Busybox - XPERIA X8 General

So I have Busybox installed in my system/xbin (Using the app I downloaded from the market)
I thought of installing xRecovery and according to the guide..
I should extract the files(busybox, chargemon, xrecovery) to system/bin
My questions are:
1. Should I move the busybox in system/xbin to system/bin?
2. Are the 2 busybox the same? Let's not talk about version, talk about the functionality of it.
I'm using: xRecovery-mini-0.1-beta, according to this thread, other versions won't work.
Your replies are greatly appreciated.

My xrecovery updated automatically otherwise try out alfs kernel it has clockworkmod in it. Hope i helped and if i did press the thanks button
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That's not the answer I expected :S Thanks anyway.

Square Root said:
That's not the answer I expected :S Thanks anyway.
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move the three files to system/bin

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Busybox update.zip for incredible?

Does an update.zip exist for the incredible to add busybox to a stock rooted Rom? Or is there anyone willing to make one? I found one for the hero where they stripped down a rom and just left busybox, apps2sd, and Su. It would be greatly appreciated by many noobs like myself.
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I believe Stericson has an app out that installs busy box for you with a single click. Just search "Busy box" in the market and it should come up. Not sure as to whether or not it works on the Incredible, as I've an Evo, but it should.
I tried that but it failed saying either I it couldn't remount or I wasn't rooted.
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bradatz said:
Does an update.zip exist for the incredible to add busybox to a stock rooted Rom? Or is there anyone willing to make one? I found one for the hero where they stripped down a rom and just left busybox, apps2sd, and Su. It would be greatly appreciated by many noobs like myself.
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I think the unrevoked tool installs it for you.
I'll try that again, but I used 3.0 to root it. Maybe 3.1 will install it, I thought that was only windows fixes from 3.0
maybe
kind of a rookie here, but couldn't you just install titanium backup and then click the problems button. I think it downloads and install busybox??
Nice call!!! Worked like a charm. Thx.
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ejkeebler said:
kind of a rookie here, but couldn't you just install titanium backup and then click the problems button. I think it downloads and install busybox??
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Wouldn't be permenant since NAND is still locked. Would lose it after reboot and have to do same thing over and over after every reboot.
http://www.unrevoked.com/incredible/payload-update.zip
Apply this payload-update.zip and it will install busybox. Just go to recovery and choose install zip from SD card and then choose this one
Then to test
go to cmd prompt
type adb shell
then when in shell type
busybox and you will see its now installed.
If you want the latest busybox, I've attached 1.16.2 freshly compiled.
One issue I ran into was that all the info on the forums has busybox being installed in /system/xbin. The PATH variable has /system/bin before /system/xbin, so that means the original symlinks to "toolbox" are getting picked up first - I don't know if I'm the only one who was annoyed by ls -al returning "-al: No such file or directory"
I guess "toolbox" didn't support this, so you can either install busybox to /system/bin, or leave it in /system/xbin and create a symlink called toolbox in /system/bin that points to busybox in /system/xbin.
As usual, backup your "toolbox" binary first before removing it from /system/bin.
Now ls -al returns a correct listing and I see no app breakage by the symlink method - Ti Backup runs just fine without needing to install its own busybox.
*edit - I guess this doesn't really answer the OP, but I figured I would share this anyway.
ok so I found a side effect - WiFi doesnt work after this. There seems to be a problem with dhcpcd and the new busybox, even though external dhcp support was compiled in...guess I've got some digging to do...
http://codehydra.com/Dinc/RootStock/roto-rooter.zip
that is a busybox install I ripped out of a N1 froyo root update.zip Cyanogen did, modded for the D-Inc.
Seems to work well for me.
the easy way is just to install titanium backup from the market and then click problems and it will install busybox for you in like 5 seconds
Not Really
... but it does NOT install the newest busybox; just one which is compatible with Titanium Backup.
Busybox.net shows v1.17 is the latest (unstable) release, and v1.16.2 is the latest stable. Titanium Backup pushes something in the v1.15 area.
http://www.busybox.net/
Also when I did it through titanium and went to busybox to install latest it said my system had none.
I have a busybox 1.16.2 version that I ripped from one of the posted ROMs that I can attach. It works on the Inc, and I think the whole DHCP / resolv.conf thing works too. At least it's the only version I tried where I can get wget working properly. You may need to create /system/etc/resolv.conf with some valid nameservers first though. Let me know if you want me to post it.
Hmm, nevermind. I tried with the busybox version I have, and WiFi does not get an IP address. Seems to be the same problem.
If you track it down, when you compile your version check if wget works properly also. There were some issues with that and DNS lookups. Don't forget you may need a valid resolv.conf.
Joe92T said:
the easy way is just to install titanium backup from the market and then click problems and it will install busybox for you in like 5 seconds
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I second this , I used ones off the rooting forums and it never quite worked right until I let titanium backup install it for me. Also its much easier than pushing files to your device if you are unfamiliar with doing it, because you can download tb from market and it does the work for you
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Easiest way to stay current is to install the Stericson app. It can't install it for you due to the NAND lock, but
1) It's trivial to extract it and install manually from the .apk file.
2) It will give you an easy notification via the marketplace that a new version is available.

