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HOWTO: Automated APPS to SD (EASY!!!!)

NOTE:
1. Must have a rooted phone
2. Must have two partitions on the sd card (fat32 for everything, and ext2 for "expanding" the phone's memory).
3. Must have Android SDK installed (so that adb will work)
Ok.. So I got sick of all the commands running back and forth. I found that I'm wiping my phone several times testing out new things and didn't want to continuously put in all these commands to get the apps to sd thing to work.
Therefore, I created a file to automatically do it for me!!! I just run this file with the usb connected to the phone, and let it run all the commands.
I've attached a file "tmp.zip". Download this file and extract it to your c:
The folder it extracts NEEDS to be at c:/tmp
After extracting, navigate to the folder and double click on "appsToSD1.bat". Follow the instructions and you'll be on your way.
I hope this helps!!!!

egyptianbman said:
NOTE:
1. Must have a rooted phone
2. Must have two partitions on the sd card (fat32 for everything, and ext2 for "expanding" the phone's memory).
3. Must have Android SDK installed (so that adb will work)
Ok.. So I got sick of all the commands running back and forth. I found that I'm wiping my phone several times testing out new things and didn't want to continuously put in all these commands to get the apps to sd thing to work.
Therefore, I created a file to automatically do it for me!!! I just run this file with the usb connected to the phone, and let it run all the commands.
I've attached a file "tmp.zip". Download this file and extract it to your c:
The folder it extracts NEEDS to be at c:/tmp
After extracting, navigate to the folder and double click on "appsToSD1.bat". Follow the instructions and you'll be on your way.
I hope this helps!!!!
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EXCELLENT!!! I have already set my apps to sd... but I always welcome alternatives. Good work. I can't wait to try it out some time.
Thanks!

looking at the bat, it looks just like the commands from that other thread. Any1 game to try and share if it it works =]?

Nice, I might finally try this when I get home today...

Anyone try this out yet?

Just tried it
Failure, after last reboot i am stuck at the flashing android loader.
I did verify i was all the stuff the bat file said to look for

# busybox df -h
busybox df -h
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
tmpfs 48.4M 0 48.4M 0% /dev
tmpfs 4.0M 0 4.0M 0% /sqlite_stmt_journals
/dev/block/mtdblock3 67.5M 67.1M 456.0K 99% /system
/dev/block/loop0 1.5M 1.5M 0 100% /system/modules
/dev/block/loop1 3.1M 3.1M 0 100% /system/xbin
/dev/block/mtdblock5 74.8M 20.9M 53.8M 28% /data
/dev/block/mtdblock4 67.5M 1.1M 66.4M 2% /cache
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 978.6M 4.0K 978.6M 0% /sdcard
is my card partitioned I did it through paragon, but It only shows the one partition here what am I doing wrong its a 2 gig card, Ill try if I can get my damn card partioned lol.

