Note - A user has complained that this hack has the possibility of crashing your market program if implementing. Although it has not happened to anyone that I am aware of, it is still something to consider when doing this! The user cites that when running DDMS from the android sdk a long list of errors is generated refering to this hack, I ran the same tool and didnt see any errors. This doesn't mean however that it isn't true, so, you should take this into consideration before you attempt this. Remember, you are responsible for your own device and what you do to it is your own doing and noone else's. Personally, I am still using this mod with no problems. Your results may vary!
So, as many of you are aware the market app continues to grow and eat up space..well, since having root it has been one of my priorities to figure out how to reduce the apps size and/or force the phone to save whatever data is causing the app to grow on the sdcard. Well, I have officially gotten it all figured out....
In order for you to do this you will need root access, look around on the forums to find out how to gain root access, also if you updated to the official rc30 then you are out of luck, sorry.
I am not responsible if you brick your phone by doing this! This shouldn't brick your phone, but if you do something stupid or wrong and it does brick your phone...then it is all your fault and noone elses! Be forewarned.
First off, if you would like to simply clear the cache that is causing the market app to grow then you need to obtain root on your phone. There are several different methods depending on how your phone is currently set up. For myself, I just have to open terminal emulator and type my secret word, for other you may need to type su, note that this applies to those using the modified rc30 update.
Next, simply type:
rm -r /data/data/com.android.vending/cache/*
That's it! go check the market application and you should be pleasantly surprised to find that it is now down into the kb range and not the mb range, mine was 11mb when I did this.
You will have to clear this cache every now and again as it builds up again unless, you do the following:
Obtain root and type the following commands:
Capitalization is important!
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /
mkdir /sdcard/marketcache
mkdir /sdcard/marketcache/cache
mkdir /sdcard/marketcache/cache/webviewCache
cd /data/data/com.android.vending
rm -R cache
ln -s /sdcard/marketcache/cache cache
cd cache
ls
At this point make sure that you see webviewCache after you type ls
if you do, great, then you are all done and the market cache should now be stored onto you storage card.
if you don't then type the following:
mkdir /sdcard/marketcache/cache/webviewCache
ls
Now you should see the folder webviewCache and you should be done!
You can see this working by going to settings --> sd card & phone storage.
Make a mental note of your sdcards free space and your phone's free space.
now press the home key
open the android market
Browse a bunch of applications, the more the better.
now hold your home key down and go back to settings.
Look at your phone's free space and your sdcards free space.
The phone's free space should be the same and the sdcard's free space should be lower.
now press the home key
now obtain root on your phone once more.
type the following:
rm /sdcard/marketcache/cache/*
hold the home key down and go back to settings.
did your sdcard's free space go back up?
You can also use a file manager to look at the cache files on your sdcard now.
Btw, if you want to undo the changes simply follow this:
Obtain root
rm -r /sdcard/marketcache/cache/webviewCache
rm -r /sdcard/marketcache/cache
rm -r /sdcard/marketcache
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /
rm -r /data/data/com.android.vending/cache/webviewCache
rm -r /data/data/com.android.vending/cache
mkdir /data/data/com.android.vending/cache
mkdir /data/data/com.android.vending/cache/webviewCache
That should do it.
If anyone has any questions let me know!
Stericson
great job bro
now how bout saving .apk files to sd card lol if possible ofcourse
Yep, I'm workin on that next....
yo i justed pmed you..if u can help me out it would be great
Great job! I think this deserves to be stickyed(my thought's out loud).
One question, have you played with the browser cache?
Thanks, the browser cache has already been done....Check this thread out:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=443336
Ok. Thanks for the link!
I keep getting a fail for mkdir saying it is a read only file system.
I guess I can't write to my sdcard from adb... anyone know a fix?
have you tryed to type su first(before "mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /")
yea tried that... stll doesnt work
I did it HAHA apparently you gotta mount it first.
yep you gotta mount it first, actually your remounting it with read and write permissions...
Here are my results:
original (A)
Cleared market cache (B)
Syslinked then browsed store (C)
Cleared market cache on sd (D)
A B C D
SD (free) 6509 MB 6509 MB 6495 MB 6509 MB
Phone (free) 29 MB 41 MB 41 MB 41 MB
Market (used) 12 MB 96 KB 96 KB 96 KB
thanks alot for this mod very much appreciated
Glad you, and others, found this helpful. I am happy to contribute something.
haitiankid4lyf said:
Here are my results:
original (A)
Cleared market cache (B)
Syslinked then browsed store (C)
Cleared market cache on sd (D)
A B C D
SD (free) 6509 MB 6509 MB 6495 MB 6509 MB
Phone (free) 29 MB 41 MB 41 MB 41 MB
Market (used) 12 MB 96 KB 96 KB 96 KB
thanks alot for this mod very much appreciated
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I did one better... I did the browser cache also following the steps in this thread HEHE now I can install more apps HAHA
Sweet, I tried to symlink /data/app to the sdcard but...it didn't go very well...lol...still trying to figure it out.....
You won't be able to because that is where some of the important apps are that run on start up and such... you would need to shut those down which you really can't
but the only apps stored there are the ones downloaded from the market place....so why won't it work?
Stericson said:
So, as many of you are aware the market app continues to grow and eat up space..well, since having root it has been one of my priorities to figure out how to reduce the apps size and/or force the phone to save whatever data is causing the app to grow on the sdcard. Well, I have officially gotten it all figured out....
In order for you to do this you will need root access, look around on the forums to find out how to gain root access, also if you updated to the official rc30 then you are out of luck, sorry.
I am not responsible if you brick your phone by doing this! This shouldn't brick your phone, but if you do something stupid or wrong and it does brick your phone...then it is all your fault and noone elses! Be forewarned.
First off, if you would like to simply clear the cache that is causing the market app to grow then you need to obtain root on your phone. There are several different methods depending on how your phone is currently set up. For myself, I just have to open terminal emulator and type my secret word, for other you may need to type su, note that this applies to those using the modified rc30 update.
Next, simply type:
rm /data/data/com.android.vending/cache/*
That's it! go check the market application and you should be pleasantly surprised to find that it is now down into the kb range and not the mb range, mine was 11mb when I did this.
You will have to clear this cache every now and again as it builds up again unless, you do the following:
Obtain root and type the following commands:
Capitalization is important!
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /
mkdir /sdcard/marketcache
mkdir /sdcard/marketcache/cache
mkdir /sdcard/marketcache/cache/webviewCache
cd /data/data/com.android.vending/cache
rm -R webviewCache
ln -s /sdcard/marketcache/cache/webviewCache webviewCache
cd ..
rm -R cache
ln -s /sdcard/marketcache/cache cache
cd cache
ls
At this point make sure that you see webviewCache after you type ls
if you do, great, then you are all done and the market cache should now be stored onto you storage card.
if you don't then type the following:
mkdir /sdcard/marketcache/cache/webviewCache
ls
Now you should see the folder webviewCache and you should be done!