help with the xrecovery

So guys see i dont know to to automatically install it can anyone tell me how? i tryed to download to the phone but it didnt work because i got an error. When i try to mannualy install it i download files to pc and the with the usb i passed them to my phone. When i open my file manager ghost commander i tryed to copy the 3 files busybox clock.. and the xrecovery.tar to the system/bin folder. THe busybox nad the clock.. were copied but the xrecovery didnt so if can anyone help me i would really appreciate it
Thank you in advance
Hi,
I don't think it's possible to automatically install xrecovery.
You can find informations and tutos here :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=881614
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=878426
Hope it will be useful for you.
man see
- Download and unpack the recovery package
- use Root Explorer to remount /system rw
- copy the content of the package (3 files) into /system/bin folder
this is what i have to do but how do i remount the system?
and when i copy the 3 files i got an error and the xrecovery.tar isnt copied
but the 2 other files are.
After you unpack those 3 files to sd card use root explorer to copy them into system/bin
in bin folder you have to mount r/w,there's button in right corner of the screen
after you move them,you have to set permissions for them
so the only way to do it is to buy the root explorer?
Thank you very much
guys i did everything that it said but still when the logo of SE appears the one with the icon of SE i press back and nothing is happening. Is this because i had the busybox installed from an app of the market named busybox installed?
zousoum96 said:
guys i did everything that it said but still when the logo of SE appears the one with the icon of SE i press back and nothing is happening. Is this because i had the busybox installed from an app of the market named busybox installed?
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Install busybox from market, not busybox installer.
iMatth3w said:
Install busybox from market, not busybox installer.
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y man when i search busybox in market i got the one i have the name is busybox but when i got in it tells me to install busybox there is nothing else and i got the busybox 1.17 should i get the 1.18 ?
zousoum96 said:
guys i did everything that it said but still when the logo of SE appears the one with the icon of SE i press back and nothing is happening. Is this because i had the busybox installed from an app of the market named busybox installed?
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You should press the back button as soon the sony ericsson words appear no the logo ...
Regards
Man still nothing I pressed it many times and one continuously but still nothing anyone have any idea?
Well it works for me on FW 47 and the last one, maybe start again from clean install of rom, root it and try again ...
I used the file in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=881614&page=7 post 62 and worked just fine.
Regards
Jacks
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Well it works for me on FW 47 and the last one, maybe start again from clean install of rom, root it and try again ...
I used the file in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=881614&page=7 post 62 and worked just fine.
Regards
Jacks
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Done thank you
Good !! enjoy ...
Regards
zousoum96 said:
Man still nothing I pressed it many times and one continuously but still nothing anyone have any idea?
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Very probably with the busybox version you installed is NOT compatible with xRecovery, I tried different busybox, and finally got it work, hope this may help.
Annoymous Man said:
Very probably with the busybox version you installed is NOT compatible with xRecovery, I tried different busybox, and finally got it work, hope this may help.
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I am ok everything is working now and i update my phone to 2.2 because i think that the 2.3 isnt enough stable right now but i think that in like 1-2 weeks there will be an update to 2.3 very stable. Can someone tell me if the current is stable enough to download. I want a guy who is using the 2.3 to x8
Hey, I made a detailed video how to install xRecovery and Custom ROM's on YouTube at, /watch?v=sJIU5qIdC-w

