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Titanium Backup working

Thanks for all the help from the forum on rooting.
Titanium backup is working great on the DI.
Got Root, Manually installed Superuser, Manually install busybox. Used Titanium to install a new Busybox to the app, everything backs up great.

It's missing from the market for some reason

xvenom89 said:
It's missing from the market for some reason
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I pulled it from the market just a few hours ago.

xvenom89 said:
It's missing from the market for some reason
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Did you make your root persistent? You're not going to be able to see root apps if you're not rooted, I don't think.

heavensblade23 said:
Did you make your root persistent? You're not going to be able to see root apps if you're not rooted, I don't think.
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I could see Titanium on the market before I rooted. I would check the spelling or better yet, use appbrain.com to locate it.

how did you get superuser.apk to install?

See this post for installing superuser.apk
But how did you get busybox installed so Titanium would work?

When you go into Titanium, go to the Menu -> Problems. It will prompt you to download a version of busybox that works with it.

Skapunker said:
See this post for installing superuser.apk
But how did you get busybox installed so Titanium would work?
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After Superuser.apk and su are setup
while still in recovery root (this does not seem to work if rebooted and using persistance root and remounting /system rw),
cd /system/xbin
/system/bin/cat /sdcard/busybox > busybox
chmod 777 busybox
./busybox --install -s /system/xbin
Reboot, Run Titanium, use Problems? button to download and install a new busybox into the Titanium app
For me, Titanium would not run to a point to use the Problems button until I put a version of busybox on the phone first.

da_knowledge said:
When you go into Titanium, go to the Menu -> Problems. It will prompt you to download a version of busybox that works with it.
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That was easy, can't believe I didn't bother to try that, thanks
Thanks for the replies

Got it working!! Great, thanks!!

I just got my Incredible rooted and installed Titanium Backup when I run it it says "BusyzBox works but the "su" command does not elevate to root:"whoami" reports "whoami:unknown uid 10108" instead of root?uid 0. I think your "Superuser Whitelist" system app does not work. Please check with your ROM provider." how do I fix this? or is it even a problem? Thanks.

same problem here
I am sure it is just a linux issue, but I am getting it too, but i am not a guru and do not know how to handle it ;-)

Can anyone explain titanium backup a little more??? Do I need to backup every app individually or just let the schedule take care of it? Which schedule option should I pick (in terms of all the options of what function you want titanium back to perform)?
I figured it out.

Just wondering, updating the version of busybox will do nothing to the root access, correct? It'll just allow titanium to work properly and root will remain?

My problem was from a not working superuser.apk. rerooted using the files from the 10min root video and now all is well. To answer the above question in regards to updating busybox, I assume you are refering to letting Titanium Backup update busybox. If so it is ok to update busybox.

Yep, that's what I was wondering. Thanks
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Looking at what this backs up, I am a bit curious if it can actually restore some of it. Many sections it appears to be backing up are not writable even with root access at the moment on the Dinc.
I'm guessing it will require NAND access for this to truely be useful unless I am missing something...

krelvinaz said:
Looking at what this backs up, I am a bit curious if it can actually restore some of it. Many sections it appears to be backing up are not writable even with root access at the moment on the Dinc.
I'm guessing it will require NAND access for this to truely be useful unless I am missing something...
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That was the main purpose of me getting titanium, i'm not expecting to have the need to restore anything until i flash a custom rom. Having the backup now is awesome because i know i won't lose anything once they figure out how to unlock NAND and flash a recovery and roms

when i'm in recovery mode trying to gain persistant root i get an error.
Code:
# cd /system/bin
cd /system/bin
# cat /sdcard/su > su
cat /sdcard/su > su
# ln -s /system/bin/su /system/xbin/su
ln -s /system/bin/su /system/xbin/su
ln: /system/xbin/su: Permission denied
# rm /system/xbin/su
rm /system/xbin/su
rm: cannot remove '/system/xbin/su': No such file or directory
# ln -s /system/bin/su /system/xbin/su
ln -s /system/bin/su /system/xbin/su
ln: /system/xbin/su: Permission denied
# rm /system/xbin/su
rm /system/xbin/su
rm: cannot remove '/system/xbin/su': No such file or directory
# ln -s /system/bin/su /system/xbin/su
ln -s /system/bin/su /system/xbin/su
ln: /system/xbin/su: Permission denied
when in Titanium and I hit the "problems ?" button it downloads busybox, but says it failed because it doesn't have root.
any help?

