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i have a rooted droid x running the version above. i am not interested in running custom roms, i just want root so i can run whatever apps i want to. after rooting i downloaded wireless tether and the free version of titanium backup. wireless tether is my only means of connecting my computer to the internet. i ran a complete backup after downloading titanium backup. just messing around one day i removed cardock and blockbuster from the phone. i have restored blockbuster but can not get cardock restored. my phone has downloaded the latest ota update and wants me to install it. from what i have read, i will need cardock restored. is this correct and if so how can i get it back? i am fairly good with a puter but new to android. i rooted using doroot for windows. all help is much appreciated.
maneddi said:
i have a rooted droid x running the version above. i am not interested in running custom roms, i just want root so i can run whatever apps i want to. after rooting i downloaded wireless tether and the free version of titanium backup. wireless tether is my only means of connecting my computer to the internet. i ran a complete backup after downloading titanium backup. just messing around one day i removed cardock and blockbuster from the phone. i have restored blockbuster but can not get cardock restored. my phone has downloaded the latest ota update and wants me to install it. from what i have read, i will need cardock restored. is this correct and if so how can i get it back? i am fairly good with a puter but new to android. i rooted using doroot for windows. all help is much appreciated.
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2.3.15 is soooo yesterday
look into some deblured Rom's. Easier to get rid of the Crapware with a Rom than one at a time. that could cause other issue.
IMHO there are easier tools to root like 4Zroot.
Your heading in the correct direction keep on reading the threads and different sites.
please read my post again. i am not interested in roms.
Stock apks
www . chadhaney . com / droidXDefault / ( wont allow me to post links) but go there...
Let me know what happens... I'm in the same boat. No roms, just titanium back up and wireless tether ( which I never use ) Titanium Pro allows you to freeze apps so they dont run and you dont have to delete them.
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According to droid x forums, if your rooted, and have all the original apk/apps on the phone you should be able to update to 2.3.34. Make sure that every setting is stock too. No frozen apps, etc... You will lose root. Then they recommend Z4root to re-root.
Successful install
I was running 2.3.15 rooted, no leak, installed 2.3.34 OTA with no problems.
I used Z4Root 1.3 to re-root my droid x. If you were previously rooted you should select the unroot option from Z4Root first. Phone will restart and then select permanent root. Should be good to go after that...
I did it the hard way... wish I had un-rooted first!
Thanks for helping eyepopper. I downloaded the apk file but it would not install. I assume I need to move it manually but don't know where it goes. The odex file opened when I selected it and looks like code. Not sure how to get it where I need it either. I am using astro for my files.
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Are you using the phones browser? Try going the chad website thru the phones browser (I use dolphin browser) download it to the phone. Then run the apk thru the browser, go one step further and make sure that you checked off to allow other non market apps to run in applications. Astro app is the problem most likely.
i am using the stock browser but the page just reloads when i select the apk file and opens a window showing gibberish when i select the odex file. i have the 2 files on my sd card under titanium backup and was able to copy and paste them from /sd/titanium backup to /sd but i can't get them to copy and paste to the system folder or the framework folder. as soon as i leave /sd the paste function grays out. looks like your are the only one willing to help me and i am very grateful for it. i need to go on and get this done and be thru with it so i can enjoy the holidays. can you meet me in a chat somewhere and see if we can get this done? pm me ur info if you can. thanks again...
maneddi said:
hi, i was wondering if you could look at my post concerning updating to the latest ota. (it's in the general droid x section) i have the files but can't get them off my sd card onto the phone.
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Ok you will need to connect your phone to your computer. Open a command prompt and type the following commands:
*make sure your phone's usb mode is Charge Only
1) type: Adb devices (make sure your phone gets listed as a device)
2) type: adb shell (press enter)
3) type: su (press enter)
4) type: mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock 4 /system
I'm not sure where you have the cardock.apk on your sdcard, but this next step will require you to know the path to your .apk
5) type: cp /mnt/sdcard/<path to CarDock.apk> /system/app/CarDock/apk
if just on the sdcard then it would be "cp /mnt/sdcard/CarDock.apk /system/app/CarDock.apk
6) type: cd /system/app
7) type: chmod 644 CarDock.apk
8) type: exit
you may need to type exit one more time, but when you return to a normal command prompt, type the following:
adb reboot.
