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now that we have an easy way to push update.zip files I was wondering if there was any way to push the host file that adfree android downloads to the sdcard. I know that it doesn't have write access to the system partition when booted but in recovery we do right?
So it should be as simple as creating an update.zip that overwrites the old host right?
I'm going to try to get this working
EDIT: Here's how to get this working
1. Search for Adfree Android on the market
2. Install and run
3. allow it to download and install new hosts file, it will copy it to your sdcard and try to replace /system/etc/hosts but fail (it should reboot the phone shortly)
4. Power off the phone and hold Volume Down and power.
5. Use volume down to select recovery
6. In clockwork recovery volume down to "partitions menu" and hit the track pad to select
7. Select "mount /system" and "mount /sdcard" "mount /data"
8. Plug in your usb cord and open a command line on your pc
9. enter adb shell and type the following commands
cp /sdcard/hosts /data/data/hosts
rm /system/etc/hosts
ln -s /data/data/hosts /system/etc/hosts
10. Reboot your phone and enjoy adfree android.
Thanks to all for help in getting this running.
Just adb push your modified host file to /system/etc/hosts. No need for update.zip
ive already done this doesnt work still have tons of adds
word, I figured it out
junjlo said:
ive already done this doesnt work still have tons of adds
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what I did was install adfree android, wait for it download and error (the phone will reboot itself) put it into recovery and run the following command from adb shell
cp /sdcard/hosts /system/etc
All my ads are gone
You mind sharing the host file? I'd like to do the same. Now that I can connect as root with 'adb shell' then 'su' after the new Unrevoked^2 root. I'd like to start tweaking with things.
supagene said:
You mind sharing the host file? I'd like to do the same. Now that I can connect as root with 'adb shell' then 'su' after the new Unrevoked^2 root. I'd like to start tweaking with things.
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just download and install adfree android, it copies the host file to your sdcard.
n0-0ne said:
what I did was install adfree android, wait for it download and error (the phone will reboot itself) put it into recovery and run the following command from adb shell
cp /sdcard/hosts /system/etc
All my ads are gone
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i may have an older hosts file than but i just used adb push hosts /system/ect/hosts
tryed cp but get a box with busybox info
n0-0ne said:
just download and install adfree android, it copies the host file to your sdcard.
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I intalled the app and when I hit download and intall I get java/io.FileNotFoundException:/sdcard/hosts
My guess is that it's not downloading.
Tried it on both WiFi and 3G
supagene said:
I intalled the app and when I hit download and intall I get java/io.FileNotFoundException:/sdcard/hosts
My guess is that it's not downloading.
Tried it on both WiFi and 3G
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ok well here's what was downloaded to my card
https://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=batch_download&batch_id=K0JRUGhYT2JQb0t4dnc9PQ
Thats good for 100 downloads.
Found this. forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=664532 do you guys know if the zip file with hosts good enough since I can't seem to get the AdFree app to work correctly? Of is there an apk somewhere for this app and I shouldn't have gotten the one in the app store?
host installed still doesnt block ever ad using tikl and fring to test
supagene said:
Found this. forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=664532 do you guys know if the zip file with hosts good enough since I can't seem to get the AdFree app to work correctly? Of is there an apk somewhere for this app and I shouldn't have gotten the one in the app store?
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I used the one from the market, it does error but it should copy the hosts file to your SD card (and reboot your phone shortly thereafter).
What now?
Great...
cat /sdcard/hosts > /system/etc/hosts
write: No space left on device
junjlo said:
host installed still doesnt block ever ad using tikl and fring to test
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I've tested both apps and no ads in either.
The one thing I did different that I didn't post was in recovery under partitions I mounted both system and sdcard. Try that and copy the file over.
Thanks!!
So I downloaded the hosts file, booted in recovery, mounted both /system and /sdcard and then 'adb shell' and 'su' and then 'cd /system/etc' and then 'cat /sdcard/hosts > hosts' and it seemed to have worked.
I go to fring and it displays 'Web page not available', not what I'd like to see but it's better than those retarded ads that I keep clicking on by accident.
can someone post step by step how to get adfree working I installed the one from the market and let it error and reboot then i entered into clockworkmod recovery now what? do i need to mount system and sd how do i enter into adb shell and change host file. thanks in advance for any help.
supagene said:
So I downloaded the hosts file, booted in recovery, mounted both /system and /sdcard and then 'adb shell' and 'su' and then 'cd /system/etc' and then 'cat /sdcard/hosts > hosts' and it seemed to have worked.
I go to fring and it displays 'Web page not available', not what I'd like to see but it's better than those retarded ads that I keep clicking on by accident.
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Glad it worked out, not sure why your getting page not available, I just get a blank box at the top of my contacts list, other apps show the same as well, a blank box where the ad used to be.
j1000 said:
can someone post step by step how to get adfree working I installed the one from the market and let it error and reboot then i entered into clockworkmod recovery now what? do i need to mount system and sd how do i enter into adb shell and change host file. thanks in advance for any help.
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thanks for the quick response everything is good until step 8. I know i sound stupid but i learning fast you say enter adb shell. the way i think you do this is type
1. cd\
2. cd sdk
3. cd tools
4. adb shell
when i do this i get error device not found
can you help from there. thanks
Can someone please take the time to explain how to install apps in the system/app folder? I'm trying to install the superuser.apk app but I just dont want to install it where it can be deleted easily from the menu/settings/applications/manage applications. I want to install it the same way sprint installs their programs where root is required to remove. Thanks/
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Can someone please take the time to explain how to install apps in the system/app folder? I'm trying to install the superuser.apk app but I just dont want to install it where it can be deleted easily from the menu/settings/applications/manage applications. I want to install it the same way sprint installs their programs where root is required to remove. Thanks/
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Place the superuser.apk in the tools folder of your sdk
Open up command prompt
Cd c:\android-sdk-windows\tools
Abd push superuser.apk /system/app/
That's it, you're done. If you get a write permissions error, then you'll have to mount the /system folder. If you have remount installed, add adb remount before pushing the file. If not, then you'll have to add
adb shell
Yaffs2....mtdblock don't remember the entire phrase... or most of it. I just copy and past it from some of the write-ups... its in the manual root thread
Then:
Exit
Adb push...