Thanks it worked for me.... ...but Im not sure if ext2 patitioon should be primary
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3483058#post3483058
...I made it primary and it worked...
$ df
/dev: 49520K total, 0K used, 49520K available (block size 4096)
/sqlite_stmt_journals: 4096K total, 0K used, 4096K available (block size 4096)
/system: 69120K total, 66180K used, 2940K available (block size 4096)
/system/modules: 1532K total, 1532K used, 0K available (block size 4096)
/system/xbin: 3172K total, 3172K used, 0K available (block size 4096)
/system/sd: 1033712K total, 5116K used, 1028596K available (block size 4096)
/data: 76544K total, 21760K used, 54784K available (block size 4096)
/cache: 69120K total, 1160K used, 67960K available (block size 4096)
/sdcard: 6172916K total, 588568K used, 5584348K available (block size 4096)
sdcard - 6GB
sd - 1GB
$ mount
rootfs on / type rootfs (ro)
tmpfs on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,mode=600)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
tmpfs on /sqlite_stmt_journals type tmpfs (rw,size=4096k)
/dev/block/mtdblock3 on /system type yaffs2 (ro)
/dev/block/loop0 on /system/modules type cramfs (ro)
/dev/block/loop1 on /system/xbin type cramfs (ro)
/dev/mmcblk0p2 on /system/sd type ext2 (rw,noatime,nodiratime,errors=continue)
/dev/block/mtdblock5 on /data type yaffs2 (rw,nosuid,nodev)
/dev/block/mtdblock4 on /cache type yaffs2 (rw,nosuid,nodev)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 on /sdcard type vfat (rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,uid=1000,gid=1000,fmask=0711,dmask=0700,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,utf8)
$ cd /data
$ ls -al
ls: can't open '.': Permission denied
$ su
# ls -al
drwxrwx--x 1 1000 1000 2048 Oct 5 07:41 .
drwxr-xr-x 12 0 0 0 Mar 18 17:31 ..
drwxrwxrwx 1 1000 1000 2048 Oct 5 07:41 anr
lrwxrwxrwx 1 0 0 14 Mar 18 17:30 app -> /system/sd/app
lrwxrwxrwx 1 0 0 22 Mar 18 17:30 app-private -> /system/sd/app-private
drwxrwx--x 1 1000 1000 2048 Oct 5 07:41 dalvik-cache
drwxrwx--x 1 1000 1000 2048 Oct 5 07:41 data
drwxrwx--x 1 2000 2000 2048 Oct 5 07:41 local
drwxrwx--- 1 0 0 2048 Oct 5 07:41 lost+found
drwxrwx--t 1 1000 9998 2048 Oct 5 07:41 misc
drwx------ 1 0 0 2048 Oct 5 07:41 property
drwxrwxr-x 1 1000 1000 2048 Oct 5 07:41 system
drwxr-xr-x 1 1000 1000 2048 Mar 15 12:15 tombstones
#

russenreaktor said:
Thanks it worked for me.... ...but Im not sure if ext2 patitioon should be primary
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3483058#post3483058
...I made it primary and it worked...
$ df
/dev: 49520K total, 0K used, 49520K available (block size 4096)
/sqlite_stmt_journals: 4096K total, 0K used, 4096K available (block size 4096)
/system: 69120K total, 66180K used, 2940K available (block size 4096)
/system/modules: 1532K total, 1532K used, 0K available (block size 4096)
/system/xbin: 3172K total, 3172K used, 0K available (block size 4096)
/system/sd: 1033712K total, 5116K used, 1028596K available (block size 4096)
/data: 76544K total, 21760K used, 54784K available (block size 4096)
/cache: 69120K total, 1160K used, 67960K available (block size 4096)
/sdcard: 6172916K total, 588568K used, 5584348K available (block size 4096)
sdcard - 6GB
sd - 1GB
$ mount
rootfs on / type rootfs (ro)
tmpfs on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,mode=600)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
tmpfs on /sqlite_stmt_journals type tmpfs (rw,size=4096k)
/dev/block/mtdblock3 on /system type yaffs2 (ro)
/dev/block/loop0 on /system/modules type cramfs (ro)
/dev/block/loop1 on /system/xbin type cramfs (ro)
/dev/mmcblk0p2 on /system/sd type ext2 (rw,noatime,nodiratime,errors=continue)
/dev/block/mtdblock5 on /data type yaffs2 (rw,nosuid,nodev)
/dev/block/mtdblock4 on /cache type yaffs2 (rw,nosuid,nodev)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 on /sdcard type vfat (rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,uid=1000,gid=1000,fmask=0711,dmask=0700,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,utf8)
$ cd /data
$ ls -al
ls: can't open '.': Permission denied
$ su
# ls -al
drwxrwx--x 1 1000 1000 2048 Oct 5 07:41 .
drwxr-xr-x 12 0 0 0 Mar 18 17:31 ..
drwxrwxrwx 1 1000 1000 2048 Oct 5 07:41 anr
lrwxrwxrwx 1 0 0 14 Mar 18 17:30 app -> /system/sd/app
lrwxrwxrwx 1 0 0 22 Mar 18 17:30 app-private -> /system/sd/app-private
drwxrwx--x 1 1000 1000 2048 Oct 5 07:41 dalvik-cache
drwxrwx--x 1 1000 1000 2048 Oct 5 07:41 data
drwxrwx--x 1 2000 2000 2048 Oct 5 07:41 local
drwxrwx--- 1 0 0 2048 Oct 5 07:41 lost+found
drwxrwx--t 1 1000 9998 2048 Oct 5 07:41 misc
drwx------ 1 0 0 2048 Oct 5 07:41 property
drwxrwxr-x 1 1000 1000 2048 Oct 5 07:41 system
drwxr-xr-x 1 1000 1000 2048 Mar 15 12:15 tombstones
#
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Ive been struggling with this for three days, using paragon how exactly do you partition a card it says mines has been partitioned and showes the ext2 and the fat32 both as being primary but It wont show on busybox as my previous post above states, from there how do I go on to complete apps on sd card, it just aint working for me Im getting frustrated

