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Editing system files in Android

I have to do all editing from my phone, no laptop anymore. Any suggestions on a great app to edit system files, and something to repackage apks?
RIP Cotton Eye Jim

/b/rotherJudas said:
I have to do all editing from my phone, no laptop anymore. Any suggestions on a great app to edit system files, and something to repackage apks?
RIP Cotton Eye Jim
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Root Explorers My Favorite,
But ES Explorer Is Pretty Good Also,
And That Ones Free!!
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I've been using root explorer, but a lot of files show up as nonsense and symbols.
RIP Cotton Eye Jim

Any other suggestions guys?

/b/rotherJudas said:
Any other suggestions guys?
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Try NinjaMorph!!
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if you are okay with shell interface, Terminal Emulator is what I would recommend.

sorry guys, I'm trying to overwrite this file
\system\media\audio\notifications\22_on_time.ogg
but ES explorer say it cannot do it. I chose properties and see that the file is read only.
How can I do it ??
Ser

ginosergio said:
sorry guys, I'm trying to overwrite this file
\system\media\audio\notifications\22_on_time.ogg
but ES explorer say it cannot do it. I chose properties and see that the file is read only.
How can I do it ??
Ser
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Are you rooted? If not, you cannot do it, because you need root access to do changes in /system directory. If, you can do it with e.g. one of the following apps:
Root explorer (paid)
Super Manager (free)
File Expert (free)
After starting, you need to mount (switch) r/w. Additionally, in both free apps, you need to enable root option in their settings before. Now can you can overwrite.

Yessss !! it works (yes, I'm rooted)
Thank you, MatDrOiD ! I used File Expert. Just 2 questions:
in file expert, when i go into options - mount - and choose "read and write" should I be already positioned browsing the "system" folder ??
I've done this way, but I suspect that "mount read and write" is a global option referring to system folders and can be enabled just when entering File expert ?

ginosergio said:
Yessss !! it works (yes, I'm rooted)
Thank you, MatDrOiD ! I used File Expert. Just 2 questions:
in file expert, when i go into options - mount - and choose "read and write" should I be already positioned browsing the "system" folder ??
I've done this way, but I suspect that "mount read and write" is a global option referring to system folders and can be enabled just when entering File expert ?
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ginosergio said:
Yessss !! it works (yes, I'm rooted)
Thank you, MatDrOiD ! I used File Expert. Just 2 questions:
in file expert, when i go into options - mount - and choose "read and write" should I be already positioned browsing the "system" folder ??
I've done this way, but I suspect that "mount read and write" is a global option referring to system folders and can be enabled just when entering File expert ?
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I don't like to say it, but pressing thanks-button would be awesome!
You can also mount r/w while in root folder, does not matter. After closing file expert, you always have to enable root explorer function and mounting r/w again, when you start file expert the next time. At least i cannot find an option to enable it permantly. Which is understandable for me, because superuser rights can damage your phone (so this enable action works metaphorically as a little warning, imho).

Hi, I have a rooted an android tablet (Chuwi Hi12) and find the lowest brightness way too bright. Now I found the settings of brightness and want to lower the settings but the system won't save the file with the new settings. What am I doing wrong? Please help. Many thanks.
Jeanpierre

thanks

i think
/b/rotherJudas said:
I have to do all editing from my phone, no laptop anymore. Any suggestions on a great app to edit system files, and something to repackage apks?
RIP Cotton Eye Jim
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root browser is the best one!:

I have question. With any root Explorer I can't overwrite ANY file on ANY app. Always pop up something like "can't overwrite" I'm rooted with Magisk, Pocophone F1 MIUI 10.3 by xiaomi.eu 9.1.17 (dev.)
Any solution?

retrieving saved password!!

If password for any website is saved in the native browser of the phone, then can we retrieve the password like we can do in Firefox on desktop?
The phone has Android 2.2

vijay.gupta said:
If password for any website is saved in the native browser of the phone, then can we retrieve the password like we can do in Firefox on desktop?
The phone has Android 2.2
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Search the browser's data in system or sdcard, I'm pretty sure you'll find it

Thanks Jason for the reply. Can you please let me know the exact folder where browser data is saved as I looked but could not find it?

vijay.gupta said:
Thanks Jason for the reply. Can you please let me know the exact folder where browser data is saved as I looked but could not find it?
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Which browser are you using?

