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Rooted Hero Fails adb remount, can't move files from SD

I rooted my hero last night and tried out a few different ROMs but eventually decided to revert to stock and make some manual changes. I used nandroid to restore to just after the root (1.56.651.2). I was able to remove some apps using adb, but the adb remount command fails (permission denied), and I'm unable to push a new bootscreen on to the phone. I also tried a Root File Manager and pre-kitchen as alternatives for the bootscreen, and neither one works. The Root Manager won't paste the files from SD into /system/media/ and pre-kitchen just reboots the phone.
Any suggestions?

Any chance this has something to do with downloading only up to SDK Platform 1.5? I'm at a total loss. I RUU'd my phone, did a clean root at startup using adb shell, and I still have the same problem. The adb remount command won't work, and I can't push anything into the system directory. For what it's worth, when I still had Root Manager installed I was able to toggle RO R/W in any directory with no problem, and I could move files around within the ROM... but I couldn't move anything into it from the SD. I'm new at this, so I have no idea what the problem might be. Anyone else had this problem or have any suggestions?

If anyone else runs into this problem, this solution worked for me:
adb shell
# su
# mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
# chmod 777 /system (Or any subdirectory you want to push to inside system)
# exit
adb push <local file> <device location>
Restore modified permissions when done.
Though I'm still not sure why this is necessary in place of adb remount.

I'm pretty sure the adb remount command will not work on the stock rom. You should be able to do it with just this command instead:
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

dametzg said:
I'm pretty sure the adb remount command will not work on the stock rom. You should be able to do it with just this command instead:
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
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Thanks... didn't realize stock wouldn't accept adb remount. If I use the above line from within shell, that doesn't help me push anything on to the phone though... so I needed to enable global permission and then do the push. Oddly enough I tried the same approach last night using Root Manager, and the transfer from SD still failed, even after I applied 777 to the dir I was trying to modify. The current solution may be kind of tedious, but at least it works.

you really shouldn't do 777 on your filesystem, ANY app can then write to your system, overwrite things, or install malicious code. Just remount manually and you should be able to push anything you want, just remember that w/ the stock rom you also don't get a full busybox either.

I'm not positive, but I would think after you remount, you should be able to "adb push" to /system. I suppose it might be specific to that shell, but I would think not.
You just may have to do it once each time you boot your phone.
Edit - err nevermind... you're having permission errors.... um... change adbd on the phone to run as root? not sure how off the top of my head...

Find you misplaced / lost / stolen Android device

http://lifehacker.com/5522224/itag-...n-the-event-of-theft-or-loss?skyline=true&s=i
Just signed up for it, but thought I would let the community know about it!

MobileDefense.com > that
..and jesus that video is annoying.

Wavesecure as well............

Just took a quick glance at the three iTag/lifehacker, Wavesecure & MobileDefense. Is MobileDefense the only one that has free features on it?

mobiledefense is the ****. And the devlopers support custom roms.

scirio said:
mobiledefense is the ****. And the devlopers support custom roms.
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I second/third/fourth Mobile Defense.
Here's why...
1) When installed as a system app on a rooted device it will automatically turn on GPS to get an accurate location whereas wavesecure will NOT turn on GPS and only use the cell tower location which is not accurate.
2) Their support forum is FANTASTIC, they support custom ROMs and are aware of those ROMs out there and any problems associated with them. I had a few issues at first (none of which was mobile defense's fault) and they had everything resolved in a few hours.
3) Their GPS ping time is very fast. Instead of just sending a signal every minute, its more like every 10 seconds.
4) No international SMS charges like with Wave Secure (although I know wave secure is getting a US gateway soon, still...)
5) The upgrades they have planned are superb (just check out their site)

Sorry for the n00b question but how do I install MobileDefense as a system app on my rooted Hero?

adb push MobileDefenseNameHere.apk /system/app

mrinehart93 said:
adb push MobileDefenseNameHere.apk /system/app
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that wont work...
Put the com.neevo.mobiledefense.apk in your ADB tools folder
Code:
adb shell
su
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
chmod 777 /system/app
exit
exit
adb push com.neevo.mobiledefense.apk /system/app
adb shell
su
chmod 755 /system/app
mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
reboot
Done.

