I have been having this error message come up using the terminal. I was attempting to add the volume enhancements via Lucid's script on the hybrid JF 1.51 with the HTC apps. I have asked Lucid if he knew how to solve this, but i wanted to see if anyone else might know the solution. I have been searching on here and also on google and yahoo but I have yet to find anything. I even took out my sd card to see if that would help after restarting my phone but nothing. Did i just screw myself?
innerlight said:
I have been having this error message come up using the terminal. I was attempting to add the volume enhancements via Lucid's script on the hybrid JF 1.51 with the HTC apps. I have asked Lucid if he knew how to solve this, but i wanted to see if anyone else might know the solution. I have been searching on here and also on google and yahoo but I have yet to find anything. I even took out my sd card to see if that would help after restarting my phone but nothing. Did i just screw myself?
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i'm not privvy to lucid's script, but..
remount /system rewrite
do a cp -f to the files you are replacing
remount /system read-only
if you still get no space left, reboot your phone, then try again.
pershoot said:
i'm not privvy to lucid's script, but..
remount /system rewrite
do a cp -f to the files you are replacing
remount /system read-only
if you still get no space left, reboot your phone, then try again.
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forgive my ignorance but do I type this in terminal as is? Because when I do that it cannot find remount.
I think I found the problem as to why I saw that error. I went from JFs-1.51 US built to the hybrid one that cyanogen did (the JF-1.51 + HTC apps) and I think there maybe something wrong inside there. First wiped and flashed JF's one and then wiped and flashed the cyanogen one and the problem is there.
innerlight said:
forgive my ignorance but do I type this in terminal as is? Because when I do that it cannot find remount.
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copy the three files needed for the volume increase (2 if your on JF (AudioFilter and AudioPara4)) on to the sdcard in to lets say a directory named 'audio'. make sure you have unmounted the sdcard from within your OS after you have completed the copy, and have unplugged the USB cable.
open up terminal (on your phone)
$ su
# mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
# cd /sdcard/audio
# mkdir BK
# cp -p /system/etc/Audio* ./BK
# cp -f AudioFilter.csv /system/etc
# cp -f AudioPara4.csv /system/etc
# cp -f AudioPara_TMUS.csv /system/etc
# mount -o ro,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
# exit
$ exit
bounce your phone.
pershoot said:
copy the three files needed for the volume increase (2 if your on JF (AudioFilter and AudioPara4)) on to the sdcard in to lets say a directory named 'audio'. make sure you have unmounted the sdcard from within your OS after you have completed the copy, and have unplugged the USB cable.
open up terminal (on your phone)
$ su
# mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
# cd /sdcard/audio
# mkdir BK
# cp -p /system/etc/Audio* ./BK
# cp -f AudioFilter.csv /system/etc
# cp -f AudioPara4.csv /system/etc
# cp -f AudioPara_TMUS.csv /system/etc
# mount -o ro,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
# exit
$ exit
bounce your phone.
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Thanks for the reply. I am still getting the same error with the JF-1.51+HTC apps build. I told Cyanogen about it and hopefully he will get it sorted out because his built is faster than the regular JF build. I guess I have to decide if the added HTC apps are worth more than the sound increase.
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I found a guide to aply apps to sd on my milestone. I got it working, but the problem is, that apps installed in the data/app-private folder doesn't show as installed. I can see that they are placed in ext2 partion on my sd card along with the other apps, that normaly installes in data/app.Here is the guide i used
After creatting a ext2 partition on my SD card, i copied ext2. To sd card along with
mot_boot_mode script
#!/system/bin/sh
export PATH=/system/bin:$PATH
mot_boot_mode.bin
insmod /data/ext2.ko
mount -t ext2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /data/sdapp
Then in recovery mode i entered
adb shell
su
cp /sdcard/ext2.ko /data/ext2.ko
insmod /data/ext2.ko
mkdir /data/sdapp
mount -t ext2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /data/sdapp
cp /data/app/* /data/sdapp/
mkdir /sdcard/sicherung
cp /data/app/* /sdcard/sicherung
rm -r /data/app
umount /data/sdapp
mount -t ext2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /data/sdapp
ls /data/sdapp
ln -s /data/sdapp /data/app
chmod 644 /data/sdapp/*
/data/busybox/chown -h 1000:1000 /data/app
/data/busybox/chown 1000:1000 /data/sdapp/*
/data/busybox/chown 1000:1000 /data/sdapp
insmod /data/ext2.ko
mount -t ext2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /data/sdapp
mount -o remount,rw / /system
mv /system/bin/mot_boot_mode /system/bin/mot_boot_mode.bin
cp /sdcard/mot_boot_mode_script /system/bin/mot_boot_mode
chmod 755 /system/bin/mot_boot_mode
Do i need to make a symbolic link in data/app-private also?