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Okay, I tried it and getting the following error. "failed to copy 'superuser.apk' : read-only file system. Then I did adb shell and it showed a $ then I typed in su and it showed a # then I did:
mount -t rfs -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system/app
Then that line repeated itself. So I tried Adb push superuser.apk /system/app/ again and now it says:
failed to copy 'superuser.apk' to '/system/app//superuser.apk' : Permission denied.
What am I missing?
I also tried adb remount /system/app/ and it says remount failed. No such file or directory.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780759
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780759
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Cool. Thanks. I haven't rooted my epic yet, so I haven't done any pushing. Pushing it to the hero as I described always works fine, then again, it may have to do with remount being on all the roms I used.
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Aridon said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780759
Last post of mine
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Thanks Aridon but I tried that and now I get the error when trying mv /sdcard/Superuser.apk /system/app/Superuser.apk The error says Failed on '/sdcard/Superuser.apk' -Cross-Device link
Change mv to cp
You need busy box installed
Aridon said:
Change mv to cp
You need busy box installed
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Thanks. I'll try that
rose1 said:
Thanks. I'll try that
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Also once you get busy box installed you can do:
busybox cp /sdcard/File.apk /system/app/File.apk
and that will work fine.
okay I am a little lost, I need to re-install sprint tv and sprint zone in order to preform new update. I am really new to this process, I have the .apk's I need to put back on phone but not sure what your talking about. I have sdk and adb on computer but not sure what to do with them. Please help a tard.
Update: One click root has been using this "simple" method since version 2.2.7. If you're rooting your phone for the first time, please try that first. Consider this thread to be purely informational for those who want step-by-step details of how the process works.
I've been suspicious of the joeykrim root method since it was first posted at SDX. I finally got my Epic yesterday and confirmed that is, indeed unnecessary. I don't fault joeykrim though, he ported the working root method from the Moment to the Epic without actually having access to an Epic himself.
Anyways, the joeykrim root method is unnecessarilly complex becuase it works around an RFS permissions bug which loses the setuid bit on the Moment. It appears the Galaxy S phones have this bug fixed, which is why the root methods on the I9000, Vibrant, Captivate, Fascinate, etc., are much simpler.
So, for the simple root:
First, make sure joeykrim root is not installed.
Upgrade to DI18 (not strictly necessary, but you'll want to do it).
Setup a working adb from the Android SDK and whatever drivers are necessary for your platform.
Download rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin from the C skills blog (link removed due to my newbieness) or from any of the one-click root packages.
Download su-2.3.6.1-ef-signed.zip and extract "system/bin/su" and "system/app/Superuser.apk" to a temporary directory you'll be working from.
Enable USB debugging on your phone and connect it to your computer.
Now, open a command prompt/shell on your computer and cd to the appropriate temporary directory. Run:
Code:
adb push rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin /data/local/tmp
adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
adb shell /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
and confirm you have a working root shell. Then continue with:
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adb push su /system/xbin
adb shell chmod 4755 /system/xbin/su
adb install Superuser.apk
That's it! You should have a working root via su & the Superuser package. At least, I did.
Note that the preceeding steps installs Superuser.apk to /data, which is what I prefer to do. This means if you do a "Factory data reset" su will be temporarilly broken until you reinstall the Superuser.apk package. Since installing the package itself doesn't require root, this is easily done after a /data reset.
Also note that I did not perform a /system remount-rw anywhere. At least on my Epic, /system appears to always be mounted read-write so it's an unnecessary step. It's actually the "joeykrim-root.sh" script that remounts /system read-only during the boot process, which is why folks who don't use root kernels have run into this problem before. I'm not sure why joeykrim's script does that, I guess he probably assumed /system is mounted read-only by default. There's arguments that /system should be read-only, but I didn't touch it in case some Samsung stuff depends on it being read-write.
Finally, if you're already rooted via joeykrim or are running a root kernel, there's nothing really to be gained by doing this. I'm just throwing this out there as I perfer to make the minimum invasive changes possible to obtain root.
Wow, that was really informative. To check for Super user you:
Type: adb shell
then type: SU
You should get a # sign if you have root. Correct?
In the original Noobln post method would the Epic keep root even after a wipe therefore not needing to re-apply the superuser apk again? That might be a reason why folks would want to go the more invasive route (considering rooters seems to change ROMS fairly often which requires wipes sometimes). Either way, keeping a copy of the apk file on your SD card is no big deal.
mkasick said:
Also note that I did not perform a /system remount-rw anywhere. At least on my Epic, /system appears to always be mounted read-write so it's an unnecessary step. It's actually the "joeykrim-root.sh" script that remounts /system read-only during the boot process, which is why folks who don't use root kernels have run into this problem before. I'm not sure why joeykrim's script does that, I guess he probably assumed /system is mounted read-only by default. There's arguments that /system should be read-only, but I didn't touch it in case some Samsung stuff depends on it being read-write.
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This explains a lot of problems! thanks
EDIT- another noob question- why do you prefer to have superuser installed to /system/data- why not put it in /system/app? Also if I want to install busybox where is the best location to put it?
ZenInsight said:
Wow, that was really informative. To check for Super user you:
Type: adb shell
then type: SU
You should get a # sign if you have root. Correct?
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Once you run rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin, you should get a root-shell automatically every time you run "adb shell" after until you reboot the phone. Yes, you can tell it's a root shell since it uses the "#" prompt. This is the important part to check, since if the exploit doesn't work, you'll have to run it again. But I haven't seen it not work.