You can see this working by going to settings --> sd card & phone storage.
Make a mental note of your sdcards free space and your phone's free space.
now press the home key
open the android market
Browse a bunch of applications, the more the better.
now hold your home key down and go back to settings.
Look at your phone's free space and your sdcards free space.
The phone's free space should be the same and the sdcard's free space should be lower.
now press the home key
now obtain root on your phone once more.
type the following:
rm /sdcard/marketcache/cache/*
hold the home key down and go back to settings.
did your sdcard's free space go back up?
You can also use a file manager to look at the cache files on your sdcard now.
If anyone has any questions let me know!
Stericson
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I was running diagnostics on my phone and found this will crash your Market... you will not see any errors but if you use DDMS you will see the error log. The android OS protects apps from crashing and you can see the logs that show this method does not work... This is the reason using symbolic links for other things don't work also.
I ADVISE ALL OF YOU TO UNDO THE COMMANDS IMMEDIATELY!!!
Wow, thats pretty strong....I have been using it all day and no problems at all...I will check out what you did though.....
Can you post any of the error logs....
neoobs said:
I was running diagnostics on my phone and found this will crash your Market... you will not see any errors but if you use DDMS you will see the error log. The android OS protects apps from crashing and you can see the logs that show this method does not work... This is the reason using symbolic links for other things don't work also.
I ADVISE ALL OF YOU TO UNDO THE COMMANDS IMMEDIATELY!!!
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How r we to undo the commands ?
Related
Is it possible to veiw the files in the EXt2 partition from our G1 terminal? If so, can we also delete files? If so, someone explain how, thanks.
asuming is mounted on /system/sd
just
cd /system/sd
ls -la /system/sd
to list the files
is their a way to erase those files
There are commands for deleting files on Android. Look up the Linux Command prompt commands for performing those functions.
If you've rooted your phone and don't know the commands already, you haven't been paying attention to the instructions.
ls = directory listing
cp = copy
mv = move/rename
rm = remove
Those are the very basics. Remember that Unix-like operating systems are case-sensitive and file.txt is different from File.txt or file.TXT.
If you're using wildcards to delete everything, take a precaution and use the dot-slash. It could save you a lot of trouble by ensuring you're only deleting files in the current working directory. To remove all text files in a directory, for example, you'd type rm ./*.txt
god, i hate how rude people are. I grew up with DOS, so dir, and del come more naturally to me than linux commands. So just ease up on the ppl that don't know linux. I didn't know linux til i started to IRC and wanted to run an eggdrop bot. Not like everyone has irc'd or compiled, or whatever. Heck, it has been so long now, I could not write an irc script or egg addon, and I think i was the first to develop some scripts in IRC 20 years ago. So all I can say is chill.
Shaggy
??huh??
whats the beef all about?
you can google the command and linux and probably have a ton of sites that list and explain the usage and stuff like that for *nix commands unix is a very old OS linus torvalds just woke up 1 day at age 15 or sumthin and said im gonna make a unix kernal that runs on my intel based pc and then instead of selling it and making a fortune I'll give it away and still make a fortune.
LINUS is the greatest man of our time, when the other OS was charging BIG $ to run Apache web servers in the .com boom (even more so now) linux was FREE and gave better throughput on the same hardware
Now if you want a pretty box booklet and packaging as you have become accustomed they have them to, some just feel better if they pay for it, free must not be as good as the one that costs right?
why did I bother just rambling, please ignore the babbling lunatic in the corner he is harmless
bhang
beartard said:
If you've rooted your phone and don't know the commands already, you haven't been paying attention to the instructions.
ls = directory listing
cp = copy
mv = move/rename
rm = remove
Those are the very basics. Remember that Unix-like operating systems are case-sensitive and file.txt is different from File.txt or file.TXT.
If you're using wildcards to delete everything, take a precaution and use the dot-slash. It could save you a lot of trouble by ensuring you're only deleting files in the current working directory. To remove all text files in a directory, for example, you'd type rm ./*.txt
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if you dontknow how to be polite to the noobz then dont say anything at all. let someone else answer their questions.
Hi Beartard,
Thanks for the info.
This site has such a wealth of information, that it can be overwhelming to many members.
Can you tell me how to copy my apps-private from my ext2 partition to my sd card partition so I can back them up?
Thanks
beartard said:
If you've rooted your phone and don't know the commands already, you haven't been paying attention to the instructions.
ls = directory listing
cp = copy
mv = move/rename
rm = remove
Those are the very basics. Remember that Unix-like operating systems are case-sensitive and file.txt is different from File.txt or file.TXT.
If you're using wildcards to delete everything, take a precaution and use the dot-slash. It could save you a lot of trouble by ensuring you're only deleting files in the current working directory. To remove all text files in a directory, for example, you'd type rm ./*.txt
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uh you wan't to copy your "app-private" folder as a backup in to yoru sdcard correct? well try this
busybox cp -a /system/sd/app-private /sdcard/app-private
if it don't allows you to copy do this command to re mount the system as read-write
mount -oremount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
Hi Nitro .
I tried it both ways and it says operation not permitted.
-------------------
Update:
But wait, I connected my phone to the computer and the app-private is copied to the sdcard.
Your procedure worked!
I erased the folder that was copied to test it again.
Then I used just this set of commands and it worked again:
busybox cp -a /system/sd/app-private /sdcard/app-private
So you still get the same error, but it works.
Thanks alot Nitro!!!
Nitro212 said:
uh you wan't to copy your "app-private" folder as a backup in to yoru sdcard correct? well try this
busybox cp -a /system/sd/app-private /sdcard/app-private
if it don't allows you to copy do this command to re mount the system as read-write
mount -oremount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
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u tried it as root? what error u got?
well glad it worked.
Hi,
The error says:
"cannot preserve ownership of ... cannot preserve permissions of ... operation not permitted"
for every file it tries to transfer.
But then when you look in your sdcard the app-private is there.
So it is a false error.
Thanks again.
Nitro212 said:
uh you wan't to copy your "app-private" folder as a backup in to yoru sdcard correct? well try this
busybox cp -a /system/sd/app-private /sdcard/app-private
if it don't allows you to copy do this command to re mount the system as read-write
mount -oremount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
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It's not working for me...
My error is this:
cp: cannot stat '/system/sd/app-private': No such file or directory
Hi,
Use terminal emulator jf 1.41 or better
type su enter
then the busybox commands
Connect your phone to your computer and look on your memory card.
app-private is there
Proxin said:
It's not working for me...
My error is this:
cp: cannot stat '/system/sd/app-private': No such file or directory
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bestwebs said:
Hi,
Use terminal emulator jf 1.41 or better
type su enter
then the busybox commands
Connect your phone to your computer and look on your memory card.
app-private is there
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hey guys need some help here i have the same problem, (as far as the error saying 'no such file or dir') and i tried your suggestion about typing su first then the busybox commands.
i have the most current terminal emulator, unfortunately i still continue to get the same error every time i try to run the busybox commands. it just simply say 'no such file or directory"
you guys have any suggestions for me to try ?
any help would be great.
the error i get is "cannot preserve permissions of" i think that error is not something harmful im n o *nix expert but is just saying it wont save the permision of that folder i think...