Joeriginal said:
Ive been struggling with this for three days, using paragon how exactly do you partition a card it says mines has been partitioned and showes the ext2 and the fat32 both as being primary but It wont show on busybox as my previous post above states, from there how do I go on to complete apps on sd card, it just aint working for me Im getting frustrated
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Since ext2 is a linux partition I would use a Live Ubunut CD to partition the card. This is the safest bet.

androidmonkey said:
Since ext2 is a linux partition I would use a Live Ubunut CD to partition the card. This is the safest bet.
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I have read how people do it through paragon Id rather not download a 700mb file just to format my card, but thanks for the suggestion.

Joeriginal said:
I have read how people do it through paragon Id rather not download a 700mb file just to format my card, but thanks for the suggestion.
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If you have a good net connection it will download in 10-15 minutes. Worth the time knowing that method works
Also, having a Live CD is a good troubleshooting tool for future issues.

androidmonkey said:
If you have a good net connection it will download in 10-15 minutes. Worth the time knowing that method works
Also, having a Live CD is a good troubleshooting tool for future issues.
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Im at work on a dialup network if I start downloading I should finish by dinner time.....Friday.

Joeriginal said:
Im at work on a dialup network if I start downloading I should finish by dinner time.....Friday.
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ah, i see.
Well there are many small linux distros. Puppy Linux is one, only 98MB
http://www.puppylinux.org/

androidmonkey said:
If you have a good net connection it will download in 10-15 minutes. Worth the time knowing that method works
Also, having a Live CD is a good troubleshooting tool for future issues.
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Excellent points.

modem_over said:
Failure, after last reboot i am stuck at the flashing android loader.
I did verify i was all the stuff the bat file said to look for
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More than likely because you didn't have the partitions on SD correct. READ THE NOTE FIRST!
I think you're going to have to clear the phone. You might even need to re-install an update.

Joeriginal said:
# busybox df -h
busybox df -h
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
tmpfs 48.4M 0 48.4M 0% /dev
tmpfs 4.0M 0 4.0M 0% /sqlite_stmt_journals
/dev/block/mtdblock3 67.5M 67.1M 456.0K 99% /system
/dev/block/loop0 1.5M 1.5M 0 100% /system/modules
/dev/block/loop1 3.1M 3.1M 0 100% /system/xbin
/dev/block/mtdblock5 74.8M 20.9M 53.8M 28% /data
/dev/block/mtdblock4 67.5M 1.1M 66.4M 2% /cache
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 978.6M 4.0K 978.6M 0% /sdcard
is my card partitioned I did it through paragon, but It only shows the one partition here what am I doing wrong its a 2 gig card, Ill try if I can get my damn card partioned lol.
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Nope, I'm not seeing a "/system/sd" partition on your phone.