Need help with this ADB stuff for Metropcs

OK... so I am trying to get the Internet up and running for this Samsung Epic. I almost have it down, but there is something that I know is wrong from the other Android phones that I have flashed before.
For Metropcs internet to work we have to install a script: u2nl and autostart file.
Here is my problem: I can put the autostart file into the data/opt folder, but when I try and paste the u2nls file into /system/bin it tells me that it is only a read only....
Now when I try in commond prompt and I try and do adb remount it now tells me No such file or directory or remount failed.
If I can get that u2nl file to stick in there I know I will be good to go.
I dont know much about adb commands, so here is what I did:
I plugged phone in on charge only mode. USB debug is checked.
cd c:\android\tools
adb remount **wont work either...it will fail, which probably why I cant write into the system/bin file.
adb push c:\autostart.sh /data/opt/autostart.sh
adb push c:\android\tools\u2nl /system/bin/u2nl **wont work
Adb shell
su
chmod 0755 /system/bin/u2nl **gives me an error
chmod 0755 /data/opt/autostart.sh
Please help!!!!!
Thanks.

I have one bad and one good news for you
First the good one...
Reboot into clockwork recovery and mount /system...retry
Bad news...
That method or the anycut method does not work...I already spent 2 days trying so many settings and it just doesn't work.
Do u have mms working?
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My MMS does not work since my Internet does not work.
There are people that have gotten this to work on Metro already with everything at my local metro shop in CA.
I am pretty sure once I get this u2nl file to stick, it will work. The 3G arrows starts up and then it seems like it will start to run the autostart script and then errors out.
Let me try what you said and I am also going to try another rom.

under clockwork recovery which mount do I do? mount /sd-ext
What is suppose to be mounted and unmounted?
it says: unmount /system **meaning its already mounted right?

if its says unmount /system..its already mounted
just go to cmd and
adb remount
adb push c:\android\tools\u2nl /system/bin/u2nl
ect..ect..
if the remount doesnt work..download busybox installer and update busybox to the latest version and retry
autostart\u2nl its not required to be able download\send mms..you need to have the right apn settings and the 3g arrows dancing lol,,

ok so when I hit adb remount it says "remount failed: No such file or directory
I downloaded the busybox, when I open it it says:
Busybox 1.17.1 is what I have in phone
Busybox 1.18.0 git (unofficial) I can download
Below that it says where do I want to install busybox:
/system/xbin/ or /sbin/
Where do I install and should I install that unofficial version?

tosh1 said:
ok so when I hit adb remount it says "remount failed: No such file or directory
I downloaded the busybox, when I open it it says:
Busybox 1.17.1 is what I have in phone
Busybox 1.18.0 git (unofficial) I can download
Below that it says where do I want to install busybox:
/system/xbin/ or /sbin/
Where do I install and should I install that unofficial version?
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should be /system/bin (no x or s before bin)
1.17.1 is fine
try again if that doesnt work..in clockwork recovery try this
adb shell
su
remount rw
exit
exit
and try again..im running out of options here..lol

hey did it work? how is it going with full flash?
also make sure you root with the new zip version..some previous versions dont have the remount scripts

adb commands
u2nl does not need to be run in /system/bin. just edit the autostart.sh to reflect your location change. if u insist on running from /system/bin, then do this
adb shell
su
mount -t rfs -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system
exit
exit
then push u2nl to /system/bin

Thanks buddy it looks like it worked....
Now I have the data arrows showing but something is not kicking in yet. I think I am missing something. I changed all the right settings on Qpst have the right passwords now (msl - whiterabbit.org) all files in the right place.
I have done this on Eris full flash, evo full flash, incredible full flash, but this Epic is driving me nuts...
kinda stuck right now.