After su is installed and you reboot, your steps are correct: run "adb shell", run "su", then you'll be prompted on the phone scren to authorize access and once you allow it you'll end up with a "#" prompt.
ZenInsight said:
In the original Noobln post method would the Epic keep root even after a wipe therefore not needing to re-apply the superuser apk again?
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noobnl installs Superuser.apk to /system, you can do that here too. Just replace the "adb install Superuser.apk" step with "adb push Superuser.apk /system/app". It's independent of the joeykrim scripts.
With my captivate we have many update.zip root methods to choose from. Any chance this will be coming to the epic? Have a friend with an epic and command lines would be too much and one click didn't work.
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jimmyz said:
why do you prefer to have superuser installed to /system/data- why not put it in /system/app?
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I prefer to keep consistent with the idea that user-installed applications go in /data, and stock-installed-and-unmodified applications remain in /system/app. This way, upgrading Superuser.apk doesn't require a root-shell/root-explorer, you can remove it or upgrade it the way you do with any user installed application--adb install, side-loading via an sdcard, or downloading it from the market.
Plus, in general I prefer to keep my /system as untouched as possible. For example, I don't remove stock apps either. The "su" binary has to be installed in /system to persist after a /data wipe, and busybox is best installed to /system so it's in PATH (haven't looked into modifying the default PATH yet). Otherwise I try to keep /system alone.
jimmyz said:
Also if I want to install busybox where is the best location to put it?
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Android's default PATH provides four places for busybox to be installed: /sbin, /system/bin, /system/sbin, and /system/xbin. /sbin is part of the initramfs, in other words it's controlled by the kernel you're running. You can install busybox to any of the three /system/*bin directories, but I prefer /system/xbin.
In the traditional Unix conventions, "/usr/bin" is for user-runnable stock-installed programs, and "/usr/sbin" is for root-requiring (superuser-runnable) stock-installed programs. "xbin" isn't part of the standard convention, but I'd guess it's intended for "extra binaries" that are not part of the stock installation (much like /usr/local/bin), thus it seems like an appropriate location for a user-added "su" and "busybox" programs.
The second reason is that "xbin" is relatively empty, so if you want to create the applet symlinks (i.e., so that you can call "cp" instead of "buybox cp") it won't overwrite the stock toolbox symlinks. Also, since "xbin" is last on the default PATH, any programs provided by both toolbox and busybox will default to the toolbox version--which would be important for stock system scripts that might run into compatibility issues if they were to use the busybox versions instead.
To install busybox, grab a copy of the binary from somewhere (one click packages, a copy of stericson.busybox.apk, etc.). Then, once rooted run:
Code:
adb push busybox /data/local/tmp
adb shell
su # Authorize on phone screen
cat /data/local/tmp/busybox > /system/xbin/busybox
chown root.shell /system/xbin/busybox
chmod 755 /system/xbin/busybox
rm /data/local/tmp/busybox
/system/xbin/busybox --install -s /system/xbin
jhnstn00 said:
With my captivate we have many update.zip root methods to choose from. Any chance this will be coming to the epic?
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I don't believe so. The I9000/Vibrant/Captivate have recoveries that don't check the signature of update.zip (as I understand, or maybe they do but only require test keys) which makes rooting-via-recovery possible. Unfortuntaely the Epic and Fascinate do perform signature checks, so we can't enable root via stock-recovery.
That said, the Fascinate one-click methods should also work on the Epic. Although depending on why your friend couldn't get the Epic one-click to work, the Fascinate one may not work either.
mkasick said:
I prefer to keep consistent with the idea that user-installed applications go in /data, and stock-installed-and-unmodified applications remain in /system/app. This way, upgrading Superuser.apk doesn't require a root-shell/root-explorer, you can remove it or upgrade it the way you do with any user installed application--adb install, side-loading via an sdcard, or downloading it from the market.
Plus, in general I prefer to keep my /system as untouched as possible. For example, I don't remove stock apps either. The "su" binary has to be installed in /system to persist after a /data wipe, and busybox is best installed to /system so it's in PATH (haven't looked into modifying the default PATH yet). Otherwise I try to keep /system alone.
Android's default PATH provides four places for busybox to be installed: /sbin, /system/bin, /system/sbin, and /system/xbin. /sbin is part of the initramfs, in other words it's controlled by the kernel you're running. You can install busybox to any of the three /system/*bin directories, but I prefer /system/xbin.
In the traditional Unix conventions, "/usr/bin" is for user-runnable stock-installed programs, and "/usr/sbin" is for root-requiring (superuser-runnable) stock-installed programs. "xbin" isn't part of the standard convention, but I'd guess it's intended for "extra binaries" that are not part of the stock installation (much like /usr/local/bin), thus it seems like an appropriate location for a user-added "su" and "busybox" programs.
The second reason is that "xbin" is relatively empty, so if you want to create the applet symlinks (i.e., so that you can call "cp" instead of "buybox cp") it won't overwrite the stock toolbox symlinks. Also, since "xbin" is last on the default PATH, any programs provided by both toolbox and busybox will default to the toolbox version--which would be important for stock system scripts that might run into compatibility issues if they were to use the busybox versions instead.
To install busybox, grab a copy of the binary from somewhere (one click packages, a copy of stericson.busybox.apk, etc.). Then, once rooted run:
Code:
adb push busybox /data/local/tmp
adb shell
su # Authorize on phone screen
cat /data/local/tmp/busybox > /system/xbin/busybox
chown root.shell /system/xbin/busybox
chmod 755 /system/xbin/busybox
rm /data/local/tmp/busybox
/system/xbin/busybox --install -s /system/xbin
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You sir are a true gentleman! Thank you for the informative answers- its great to have you over here! I have one more question- why can't I usually push directly to /system ?
jimmyz said:
why can't I usually push directly to /system ?
