After installing MiniCM on my X8, volume keys are not working while the screen is locked. This is very helpful as I use the phone as music player quite often.
I found this thread on XDA
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12580311&postcount=866
But I don't know how to edit this file. Can someone help?
Thanks,
V.
Do you have Root Explorer?
If so you need to re write to R/W so you can change files.
Then you need to find the file and then edit it
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hi!
in order to test something, i need to replace the build.prop in root/system with a modified one. but trying to delete this file with astro manager displays an error message, and just copying the modified build.prop over the old one doesn't work too (nothing happens).
so my question is: how do you replace such a file?
thanks in advance for your help
are you serious!?!?!?
If the build.prop is located on the Android folder IT HAS TO BE A SYSTEM FILE !!!
if you mod the system files you could break android or the system just won't let you do it, you will need R and W privileges to do that.
edit the system files from your PC or just boot up in to windows mobile.
use some common scene next time.
hope it helps!
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Do you use a cyanogen build?
yes and there is already a cyanogen rom posted with the proper build.prop fixed, so you won't have to edit anything, just search for it.
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mmmh actually cyanogen made things easy to replace a system file, just copy your file into sdcard/android/root/system and reboot.
thanks for your help / posts. but unfortunately they're not helpful.
yes, i am serious! and yes, of course it's a system file. i know as well that modification might brick android.
there are reasons for modifying this file. some people seem to be able to, e.g. for chaning screen point density or modify the data passthrough.
so, please tell me, how can i edit/modify a system file from pc or windows mobile when its within the data.img-file?
thanks for any tips / hints on this.
use root explorer
Sichroteph said:
mmmh actually cyanogen made things easy to replace a system file, just copy your file into sdcard/android/root/system and reboot.
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Thank you VERY much for your help - I finally got it to work by listening your instructions. It is simply different if you have HD2 and plus CM mod. That figures why it was going back all the time to 180 instead of changing it - because it runs from sd card and that's where it needs to be replaced as well ...
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hello everybody
i did root my x8 but i cant change “SI” or customization code by root exploer
i alwys give me the message in default prop i try to edit
when try to open text editor it said you cannot edit this file because the file system is read only
and i did try astro file manager didnot work
as well itry PC Companion and SEUS both did not work
please can help to update to 2.1
thanks alot
Well...
In the root explorer, go.to the folder with the prop, then click the upper right corner, there is a button, click it, and try again, cuz that button is giving you permission to edit it, after clicking that button, try to edit the customization code again to update ... have fun
To change the permission, you MUST root your phone, or else that button won't show up!!
i have root my phone ok but i get is well rootexploer r/w
and then i go system floder and than build.prop to change it it always gives this massge
this file because the file system is read only
please help thanks alot
thanks very mtch i have figur out thank you
happy xms to xda developers
Hi all actually i'm running DFT NAND ROM and i'm just wondering how can i modify the system files as they are read only (for istance i'd like to edit build.prop or gps.conf).
Sorry for the noob question
Thanks all
NO GPS
I'm not able to get GPS to Work no matter what Nand Rom I Use, I edited my GPS.conf with the us.pool.ntp.org still not locking on SATs
thesniffer said:
Hi all actually i'm running DFT NAND ROM and i'm just wondering how can i modify the system files as they are read only (for istance i'd like to edit build.prop or gps.conf).
Sorry for the noob question
Thanks all
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You need to get root explorer. Google it for the apk. Then set your permissions to read/write in the app. Then you can easily modify those files.
Ok - other question, is there a way to modify or replace the file
/proc/calibration
I can replace the same file in two other locations (/system/etc and /etc) but not the one mentioned above. I tried with root explorer and adb - no success.
If not, i'll live with the generic mac-address
EDIT: i also tried a modified batch from mdj (I updated my kernel today with this one).
Hello all,
I saw this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=759537 about how to disable this annoying feature, but i had some question that i guess are quite noobish...
I'm new with android, and for what I've seen in that thread, i guess my firmware is not deodexed, because it has the "Phone.odex"...
Another thing: when i tried to copy the Phone.apk to system/app folder it said i dont have permission, that it is read-only. My phone is rooted at least.
Can anyone help me with this please??
use root explorer. it mounts any folder as read/write state
Hi everybody.
I'm come from Vietnam, where the Facebook is now banned.
We need someone to write a program to update the host file in /system/etc/ by just a touch.
Please copy the IP from http://armabloggin.com/2009/07/facebook-dns-block-fix/
to the host file (like AdFree program).
We cannot edit this file by Astro because it read-only. We don't know how to S-OFF our Android.
Thank you so much.
I thought that AdFree is for rooted phones only.
Here's the host file
I've modified the host file for you but I don't think you can get much further until you root your phone, giving yourself access to system/etc/ where the "hosts" file is for replacement.
Remove the .txt extension and replace it with your hosts file in /system/etc/ after rooting.
If your phone cannot be rooted at http://unrevoked.com/ have a look on the sub forum here for your phone.
As previously stated, changing any system file is impossible without root.
Why can't you use a one-click-rooting program? There are plenty around that work for quite a lot of phones. If that doesn't work there will be device specific guides available, unless it's a phone that can't be rooted (is there any?).
Sorry, I've already root the HTC Desire by Unrevoked.com and have RA-recovery.
I mean that I don't have S-OFF in my device.
I also used Astro to copy the host file to SD Card and edited it. But I cannot replace the host file to system/etc/.
So I need you help write a mini-soft like AdFree.
Have you tried using adb to push the hosts file (in recovery) or root explorer? No need to S-OFF.
I think a soft will easy to use for everyone, don't need experiment in adb, root or s-off.
Anyone developer can make it easy?
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I think the problem is that you didn't mounted the system partition. Try ES FileExplorer, it can work as root and can mount partitions
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Hi,I am vietnamese too,if you can't root your phone you can follow the full instruction on tinhte.vn forum.
I whipped this up for you.
It doesn't look great but it does the job. Put the 'hosts' file on your sdcard (not in any folder) that you want to move and rename it 'hosts.txt'. Then run the app and press the button. You'll probably need to reboot afterwards.
Enjoy.
This doesn't back up the hosts file on your phone so you may want to do that manually.
[YOU NEED ROOT ACCESS]
Thank you so much.
Meltus said:
I whipped this up for you.
It doesn't look great but it does the job. Put the 'hosts' file on your sdcard (not in any folder) that you want to move and rename it 'hosts.txt'. Then run the app and press the button. You'll probably need to reboot afterwards.
Enjoy.
This doesn't back up the hosts file on your phone so you may want to do that manually.
[YOU NEED ROOT ACCESS]
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Dear Meltus,
Firstly, I thank you very much to write this apk for me. You're so kind.
But it's maybe something wrong!
I install your apk, put the hosts.txt in SDCard (in the root, not in any folder).
Then run the app and press the button, reboot afterwards.
I used Astro to view the hosts file. But this file is error. It has 0 byte and can be read.
Please fix it. Thank you so much, again.
P/S: Maybe you make an options to chose folder of hosts file.
Further, you can develop this apk to change any file of system by chose the source and destiny paths.