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[Q] Help with busybox

Hi guys. I have already rooted my Wildfire with unrevoked3 and worked like a charm. Superuser is OK, I installed Titanium Backup and I installed busybox with it.
But I can't find how to run the busybox shell with root. Can anyone help me?
I downloaded android sdk for my Ubuntu 10.10 (I don't use windows) and I typed as root: ./adb shell and the terminal has not root priviledges.
Is there anyway to do this? Also how to run busybox? Via Terminal Emulator?
I think that the Titanium Backup didn't installed correctly.
My goal is to get a root terminal
Thanks in advance

Assuming that stuff works the same as on my linux computer, you would just su in the terminal emulator, then cd into the busybox directory, then make sure you have execute permissions for it, and then just ./busybox. That should start busybox in shell mode. That's how it should work.I think.

xc1024 said:
Assuming that stuff works the same as on my linux computer, you would just su in the terminal emulator, then cd into the busybox directory, then make sure you have execute permissions for it, and then just ./busybox. That should start busybox in shell mode. That's how it should work.I think.
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The busybox is executed in my machine not in my phone right?

No, on your phone. Open up terminal on your phone (you can get one off the Market or alternatively connect you phone to the computer and start a ashell using adb), then cd to the directory you have busybox in, and then ececute ./busybox. Remember, you can't put it on the SD card because it doesn't allow execution.

sorry for this Android newbie question..
I installed Titanium Backup on my Desire....but when I ran it, an error message says " Sorry I cannot acquire root priviledges. This application will not work! Please verify that your ROM is rooted and includes BusyBox, and try again".
My Froyo is rooted....but whats this BusyBox and where can I get it and install it?
thanks..

I'm assuming you haven't rooted yet. Turn wifi on. Get an app called "universal androot". You need to get a version at least 1.6.2. It's not in the market so you may have to look around. Install and Open it up. Tick the box that says "soft root". Click the button labelled "root ". When the application force closes, wait 10 second and do nothing. then click on force close. Toggle wifi on. Go to titanium. Press allow when asked for root privileges. If it doesn't come up, look around titanium. It should allow you to instal busybox. Busybox is a set of *NIX utilities that are better than androids builtin. It allows the apps to use more advanced features. And It helps users if they are knowledgeable though to know how to use it.

nope..mine is rooted already via unrevoked3

dinoalbert said:
sorry for this Android newbie question..
I installed Titanium Backup on my Desire....but when I ran it, an error message says " Sorry I cannot acquire root priviledges. This application will not work! Please verify that your ROM is rooted and includes BusyBox, and try again".
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Same problem here
rooted with revok3
installed rom manager and did a first backup
install titanium n tried to backup apps
It said " Sorry I cannot acquire root priviledges. This application will not work! Please verify that your ROM is rooted and includes BusyBox, and try again"
could some one link me to busybox app for wildfire n guide on how to backup wit titanium
pl reply

realxception said:
Same problem here
rooted with revok3
installed rom manager and did a first backup
install titanium n tried to backup apps
It said " Sorry I cannot acquire root priviledges. This application will not work! Please verify that your ROM is rooted and includes BusyBox, and try again"
could some one link me to busybox app for wildfire n guide on how to backup wit titanium
pl reply
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Go to titanium backup, go to problems then it,will install busybox

thanks , its worked

[Q] ADB push permission denied while trying to temp root on HTC Glacier via Windows

Hello all,
I'll preface this by saying that I'm completely new to android phones and rooting them so I apologize for being noob in advance.
I have been following this guide (wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=TMobile_myTouch_4G:_Full_Update_Guide) to a tee and have ended up stuck at #6 with failed to copy/permission denied errors when I attempt to push busybox, superuser, or temp root over to my phone. I believe I have everything in order, such as: having the latest java sdk, installing the latest android sdk at c:\, downloading and installing the latest platform-tools (rev 4) and google usb driver, and changing the variable value section of path to "%SystemRoot%;C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools;C:\android-sdk-windows\tools", but i just cannot seem to execute the commands and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. I will also add that my phones settings are enabled for usb debugging and disk drive connection to PC.
This is exactly the command I'm trying:
C:\Users\thepaperescape>cd c:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools
c:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools>adb push su /sdcard/su
failed to copy 'su' to '/sdcard/su': Permission denied
Any help would be awesome. And sorry to make a new post... I've tried searching for 3 hours but cannot find the exact same incident.
Thanks

thepaperescape said:
Hello all,
I'll preface this by saying that I'm completely new to android phones and rooting them so I apologize for being noob in advance.
I have been following this guide (wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=TMobile_myTouch_4G:_Full_Update_Guide) to a tee and have ended up stuck at #6 with failed to copy/permission denied errors when I attempt to push busybox, superuser, or temp root over to my phone. I believe I have everything in order, such as: having the latest java sdk, installing the latest android sdk at c:\, downloading and installing the latest platform-tools (rev 4) and google usb driver, and changing the variable value section of path to "%SystemRoot%;C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools;C:\android-sdk-windows\tools", but i just cannot seem to execute the commands and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. I will also add that my phones settings are enabled for usb debugging and disk drive connection to PC.
This is exactly the command I'm trying:
C:\Users\thepaperescape>cd c:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools
c:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools>adb push su /sdcard/su
failed to copy 'su' to '/sdcard/su': Permission denied
Any help would be awesome. And sorry to make a new post... I've tried searching for 3 hours but cannot find the exact same incident.
Thanks
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You need to have VISIONary.apk downloaded and installed on your phone. and make sure to run it with Visionary.sh and Set system to r/w both checked. And try it again.
How ever their are much easier methods. This being one of them. Makes sure to go to page two.