Code:
# mkdir /sdcard/bk
mkdir /sdcard/bk
# busybox cp -rf /data/app-private/ /sdcard/bk
busybox cp -rf /data/app-private/ /sdcard/bk
cp: cannot preserve permissions of '/sdcard/bk/app-private': Operation not permi
tted
# ls /sdcard/bk
ls /sdcard/bk
app-private
thats what i did.. worked for me.. moved the app-private in to a folder named bk inside the sdcard
Hi,
We are assuming that you have already moved your apps and caches to the memory in a ext2 partition, correct?
Otherwise this will not work.
I 1st followed all the instructions in this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=468959
All this has to be done 1st including the 2 step 13's
onikus said:
hey guys need some help here i have the same problem, (as far as the error saying 'no such file or dir') and i tried your suggestion about typing su first then the busybox commands.
i have the most current terminal emulator, unfortunately i still continue to get the same error every time i try to run the busybox commands. it just simply say 'no such file or directory"
you guys have any suggestions for me to try ?
any help would be great.
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nitro all i can say is thank you very much, i was looking through a 15 yr old unix book looking up commands, and it's just been so damn long ago i couldn't put it together.
thanks a ton. i'm sure you saved me at least a few hours.
@bestwebs ya i have done everything else including moving things to the ext2 partition i was just stuck on a few comands here and there.
but again thanks to both of you, and i'm all setup up now.
Hi,
Nitro is a real blast!
Glad it's working.
As some of you might have seen or even used, I have created an application that allows executing of shell scripts from within Android and it will even allow you to create a direct shortcut on your homescreen to a script ( for example to start Debian or reboot your phone ).
I know a lot of developers ( I also didnt at first ) don't look in the "applications and games" section, but i thought it was the best place to post the actual application.
I will keep updating that post with the actual application process/updates, but ive created this thread to see if people ( I think most of the actual linux experienced people are in this section ) would like to share their linux knowledge to other peoples uploading useful .sh files ( for backing up stuff etc etc ), so that less experienced can just load them in to my application, without risking all typos.
So if you have a nice script that is useful please upload it so we can all benefit from it.
The actual application can be found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=486486
Please dont ask question or place suggestions about the application in this thread, but use the one Ive created for the actual development and keep this thread for scripts only.
Regards,
Rob
I was thinking about starting a thread just like this one-- for everyone to post up their scripts. Don't know why I didn't. Anyway, I asked the question awhile back how to create a script for remounting the file system as read/write, which led to my discovery of GScript. In any case, here's what I was told to use:
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
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Be advised that I have no idea if this actually works or not. Perhaps someone could test and post the results?
tubaking182 said:
that takes to long, i find it easier when i am using the comp to just click my terminal(which is almost always up and running) and type reboot_phone(i have a script on the computer that contains the comand adb shell reboot) and also another for rebooting into recovery and one more for bootloader
i guess i'm lazy but if i can find a way to automate anything i do in life i go ahead and do it. i have a script for nearly everything i do to my phone.
on a more on-topic note, i was hoping someone would post the command to reboot and apply an update.zip, i know it is in the JF autoupdater, but i just want to be able to hit a shortcut on my home screen to apply themes as well.
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Code:
su
echo "boot-recovery
--update_package=/sdcard/update.zip" > /cache/recovery/command
reboot recovery
Untested, you might have to play around with the /sdcard/update.zip to get it to load properly, I'm not sure exactly how you put the path in there. This will, for sure, reboot it into recovery mode, and tries to automatically apply an update.zip.
Edit:
--update_package=sdcard:update.zip
Should do it. I hope.
Here's a script I built to make a rom into the "lite" version needed by many of the themes. It's not much but it's my first one.
Code:
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2, /dev/block/mtdblock /system
rm -r /system/media/audio/ringtones
rm -r /system/media/audio/notifications
reboot
Gary13579 said:
Code:
su
echo "boot-recovery
--update_package=/sdcard/update.zip" > /cache/recovery/command
reboot recovery
Untested, you might have to play around with the /sdcard/update.zip to get it to load properly, I'm not sure exactly how you put the path in there. This will, for sure, reboot it into recovery mode, and tries to automatically apply an update.zip.
Edit:
--update_package=sdcard:update.zip
Should do it. I hope.
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You don't need the "su" at the beginning. Gscript has a checkbox to indicate if SU is needed and will add it on it's own. Putting it in causes the script to hang.
Anyway to make it close the script window when the script completes? Right now I have it doing an app backup and echoing DONE. But I'd like to automate the process if possible.
Exit doesn't seem to work.
Gary13579 said:
Code:
su
echo "boot-recovery
--update_package=/sdcard/update.zip" > /cache/recovery/command
reboot recovery
Untested, you might have to play around with the /sdcard/update.zip to get it to load properly, I'm not sure exactly how you put the path in there. This will, for sure, reboot it into recovery mode, and tries to automatically apply an update.zip.
Edit:
--update_package=sdcard:update.zip
Should do it. I hope.
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It does reboot into recovery mode but I get the error "Can't mount /sdcard/Update.zip Installation aborted."
I'm able to just apply the update by pressing Alt+S but would be nice if it was all automated.
wpbcubsfan said:
It does reboot into recovery mode but I get the error "Can't mount /sdcard/Update.zip Installation aborted."
I'm able to just apply the update by pressing Alt+S but would be nice if it was all automated.
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Same result for me.
Got it!!!
ok!
used this as script to change theme
cp /sdcard/themes/aero/update.zip /sdcard/
echo "boot-recovery
--update_package=SDCARD:update.zip" > /cache/recovery/command
reboot recovery
Needed to use caps for SDCARD!!!
found it poking around the recovery.c file
better still no need to copy over update.zip in root Just in case of emergency.
Code:
echo "boot-recovery
--update_package=SDCARD:themes/aero/update.zip" > /cache/recovery/command
reboot recovery
beagz said:
ok!
used this as script to change theme
cp /sdcard/themes/aero/update.zip /sdcard/
echo "boot-recovery
--update_package=SDCARD:update.zip" > /cache/recovery/command
reboot recovery
Needed to use caps for SDCARD!!!
found it poking around the recovery.c file
better still no need to copy over update.zip in root Just in case of emergency.
Code:
echo "boot-recovery
--update_package=SDCARD:themes/aero/update.zip" > /cache/recovery/command
reboot recovery
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Dude, you rock! Thanks!
