Hi,
I have rooted my Nexus one. I can do "'adb shell and then 'su' under the shell"
But on my MacOS Desktop, when I execute 'adb remount', it still said
$ adb remount
remount failed: Operation not permitted
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Can anyone please help me resolve this?
Thank you.
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Right at the top. Why does this have to be repeated on a daily basis?
Can you please move my thread to the right forum? I can't find a way to do it.
Anyhow, to answer you question... you "adb remount" is disabled in production releases... just rooting does not allow this.
You need a modified boot image where ro.secure=0 in default.props, instead of ro.secure=1. The ro.secure flag in the boot image indicates whether the root filesystem can be remounted as read/write... 0 indicated it can be... 1 indicated it cannot be.
If ro.secure=0, this is referred to as insecure boot.
Most custom ROMs have this by default... some rooted stock ROMs do not have this...
Will the Modified GRI40 (2.3.3 Gingerbread) ROM from this
http:// forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=968396
Does what I need? Thanks.
Or you can also use these commands to mount and unmount the system partition as writable:
Code:
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
mount -o remount,ro /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
Thank you. That seems to be an easier solution for me.
But after I did
$ adb shell
$ su
# mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
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I go to another shell and i did
adb push sqlite3 /system
failed to copy 'sqlite3' to '/system/sqlite3': Read-only file system
$ adb push sqlite3 /system/bin
failed to copy 'sqlite3' to '/system/bin/sqlite3': Permission denied
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It still does not let me push 'sqlite3' to /system or /system/bin
That is what I need.
Thank you for any more pointers.
hap497 said:
Thank you. That seems to be an easier solution for me.
But after I did
I go to another shell and i did
It still does not let me push 'sqlite3' to /system or /system/bin
That is what I need.
Thank you for any more pointers.
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Don't try to combine adb commands with shell commands.
Copy/move/push the file to your sdcard first.
Then open a root shell, mount it as rw, then copy the file from your sdcard to the directory you want.
Thanks. but I get 'failed on '/sdcard/sqlite3' - Cross-device link'
$ su
# mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
# mv /sdcard/sqlite3 /system/
failed on '/sdcard/sqlite3' - Cross-device link
# ls -l /sdcard/sqlite3
----rwxr-x system sdcard_rw 24120 2010-10-16 22:04 sqlite3
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and i have tried:
# mv /mnt/sdcard/sqlite3 /system/bin/
failed on '/mnt/sdcard/sqlite3' - Cross-device link
# ls -l /mnt/sdcard/sqlite3
----rwxr-x system sdcard_rw 24120 2010-10-16 22:04 sqlite3
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I get the 'sqlite3' from SuperOneClickv1.7-ShortFuse.zip.
Wholly crap, don't use the mv command! Bad idea!!! mv does not move the data, it moves the hardlink to the data! Thank your lucky stars mv wouldn't let you do it.
Use cp instead. cp will actually copy the data to where you're going.
Thank you. But I don't have 'cp' in my adb shell.
# cp
cp: not found
# /system/bin/cp
/system/bin/cp: not found
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From here:
http://android-tricks.blogspot.com/2009/02/cp-on-android.html
I use 'cat' command to move to /system/bin
How do you have mv but not cp? Do you not have BusyBox installed?
No. I just need to search 'BusyBox' on Android market and install it? That is?
hap497 said:
Thank you. But I don't have 'cp' in my adb shell.
From here:
http://android-tricks.blogspot.com/2009/02/cp-on-android.html
I use 'cat' command to move to /system/bin
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The cat command will work fine, no busybox needed: cat source_file > dest_file
efrant said:
The cat command will work fine, no busybox needed: cat source_file > dest_file
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Woah there partner. Cat shouldn't be used on binary files, only ascii files. While it might work fine, it is not the recommended practice and really should not be done.
OP, Yes, BusyBox can be installed from the market.