neidlinger said:
You need to have VISIONary.apk downloaded and installed on your phone. and make sure to run it with Visionary.sh and Set system to r/w both checked. And try it again.
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The guide I am using gives instructions on how to root specifically without visionary so I'd like to stick to it's outline but just find guidance on how to make it work.

thepaperescape said:
The guide I am using gives instructions on how to root specifically without visionary so I'd like to stick to it's outline but just find guidance on how to make it work.
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okay.
I've seen alot of people try this method and very little come out okay.
you need SU access to push objects to the phone. The phone is seeing it as a foreign object and is wanting to prevent it from being pushed. The only other option you'd have is to turn on mass media storage and drop/drag the objects to the root of the SDcard.

Agreed with neidlinger, if I'm not mistaken you must have atleast temproot to be able to use the command 'SU' as it stands for superuser and as ridiculous as it sounds you are not the superuser of your phone, Google is
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Nicgraner said:
Agreed with neidlinger, if I'm not mistaken you must have atleast temproot to be able to use the command 'SU' as it stands for superuser and as ridiculous as it sounds you are not the superuser of your phone, Google is
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SU was actually Switch User but Super User is used ATM due to the confusion it created to the newbies a decade ago who didn't understand how permission base structure on *nix worked. Which always required chmod and whole rwx thing even made it more confusing so they preallocated it with [email protected] with UiD:0 as default permission.
Now what I like to know is why are you using that howto? As neidlinger stated just run VISIONary+ to get TempROOT and then do root.sh to obtain PermROOT. If you need to unlock the CiD just call TMo and get the code free as no need to risk it. But if you still want Radio S=OFF then just do the simple gfree step and you will have it.

You shouldn't need temproot to push a file to your sd card. Have you made sure the file is in the same folder as adb directory?

UsrBkp said:
Now what I like to know is why are you using that howto?
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Well for one, I chose that guide because my goal is to install cyanogen and that is found directly off their site regarding my phone. My expectation is that a group of developers so renowned for their contributions should be able to correctly explain how to get to the point of install. Still I know it's a wiki, and things are constantly changing (generally faster than the wiki). For instance, I did notice that the wiki was incorrect about the location of the google usb drivers post download. I assume that is due to the newer version of the sdk i installed. And the jdk r25 is pretty new and I believe that to be one of the other things causing me problems, but I don't know for sure.
neidlinger said:
The only other option you'd have is to turn on mass media storage and drop/drag the objects to the root of the SDcard.
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I tried doing this for those two files (su and superuser) that are supposed to be pushed onto the sd root and i thought it worked. cmd allowed me to push the other three files into /data/... no problem. chmod to 0755 even seemed to work (it neither explicitly approved or denied). but then when I got to step 8, terminal on the phone said i did not have access to run that command.
shuka325 said:
You shouldn't need temproot to push a file to your sd card. Have you made sure the file is in the same folder as adb directory?
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That's what I figured based off of the guide (since it's a guide on GETTING TO temproot, but what do I know... i'm supernoob. I've attached an image to see if you can see ANYTHING wrong with what I'm trying to do.
Thanks for everything guys!

I would give up that guide and use VISIONary to gain Temp Root & Root.sh to obtain perm Root. Then install the latest rom manager and make sure CWM sticks. Then you can flash CM7, or any other ROM for that matter.

Is there any guide you all think stands above the rest?!?!

thepaperescape said:
Is there any guide you all think stands above the rest?!?!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13989736&postcount=6

[Q] How can i get ADB ROOT? i want to know rageagainstthecage's working principle

hi,guys!
as this title says i found a tool named "rageagainstthecage",but i want to know how dose it work.Can anyone help me ? thanks

try superoneclick

Are you using Linux to grant root access on your Defy?
I rooted mine yestarday and I was a little confused on how to make it, I have same file as you as I read. rageagainstthecage is the exploit that will you grant root privileges. The instructions for linux are here [1]. I replaced 'exploit.bin' with 'rageagainstthecage' or you can use the one provided in that post 'psneuter', the proccess is simple
1. Copy files to phone using adb (I used /data/local/tmp as directory in the phone): su, busybox, Superuser.apk and exploit (exploit name, let's say: rageagainstthecage)
2. Make the exploit executable and execute it
3. Give permissions to the commands su and busybox
4. There you go
All the credits for the autor of the post on IBM forum
I hope this help you with your question
[1]
PHP:
www_ibm_com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/coolwinding/entry/how_to_root_defy_on_linux1

jianbangguo said:
try superoneclick
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Dose the superoneclick use "rageagainstthecage" to grant adb root access? i just want to know "rageagainstthecage", how dose it work? can you help me? thanks