I disapprove of the program.
Why you ask?
Becuase it has an i as the first letter in name, and it is then followed by a verb which is then captilized.
Reason why they didn't call our phone the iHero is because it sounds stupid. Hence why apple has the iPhone.

Another Mobiledefense user here. Great program. Excellent for tracking your kids.

[Q] Dell Streak and Ad Hoc Network question

I am trying to connect dell streak to my N8 which has wifi tethering but seems like dell streak is not been able to see the connection. Is there a fix for this or can not be done ?

vikramdhani said:
I am trying to connect dell streak to my N8 which has wifi tethering but seems like dell streak is not been able to see the connection. Is there a fix for this or can not be done ?
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Hey Vikram,
Have you had any luck with this?

the.mister.d said:
Hey Vikram,
Have you had any luck with this?
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Not really because looks like alot of people in this forum are not too much into android. I am thinking to ask in other sections and hoping someone will come up with a solution

IIRC Froyo cannot connect to adhoc.

You need root first -- would help to have busybox.
http://android.modaco.com/content/d...c-network-connection-for-streak/#entry1381049
Download: wpa_supplicant.zip
Instructions to get Ad-Hoc working:
1. unzip wpa_supplicant out of wpa_supplicant.zip
2. open command terminal
3. adb push wpa_supplicant /sdcard/wpa_supplicant
4. adb shell
5. su
6. mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /system
(steps 7 - 9 is to backup the original file just in case)
7. cd /sdcard/
8. mkdir backup
9. busybox mv /system/bin/wpa_supplicant /sdcard/backup/wpa_supplicant
10. busybox mv /sdcard/wpa_supplicant /system/bin/wpa_supplicant
11. chmod 755 /system/bin/wpa_supplicant
12. mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /system
13. exit
14. exit
15. reboot Dell Streak

kohiiou said:
You need root first -- would help to have busybox.
http:android.modaco.com/content/dell-streak-streak-modaco-com/316049/ad-hoc-network-connection-for-streak/#entry1381049
Download: wpa_supplicant.zip
Instructions to get Ad-Hoc working:
1. unzip wpa_supplicant out of wpa_supplicant.zip
2. open command terminal
3. adb push wpa_supplicant /sdcard/wpa_supplicant
4. adb shell
5. su
6. mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /system
(steps 7 - 9 is to backup the original file just in case)
7. cd /sdcard/
8. mkdir backup
9. busybox mv /system/bin/wpa_supplicant /sdcard/backup/wpa_supplicant
10. busybox mv /sdcard/wpa_supplicant /system/bin/wpa_supplicant
11. chmod 755 /system/bin/wpa_supplicant
12. mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /system
13. exit
14. exit
15. reboot Dell Streak
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Hey kohiiou, Thanks for reply.
Does it matter which version of Froyo i am running? I am running DJ_Steve's ROM version 1.5.1.
Thanks again

kohiiou said:
You need root first -- would help to have busybox.
http://android.modaco.com/content/d...c-network-connection-for-streak/#entry1381049
Download: wpa_supplicant.zip
Instructions to get Ad-Hoc working:
1. unzip wpa_supplicant out of wpa_supplicant.zip
2. open command terminal
3. adb push wpa_supplicant /sdcard/wpa_supplicant
4. adb shell
5. su
6. mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /system
(steps 7 - 9 is to backup the original file just in case)
7. cd /sdcard/
8. mkdir backup
9. busybox mv /system/bin/wpa_supplicant /sdcard/backup/wpa_supplicant
10. busybox mv /sdcard/wpa_supplicant /system/bin/wpa_supplicant
11. chmod 755 /system/bin/wpa_supplicant
12. mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /system
13. exit
14. exit
15. reboot Dell Streak
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Awesome i will try it out and will post the results

vikramdhani said:
Awesome i will try it out and will post the results
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Vikram!
Did you get a chance to try this? Did it work for you?
Please let us know!
Anand D

