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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
The focus of this thread is to sort out the Apps2SD issue in cyanogenmod-darch 2.1 ROM (like the title says). Please do not post here unless it relates to this issue.
That being said, here is where I was at in the original darchstar 2.1 thread:
watzone69 said:
Taken from the instructions darchstar gave in the first post of his thread...
Code:
adb remount
adb push e2fsck /system/bin
adb shell
cd /system/bin
chmod a+x e2fsck
a2sd
reboot
First, the "chmod a+x e2fsck" command doesn't work for me (EDIT: I discovered that it WILL work in recovery mode). I had to use "chmod 777 e2fsck". After entering "a2sd" it gets enabled. After rebooting, apps2SD is NOT enabled anymore. I realized this by doing this test:
Code:
adb shell
cd /data/app
pwd
If your apps2sd is enabled, you will get "/system/sd/app" returned to you.
If you get "/data/app" returned instead then apps2sd is NOT enabled!
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Gbhil then replied...
gbhil said:
After you restart, can you re-enable a2sd by running a2sd from a terminal as root?
If so, do all your apps still appear and are they usable?
If the above is true, try adding this to the end of gumbo.sh
Code:
su -C a2sd
for a quick fix.
Start a thread (to keep things less cluttered) about it and I'll help you guys dig into the boot image and see why it's not sticking.
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So, I rebooted and tried to run "a2sd" from the android terminal but it spits out a long string of errors:
Code:
--- Checking ext filesystems
e2fsck 1.41.6 (30-May-2009)
ext2fs_check_if_mount: Can't check if filesystem is mounted due to missing mtab file while determining whether /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 is mounted.
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2: clean, 13/249856 files, 31387/499713 blocks
mount: permission denied. (are you root?)
chown: /system/sd: Read-only file system
chmod: /system/sd: Read-only file system
mkdir failed for /system/sd/app, Read-only file system
chown: /system/sd/app: No such file or directory
chmod: /system/sd/app: No such file or directory
cp: cannot create '/system/sd/app/android.tether.apk': No such file or directory
cp: cannot create '/system/sd/app/android.tether.usb.apk': No such file or directory
cp: cannot create '/system/sd/app/at.abraxas.mountusb.apk': No such file or directory...
(etc.)
...rm: cannot remove '/data/app/org.gmote.client.android.apk': Permission denied
rm: cannot remove '/data/app/org.hermit.substrate.apk': Permission denied
rm: cannot remove '/data/app/org.iplatform.android.apk': Permission denied
rm: cannot remove '/data/app/org.mikeyin.livewallpaper.apk': Permission denied
mkdir failed for /system/sd/app-private, Read-only file system
chown: /system/sd/app-private: No such file or directory
chmod: /system/sd/app-private: No such file or directory
cp: can't open '/data/app-private/com.android.aldiko.apk': Permission denied
cp: can't open '/data/app-private/com.protocol.x.su.fbs.apk': Permission denied
cp: can't open '/data/app-private/com.rerware.android.MyBackupPro.apk': Permission denied
rm: cannot remove '/data/app-private/com.android.aldiko.apk': Permission denied
rm: cannot remove '/data/app-private/com.protocol.x.su.fbs.apk': Permission denied
rm: cannot remove '/data/app-private/com.rerware.android.MyBackupPro.apk': Permission denied
ln: /data/app/app: Permission denied
ln: /data/app-private/app-private: Permission denied
+++ Apps-to-SD successfully enabled
So, there is no "app" or "app-private" in the "system/sd". Is a2sd supposed to generate those directories or are they supposed to be there before hand?
Anyway, the result is that I lose all of my shortcuts to the apps and market shows them as not installed even though they are.
BTW, I am not a dev or even that great at code or linux but I can usually pick stuff up fairly quickly. Just want to help fix this!
EDIT: The only thing I have found to work is to flash this kernel:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5712377&postcount=1406
However, some people get stuck in a boot loop after flashing this.
Running into the same issues as Watzone so I can confirm that he is doing it correctly. =P
Here are all of the related commands that have been suggested whenever the question of apps2sd has come up in the darchstar 2.1 thread.
Code:
adb remount
adb shell
mkdir /system/sd
Code:
adb remount
adb shell
busybox --install /system/xbin
a2sd
Code:
cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools
adb remount
adb shell
chown system.system /data/app
chmod 0771 /data/app
For the next command, boot into recovery and do the following:
Code:
adb shell
mount /system
exit
adb push e2fsck /system/bin
adb shell
cd /system/bin
chmod 777 e2fsck
Now, boot normally and go back to your CMD prompt...
Code:
adb remount
adb shell
a2sd
EDIT: In other threads I have seen the command...
Code:
apps2sd on
...used to enable apps2sd.
Doing all of these WILL allow the final "a2sd" command to enable (testing with the "pwd" command) but it all goes KAPUT after a reboot.
why it's not being enabled at boot time is because the init.rc isn't calling /system/etc/init.d/04apps2sd . I'll be sure that we fix that in my next release
And there you go.