I would realy like to get this working, because i purchased a lot of apps on the marked. But i have only half of them installed. It used to work on my HTC hero. But it was allready enabled in a custom rom. And that is not possible to do on a Milestone
Thanks
Fixed it by changing app-private folder two
hey glaus...
this almost seems like a guide, hehe...
i'm trying to get apps2sd to work on my milestone as well...
i tried booting in recovery mode and entering the chain of commands you just set out....
but when i go into recovery mode, i see the reboot system option, apply sdcard:update.zip, wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache partition....
and under it, i have e: can't open /cache/recovery/command
any ideas on how to fix this or where can i enter those commands you set out?
i tried in adb shell, but i get a /data/busybox/chown is not found error when setting the permissions...
thanks!
do
crap me too and it deleted some apps 2 i really want this been trying for a week oh i have a telus milestone and get the same above error.busybox is installed and hard drive is partioned
ah crap market is gone 2 lol gotta do a nano restore......man i want this bad i even bricked my phone and brought it back to life this week arghhhh
yeah...i don't know where claus is from...but if he has a telus milestone, he's the only one i've seen been able to install apps2sd with a telus milestone
i've seen other countries, even some with the same bands as we have, but none have had the actual "telus" one....the funny thing is that i can get everything else to work..
i have titanium backup pro, emulator, root explorer and everything is at superuser access...
if claus can help, i will bear his children
edit: how the heck do you install/activate the mot_boot_mode script? I see reference to it in a few wikis on basically that's what will allow us to use apps2sd...but I have no clue how to implement it
got app2sd working on milestone using a diff method will post soon
ok i got app2sd working on my telus milestone here is how i did it if u tried this method here ur gunna have to unroot then root or use a nano backup of freshly rooted phone busybox need mot to be installed so use titanium for back up and proceed http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=692367
ClausG76 said:
I found a guide to aply apps to sd on my milestone. I got it working, but the problem is, that apps installed in the data/app-private folder doesn't show as installed. I can see that they are placed in ext2 partion on my sd card along with the other apps, that normaly installes in data/app.Here is the guide i used
After creatting a ext2 partition on my SD card, i copied ext2. To sd card along with
mot_boot_mode script
#!/system/bin/sh
export PATH=/system/bin:$PATH
mot_boot_mode.bin
insmod /data/ext2.ko
mount -t ext2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /data/sdapp
Then in recovery mode i entered
adb shell
su
cp /sdcard/ext2.ko /data/ext2.ko
insmod /data/ext2.ko
mkdir /data/sdapp
mount -t ext2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /data/sdapp
cp /data/app/* /data/sdapp/
mkdir /sdcard/sicherung
cp /data/app/* /sdcard/sicherung
rm -r /data/app
umount /data/sdapp
mount -t ext2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /data/sdapp
ls /data/sdapp
ln -s /data/sdapp /data/app
chmod 644 /data/sdapp/*
/data/busybox/chown -h 1000:1000 /data/app
/data/busybox/chown 1000:1000 /data/sdapp/*
/data/busybox/chown 1000:1000 /data/sdapp
insmod /data/ext2.ko
mount -t ext2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /data/sdapp
mount -o remount,rw / /system
mv /system/bin/mot_boot_mode /system/bin/mot_boot_mode.bin
cp /sdcard/mot_boot_mode_script /system/bin/mot_boot_mode
chmod 755 /system/bin/mot_boot_mode
Do i need to make a symbolic link in data/app-private also?
