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Replacing system .apk with another .apk?

Does anyone know how to replace a system .apk like the camera or something with another camera.apk? I cant install it the conventional way and pushing it into the folder doesnt seem to work. Any suggestions?

Are you remounting before pushing?

DevinXtreme said:
Are you remounting before pushing?
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I dont think so, its just that when I try to replace something it just copies it into the directory without installing. Maybe its supposed to do that?

amallama said:
I dont think so, its just that when I try to replace something it just copies it into the directory without installing. Maybe its supposed to do that?
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You need to remount. /system/ is read-only. adb remount makes it writable. It might say it's pushing things to /system/app, but it's doing nothing,

DevinXtreme said:
You need to remount. /system/ is read-only. adb remount makes it writable. It might say it's pushing things to /system/app, but it's doing nothing,
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My /system is writable, its just that pushing the file there doesnt install anything, like Im trying to install the friendstream widget, but I cant install it and pushing it into the /system folder doesnt install it either

amallama said:
My /system is writable, its just that pushing the file there doesnt install anything, like Im trying to install the friendstream widget, but I cant install it and pushing it into the /system folder doesnt install it either
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If you aren't remounting, it isn't. And you can't push it to /system. The phone isn't looking there for anything. Push it to /system/app.
I can't remember, but I heard FriendStream has problems on our phones. You have to have a ROM that actually supports it. I'm on Darchdroid, so I can't use it anyway.

check out my signature for adb commands devinextreme is right some roms don't support friendstream

First off, I would recommend pulling your current one off of the phone if you are trying to replace it. Then remove it from the phone and then push it onto the phone into system app. You might also try deleting the current one on your phone and then using the install command instead of push.
And yes, the friendstream app will only work in certain ROM's because of some modifications made to make it work with our phone.

Rooted, still can't delete News & Weather

Hi,
I used Unrevoked's one-click Mac .app to root my Aria. I can boot into Recovery fine, but perhaps pertinently (perhaps not) there's a weird loop I can't get out of: (bottom of post at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829439)
Anyways, I installed CM6.1-Liberty afterwards using ROM Manager. Now I would like to delete the News and Weather application, but I'm finding it difficult:
I've tried with the Super Manager application, a ROOT manager. It has SuperUser permissions, it tried to mount /system as R/W when I navigate to it, but when I rename the .apk file, the file retains its old name.
I've also tried booting into Recovery, mounting /system from the Partitions menu, then using the Terminal Emulator to do 'mv /system/app/blah.apk /system/app/blah.apk.bak.' But mv complains that the directory is not empty! (are .apk's even considered directories?)
Is something messed up with my ROM? Anything else I can try?

With the phone in recovery and /system mounted, using terminal try navigating to the actual /system/app folder and then removing the .apk. Not sure if its the same as windows, which is the rm command.
rm application.apk
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It worked! Booted into Recovery, mounted /system, connected via USB, opened up an adb shell, and was able to move the desired apk.
I tested this moving HtcLockScreen.apk on my Liberated ROM. Will try to move the News & Weather application on the CM ROM too, but I don't see why it wouldn't work.
Thanks!!!

All good. Thank you so much.
I've gotta wonder now: what is it about Recovery that lets you do this? I can't find much (if any) hard info on Recovery online, or hboot/fastboot for that matter. It's a little annoying having to power down my phone to adb stuff around, then powering back up.

ninestraycats said:
All good. Thank you so much.
I've gotta wonder now: what is it about Recovery that lets you do this? I can't find much (if any) hard info on Recovery online, or hboot/fastboot for that matter. It's a little annoying having to power down my phone to adb stuff around, then powering back up.
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I think it had to do with the fact that the aria is an s-on device (don't quote me on that). Whatever it is, the system can't be modified while android is running on the aria, so you have to boot into recovery to do it.
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CallMeAria said:
I think it had to do with the fact that the aria is an s-on device (don't quote me on that). Whatever it is, the system can't be modified while android is running on the aria, so you have to boot into recovery to do it.
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Not quite... You can put Titanium Backup into "Chuck Norris" mode and it will let you delete some system apps. Another easy way to achieve the same is to unzip the ROM, delete the .apk and .odex files you do not want, rezip it and re-flash. Bingo... the stuff you do not want is gone. You need to know what you are deleting though, some stuff is used by the system and other apps.