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Pushing directly to /system requires running the adb service on the phone as the root user, so that it has permissions to write to that directory. Usually adb runs on the phone unprivileged, so you can only push to world-writable directories.
Running rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin actually changes this. The exploit forces the adb service to run as the root user, which is why "adb shell" gives you a root shell and "adb push" to /system does work, until the phone is restarted.
Interesting enough, the adb service also runs as root by default in the Android emulator. So there's probably a configuration setting, somewhere, to make it do that. In general it's safer to run adb unprivileged though, and "su" to move files to /system once uploaded elsewhere on the phoe.
mkasick said:
Pushing directly to /system requires running the adb service on the phone as the root user, so that it has permissions to write to that directory. Usually adb runs on the phone unprivileged, so you can only push to world-writable directories.
Running rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin actually changes this. The exploit forces the adb service to run as the root user, which is why "adb shell" gives you a root shell and "adb push" to /system does work, until the phone is restarted.
Interesting enough, the adb service also runs as root by default in the Android emulator. So there's probably a configuration setting, somewhere, to make it do that. In general it's safer to run adb unprivileged though, and "su" to move files to /system once uploaded elsewhere on the phoe.
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I am learning a lot!!! Could you take a look at koush's kernel here, with it I noticed that when using adb I got the # prompt right away and was able to push to /system- maybe he was able to figure out the config settings? Once again thanks!!!
one more ? (feel free to ignore this one) what actually happens when you do
Code:
adb shell /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
and how does that give you permanent root?
mkasick said:
Pushing directly to /system requires running the adb service on the phone as the root user, so that it has permissions to write to that directory. Usually adb runs on the phone unprivileged, so you can only push to world-writable directories.
Running rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin actually changes this. The exploit forces the adb service to run as the root user, which is why "adb shell" gives you a root shell and "adb push" to /system does work, until the phone is restarted.
Interesting enough, the adb service also runs as root by default in the Android emulator. So there's probably a configuration setting, somewhere, to make it do that. In general it's safer to run adb unprivileged though, and "su" to move files to /system once uploaded elsewhere on the phoe.
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It is indeed a config option in default.prop. However, this is in the initramfs and you can't change it on the fly, so you need to rebuild the kernel to change it. With some work you can modify the stock kernel to do it, but I personally haven't tried it.
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Thank you, this worked perfectly for me, running stock DI18 ROM that I flashed tonight!!! I confirmed by installing the wireless tethering pre-9 apk, and successfully ran the wireless tethering without any errors.
Quick question: do we need to do this after root or is it not needed?
NEEDED?? ===> SuperUser App to help with Security Concerns for the Epic - h**p://forum.sdx-developers.com/epic-development/superuser-app-to-help-with-security-concerns/
Also, Titanium Backup failed to work - it gave an error of denied root access, and said busybox was not installed. What needs to be done to make it work? Do I need to install clockwork mod (not exactly sure what it does though) or a custom ROM?
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Quick question: do we need to do this after root or is it not needed?
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Not sure exactly what you're asking. This is an alternative to the joeykrim-based one-click roots and rooted kernels. If you already have one of those this isn't really necessary.
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NEEDED?? ===> SuperUser App
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Yes, the su binary used here requires the Supruser appto be installed to authorize su requests. Otherwise they'll always be denied. Other su binaries might not require it, but then all apps have root access which isn't really a good thing.
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Also, Titanium Backup failed to work - it gave an error of denied root access, and said busybox was not installed. What needs to be done to make it work?
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Did you authorize Titanium Backup when the Superuser prompt came up (requies the Superuser app to be instald too)?
Titanium Backup has an option to download and install it's preferred version of busybox. Follow the prompts to do that.
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Not sure exactly what you're asking. This is an alternative to the joeykrim-based one-click roots and rooted kernels. If you already have one of those this isn't really necessary.
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Thanks, actually this was referring to the thread where the instructions for going to adb shell or terminal and typing in the following commands:
adb shell
su
mount -t rfs -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system
cp /system/bin/su /system/bin/jk-su
exit
Yes, the su binary used here requires the Supruser appto be installed to authorize su requests. Otherwise they'll always be denied. Other su binaries might not require it, but then all apps have root access which isn't really a good thing.
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Yes same as above, the question is not whether we need SU app (I know we do), but whether we needed to type the additional commands:
adb shell
su
mount -t rfs -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system
cp /system/bin/su /system/bin/jk-su
exit
What do these commands do? It seems to me my Superuser app is working fine with wifi tether - popping up with allow / disable permission boxes, etc. Do these commands add something else to Superuser?
Did you authorize Titanium Backup when the Superuser prompt came up (requies the Superuser app to be instald too)?
Titanium Backup has an option to download and install it's preferred version of busybox. Follow the prompts to do that.
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There was no Superuser prompt during the install of the app, nor anytime when it said it had a failure with root access. However there is an option to install BusyBox, which I have not done yet, because I am not sure what busybox is, or what it does. I'd like to find out why I need it and what it does, so I can feel comfortable with installing it.
Thanks again.
echo "root::0:0:root:/data/local:/system/bin/sh" > /etc/passwd
echo "root::0:" > /etc/group
you need to do that in a shell to make sure su works properly.
I'm updating the one click root right now to be less silly.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8543226&postcount=455
I just cleaned up the one click root to not do many of the silly things joeykrim's root does. It also means your system will be mounted as rw after a reboot and it won't overwrite your su with jk-su every boot (no more modified playlogo).
Cleaned up all the old stuff from the root so it should work fine even if you were using one of the older one clicks. I made sure su works, incl titanium backup.
I'm still installing superuser.apk to /system/app because I think it belongs there.
Thanks for doing the footwork, mkasick!
Firon said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8543226&postcount=455
I just cleaned up the one click root to not do many of the silly things joeykrim's root does. It also means your system will be mounted as rw after a reboot and it won't overwrite your su with jk-su every boot (no more modified playlogo).