I would realy like to get this working, because i purchased a lot of apps on the marked. But i have only half of them installed. It used to work on my HTC hero. But it was allready enabled in a custom rom. And that is not possible to do on a Milestone
Thanks
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fixed http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=692367
For those of you that felt in love with the Blur Alarm and looking for a way to add it back. I have figured out the missing files beside the apk that goes in the system\app. This has been tested with sucess for Fission ROM v2.0.1.
Adding Blur alarm
system\app\BlurAlarmClock.apk
framework\blur-res.apk
framework\com.motorola.blur.library.utilities.jar
Hope it help.
nice,
I prefer the blur alarm over the normal one.
but here is my problem, the dock is DeskClock.apk, which is also the Clock and the alarms,
when I replace it with the Dock.apk, then the dock won't start up,
did you try to do that?
I'm getting the following exception, and have no clue on how to fix that Oo
Code:
11-04 00:39:22.031 2063 2063 E AndroidRuntime: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.motorola.dlauncher/com.motorola.dlauncher.DLauncher}: java.lang.SecurityException: Neither user 10048 nor current process has android.permission.DEVICE_POWER.
braway said:
nice,
I prefer the blur alarm over the normal one.
but here is my problem, the dock is DeskClock.apk, which is also the Clock and the alarms,
when I replace it with the Dock.apk, then the dock won't start up,
did you try to do that?
I'm getting the following exception, and have no clue on how to fix that Oo
Code:
11-04 00:39:22.031 2063 2063 E AndroidRuntime: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.motorola.dlauncher/com.motorola.dlauncher.DLauncher}: java.lang.SecurityException: Neither user 10048 nor current process has android.permission.DEVICE_POWER.
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What ROM are you using? I renamed the original DeskClock.apk to DeskClock.bak since I don't have a docking station. May be it has something to do with the dlauncher. I also deleted the original launcher2 and replaced it with launcherpro.apk.
Fission 2.0.2
I basically did the same with the DeskClock.apk
but added the Dock.apk from the clean verizon rom (which is basically the "stock" droid2), I guess I'm simply missing something
btw, com.motorola.dlauncher is Dock.apk
I guess something is still missing which would set the missing permission oO
got it to work...
if someone cares:
I had to manually modify the /data/system/packages.xml
it should contain something like this:
Code:
<package name="com.motorola.dlauncher" codePath="/system/app/Dock.apk" flags="1" ts="1288859615000" version="8" userId="10057">
<sigs count="1">
<cert index="1" />
</sigs>
</package>
userId and ts are probably different
change the cert index to 0 !
reboot (right after it, for example with adb reboot)
after reboot, check that your change is still in this file (should be)
put your phone into the docking station, and the blur dock should start
yay
lol, this default blur alarm app is awesome and best I have seen. I was so surprised at what it wanted me to do when I first woke up to it , lol
I am not using fission and I am using Rubix 1.6.
I can only find the bluralarm.apk file and I can't find
framework\blur-res.apk
framework\com.motorola.blur.library.utilities.jar
Do i have to nandroid back to a blurry room to pick these up or are they available somewhere else?
Thanks
rkrasny said:
I am not using fission and I am using Rubix 1.6.
I can only find the bluralarm.apk file and I can't find
framework\blur-res.apk
framework\com.motorola.blur.library.utilities.jar
Do i have to nandroid back to a blurry room to pick these up or are they available somewhere else?
Thanks
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get the vzw clean rom (or so) from droid2files.com (http://droid2files.com/roms/VZW_2.4.5_Clean_ROM.zip)
everything should be in it...
braway said:
get the vzw clean rom (or so) from droid2files.com (http://droid2files.com/roms/VZW_2.4.5_Clean_ROM.zip)
everything should be in it...
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Perfect; thanks much.
Question?
How do I add this to my phone and make it work? Do I need to use ADB and move it to the phone or what? I really liked the blur alarm a lot and would like to get that back if I can. Thanks for any help in advance.