Don't know how easy using LiveCD Ubuntu is... but there's no way it's easier than Paragon Partitioner...
I dl'ed it, Personal Trial version.
Inserted my G1 via USB.
Create partition.
Select sd card.
Choose size.
DONE!
That's it. Voila. Sd card partitioned into 2 parts.

xdavidn88 said:
Don't know how easy using LiveCD Ubuntu is... but there's no way it's easier than Paragon Partitioner...
I dl'ed it, Personal Trial version.
Inserted my G1 via USB.
Create partition.
Select sd card.
Choose size.
DONE!
That's it. Voila. Sd card partitioned into 2 parts.
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I ended up having to use Ubuntu. I'm not sure why, I installed Paragon on my work computer (new, running Vista x64) and it couldn't create the partitions correctly... kept on giving me some error. I think it had something to do with mounting... So I thought maybe it's because I was on an x64. Took it home to my laptop running Windows XP and had the same problem. I finally got tired of it and got Ubuntu who worked like a charm

egyptianbman said:
I finally got tired of it and got Ubuntu who worked like a charm
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Yep, Ubuntu will work every time. Since EXT2 is a linux format, having Windows create it is a mixed bag. I tried creating windows partitions on my Mac awhile back and it was a disaster.

Can someone post there "mount" command output a shell?

I'm trying to debug why /data won't mount. Can someone post the output of there mount command?
Here is my output and sure enough /data is not mounted:
/ # mount
rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0
proc /proc proc rw,relatime 0 0
sys /sys sysfs rw,relatime 0 0
/dev/block/stl10 /system ext4 rw,relatime,barrier=0,data=writeback,noauto_da_alloc 0 0
/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /cache ext4 rw,noatime,barrier=0,data=writeback,noauto_da_alloc 0 0
/dev/block/stl11 /dbdata ext4 rw,noatime,barrier=0,nodelalloc,data=writeback,noauto_da_alloc 0 0
tmpfs /dev tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,relatime,mode=600 0 0
none /acct cgroup rw,relatime,cpuacct 0 0
/dev/block/stl7 /mnt/.lfs j4fs rw,relatime 0 0
tmpfs /mnt/asec tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000 0 0
none /dev/cpuctl cgroup rw,relatime,cpu 0 0
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /preinstall rfs rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,vfat,llw,check=no,gid/uid/rwx,iocharset=utf8 0 0
/dev/block/stl3 /efs rfs rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,vfat,llw,check=no,gid/uid/rwx,iocharset=utf8 0 0
However if I do a ls on / I see /data and it does have files there:
drwxrwx--x system system 2004-12-31 16:10 preinstall
dr-x------ root root 2004-12-31 16:10 config
drwxrwx--x radio radio 2004-12-31 16:10 efs
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2004-12-31 16:10 sdcard -> /mnt/sdcard
drwxr-xr-x root root 2004-12-31 16:10 acct
drwxrwxr-x root system 2004-12-31 16:10 mnt
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2004-12-31 16:10 d -> /sys/kernel/debug
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2004-12-31 16:10 etc -> /system/etc
drwxrwx--x system system 2004-12-31 16:10 dbdata
drwxrwx--- system cache 2011-07-08 21:51 cache
lrwxrwxrwx system system 2011-06-15 19:34 bin -> voodoo/root/bin
drwxr-xr-x system system 2004-12-31 16:10 voodoo
-rwxr-xr-x root system 704 2011-05-31 07:28 lpm.rc
drwxr-xr-x root system 2011-06-15 19:34 lib
lrwxrwxrwx system system 2011-06-15 19:34 init -> voodoo/scripts/init_runner.sh
-rwxr-xr-x root system 10322 2011-06-15 19:32 recovery.rc
drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-07-07 23:51 system
drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-07-08 04:52 dev
dr-xr-xr-x root root 1969-12-31 16:00 proc
drwxr-xr-x root root 1969-12-31 16:00 sys
lrwxrwxrwx system system 2011-06-15 19:34 usr -> voodoo/root/usr
drwxr-xr-x root system 2004-12-31 16:10 sbin
-rwxr-xr-x system system 1613 2011-05-31 06:56 init.goldfish.rc
-rwxr-xr-x root system 118 2011-05-31 06:50 default.prop
-rwxr-xr-x root system 21663 2004-12-31 16:10 init.rc
drwxr-xr-x root system 2011-06-15 19:33 res
-rwxr-xr-x system system 141364 2011-06-15 19:32 init_samsung
-rwxr-xr-x root system 351 2011-05-31 07:27 init.smdkc110.rc
-rwxr-xr-x root system 2737 2011-05-31 06:54 fota.rc
drwxrwx--x system system 2011-07-08 04:52 data