GldRush98 said:
Woah there partner. Cat shouldn't be used on binary files, only ascii files. While it might work fine, it is not the recommended practice and really should not be done.
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Really? I was unaware of that. It worked every time I used it.
efrant said:
Really? I was unaware of that. It worked every time I used it.
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On standard Unix/Linux/etc. systems, cat works fine for binary files. It's only under DOS that cat or type shouldn't be used for binaries.
back in my ADB days.. itd say remount failed or w.e but i could still access my phone..
but i dont know.. ever since i switched to linux i stopped using ADB.. hahah
Related
Im hoping to get some help to get a theme installed on my phone.
It is rooted successfully, busybox is installed successfully also.
Im trying to put the Minimal Matte theme on my phone, but no success. Actually, I managed to make my Contacts disappear...
So, I would greatly appreciate help! I don't know why the adb commands are not working that are given here:
Code:
adb shell mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl16 /system
adb push Contacts.apk /system/app/
adb push DialerTabActivity.apk /system/app/
adb push Settings.apk /system/app/
adb push framework-res.apk /system/framework/
adb push twframework-res.apk /system/framework/
If I try it like that, the mounting does not work cuz it says "not permitted". So then I try like this and I get this. So it is not working. How do I fix this and how do I get the theme into my phone? Thank you for help,
Here's what I tried:
Code:
c:\>adb shell
$ su
su
# mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl16 /system
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl16 /system
# push Contacts.apk /system/app/
push Contacts.apk /system/app/
push: not found
#
Hey Polar, your commands when you're saying "push Contacts.apk /system/app/" is actually running inside the adb shell.
To do what you did, try this:
Code:
adb shell
su
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl16 /system
exit
exit
adb push Contacts.apk /system/app/
Let me know if this works!
Also, if you downloaded version 1.3, you can always use the automated bat file! Or did that fail for you too?
Please note that your phone must be rooted! Your phone is rooted right?
barqers said:
Hey Polar, your commands when you're saying "push Contacts.apk /system/app/" is actually running inside the adb shell.
To do what you did, try this:
Code:
adb shell
su
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl16 /system
exit
exit
adb push Contacts.apk /system/app/
Let me know if this works!
Also, if you downloaded version 1.3, you can always use the automated bat file! Or did that fail for you too?
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Let me try this...
Im very new to all this, so I'd like to learn the tricks manually so I have a better understanding.
barqers said:
Please note that your phone must be rooted! Your phone is rooted right?
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As stated in the first post, it is rooted and busybox is installed. Now..let me try your tips. I will report back.
Hmm..still facing the "permission denied" with these commands:
Code:
c:\>adb shell
$ su
su
# mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl16 /system
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl16 /system
# exit
exit
$ exit
exit
c:\>adb push Contacts.apk /system/app/
failed to copy 'Contacts.apk' to '/system/app//Contacts.apk': Permission denied
Okay, let's try it with a different partition used to remount. Try this out
Code:
adb kill server
adb shell mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system
adb push Contacts.apk /system/app/
If this doesn't work, try rebooting your phone and trying again.
I hope this works, cause I only have 21 minutes left on my laptop battery life
barqers said:
Okay, let's try it with a different partition used to remount. Try this out
Code:
adb kill server
adb shell mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system
adb push Contacts.apk /system/app/
If this doesn't work, try rebooting your phone and trying again.
I hope this works, cause I only have 21 minutes left on my laptop battery life
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Tried this, but it seems I have to reboot since it did not work.
It does not let me use "adb shell mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system" when I try it. Only when I do the "su" first and then try that...
Now let me try again after reboot.
Still no dice...
Code:
c:\>adb shell
$ su
su
# mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system
# exit
exit
$ exit
exit
c:\>adb push Contacts.apk /system/app/
failed to copy 'Contacts.apk' to '/system/app//Contacts.apk': Permission denied
Okay here are a couple things I've noticed before in the past.
1. The phone could "successfully" be rooted, but not actually work. In this case it's best to re-root your phone. The superoneclick method works well.