You just need a method to transfer the files to the phone to the correct spot
ADB or root explorer can move the files
I will show the adb method below, you can substitute the adb shell, mount, cp (copy), chmod (change permissions), and rm (delete) steps with Root Explorer
ADB
Open a command prompt
cd to the directory where you have the files on your computer
Code:
adb push BlurAlarmClock.apk /sdcard/BlurAlarmClock.apk
adb push blur-res.apk /sdcard/BlurAlarmClock.apk
adb push com.motorola.blur.library.utilities.jar /sdcard/com.motorola.blur.library.utilities.jar
Then adb shell to the phone, mount system as r/w, copy the files to the system
Code:
adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
cp /sdcard/BlurAlarmClock.apk /system/app/BlurAlarmClock.apk
cp /sdcard/blur-res.apk /system/framework/blur-res.apk
cp /sdcard/com.motorola.blur.library.utilities.jar /system/framework/com.motorola.blur.library.utilities.jar
Then set the permissions on these files so they will work
Code:
chmod 644 /system/app/BlurAlarmClock.apk
chmod 644 /system/framework/blur-res.apk
chmod 644 /system/framework/com.motorola.blur.library.utilities.jar
You can then remove the files from the sdcard if you wish
Code:
rm /sdcard/BlurAlarmClock.apk
rm /sdcard/blur-res.apk
rm /sdcard/com.motorola.blur.library.utilities.jar
Now mount the system as read-only again
Code:
sync
mount -o ro,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
As for the Blur dock
Use the same steps above to copy the file and move it to the system
Code:
adb push Dock.apk /sdcard/Dock.apk
adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
cp /sdcard/Dock.apk /system/app/Dock.apk
chmod 644 /system/app/Dock.apk
sync
mount -o ro,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
rm /sdcard/Dock.apk
Next pull the packages.xml file
Code:
adb pull /data/system/packages.xml
Edit packages.xml as shown in the above post
Then push back
Code:
adb push packages.xml /data/system/packages.xml
When you "install" the blur dock, you might want to remove the standard android dock
Code:
adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
mv /system/app/DeskClock.apk /system/app/DeskClock.bak
sync
mount -o ro,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
Notice I just used mv (rename/move)
This is just in case I want it back later
You may need to reboot the phone when you are finished for this to work.
I never tried without rebooting so I don't know if they will work otherwise.
Hi,
I have been trying to deodex my droid 2 in order to install custom themes via xUltimate using the manual method. I get to the point where you copy the /sdcard/done_app/* to /system/app and /sdcard/done_frame, etc via adb and I keep getting an error message stating that there is no directory named /sdcard/done_app/ although it is there. Any ideas? Is there a one click deodex for droid 2 yet?
Thanks in advance,
Andrew
Follow up, bump
Follow up - tried deodexing again, using directions and files from this thread:
I am running Android 2.2.20 VZ Droid 2
I put the deodexed folders on the root of the sdcard.
Here is where I get stuck (This is getting frustrating:
C:\android-sdk_r071-windows\android-sdk-windows\tools
# su
su
# stop
stop
# mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/system /systems
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/system /system
# cp /sdcard/done_app/* /system/app/
cp /sdcard/done_app/* /system/app/
cp: /sdcard/done_app/*: No such file or directory
hophead75 said:
Follow up - tried deodexing again, using directions and files from this thread:
I am running Android 2.2.20 VZ Droid 2
I put the deodexed folders on the root of the sdcard.
Here is where I get stuck (This is getting frustrating:
C:\android-sdk_r071-windows\android-sdk-windows\tools
# su
su
# stop
stop
# mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/system /systems
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/system /system
# cp /sdcard/done_app/* /system/app/
cp /sdcard/done_app/* /system/app/
cp: /sdcard/done_app/*: No such file or directory
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i don't really want to state something obvious...but seems like /sdcard/done_app/ doesn't exists OR the sdcard is not mounted (connected in the wrong mode? wrong settings in winamp so that the sdcard is always mounted when usb is connected?)
Yeah, it needed to be in pc mode. I guess that should have been obvious, but i couldn't root my phone in pc mode, had to use usb mass storage so I used that for everything.
I was the first person I know on the internet to compile nmap for android and this guy ( http://wjholden.com/nmap/ ) took it to the next level got a new phone ( CM6 with OC ) nbow it does not work
* can't write to /system even with rw remount
* if I boot recovery I can' write to /systm but its just a temp fs so failsause ...
