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Ok guys I know some one has the answer I am trying to change the Boot Screens that come up when you boot up the phone I have found the file they are located in but cant figure out how to replace the .gif files. Thanxz
num1rbffan said:
Ok guys I know some one has the answer I am trying to change the Boot Screens that come up when you boot up the phone I have found the file they are located in but cant figure out how to replace the .gif files. Thanxz
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just overwrite them with adb push? create an update file for the recovery image? copy to sdcard then with adb or ssh shell move them to the destination?
i have the a file saved as boot.gif which should replace the first boot screen but I guess I just cant figure out the write commands. I am at a loss. Any help is appreciated cuz I have tried
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system/media/bootscreen
and that errors out
and tryed
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
cd /system/media/bootscreen
and it will not let me cd into the bootscreen folder it will only let me get to the media folder.
num1rbffan said:
i have the a file saved as boot.gif which should replace the first boot screen but I guess I just cant figure out the write commands. I am at a loss. Any help is appreciated cuz I have tried
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system/media/bootscreen
and that errors out
and tryed
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
cd /system/media/bootscreen
and it will not let me cd into the bootscreen folder it will only let me get to the media folder.
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Very strange...no errors after the
Code:
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
right?
Also, does bootscreen shot up if you do
Code:
cd /system/media
ls
?
Do you have many apps installed and suddenly your device said that your internal memory is low? While this is happened, you also can't receive any sms...
Usually it happened when your /data partition comes below 22mb free space... But now I realize that I still have 60mb free space in my /system partition...
So to sum it up, I basically just move some of the .apk in /data/app/ into /system/app/
To do this, you can use:
- adb shell > su
- install Root Explorer or SU File Manager (easier)
- add your own method here
Then reboot. Remember that by doing these, your application will now becomes protected application... You can't update it with market and you can't uninstall it (except by using Titanium Backup)... So I just put some of my apps that I thought I will never update (such as some games that I install from SD card )
Now my /system partition only have 100kb free space
You also can freeing up /system free space by uninstalling some unneeded default apps that comes with your devices. For example, default trial RollerCoaster app or uninstall timescape...
More info for uninstalling this protected apps, go to forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=740338
Or you can uninstall protected apps directly using Titanium Backup... Backup it first in case you want to use it later...
One more thing, root required. To root, go to forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=739874 or forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=739845
P.S: I can't post a links yet
Brilliant tip - I might put this on my blog after testing it! Thank you!
Ok, Perfect!
It works. Thanks
Noice one.
Are you absolutely sure that protected apps can't be updated on the market?
Facebook and Maps came pre-installed for me and are protected; they also update regularly from the Market..
I think they'll update - you'll just get the new version installed to /data/ with the older version left in /system/
So when you get an update, you'll just need to manually delete the previous version from system and copy the new version back in its place (if that makes sense)
Very nice post, I have a question, should it be done by rooting your phone first?? Coz u said that u r using adb shell with super user, am I right?
Sent from my Xperia X10 Mini Pro
I found this post and thought that this was very usefull, so i went ahead and tried it out on my missys phone.
1st of all, ive done some heavy modifications to the general look and feel of the phone. Nearly all blue is gone. Changed it to baby pink. My girl likes Twilight saga alot, so i changed nearly all the app icons in the apk's, both the SE ones in /system/app and the ones in /data/app.
The changing of images, icons, bars and buttons, i will try and write another post on under the theme forum later.
So.. I went ahead and tried this:
Obviosly the phone is rooted, else i couldn't change anything in the phone =)
I tried to move MyBackup from /data/app to /system/app.
The app is installed and working like it should and i did:
Code:
adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock0 /system
mount -o rw,remounr -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /data
busybox mv /data/app/com.rerware.android.MyBackup.apk /system/app
reboot
What happens after this is... No icon in menu.. Can't find it anywhere.. Should it be renamed or what am i missing here?
I have then deleted the program. Installed it again from market. Found it in working order and tried things like:
Code:
adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock0 /system
mount -o rw,remounr -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /data
dd if=/data/app/com.rerware.android.MyBackup.apk of=/system/app/com.rerware.android.Mybackup.apk
reboot
Same result..
Another go..
Code:
adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock0 /system
mount -o rw,remounr -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /data
cat /data/app/com.rerware.android.MyBackup.apk > /system/app/com.rerware.android.MyBackup.apk
reboot
Again, no app icon anywhere on the phone..