rootfs / rootfs ro,relatime 0 0
proc /proc proc rw,relatime 0 0
sys /sys sysfs rw,relatime 0 0
/dev/block/stl10 /system ext4 ro,relatime,barrier=0,data=writeback,noauto_da_alloc 0 0
/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /cache ext4 rw,noatime,barrier=0,data=writeback,noauto_da_alloc 0 0
/dev/block/stl11 /dbdata ext4 rw,noatime,barrier=0,nodelalloc,data=ordered,noauto_da_alloc 0 0
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /data ext4 rw,noatime,barrier=1,data=ordered,noauto_da_alloc 0 0
tmpfs /dev tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,relatime,mode=600 0 0
none /acct cgroup rw,relatime,cpuacct 0 0
/dev/block/stl7 /mnt/.lfs j4fs rw,relatime 0 0
tmpfs /mnt/asec tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000 0 0
none /dev/cpuctl cgroup rw,relatime,cpu 0 0
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /preinstall rfs rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,vfat,llw,check=no,gid/uid/rwx,iocharset=utf8 0 0
/dev/block/stl3 /efs rfs rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,vfat,llw,check=no,gid/uid/rwx,iocharset=utf8 0 0
...Hope this helps your debugging
-On EE4 Vanilla Twist using PBJtime Kernel

Thanks for the quick response!

What rom are you running on? There are serious mounting/adb issues with the latest gingerbread leak

Do you happen to know the equivelent of /etc/fstab in android linux? I know a tiny bit about linux, but not anything android specific.
have been trying various mount commands with no success. I think the problem is that there is already a directory called /data that has data in it (presumably part of the rootfs) when really it should be mounted to /dev/block/mmcblk0p1. I'm hoping an ODIN flash will fix me up.