Cleaned up all the old stuff from the root so it should work fine even if you were using one of the older one clicks. I made sure su works, incl titanium backup.
I'm still installing superuser.apk to /system/app because I think it belongs there.
Thanks for doing the footwork, mkasick!
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Firon- why are these lines still needed?
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adb push playlogo /system/bin/playlogo
what is playlogo? Does this just put the stock one back in case you used the joeykrim method in the past?
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adb push remount /system/xbin/remount
Are the remount scripts still needed?
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adb shell ln -s /system/xbin/su /system/bin/su
why is this link needed? why cant su just be in xbin
thanks in advance!
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jimmyz said:
Firon- why are these lines still needed?
Code:
adb push playlogo /system/bin/playlogo
what is playlogo? Does this just put the stock one back in case you used the joeykrim method in the past?
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This is just pushing the stock playlogo, since joeykrim's method overwrites it with some custom script.
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adb push remount /system/xbin/remount
Are the remount scripts still needed?
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The script allows you to easily remount system as ro or rw at will. Why not?
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adb shell ln -s /system/xbin/su /system/bin/su
why is this link needed? why cant su just be in xbin
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I don't know if any apps depend on it being in a particular location. It is in xbin, but I'm also linking it to /system/bin to be safe.
AndroidSPCS said:
What do these commands do? It seems to me my Superuser app is working fine with wifi tether - popping up with allow / disable permission boxes, etc. Do these commands add something else to Superuser?
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These commands were necessary to get Superuser working with the old joeykrim root method. They're not necessary with this method (or the newly released one-click). In other words, if wifi-tethering is already working for you, nothing further is needed to be done.
AndroidSPCS said:
There was no Superuser prompt during the install of the app, nor anytime when it said it had a failure with root access.
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I don't actually use TitaniumBackup. I'm not sure why its superuser-requirements would be different from other apps, but I guess it is. The new one-click appears to address this.
AndroidSPCS said:
However there is an option to install BusyBox, which I have not done yet, because I am not sure what busybox is, or what it does. I'd like to find out why I need it and what it does, so I can feel comfortable with installing it.
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Busybox is a suite of "familar" Unix command-line utilites (things like cp (copy), mv (move), ls (list), etc.). It targets embedded platforms by being very featureful, yet relatively small. It's installed and used on a wide variety of embedded devices including wireless routers, print servers, phones, even televisions.
Oddly enough, Android does not include busybox by default. Instead it comes with it's own utility-programs-package called "toolbox" that isn't nearly as featureful, and quickly becomes a pain to use. Some programs, like TitaniumBackup depend on busybox programs/features, and thus require it's installation. It's safe.
The only problem with busybox is that there's not one single version of it. There's multiple builds of it from the same source code with different sets of features turned on and off. In the past, some folks had a version of busybox installed that didn't contain all the features necessary to support TitaniumBackup, so they added the option to install their own version. It's installed in a separate location, so it won't overwrite any version you do have installed, and it's safe to do. But if you've already installed another version of busybox that does work, then it may be unnecessary.
I did the Jokeyrim method a few days ago. I installed a new kernal and now a new ROM. All seems ok, but ow when I do the "whoami" command in adb shell I get whoami not found. I don't think I'm really rooted anymore. Any attempt to reinstall the Jokeyrim root script results in failure (mostly "device not found" errors). When in adb shell, most commands I type now are either "not found" or "permission denied", so I'm not confident that I'm really rooted now.
Since I have / had Jokeyrim installed, how can I "uninstall" it so that I can use this method of rooting instead? BTW, the newest Clockworkmod is installed and working.
Do I need to flash to stock first? Sorry, but I'm a VERY STOOPID NOOB.
Any suggestions on how to regain root after the OTA ICS update using Linux? I've read through various posts scattered about the innerwebs regarding how using Windows but I'm a stubborn Linux user. I've downloaded the A2_ICS_Root Zip and explored the contents but not sure how to properly utilize them. I've rooted the phone in the past manually using Android SDK, Linux Terminal, push/adb shell commands and Motofail but of course lost root with the ICS update. If I don't get an answer I may attempt to follow some of the scripting used for Droid/Razors post ICS, of course tailored a bit. Although my Superuser app is still showing it's pretty much useless, like others with the same issue I've read about, it's still written into the system but no longer rooted. I've tested phone access in terminal but get the R/W error message ... no permission, etc. So ... I thought maybe folks here may have an answer for us semi skilled Linux users.
You should be able to just run the root.bat if you have the folder with all contents extracted to desktop.
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Aimless Rambler said:
Any suggestions on how to regain root after the OTA ICS update using Linux? I've read through various posts scattered about the innerwebs regarding how using Windows but I'm a stubborn Linux user. I've downloaded the A2_ICS_Root Zip and explored the contents but not sure how to properly utilize them. I've rooted the phone in the past manually using Android SDK, Linux Terminal, push/adb shell commands and Motofail but of course lost root with the ICS update. If I don't get an answer I may attempt to follow some of the scripting used for Droid/Razors post ICS, of course tailored a bit. Although my Superuser app is still showing it's pretty much useless, like others with the same issue I've read about, it's still written into the system but no longer rooted. I've tested phone access in terminal but get the R/W error message ... no permission, etc. So ... I thought maybe folks here may have an answer for us semi skilled Linux users.
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Use the process and scripts I created for the leak/OTA. All you need to do is step 6 in the following link, and use the shell not the bat as others noted... if you are running linux, I am sure you already knew that.
Link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1779968
6) Boot into ICS, and root using the zip below, you will connect the phone to your computer and use the root.bat (unzip this folder to your desktop) for windows and root.sh for linux/mac.
