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How do you delete a stale NFS file

Wallpaper set and save, I tried the rm command it wont work for a stale file is there any way to do this.

unless you really mounted a network drive, there's no way you can get a "stale NFS file", so the file system is corrupted.

billc.cn said:
unless you really mounted a network drive, there's no way you can get a "stale NFS file", so the file system is corrupted.
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So I have wallpaper set and save as being stale, does that mean more files will become like this, and that my ext2 partition is bound to fail, cause I can live without that wallpaper program, as long as the rest of my stuff is stable. Does this mean more files will eventually become corrupt.

Joeriginal said:
So I have wallpaper set and save as being stale, does that mean more files will become like this, and that my ext2 partition is bound to fail, cause I can live without that wallpaper program, as long as the rest of my stuff is stable. Does this mean more files will eventually become corrupt.
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Not necessarily. nfs stale file handle just means that nfs cannot resolve the nfs file handle that ext2 encoded for it. there could be many reason for it. lots of time, remount would fix the problem.

knaries2000 said:
Not necessarily. nfs stale file handle just means that nfs cannot resolve the nfs file handle that ext2 encoded for it. there could be many reason for it. lots of time, remount would fix the problem.
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How would I do this remount process exactly? And would I be risking anything?

What exactly are you doing. Where are you getting this error?

knaries2000 said:
What exactly are you doing. Where are you getting this error?
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I'm trying to install the program wallpaper set and save but the phone won't let me cause its a stale nfs file on my memory card ext2 partition, and I wanted to know if there is any way to fix that

Rebooting the phone does not solve it? If not then u might have an issue with your sdcard.

No reboot didn't help, this is the only app that does this so I don't think its the sdcard. I think it was a bad installation, and now its stuck somehow, oh well hopefully someone might find a resolution for this.

I was wondering would it be possible to move my apps back to the phone, and then delete the wallpaper set and save from a program like linda file manager then put them back on the sd card.

Joeriginal said:
I was wondering would it be possible to move my apps back to the phone, and then delete the wallpaper set and save from a program like linda file manager then put them back on the sd card.
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do you have adb setup?
just do "adb shell ls /data/app/" and see if that wallpaper app is there... if it is try to remove it "adb shell rm /data/app/<name.apk>

knaries2000 said:
do you have adb setup?
just do "adb shell ls /data/app/" and see if that wallpaper app is there... if it is try to remove it "adb shell rm /data/app/<name.apk>
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nope that didnt work, will it be possible to move them back to the phone, I used recovery mode to put them on my sdcard, and Im on RC33mod, can I do the undo copy.sh app or do I have to use recovery again.

I dont know about the copy.sh script, but u can do it by removing the symlink in /data/app
And then copy the app dir from sd back to /data

knaries2000 said:
I dont know about the copy.sh script, but u can do it by removing the symlink in /data/app
And then copy the app dir from sd back to /data
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Sorry Im not to savy with all this, How would I go about doing that.

so there is no other way of me getting rid of wallpaper set save stale nfs, and reinstalling it, cause I cant get it on my phone. thats the only program and I like using to set my wallpapers is there another way.

you could always mount it in linux and run fdisk. delete that partition and remake it. that is what I had to do to clean up my /system/sd directory from stale NFS handles. If you need more help with this let me know.

Deleting Bloatware ERROR!!

Im new to forum but Ive been trolling for the past couple days. I currently rooted my Vibrant with One Click GalaxyRooter. Then purchased Root Explorer to view the hidden files and folders that I need to get to in order to remove some of the stock .apk and odex files.
Im currently in the /system/app directory and the first thing that I want to remove is that avatar icon and files. I long press the file in root explorer to delete it and it allows me to. Only problem is that when I go back or refresh the directory everything is still there even when I reboot my phone.
Any suggestion.

AnthonyJFranks said:
Im new to forum but Ive been trolling for the past couple days. I currently rooted my Vibrant with One Click GalaxyRooter. Then purchased Root Explorer to view the hidden files and folders that I need to get to in order to remove some of the stock .apk and odex files.
Im currently in the /system/app directory and the first thing that I want to remove is that avatar icon and files. I long press the file in root explorer to delete it and it allows me to. Only problem is that when I go back or refresh the directory everything is still there even when I reboot my phone.
Any suggestion.
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When using Root Explorer, on the top part of the screen, press [Mount R/O] and try again. I think that might solve the issue. Post up the results!

Why didn't you just uninstall the files via titanium backup?