Lol and now we are 2 stuck in the same place. I had flash tons of droids, evos, but this epic is making me going nuts..I don't know what's going on either..I had seen epics on cricket full flashed with no problem..but seems samsungs don't like metropcs' proxy
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What rom r u using bro? Maybe the epic rom I'm using desnt support iptables for some reason..
I'm going to try another rom tomorrow.. either way keep me updated as well.
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stock (rooted of coutse) with the iptables file in the bin folder . that used to work in my old droid, just set the correct permissions, andromeda v1.1.x, mixupkernel DI18-voodoo, and epic experience (dont remember which version) and none worked
I have some ultrasecret info..lol..supposedly the normal autostart.sh file does not work with samsungs, there is different modified version for the moment and the fascinate but i cant find it

i cant test this anymore cus i dont have metro but thanks to chimstar in the mo-fi forum, dial ##3282# go to edit mmsc url, type your msl, and edit the mmsc server to the metropcs one
if that doesnt work, download the apn back and restore app, delete all apns and restore metropcs working, if you dont have one, edit the xlm file to match all the correct info
make sure you reboot
see if that gets your mms working..i didnt need to have the autostart method running for my droid to get mms

[Answered] File System read-only after permroot S-OFF

So I just rooted a Glacier out of the box using VISIONary and gfree. Did everything exactly as was supposed to: temprooted, ran gfree, permrooted with "Set system r/w after root" checked, flashed engineering bootloader. Still running stock ROM.
Whenever I try to use adb remount, it fails saying "Operation not permitted." I want to use adb push to write to the file system, but I can't do that without the remount command.
I've tried using terminal emulator to copy a file from the sd card and failed:
Code:
$ su
# cd /sdcard
# cp -f hosts /system/etc
cp: cannot create '/system/etc/hosts':File exists
I've also tried outright deleting a file and failed:
Code:
# cd /system/etc
# rm hosts
rm failed for hosts, Read-only file system
I'm stupefied.

jdkoren said:
So I just rooted a Glacier out of the box using VISIONary and gfree. Did everything exactly as was supposed to: temprooted, ran gfree, permrooted with "Set system r/w after root" checked, flashed engineering bootloader. Still running stock ROM.
Whenever I try to use adb remount, it fails saying "Operation not permitted." I want to use adb push to write to the file system, but I can't do that without the remount command.
I've tried using terminal emulator to copy a file from the sd card and failed:
Code:
$ su
# cd /sdcard
# cp -f hosts /system/etc
cp: cannot create '/system/etc/hosts':File exists
I've also tried outright deleting a file and failed:
Code:
# cd /system/etc
# rm hosts
rm failed for hosts, Read-only file system
I'm stupefied.
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To be sure you could download a root explorer and see if you can mount R/W
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Is there a free application that does this?
Unfortunately, I won't have access to it for the next few days (someone else's phone, and he's going out of town).

the stock rom doesn't except the remount command.
I believe that astro has the remount ability in it. You might want to consider flashing a custom rom though, even if its one of the stock based ones.

option94 said:
the stock rom doesn't accept the remount command.
I believe that astro has the remount ability in it. You might want to consider flashing a custom rom though, even if its one of the stock based ones.
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I see, thanks very much for the explanation. Is that also why the terminal commands didn't work? Does the stock ROM not allow r/w permissions even if you have superuser permission?
Since it's not my phone, I didn't flash a ROM, only ClockworkMod recovery 3.0.0.6. Next time I see him I'll ask whether he wants to do any firmware changes or not.

jdkoren said:
I see, thanks very much for the explanation. Is that also why the terminal commands didn't work? Does the stock ROM not allow r/w permissions even if you have superuser permission?
Since it's not my phone, I didn't flash a ROM, only ClockworkMod recovery 3.0.0.6. Next time I see him I'll ask whether he wants to do any firmware changes or not.
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That's correct... I think. all I know is that the stock Rom doesn't usually play well with root lol so yes flash a custom rom
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You can make the stock rom rw, but its a pain and I dont really remember the command. Its something like
Code:
mount -o,rw remount /dev/block/mmcblk0p25 /system
That may br right, but if not it wont do any damage. just give you a syntax error.

option94 said:
You can make the stock rom rw, but its a pain and I dont really remember the command. Its something like
Code:
mount -o,rw remount /dev/block/mmcblk0p25 /system
That may b right, but if not it wont do any damage. just give you a syntax error.
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Ah yes, I remember using that once before. I've since forgotten it since I never use it with my own phone. Alrighty, I'll mark this as answered.