Clear Caches
I use this script to clear almost all of the app caches
Code:
#Deletes all caches in one fell swoop :]
#Locations of the caches were taken from various sites, including xda and androidcommunity.com
#written by indiekid97
#Deletes browser cache
rm -R /data/data/com.android.browser/cache/webviewCache
#Deletes Maps cache
rm -R /data/data/com.google.android.apps.maps/files
#Deletes StreetView
rm -R /data/data/com.google.android.street/cache
#Deletes Market cache
rm -R /data/data/com.android.vending/cache
#Deletes Tunewiki cache
rm -R /data/data/com.tunewiki.lyricplayer.android/cache/webviewCache
#Deletes Myspace cache
rm -R /data/data/com.myspace.android/files
#Deletes GMail cache
rm -R /data/data/com.google.android.gm/cache/webviewCache
Copy from /system/app
I get get the phone to copy from data app and private however, when I try to copy apps from /system/app it does nothing.
Mod_edit
any ideas?
I also tried to cd in the script to navigate to the data and still it only runs the first two copy commands.
removed copyright procedureYou can not display procedures concerning the two app folders being transferred to Fat32 portion of card.
a1t said:
I get get the phone to copy from data app and private however, when I try to copy apps from /system/app it does nothing.
Mod_edit
any ideas?
I also tried to cd in the script to navigate to the data and still it only runs the first two copy commands.
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Woops
Sorry dudes. If we can still talk about any possibilities, I'm down. if not, oh well. now on eggshells
looking for script to move a specific directory on /system to a location on my sdcard
if anyone is interested PM me.
What would the script be to disable USB mounting to the computer? It's a hassle for me to have to un-plug the USB cable when I want to unmount, it would be very beneficial to have a quick press of an icon on the Home screen to do this
*Edit: after tinkering around with it for a bit, I see that this cannot be done- I tried mounting the SD card to computer and then running a script, *any* script will not load because GScript requires /sdcard/gscript_tmp.sh to be accessable in order to run a script.
Mounting to computer and then running a script from GScript simply shows an error:
Code:
Error:
/sdcard/gscript_tmp.sh
SO, in order for it to work, GScript would probably have to be configured to search for the script elsewhere to load while the SD card is mounted.
Here is a small script to back up current system sounds to the SD card, probably most useful if you do this prior to using the Make Lite script:
Code:
cp -r /system/media/audio /sdcard/audio
If there are any errors please let me know.
Once they're backed up, you can merge the folder into /sdcard/media for proper use with Ringdroid.
I'm not sure whether to use cp -r or cp -a, so I will stick with -r for now and see if anyone has any other suggestion.
quick question....
where can i find out what the "flags" mean.
-a
-t
and so on.
Mikey1022 said:
quick question....
where can i find out what the "flags" mean.
-a
-t
and so on.
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I found this link useful to your question, might want to scroll down a bit to see the most direct answer to what you were wondering:
http://www.freeos.com/articles/4414/
Hope that helps
a start
http://www.computerhope.com/unix/ucp.htm
a1t said:
http://www.computerhope.com/unix/ucp.htm
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Proxin said:
I found this link useful to your question, might want to scroll down a bit to see the most direct answer to what you were wondering:
http://www.freeos.com/articles/4414/
Hope that helps
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Thank you to both of you
Alright, I've been posting this all over trying to help people figure out how to do this and figured it's time to make a dedicated thread. If at any point you get an error DON'T PROCEED. See if I referenced the error you're getting and, if so, do what I suggested. If not, post your error here and I'll try to get back to you ASAP.
NOTE: This can now also be done through my appstoSD app posted on this forum!!!! It will do everything for you.
This tutorial assumes you have:
A: A micro-sd card with 2 partitions, the first must be FAT32 and the second must be ext2.
B: Your phone must have one of the apps-to-sd ROM's installed.
C: Busybox installed into the /system/xbin directory. For steps on this please reference Darkrift's thread.
Before we start, let's make sure your phone is set up to handle this. Open up the terminal emulator app(available in the market) and type:
Code:
su
busybox df -h
If /system/sd doesn't appear, something is wrong. Either your sd card isn't partitioned correctly or your phone has a ROM that doesn't have apps to sd enabled. If /system/sd does show up then you're set and can start the tutorial
NOTE: Moving the cache is highly unstable and works for some people but not for most. I don't recommend trying unless you have a good idea of how to get your phone back to a usable state if it starts boot looping.
Now, for the first step you need to copy all the apps over to the sd card. To do this type(still in the terminal emulator)(The third and fourth lines are for cache to sd only):
Code:
busybox cp -a /data/app /system/sd/
busybox cp -a /data/app-private /system/sd/
busybox cp -a /data/dalvik-cache /system/sd/
busybox cp -a /data/data /system/sd/
exit
exit
Once the terminal emulator app closes, power off your phone. Then, turn it on in recovery mode by holding down the home button and then pressing the power button. Continue holding the home button until the "T-Mobile G1" icon goes away and a menu comes up. Then press Alt-x to go to recovery terminal. Press enter and a prompt should come up with a "#". Now type(If you only want your apps on your sd card and not the caches, skip steps 6-9)
Code:
mount data
rm -rf /data/app
ln -s /system/sd/app /data/app
rm -rf /data/app-private
ln -s /system/sd/app-private /data/app-private
rm -rf /data/data
ln -s /system/sd/data /data/data
rm -rf /data/dalvik-cache
ln -s /system/sd/dalvik-cache /data/dalvik-cache
reboot
And... you're all set! Your phone might take a while at the android screen since it has to populate the apps tray. If it lasts >5-10 minutes then something likely went wrong. Make sure you did all the steps correctly and if you did try the steps in the recovery terminal section of this tutorial again. If it still doesn't work, post here and we'll try to get it sorted out. That aside, enjoy having your apps on SD card and the permanent 72-73MB available!
EDIT: forgot the app-private directory. Thanks, LucidREM!!!
Maximus is the man.
[email protected] said:
Now, for the first step you need to copy all the apps over to the sd card. To do this type(still in the terminal emulator)(The second and third lines are for cache to sd only):
Code:
busybox cp -a /data/app /system/sd/
busybox cp -a /data/dalvik-cache /system/sd/
busybox cp -a /data/data /system/sd/
exit
exit
Once the terminal emulator app closes, power off your phone. Then, turn it on in recovery mode by holding down the home button and then pressing the power button. Continue holding the home button until the "T-Mobile G1" icon goes away and a menu comes up. Then press Alt-x to go to recovery terminal. Press enter and a prompt should come up with a "#". Now type(If you only want your apps on your sd card and not the caches, skip steps 4-7)
Code:
mount data
rm -rf /data/app
ln -s /system/sd/app /data/app
rm -rf /data/data
ln -s /system/sd/data /data/data
rm -rf /data/dalvik-cache
ln -s /system/sd/dalvik-cache /data/dalvik-cache
reboot
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i see a missing step here .. what about /data/app-private
LucidREM said:
i see a missing step here .. what about /data/app-private
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RIGHT! I keep forgetting that one cause that folder pisses me off and I move all the apps there to the normal app folder lol. Will fix in 5, 4, 3...
EDIT: 2,1,0
cp: cannot stat '/data/davlik-cache': no such file or directory
whats up?
NEVERMIND. i need to go back to spelling class.