Master™ said:
Why didn't you just uninstall the files via titanium backup?
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Forget what I said, use Mater's method. lol

I do see the Mount R/O in the top right hand section of the screen and I pressed it but it seems like it didnt do anything. It just shows my memory used / free and r/w [ Mount R/O]
I tried deleting a file still was there when I came back into the directory

How do I access the file directory in Titanium Backup

AnthonyJFranks said:
How do I access the file directory in Titanium Backup
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You don't access the file directory. Titanium Backup will show you a list of ALL apps installed. You simply click and press uninstall. Simple, no fuss. You can even make a backup before you uninstall it in case you need it later. Done.

Use Titanium Backup like everyone said, I also had the same problem with other Root Explorers. Also be sure to delete the .zip file because it might cause problems later. Also do you know what trolling means? I think you meant lurking, because trolling implies you've been trying to get people angry.

I didn't even notice he said he had been trolling LOL. Get back troll! My brain automatically assumed lurking.

AnthonyJFranks said:
Im new to forum but Ive been trolling for the past couple days. I currently rooted my Vibrant with One Click GalaxyRooter. Then purchased Root Explorer to view the hidden files and folders that I need to get to in order to remove some of the stock .apk and odex files.
Im currently in the /system/app directory and the first thing that I want to remove is that avatar icon and files. I long press the file in root explorer to delete it and it allows me to. Only problem is that when I go back or refresh the directory everything is still there even when I reboot my phone.
Any suggestion.
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Your system is set to read only.
Follow the instructions found in this post (forgive me i'm too new to post links, and i want to give credit to the solution):
hxxp://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8643744&postcount=6
Code:
$ mount -o rw,remount -t rfs /dev/block/stl9 /system
Run the command from terminal, and you should then be able to delete the files that you want.

Here do this I had this happen awhile back this worked
AustinKnight45 said:
Download busybox from market then run it and update it then after it updates and you have the latest busybox go back to root explorer and delete the bloat ware dont know why this works but it does.
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AustinKnight45 said:
Here do this I had this happen awhile back this worked
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sentences without periods are hard to read.... ha

This didnt work
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eatspaper said:
Your system is set to read only.
Follow the instructions found in this post (forgive me i'm too new to post links, and i want to give credit to the solution):
hxxp://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8643744&postcount=6
Code:
$ mount -o rw,remount -t rfs /dev/block/stl9 /system
Run the command from terminal, and you should then be able to delete the files that you want.
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I tried this and it didn't work as well I got a error message that said operation not permitted
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Any suggestion on whats going on, I know its rooted the super user always pops up when ever a couple apps or on
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AnthonyJFranks said:
I tried this and it didn't work as well I got a error message that said operation not permitted
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Did you SU in the terminal first before you ran the command?

[Q] .sh script help

Hey guys, need some help with this one from some of you with more android/linux experience than me.
In my continuing quest to make Blackhole as customizable as possible I've been working on a way for users to easily install paid apps (legally downloaded of course), and stuff that I don't have available in rom manager in one easy step at the same time the rom is installed. In pursuit of this goal I've found that it's possible for the update-script file inside a clockworkmod zip to call a script in the zip as well. I've gotten it to say it's run the script, but it doesn't do what it's supposed to. here's what i've got:
#! /bin/
busybox cp /sdcard/app/* /system/app/
When I type the command into a terminal on the phone it works. When I open an adb shell and type "bash install.sh" it works. But when I get the update.zip to run the script, or run it in root explorer it just says it's run it, but doesn't do anything.
Is there something I'm missing about how to call the script? Do I need to somehow add the bash program to the zip file so it can run the script right? Has anyone ever done something like this who can point me in the right direction?

do you have an output you can show us?
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This is a shot in the dark but does writing to /system/app require root permissions? It could be that you've given your terminal app root, so it runs under su. But when the script is being executed it does not have root and fails, but perhaps the output is being held back a bit and you're not seeing the permission denied.

Steve_ ?!
whoa, didn't expect it to be you of all people
Anyhoo, this is a bit off topic, but I've got a small request, can you somehow make BlackHole 2.4 an option on Rom manager? I don't have DL09 so I can't use 3.0, but I really like the ability to select everything to customize, instead of me going and installing one thing at a time....

Why not just add the following to the end of the update-script:
Code:
copy_dir /sdcard/app SYSTEM:
Also, is the SDCard mounted by default when the phone boots to recovery? If it isn't, or it isn't mounted while the update is processing, that will also cause the problem.