Make sure to take a backup before you do any of this, as if you mess anything up in /system your phone can wind up hosed....
Hope this helps. As a last resort, you could always take a backup of your phone, and then perform the 2.3.15 full sbf and restore the apps that way (make sure to perform a factory reset as well. Then you would be able to perform the OTA update and shouldn't have any problems.
Hope this helps! Lemme know if you need more help.
You can also refer to this link if you want more info...
http://androidforums.com/droid-x-al...w-reinstall-system-apps-_as_-system-apps.html
great post SysAdmin-X, thanks. i haven't used adb manually before but i know if your not careful 1 little missed space or wrong key stroke will mess you up so i opted to go with the post you provided a link for.
i downloaded root explorer and was able to move my files successfully from my sd card to the system apps folder but could not get them to show up afterwards in titanium backup. i figured since they were files i manually removed from tb they were prolly named wrong so to be right i went to this link and downloaded the entire zip. i was then able to place those 2 files in the /system/app folder and after rebooting they showed up in tb. finally...yea!!! ok, i remember reading somewhere they needed to be in the /system/framework folder as well. does anyone know if this is fact? if the update looks for them there and doesn't find them it won't install correctly or at all, so i'm told.
maneddi said:
great post SysAdmin-X, thanks. i haven't used adb manually before but i know if your not careful 1 little missed space or wrong key stroke will mess you up so i opted to go with the post you provided a link for.
i downloaded root explorer and was able to move my files successfully from my sd card to the system apps folder but could not get them to show up afterwards in titanium backup. i figured since they were files i manually removed from tb they were prolly named wrong so to be right i went to this link and downloaded the entire zip. i was then able to place those 2 files in the /system/app folder and after rebooting they showed up in tb. finally...yea!!! ok, i remember reading somewhere they needed to be in the /system/framework folder as well. does anyone know if this is fact? if the update looks for them there and doesn't find them it won't install correctly or at all, so i'm told.
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possibly with Root Explorer tool you could change the permissions of the moved apps to rwrr.
this way you phone can see them and use them.
Kdinc is right about changing the permissions using root explorer. Make sure to set the as user: read and write, group: read, and other: read. Should look like this after: rw-r--r--
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Who is affected? All devices pre-gingerbread
Who should act? Users and developers using pre-gingerbread roms
How do I fix? Flash attached .zip at the bottom of this post
What if I think I was infected? Completely wipe your device, format sdard, go back to stock and re-apply rom, then flash the attached .zip (before installing any apps)
Why should I care? read below...
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...your-phone-steal-your-data-and-open-backdoor/
Flash this with ClockWorkMod.... this is for any Pre Gingerbread ROM.... ie TNT anything, VEGAn 5.1.1 and below, Zpad anything, GAdam anything.
This is not necessary for any ROMS based off Gingerbread AOSP or CM7. Including VEGAn-TAB Experimentals.
Be Safe.
Even More Details here: http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...-android-nightmare-and-weve-got-more-details/
I checked out the zip and it just adds a blank text file (0 bytes) called profile to the /system/bin folder. So I am not sure what the fix is?
**EDIT** Nevermind it is a dummy file meant to prevent the virus. Thanks to the OP for providing this.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...your-phone-steal-your-data-and-open-backdoor/
Nasty stuff. I would say this patch is high priority and I'm already going through my own ROMs to add it in.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=977154
Link above has info on creating the file manually.
Jim
fyi -
http://www.pcworld.com/article/221213/keep_malware_off_your_android_phone_5_quick_tips.html
Lookout mobile security . In case you cannot find it via the market.
http://www.getjar.com/Lookout-Mobile-Security-with-Antivirus
Edit. I just installed the lookout app to scan my tab, everything was fine and then, i un-installed it since it was running on the background and taking 10% of the cpu..
Anyways, a nice app that can be used to do a quick scan..
I don't have a stock gtab but I'll ask anyways... how can our stock rom users be protected? Is there an alternate method?