I haven't tried DJ_Steve's 1.51 rom, but it worked for the following roms for me:
- DJ_Steve's 1.46
- Official 318
I tested the ad-hoc connection by connecting to an iPhone 4 running MyWi HotSpot -- it detects the ad-hoc network and connects (albeit a bit slow, maybe in part to MyWi's DHCP server?) After, it works just like a regular wireless connection.

kohiiou said:
I haven't tried DJ_Steve's 1.51 rom, but it worked for the following roms for me:
- DJ_Steve's 1.46
- Official 318
I tested the ad-hoc connection by connecting to an iPhone 4 running MyWi HotSpot -- it detects the ad-hoc network and connects (albeit a bit slow, maybe in part to MyWi's DHCP server?) After, it works just like a regular wireless connection.
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Hello kohiiou,
So i follow the steps you mentioned and copied the file to correct folder, gave right permissions.
After I restarted, I was able to connect to my Ad-hoc (Nokia N900 tethered) network for about 2 minutes and then it got disconnected.
After that now, I can not connect to even regular wifi.
After following the same steps couple times, still no luck.
Then I tried putting the backed up file back to system\bin folder and restarted.
I still can not connect to my regular wifi.
And clue? Before I re-flash?

When you tried to connect to the N8, did your streak add it to "remember" in your wifi list? Try "forgetting" all your wifi spots, reboot, and reconnec to the spots again from the beginning.

Rooting Help

Evening all,
I am getting very frustrated with my DroidX, since I cannot seem to get it rooted. I believe the crux of my problem lies in that I cannot seem to keep USB Debugging active, even though its enabled. It seems to show up once in awhile, and then just disappears. This does not allow rooters like Z4 to do its job.
I was running the Moto version 5 USB drivers, but backed down to the 4.9 USB drivers and still no luck. Has anyone run into this and can you guide me in rectifying this?
Thanks,
Steve

stevefxp said:
Evening all,
I am getting very frustrated with my DroidX, since I cannot seem to get it rooted. I believe the crux of my problem lies in that I cannot seem to keep USB Debugging active, even though its enabled. It seems to show up once in awhile, and then just disappears. This does not allow rooters like Z4 to do its job.
I was running the Moto version 5 USB drivers, but backed down to the 4.9 USB drivers and still no luck. Has anyone run into this and can you guide me in rectifying this?
Thanks,
Steve
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what version of Android you have?

I am running VZW stock 2.2.1 but the problem seems to lie in the fact I cannot keep USB debugging on, even though it is enabled on the phone.
Has anyone seen this?

Root your phone without your computer - This would be the path someone on a Mac could take or someone without access to a computer.
This works for the DX and D2 phone, won't work for the D1
Visit the market and get the free Android Terminal Emulator installed.
Visit the market and make sure you have Astro installed.
Grab rageagainsthecage.zip with your phone http://www.droidforums.net/forum/at...s-root-them-unroot-them-rageagainsthecage.zip
Use Astro to navigate to the /sdcard/download folder
Long press on the rageagainstthecage.zip file and "extract to this directory"
The 4 files, from the zip file should now be in the /sdcard/download folder (rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin, su, superuser.apk and busybox.
What are we going to do?
Steps 1- 5: Change to the /tmp folder on your phone, copy the file to the tmp directory, change its permissions. run it, and wait.
Step 6: make sure we can proceed
Steps 7 - 14: make system read-writable, copy the superuser. su and busybox files to where they need to go, use chmode to change their permissions, then make the system folder read-only, and exit Terminal Emulator.
If you want to know more about the commands being used here: cd, cp, chmod, mount, and exit are all Linux commands you can look up on your favorite search engine.
Okay, let's do it - type the blue parts in Terminal Emulator
cd /tmp
cp /sdcard/download/rage*.bin /tmp/
chmod 777 rage*.bin
./rage*.bin
This will take some time, just wait for the $ to show up so you know it is done.
Go to Settings > Applications > Manage Applications > Terminal Emulator > and Force Stop the application
Sanity check - Go into Terminal Emulator again and make sure you have a # symbol as a prompt. If so you are ready to proceed.
mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
cp /sdcard/download/Superuser.apk /system/app/Superuser.apk
cp /sdcard/download/su /system/bin/su
cp /sdcard/download/busybox /system/bin/busybox
chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
chmod 4755 /system/bin/busybox
mount -o ro,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
exit