Phone's native browser

vijay.gupta said:
Phone's native browser
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Oh yeah, sorry for not reading carefully
Go inside "/data/data/com.android.browser/" with Root Explorer or maybe other same kind of app, then search for the things you need. I'm sure all of your data is there!

I use ES Explorer to view Files and in the data folder in my sdcard, there is only one folder: com.keramidas.Titanium Backup
Am I doing something wrong?

vijay.gupta said:
I use ES Explorer to view Files and in the data folder in my sdcard, there is only one folder: com.keramidas.Titanium Backup
Am I doing something wrong?
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No, it's in /data not /sdcard/data You must use a file explorer like "Root Explorer", which can navigate to the root :good: Also, you'll need to root your phone first! Here's the guide
hit "thanks" if i helped you

I already rooted my phone and I go to \data. Inside\data, there is no file shown...

vijay.gupta said:
I already rooted my phone and I go to \data. Inside\data, there is no file shown...
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you can navigate any files from Es file explorer.
just change the path from sdcard to system, there you can find all system files including cache also
you can change directory in settins after this exit the explorer then open the explorer again.
IF I HELPED YOU HIT THANKS

pchenna143 said:
you can navigate any files from Es file explorer.
just change the path from sdcard to system, there you can find all system files including cache also
you can change directory in settins after this exit the explorer then open the explorer again.
IF I HELPED YOU HIT THANKS
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No, the data is not located in /system, it is located in /data he'll need to change the path to the root of everything "/"
@OP: Go inside /data/data/com.android.browser/ with Root Explorer (highly recommended), all the browser data are stored in there!

Jason-EX said:
@OP: Go inside /data/data/com.android.browser/ with Root Explorer (highly recommended), all the browser data are stored in there!
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Just to clarify some things :
If you are on the sd-card you're acctually in /mnt/sdcard
You will need to go two steps back, to /
From there follow the path Jason described ...
Hope this helps.

Es explorer can also be used as a root explorer, you have to go to settings, scroll down, check the box and approve it when the superuser dialog appears

ya..done that...now I am in data/data/com.android.browser, now, there are 9 folders here and in each folder there are many files. I dont know how to open these files and do I need to open each file?
and how to know that which file I need to open?

Can anyone please give me direction on which folder to open at least?
cache, database or something else?

vijay.gupta said:
Can anyone please give me direction on which folder to open at least?
cache, database or something else?
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I'm not really sure, but I'm sure that every browser data is in that directory.

Thanks Jason for the reply. Can you please check after saving password for any website that where it stores the password?
Meanwhile, I am also trying....will post if I find out anything

An android app for that...
I found a cool Android app, which can recover and edit stored browser Passwords. Very easy: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tkstudio.browserpasswordrecovery

turn on root explorer option from option menu . then you can access
turn on root explorer option from option menu . then you can access ​

can't help it. whoever store's password in a device
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Nandroid back files, not able to see in file explorer

Hi
Nandroid backup via CWM recovery usually be seen in sdcard/clockworkmod/backup. From the time I am using this device I take nandroid backup and could not see anywhere via file explorer. I tried in both emulated and 0 folders.
I want keep a copy of nandroid image on my pc as backup. Can anyone help please.?
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Hi,
Have you looked at /mnt/shell/emulated/clockworkmod/backup?

viking37 said:
Hi,
Have you looked at /mnt/shell/emulated/clockworkmod/backup?
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I am seeing /mnt/shell is empty. Please screenshots. I am able to see clockworkmod and backup file in CWM recovery mod. This is very much confusion. Can anyone please help..

Re,
In your file explorer have you a setting like "view or show hidden folders / files"? If yes tick the option maybe...
Also look at /data/media/clockworkmod/backup.

viking37 said:
Re,
In your file explorer have you a setting like "view or show hidden folders / files"? If yes tick the option maybe...
Also look at /data/media/clockworkmod/backup.
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Hi thanks for helping me. I have enabled "hidden files" but still I could not see file is neither system/media nor data/media..
Please see screenshot attached.

Mine is in data/media/clockworkmod/backup
Accessed using root explorer.
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Internal Storage Folder PROBLEM!