X8 clockworkmod install

How can i install clockworkmod recovery on xperia x8?
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Pls read this next time
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Tutorial by puppet13th:
You have to download this
Unpack it.
put the following files in the right directory with root explorer:
put cwm-rec.tar and fx8-rec.tar to /system/
put sh to /system/xbin/
put chargemon and charger to /system/bin/
link cwm-rec.tar to /system/bin/xrecovery.tar and /system/bin/recovery.tar
if u're using custom rom, use fb-chargemon for chargemon script. Don't forget to rename it to "chargemon"
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set permissions 644 for
/system/cwm-rec.tar
/system/fx8-rec.tar
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set permissions 755 for
/system/bin/chargemon
/system/bin/charger
/system/xbin/sh
Then you finished
Thanks ;
I will try
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how can i set permissions?
In Root Explorer.
can somebody write this in details? please i am newbie
Blacksony said:
Pls read this next time
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Tutorial by puppet13th:
You have to download this
Unpack it.
put the following files in the right directory with root explorer:
put cwm-rec.tar and fx8-rec.tar to /system/
put sh to /system/xbin/
put chargemon and charger to /system/bin/
link cwm-rec.tar to /system/bin/xrecovery.tar and /system/bin/recovery.tar
if u're using custom rom, use fb-chargemon for chargemon script. Don't forget to rename it to "chargemon"
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set permissions 644 for
/system/cwm-rec.tar
/system/fx8-rec.tar
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set permissions 755 for
/system/bin/chargemon
/system/bin/charger
/system/xbin/sh
Then you finished
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do i need to have xrecovery installed?
The simpliest way to install CWM is to plug your phone with debugging mode to your PC and run DMR.bat from this file. More information you'll find in this post.
Thanks. It works
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Please Help Me! I've X8 and i rooted it, also there's installed xRecovery, first I installed a coustom rom but that room has some bugs like camera, so i restored my phone to 2.1 , Now I want to install GingerDX but this rom need ClockWorkMod (Here's The Problem) I Want to kno how -in the details please- to install CWM on my X8 ! i tried ur method that you post it but when i start to move the files (cwm-rec.tar & the other files) it's keep telling me {You cannot paste here because the file system is read-only) i also tried to permissions the files to be read&write but it's keep tellin me the same problem! Please Any HELP! thnxx alot
iLilDark said:
Please Help Me! I've X8 and i rooted it, also there's installed xRecovery, first I installed a coustom rom but that room has some bugs like camera, so i restored my phone to 2.1 , Now I want to install GingerDX but this rom need ClockWorkMod (Here's The Problem) I Want to kno how -in the details please- to install CWM on my X8 ! i tried ur method that you post it but when i start to move the files (cwm-rec.tar & the other files) it's keep telling me {You cannot paste here because the file system is read-only) i also tried to permissions the files to be read&write but it's keep tellin me the same problem! Please Any HELP! thnxx alot
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Mount r/w for /system in root explorer and then copy the files over. GingerDX does not need CWM recovery, it only needs xRecovery to install. So root your x8, install xRecovery, backup phone, full wipe, install GingerDX, wipe cache and dalvik-cache and then reboot. Tada! GingerDX will be running on your phone.
Tada! MD5 missmatch? Did you know how to fix it? Thx again
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Search for "md5 mismatch" on xda.
By the way:
When did you get this?
Because you can get this only when you flash a ROM/backup that consists of syste.img, data.img, cache.img and nandroid.md5 and GingerDX is in an update.zip, so it´s only a .zip-file that contains the /system-folder and a script that makes it flashable in a recovery, so you can´t get a md5 mismatch on this.
hey bro you need xrecovery version 0.1 and you flash it try first a Ginger DX v09 like i d then upgrade ginger dx have clockowrmod installed you can reboot in it i will post a link
Latest versions of GingerDX for X8 need CWM
and I have xRecovery installed on my stock rom. I would update first to CWM my phone and then install GingerDX v016...what I should do? I don't want to brick my phone! Anyone could explain me the correct procedure? Thanks
Phenom965 said:
and I have xRecovery installed on my stock rom. I would update first to CWM my phone and then install GingerDX v016...what I should do? I don't want to brick my phone! Anyone could explain me the correct procedure? Thanks
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Flash dualboot with xrecovery then you will have cwm and xrecovery at the same time. You can find dualboot.zip from the multiboot thread
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eagleeyetom said:
The simpliest way to install CWM is to plug your phone with debugging mode to your PC and run DMR.bat from this file. More information you'll find in this post.
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thanks mate, ive just spent about 2 hours trying to do this, and pow, .bat is a life saver
Blacksony said:
Pls read this next time
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Tutorial by puppet13th:
You have to download this
Unpack it.
put the following files in the right directory with root explorer:
put cwm-rec.tar and fx8-rec.tar to /system/
put sh to /system/xbin/
put chargemon and charger to /system/bin/
link cwm-rec.tar to /system/bin/xrecovery.tar and /system/bin/recovery.tar
if u're using custom rom, use fb-chargemon for chargemon script. Don't forget to rename it to "chargemon"
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set permissions 644 for
/system/cwm-rec.tar
/system/fx8-rec.tar
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set permissions 755 for
/system/bin/chargemon
/system/bin/charger
/system/xbin/sh
Then you finished
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sorry for bumping a quite old thread,
but after doing all of those above, my x8 is now installed with CWM v 0.0.1
i tried to flash v 4.0.1.5 edify from this thread :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1119456
but after i reboot and go to recovery, my version is still the same (v 0.0.1)
how to update to newer version ? i tried flashing it so many times and still no newer version :/
any help would be appreciated .