Edit just saw the manual process. Im guess that's the way to go.
xmr405o said:
I don't have a stock gtab but I'll ask anyways... how can our stock rom users be protected? Is there an alternate method?
Edit just saw the manual process. Im guess that's the way to go.
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I'd curious to see what all the vendors are going to do about this. Granted, they could just say that the Market is not there, but regardless the security hole is still there and needs to be plugged up.
Hi,
I hope that this isn't too offtopic, but I was trying to create /system/bin/profile using a term and su, and when i went into root explorer to make /system/bin R/W, root explorer showed the dir as R/W already, and as mounted on /dev/loop9.
Is that normal?
I haven't installed dataloop, at least intentionally, so it seems strange that /system/bin would be mounted there, plus it being R/W by default?
FYI, I use z4root to get temp root. Could that be why /system/bin is R/W?
Then again, that wouldn't explain the /dev/loop9 mount ...
Jim
jimcpl said:
Hi,
I hope that this isn't too offtopic, but I was trying to create /system/bin/profile using a term and su, and when i went into root explorer to make /system/bin R/W, root explorer showed the dir as R/W already, and as mounted on /dev/loop9.
Is that normal?
I haven't installed dataloop, at least intentionally, so it seems strange that /system/bin would be mounted there, plus it being R/W by default?
FYI, I use z4root to get temp root. Could that be why /system/bin is R/W?
Then again, that wouldn't explain the /dev/loop9 mount ...
Jim
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Hi,
Creating the profile file manually, it wouldn't persist,i.e., it was gone after rebooting, so I installed gojimi's zip usung CWM, and that worked.
I also did a mount w/o getting temp root, and /system/bin is not on /dev/loop9, so I'm guessing that when z4root sets temp root, it might be remounting /system/bin on /dev/loop9 itself.
Jim
You would have to download one of those sketchy apps to really be affected anyways, right? Who would do that?!
Appreciate the patch. This highlights the two problems with android though, google fixed this security issue in 2.2.2, but most carriers still haven't released that update. And the market needs some oversight, not authoritarian apple like, but some.
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Is it possible to sticky this thread
Mods is it possible to sticky this thread so that it is easily visible.
Thanks
Hello guys. Is there a way to find out if our tablet is infected or not?
I mean if we have installed any of the apps in the list that automatically means that we are infected or not?
If infected what is preferred to do wipe the tablet or go back to stock rom??
Is there any manual for windows 7 noobies users?
Thanks.
Doctor LeVa said:
Hello guys. Is there a way to find out if our tablet is infected or not?
I mean if we have installed any of the apps in the list that automatically means that we are infected or not?
If infected what is preferred to do wipe the tablet or go back to stock rom??
Is there any manual for windows 7 noobies users?
Thanks.
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Please read the thread completely, it is stated you can download lookout security to run a scan to see if you are infected.
downloading.....see what happens
There is a DroidDreamKiller app that allows you to check to see if you are already infected and install the patch. There is also a beta test app that gives you other information. Just search the market for DroidDreamKiller.
To devs: Thank You
TO Everyone else DO THIS ASAP
How do I flash the zip file after downloading it?
Thanks
Start cwm using volume up while powering on.
Once menu comes up select install zip using vol buttons
Use home to select.
Navigate to where you saved zip file
Select it with home button
Once install complete reboot from cwmod
MODs Please make this a sticky . It is being overlooked.
I've been running cm7 nightlies and now stable 7.0 for some time now. I have the new radio, ladios' kernel, and the sdcard read fix flashed.
I installed super manager and successfully deleted some of the stock cm7 media off my phone last week. Today, I came across the new GPS.conf files and wanted to try them.
Super manager couldn't switch the system to r/w despite saying "ok"
When I try to delete or write in the system with EStrongs file explorer, ghost commander, or android mate, they all give strange errors. The deleted files disappear but reappear after reboot. If I try to paste a file in system/etc I only get an error.
Superuser is successfully allowing permissions. I have the latest busybox. I have r/w enabled in each file manager.
I even tried an adb push test which first said "system is r/o only". The next try was "successful" but didn't do anything.