wizang said:
This is a shot in the dark but does writing to /system/app require root permissions? It could be that you've given your terminal app root, so it runs under su. But when the script is being executed it does not have root and fails, but perhaps the output is being held back a bit and you're not seeing the permission denied.
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Could very well be, it's not showing me any output when i run it the two ways it doesn't work, just says it's been run.
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Steve_ ?!
whoa, didn't expect it to be you of all people
Anyhoo, this is a bit off topic, but I've got a small request, can you somehow make BlackHole 2.4 an option on Rom manager? I don't have DL09 so I can't use 3.0, but I really like the ability to select everything to customize, instead of me going and installing one thing at a time....
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Haha, caught me. I was trying to remain incognito Yeah, i'll get 2.4 loaded back up on rom manager for you today. But if you flash 3.0 it will upgrade you to DL09 and the DJ05 kernels and modem are compatible, or at least no one i know of has had issues.
imnuts said:
Why not just add the following to the end of the update-script:
Code:
copy_dir /sdcard/app SYSTEM:
Also, is the SDCard mounted by default when the phone boots to recovery? If it isn't, or it isn't mounted while the update is processing, that will also cause the problem.
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sdcard is mounted when you go to recovery, because it's got to access the update.zip file on it to install anything. I'll try your code, do you know what to put after SYSTEM: to make it go to the /app directory? thanks for the idea, it's a different way to go, i didn't think about the fact the update-script could access the device if you don't use the "package" tag.

Don't you need to add "sh" to the bin directory and define the script as so:
#! /bin/sh
if you want it to execute properly..

dcow90 said:
Don't you need to add "sh" to the bin directory and define the script as so:
#! /bin/sh
if you want it to execute properly..
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normally yes, but there doesn't seem to be a /bin/sh directory on my fascinate, only /bin and that's where the cp and mv and cat, etc. are.

I made a script to do this forever ago on my G1 when it first came out... Let me see if I can find it.

This has been done lots of times before. If you look around on xda there are some backup scripts which do the same thing.
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imnuts said:
Why not just add the following to the end of the update-script:
Code:
copy_dir /sdcard/app SYSTEM:
Also, is the SDCard mounted by default when the phone boots to recovery? If it isn't, or it isn't mounted while the update is processing, that will also cause the problem.
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Well I gave that a shot, and i think it could work, but the recovery wouldnt do it. it says "non-package source path not yet supported" good idea tho.
yutsoku said:
I made a script to do this forever ago on my G1 when it first came out... Let me see if I can find it.
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If you can that would be great.
n0yd said:
This has been done lots of times before. If you look around on xda there are some backup scripts which do the same thing.
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I spent a good bit of time searching and most of the scripts I found were much more complex than what i need, or were written to run on a computer, which i've already done.

sonofskywalker3 said:
normally yes, but there doesn't seem to be a /bin/sh directory on my fascinate, only /bin and that's where the cp and mv and cat, etc. are.
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Thats not the point. You need to set a shell interpreter, not a path. Cwm uses busybox sh, which is in /bin in recovery mode. Google search shebang
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jt1134 said:
Thats not the point. You need to set a shell interpreter, not a path. Cwm uses busybox sh, which is in /bin in recovery mode. Google search shebang
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Going to go ahead and parade my stupidity in front of everyone here:
so does that mean i'm right using #! /bin/ or that it should be #! /bin/sh/ or something else entirely? I'm so confused.

sonofskywalker3 said:
Going to go ahead and parade my stupidity in front of everyone here:
so does that mean i'm right using #! /bin/ or that it should be #! /bin/sh/ or something else entirely? I'm so confused.
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#!/bin/sh for scripts in recovery. #!/system/bin/sh for scripts in android.
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VERY very long shot...

Hi all,
Love my HTC Desire so much i bought a Witstech A81E Android 2.2 Tablet. Which is pretty buggy to say the least though on the whole works well.
The one thing that is driving me crazy is a number of apps dont install with the logcat error:
"packagename.apk requires unavailable shared library com.google.android.maps"
Now from what i have read apparently this device does not come with Google Maps API so my question is how do i add it?
Can it be done? Do i need to modify a ROM to do it? can i push it via adb or apk?
A little help would be greatly appreciated.

It would need to have google apps installed to be able to access the libraries. Best bet is to find out if it has been rooted yet and try to install the proprietary applications they can't ship the device with.

appreciate the help mate. i've rooted the device though where can i find google maps api?
the unit already has google maps 5.0 installed but apparently doesnt have the API's.
Any idea what im looking for? will it be an APK or just some files i need to put in a system folder?
i think im over my head

additionally i have searched for any com.google.android.maps related data on my desire and have found the following:
/system/framework/com.google.android.maps.jar
/system/etc/permissions/com.google.android.maps.xml
/etc/permissions/com.google.android.maps.xml
/data/dalvik-cache/[email protected]@[email protected]
could it be as easy as copying this over to my tablet?
Ill try it out tonight.