2. Maybe adb is just fussing over nothing, so you could try this:
Code:
adb shell
su
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl16 /system
exit
exit
adb push Contacts.apk /sdcard/
adb push /sdcard/Contacts.apk /system/app/
My primary guess though is that rooting isn't working properly.
barqers said:
Okay here are a couple things I've noticed before in the past.
1. The phone could "successfully" be rooted, but not actually work. In this case it's best to re-root your phone. The superoneclick method works well.
2. Maybe adb is just fussing over nothing, so you could try this:
Code:
adb shell
su
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl16 /system
exit
exit
adb push Contacts.apk /sdcard/
adb push /sdcard/Contacts.apk /system/app/
My primary guess though is that rooting isn't working properly.
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Well, when I go and click the superuser app and all, I can see stuff happening there. Also, it has asked for permission before for adb when I first used it and I gave it. Now it appears on the list there...so it seems to be working correctly, no? And I did it with the superoneclick and it ran through it smoothly as ever. Now let me try if adb is being fussy.
Now what the heck... It pushed the Contacts.apk on the sdcard, but then this...
Code:
c:\>adb push Contacts.apk /sdcard/
3170 KB/s (3284674 bytes in 1.011s)
c:\>adb push /sdcard/Contacts.apk /system/app/
cannot stat '/sdcard/Contacts.apk': No such file or directory
And I can clearly see the file in the sdcard...
PolarSoul said:
Now what the heck... It pushed the Contacts.apk on the sdcard, but then this...
Code:
c:\>adb push Contacts.apk /sdcard/
3170 KB/s (3284674 bytes in 1.011s)
c:\>adb push /sdcard/Contacts.apk /system/app/
cannot stat '/sdcard/Contacts.apk': No such file or directory
And I can clearly see the file in the sdcard...
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ADB is being truly fussy! Do you have root explorer? Here is my best guess for you. Move the Contacts.apk to the /system/app/ folder manually with Root Explorer, then follow this guide to give the app root permissions:
http://francoforr.blogspot.com/2010/12/cant-reinstall-apks-easy-fix.html
Have to go find Root Explorer.
PolarSoul said:
Have to go find Root Explorer.
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Root explorer is a paid app. But maybe ES File Manager or Astro File Manager will give you root capabilities too!
I tried this to go there with root explorer, gave the right permissions..copied the file and navigated to system/apps. Hit paste..and it tells me "not enough space". What to do now? Getting a little desperate here.
PolarSoul said:
I tried this to go there with root explorer, gave the right permissions..copied the file and navigated to system/apps. Hit paste..and it tells me "not enough space". What to do now? Getting a little desperate here.
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There you go! That's the problem. First check this, does Contacts.apk already exist in /system/app/? If so, use these codes:
Code:
adb shell
su
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl16 /system
exit
exit
adb rm /system/app/Contacts.apk
adb push Contacts.apk /system/app/
Repeat for each apk file you want to copy over.
Or alternatively you could just use root explorer, delete Contacts.apk and then move over your Contacts.apk from the sdcard. OR You can uninstall some apps and give yourself some available memory in your /system/app/ folder.
You'll need at least 15mb of free space in /system/app/
barqers said:
There you go! That's the problem. First check this, does Contacts.apk already exist in /system/app/? If so, use these codes:
Code:
adb shell
su
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl16 /system
exit
exit
adb rm /system/app/Contacts.apk
adb push Contacts.apk /system/app/
Repeat for each apk file you want to copy over.
Or alternatively you could just use root explorer, delete Contacts.apk and then move over your Contacts.apk from the sdcard. OR You can uninstall some apps and give yourself some available memory in your /system/app/ folder.
You'll need at least 15mb of free space in /system/app/
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I will go try these, starting from the adb commands. If I finally get this all to work and I have your pretty theme running, we need to go have a beer you and I. For all the help you've given me today.