The script and root files:
http://www.androidfilehost.com/main/Motorola_ATRIX_2_Developers/jimbridgman/A2_ICS_root.zip
Re-Rooted!
jimbridgman said:
Use the process and scripts I created for the leak/OTA. All you need to do is step 6 in the following link, and use the shell not the bat as others noted... if you are running linux, I am sure you already knew that.
Link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1779968
6) Boot into ICS, and root using the zip below, you will connect the phone to your computer and use the root.bat (unzip this folder to your desktop) for windows and root.sh for linux/mac.
The script and root files:
http://www.androidfilehost.com/main/Motorola_ATRIX_2_Developers/jimbridgman/A2_ICS_root.zip
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Thanks Jim! I actually figured it out on my own, of course using the same zip file you provided which I had found in another thread.
I extracted the file into it's own folder, put the phone into debug mode and made sure MTP (media device) was checked, hooked to USB then ran a few checks in Terminal to make sure the device was recognized. Then I dragged "a2_ics_root.sh" into the open Terminal window and let it do its thing. I already had Superuser installed in earlier root (prior to ICS) so maybe that's why I got the "cannot stat 'su': No such file or directory cannot stat 'Superuser.apk': No such file or directory" error but then it said "You are rooted!". So to check to make sure I was actually rooted I ran the adb shell command and got this "[email protected]:/ $" then entered su, and got this "[email protected]:/ #"
Success!!
Hmm
Aimless Rambler said:
Thanks Jim! I actually figured it out on my own, of course using the same zip file you provided which I had found in another thread.
I extracted the file into it's own folder, put the phone into debug mode and made sure MTP (media device) was checked, hooked to USB then ran a few checks in Terminal to make sure the device was recognized. Then I dragged "a2_ics_root.sh" into the open Terminal window and let it do its thing. I already had Superuser installed in earlier root (prior to ICS) so maybe that's why I got the "cannot stat 'su': No such file or directory cannot stat 'Superuser.apk': No such file or directory" error but then it said "You are rooted!". So to check to make sure I was actually rooted I ran the adb shell command and got this "[email protected]:/ $" then entered su, and got this "[email protected]:/ #"
Success!!
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Well I don't have root after all? Once unplugged from computer I ran a terminal emulator app on the phone and tried to access root but it says I don't have permission, as well as a few other apps I tried to install. Strangeness. As it looks above in quote is it just a temporary root? One thing I did notice after the OTA ICS update is that the superuser app remained. I tried a factory data reset thinking it would take it off but it didn't. Is my original rooting (GB Motofail) SU somehow stuck in perpetuity within some system file somewhere which is fouling up this root? So how would I go about a clean install of Superuser? I updated Superuser on Play Store but no difference. Hmm
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Aimless Rambler said:
Well I don't have root after all? Once unplugged from computer I ran a terminal emulator app on the phone and tried to access root but it says I don't have permission, as well as a few other apps I tried to install. Strangeness. As it looks above in quote is it just a temporary root? One thing I did notice after the OTA ICS update is that the superuser app remained. I tried a factory data reset thinking it would take it off but it didn't. Is my original rooting (GB Motofail) SU somehow stuck in perpetuity within some system file somewhere which is fouling up this root? So how would I go about a clean install of Superuser? I updated Superuser on Play Store but no difference. Hmm
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First of all I apologize for all this confusion with replies to my own questions but I don't know any other way to relay the information. I'm troubleshooting as I go and hope it helps define what the issue may be and maybe a fix haha! Okay!! So I get root access easy as pie in terminal, no issues whatsoever, so I did a little searching and this is what I've found. The problem seems to be su is listed twice within my system folder (see below).
PROBLEM
[email protected]:/system/app # ls
Superuser.apk <<< is listed in the right location
# cd ..
[email protected]:/system #
[email protected]:/system/bin #
su <<< is listed here
[email protected]:/system/xbin #
su <<< is also listed here?
That can't be right? Shouldn't it only be in the /bin folder? Having downloaded the A2 ICS Root zip file I explored the Windows root.bat file in a text editor and saw that SU is suppose to install to /bin. So how the heck did it get in 2 different locations? ha!!! I'm guessing this would cause some issue but before I go deleting the extra file I thought I should inquire first. Haha!
Doh!!!! I know it's got to be something I did!
Aimless Rambler said:
First of all I apologize for all this confusion with replies to my own questions but I don't know any other way to relay the information. I'm troubleshooting as I go and hope it helps define what the issue may be and maybe a fix haha! Okay!! So I get root access easy as pie in terminal, no issues whatsoever, so I did a little searching and this is what I've found. The problem seems to be su is listed twice within my system folder (see below).
PROBLEM
[email protected]:/system/app # ls
Superuser.apk <<< is listed in the right location
# cd ..
[email protected]:/system #
[email protected]:/system/bin #
su <<< is listed here
[email protected]:/system/xbin #
su <<< is also listed here?
That can't be right? Shouldn't it only be in the /bin folder? Having downloaded the A2 ICS Root zip file I explored the Windows root.bat file in a text editor and saw that SU is suppose to install to /bin. So how the heck did it get in 2 different locations? ha!!! I'm guessing this would cause some issue but before I go deleting the extra file I thought I should inquire first. Haha!
Doh!!!! I know it's got to be something I did!
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That is completely correct. The su in /system/xbin is a link to /system/bin/su. And that is correct, and how it should be.
Please explain your issue in more detail as I am not fully understanding what is not working.
Rooted again??
jimbridgman said:
That is completely correct. The su in /system/xbin is a link to /system/bin/su. And that is correct, and how it should be.
Please explain your issue in more detail as I am not fully understanding what is not working.