Last i tried:
Code:
adb push c:\x10\apk\com.rerware.android.MyBackup.apk /sdcard/apk/com.rerware.android.MyBackup.apk
adb shell
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock0 /system
mount -o rw,remounr -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /data
busybox install /sdcard/apk/com.rerware.android.MyBackup.apk /system/app
reboot
Still failing... so, what am i missing?
shadowillusion said:
Remember that by doing these, your application will now becomes protected application... You can't update it with market and you can't uninstall it (except by using Titanium Backup)...
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All is correct.
But using appbrain - fastweb installer apps, you can see if a "protected" app is up to date or not in the application list of appbrain app too.
So you can uninstall it and re-install the update version (if you want)
I moved a lot of apps to /system
Thank you very very much for this tip
FastDuck said:
I found this post and thought that this was very usefull, so i went ahead and tried it out on my missys phone.
1st of all, ive done some heavy modifications to the general look and feel of the phone. Nearly all blue is gone. Changed it to baby pink. My girl likes Twilight saga alot, so i changed nearly all the app icons in the apk's, both the SE ones in /system/app and the ones in /data/app.
The changing of images, icons, bars and buttons, i will try and write another post on under the theme forum later.
So.. I went ahead and tried this:
Obviosly the phone is rooted, else i couldn't change anything in the phone =)
I tried to move MyBackup from /data/app to /system/app.
The app is installed and working like it should and i did:
Code:
adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock0 /system
mount -o rw,remounr -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /data
busybox mv /data/app/com.rerware.android.MyBackup.apk /system/app
reboot
What happens after this is... No icon in menu.. Can't find it anywhere.. Should it be renamed or what am i missing here?
I have then deleted the program. Installed it again from market. Found it in working order and tried things like:
Code:
adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock0 /system
mount -o rw,remounr -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /data
dd if=/data/app/com.rerware.android.MyBackup.apk of=/system/app/com.rerware.android.Mybackup.apk
reboot
Same result..
Another go..
Code:
adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock0 /system
mount -o rw,remounr -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /data
cat /data/app/com.rerware.android.MyBackup.apk > /system/app/com.rerware.android.MyBackup.apk
reboot
Again, no app icon anywhere on the phone..
Last i tried:
Code:
adb push c:\x10\apk\com.rerware.android.MyBackup.apk /sdcard/apk/com.rerware.android.MyBackup.apk
adb shell
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock0 /system
mount -o rw,remounr -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /data
busybox install /sdcard/apk/com.rerware.android.MyBackup.apk /system/app
reboot
Still failing... so, what am i missing?
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I think you are forgetting to reboot the phone!
Apps aren't showing if moved and the phone didn't reboot!
Dear,
when I move the file facebook from the folder: data/app to system/app with the root explorer on the mobile phone after reboot I can not see the icon on the screen
regards
juergen
Reboot again and you'll see it
Actually, apps do show without a reboot.
Problem is that there was references somewhere in the phone to the app when it resided in /data/app... So i copied the apk to the sdcard. Uninstalled the app and after root, mount i did a:
busybox install /sdcard/some/path/SomeApp.apk /system/app
it worked like a charm.. And it shows without a reboot..
FastDuck said:
Actually, apps do show without a reboot.
Problem is that there was references somewhere in the phone to the app when it resided in /data/app... So i copied the apk to the sdcard. Uninstalled the app and after root, mount i did a:
busybox install /sdcard/some/path/SomeApp.apk /system/app
it worked like a charm.. And it shows without a reboot..
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works this also perfect with root explorer, when I not connected my phone to the pc?
Ok I am on a rooted 345 us White dell streak.
I am trying to deodex. I have used the deo 1.2.1 deodexer in the xda forum thread for auto deodex 2.3.
I pulled all my apks and their odex files from the /system/app/ folder
and the jars and odex files from the /system/framework folder
I am trying to use adb to copy them from my sdcard to the correct folders, but when i reboot my phone hangs at the dell logo.
Hopefully someone can see what I am doing wrong.
I enter:
adb shell
su (then I allow permission on my phone)
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock6 /system
cp /sdcard/doneapk/* /system/app/
cp /sdcard/doneframework/* /system/framework/
rm /system/app/*.odex
rm /system/framework/*.odex
mount -o ro,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock6 /system
reboot
what am i missing?