For USB debugging, it might be your usb connection type. Try changing it to computer, mass storage, etc, until you find what's stable. I used Z4root when I did mine. Took like 2 minutes, and no computer, no terminal commands, true one-click root. Don't have the APK anymore, since I've moved on to the Bolt, sorry. But a google search should pull it up.

Thanks to all. I am now rooted. Woo hoo!

Fix Mobile Data drain.

After 2 days of testing i think i have a clean solution to fix the mobile data drain by setting the preferred network mode to 1 (GSM only). No need to delete or rename anything. Just update the db that is already there .
You need a rooted device for this.
Extract the sqlite3.zip and push to your device with the following commands:
Code:
adb shell mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /system
adb push sqlite3 /system/bin
adb shell chmod 6755 /system/bin/sqlite3
adb shell
su (to gain root permissions)
sqlite3 /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db 'update secure set value="1" where name="preferred_network_mode"'
reboot

I'll give this a try. Thanks
Edit: Is it possible I can do this on the device without adb? Adb doesn't want to detect my tablet with debugging enabled.

agentdax5 said:
I'll give this a try. Thanks
Edit: Is it possible I can do this on the device without adb? Adb doesn't want to detect my tablet with debugging enabled.
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Sure, as long as you have some sort of terminal emulator installed.

agentdax5 said:
I'll give this a try. Thanks
Edit: Is it possible I can do this on the device without adb? Adb doesn't want to detect my tablet with debugging enabled.
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with root explorer and a terminal app (eg connectbot) you can do it.

What exactly does this do? Is it the same result as renaming the phone and telephone apks?
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App

Thanks! Mine is done. I'll report back later after I charge and give it a go.

mrkrabs said:
What exactly does this do? Is it the same result as renaming the phone and telephone apks?
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App
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This updates the database configuration setting that causes the phone to not to look for 3G networks only 2G (GSM which includes GPRS and EDGE). I'll let the OP elaborate more, but this config change must reduce the battery usage by causing the phone and telephony services to chill out out a bit when in standy mode.

_motley said:
This updates the database configuration setting that causes the phone to not to look for 3G networks only 2G (GSM which includes GPRS and EDGE). I'll let the OP elaborate more, but this config change must reduce the battery usage by causing the phone and telephony services to chill out out a bit when in standy mode.
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couldn't describe it better

2g = only poll cell if request is made that needs cell, 3g = poll all the time, which means that if you change to only 2g then it should not check for cell if you are in wifi range.
I am sure thats how the tech works if i remember my time at nokia right LOL

is there a post around here to explain how to get ADB working on this thing? i can ADB shell in but i get "operation not permitted" when i try to mount /system as r/w
(yes i'm rooted)
thanks guys
edit: i got permission to mount the /system as r/w but when i try to push the sqlite3 i get "Device not found"
i suppose i can give a little more info
i'm running windows 7 ultimate 64 bit with an administrator command prompt and the newest iconia a500 usb drivers from acer's support site and i have my SDK up to date

I did this and it doesn't seem to have a big effect. 2 hours on battery mostly in sleep, Display 33%, Cell 31%, Idle 18%, etc.