Hi everyone, I have this problem.
I wanted to try paranoidandroid so I transferred file from pc to n4 via sideload (in recovery).
Now, I want to delete the rom i put in sdcard because i flashed it but I don't find in my n4 because I see it only when i go in recovery and there is:
- the rom
- a folder "0"
- a folder "legacy"
- a folder "clockworkmod"
- a folder "obb";
But if I turn on n4 don't see it.

If you want to delete the .zip file, it should be somewhere in the /0/ directory, but you really should do this while booted in android with a file manager, not recovery.

lopezk38 said:
If you want to delete the .zip file, it should be somewhere in the /0/ directory, but you really should do this while booted in android with a file manager, not recovery.
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No it is not in /sdcard/0/... but just in /sdcard... but I don't know how to go there.

Frenix27 said:
No it is not in /sdcard/0/... but just in /sdcard... but I don't know how to go there.
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Use a root file explorer (a good free one is ES) and check in /storage/emulated. If the file is where you say it is, you should be able to find it in that folder.
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klvnhng said:
Use a root file explorer (a good free one is ES) and check in /storage/emulated. If the file is where you say it is, you should be able to find it in that folder.
Sent by carrier pigeon
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No it isn't

Did you actually copy it over USB before you used sideload, or did you only use sideload?

You will find it in /mnt/shell/emulated
From there you can delete it in android
See in cwm the default for /sdcard is /sdcard
Whereas in android because of multiuser the default for /sdcard is actually /sdcard/0/
So in android you never usually see the true root of /sdcard
But you can get to it at /mnt/shell/emulated/
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Thanks you very much
Problem solved
Inviato dal mio Nexus 4 con Tapatalk 2

ADB-puuled CWM backup doesn't match its original size on phone?

Hi all,
I've decided to try and copy my nandroid backup that I made the other day (first ever since I've just rooted my phone) to my PC.
Long story short, I attempted to use Root explorer to cut and paste the backup's folder into a folder that is visible on my PC so I could get a copy onto my PC, and then cut and paste the nandroid back into its original folder (tedious, but I don't have enough space to have 2 copies of the nadroid on my phone at the same time). This, however, fails, and I can't see the backup folder in the folder that I can see on my PC despite it being visible in this same PC-visible folder via root explorer after its supposedly pasted it.
So I went via option 2, using ADB to pull the folder.
After another amount of research I found a path that does pull the folder (mnt/shell/emulated/clockworkmod/backup .... data/media/clockworkmod/backup = remote object doesn't exist error).
It appears to pull the folder successfully (an identically named folder appears in "platform tools" folder on my PC), however the size of this pulled folder is only ~500mb, and I'm certain the nandroid backup took up at least 3-4GB on my phone after it was created.
The pulled folder also doesn't show all the files that I can see within the nandroid backup's folder via root explorer.
I did notice the "read-only" checkbox of the pulled folder appears filled in, which I take it means not all files in the folder have read-only properties. Is it possible there are (still) hidden files within the pulled folder that would account for the difference in size and number of visible files compared to the original nandroid folder on the phone?
any clarificaion of this would be good - I'm keen to have a copy of my backup on my PC as a safeguard, but this scenario has baffled me despite an hr's worth of research

No one?
Surely someone has an idea about this..

I have experienced incomplete adb pulls also, and so I just stick to using MTP from within Windows. It's the only way for mention ensure a complete copy.
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lolcakes203 said:
I have experienced incomplete adb pulls also, and so I just stick to using MTP from within Windows. It's the only way for mention ensure a complete copy.
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How are you doing this?
I use cwm and the backup folder isn't visible if I use mmtp (Windows file explorer etc), hence why I'm having to use other methods.

salxtai said:
How are you doing this?
I use cwm and the backup folder isn't visible if I use mmtp (Windows file explorer etc), hence why I'm having to use other methods.
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It's possible that the computer and phone may be calculating file sizes differently. I would check the MD5 sums to see if they are the same on the computer and phone rather than guessing

lopezk38 said:
It's possible that the computer and phone may be calculating file sizes differently. I would check the MD5 sums to see if they are the same on the computer and phone rather than guessing
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Apologies for my ignorance, but I've been searching how to do this via Google and I must be really dumb because I'm not following how to do md5 checks. Could you explain it please?