I'm sure its been asked and answered but I'll ask again! I understand it can take quite a few minutes to boot but is this every time you reboot or just the first time?
Thanks
DynaMight said:
I'm sure its been asked and answered but I'll ask again! I understand it can take quite a few minutes to boot but is this every time you reboot or just the first time?
Thanks
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just the first time. its moving all the apps and cache from phone to sd card during that first reboot.
won't that slow down the phone even more?
the first time takes much longer. Subsequent reboots are of normal duration, comparable to the standard build.
Smokuevo said:
won't that slow down the phone even more?
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if you use a class six sdcard, the apps will load faster. i believe that class 6 flash media is faster than the phones flash.
stogchris81 said:
if you use a class six sdcard, the apps will load faster. i believe that class 6 flash media is faster than the phones flash.
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Pushing (writing) a 2MB file through adp push seems a bit faster to the SDCARD compared to the internal memory.
-> rough average for SDCARD : 1200 KB/s
-> rough average for system storage : 1000 KB/s
Regarding pulling (reading), internal seems faster :
-> rough average for SDCARD : 1247 KB/s
-> rough average for system storage : 1250 KB/s
These tests are everything but serious.. This is using the famous SanDisk 8GB Mobile Ultra (class 6).
To conclude I'd say that speed is almost the same, sometimes a bit faster for SDCARD.
i have one question
i tried to read through the thread but it was waay to large and long
if u do install apps to the sd card
when u install a newer rom on it does that mean the apps are automatically installed once again? i would like to do this because haykuro's roms are released once a week and i dont like reinstalling apps over and over again...
bigballa said:
i have one question
i tried to read through the thread but it was waay to large and long
if u do install apps to the sd card
when u install a newer rom on it does that mean the apps are automatically installed once again? i would like to do this because haykuro's roms are released once a week and i dont like reinstalling apps over and over again...
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Unfortunately the answer is "sorta". The apps will still be on your sd card in the same places you put them. BUT all the symlinks will be gone so it'll look like they all dissapeared. You'll have to repeat the recovery terminal part of the tutorial, but all the stuff before it will be unnecessary.
i keep getting /system/sd/app is not a directory but when i run mkdir /system/sd/app it says that the file already exists.
the one time i got adb to work i did the steps through it to get apps to sd but the i had to wipe my phone. do i have to do the steps in the first post or recreate the symlinks?
wizern23 said:
i keep getting /system/sd/app is not a directory but when i run mkdir /system/sd/app it says that the file already exists.
the one time i got adb to work i did the steps through it to get apps to sd but the i had to wipe my phone. do i have to do the steps in the first post or recreate the symlinks?
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In terminal emulator do this:
Code:
su
cd /system/sd
ls -l[CODE]
And put what it says on the line with "app" in it here. If it says "app ->" and has something after the arrow(my guess would be /data/app) then you put the symlink the wrong way. Make sure you do ln -s /system/sd/app /data/app, not the other way around. Let me know what your results are
[email protected] said:
In terminal emulator do this:
Code:
su
cd /system/sd
ls -l[CODE]
And put what it says on the line with "app" in it here. If it says "app ->" and has something after the arrow(my guess would be /data/app) then you put the symlink the wrong way. Make sure you do ln -s /system/sd/app /data/app, not the other way around. Let me know what your results are[/QUOTE]
huh? can you repeat that because i didnt understand what you were saying
im at the first step anyway. and thats when it says /system/sd/app is not a directory. my other question is is do i have to use
rm -rf /data/app
rm -rf /data/dalvik-cache
rm -rf /data/app-private
to re-establish the symlinks or did the steps through adb i used get erased when i wiped it.
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[email protected] said:
In terminal emulator do this:
Code:
su
cd /system/sd
ls -l[CODE]
And put what it says on the line with "app" in it here. If it says "app ->" and has something after the arrow(my guess would be /data/app) then you put the symlink the wrong way. Make sure you do ln -s /system/sd/app /data/app, not the other way around. Let me know what your results are[/QUOTE]
i had the same problem. it said /system/sd/app is not a directory even though it already existed. when i used your code above this was my result:
drwx----- root root 2009-04-12 20:11 lost+found
-rw-r--r-- system system 29303 2009-04-11 11:56 app
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wizern23 said:
huh? can you repeat that because i didnt understand what you were saying
im at the first step anyway. and thats when it says /system/sd/app is not a directory. my other question is is do i have to use
rm -rf /data/app
rm -rf /data/dalvik-cache
rm -rf /data/app-private
to re-establish the symlinks or did the steps through adb i used get erased when i wiped it.
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Umm I wouldn't proceed cause if /system/sd/app isn't a directory then you're gonna have lots of problems. I need to know what it says after you type
Code:
su
cd /system/sd/
ln -s
Specifically, there'll be a line of output that has the word "app" towards/at the end. I need to know what's in that line. If the line doesn't start with a 'd' then app isn't a directory and something happened and you need to remove /system/sd/app by typing this in the terminal emulator:
Code:
su
busybox rm -rf /system/sd/app
and then restart the process from the beginning.
it says that /system/sd/app is not a directory but when i do mkdir /system/sd/app it says the file already exists.
the line with app in it says
-rw-r--r-- system system 29303 2009-04-14 17:27 app.
okay removing that made it work.
[edit] Thank you so much. it finally worked. i now have 73mb free on the phone.
glad I could help. On a side note Apps to SD app is now live
Now that we have root access I was trying to figure out the cause of the "old apps keep reappearing after an update and restart bug."
From the looks of it it seems the /data/boot-cache directory is corrupt. I tried my experiment with Google Sky Map and got the following:
Code:
$ adb shell
$ su
# cd /data/boot-cache
# ls -al *stardroid*
-rw------- system system 3988 2009-10-17 18:36 AndroidManifest.xml
# rm -rf *stardroid*
rm failed for -rf, No such file or directory
# rmdir *stardroid*
rmdir failed for [email protected]@com.google.android.stardroid.apk, Directory not empty
# fsck
fsck: not found
Same thing happens with all the other apps that misbehave when updated.
Do we have any way of running fsck or some other file system repair utility to fix these issues?
Code:
# rm -rf *stardroid*
rm failed for -rf, No such file or directory
# rmdir *stardroid*
rmdir failed for [email protected]@com.google.android.stardroid.apk, Directory not empty
Do we have any way of running fsck or some other file system repair utility to fix these issues?
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Or you could just empty the directory before you tried to remove it, since whatever 'rm' binary is provided apparently doesn't understand "-rf" and treated it as a filename.
posguy99 said:
Or you could just empty the directory before you tried to remove it, since whatever 'rf' binary is provided apparently doesn't understand "-rf" and treated it as a filename.
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Seems it doesn't know -rf but works with -r. Let me see if this now fixes the issues.
Keep up the good work man I had this problem multiple times I think it bothered me more than not receiving sms or vvm.
The fix
That is it, you use -r not -rf. So the fix is as follows (I use Astro for getting the following information):
1) Use Astro and backup all your apps to your SD card.