For anyone else whos wondering how to delete a non-uninstallable apk this is how I usually do it on windows (should be the same on mac too.)
- boot into recovery
-open new command promp
-adb shell mount /system
-adb shell rm -r /sysytem/app/apkname.apk
done and done, note letter case matters in apk name.

U can also extract the rom on ur computer and delete the .apks u don't want
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jailbreak ps3 using psfreedom, anyone successfully?

Hi expert,
Has anyone successfully JB PS3 using the following link?
http://psfreedom.com/wiki/HTC_Droid_Eris
I cannot get it to work, just curious if anyone successfully done it would like to share how you accomplish this. There are 2 steps that I have question on, they are:
Fastboot should say < waiting for device >, I don't get this message, I only received boot image loaded OK
insmod /sdcard/psfreedom.ko returns error message "cannot insert psfreedom.ko file exists"
I've been reading the last 3 days and still unable to get this loaded, is there a more up to date instruction for eris? TIA.

psfreedom.ko
Did you copy psfreedom.ko file to your sdcard

sangweb said:
Hi expert,
Has anyone successfully JB PS3 using the following link?
http://psfreedom.com/wiki/HTC_Droid_Eris
I cannot get it to work, just curious if anyone successfully done it would like to share how you accomplish this. There are 2 steps that I have question on, they are:
Fastboot should say < waiting for device >, I don't get this message, I only received boot image loaded OK
insmod /sdcard/psfreedom.ko returns error message "cannot insert psfreedom.ko file exists"
I've been reading the last 3 days and still unable to get this loaded, is there a more up to date instruction for eris? TIA.
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do you have fastboot on? make sure you have the right root
wonder if having clockwork or RA recovery makes a difference...

Why not just use psfSM from www.klutsh.com
Works on my Eris.
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Retrogress said:
do you have fastboot on? make sure you have the right root
wonder if having clockwork or RA recovery makes a difference...
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Yes, I have the psfreedom.ko on my root of sd card and I think I do have fastboot on because the command fastboot devices return my phone id.

Chevelle1768 said:
Why not just use psfSM from www.klutsh.com
Works on my Eris.
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I went to the site but not sure what am I suppose to look for, I've downloaded the img file for eris, what am I suppose to do with it? TIA.

For what it's worth, very soon you won't be needing any device to jailbreak the PS3, the master key was discovered and most if not all future developments will be signed code making the jailbreak method obsolete.
There's already a working 3.55 custom firmware, though many homebrews still need to update to use it.

Its a recovery img just like Clockwork and Amon_Ra's. Its actually based off of Clockwork. So just flash it to your recovery.

Chevelle1768 said:
Its a recovery img just like Clockwork and Amon_Ra's. Its actually based off of Clockwork. So just flash it to your recovery.
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To verify, I have to run the following commands except replace the recover-ra with the image I've just downloaded:
adb shell mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
adb push recovery-ra-eris.img /sdcard
adb shell flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-ra-eris.img
Am I right? Thx.

sangweb said:
To verify, I have to run the following commands except replace the recover-ra with the image I've just downloaded:
adb shell mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
adb push recovery-ra-eris.img /sdcard
adb shell flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-ra-eris.img
Am I right? Thx.
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Just these
adb push recovery-ra-eris.img /sdcard
adb shell flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-ra-eris.img
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Thanks Chev, looks like I can see it on the recovery menu. I'll test it out once I get home. The only thing I see is I get the following error when I flash the image:
mtd: read error at 0x00000000 (Out of memory)

Are you running Vista or Windows7? If so, run the command prompt with Admin rights.
Otherwise do this:
adb push recovery-ra-eris.img /sdcard
adb shell
cd sdcard
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-ra-eris.img
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Chevelle1768 said:
Are you running Vista or Windows7? If so, run the command prompt with Admin rights.
Otherwise do this:
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No, I ran it on XP but I can see the PS3 jailbreak option now, there are 3 JB option right? PL3, PSFreedom, or Hermes, so I can just select any to boot my ps3 in JB mode, do you know if these payloads has spoof on them?

sangweb said:
No, I ran it on XP but I can see the PS3 jailbreak option now, there are 3 JB option right? PL3, PSFreedom, or Hermes, so I can just select any to boot my ps3 in JB mode, do you know if these payloads has spoof on them?
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I don't believe any of them do. But you can download the other PL3 payloads from the same site also. Then just extract them to you sdcard.

