Hi,
I'm rooted yet cannot mount system folders as r/w. I am definitely rooted (confirmed by using su command in terminal and the fact apps that require root are working) and noticed this issue when trying to install busybox pro.
It warned me that there was an existing busybox in /sbin and would remove it before trying to install in system/xbin but the installation failed.
I tried to remove busybox from /sbin but the folder would not mount as r/w in root explorer OR solid explorer.
I managed to remove the file in TWRP recovery though.
Weirdly, I've been using titanium backup to uninstall system apps without any issues.
How can I fix this? Repair permissions int wrp?
I presume you followed the same instructions as I. I am on the 621 and currently have the same issue (also rooted). But on my end it is actually worse. I cannot mount the system partition in TWRP either (I mean I can mount it but when I try to delete or move a file I get error messages), and something happened to my download manager (which basically means that for the time being I cannot download apps from Google Play or from the internet, etc). I have a good download manager apk, but when I try to install it it asks me if I want to update the existing app, and the operation fails - I have to try and find a 3rd party alternative for the time being). It is kind of a problem.
(to update, I have very limited r/w permissions in TWRP. If I get lucky I can make small changes.)
WastedJoker said:
How can I fix this? Repair permissions int wrp?
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I don't think so. I tried this, and I eventually was able to view/attempt to edit file permissions inside of X-plore file explorer (don't know if it is a coincidence, but I first had that success opening X-plore in 'mount system r/w' mode after changing the i/o scheduler to cfq). Anyways, it consistently shows all 755/644 permissions, so the permissions are not being re-written upon boot from what I can gather. But if I try to edit permissions or copy files to System folders, I still got error messages to the effect of "you cannot do this,' even though it is a root file explorer and the system partition is purportedly mounted as r/w.
Try flashing this in recovery: SonyRICDefeat by dosomder.
CubicU07 said:
Try flashing this in recovery: SonyRICDefeat by dosomder.
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Thank you for this. Has anyone ever tried this on the Z3TC? Mine is running smoothly enough such that I am reluctant to fix what isn't broken. It seems that early issues I had with freezes, TWRP, etc, probably had to do with my SD card and the Android media scanner.
I've tried it on the Z3TC SGP621. Thus the recommendation.
CubicU07 said:
Try flashing this in recovery: SonyRICDefeat by dosomder.
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I have the exact issue in lollipop and I have tried flashing RICDefeat and I get errors.
Sorry for the Hijack :/
Use my RICDefeat from here and run it from terminal. Works only if you are rooted. Afterwards you should have r/w access.
lowtraxx said:
Use my RICDefeat from here and run it from terminal. Works only if you are rooted. Afterwards you should have r/w access.
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Do you thing that your zip can be used on a Z1C?
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After rooting my .28 TFP, I noticed that the directory (system/xbin) contains much less files than before (only 4 files.)
I'm having some problems with some root apps especially patching apps. Could this be the problem?
Can I copy binary files from my MB855 rooted Ginger Bread phone to the same directory?
there's a busybox app on the market, I think this has the programs you are missing. (or rather, it installs the latest versions for you). Try that first.
tshoulihane said:
there's a busybox app on the market, I think this has the programs you are missing. (or rather, it installs the latest versions for you). Try that first.
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Thank you. It worked. Root apps that did not use to work before are now working.
A couple of bugs I have noticed after installing busybox, though.
-some root apps that used to work in the background now have to be started manually.
-Superuser app does not show the prompt message and gives root access to root apps without prompt.
-The system files were mounted as RW and not mounted back to RO. I was unable to do it myself :-(
Any advice?
Hmmm... Try re-installing the superuser apk (and let it update the su binary if it wants to).
For /system as RO - reboot. It may be that you are trying to re-mount it with the wrong options. If it comes up as RW after reboot, something odd is going on.
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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JMink said:
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.
Talos91 said:
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?
Talos91 said:
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.
Talos91 said:
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
Hello, im having a couple of problems regarding my filesystem as well as the app supersu and its binary file.
To start, i rooted with kingroot and switched to supersu using terminal emulator commands. There are still kingroot files in my xbin which i will attatch a picture showing the contents of my xbin folder in attatchments (i also have .tmpsu in xbin) please ask if you need more pictures or information of files located in my directories.
The problems i need help with is:
1. I cannot mount /system or any foler in that directory as r/w, i feel that there is a file located somewhere that is preventing me from mounting /system as r/w.
2. I cannot update the su binary, i have tried normal and twrp modes neither work. Ive also tried flashing the UPDATE-supersu-2.78.zip in twrp and that doesnt work either. It says that it installed but nothing changes once i boot back into system, i feel that me not being able to mount /system as r/w is preventing me from updating the su binary.
I need help on how to regain conrtol of my /system and how to update the su binary. Any help? Thank you
Some specs of phone:
Android 5.1
Cpu model - AArch64 processor rev 4
Kernel version - 3.10.65+
Model - blu vivo xl
icy201 said:
Hello, im having a couple of problems regarding my filesystem as well as the app supersu and its binary file.