Richard:
Just out of curiosity (Yes, I fully acknowledge I should have done something like "select * from secure where name='preferred_network_mode'" beforehand! ) what is the default value of "preferred_network_mode" before this modification sets it to "1"?
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Doc Kinne
Somerville, MA

kinnerc said:
Richard:
Just out of curiosity (Yes, I fully acknowledge I should have done something like "select * from secure where name='preferred_network_mode'" beforehand! ) what is the default value of "preferred_network_mode" before this modification sets it to "1"?
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Doc Kinne
Somerville, MA
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Default value is 0 (zero).

agentdax5 said:
I did this and it doesn't seem to have a big effect. 2 hours on battery mostly in sleep, Display 33%, Cell 31%, Idle 18%, etc.
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It's not about what your stats say, but what your mA drain is. i loose only a couple of % in a night (sleep).

edgemaster191 said:
is there a post around here to explain how to get ADB working on this thing? i can ADB shell in but i get "operation not permitted" when i try to mount /system as r/w
(yes i'm rooted)
thanks guys
edit: i got permission to mount the /system as r/w but when i try to push the sqlite3 i get "Device not found"
i suppose i can give a little more info
i'm running windows 7 ultimate 64 bit with an administrator command prompt and the newest iconia a500 usb drivers from acer's support site and i have my SDK up to date
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@edgemaster191
I am getting the same error; I also am rooted, running ADB from Windows 7 (and Mac OS X - tried both, same error). I also have latest drivers, and latest ADB.
I get "operation not permited error." Did you have any luck on getting further?

try this instead as a work around:
adb push sqlite3 /sdcard/sqlite3
adb shell
$ su
# mount -o remount,rw /system
# cp /sdcard/sqlite3 /system/bin/sqlite3
# chmod 6755 /system/bin/sqlite3
# sqlite3 /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db 'update secure set value="1" where name="preferred_network_mode"'
# reboot
I've never been able to use root level adb cmnds with this device from outside the adb shell env, I think you need to update the default.prop, but this gets overwritten on reboot, I'm sure there is a way to fix this, and has proabably been discussed in another thread I've been too lazy to go find lol.

nycbjr said:
try this instead as a work around:
adb push sqlite3 /sdcard/sqlite3
adb shell
$ su
# mount -o remount,rw /system
# cp /sdcard/sqlite3 /system/bin/sqlite3
# chmod 6755 /system/bin/sqlite3
# sqlite3 /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db 'update secure set value="1" where name="preferred_network_mode"'
# reboot
I've never been able to use root level adb cmnds with this device from outside the adb shell env, I think you need to update the default.prop, but this gets overwritten on reboot, I'm sure there is a way to fix this, and has proabably been discussed in another thread I've been too lazy to go find lol.
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FTFY. 10char.

I am going to have to run some logs....just not seeing any drain that would justify doing this ....will definitely keep an eye out for it though

nycbjr said:
try this instead as a work around:
adb push sqlite3 /sdcard/sqlite3
adb shell
$ su
# mount -o remount,rw /system
# cp /sdcard/sqlite3 /system/sqlite3
# chmod 6755 /system/bin/sqlite3
# sqlite3 /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db 'update secure set value="1" where name="preferred_network_mode"'
# reboot
I've never been able to use root level adb cmnds with this device from outside the adb shell env, I think you need to update the default.prop, but this gets overwritten on reboot, I'm sure there is a way to fix this, and has proabably been discussed in another thread I've been too lazy to go find lol.
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such things will be able with kernels that overwrite the default.prop

matguard said:
@edgemaster191
I am getting the same error; I also am rooted, running ADB from Windows 7 (and Mac OS X - tried both, same error). I also have latest drivers, and latest ADB.
I get "operation not permited error." Did you have any luck on getting further?
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i was able to finally get it, i copied the splite3 to /system/bin using root explorer, ran chmod through terminal emulator then ran the final command from adb shell.
not ideal but it worked