PolarSoul said:
I will go try these, starting from the adb commands. If I finally get this all to work and I have your pretty theme running, we need to go have a beer you and I. For all the help you've given me today.
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No problem~! Haha, yes we do But I think Finland is far from Canada!
I'm hoping it works for you!
It's not looking good still... *sigh* Still says not enough space. I tried both adb and manual with the same results. What can I do?
PolarSoul said:
It's not looking good still... *sigh* Still says not enough space. I tried both adb and manual with the same results. What can I do?
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If you check settings -> SD card and storage. How much memory does it say you have? If you have less then 10mb either move some apps to the sd card or uninstall some!
You can fix wifi channel 12-13 support by setting the wifi_country_code to EU.
You need a rooted device and sqlite3 to fix (attached).
Unpack the attached zip and run fix_wifichannel_EU.bat (Windows only)
or with linux:
Code:
adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /system
exit
adb push bin\sqlite3 /system/bin
adb shell
su
chmod 6755 /system/bin/sqlite3
sqlite3 /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db "INSERT INTO secure (name, value) VALUES ('wifi_country_code', 'EU');"
reboot
Ohhhh it's good to see you here in the Iconia section!
I used to be a user of your great Desire Kernels/roms.
Hope to see some work from you soon.
richardtrip said:
You can fix wifi channel 12-13 support by setting the wifi_country_code to EU.
You need a rooted device and sqlite3 to fix (attached).
Unpack the attached zip and run fix_wifichannel_EU.bat (Windows only)
or with linux:
Code:
adb shell mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /system
adb push bin\sqlite3 /system/bin
adb shell chmod 6755 /system/bin/sqlite3
adb shell sqlite3 /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db "INSERT INTO secure (name, value) VALUES ('wifi_country_code', 'EU');"
adb shell reboot
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Thank you very much and great to see you here
OT: can you help us with the recovery issues ??
Thanks in advanced. I will try sometime in the near future.
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so you got this tablet, richard =P Wonder when we will be able to start playing with custom rom =)
Btw, I notice that a huge amount of RAM is consumed and the maximum amount of RAM freed I have ever got is 440MB. Do you know what happened to the rest?
lpachuong said:
so you got this tablet, richard =P Wonder when we will be able to start playing with custom rom =)
Btw, I notice that a huge amount of RAM is consumed and the maximum amount of RAM freed I have ever got is 440MB. Do you know what happened to the rest?
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The rest of the ram is reserved for video on boot.
I thought so, but don't you think that is too much out of 1GB ram? I found the device is laggy if ram goes under 350MB. Hope modded kernel can help optimize ram.
sweet
Nicely done! It works. Yea it is good to see you here' meaning we have somebody who knows a thing or two about android development.
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Fix worked!
For some strange reason adb remount command didn't worked and adb wasn't able to push sqlite3 file to /system/bin even after remounting /system rw from the device itself. I had to push it to sdcard and then move it to /system/bin.
By the way, channel 13 is working fine now.
Thx
Hi Richard,
It's good to see such a great dev interested in the A500 (I have a Desire). <vbg>
EDIT: I can confirm that this works!
I cannot remount /system, either via ADB nor via a shell (on the device itself). In both cases, I get...
Code:
mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /system
mount: Operation not permitted
[Edit: worked with a terminal, but forgot to SU first, and I was typing mmcblkop3, not mmcblk0p3 !!]
I tried to be clever (NB: I don't have a SD card installed):
Code:
adb shell mount -rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /mnt/external_sd
Usage: mount [-r] [-w] [-o options] [-t type] device directory
That's the extent of my *nix skills...
Any ideas?
-Dave
zxdavb said:
Hi Richard,
It's good to see such a great dev interested in the A500 (I have a Desire).
I cannot remount /system, either via ADB nor via a shell (on the device itself). In both cases, I get...