[Q] I think I accidently overwrote my sdcard file

I think I made a mistake trying to use adb shell.
Was able to get my Evo shift 4G rooted. That went smoothly first try. Did the steps manually. Wanted to downgrade to 2.2 from 2.3.3
Was trying to copy misc.img to SD card root
adb push misc.img /sdcard
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and it seems to have copied misc.img to a file called sdcard overwriting whatever was there before. Sorry for the noob question, but was the sdcard file a file that tells how to mount the sdcard device?
C:\SDK\platform-tools>adb shell mount /sdcard
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
Usage: mount [-r] [-w] [-o options] [-t type] device directory
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Seems like mounting sdcard fails
# dd if=/sdcard/misc.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p17
dd if=/sdcard/misc.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p17
/sdcard/misc.img: cannot open for read: Not a directory
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# mount
mount
rootfs / rootfs rw,relatime 0 0
tmpfs /dev tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,relatime,mode=600 0 0
proc /proc proc rw,relatime 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs rw,relatime 0 0
/dev/block/mmcblk0p26 /system ext3 ro,relatime,errors=continue,barrier=0,data=or
dered 0 0
/dev/block/mmcblk0p27 /data ext3 rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,errors=continue,barrie
r=0,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/block/mmcblk0p28 /cache ext3 rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,errors=continue,barri
er=0,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/block/mmcblk0p31 /devlog ext3 rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,errors=continue,barr
ier=0,data=ordered 0 0
/sys/kernel/debug /sys/kernel/debug debugfs rw,relatime 0 0
none /acct cgroup rw,relatime,cpuacct 0 0
tmpfs /mnt/asec tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000 0 0
tmpfs /mnt/obb tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000 0 0
tmpfs /app-cache tmpfs rw,relatime,size=8192k,mode=755,gid=1000 0 0
none /dev/cpuctl cgroup rw,relatime,cpu 0 0
htcfs /data/htcfs fuse.htcfs rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow
_other 0 0
/dev/block/vold/179:65 /mnt/sdcard vfat rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,
uid=1000,gid=1015,fmask=0702,dmask=0702,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharse
t=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 0
/dev/block/vold/179:65 /mnt/secure/asec vfat rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,rela
time,uid=1000,gid=1015,fmask=0702,dmask=0702,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,ioc
harset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 0
tmpfs /mnt/sdcard/.android_secure tmpfs ro,relatime,size=0k,mode=000 0 0
#
C:\SDK\platform-tools>adb devices
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached
HT16RHV04001 device
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C:\SDK\platform-tools>adb shell ls -l
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
-rw-rw-rw- root root 262144 2011-03-17 10:14 misc.img
-rw-rw-rw- root root 262144 2011-03-17 10:14 sdcard
drwxrwxrwx root root 2011-12-10 20:36 vendor
drwxr-xr-x root system 2011-12-10 14:53 app-cache
dr-x------ root root 2011-12-10 14:51 config
drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-12-10 14:51 acct
drwxrwxr-x root system 2011-12-10 14:51 mnt
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2011-12-10 14:51 etc -> /system/etc
drwx------ root root 2011-12-10 19:54 devlog
drwxrwx--- system cache 2011-12-10 21:55 cache
-rw-r--r-- root root 758 1969-12-31 19:00 ueventd.speedy.rc
-rw-r--r-- root root 4311 1969-12-31 19:00 ueventd.rc
-rw-r--r-- root root 0 1969-12-31 19:00 ueventd.goldfish.rc
drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-09-09 00:38 system
drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-12-10 14:51 sys
drwxr-x--- root root 1969-12-31 19:00 sbin
dr-xr-xr-x root root 1969-12-31 19:00 proc
-rwxr-x--- root root 6118 1969-12-31 19:00 init.speedy.rc
-rwxr-x--- root root 20031 1969-12-31 19:00 init.rc
-rwxr-x--- root root 1677 1969-12-31 19:00 init.goldfish.rc
-rwxr-x--- root root 103156 1969-12-31 19:00 init
-rw-r--r-- root root 118 1969-12-31 19:00 default.prop
drwxrwx--x system system 2011-11-15 19:16 data
-rw-r--r-- root root 1398 1969-12-31 19:00 cwkeys
-rw-r--r-- root root 460 1969-12-31 19:00 bootcomplete.rc
drwx------ root root 2011-05-24 07:42 root
drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-12-10 20:14 dev
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How can I fix my mistake? I tried Ext2explore to read PG06IMG looking for the file, but I didn't find it.

Looks like you did . Did you have a backup copy of the card?

After some more reading, I figured out things were not working correctly. (Well obviously. lol) Not sure what the file called sddisk was, but I just deleted it. The path to the files on the sd card, was actually at... /mnt/sdcard/
I modified this line...
dd if=/sdcard/misc.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p17
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To
dd if=/mnt/sdcard/misc.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p17
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and the command worked.
After I did that, the rest of the downgrade to 2.2 worked well. I'm happy.
Another strange occurrence. There was another instruction.
rm vendor
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This wouldn't work for me. got the error. 'rm' is only for files, not directories. i had to use the command 'rmdir' on the empty directory.
In the end I do have success with the downgrade. permanent root.