[Q] mkdir failed for recovery, file exists KF flashing CM7

I have been trying to flash this rom to my KF.. however when trying to CMD mkdir recovery i get the response mkdir failed for recovery, file exists. any solutions? im mounted and device shows on adb.
adb shell
su
cd cache
mkdir recovery
mdkir failed recovery, file exist
Any ideas?

did you look to see if the directory recovery actually exists? If so, the error makes sense.

Honestly this is my first rom flashing.. and dont understand where to find that.. i followed the instructions from here -CM7 For Kindle Fire With Audio & In-Browser Video [Download & Install]- on addictive tips
but for some reason i cannot get past that.. i didnt see any post about the same problem.. so not sure how to get around it >.< heh the only ive searched my sd card and havent found any recovery files

wtbhacks said:
Honestly this is my first rom flashing.. and dont understand where to find that..
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Not knowing could end up bricking your device.
Using ls -l will show you what is in the cache directory... you most likely already have a recovery directory which is why mkdir doesn't work, it tells you why.
Example:
Code:
$ [B][COLOR="Red"]adb shell[/COLOR][/B]
$ [B][COLOR="Red"]su[/COLOR][/B]
su
# [B][COLOR="Red"]cd cache[/COLOR][/B]
cd cache
# [B][COLOR="Red"]ls -l[/COLOR][/B]
ls -l
drwxrwx--- root cache 1969-12-31 17:00 lost+found
drwxrwx--- system cache 2011-11-29 18:06 recovery
#

ok so i did this
ls
lost+found
recovery
thats what showed up.. so being that.. how to i rid the directory so i can flash the rom then?
ls -1 showed no such file or directory

J noticed some omissions in the instructions, like going in to root after adb shell, among some others. Make sure you are in root (# instead of $) as soon as you get into adb shell.
In all honesty, not trying to be a ****, I would suggest you wait until there is a working.custom.recovery before getting in to this. Although not difficult, you can brick your device with one bad command, ans not having a fool proof recovery is not going to make recoveery very easy.....
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ughhhh amazons lay out is a jokeeeee tho haha and i was in root... su puts you in # right after adb shell.. but yeah i might have too... i cant figure this out for some reason >.< ty tho

[Q] After JB update, have partial root; only for existing approved apps [SOLVED]

So I seem to be having odd rooting issues, and I can't find anything that really explains it. Apologies that some of this might be obvious...
I rooted without any issues before the Jelly Bean update. Since then, I did the Voodoo Rootkeeper, updated to Jelly Bean, and have since restored root. Everything that had root before seems to still work, however, I can't provide new root access to any applications (it doesn't even ask), SuperUser can't update the SU binary, Root Checker reports me as not rooted, but I can adb shell and do "su" and that works....and the binary is clearly there with the su bits set. And things like ES File Explorer are clearly getting root access....just not anything new. Seems like I have "partial root". Any ideas on what I need to tweak?
thanks!

You did a good job of explaining the situation. I am in the same position.

Here, more information, below. Again, looks like I have su available (/system/sbin/su), but nothing seems to work...superuser is not granting root....strange. Thoughts?
Root Access is not properly configured or was not granted.
Super User Applications Status:
Superuser application - version 3.1.3 - is installed!
SuperSU application - is NOT installed.
System File Properties for Root Access:
Standard Location
Check Command: ls -l /system/xbin/su:
Result: /system/xbin/su: No such file or directory
Analysis: File /system/xbin/su does not exist.
Standard Location
Check Command: ls -l /system/bin/su:
Result: -rwsr-sr-x root root 22364 2012-11-12 10:52 su
Analysis: Setuid attribute present and root user ownership present. Root access is correctly configured for this file! Executing this file can grant root access!
Alternative Location
Check Command: ls -l /sbin/su:
Result: /sbin/su: Permission denied
Analysis: File system permissions restricted and denied access.
Alternative Location
Check Command: ls -l /system/xbin/sudo:
Result: /system/xbin/sudo: No such file or directory
Analysis: File /system/xbin/sudo does not exist.
Root User ID and Group ID Status:
SU binary not found or not operating properly
System Environment PATH: /sbin /vendor/bin /system/sbin /system/bin /system/xbin
ADB Shell Default User:
ADB shell setting for standard access, stored in default.prop, is configured as: shell (non root) user - ro.secure=1
Results provided on your XT907 device by Root Checker Pro version 1.3.1 from joeykrim in the Android Market