2) The Astro Application Manager/Backup tool will list in red all the apps that it thinks are newer on the SD card than the phone thinks are installed.
3) For each of those apps select them and note the app installed name (first line, called "Name"). Usually com.xxx.xxx, etc.
4) Get a root shell to your phone (follow instructions elsewhere.)
5) cd /data/boot-cache
6) For all the names you generated in step 3 type
Code:
rm -r *<name>*
e.g. taking Google Sky Map as an example this would be
Code:
rm -r *com.google.android.stardroid*
7) Reboot your phone.
8) All apps should now appear in their latest, correct, version.
Google claims this problem is specific to the Hero and SenseUI. Does this cache folder exist on a normal Android build?
is there a chance someone can make an app that would automate this process?
does the issue come back after awhile?
goku14238 said:
does the issue come back after awhile?
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Anytime you update an app you will see the issue for that app.
This works great. I used it to fix my Handcent which messed up after I upgraded today.
+1 on this. You guys are really killing this phone.
Ok, so a friend of mine bought 3 of these things from Kohls on Black Friday as Christmas presents for her kids and has asked me to help set them up as kid friendly devices. Unfortunately they don't come with any Gapps installed and I'm having difficulty installing any of them including the Play Store. I'm also running into problems installing simple games like Angry Birds. In fact very few of the APK's that I have backed up from my other Android devices seem to want to install on these tablets. I also can't find any forums on here or anywhere else evening addressing these devices yet. I'm wondering if there's some kind of generic udate.zip I can use for these things that isn't device specific? A little while back I was able to install an update.zip on a Zeki tablet that enabled me to finally install all the Gapps and maximize it's potential. But then again those things come rooted out of the box and the update was Zeki specific, so...
Anyways, please if anyone can help? This could be your chance to be the first to help unlock the potential of these devices.
Rooting PTAB8000
This is NOT my work, it is from mbellot at FreakTab, but it worked great for me.
Rooting is easy, market is nearly as easy. Here is the original thought process.
Here it is, modified the way I have done it (a couple times), broken into logical chunks.
1. C:\ADB> adb shell
2. [email protected]:/ $ mv /data/local/tmp /data/local/tmp.bak
3. [email protected]:/ $ ln -s /data /data/local/tmp
4. [email protected]:/ $ exit
5. C:\ADB> adb reboot
This gives you write access to /data for the next set of steps.
6. C:\ADB> adb wait-for-device
7. C:\ADB> adb shell
8. [email protected]:/ $ echo ro.kernel.qemu=1 >/data/local.prop
9. [email protected]:/ $ exit
10. C:\ADB> adb reboot
This puts you into a "debug" mode of sorts, the LCD will be black after the boot logo comes and goes.
11. C:\ADB> adb wait-for-device
12. C:\ADB> adb remount
remount succeeded
13. C:\ADB> adb push su /system/bin/su
518 KB/s (22364 bytes in 0.042s)
14. C:\ADB> adb shell
15. [email protected]:/ # chown root.shell /system/bin/su
16. [email protected]:/ # chmod 06755 /system/bin/su
17. [email protected]:/ # rm /system/xbin/su
rm failed for /system/xbin/su, No such file or directory
18. 255|[email protected]:/ # ln -s /system/bin/su /system/xbin/su
19. [email protected]:/ # exit
The chown and chmod in steps 15 and 16 are critical to su working properly.
20. C:\ADB> adb push Superuser.apk /system/app/.
3923 KB/s (843503 bytes in 0.209s)
At this point you can install market files. You need to do it before you remove the local.prop file since the PTAB8000 refuses to run adb in root mode or allow remounting. You can use this as a starting point for installing market, but I would suggest you grab the latest ICS gapps and replace the files. Also, market/play is not vending.apk in ICS, its phonesky.apk.
Once you're done with su and market you need to make your tablet boot normal again.
21. C:\ADB> adb shell
22. [email protected]:/ # rm /data/local.prop
23. [email protected]:/ # rm /data/local/tmp
24. [email protected]:/ # mv /data/local/tmp.bak /data/local/tmp
25. [email protected]:/ # exit
26. C:\ADB> adb reboot
Finished.
Thanks.
HD Brian said:
This is NOT my work, it is from mbellot at FreakTab, but it worked great for me.
Rooting is easy, market is nearly as easy. Here is the original thought process.
Here it is, modified the way I have done it (a couple times), broken into logical chunks.
1. C:\ADB> adb shell
2. [email protected]:/ $ mv /data/local/tmp /data/local/tmp.bak
3. [email protected]:/ $ ln -s /data /data/local/tmp
4. [email protected]:/ $ exit
5. C:\ADB> adb reboot
This gives you write access to /data for the next set of steps.
6. C:\ADB> adb wait-for-device
7. C:\ADB> adb shell
8. [email protected]:/ $ echo ro.kernel.qemu=1 >/data/local.prop
9. [email protected]:/ $ exit
10. C:\ADB> adb reboot
This puts you into a "debug" mode of sorts, the LCD will be black after the boot logo comes and goes.
11. C:\ADB> adb wait-for-device
12. C:\ADB> adb remount
remount succeeded
13. C:\ADB> adb push su /system/bin/su
518 KB/s (22364 bytes in 0.042s)
14. C:\ADB> adb shell
15. [email protected]:/ # chown root.shell /system/bin/su
16. [email protected]:/ # chmod 06755 /system/bin/su
17. [email protected]:/ # rm /system/xbin/su
rm failed for /system/xbin/su, No such file or directory
18. 255|[email protected]:/ # ln -s /system/bin/su /system/xbin/su
19. [email protected]:/ # exit
The chown and chmod in steps 15 and 16 are critical to su working properly.
20. C:\ADB> adb push Superuser.apk /system/app/.
3923 KB/s (843503 bytes in 0.209s)
At this point you can install market files. You need to do it before you remove the local.prop file since the PTAB8000 refuses to run adb in root mode or allow remounting. You can use this as a starting point for installing market, but I would suggest you grab the latest ICS gapps and replace the files. Also, market/play is not vending.apk in ICS, its phonesky.apk.
Once you're done with su and market you need to make your tablet boot normal again.
21. C:\ADB> adb shell
22. [email protected]:/ # rm /data/local.prop
23. [email protected]:/ # rm /data/local/tmp
24. [email protected]:/ # mv /data/local/tmp.bak /data/local/tmp
25. [email protected]:/ # exit
26. C:\ADB> adb reboot
Finished.
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HD Brian,
I'm going to say thanks because I'm sure everything you just posted is probably going to be very clear to quite a few people that understand all of that. So thank you for helping out. Unfortunately though for me, I got lost. Though I've been tinkering with android and windows mobile devices for about 3 years now, I've actually never done any ADB editing and not sure I fully understand how to do it.
Personally I'm not too concerned about modifying these things too much because they are for someone else's kids, and I've found a way to work around rooting and using Gapps to be able to install the apps they're needing. And before I hand these things back over to be wrapped for Christmas I'm going to make a video showing what I've done to maximize the out of box potential of these things.