Well glad you got it sorted out.

problem in boot.img

i have a boot.img with a size of 13mb, when i unpack it , it produce two files the boot.im-kernel and boot.img-ramdisk.cpio.gz,and it became much less in size, together they where 5.3mb and when i repack it using mkbootimg and flash it it wont flash. .
what i do to repack is , on the folder containing the ramdisk and kernel and the mkbootimg ' i typed mkbootimg --kernel "the kernel" --ramdisk "the disk" -o boot.img . .then i got an output boot.img
now when i flash it using fastboot
i type fastboot device.. then it shows my device.. and then i typed fastboot boot 'the boot.img i repack after i unpack'
then its says it been copied and rebooting. .but the device is still in downloading mode. .so i try again typed fastboot boot 'the boot.img' and now it says fastboot waiting for device. .so i think it was disconnected
now again i repack the kernel and ramdisk but with different command
i typed mkbootimg --kernel 'kerne' --ramdisk 'ramdisk' and i include other commands like --base --cmdline then -o boot.img
then i get the results boot.img again the flash it using fastboot
but this time it vibrates and turn off but didnt light up and in computer it mounts different partitions like sd mode
now they say there is a specific procedure of compiling a boot.img base on different boot.img
they also say that when i unpack it the command just discarded the garbage or other files
now my question is if theres any how would i know and where would i find the specific procedure of repacking my boo.imgs
and the missing files i think they were neccessary if there any missing file. how would i get it and how would i know what it is
my devices is running ics , cpu msm825, kernel 3.0..
this is my partition table and i dont understand any of it or which is which
i use abootimg and in boot.cfg this is whats written might be helpful
bootsize = 0xd42000
pagesize = 0x1000
kerneladdr = 0x208000
ramdiskaddr = 0x1508000
secondaddr = 0x1100000
tagsaddr = 0x200100
name =
cmdline = androidboot.hardware=qcom loglevel=1
in adb shell i ran
[email protected]:/ $ su
[email protected]:/ # cat /proc/partitions
major minor #blocks name
179 0 3817472 mmcblk0
179 1 20 mmcblk0p1
179 2 150 mmcblk0p2
179 3 40960 mmcblk0p3
179 4 1 mmcblk0p4
179 5 1000 mmcblk0p5
179 6 2048 mmcblk0p6
179 7 2000 mmcblk0p7
179 8 13576 mmcblk0p8
179 9 3072 mmcblk0p9
179 10 3072 mmcblk0p10
179 11 3072 mmcblk0p11
179 12 466666 mmcblk0p12
179 13 1970176 mmcblk0p13
179 14 10240 mmcblk0p14
179 15 102400 mmcblk0p15
179 16 13576 mmcblk0p16
179 17 20 mmcblk0p17
179 18 1048576 mmcblk0p18
179 19 1000 mmcblk0p19
179 20 111441 mmcblk0p20
179 32 1927168 mmcblk1
179 33 1926144 mmcblk1p1
[email protected]:/ # mount
rootfs / rootfs ro,relatime 0 0
tmpfs /dev tmpfs rw,nosuid,noatime,nodiratime,mode=755 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,relatime,mode=600 0 0
proc /proc proc rw,noatime,nodiratime 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs rw,noatime,nodiratime 0 0
none /acct cgroup rw,relatime,cpuacct 0 0
tmpfs /mnt/asec tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000 0 0
tmpfs /mnt/obb tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000 0 0
debugfs /mnt/debugfs debugfs rw,relatime 0 0
none /dev/cpuctl cgroup rw,relatime,cpu 0 0
/dev/block/mmcblk0p12 /system ext4 rw,noatime,nodiratime,user_xattr,barrier=0,data=ordered,noauto_da_alloc 0 0
/dev/block/mmcblk0p13 /data ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,user_xattr,barrier=0,data=ordered,noauto_da_alloc 0 0
/dev/block/mmcblk0p14 /persist ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_xattr,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/block/mmcblk0p15 /cache ext4 ro,nosuid,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,user_xattr,barrier=0,data=ordered,noauto_da_alloc 0 0
