[Q] Firefox OS Root - Firefox OS Q&A

I have a Nexus 7 (2013/flo/razor) with Firefox OS installed. Is there a way to "Root" the device? and if so, what could it do?

Can u tell more about your problem ?

rakoczy12 said:
Can u tell more about your problem ?
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I am asking if it is possible to root the device on FirefoxOS

Yoyodude1124 said:
I am asking if it is possible to root the device on FirefoxOS
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Root to accomplish what?
If you use adb and the adb shell, you effectively have root access to the device and can muck about.

Saijin_Naib said:
Root to accomplish what?
If you use adb and the adb shell, you effectively have root access to the device and can muck about.
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You could have adb and adb shell without being root. In that case, you would have restricted permissions in your device. For example, you couldn't edit manually the wpa_supplicant.conf.
You could get root If you set ro.secure to 1. The best way to do it in a non-root build (and If you don't want to flash a new build with the env variablle VARIANT=eng), is to flash the boot.img from a rooted build.
That way, for example, I was able to root an user build to do some test and fixes.

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[Q] adb shell $ instead of #, adb root cannot run

I've followed the following thread CF-root 4.1.
Everything went fine and the kernel is rooted.
I can use apps which require root, like TitaniumBackup.
I also can use su to gain root privileges and also adb shell and then su. To make this more clear. I first get $ (user priv) and then with "su" i get # (root priv).
For this reason i can't use the adb push method, because i'm not root directly.
adb root which is suggested in a couple of threads isn't helping me. I get the following output. "adbd cannot run as root in production builds".
How can i fix it, so i can have root privileges directly when connecting via the adb shell?
You need an "insecure kernel" for that.
There are several for download in a thread in the dev section.
Why do you need ADB to be running as root for pushing, if you don't mind asking?
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HellcatDroid said:
You need an "insecure kernel" for that.
There are several for download in a thread in the dev section.
Why do you need ADB to be running as root for pushing, if you don't mind asking?
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Many thanks for illuminating people in this situation!
Cuz it's obviously more comfortable to do stuff using the computer's keyboard.

[Q] Evo 3D Rooting...

I tried to perform the Windows How To in page http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1158400. How do I know I have super user access?
mcabrera1965 said:
I tried to perform the Windows How To in page http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1158400. How do I know I have super user access?
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open up an app that requires SU access and it will tell you it has been granted or that you dont have root access. also in adb after running the commands you can type "adb shell" and you should see a #
steal25 said:
open up an app that requires SU access and it will tell you it has been granted or that you dont have root access. also in adb after running the commands you can type "adb shell" and you should see a #
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Yeah. What he said.

[Q] Disable ADB root login (cyanogenmod)

Now my phone is rooted, engineering boot ROM, with Cyanogenmod installed.
I'm wondering from a security standpoint, if someone happens to take my phone, and I happen to forget to disable USB Debugging, how can I make it harder to use ADB to reformat the phone?
By default, an ADB shell gives root access to the phone. How can you set the ADB shell to default to an unprivileged user that will have to 'su' in order to gain root access?
matkam said:
I'm wondering from a security standpoint, [...] How can you set the ADB shell to default to an unprivileged user that will have to 'su' in order to gain root access?
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I'd really like to know this, too. :b

can non-root user install .apk by pm command?

Hi,
I have connected to a android device by SSH.I have trying now to install package by using pm command.The problem is I am not root now as I am not able to be root now.So can I use the pm command and if not then is there any way to install a package silently by command line.
Kindly give some idea .....
Thanks.
pradiptart said:
Hi,
I have connected to a android device by SSH.I have trying now to install package by using pm command.The problem is I am not root now as I am not able to be root now.So can I use the pm command and if not then is there any way to install a package silently by command line.
Kindly give some idea .....
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No way..
Root is required to install a package silently. ADB shell can't bypass this requirement.
SachinShekhar said:
No way..
Root is required to install a package silently. ADB shell can't bypass this requirement.
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Not true. Sideloading apps via adb does not require a rooted device.
pradiptart said:
Hi,
I have connected to a android device by SSH.I have trying now to install package by using pm command.The problem is I am not root now as I am not able to be root now.So can I use the pm command and if not then is there any way to install a package silently by command line.
Kindly give some idea .....
Thanks.
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If you're connected now, why not just try it?
SifJar said:
If you're connected now, why not just try it?
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Thanks all for your valuable reply,
I will let you know about this..
Thnaks
Theonew said:
Not true. Sideloading apps via adb does not require a rooted device.
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I've just tested:
Code:
adb push app.apk /sdcard_root/app.apk
adb shell
$ pm install /sdcard_root/app.apk
Yes, it works. It has installed the app SILENTLY. I wonder why it doesn't work programmatically.
SachinShekhar said:
I wonder why it doesn't work programmatically.
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It would be quite a security problem if apps were able to silently install other apps, especially so easily.