Hi Chev, thanks for all your help, I think I got enough information to go home and mess around with my ps3, I hope it'll work.

Marisa said:
For what it's worth, very soon you won't be needing any device to jailbreak the PS3, the master key was discovered and most if not all future developments will be signed code making the jailbreak method obsolete.
There's already a working 3.55 custom firmware, though many homebrews still need to update to use it.
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anywhere we can read up on this?

FYI, I was able to run the JB last night and it works great, test out some games and got GT5 working so far but it does take a long time to load my GT5 to the HD. I am happy now that I don't have to switch games out for my kids any more .

Retrogress said:
anywhere we can read up on this?
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The place is psx-scene, psxnews, psgroove, or best is google it, many useful sites out there. Good Luck.

[Q] Honeycomb Keyboard

I'm kinda new to android
I've started to delete useless apps through Titanium Backup(acer staff,games etc) , and exidently deleted smth connected with honeycomb stock keyboard.
Now every time when i want to use stock keyboard, pops up a messege "The application Android keyboard (process com.google.android.inputmethod.latin) has stopped unexpectedly. plz try again".
Ive tryied to reset factory data but it wont helped. Is thera any solution for this problem? if there no, plz tell how to completely reset tablet) ive read "system Images " thread but i didn understand some things
here is my recover steps: (for a500 which is bricked)
for a500 is normal:
root it
put the system.img into a500
connect to the computer with adb and follow the codes:
su
dd if=/sdcard/system.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3
then reboot
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connect to the computer with adb and follow the codes:
su
dd if=/sdcard/system.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3
what that means)

You might very well have ruined your tablet.
I'm not a developer or coder so I can't make any sense of the code you posted but if a reset didn't fix it then you've certainly deleted something important. Hopefully someone has some ideas.
If not, then maybe you can return it? And next time, don't delete something unless you know what it is you're deleting.

ok ive recovered from image, but now wifi is not working , what should i do?

There are posts about having to change file permissions to fix wifi. Search this forum, there are a few.
edit - linked post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074449&highlight=wifi+permission

yeah ive read this but i dont know how to move that files to system folder on devide, wifi is down , so i cant download any file managing apps from market and theres no any file managers on stock Rom

If you've got the adb working, you can use the command mv to move the file.
I'm not sure of the exact path involved, but for example. the file is in /mnt/sdcard/filetobemoved and needs to go into /sytem/lib/modules
mv /mnt/sdcard/filetobemoved /system/lib/modules
That'd put it in the location you need. To change the permissions, you'd use the command chmod
chmod 655 /system/lib/modules/filetobemoved
The 655 is an octal(0-7) representation of the file's permissions. I'm not sure what permissions it needs, but you could try 655 as a start unless someone else knows for sure.
if you want, hit me up on msn, I can try to walk you through it: [email protected]

Glebaka said:
ok ive recovered from image, but now wifi is not working , what should i do?
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Ah *phew* Good to hear.

gammaRascal said:
Ah *phew* Good to hear.
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lol How'd he get in that shape to begin with? Any idea what exactly it was he deleted that bonked his system?

muqali said:
lol How'd he get in that shape to begin with? Any idea what exactly it was he deleted that bonked his system?
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No clue. I really should start reading up on HC app development and at least familiarize myself with that environment.
I haven't rooted yet cause I'm e'scarded to.

ahh i cant replace that files , somehow installed astro manager(through docsttogo) but i cant remove/replace/rename that files in system/lib/modules it says i dont have permission to do this.
tryed in connectbot type "mv /mnt/sdcard/filetobemoved /system/lib/modules"
got this "failed on '/system/lib/modules/filename' - cross-device link"
im rooted what if

Glebaka said:
ahh i cant replace that files , somehow installed astro manager(through docsttogo) but i cant remove/replace/rename that files in system/lib/modules i dont have permission to do this.
tried connectbot tryied "mv /mnt/sdcard/filetobemoved /system/lib/modules"
got this "failed on '/system/lib/modules/filename' - cross-device link"
im rooted
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type mount and paste/retype the line that has /system in it. It might be mounted read only.
or try the cp command in place of mv
edit - also, the filetobemoved is just an example. I think one of the filenames is bcm4329.ko but I'm not sure. so /system/lib/modules/bcm4329.ko would be the full path

ah im total noob tried cp instead of mv it said permission denied .
t
ype mount and paste/retype the line that has /system in it. It might be mounted read only.
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i didnt get that (
edit - also, the filetobemoved is just an example. I think one of the filenames is bcm4329.ko but I'm not sure. so /system/lib/modules/bcm4329.ko would be the full path
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yeah thats i know)