* can't ADB shell (read below ) to find out where system is really mounted OR mount the real /system my self ..
* remouted / but anything I add gets wipped on reboot ...
* onlything that works is remount / , copy nmap and then add PATH hackery to EXEC nmap ... on EVERY reboot ...
NOTES BELOW:
Code:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=701589&page=4
I think its because /system is protected in CM5+ ? even with remount
command... ?
let me know what I need to copy where in recovery mode to /system to
get yours to run properly :/
you could also have your installer check for this and have notes etc ..
# uname -a
Linux localhost 2.6.29.6-cyanogenmod #1 PREEMPT Fri Sep 17 16:05:39
PDT 2010 arm v6l GNU/Linux
# ls
ls
NMAP FOR ANDROID CROSS COMPILE ARM.html
NMAP.zip
nmap
nmap-4.01-1.spec
nmap-mac-prefixes
nmap-os-fingerprints
nmap-protocols
nmap-rpc
nmap-service-probes
nmap-services
# cp * /system/bin
cp * /system/bin
cp: can't create '/system/bin/NMAP FOR ANDROID CROSS COMPILE ARM.html': Out of m
emory
cp: can't create '/system/bin/NMAP.zip': Out of memory
cp: can't create '/system/bin/nmap': Out of memory
cp: can't create '/system/bin/nmap-4.01-1.spec': Out of memory
cp: can't create '/system/bin/nmap-mac-prefixes': Out of memory
cp: can't create '/system/bin/nmap-os-fingerprints': Out of memory
cp: can't create '/system/bin/nmap-protocols': Out of memory
cp: can't create '/system/bin/nmap-rpc': Out of memory
cp: can't create '/system/bin/nmap-service-probes': Out of memory
cp: can't create '/system/bin/nmap-services': Out of memory
# df /system
df /system
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/block/mtdblock3 245760 240824 4936 98% /system
# mount
mount
...
/dev/block/mtdblock3 on /system type yaffs2 (rw)
Code:
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /
rm -Rf /nmap
mkdir /nmap
echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/nmap' > path
cd /nmap
wget http://rmccurdy.com/stuff/G1/BINS/NMAP/NMAP.zip
unzip NMAP.zip
chmod 777 /nmap/*
export PATH=$PATH:/nmap
echo run /nmap/path before you start nmap
nmap -vvv 127.0.0.1
rmccurdy.com/nmap.sh (tested on CM6 / mytouch slide )
in normal mode ..
Code:
bash
localhost / # mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /system
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /system
localhost / # cd /system
cd /system
localhost system # for i in `ls` ;do mkdir $i\\nmap ;done
for i in `ls` ;do mkdir $i\\nmap ;done
mkdir: can't create directory 'app\nmap': Out of memory
mkdir: can't create directory 'bin\nmap': Out of memory
mkdir: can't create directory 'build.prop\nmap': Out of memory
mkdir: can't create directory 'etc\nmap': Out of memory
mkdir: can't create directory 'fonts\nmap': Out of memory
mkdir: can't create directory 'framework\nmap': Out of memory
mkdir: can't create directory 'lib\nmap': Out of memory
mkdir: can't create directory 'lost+found\nmap': Out of memory
mkdir: can't create directory 'media\nmap': Out of memory
mkdir: can't create directory 'usr\nmap': Out of memory
mkdir: can't create directory 'xbin\nmap': Out of memory
in "Android system recovery (2e)" :
( note: /system is also a vfs I think .. I adb push to it and reboot and the file is gone ... )
Code:
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\nmap>adb shell
- exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: No such file or directory (2) -
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\nmap>
You can't write in /system in normal boot mode as security is on (s-on), remounting rw does you no good.
In recovery you will need to mount /system from clockwork before you can do anything.
I do have Clockwork Recovery 2.5.0.1 but I am not sure how to get to a shell and or find /system mount path as I can't adb shell ( read above ) so I can't remount or mount /system
rmccurdy.com/nmap.sh * this is what I am using for nmap as of now ..
Usage:
bash -x /sdcard/nmap.sh localhost
etc ...