It works here, but now I know why. I'm still using an old version of the boot image that looks for /system/bin/a2sd to load it, and an older version of the ROM. No sense in me to keep flashing fixes until I'm done tweaking the kernel. When darch says the kernel is good, then I'll catch up lol.
We might as well use this thread to learn to play with the boot image though, that is if you guys want to.
Awesome can't wait for the next release then! Lotsa apps out there calling out to me! Thanks guys =)
gbhil said:
We might as well use this thread to learn to play with the boot image though, that is if you guys want to.
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You bet. It's about time I got my hands dirty.
I'm game let me know if you need me to test anything!
Cool deal. You need Linux to extract and compress the boot.img, and you need to be current with Perl and running jre5 or higher.
Ubuntu 9.04+ is set up out of the box, but any version can be made to work.
Then grab these files from Lox -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=231902&d=1254004933
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=234040&d=1254622769
and extract them into your sdk/tools dir. (or any dir in your path)
get all that, then pick a boot.img from a rom and put it in a work folder.
Holler when you get that far, or if you have any q's.
I wanna learn myself. This should apply to mac os as well?
I have Mint on another machine. Gimme a bit to get caught up...
david279 said:
I wanna learn myself. This should apply to mac os as well?
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Darwin might work. Never tried
watzone69 said:
I have Mint on another machine. Gimme a bit to get caught up...
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np. I'm @work so going slow is better anyway lol.
ok i just ran the files in terminal. so i guess it might work.
I'm back
Inisde the work folder you dropped the boot.img into, run this from a term:
extract-kernel.pl boot.img
extract-ramdisk.pl boot.img
it will give you several files and a new directory. That dir is the unpacked ramdisk. The init.rc file is the one we're looking for. Open it with a Unicode editor and read it. It has it's own syntax, but it's almost like bash and not too hard to figure out. Hopefully you loaded a bootimg that has a2sd in it. Look near the bottom of the file for the a2sd start up line. It will have a2sd, apps2sd, a2sd004 or something like that. Once you find it so you can see the name used, search the rest of the file for that name.
Those lines will show you how a service gets declared and called at boot time.
I'm up and running now. I downloaded python 2.6.4. Do I need to install it or just extract it somewhere? Please forgive my linux noobness.
The other 2 zip files are extracted and in my tools folder. I'm getting the boot.img now.
idk if this will work as i too am a newb to android and the way they deal with the boot process is somewhat a bit different from what i'm used to, but heres a new boot.img if you guys want to flash it to see if apps2sd works. note, this is not a zip, remove that suffix.
to flash it to your phone just move the boot image to your sdcard then reboot into recovery. from there go into adb and mount your sdcard, then flash the new boot image.
Code:
adb shell
mount /sdcard
flash_image boot /sdcard/newBoot2.img
reboot
tell me if it fixes your apps2sd problem or not.
watzone69 said:
I'm up and running now. I downloaded python 2.6.4. Do I need to install it or just extract it somewhere? Please forgive my linux noobness.
The other 2 zip files are extracted and in my tools folder. I'm getting the boot.img now.
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try it without doing anything to Python first....especially since I meant perl
Just try my last post and see if it works for ya. I'll edit my first post
gbhil said:
try it without doing anything to Python first....especially since I meant perl
Just try my last post and see if it works for ya. I'll edit my first post
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Nope, I got "command not found" both times.
darchstar said:
idk if this will work as i too am a newb to android and the way they deal with the boot process is somewhat a bit different from what i'm used to, but heres a new boot.img if you guys want to flash it to see if apps2sd works. note, this is not a zip, remove that suffix.
to flash it to your phone just move the boot image to your sdcard then reboot into recovery. from there go into adb and mount your sdcard, then flash the new boot image.
Code:
adb shell
mount /sdcard
flash_image boot /sdcard/newBoot2.img
reboot
tell me if it fixes your apps2sd problem or not.
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Thanks darchstar, I'll try that in a bit.
watzone69 said:
Nope, I got "command not found" both times.
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you gotta make it executable
inside the directory with the perl scripts do this
Code:
chmod a+x ./
Follwing this to install ubuntu:
http://trsohmers.com/2011/03/06/how-to-run-ubuntu-on-the-motorola-xoom/
But I get the message sh: can't open installbusybox.sh
Everything was fine up until that moment, can you help me?
You sure you're in the correct directory? According to the guide (if you're following it step by step) it should be on /sdcard, so when you go into the shell, the next command would be cd /sdcard to make sure you're in there then you can run sh installbusybox.sh
Yeah, after I do adb shell, su, cd /sdcard
Also, adb push doesn't seem to work so I had to manually put them in the SD card. It gives me an error when I try to push.
Usually the correct way to do a "push" would be to use adb push filename.ext /sdcard/ (making sure you put down the last slash to let it know you're pushing it to a directory, I tend to find it give me an error elsewise).