But on that note, I'm going to make a request of you if you don't mind. Considering you seem to know how to easily achieve the task, I was wondering if you'd be willing to make and post a Youtube video that takes people through the steps. I know it might be time consuming, but after all we are all here to help each other out. And I'm sure that the people who actually own these devices would really appreciate it. At this point I haven't been able to find any videos on how to mod this tablet yet and the only forums that I've found discussing these things are the one you mentioned and this one here.
So I hope you'll be willing to help other owners out, and I appreciate you taking the time to respond.
Thanks
I had been thinking about reloading the stock rom and doing the root all again as a refresher for myself, but I have never done a YouTube video before. I will try to find the time to do it and them I will post the link here.
For anyone still having issues with rooting and getting the play store on this device I have just made a script to automate the whole process.
filedropper [dot] com / polaroidaio
Note ADB drivers are required.
TeODH4 said:
For anyone still having issues with rooting and getting the play store on this device I have just made a script to automate the whole process.
filedropper [dot] com / polaroidaio
Note ADB drivers are required.
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Thanks! I was able to run this script, it read the tablet, I asked it to root and install gapps, it said it completed but when the device restarts, I see the polaroid logo twice, then the screen goes black and just sits there forever. I was able to re-install factory and boot it back up so that was good. But didn't know if you had any ideas on what was wrong with my device. I'm using a brand new stock Polaroid PTAB8000 ICS 4.0.3. Windows 7, freshly installed Android Development Kit from today to get my ADB.
smokethrower2 said:
Thanks! I was able to run this script, it read the tablet, I asked it to root and install gapps, it said it completed but when the device restarts, I see the polaroid logo twice, then the screen goes black and just sits there forever. I was able to re-install factory and boot it back up so that was good. But didn't know if you had any ideas on what was wrong with my device. I'm using a brand new stock Polaroid PTAB8000 ICS 4.0.3. Windows 7, freshly installed Android Development Kit from today to get my ADB.
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Any luck with this script yet? Also, how were you able to flash back to factory?
Wanted to add, got the same black screen so I booted to recovery and did factory reset which got me back to square 1. I install the getjar app store and did a search for gmail. when it came up i downloaded it, and during the installation it also installed the "Google Play" store. I was getting a few errors but after turning sync on and using the store for a bit they all cleared up so far. Now I have google play and gmail apps on the tab.
BigT504 said:
Wanted to add, got the same black screen so I booted to recovery and did factory reset which got me back to square 1. I install the getjar app store and did a search for gmail. when it came up i downloaded it, and during the installation it also installed the "Google Play" store. I was getting a few errors but after turning sync on and using the store for a bit they all cleared up so far. Now I have google play and gmail apps on the tab.
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Sorry about the black screen issue guys there was an issue with the code. I've also completely rewritten the application in c++. All features should work without issues now.
You can download the software here: mediafire [dot] com/?o2864kb92hcc0hb (sorry i can't post links yet, I'll work on getting some posts done...)
1) Download RAR file
2) Extract RAR file
3) Run PolaroidAIO.exe
4) Enable USB debugging and Stay awake
5) Drivers are included in this release if needed
6) Enjoy your fully rooted tablet with the Play Store and Google Services Framework.
If anyone is intrested in the source code let me know and I will post it as well...
Have fun guys!
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smokethrower2 said:
Thanks! I was able to run this script, it read the tablet, I asked it to root and install gapps, it said it completed but when the device restarts, I see the polaroid logo twice, then the screen goes black and just sits there forever. I was able to re-install factory and boot it back up so that was good. But didn't know if you had any ideas on what was wrong with my device. I'm using a brand new stock Polaroid PTAB8000 ICS 4.0.3. Windows 7, freshly installed Android Development Kit from today to get my ADB.
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There was a bug in the old code, same thing happend to mine after i did a factory reset to try and replicate your situation. Try the updated version 1.2 and let me know if u face any simular issues.
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Dossey said:
HD Brian,
I'm going to say thanks because I'm sure everything you just posted is probably going to be very clear to quite a few people that understand all of that. So thank you for helping out. Unfortunately though for me, I got lost. Though I've been tinkering with android and windows mobile devices for about 3 years now, I've actually never done any ADB editing and not sure I fully understand how to do it.
Personally I'm not too concerned about modifying these things too much because they are for someone else's kids, and I've found a way to work around rooting and using Gapps to be able to install the apps they're needing. And before I hand these things back over to be wrapped for Christmas I'm going to make a video showing what I've done to maximize the out of box potential of these things.
But on that note, I'm going to make a request of you if you don't mind. Considering you seem to know how to easily achieve the task, I was wondering if you'd be willing to make and post a Youtube video that takes people through the steps. I know it might be time consuming, but after all we are all here to help each other out. And I'm sure that the people who actually own these devices would really appreciate it. At this point I haven't been able to find any videos on how to mod this tablet yet and the only forums that I've found discussing these things are the one you mentioned and this one here.
So I hope you'll be willing to help other owners out, and I appreciate you taking the time to respond.
Thanks
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Hey I just wanted to point out that you can indeed use root and remount /system. if you have proper root. which my AIO application will test for you as well. Here's what you do to remount /system as r/w:
Code:
C:\dev\adb>adb shell
[email protected]:/ $ su
su
[email protected]:/ # mount -o remount,rw /system
mount -o remount,rw /system
[email protected]:/ # chmod 777 /system
chmod 777 /system
[email protected]:/ # chmod 777 /system/app
chmod 777 /system/app
[email protected]:/ # exit
exit
[email protected]:/ $ exit
exit
C:\dev\adb>adb push sample.apk /system
/app/sample.apk
12 KB/s (187 bytes in 0.015s)
C:\dev\adb>adb shell
[email protected]:/ $ su
su
[email protected]:/ # chmod 755 /system/app
chmod 755 /system/app
[email protected]:/ # chmod 755 /system
chmod 755 /system
[email protected]:/ # mount -o remount,ro /system
mount -o remount,ro /system
[email protected]:/ #
I was able to get the play store on with the first upload and then by following a couple of steps from aother tutorial, but I can't seem to get any apps in the Play Store to open or download. I keep getting a "device is not compatible" message. I've tried the DPI play store and also messed around with LCD Density Monitor but haven't had any luck. If someone could help tackle this problem as well as get netflix up and running, I would be extremely grateful. This seems like a pretty awesome tablet, it just needs to be let free.
I feel I should also add, for anyone considering doing this, that once you have the Play Store installed, at least in my experience; if you have it hooked up to a PC via the USB and try to install anything, it goes ape sh** and starts trying to force close and kicks a whole bunch of errors. It doesn't seen to do anything, but it's annoying as hell. I haven't tried it yet with it plugged into the charger, and it doesn't do it nearly as much when you have it unplugged, but it's just another one of those quirks that I'm sure will be fixed in due time.