Need Help with /system/bin/sh

Okay, so heres my case i rooted my play and installed the custom ROM GBTweaked0. Since then i couldn't access my Recovery or install my old rom from my SD card. Me being a n00b, i tried uninstalling busybox, the uninstall failed and since then my apps seem to have lost root access and im missing /system/bin/sh.
Please if anyone could help me get the sh file back i'd greatly appreciate it. i just want my phone running back on my stock rom
try downloading busybox installer from the market it has every version if that doesnt work reroot or give those apps permission in superuser again
psxpetey said:
try downloading busybox installer from the market it has every version if that doesnt work reroot or give those apps permission in superuser again
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i already tried reinstalling busybox from the market and it claims it doesnt have root access even though it does. i made sure in super user
you could find the busybox files and move them manually to the correct location
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i dont think that that would work either because system/bin is a read only folder. so even if i knew how to manually install busybox the way your talking about i don't think that it would let me.
never mind i flashed to stock 2.3.2 using WotanServer. Thanks for the help
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never mind i flashed to stock 2.3.2 using WotanServer. Thanks for the help
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well if you had root it is read/write? Isn't it?
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well if you had root it is read/write? Isn't it?
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yes, but like i said in my first post, i tried uninstalling busybox which deleted the sh file in my system/bin folder which must have taken root access away.
But again, it's all good now cus like i said i managed to flash back to stock 2.3.2 using WotanServer and updated to 2.3.3, rooted, restored all my apps, and now my phone is back to normal.

[Q]Busybox installation and uninstallation problems

Hi Everyone. I think I need some helps actually. I m sorry of my poor english.
I would like to know if i install the busybox, can i still hv system updates from google?
I hv previously installed busybox in system/bin, but then i saw the suggestion which tell me to install it in the system/xbin instead of bin.
Therefore i install it again in xbin, and i found that there re also busybox files in bin, so i delete them directly. can i actually do that??
After i did that, my phone seems to be normal without any problems.
Then, i try to uninstall the busybox but it didn't allow me to do so. After that i try to install another apps called Busybox installer and i press delete busybox in that apps. The app told me that it was successful, however when i go into the system/xbin, the busybix files are still there. So What should i do?
I apologize again for my poor English. I reli need helps.:crying:
Frankie_Ho said:
Hi Everyone. I think I need some helps actually. I m sorry of my poor english.
I would like to know if i install the busybox, can i still hv system updates from google?
I hv previously installed busybox in system/bin, but then i saw the suggestion which tell me to install it in the system/xbin instead of bin.
Therefore i install it again in xbin, and i found that there re also busybox files in bin, so i delete them directly. can i actually do that??
After i did that, my phone seems to be normal without any problems.
Then, i try to uninstall the busybox but it didn't allow me to do so. After that i try to install another apps called Busybox installer and i press delete busybox in that apps. The app told me that it was successful, however when i go into the system/xbin, the busybix files are still there. So What should i do?
I apologize again for my poor English. I reli need helps.:crying:
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Download "Busybox Installer" from Google Play, then, select the version of Busybox you are trying to install, it will install it easily.
Anyway, you will still have google updates.
luiseteyo said:
Download "Busybox Installer" from Google Play, then, select the version of Busybox you are trying to install, it will install it easily.
Anyway, you will still have google updates.
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thanks a lot!
can i just directly delete the files of busybox in my system/xbin?
Frankie_Ho said:
thanks a lot!
can i just directly delete the files of busybox in my system/xbin?
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You are welcome!! Yes, you can delete them directly.
Good luck! Report results please!
luiseteyo said:
You are welcome!! Yes, you can delete them directly.
Good luck! Report results please!
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thanks! maybe i m not going to delete them now lol

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