Another thing you can try to do is type sh ./busyboxinstaller.sh, see if that makes any differences.
The push works now with the other slash, but with the sh command, I get this error now:
mkdir: can't create directory '/system/xbin':file exists
Okay, I got STEP TWO: Installing Ubuntu. I had to install busybox from the market. Then, I can't cd to the /sdcard/ubuntu It says cd: can't cd to /sdcard/ubuntu
I need to run a binary file, dalvikvm which located in /system/bin from TWRP terminal, but no matter what, it says, "No such file or directory found", and then I found that this is link file located another directory, I cd'd there and tried, but still the same result
I can be able to run the same file in Termux without any issues
Can anybody please help me on this?
Thanks
Hi, I think you need to mount the system partition before being able to access it. It's not mounted by default on TWRP, but when the phone is on it is (otherwise Android wouldn't work)
If you need help on how to mount partitions on TWRP, ring me (or google it, it's actually pretty simple)
Raiz said:
Hi, I think you need to mount the system partition before being able to access it. It's not mounted by default on TWRP, but when the phone is on it is (otherwise Android wouldn't work)
If you need help on how to mount partitions on TWRP, ring me (or google it, it's actually pretty simple)
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Thanks for replying, it wasn't mounted at first, so I had mounted, still it didn't work, while some of the files in bin do work, some don't.
Then I copied the file to /sdcard and /tmp, and tried execute from these folders, still
Well, if when you're free, can you confirm if it's running on yours?
File: /system/bin/dalvikvm
Thanks once again
mizzunet said:
Thanks for replying, it wasn't mounted at first, so I had mounted, still it didn't work,
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Thanks once again
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I didn't found it inside, but it may be because I'm not rooted.
While searching around I've found this :
No such file or directory while running dalvikvm
I built AOSP Android and push the dalvik virtual machine in my device just to see if my built dalvik vm runs properly. I pushed it my device /opt directory but when I run dalvikvm, I get the error...
stackoverflow.com
It might get you out of trouble
Raiz said:
I didn't found it inside, but it may be because I'm not rooted.
While searching around I've found this :
No such file or directory while running dalvikvm
I built AOSP Android and push the dalvik virtual machine in my device just to see if my built dalvik vm runs properly. I pushed it my device /opt directory but when I run dalvikvm, I get the error...
stackoverflow.com
It might get you out of trouble
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I looked into it.
I had no opt folder in root directory. So I made one, and moved dalvikvm to there and tried execute this time, it said permission denied, so I gave it chmod 755. But after that, it says "there no such file or directory".
Well, do you telegram account, so I could contact you there.
Thanks
Raiz said:
I didn't found it inside, but it may be because I'm not rooted.
While searching around I've found this :
No such file or directory while running dalvikvm
I built AOSP Android and push the dalvik virtual machine in my device just to see if my built dalvik vm runs properly. I pushed it my device /opt directory but when I run dalvikvm, I get the error...
stackoverflow.com
It might get you out of trouble
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And even "file" binary, it says, there no file.
mizzunet said:
I looked into it.
I had no opt folder in root directory. So I made one, and moved dalvikvm to there and tried execute this time, it said permission denied, so I gave it chmod 755. But after that, it says "there no such file or directory".
Well, do you telegram account, so I could contact you there.
Thanks
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This is really curious, tbh I'm not an expert around that subject, idk what's wrong with this binary...
Hopefully someone who knows more may help you with that. Have a nice day
This is because the binary you are trying to execute was compiled to run in the Android context, but you're trying to execute it in the TWRP one. Each binary has a path to a linker used during execution. The problem is that it refers to a linker that doesn't exist in TWRP.
Suppose we want to execte a binary file and obviously we can't:
Bash:
x00h:/ # /system/bin/awk
/sbin/sh: /system/bin/awk: No such file or directory
Let's take a look to its linker:
Bash:
x00h:/ # strings /system/bin/awk | head -n 1
/system/bin/linker64
Then, you will actually discover that it's sym linked to a linker that is available only when Android is running:
Bash:
x00h:/ # ls -ald /system/bin/linker64
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root shell 38 2009-01-01 00:00 /system/bin/linker64 -> /apex/com.android.runtime/bin/linker64
Since TWRP comes with its linker in /sbin/linker64, we can sym link it to /system/bin/linker64.
So, the hack:
Bash:
x00h:/ # mkdir -p /apex/com.android.runtime/bin/
x00h:/ # ln -s /sbin/linker /apex/com.android.runtime/bin/linker
x00h:/ # ln -s /sbin/linker64 /apex/com.android.runtime/bin/linker64
Retry, and it works:
Bash:
x00h:/ # /system/bin/awk
usage: /system/bin/awk [-F fs] [-v var=value] [-f progfile | 'prog'] [file ...]
Pray to God the TWRP's linker will be compatible and do the job (most binaries works fine), but sometimes you may get CANNOT LINK EXECUTABLE.