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The issue was my phone was not actually rooted after running a2_ics_root.sh in Terminal (computer). I got the "cannot stat 'su': No such file or directory cannot stat 'Superuser.apk': No such file or directory" error message in terminal and also checked root by running a terminal emulator app within the phone and received the no permission message after entering su at the prompt. Once I reconnected the phone to the computer and ran the sh file again I gained temporary root. That's when I noticed su was in two different locations as I mentioned above and you subsequently replied was normal. Of course before I saw your response I had already removed (rm command) the extra su ha! After removing the su file from /xbin it alone did not fix the problem. I still could not access root. So I reran the a2_ics_root.sh in terminal (computer) and got root with no error messages and verified it with my phone's terminal app (also got the Superuser root access permission check, which I hadn't got before). No idea why this worked if su was suppose to be in two locations. As I was in the phones terminal emulator app I checked the /xbin folder and did not see it reappear yet it all seems rooted now! Ha! Gosh my brain hurts.
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
remount succeeded
492 KB/s (22372 bytes in 0.044s)
3434 KB/s (397229 bytes in 0.112s)
You are rooted!
Aimless Rambler said:
The issue was my phone was not actually rooted after running a2_ics_root.sh in Terminal (computer). I got the "cannot stat 'su': No such file or directory cannot stat 'Superuser.apk': No such file or directory" error message in terminal and also checked root by running a terminal emulator app within the phone and received the no permission message after entering su at the prompt. Once I reconnected the phone to the computer and ran the sh file again I gained temporary root. That's when I noticed su was in two different locations as I mentioned above and you subsequently replied was normal. Of course before I saw your response I had already removed (rm command) the extra su ha! After removing the su file from /xbin I reran the a2_ics_root.sh in terminal (computer) and got root with no error messages and verified it with my phone's terminal app (also got the Superuser root access permission check, which I hadn't got before). No idea why this worked if su was suppose to be in two locations. As I was in the phones terminal emulator app I checked the /xbin folder and did not see it reappear yet it all seems rooted now! Ha! Gosh my brain hurts.
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
remount succeeded
492 KB/s (22372 bytes in 0.044s)
3434 KB/s (397229 bytes in 0.112s)
You are rooted!
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Did you by chance try and use some sort of root keeper before trying to do the OTA, then had these problems after the OTA was completed?
We have seen this before, and the reason you got the stat errors is because the wrong versions of the files were in /system/bin and /system/xbin. Yeah we have found that trying to use any OTA root keepers are BAD on this phone. Motorola is so anal about updates. That is why we mention to do an fxz before doing any OTA, then using the root scripts afterwards.
If you still have any more issues you might think about using the new ICS fxz in the development section and using/redoing the script from there.
P.S. I saw that you said you dragged the script into the terminal, that is a bad way to run it, BTW.... Try and open a terminal and cd into the dir that you unzipped the script in, and then into the ics_root dir and type ./root.sh and see if that works a little better next time, that might be why you only got temp root, because it was not able to find the proper su and superuser.apk to copy over with adb, I use relative paths in the script just for ease.
jimbridgman said:
Did you by chance try and use some sort of root keeper before trying to do the OTA, then had these problems after the OTA was completed?
We have seen this before, and the reason you got the stat errors is because the wrong versions of the files were in /system/bin and /system/xbin. Yeah we have found that trying to use any OTA root keepers are BAD on this phone. Motorola is so anal about updates. That is why we mention to do an fxz before doing any OTA, then using the root scripts afterwards.
If you still have any more issues you might think about using the new ICS fxz in the development section and using/redoing the script from there.
P.S. I saw that you said you dragged the script into the terminal, that is a bad way to run it, BTW.... Try and open a terminal and cd into the dir that you unzipped the script in, and then into the ics_root dir and type ./root.sh and see if that works a little better next time, that might be why you only got temp root, because it was not able to find the proper su and superuser.apk to copy over with adb, I use relative paths in the script just for ease.
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Thanks! I'm sure I did something to cause the troubles but can't recall exactly what it was I did wrong! My brain is getting old. Ha! But to answer your question ... other than my original root (using Motofail) I've hesitated to do anything until after the ICS update. I recently bought the phone 2nd hand to replace my Samsung Captivate so I could experiment with a Lapdock (in my line of work portability and multi-role is a plus). The phone was stock when I got it. Also, I had moved the root.sh file and superuser.apk into my Android/Platform_Tools folder which is in my system path (android rules,etc), so there was some forethought prior to dragging the script into terminal. Next time I'll 'cd it like ya recommend!
Could it be there was an issue with how I did the original GB motofail root?
In any case all seems to be good now.
Thanks again!
Hi everyone, I'm trying to Install busybox,SuperUser and SU Binaries on my OUYA ...
I Have:
-ADB set up and working(wired)
-Downloded and unzipped the needed files
-Placed unzipped files in /android-sdk/platform-tools
Then i run the following commands to make sure my console is connected:
-adb kill-server
-echo 0x2836
-adb start-server
-adb devices
After 'adb devices' I see a number(My console #), which signifies my connected console...
Then i run the following commands to put SU in the proper place:
-adb shell
-su
-mount -o rw,remount -t ext4 /dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/APP
-exit
-exit
-adb push su /sdcard/su<-----here is where i get an error (cannot stat 'su': No Such Files Or Directory :crying What am i doing wrong here/ i don't get it!...Can anyone please help me?
cronikman84 said:
Hi everyone, I'm trying to Install busybox,SuperUser and SU Binaries on my OUYA ...
I Have:
-ADB set up and working(wired)
-Downloded and unzipped the needed files
-Placed unzipped files in /android-sdk/platform-tools
Then i run the following commands to make sure my console is connected:
-adb kill-server
-echo 0x2836
-adb start-server
-adb devices
After 'adb devices' I see a number(My console #), which signifies my connected console...
Then i run the following commands to put SU in the proper place:
-adb shell
-su
-mount -o rw,remount -t ext4 /dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/APP
-exit
-exit
-adb push su /sdcard/su<-----here is where i get an error (cannot stat 'su': No Such Files Or Directory :crying What am i doing wrong here/ i don't get it!...Can anyone please help me?