There's an option in clockwork under partitions to allow you to mount the system. I'm not sure why but a lot of people have an issue getting into su with adb when they are in recovery, the constant /system/bin/sh error is annoying. Also, if I remember right, yaffs2 is not what you use to mount the system when using that command. It's mtdblock3 or something like that if I'm thinking along the correct lines here.
Maybe you should try putting it in a zip file as a script and running it that way since you use a different command (and much easier) to mount the system and write to it. Then again, I'm not sure what you're trying to so so I could just be talking out of my a$$
I can't do anything usefull in recovery ... reboot and apply update.zip but I dont how how nor do I really want to make a .zip / script to mount system etc .. do you know a zip I can work from as an example
rmccurdy said:
I can't do anything usefull in recovery ... reboot and apply update.zip but I dont how how nor do I really want to make a .zip / script to mount system etc .. do you know a zip I can work from as an example
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The slide doesn't have S-Off, most HTC phones have them now...So you have to wait for Alpharev 2.0 to be released.
Ace42 said:
The slide doesn't have S-Off, most HTC phones have them now...So you have to wait for Alpharev 2.0 to be released.
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Yes, but in recovery we can mount the system and write to it. Phones with s-off can do that while booted normally because the NAND is unlocked and the system is no longer protected.
You can do it one of two ways. This one is easiest if you know linux commands but are unfamiliar with update-script format. Make an update script and put this in there:
Code:
show_progress 0.5 0
run_program PACKAGE:example.sh
show_progress 0.5 10
You don't have to use the show_progress line, it's just for aesthetics.
Make a .sh script, name it whatever you want and put the linux commands you want to execute in the script. For example:
Code:
#!/sbin/sh
#
##############################################
mount /system;
rm -rf /nmap
mkdir /nmap
echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/nmap' > path
cd /nmap
wget http://rmccurdy.com/stuff/G1/BINS/NMAP/NMAP.zip
unzip NMAP.zip
chmod 777 /nmap/*
export PATH=$PATH:/nmap
echo run /nmap/path before you start nmap
nmap -vvv 127.0.0.1
exit 0;
Or what ever you're trying to get done. I'll upload an example file of all this since hands on is always better. Looking at this though, you may want to have the files in the zip (in the directories they will be installed to) because wget probably wont work since the radio is off while in recovery.
interesting thanks ! ... do you have to resign it and all or can you just edit and rezip it ?
rmccurdy said:
interesting thanks ! ... do you have to resign it and all or can you just edit and rezip it ?
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As long as you're using clockwork you just edit and zip. Might be easier to use an archive explorer to open (without uzipping it) then drag and drop, but do what's easiest for you.
I am trying to create an overlay folder under /system/vendor so that I can throw a layers apk there to hide the nav bar. I am currently using the build.prop method which doesn't work nicely with the Now on Tap action of Swipe Navigation which is what I am ultimately trying to fix.
I tried using Solid Explorer to simply create the new directory like I did previously in 7.0 and 6.x but was unable to do so (action failed). I decided to try using the terminal and create the folder and move files from there but got the message that the system was read-only. I then attempted to mount system a few different ways all of which failed. I did use su before entering these commands.
Code:
angler:/system/vendor $ mkdir overlay
mkdir: 'overlay': Read-only file system
angler:/system/vendor $ mount -o rw,remount,rw /system
mount: '/dev/block/platform/soc.0/f9824900.sdhci/by-name/system' not user mountable in fstab
angler:/system/vendor $ /system/bin/mount -o rw,remount,rw /system /system
mount: '/system' not in /proc/mounts
angler:/system/vendor $ /system/bin/mount /system
mount: bad /etc/fstab: No such file or directory
Googling around didn't yield much in the way of solutions other than these different methods of mounting system. Am I just unable to mount system as rw in 7.1.1 currently, and if so, is there another way to accomplish what I want?
I'm trying to find thread I read this from, so if I find it I'll post link to it. When I was on early 7 previews that was set up with systemless root I went into twrp and then went to terminal and typed the following, touch su. When your in terminal cd to both bin and xbin and type command "touch su" without quotes. Then reboot and you should be able to use something like es file explorer to get into and write in /system. Hope that helps.