I agree good job explaining. But I think a lot of us are in this situation right now. I miss the root! But also love jb (;
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FIXED!
I fixed it. Not sure if this was the best way or not, but anyway, I went to this site, and downloaded the latest copy of Superuser.apk and su (extracted from the Superuser-3.1.3-arm-signed.zip , the ARM version of course). I then pushed both those files (su and the apk) into /data/local/tmp. I then when into adb shell, did su, then REMOVED my existing su (actually moved it to su-backup), then copied the su to /system/bin/su and the apk to /system/app/Superuser.apk, chmoded the permisssions correctly (644 for the apk, 06755 for su), and voila! Everything started working again.

RoboCuz said:
I fixed it. Not sure if this was the best way or not, but anyway, I went to this site, and downloaded the latest copy of Superuser.apk and su (extracted from the Superuser-3.1.3-arm-signed.zip , the ARM version of course). I then pushed both those files (su and the apk) into /data/local/tmp. I then when into adb shell, did su, then REMOVED my existing su (actually moved it to su-backup), then copied the su to /system/bin/su and the apk to /system/app/Superuser.apk, chmoded the permisssions correctly (644 for the apk, 06755 for su), and voila! Everything started working again.
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Nice,
I am going to try using SU and Superuser.apk from that site and rooting JB with those files replaced in motofail2go run.bat Think I'd still have to change permissions that way?

Not sure....I don't think so. Good luck!

RoboCuz said:
I fixed it. Not sure if this was the best way or not, but anyway, I went to this site, and downloaded the latest copy of Superuser.apk and su (extracted from the Superuser-3.1.3-arm-signed.zip , the ARM version of course). I then pushed both those files (su and the apk) into /data/local/tmp. I then when into adb shell, did su, then REMOVED my existing su (actually moved it to su-backup), then copied the su to /system/bin/su and the apk to /system/app/Superuser.apk, chmoded the permisssions correctly (644 for the apk, 06755 for su), and voila! Everything started working again.
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Any chance you could provide step-by-step details starting from where you pushed the files into data/local/temp?
I'm not a total novice with android but rooting is something I prefer to be very careful with! Sorry to bug you.

I had the same issue. Wiping Cache, Factory Reset, and re-root with JB exploits solved it.

I'll try to recreate my steps, but since I am doing it from memory, and not re-doing, I might have missed something. I don't think so though.
Go to http://androidsu.com/superuser/ and download Superuser-3.1.3-arm-signed.zip
Open up that file, and copy out the files Superuser.apk and su, put them somewhere on your desktop, say c:\tmp
cd c:\tmp
adb push Superuser.apk /data/local/tmp
adb push su /data/local/tmp
adb shell
su
(you should have the # prompt at this point...if you don't, you don't have "half-root" like I did, and this won't work.)
cd /system/bin
mv su su-backup
cp /data/local/tmp/su .
chmod 06755 su
cd /system/app
cp /data/local/tmp/Superuser.apk .
chmod 644 Superuser.apk
Hopefully that should do it. I don't remember if I needed to reboot after this. Good luck!

RoboCuz said:
I'll try to recreate my steps, but since I am doing it from memory, and not re-doing, I might have missed something. I don't think so though.
Go to http://androidsu.com/superuser/ and download Superuser-3.1.3-arm-signed.zip
Open up that file, and copy out the files Superuser.apk and su, put them somewhere on your desktop, say c:\tmp
cd c:\tmp
adb push Superuser.apk /data/local/tmp
adb push su /data/local/tmp
adb shell
su
(you should have the # prompt at this point...if you don't, you don't have "half-root" like I did, and this won't work.)
cd /system/bin
mv su su-backup
cp /data/local/tmp/su .
chmod 06755 su
cd /system/app
cp /data/local/tmp/Superuser.apk .
chmod 644 Superuser.apk
Hopefully that should do it. I don't remember if I needed to reboot after this. Good luck!
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This fixed the "half-root" on my Razr Maxx HD, thanks!