salxtai said:
Apologies for my ignorance, but I've been searching how to do this via Google and I must be really dumb because I'm not following how to do md5 checks. Could you explain it please?
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For Windows you need to download a program to check MD5. Microsoft has one available here, although it is a command line operated program. There are other programs that have a GUI for checking MD5 if you don't want to bother with the command line.
On your phone, using your file explorer and long pressing the backup should give you the option somewhere to calculate MD5 sums (Probably in properties). I don't know if root explorer does, I've never used it before, but I use Solid Explorer which does give me the option to calculate MD5 in the properties menu

I'm not sure why you're backup folder isn't visible, when I connect though USB, all my SD card folders are shown, including the CWM Folder.
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lopezk38 said:
For Windows you need to download a program to check MD5. Microsoft has one available here, although it is a command line operated program. There are other programs that have a GUI for checking MD5 if you don't want to bother with the command line.
On your phone, using your file explorer and long pressing the backup should give you the option somewhere to calculate MD5 sums (Probably in properties). I don't know if root explorer does, I've never used it before, but I use Solid Explorer which does give me the option to calculate MD5 in the properties menu
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After a while of trying to work out the command line, I've think I've got it (but would like confirmation that this is correct).
- Pointed the fciv.exe command to the nandroid.md5 file located in the backup folder I had pulled from the phone via ADB
- using Solid explorer (root explorer also has this but I only worked this out after I worked out that I had look at the properties of the .md5 file itself w/in the explorer app, rather than the whole folder), I found the MD5 sum from within the backup folder
-- verdict: both numbers outputted by each source match.
Now my next question is, if I were to delete the backup on my phone, how do I go about putting it back into the "hidden" CWM backup folder where it came from later?
(seeing as I wasn't able to copy it using root explorer, and can't see the folder via MTP on my PC)

lolcakes203 said:
I'm not sure why you're backup folder isn't visible, when I connect though USB, all my SD card folders are shown, including the CWM Folder.
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I have no idea either, and its really really annoying me.
Have you made some sort of permission changes to the folder/s themselves?
I have "show hidden folders" enabled under view options in windows explorer and have tried "show system folders", but that hasn't resovled it.

salxtai said:
After a while of trying to work out the command line, I've think I've got it (but would like confirmation that this is correct).
- Pointed the fciv.exe command to the nandroid.md5 file located in the backup folder I had pulled from the phone via ADB
- using Solid explorer (root explorer also has this but I only worked this out after I worked out that I had look at the properties of the .md5 file itself w/in the explorer app, rather than the whole folder), I found the MD5 sum from within the backup folder
-- verdict: both numbers outputted by each source match.
Now my next question is, if I were to delete the backup on my phone, how do I go about putting it back into the "hidden" CWM backup folder where it came from later?
(seeing as I wasn't able to copy it using root explorer, and can't see the folder via MTP on my PC)
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You can use ADB push in recovery the folder. Just make sure you mount /data

I do have those settings enabled in control panel, but aside from that I'm not sure what else could be there. In terms of USB settings, I have USB debugging enabled in developer options, and in the storage menu I have mtp selected, not the other one. I think that is all the USB settings that I have changed.
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salxtai said:
I have no idea either, and its really really annoying me.
Have you made some sort of permission changes to the folder/s themselves?
I have "show hidden folders" enabled under view options in windows explorer and have tried "show system folders", but that hasn't resovled it.
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The CWM backup folder shouldn't be able to be accessed with MTP. Android only allows you to access your user's folder (You can only have multiple users on tablets, but the user based file structure is still there) through USB. User folders have a number attached to them to mark which user they are for, which is why you have that folder named 0 with all your stuff in it, because you are user #0. Since CWM backups are saved in a separate branch, Android does not make them available to USB for security reasons. lolcakes203 probably has a modified version of CWM (Or you can change the save directory in CWM? I haven't used CWM in forever), or he has TWRP which saves backups in your user folder so you can access them through USB

Ahh yes I am using PhilZ CWM and that may be why I can see the backup.
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lopezk38 said:
You can use ADB push in recovery the folder. Just make sure you mount /data
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Sorry, not sure I'm following the command line instructions - how would this command line look in full?