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:good:never mind i figured it out...but when i go to Run SuperUser on the OUYA (Make > Software > SuperUser) and allow it to update, it gives me an error saying---->there was an error installing superuser. please send a log of the error to the developer. what now?
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:good:never mind i figured it out...but when i go to Run SuperUser on the OUYA (Make > Software > SuperUser) and allow it to update, it gives me an error saying---->there was an error installing superuser. please send a log of the error to the developer. what now?
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Never mind LMAO...i got it :victory:
cronikman84 said:
Never mind LMAO...i got it :victory:
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How'd you get it?! I'm stuck here too, thanks!
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How'd you get it?! I'm stuck here too, thanks!
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Are you stuck at the error saying---->"there was an error installing superuser" still? cause if you are i think i can help you..., just on your ouya head over to MANAGE-SYSTEM-ADVANCED and scroll down to apps and delete the BUSYBOX FREE and SUPERUSER APPS...after that's done just repeat the commands again and reboot the system, then go click on MAKE>SOFTWARE>SUPERUSER and allow it to UPDATE but not from recovery and if that doesn't work let me know and ill tell you what to do next...BUT if your stuck at "adb push su /sdcard/su cannot stat 'su': No Such Files Or Directory" error then i can also help you...let me know, it's very simple, less than a minute
cronikman84 said:
Are you stuck at the error saying---->"there was an error installing superuser" still? cause if you are i think i can help you..., just on your ouya head over to MANAGE-SYSTEM-ADVANCED and scroll down to apps and delete the BUSYBOX FREE and SUPERUSER APPS...after that's done just repeat the commands again and reboot the system, then go click on MAKE>SOFTWARE>SUPERUSER and allow it to UPDATE but not from recovery and if that doesn't work let me know and ill tell you what to do next...BUT if your stuck at "adb push su /sdcard/su cannot stat 'su': No Such Files Or Directory" error then i can also help you...let me know, it's very simple, less than a minute
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Hi,
I'm at the point where I've installed 'superuser' apk via adb. I've rebooted the console, gone to MAKE>SOFTWARE>SUPERUSER but when I click on 'install', I just get the error message: "There was an error installing Superuser. Please send a log to the error to the developer" but there are no logs.
Any ideas?
diazamet said:
Hi,
I'm at the point where I've installed 'superuser' apk via adb. I've rebooted the console, gone to MAKE>SOFTWARE>SUPERUSER but when I click on 'install', I just get the error message: "There was an error installing Superuser. Please send a log to the error to the developer" but there are no logs.
Any ideas?
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yes, the best way to do it is with this tool OUYA toolbox and you can find it over here-----> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2350900 follow the instructions plug in your OUYA to your pc and download the test version of the tool, open it, click on install superuser and install it, then istall busybox and install it...then go to make- software-superuser and Update but not from recovery, then plug you OUYA back on to the pc and run the ouya toolbox program again and root(if you want to), you will be all set with SuperUser apk and busybox apk and root working perfect with no errors...
cronikman84 said:
yes, the best way to do it is with this tool OUYA toolbox and you can find it over here-----> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2350900 follow the instructions plug in your OUYA to your pc and download the test version of the tool, open it, click on install superuser and install it, then istall busybox and install it...then go to make- software-superuser and Update but not from recovery, then plug you OUYA back on to the pc and run the ouya toolbox program again and root(if you want to), you will be all set with SuperUser apk and busybox apk and root working perfect with no errors...
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I think I might have found the issue. I think I forgot to copy the 'su' executable from /sdcard to /system/xbin. I've copied the correct 'su' executable to /system/xbin now. I'll have to test it later, I'm connected remotely at the moment so I can only do the shell stuff, I can't run Superuser.
What is the difference between the nativesu and the su copied from the attachment on this thread. There is a significant difference in size. Is the native su crippled in someway?
diazamet said:
I think I might have found the issue. I think I forgot to copy the 'su' executable from /sdcard to /system/xbin. I've copied the correct 'su' executable to /system/xbin now. I'll have to test it later, I'm connected remotely at the moment so I can only do the shell stuff, I can't run Superuser.
What is the difference between the nativesu and the su copied from the attachment on this thread. There is a significant difference in size. Is the native su crippled in someway?
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:good: i hope you found the issue...i was having the same issue as you "There was an error installing Superuser. Please send a log to the error to the developer" and no matter what i tried it wouldn't work, so i just downloaded the OUYA toolbox test version and it took me less then 1 minutes to have superuser apk and busybox apk running and rooted, i didn't know you were connected remotely, i had mines connected straight up with the usb cable and it makes it easier for me..."What is the difference between the nativesu and the su copied from the attachment on this thread. There is a significant difference in size. Is the native su crippled in someway?" <----yes, i'm 90% sure that the native SU is crippled in some type of way, and i've heard other people confirm this.
cronikman84 said:
:good: i hope you found the issue...i was having the same issue as you "There was an error installing Superuser. Please send a log to the error to the developer" and no matter what i tried it wouldn't work, so i just downloaded the OUYA toolbox test version and it took me less then 1 minutes to have superuser apk and busybox apk running and rooted, i didn't know you were connected remotely, i had mines connected straight up with the usb cable and it makes it easier for me..."What is the difference between the nativesu and the su copied from the attachment on this thread. There is a significant difference in size. Is the native su crippled in someway?" <----yes, i'm 90% sure that the native SU is crippled in some type of way, and i've heard other people confirm this.
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Yep. That was the problem. I guess I thought I'd copied the correct version of 'su' across without checking properly.
diazamet said:
Yep. That was the problem. I guess I thought I'd copied the correct version of 'su' across without checking properly.
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Sweet!!...glad you got it fixed... I knew that the native SU was crippled the first time i tried it...that's why i tried the OUYA toolbox cause i knew people had success with SU on that toolbox, so i gave it a try and SU was workin...tha's how i knew something was wrong with the native SU...