Code:
mount: Operation not permitted
I tried to be clever (NB: I don't have a SD card installed):
Code:
adb shell mount -rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /mnt/external_sd
Usage: mount [-r] [-w] [-o options] [-t type] device directory
That's the extent of my *nix skills...
Any ideas?
-Dave
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Try su before the mount command.
Edited the procedure in the first post so try that (should work now).
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zxdavb said:
Hi Richard,
It's good to see such a great dev interested in the A500 (I have a Desire). <vbg>
I cannot remount /system, either via ADB nor via a shell (on the device itself). In both cases, I get...
Code:
adb shell mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /system
mount: Operation not permitted
I tried to be clever (NB: I don't have a SD card installed):
Code:
adb shell mount -rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /mnt/external_sd
Usage: mount [-r] [-w] [-o options] [-t type] device directory
That's the extent of my *nix skills...
Any ideas?
-Dave
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Just do
Code:
su
mount -o remount,rw /system
daveba said:
Just do
Code:
su
mount -o remount,rw /system
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Thanks!
For the beginners (like me): I noticed that /system was set back to read-only on reboot...
Works brilliantly. Thanks.
thx - but I trust editing the build.prop in Root Explorer should also do the job for those who don't want to mess with adb and commands.
hi
can anyone tell me whats this fix for?
is it going to make wifi receiver even better?
thx..
he_stheone64 said:
thx - but I trust editing the build.prop in Root Explorer should also do the job for those who don't want to mess with adb and commands.
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yes,
add this line
ro.wifi.country=EU
and reboot.
i have this message:
'Unable to detect a device over adb'
I've connected my nexus S via usb cable, i've tryed with the usb usb storage on an off, and i get the same message.
I'm using windows / x64.
Dexter_nlb said:
yes,
add this line
ro.wifi.country=EU
and reboot.
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i've done that but i canot save the file i get the message that it's a read only file system.
how can i gain write access to that file??
Thanks the fix_wifichannel_EU.bat in the zip worked like a charm. Channel 13 now works on my Asus Eeepad Transformer purchased from the US as well.
Hello,
Has anyone gotten adb remount to work? I always get
remount failed: operation not permitted
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I've also tried
Code:
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p4 /system
both from adb and in the terminal emulator but I get the same response
Trying to push anything to /system just results in
failed to copy '<file>' to '/system/<path>': Read-only file system
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Any ideas?
Root?
You are rooted right? and didn't forget to "su" before those shell commands? because the shell command works fine for me, I remount system and changed the fonts
apparently I was just making it more complicated than it needs to be. You don't need to specify the mount point. Just use
mount -o remount,rw /system
I´m trying to root my phone. It has been rooted before but something messed up and i dant have root anymoore.
I use this method
Code:
adb shell
/preinstall/dosu
/bin/mount -o remount,rw /system
cp /preinstall/su /system/bin/
chmod 6755 /system/bin/su
PATH=/system/bin:$PATH pm install /preinstall/Superuser.apk
When i write
Code:
/bin/mount -o remount,rw /system
i get
Code:
/bin/mount: not found
if i check with Astro the file seems to be there.
Anyone know how to solve this?
Just root with : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1255548 ?
Its for 2.3.4 or earlier android system.
PakaPakaxz said:
Just root with : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1255548 ?
Its for 2.3.4 or earlier android system.
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It doesnt work.
having the same issue...
jiggytom said:
having the same issue...
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Did you solved this problem yet?
You might try:
/system/bin/mount -o remount,rw /system
The /bin partition is osh, perhaps you remade this in some way that adb can not read/execute it?
Hi, I want to run application which does not run on rooted devices (it displays warning that my device is rooted).
I have found promising solution:
adb shell
su
mount -o remount,rw /system /system
mv /system/bin/su /system/bin/backupsu
mount -o remount,ro /system /system
exit
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but I get error on mv command that there is no such su file (even though su command is available in shell):
mv: bad '/system/bin/su': No such file or directory
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Where is my su command located in file system?
Found it with command:
type su
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its located
/sbin/su
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