Are you logged into the tablet using adb's shell? I've only used that once on a different tablet, but iirc the commands are standard Unix/Linux commands. Someone correct me if I'm wrong but aren't you already logged in as superuser like this? You don't need to 'sudo' or 'su' to switch over do you?
I'm not familiar enough with this specific environment to figure out what might be keeping you from placing those files in that location. The command to check the partitions mount options is
mount
It should return a bunch of text, one line of which is gonna be the /system partition. If it's ro(read only) then you can't write to it and would need to remount it.

yeah it looks like it is "ro"
ive got /system ext4 ro
how to remount)

My knowledge of adb is limited as well. All I know is that I can connect to it, type: adb devices (in the command prompt) to make sure it sees my tab then 'adb push filename.extension /directory/structure' to force files... Conversly, I think adb pull filename.extension /directory/structure will grab files on the tab if you know what they are called and where they are located.

Glebaka said:
yeah it looks like it is "ro"
ive got /system ext4 ro
how to remount)
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what was the /dev/block/mtdblock for /system?
there is a number after it...for example /dev/block/mtdblock1
mount -o rw,remount -t ext4 /dev/block/mtdblock1 /system
would remount it read/write, provided that it is mtdblock1, change the number depending on what your device has.

yeah now /system have "rw", but it anyway refuses to copy using mv(failed on '/system/lib/modules/filename' - cross-device link"
) or astro manager

Glebaka said:
yeah now /system have "rw", but it anyway refuses to copy using mv(failed on '/system/lib/modules/filename' - cross-device link"
) or astro manager
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If cp won't put it there either, I'm out of ideas. Maybe ask in the other thread how they were able to copy/move the file and set the permissions?

I know it may not be really classy, but how about downloading an .apk That will let you mount the drive, to an sd card in a computer then transfer that to the Acer. (If it's an extreme case and nothing else will work..not condoning piracy, but don't know what would work...)
or is it possible to copy the system data from a Titanium backup and send it over so he can restore the missing files?

This following step I can't be responsible for it's safety. It looks safe to my eyes, but proceed having been forewarned. I did some research and you might be able to use dd to get the file there.
dd if=/mnt/sdcard/filname of=/system/lib/modules/filename

[Q] "Application Not Installed " Google Maps v6.2.0

When I try to install this GMaps It always getting "Application not installed" error.I did
1.Backup older Gmaps,Street View then wipe data & Uninstalled both.
2.When I gonna install New GMaps app in the end of installation it show "application not installed"
3.Reboot device & try to install,still getting same result!
What should I do?
Thanks

crazykas said:
When I try to install this GMaps It always getting "Application not installed" error.I did
1.Backup older Gmaps,Street View then wipe data & Uninstalled both.
2.When I gonna install New GMaps app in the end of installation it show "application not installed"
3.Reboot device & try to install,still getting same result!
What should I do?
Thanks
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Have you tried using adb if not wait for the signed version..

jr_718 said:
Have you tried using adb if not wait for the signed version..
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Is this code correct
"adb remount
adb push /maps 6.2.0 -mod.apk / system/app"
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Where should I place the app file?In "platform-tools" folder?
Thank you very much for helping me!

crazykas said:
Is this code correct
"adb remount
adb push /maps 6.2.0 -mod.apk / system/app"
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Where should I place the app file?In "platform-tools" folder?
Thank you very much for helping me!
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Our on the right path so far.. But the way I've always used adb I kinda dragged everything to the tools folder...I have the library and everything else there...try putting it on our tools folder and see what happens if not check the platform tools.. Just drop the map apk and try it out.

jr_718 said:
Have you tried using adb if not wait for the signed version..
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jr_718 said:
Our on the right path so far.. But the way I've always used adb I kinda dragged everything to the tools folder...I have the library and everything else there...try putting it on our tools folder and see what happens if not check the platform tools.. Just drop the map apk and try it out.
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I tried,but remount was not successful.Remount permission faild.Show"ADB remountperation faild".Why is this?I've rooted & s-off my device.Also
"adb shell
$ su"
NOT GIVING # istead of $.
Why is that?Even root explorer,i can't move apps to system/app (even mount as R/W)!Why is that?

