ringtones (and trying to learn as i go).
Using ADB and fastboot im able to copy files. at least i thought. Booted into TWRP, i can see my device via "adb devices" I try to copy the first time and it fails as it doesnt see the directly (which is odd to me because its clearly there, i can navigated it when booted into android and browsing via Root Explorer. I then see that adb created a directly, i try again and it says it copied. As you can see on the screen shot.
since i cant submit a link yet.... drive.google.com/open?id=0B1halGed5ltCMVY0VzduRk5kTHM
So i think im golden, i go into Android try to change the notification and .. bubkiss. Nothing. I then try to see the file in android via root explorer and its not there.
I think i have a permissions issue as i've tried copying files directly in android using Root Explorer and I get operation failed or permissions complaints.
Any insights on this?
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Using a Blu life x2 rooted TWRP and using a custom rom called Drax from blox2.
Having a heck of a time getting access to the root system directory. I can browse it just fine via Root Explorer app. I can see all the notification sounds and ringtones that are default. (im ultimately trying to put some new notifications/ringtones directly on the internal storage vs installing something like zedge to manage ringtones (and trying to learn as i go).
Using ADB and fastboot im able to copy files. at least i thought. Booted into TWRP, i can see my device via "adb devices" I try to copy the first time and it fails as it doesnt see the directly (which is odd to me because its clearly there, i can navigated it when booted into android and browsing via Root Explorer. I then see that adb created a directly, i try again and it says it copied. As you can see on the screen shot.
since i cant submit a link yet.... drive.google.com/open?id=0B1halGed5ltCMVY0VzduRk5kTHM
So i think im golden, i go into Android try to change the notification and .. bubkiss. Nothing. I then try to see the file in android via root explorer and its not there.
I think i have a permissions issue as i've tried copying files directly in android using Root Explorer and I get operation failed or permissions complaints.
Any insights on this?
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