TeODH4 said:
Sorry about the black screen issue guys there was an issue with the code. I've also completely rewritten the application in c++. All features should work without issues now.
You can download the software here: mediafire [dot] com/?o2864kb92hcc0hb (sorry i can't post links yet, I'll work on getting some posts done...)
1) Download RAR file
2) Extract RAR file
3) Run PolaroidAIO.exe
4) Enable USB debugging and Stay awake
5) Drivers are included in this release if needed
6) Enjoy your fully rooted tablet with the Play Store and Google Services Framework.
If anyone is intrested in the source code let me know and I will post it as well...
Have fun guys!
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There was a bug in the old code, same thing happend to mine after i did a factory reset to try and replicate your situation. Try the updated version 1.2 and let me know if u face any simular issues.
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Hey I just wanted to point out that you can indeed use root and remount /system. if you have proper root. which my AIO application will test for you as well. Here's what you do to remount /system as r/w:
Code:
C:\dev\adb>adb shell
[email protected]:/ $ su
su
[email protected]:/ # mount -o remount,rw /system
mount -o remount,rw /system
[email protected]:/ # chmod 777 /system
chmod 777 /system
[email protected]:/ # chmod 777 /system/app
chmod 777 /system/app
[email protected]:/ # exit
exit
[email protected]:/ $ exit
exit
C:\dev\adb>adb push sample.apk /system
/app/sample.apk
12 KB/s (187 bytes in 0.015s)
C:\dev\adb>adb shell
[email protected]:/ $ su
su
[email protected]:/ # chmod 755 /system/app
chmod 755 /system/app
[email protected]:/ # chmod 755 /system
chmod 755 /system
[email protected]:/ # mount -o remount,ro /system
mount -o remount,ro /system
[email protected]:/ #
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Just to be sure you may want to run the updated script because there was alot of garbage left behind by 1.0. which 1.2 will clean up.
1) Select "Remove Google Applications and Framework"
2) When done, select "Un-Root Device"
3) Finally select "Root Device and Install Google Applications, and Framework"
This will clean up the garbage left behind by 1.0 and might help with some of your issues.
I am aware that some apps are showing up as un-supported, I'm pretty sure its an issue with build.prop. I'm looking into it right now. Are you having issues with all the apps on the play store? or just some of them like netflix, angry birds, etc? Also can you elaborate on what errors you are getting? I think i need to find an updated version of google services framework, I've noticed when the market upgrades to the play store it will crash quite a few times during the updates, and then gets better but does crash from time to time. Don't hurt functionality but it is very annoying.
If you find any info on any of this please be sure to share. I'll try and get an updated release out tonight that takes care of at least some of these issues... At least we are making progress...
I downloaded the files from location listed above but it my anti virus primped me for a Trojan virus... Is this not a secure release?
psctornado said:
I downloaded the files from location listed above but it my anti virus primped me for a Trojan virus... Is this not a secure release?
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This is a secure release, it probably doesn't like all the files embedded into the exe... I can re-upload it un-packed if you like.
No it's ok I thought I would ask. So the big issue is the play store?
psctornado said:
No it's ok I thought I would ask. So the big issue is the play store?
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Yes, the protected applications do not show up, or if you try to use the web site, and send an app to your device it will say unsupported, I'm going to take a look at my build.prop in a little bit and see if i cant get the full market working. From what I can tell its google blocking the apps because this is a non google supported device. which is why we needed to load the play store in the first place, if you run AIO 1.2 you will at least get all Googles app's working... Gmail, etc. I will have an update out soon to fix the play store issues, and hopefully fix the crashing gapps service...
Okay. I don't have the tablet with me right now, but when I do, I'll redo everything. Also, I was able to get Netflix to work by downloading it from Amazon's App store and everything "seemed" to work. I'll have to try more testing when I get the tablet back. As far as the Play store goes, it just says that it has stopped working and has to close, and when I hit okay, the error goes away but it stays open. I'll get the exact verbatim when it pops up again. Other than that, nice work and hopefully we can work out the kinks.
TeODH4 said:
Just to be sure you may want to run the updated script because there was alot of garbage left behind by 1.0. which 1.2 will clean up.
1) Select "Remove Google Applications and Framework"
2) When done, select "Un-Root Device"
3) Finally select "Root Device and Install Google Applications, and Framework"
This will clean up the garbage left behind by 1.0 and might help with some of your issues.
I am aware that some apps are showing up as un-supported, I'm pretty sure its an issue with build.prop. I'm looking into it right now. Are you having issues with all the apps on the play store? or just some of them like netflix, angry birds, etc? Also can you elaborate on what errors you are getting? I think i need to find an updated version of google services framework, I've noticed when the market upgrades to the play store it will crash quite a few times during the updates, and then gets better but does crash from time to time. Don't hurt functionality but it is very annoying.
If you find any info on any of this please be sure to share. I'll try and get an updated release out tonight that takes care of at least some of these issues... At least we are making progress...
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rysimpson318 said:
Okay. I don't have the tablet with me right now, but when I do, I'll redo everything. Also, I was able to get Netflix to work by downloading it from Amazon's App store and everything "seemed" to work. I'll have to try more testing when I get the tablet back. As far as the Play store goes, it just says that it has stopped working and has to close, and when I hit okay, the error goes away but it stays open. I'll get the exact verbatim when it pops up again. Other than that, nice work and hopefully we can work out the kinks.
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If the play store is just crashing then i would most definitely recommend using 1.2 to clean things up and reload the playstore, you may even want to go as far as to do a factory reset after you un-install and un-root... Well for some reason build.prop doesn't seem to change anything on the market, I'm downloading an updated gapp for 4.0.3 maybe that will take care of some issues under the hood.
TeODH4 said:
If the play store is just crashing then i would most definitely recommend using 1.2 to clean things up and reload the playstore, you may even want to go as far as to do a factory reset after you un-install and un-root... Well for some reason build.prop doesn't seem to change anything on the market, I'm downloading an updated gapp for 4.0.3 maybe that will take care of some issues under the hood.
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So are you saying a clean install will remedy the issue?what is the 1.2 download link?
psctornado said:
So are you saying a clean install will remedy the issue?what is the 1.2 download link?
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Sorry for the late response, but it should fix some of the issues. See the thread below for more info on current bugs...
I will now be posting all project updates and downloads here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2066041
BigT504 said:
Any luck with this script yet? Also, how were you able to flash back to factory?
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I haven't tried the new version yet since I don't have my laptop with me right now but I'll try it later. To reset back to factory after getting stuck on the black screen follow this sites direction. You will need a micro SD card. southerntelecom dot com / polaroidsupport / firmware /firmware_guide_ptab8000 dot html then download the files for your model and then put them on the SD card and insert the SD card in the tablet. Then to start the factory reset hold down volume down and power at the same time until you see the update screen come up. I believe that is what it said. It should explain it all in the link. If my link won't post since I'm new just Google ptab8000 firmware and click on the link for a southerntelecom firmware site.