cristianpark said:
Are you using Linux to grant root access on your Defy?
I rooted mine yestarday and I was a little confused on how to make it, I have same file as you as I read. rageagainstthecage is the exploit that will you grant root privileges. The instructions for linux are here [1]. I replaced 'exploit.bin' with 'rageagainstthecage' or you can use the one provided in that post 'psneuter', the proccess is simple
1. Copy files to phone using adb (I used /data/local/tmp as directory in the phone): su, busybox, Superuser.apk and exploit (exploit name, let's say: rageagainstthecage)
2. Make the exploit executable and execute it
3. Give permissions to the commands su and busybox
4. There you go
All the credits for the autor of the post on IBM forum
I hope this help you with your question
[1]
PHP:
www_ibm_com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/coolwinding/entry/how_to_root_defy_on_linux1
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pardon my poor english,I just want to know how dose it work, for example : rageagainstthecage's Working principle,not how to use "rageagainstthecage" to grant root access,thank you !!

The principle of how it works is very simple, the rageinthecage exploit just forks proccesses until the proccessor hits the max, then the system will kill the olders apps, because you are using adb and running psneuter, the system will kill the adb shell, and here is the magic, when you restart the adb shell it start with root rights, to prevent that, inmediatly adb starts, the system calls setuid function, but because the proccesses list is full, the explot prevents the setuid call, allowing you to maintain the root rights, and in that point, you push Superuser.apk to allow the root access to the apps, changin before the permissions to the su binary allowing you to call that binary with a less rights user, that is the idea beyond the exploit!, wish that help you!
Sorry for the bad english

LeonardoJegigzem said:
The principle of how it works is very simple, the rageinthecage exploit just forks proccesses until the proccessor hits the max, then the system will kill the olders apps, because you are using adb and running psneuter, the system will kill the adb shell, and here is the magic, when you restart the adb shell it start with root rights, to prevent that, inmediatly adb starts, the system calls setuid function, but because the proccesses list is full, the explot prevents the setuid call, allowing you to maintain the root rights, and in that point, you push Superuser.apk to allow the root access to the apps, changin before the permissions to the su binary allowing you to call that binary with a less rights user, that is the idea beyond the exploit!, wish that help you!
Sorry for the bad english
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Great info, thanks for sharing this with us I was wondering the same

Rooted but not rooted (U8800-51)

I can root this phone. No problem. I can then remount /system (or and other mount) as read-write and make changes. HOWEVER, I cannot get any other programs to recognize the device as rooted. I have su over-permissioned to 777 (I have it permissioned to root.shell).
What have I overlooked?

Did you install superuser app?
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Yes, I installed superuser. Then when I try to install something like busybox, it does not prompt to provide root privileges. It then fails to install. The whole thing is antithetical to the Linux model/sudo due to the lack of a login I suppose.

eyeconic said:
Yes, I installed superuser. Then when I try to install something like busybox, it does not prompt to provide root privileges. It then fails to install. The whole thing is antithetical to the Linux model/sudo due to the lack of a login I suppose.
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SU needs chmod 4775 doesn't it? You have the binary inserted but it doesn't have the authority to execute as root.

mezkalz said:
SU needs chmod 4775 doesn't it? You have the binary inserted but it doesn't have the authority to execute as root.
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I forgot that this isn't full-blown Linux. Of course you are correct and thank you. The leading (setuid) digit is necessary because we are permitting an unprivileged program with a pseudo-UID access to root-owned executables.

[Q] SM-N900V 4.4.2 Root Issues

Just starting to mess with phones again it has been a while!
Okay so I am having a couple of issues..(Back story) I rooted phone with Towelroot Installed Super SU and BusyBox and everything looks good even used Rooter checker and it says I am fine. I am trying to run Linux Deploy and getting access denied errors when it is trying to write files.
I even went into terminal emulator and I cannot even change the permissions on the files. Also Supersu is asking to grant access so I did..
It's like I am getting a false positive.. Says Supersu is working but I think it may not be for some reason.
Did my root or SuperSU not work?
Also is there an install out there so I can completely wipe the phone and not use Verizon's pos?
Thanks guys!

Answer found...
Nerfz said:
Just starting to mess with phones again it has been a while!
Okay so I am having a couple of issues..(Back story) I rooted phone with Towelroot Installed Super SU and BusyBox and everything looks good even used Rooter checker and it says I am fine. I am trying to run Linux Deploy and getting access denied errors when it is trying to write files.
I even went into terminal emulator and I cannot even change the permissions on the files. Also Supersu is asking to grant access so I did..
It's like I am getting a false positive.. Says Supersu is working but I think it may not be for some reason.
Did my root or SuperSU not work?
Also is there an install out there so I can completely wipe the phone and not use Verizon's pos?
Thanks guys!
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I have been searching for 3 days finally found the answer!
Had to mod the binary's now everything is working fine!
Here is the code is anyone needs it.
su -
cd /data/data/ru.meefik.linuxdeploy/linux/bin
rm sh chroot
ln -s /system/bin/mksh sh
ln -s /system/xbin/busybox chroot