I'm still new with adb so I probably did something wrong. I typed in that r/w command, mount now shows: /dev/block/mtdblock3 on /system type yaffs2 (rw,relatime)
I can't figure out what changed and what I need to do to get r/w permissions. My only theory is that i had uninstalled and reinstalled super manager earlier and that somehow messed with my permissions.
You cannot permanently modify the system partition while the phone is booted into Android. The only way is to use adb while the phone is in recovery mode. Any changes you make while the phone is booted will be lost after a reboot.
Go check on those media files you thought you deleted. I bet you'll find they are still there.
Yes that worked. Thank you.
I thought I had read somewhere that you had to be booted to adb push.
I also thought that root managers advertising r/w capability would make permanent changes.
Next question:
Can I add and remove files from the cm7 zip before flashing it? Do I have to rezip it in any special or can windows 7 manage it fine?
EDIT: Ok I guess i need to sign it... lets see...
jamus28 said:
Yes that worked. Thank you.
I thought I had read somewhere that you had to be booted to adb push.
I also thought that root managers advertising r/w capability would make permanent changes.
Next question:
Can I add and remove files from the cm7 zip before flashing it? Do I have to rezip it in any special or can windows 7 manage it fine?
EDIT: Ok I guess i need to sign it... lets see...
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You don't need to sign them on the aria
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jamus28 said:
Yes that worked. Thank you.
I thought I had read somewhere that you had to be booted to adb push.
I also thought that root managers advertising r/w capability would make permanent changes.
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Those programs will work on some phones but not the Aria.
Next question:
Can I add and remove files from the cm7 zip before flashing it? Do I have to rezip it in any special or can windows 7 manage it fine?
EDIT: Ok I guess i need to sign it... lets see...
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It really is as simple as adding or removing a few files from the zip file if you want to modify it.
HI Guys,
Maybe somewhat can help me out here, in my attempt to update my Acer A500, I may have in a kind of way bricked my phone. I attempted to replace wpa_supplicant file as per some of the instructions, needless to say the update failed and me in my pure genius figure I would simply factory reset and reboot. Which I ended up doing, the problem now is that the WIFI does not turn on and my tab has been unrooted, I no longer have any file explorer app on the phone and I can't download anything. Does anybody know how I can gain access to the root files so that I may revert back the old file, or somehow install an apk file from the mini sdcard or even get access to the internet via bluetooth or USB. Anything would be helpful.
FYI - I am trying to gain access to my root files using Android SDK, but I've always had problems getting any of my pc to find any of the android stuff when plugged in.
Ph0tin0 said:
HI Guys,
Maybe somewhat can help me out here, in my attempt to update my Acer A500, I may have in a kind of way bricked my phone. I attempted to replace wpa_supplicant file as per some of the instructions, needless to say the update failed and me in my pure genius figure I would simply factory reset and reboot. Which I ended up doing, the problem now is that the WIFI does not turn on and my tab has been unrooted, I no longer have any file explorer app on the phone and I can't download anything. Does anybody know how I can gain access to the root files so that I may revert back the old file, or somehow install an apk file from the mini sdcard or even get access to the internet via bluetooth or USB. Anything would be helpful.
FYI - I am trying to gain access to my root files using Android SDK, but I've always had problems getting any of my pc to find any of the android stuff when plugged in.
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I was in this court just yesterday, swearing up and down for some reason.
You'll need the root explorer apk, gingerbreak apk and the original wpa_supplicant file posted all over XDA.
Download and install Android SDK. It will also make you download the Java SDK too before you install the Android one. Start installing the Android SDK. It will seem like it's going to take forever, but you really only need what's in the folders 2 minutes in.
Go into the program files folder where the SDK stuff is and rip the 3 ADB files out and place them in their own folder. Mine were in: c:\program files\android\android-sdk\platform-tools\
I took the 3 files out and placed them in c:\and\
Place the apks in the c:\and\ folder
Make sure the driver files are installed from the Acer website.
Make sure USB bugging and apps from outside sources are enabled in settings on the tab.
Plug the tab into the PC via USB.