If the application is installed correctly it should work because the api is stored in the data. Is the application on the tablet installed to the /system/ or /data/ partition. It might be looking for the data in /system/

not sure what you mean about where the application resides? you mean the app i am trying to install? The app i am trying to install is Tasker.
i have been doing some googling and saw someone else have the same problem and he managed to fix it:
When trying to install some apps, I would see this error message in logcat:
requires unavailable shared library com.google.android.maps
I had the Google Maps app installed and working, but that didn’t fix the issue. It turns out, I had to add two other files and restart the phone. I found those files in the google zip from Cyanogenmod. It took a little fiddling, but I was able to use these instructions to remount /system in write mode. First step was to take the following two files from the google apps zip (gapps-hdpi-20101114-signed.zip) and put them onto my sd card.
/system/etc/permissions/com.google.android.maps.xml
/system/framework/com.google.android.maps.jar
Then to load them onto the phone, I opened the terminal emulator and ran:
su
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
cp /mnt/sdcard/com.google.android.maps.xml /system/etc/permissions/
cp /mnt/sdcard/com.google.android.maps.jar /system/framework/
Then after I rebooted the phone, I was able to install apps that depend on Google Maps. I can now check bus and train times, and do all kinds of other cool stuff with maps!
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i simply used root explorer to copy it across though still not working. surely someone smarter than me can tell me what i am doing wrong.
is copying with root explorer essentially the same as above?

damn i could have sworn someone here would have been switched on enough to help me on this
oh well back to random googling for me.

Well did you try using terminal emulator? And do what he did? B/c that looks like a remount to system to me easy as pie just do what he did you can find the files with root explorer or do it on your pc doesnt really matter. You can Not achieve what he did just using root explorer you need terminal emulator!

Sage said:
damn i could have sworn someone here would have been switched on enough to help me on this
oh well back to random googling for me.
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I don't know how much it will help (or if its 100 percent true) but I was just told recently that moving a file via root explorer is the same as pushing it via adb.
sent from gv1.5 on g2

^correct
Sent from Enrique Iglesias.

now i am confused. can i use root explorer or not? i used root explorer and then reset the correct permissions on the files though its still not working.
I take it i can get a terminal emulator that runs on the device itself yeah?
Ill try that next.
If that fails i am going to try my first attempt at cooking a ROM
Appreciate all the help!

no more love for Sage?
i dont know why its so hard..
I did try to cook the original ROM though unyaffs couldnt extract the img.
looks like i might have to boot up a Virtual nix box.. damn this is so much harder than it should be.

Remove Thunder Boot Sound [See post 15 for app]

Just thought I would give a heads up to anyone who wants to rid themselves of the annoying boot sound.
It is located in /system/media and the file name is FinalThunder.mp3. Move it to FinalThunder.mp3.old and it's gone.
I'd write a quick update script, but the new update-binary format escapes me.
Hope that helps.

Good tip, I was glad that moving that sound file to somewhere more accessible was part of the ROM image cause I also like to remove that sound. I like to tinker with the phone at work sometimes so a quiet boot is necessary

I know whatcha mean man. I can just imagine me rebooting in school with a crack of THUNDA! Thanks Unheard.

yo, just fyi, i couldn't find it in /system/media; found out that it gets moved there on the debloat rom.
for non debloat rom users, its here /system/customize/resource

Thanks for the tip . The sound was really annoying

Thank you! It works

man I love that sound myself

how do you rename it? I tried es file explorer, hit the file and rename to .old but operation failed!

I added this mp3 of windows 95 crashing and the windows breaks perfectly to when the lighting flashes kinda funny but work goodwhen i renamed it to FinalThunder.mp3 http://www.zedge.net/ringtones/303308/windows-95-crash-ringtone/

Hehe, I'm a thunder crashing sound whore, myself

You need to use root explorer or another root file explorer.
I noticed when you remove the bootanimation from the same folder the stock android boot animation is used!
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thank god. i was so sick of that sound when rebooting.

tornadog said:
how do you rename it? I tried es file explorer, hit the file and rename to .old but operation failed!
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It's in the /system folder, meaning to modify it:
1) You need to be logged in as a super-user (root).
2) You need to make the /system directory writable.
1) Root your device, adb shell into it, and type "su".
2) Upon logging in as su, type:
mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk0p25 /system

Flashed and all looks well, although the font is painful

Made a simple app to remove and restore the thunderbolt sound, download below
@Other Rom Devs, feel free to include it in your roms

Go cap'n go cap'n go...

Glad you posted this, I rooted yesterday at work & I dunno how many times I had to reboot with the sound of that Thunder cracking everytime. Someone stuck their head up over the cube after about the 5th time & is like WTF IS THAT?!?!
Got it deleted!

Thanks. That sound needed to go.

i want to get rid of it so badly i might start adbin' my phone to get freakin' root to do that! i really like so much zroot for my droidx i wonder when our developers will do something like this for thunderbolt so i dont have to work w/ adb

So after the sound is removed, am I safe to delete the app, or will the sound revert?