crazykas said:
I tried,but remount was not successful.Remount permission faild.Show"ADB remountperation faild".Why is this?I've rooted & s-off my device.Also
"adb shell
$ su"
NOT GIVING # istead of $.
Why is that?Even root explorer,i can't move apps to system/app (even mount as R/W)!Why is that?
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Hmm.. even root explorer.. that's strange you mean mount R/W to R/O in root explorer..
from my end i first did c:\androidsdk then was able to adb push etc...what i could suggest is wait for the signed version.. am on samsung galaxy t989, am at work, i can't really access nothing right now to check with you...i have my mytouch 4g at home...i know you have root access because you said you were able to backup and uninstall using titanium backup.. so i guess you have root access...but try the mount r/w to r/o and see what happens...

jr_718 said:
Have you tried using adb if not wait for the signed version..
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jr_718 said:
Our on the right path so far.. But the way I've always used adb I kinda dragged everything to the tools folder...I have the library and everything else there...try putting it on our tools folder and see what happens if not check the platform tools.. Just drop the map apk and try it out.
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jr_718 said:
Hmm.. even root explorer.. that's strange you mean mount R/W to R/O in root explorer..
from my end i first did c:\androidsdk then was able to adb push etc...what i could suggest is wait for the signed version.. am on samsung galaxy t989, am at work, i can't really access nothing right now to check with you...i have my mytouch 4g at home...i know you have root access because you said you were able to backup and uninstall using titanium backup.. so i guess you have root access...but try the mount r/w to r/o and see what happens...
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Aha!Now I can push apks to system/app folder.Now how should I install it?Normal installation does not work,no.Reply me when you can.Thanks
Update-
After reboot unable to copy read permission of something in SYSTEM folder!All the other can R/W.But SYSTEM is only R/O.Oh... I donno what to do.I will wait for signed one as you said.

crazykas said:
Aha!Now I can push apks to system/app folder.Now how should I install it?Normal installation does not work,no.Reply me when you can.Thanks
Update-
After reboot unable to copy read permission of something in SYSTEM folder!All the other can R/W.But SYSTEM is only R/O.Oh... I donno what to do.I will wait for signed one as you said.
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You can make the system r/w.
Code:
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblk3 /system
i know that's not the exact code but it works just fine for me.

crazykas said:
Aha!Now I can push apks to system/app folder.Now how should I install it?Normal installation does not work,no.Reply me when you can.Thanks
Update-
After reboot unable to copy read permission of something in SYSTEM folder!All the other can R/W.But SYSTEM is only R/O.Oh... I donno what to do.I will wait for signed one as you said.
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Same way you posted...

jr_718 said:
Same way you posted...
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It only worked one time.After reboot it does not work.By the way,if you can please answer to these questions.These are my last questions
1.When we gonna flash new rom instruction always say do a Nanandroid backup,no.Still im on rooted froyo.So How to do NANANDROID BACKUP?Where is this option?
On bootloader,rom manager or TB?
2.Do I need busybox?What is busybox?

crazykas said:
It only worked one time.After reboot it does not work.By the way,if you can please answer to these questions.These are my last questions
1.When we gonna flash new rom instruction always say do a Nanandroid backup,no.Still im on rooted froyo.So How to do NANANDROID BACKUP?Where is this option?
On bootloader,rom manager or TB?
2.Do I need busybox?What is busybox?
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1. You can use Rom manager to backup..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1186090
2. Busybox is a great tool for rooted users. It basically give you more linux / Unix based commands that you normally don't have access to. If you Google busybox you can find more info...

jr_718 said:
Same way you posted...
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jr_718 said:
1. You can use Rom manager to backup..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1186090
2. Busybox is a great tool for rooted users. It basically give you more linux / Unix based commands that you normally don't have access to. If you Google busybox you can find more info...
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Hey I just found this app from market
market://details?id=com.beansoft.mount_system
It can mount system folder!Now I can copy apps!Yahooooo!Ah!I've set permission to this Gmaps app & rebooted device.But it is still not visible.But it is in system/app folder How I make this visible/install?
TIA