Found it, look to post = 15
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/help/es-file-explorer-doesnt-understand-t3242775
Unfortunately that did not end up working for me, thanks for looking up the link for me though!
On Nougat the rw mount command should be typed like this:
mount -o rw,remount /system
then for touch:
touch sbin/su
Thank you blitz for clarifying.
Hmm... it seems like the mount worked but the touch did not. I ended up using just "touch su" but ran into a different error with mkdir. I think I may just be out of luck for now. Thank you both for your help!
Code:
~ # mount -o rw,remount /system
~ # cd /system/bin
/system/bin # touch sbin/su
touch: sbin/su: No such file or directory
/system/bin # touch su
/system/bin # cd /system/xbin
/system/xbin # touch su
/system/xbin # cd /system/vendor
/vendor # mkdir overlay
mkdir: cannot create directory 'overlay': No space left on device
AbuShabanov said:
Hmm... it seems like the mount worked but the touch did not. I ended up using just "touch su" but ran into a different error with mkdir. I think I may just be out of luck for now. Thank you both for your help!
Code:
~ # mount -o rw,remount /system
~ # cd /system/bin
/system/bin # touch sbin/su
touch: sbin/su: No such file or directory
/system/bin # touch su
/system/bin # cd /system/xbin
/system/xbin # touch su
/system/xbin # cd /system/vendor
/vendor # mkdir overlay
mkdir: cannot create directory 'overlay': No space left on device
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I'm not sure what you're trying to accomplish but still:
The touch sbin/su means creating an empty file called su in the sbin subdirectory under the current directory. So if there is no subdir named sbin under /system/bin, then it's not going to work
Secondly, you should know about the ls command: ls -la lists the files in the current directory, and remember than in unix and linux terminology, a directory is also a file so you'll also see directories (including current "." and parent "..")
Third, you should know about the df command which shows filesystem disk space usage. df -h will show you how much free space you have an all of your filesystems, including system.
Last, with great power comes great responsibilities. Running the wrong command as root will easily make your system unusable.
I have substratum installed and inside /system/vendor there is a link (again a file) called overlay which links to directory /system/overlay where apks are.
rchtk said:
I'm not sure what you're trying to accomplish
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I am trying to create an overlay folder under /system/vendor so that I can throw a layers apk there to hide the nav bar.
rchtk said:
I have substratum installed and inside /system/vendor there is a link (again a file) called overlay which links to directory /system/overlay where apks are.
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Are you on the 7.1.1 (NPF10C)? If so it sounds like you have accomplished what I am trying to do. I'm only familiar with the basic unix commands as I haven't actively used it in about 5 years. Would you mind sharing how to create the link to /system/overlay from /system/vendor, or does Substratum take care of that? Offhand it sounds like a symbolic link but my terminology is pretty rusty.
AbuShabanov said:
I am trying to create an overlay folder under /system/vendor so that I can throw a layers apk there to hide the nav bar.
Are you on the 7.1.1 (NPF10C)? If so it sounds like you have accomplished what I am trying to do. I'm only familiar with the basic unix commands as I haven't actively used it in about 5 years. Would you mind sharing how to create the link to /system/overlay from /system/vendor, or does Substratum take care of that? Offhand it sounds like a symbolic link but my terminology is pretty rusty.
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Yes 7.1.1.
Substratum created the overlay directory and the link to it.
Manually that would be:
mount -o rw,remount -t auto /vendor
mount -o rw,remount -t auto /system
mkdir /system/overlay
cd /system/vendor
ln -s /system/overlay
mount -o ro,remount -t auto /vendor
mount -o ro,remount -t auto /system
But links do take a very small amount of bytes (roughly name and target) so for that, you'll need some space in your vendor partition (no space left on /vendor). check with "df".
I have 3.8MB free (that's an original vendor + overlay link)
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mount -o rw,remount -t auto /vendor
mount -o rw,remount -t auto /system
mkdir /system/overlay
cd /system/vendor
ln -s /system/overlay
mount -o ro,remount -t auto /vendor
mount -o ro,remount -t auto /system
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Well, this works and I was able to mount system and vendor, create the link, move the apk file, etc but it appears that the apk itself is not working on NPF10C. Thank you for your help and the refresher on the unix commands!