Open up the command prompt and go to the c:\and\ folder
then type
adb install c:\and\rootexplorer.apk
ENTER
then
adb install c:\and\gingerbreak-v1.20.apk
ENTER
The apps should be now installed on the tab.
Then just transfer the wpa_supplicant file over and you're right where you need to be.
Make sure you change the permissions on the wpa_supplicant file like you did the first time (enable everything read/write/etc etc) by holding on the wpa_supplicant file that you paste.
rorytmeadows said:
Open up the command prompt and go to the c:\and\ folder
then type
adb install c:\and\rootexplorer.apk
ENTER
then
adb install c:\and\gingerbreak-v1.20.apk
ENTER
The apps should be now installed on the tab.
Then just transfer the wpa_supplicant file over and you're right where you need to be.
Make sure you change the permissions on the wpa_supplicant file like you did the first time (enable everything read/write/etc etc) by holding on the wpa_supplicant file that you paste.
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You are my new hero, all this time I've been trying to get Android ADK to recognize my tablet, but to no success. All I had to do was run ADB, which Ironically I had done, but only to see if it recognizes my unit. I was not aware I can install apps with it.
I'm not worthy... I'm not worthy
A million thank you's, now to try and get 3.1 installed and hopefully Googel/android was smart enough to put in a stock file explorer.
Not working wifi hardware
Somewhat similar to what happened to this guy. But to be specific, I am using an acer a500 originally on a rooted ics 4.0.3, i remember using lucky patcher and using the custom patch on adobe flash player then i saw an update regarding busybox and superSU...i was able to install the busybox updater but not the superSU since i remembered i already had superuser. I opened superuser and then it updated...from then on...I lost my wifi...at start it was still there but it can't connect. also, i lost my root because i no longer am able to use titanium backup. double checking it, i downloaded a root checker and it displayed not properly rooted. seeing this, i thought it's been a long time since i've updated my rom so i might as well upgrade everything...my bootloader, kernel, rom. So i first degraded it by flashing to the full package stock HC 3.1 ROM (it had an old HC 3.1 bootloader). Then i noticed i can no longer turn on my wifi and use my old apps...I flashed it back to a NON-rooted stock ics 4.0.3 thinking it might fix it...but it did not. HELP please...
I am thinking of keeping my phone stock given (Android Pay, Security Updates, Work requirements for email/messages). Is there any way to update the hosts file without unlocking the bootloader and installing TWRP? I just want to get rid of the ads as they are soo annoying for non-donate/IAP/Pro-version apps.
Thanks! :fingers-crossed:
Don't Think it is Possible
Unfortunately I do not think that it is possible to adjust the host file without root access. It is in a protected area of the system storage.
Zlatty said:
I am thinking of keeping my phone stock given (Android Pay, Security Updates, Work requirements for email/messages). Is there any way to update the hosts file without unlocking the bootloader and installing TWRP? I just want to get rid of the ads as they are soo annoying for non-donate/IAP/Pro-version apps.
Thanks! :fingers-crossed:
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There's no way to do this without root access, it's within the /system partition so that says it all really. You don't have to install TWRP, you can live-boot it instead. There's no way around unlocking your bootloader though, plus I'd strongly recommend unlocked it anyway, if something goes wrong with your phone one day and you can't unlock it you're gonna wish you did.
Dang it. I gave non-root a day. It's not for me. Thanks y'all!
can the system.img be modified so that the hosts file is overwritten? when i go in through TWRP and copy an edited hosts file over the one in /system/etc, i can copy it back out and confirm that the file has had its contents changed. but once the device boots up, it acts as if nothing is different.
is it a matter of when the system folder is mounted/read-only?
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can the system.img be modified so that the hosts file is overwritten? when i go in through TWRP and copy an edited hosts file over the one in /system/etc, i can copy it back out and confirm that the file has had its contents changed. but once the device boots up, it acts as if nothing is different.
is it a matter of when the system folder is mounted/read-only?
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https://source.android.com/security/verifiedboot/
As far as I understand it, dm-verity will overwrite those changes on boot. Many ROM / Kernels disable it for that reason. Maybe @Heisenberg or someone else can give you a better explanation, though.