Device rooted but no access to /data folder

I just used Odin3 v3.04 and CF-Root-SGS3-v6.4 to root my Samsung Galaxy S III. It seems root worked because CWM was installed and as i tried to execute it, i had to grant root rights to this app. But i can't execute adb root since its telling me "adbd cannot run as root in production builds". I can't access /data through ES Explorer on my phone either. Does anyone have a solution?
Djablos said:
I just used Odin3 v3.04 and CF-Root-SGS3-v6.4 to root my Samsung Galaxy S III. It seems root worked because CWM was installed and as i tried to execute it, i had to grant root rights to this app. But i can't execute adb root since its telling me "adbd cannot run as root in production builds". I can't access /data through ES Explorer on my phone. Does anyone have a solution?
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Try by flashing this zip file from CWM: http://download.chainfire.eu/370/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.80.zip
That may fix your issue..
EDIT: this wont flash any new app to your SGS3, it will flash updated su script.
suyash1629 said:
Try by flashing this zip file from CWM: http://download.chainfire.eu/370/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.80.zip
That may fix your issue..
EDIT: this wont flash any new app to your SGS3, it will flash updated su script.
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I get the following message when i start CWM:
After that i cant see any possibility to flash something (or i dont really know what else do you mean by "flash from cwm")
Djablos said:
I get the following message when i start CWM:
After that i cant see any possibility to flash something.
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just press ok and then press reboot in recovery mode and flash it through there.. else press the combination of Volume up + Power + Home button to enter the recovery.. you nneed to flash it through there
suyash1629 said:
just press ok and then press reboot in recovery mode and flash it through there.. else press the combination of Volume up + Power + Home button to enter the recovery.. you nneed to flash it through there
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Unfortunately It didn't fix my issue. It don't get any message for "adb root" and device is getting disconnected after that.
Code:
>adb devices
List of devices attached
4df1ec9f1b844f57 device
>adb root
>adb devices
List of devices attached
Still no luck for access to the folder from the phone.
Djablos said:
Unfortunately It didn't fix my issue. It don't get any message for "adb root" and device is getting disconnected after that.
Code:
>adb devices
List of devices attached
4df1ec9f1b844f57 device
>adb root
>adb devices
List of devices attached
Still no luck for access to the folder from the phone.
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Go to developer options and enable root access to both apps and adb, this may fix that problem..
suyash1629 said:
Go to developer options and enable root access to both apps and adb, this may fix that problem..
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Do you mean developer options of the phone? I can't find any options there regarding root access. I checked SuperSU app, but there is also only list of apps with root access and no possibilities to add apps.
Djablos said:
Do you mean developer options of the phone? I can't find any options there regarding root access. I checked SuperSU app, but there is also only list of apps with root access and no possibilities to add apps.
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yes it should be in developer options of the phone, m not sure if its in stock firmware.. if there is no such option than first try adb shell and then su, than it will prompt to give root access to shell. have you tried doing that?
suyash1629 said:
yes it should be in developer options of the phone, m not sure if its in stock firmware.. if there is no such option than first try adb shell and then adb su, than it will prompt to give root access to shell. have you tried doing that?
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Well now we're talking! I didn't know there is a possibility to gain root that way. Thank you for your help!
Djablos said:
Well now we're talking! I didn't know there is a possibility to gain root that way. Thank you for your help!
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well thats nothing, but why do you want to do by using adb?
suyash1629 said:
well thats nothing, but what do you want to do by using adb?
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I want to pull some apps to my PC to decompile them. I'm preparing myself for a seminar on my uni.
Djablos said:
I want to pull some apps to my PC to decompile them. I'm preparing myself for a seminar on my uni.
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oh.. and as i said above to use adb shell and then adb su, that might too work but simply use su after adb shell, i dont know how i entered adb su.
suyash1629 said:
oh.. and as i said above to use adb shell and then adb su, that might too work but simply use su after adb shell, i dont know how i entered adb su.
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Well, since i logged once with adb as root, the phone seems to give now permanently root access to adb. So i just used "adb pull /data/app/com...." with no problem.
Djablos said:
Well, since i logged once with adb as root, the phone seems to give now permanently root access to adb. So i just used "adb pull /data/app/com...." with no problem.
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thats fine but next time you can also use su to be root user over adb.. maybe next time also adb root wont work and you have to use adb shell asnd su to be root user..
suyash1629 said:
thats fine but next time you can also use su to be root user over adb.. maybe next time also adb root wont work and you have to use adb shell asnd su to be root user..
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Well to be precise, "adb root" still doesnt work, so i can gain root access only over shell->su. But it is completely sufficient for my purposes.
Djablos said:
Well to be precise, "adb root" still doesnt work, so i can gain root access only over shell->su. But it is completely sufficient for my purposes.
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adb root is not working because root access to adb is not available from developers option, so thats only way to gain root access. And also best of luck for seminar..
suyash1629 said:
And also best of luck for seminar..
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Thanks, I will definitely need some luck
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