To start, i rooted with kingroot and switched to supersu using terminal emulator commands. There are still kingroot files in my xbin which i will attatch a picture showing the contents of my xbin folder in attatchments (i also have .tmpsu in xbin) please ask if you need more pictures or information of files located in my directories.
The problems i need help with is:
1. I cannot mount /system or any foler in that directory as r/w, i feel that there is a file located somewhere that is preventing me from mounting /system as r/w.
2. I cannot update the su binary, i have tried normal and twrp modes neither work. Ive also tried flashing the UPDATE-supersu-2.78.zip in twrp and that doesnt work either. It says that it installed but nothing changes once i boot back into system, i feel that me not being able to mount /system as r/w is preventing me from updating the su binary.
I need help on how to regain conrtol of my /system and how to update the su binary. Any help? Thank you
Some specs of phone:
Android 5.1
Cpu model - AArch64 processor rev 4
Kernel version - 3.10.65+
Model - blu vivo xl
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download root checker from the play store and make sure that u have root access on your device
messi2050 said:
download root checker from the play store and make sure that u have root access on your device
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It says i have properly installed root access. Something fishy is going on with my root and my system.
icy201 said:
It says i have properly installed root access. Something fishy is going on with my root and my system.
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then u can try to completely uninstall root from inside super su/king root apps and then reinstall it
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then u can try to completely uninstall root from inside super su/king root apps and then reinstall it
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I did try that too, it took around 15-20 minutes to uninstall then when i rebooted the app was gone but my device still had root. I did get it to uninstall root 1 time then i went and flashed the zip file and the same problem occured again. Maybe kingroot just f-ed up my device so root will never work properly again? Maybe a virus? Idk whats going on with it.
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I did try that too, it took around 15-20 minutes to uninstall then when i rebooted the app was gone but my device still had root. I did get it to uninstall root 1 time then i went and flashed the zip file and the same problem occured again. Maybe kingroot just f-ed up my device so root will never work properly again? Maybe a virus? Idk whats going on with it.
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Your device does not have twrp/cwm port ?
It does, i have twrp(touch) 3.0 for blu vivo xl. Thats the only way i got my device unrooted one time. What i had to do i had to boot into recovery, mount /system, reboot into system then root explorer would allow me to mount /system as r/w but i believe theres a script or something somewhere that is locking the /system into read only mode cause after a short period of time (around 5 minutes or so) i can no longer modify or delete anything in that folder even though it still says its in r/w and if i close root explorer and reopen it it shows that its back in read only mode even though i didnt change it back to that.
Edit: if i mount /system in twrp and boot into system when i boot back into twrp system is not mounted anymore, idk if its supposed to do that or not.
These are the only possible solutions ive been able to find that do kinda make sense.
"It's because you need a boot.img with r.o secure=0 in the build prop" i went and looked and my file says r.o secure=1 that would explain why my system will not mount as r/w.
Another post i found said -
"I've found the source of the problem asking in the MIUI forums, the boot image will not accept a modified /system.
You have to use the adb interface: adb devices then adb disable-verity.
Disclaimer: I'm not responsible for any damage caused by these operations."
The second solution seems more reasonable and alot easier to do. My question now is: will one or both of these solutions possibly fix both my problems? And the second solution disabling verify should that be okay to do without messing up my device? I do have that recovery i could flash but dont wanna do anything that might make the phone not boot into recovery.
icy201 said:
It does, i have twrp(touch) 3.0 for blu vivo xl. Thats the only way i got my device unrooted one time. What i had to do i had to boot into recovery, mount /system, reboot into system then root explorer would allow me to mount /system as r/w but i believe theres a script or something somewhere that is locking the /system into read only mode cause after a short period of time (around 5 minutes or so) i can no longer modify or delete anything in that folder even though it still says its in r/w and if i close root explorer and reopen it it shows that its back in read only mode even though i didnt change it back to that.
Edit: if i mount /system in twrp and boot into system when i boot back into twrp system is not mounted anymore, idk if its supposed to do that or not.
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Yes that's normal , your problem is because of a buggy root
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Yes that's normal , your problem is because of a buggy root
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I just remembered something. I think i know what bugged it. I was trying to do an ota update for my device and it wouldnt let me. I found another app by chainfire called flashfire. I tried to flash the ota update and i had the option "inject supersu" enabled even though i already had supersu installed and everything else i needed for root. I guess doing that messed up all my su files ect.. But how do i fix it? I cant uninstall root cause my /system folder is locked into r/o. If i press full unroot in supersu it will remove the app (although it takes a while!) but all the files needed for root stay.
Guess there just no fixing this phone. Someone really hacked it good i guess, problem is still there and nothing can fix it...
Update - thread can be closed
Problem fixed, to fix the problems i was having i had to download the stock system files for my device and flash them, after that just installed the latest supersu 2.78 zip and remount problem is fixed.