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
sync
reboot
also u can find them here as i done this to intgrade arabic to streak its in done_app & done_fram
my rom 345
http://hotfile.com/dl/110981641/4de9442/arabic_streak_345_15380_00.7z.html
bump..
can you guys post a quick guide with steps on how to do this? How hard is it to go back and edit files later like services.odex? if it doesn't exist anymore?
I have no idea what bump means......forum noob obviously.
But if you search auto deodex 2.3 in xda forums it is under droidx forums.
So I changed the mount command to yaffs2 /dev/bkock/mtdblock6 where theirs is different because from what I understand, that is the streaks mount command for mounting.
But I will try the other path and see if it works. I will keep you updated when I try it later.
freepal08 said:
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
sync
reboot
also u can find them here as i done this to intgrade arabic to streak its in done_app & done_fram
my rom 345
http://hotfile.com/dl/110981641/4de9442/arabic_streak_345_15380_00.7z.html
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so I tried your command path and no luck. still stuck on the dell logo.
Thank GOD for nandroid backup.
how exactly did you deodex your files? maybe thats what i am missing. Maybe the deodexed files i put in have an issue.
i used xUltimate-v2.2.2
and if u are 345 rom
u can use my files
also its take up to 10 min to load the phone
Krad said:
bump..
can you guys post a quick guide with steps on how to do this? How hard is it to go back and edit files later like services.odex? if it doesn't exist anymore?
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Whenever you edit services.odex you first doedex it...then you modify it...then you carefully and painfully re-odex it...with a deodexed file system you get rid of the first and last steps...
so it would be services.dex, you copy it to your pc, edit it, and send it back...quicker and easier modding
freepal08 said:
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
sync
reboot
also u can find them here as i done this to intgrade arabic to streak its in done_app & done_fram
my rom 345
http://hotfile.com/dl/110981641/4de9442/arabic_streak_345_15380_00.7z.html
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ok I am trying your files. I see you put sync as your last command after you remount. that differs than the droidx forum How to manually deodex thread.
what does sync do?
I got farther with your files than i have before. So maybe I might have some luck after all, but still stuck on a frozen boot animation
I have no idea what I did differently but I am now deodexed using the file provided above.
My phone is now a rooted and deodexed 345 build. Nice!
OBJECTIVE - Install CyanogenMod 7
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=946354
Obstacle - Failed at INSTALLING A CUSTOM RECOVERY
http://androidforums.com/getitnowmarketing/221388-custom-recovery-optimus-one-p500-thunderg.html
1. I have successfully root by following this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1001713
2. I have placed both flash_image and recovery-RA-GNM-thunderg-1.1.0at the root of sd card
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1007244
3. I am stucked at "INSTALLING A CUSTOM RECOVERY" and need help (I am getting error messages of file not found. Pictures attached)
Picture 1:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/5562426547/
Picture 2:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/5563002890/
Picture 3:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/5563002928/
PS: My phone is still locked to Koodo, does it matter I leave it locked ?
I think '>' has error
You'd better typing it in terminal no in cmd
need root and type in terminal
su
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock1 /system
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /system/bin/flash_image
chmod 755 /system/bin/flash_image
mv /system/etc/install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh.bak
mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock1 /system
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-GNM-thunderg-1.1.0.img
reboot recovery
It will help you
sondw said:
I think '>' has error
You'd better typing it in terminal no in cmd
need root and type in terminal
su
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock1 /system
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /system/bin/flash_image
chmod 755 /system/bin/flash_image
mv /system/etc/install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh.bak
mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock1 /system
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-GNM-thunderg-1.1.0.img
reboot recovery
It will help you
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Thanks and it works.
Hi,
I am trying to add indic fonts to my amaze. (following this xda thread). I was looking at these instructions to make /system/fonts writable. However, the listing of the mounts on the amaze is somewhat different.
for /system, here is what I am getting
/dev/block/mmcblk0p29 /system ext4 ro,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0
so what is my remount command? would this be right?
mount -o remount,rw -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p29 /system
Any better way to get indic fonts on amaze?
busybox mount -o remount,rw /system
I have a rooted phone with stock rom and superuser. (following the sticky thread how to root your amaze) I am not planning to install any ROMs (just yet). So how do I get busybox? Is there amaze specific busybox.apk that I can install?
Thanks
did not get busybox .. instead gave command
mount -o remount,rw /system
in the adb shell after su and that worked just fine ..
New question .. what are the default rwx permissions? I changed the fonts directory to 777 and would like to move it back to what it was ..755? is it?
755 it is. or use font changer, https://market.android.com/details?id=com.martino2k6.fontchanger
there is a free version