I have lenovo vibe shot and I have updated it with Android 6.0.1, rooted it with SuperSU 2.78
and installed systemless xposed framework on it all of the things are going well but
recently I tried to change the boot animation and I realized that I dont and I cant have writing access
to /system and any of its sub folders (i want to replace a couple of MP4 files inside /system/media
no matter if I use mount commands from adb from PC or any other app in my mobile, write access will not be given
for example ES File explorer says it is read only, when I click on write and click OK, it will show no error, but going to
same setting again it shows read only selected again
similar is the case with Root Browser
I think it is due to systemless root
But is there any way I can get write acccess to /system/media ???
plz help
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I have lenovo vibe shot and I have updated it with Android 6.0.1, rooted it with SuperSU 2.78
and installed systemless xposed framework on it all of the things are going well but
recently I tried to change the boot animation and I realized that I dont and I cant have writing access
to /system and any of its sub folders (i want to replace a couple of MP4 files inside /system/media
no matter if I use mount commands from adb from PC or any other app in my mobile, write access will not be given
for example ES File explorer says it is read only, when I click on write and click OK, it will show no error, but going to
same setting again it shows read only selected again
similar is the case with Root Browser
I think it is due to systemless root
But is there any way I can get write acccess to /system/media ???
plz help
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Root properly
I did it twice using TWRP I flashed Super SU 2.78 2 times, it never showed any error
and went fine
Plz tell me a little more if you mean something else by root properly
Any app that needs root access is working perfectly fine except for this permission
setting issue on /system
Hello.
I've installed viper4android on my mido. Everything is ok, but there is a background static sound when music is being played. According to the viper FAQ I need to delete /system/lib/soundfx/libbundlewrapper.so. What did I do:
1. Mount system as rw
adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount,rw /system
2. try to rename that file
cd /system/lib/soundfx
mv libbundlewrapper.so libbudnlewrapper-2.so.bak
3. No success. Trying to create backup in a file manager and than trying to delete it. Still no luck. Changed system to ro and I'll wait for suggestions.
The file is there like I haven't done anything. The uncharted territory of the system partition still awaits for me. What I can do next to get the thing to work?
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Hello.
I've installed viper4android on my mido. Everything is ok, but there is a background static sound when music is being played. According to the viper FAQ I need to delete /system/lib/soundfx/libbundlewrapper.so. What did I do:
1. Mount system as rw
adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount,rw /system
2. try to rename that file
cd /system/lib/soundfx
mv libbundlewrapper.so libbudnlewrapper-2.so.bak
3. No success. Trying to create backup in a file manager and than trying to delete it. Still no luck. Changed system to ro and I'll wait for suggestions.
The file is there like I haven't done anything. The uncharted territory of the system partition still awaits for me. What I can do next to get the thing to work?
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What rom do you use? Miui or los/aosp? Also do you use, magisk or super su? Plus, please tell how did u Install viper, that is through recovery or by using magisk?.
MyNameIsRage said:
What rom do you use? Miui or los/aosp? Also do you use, magisk or super su? Plus, please tell how did u Install viper, that is through recovery or by using magisk?.
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I use Official and final RR
The phone uses magisk and viper was flashed by magisk (should I remove the module and flash as non-system app?)
Rust3dCor3 said:
I use Official and final RR
The phone uses magisk and viper was flashed by magisk (should I remove the module and flash as non-system app?)
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Why don't you use es file manager? I just tried i was able to do it with es.
MyNameIsRage said:
Why don't you use es file manager? I just tried i was able to do it with es.
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Still does not work. I have no idea what to do. Again.
Renaming the file does not go despite a Toast is visible "Rename Successful" and while deleting there is "Device or resource busy"
Rust3dCor3 said:
Still does not work. I have no idea what to do. Again.
Renaming the file does not go despite a Toast is visible "Rename Successful" and while deleting there is "Device or resource busy"
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Why don't you try deleting it from twrp.
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Why don't you try deleting it from twrp.
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I tried. The funny part is that I can only see /system/usr. No other folder is in /system. Thats why I've posted this topic. I'm just lost.
Rust3dCor3 said:
I tried. The funny part is that I can only see /system/usr. No other folder is in /system. Thats why I've posted this topic. I'm just lost.
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Nope, you haven't mounted system in twrp, that's the reason you are only seeing /usr
So do this
From main menu, select "mount" and there select System, also make sure that the "system" box is checked and the box saying "mount system partition as read only" is unchecked(I've attached a screenshot for reference). Now you can easily go to /system and it should list the files and folders., And you can delete the file you want. Quote me if you need more help
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Nope, you haven't mounted system in twrp, that's the reason you are only seeing /usr
So do this
From main menu, select "mount" and there select System, also make sure that the "system" box is checked and the box saying "mount system partition as read only" is unchecked(I've attached a screenshot for reference). Now you can easily go to /system and it should list the files and folders., And you can delete the file you want. Quote me if you need more help
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I can't believe how stupid I am. Thank You for Your advice.