/dev/block/vold/179:18 /mnt/emmc vfat rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,uid=1000,gid=1023,fmask=0702,dmask=0702,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=continue 0 0
/dev/block/vold/179:33 /mnt/sdcard vfat rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,uid=1000,gid=1015,fmask=0702,dmask=0702,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=continue 0 0
/dev/block/vold/179:33 /mnt/secure/asec vfat rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,uid=1000,gid=1015,fmask=0702,dmask=0702,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=continue 0 0
tmpfs /mnt/sdcard/.android_secure tmpfs ro,relatime,size=0k,mode=000 0 0
[email protected]:/ # df
Filesystem Size Used Free Blksize
/dev 170.7M 64.0K 170.7M 4096
/mnt/asec 170.7M 0.0K 170.7M 4096
/mnt/obb 170.7M 0.0K 170.7M 4096
/system 448.5M 375.4M 73.1M 4096
/data 1.8G 181.5M 1.7G 4096
/persist 9.8M 4.0M 5.8M 4096
/cache 98.4M 4.0M 94.4M 4096
/mnt/emmc 1013.6M 658.5M 355.1M 4096
/mnt/sdcard 1.8G 1.8G 9.1M 4096
/mnt/secure/asec 1.8G 1.8G 9.1M 4096
[email protected]:/ # ls -la
drwxr-xr-x root root 2013-12-23 18:04 acct
drwxrwx--x system cache 1970-01-01 08:00 cache
-rwxr-x--- root root 190772 1970-01-01 08:00 charger
dr-x------ root root 2013-12-23 18:04 config
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2013-12-23 18:04 d -> /sys/kernel/debug
drwxrwxr-x system system 2013-12-23 18:04 data
-rw-r--r-- root root 151 1970-01-01 08:00 default.prop
drwxr-xr-x root root 2013-12-23 18:08 dev
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2013-12-23 18:04 emmc -> /mnt/emmc
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2013-12-23 18:04 etc -> /system/etc
-rwxr-x--- root root 182020 1970-01-01 08:00 init
-rwxr-x--- root root 2344 1970-01-01 08:00 init.goldfish.rc
-rwxr-x--- root root 8772 1970-01-01 08:00 init.qcom.class_core.sh
-rwxr-x--- root root 4529 1970-01-01 08:00 init.qcom.class_main.sh
-rwxr-x--- root root 16886 1970-01-01 08:00 init.qcom.rc
-rwxr-x--- root root 4570 1970-01-01 08:00 init.qcom.sh
-rwxr-x--- root root 27316 1970-01-01 08:00 init.qcom.usb.rc
-rwxr-x--- root root 5512 1970-01-01 08:00 init.qcom.usb.sh
-rwxr-x--- root root 24437 1970-01-01 08:00 init.rc
-rwxr-x--- root root 2680 1970-01-01 08:00 init.target.rc
drwxrwxr-x root system 2013-12-23 18:04 mnt
-rwxr-x--- root root 67104 1970-01-01 08:00 nv_set
drwxrwx--x system system 1970-01-01 08:00 persist
dr-xr-xr-x root root 1970-01-01 08:00 proc
drwxr-xr-x root root 1970-01-01 08:00 res
-rwxr-x--- root root 63472 1970-01-01 08:00 rmt_storage_recovery
drwx------ root root 2013-01-22 10:18 root
drwxr-x--- root root 1970-01-01 08:00 sbin
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2013-12-23 18:04 sdcard -> /mnt/sdcard
drwxr-xr-x root root 2013-12-23 18:04 sys
drwxrwxr-x root root 2013-12-22 06:15 system
-rw-r--r-- root root 272 1970-01-01 08:00 ueventd.goldfish.rc
-rw-r--r-- root root 9232 1970-01-01 08:00 ueventd.rc
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2013-12-23 18:04 vendor -> /system/vendor
can anyone help me with this?

[Q] Messed up Busybox

Hello,
I am unable to install busybox
it says that "it looks like the installation of busybox was not successful.." and asks to install in some other location.
I tried Xbin and Bin but it could not be installed properly.
All app which need root permission are working fine.
I tried to uninstall and re install ..re install using busybox installer.
Also I re-flash CM 10 beta 6 ( Format /System ) deleted xbin , bin directory and reflashed rom) but nothing works
Its confusing that even after deleting xbin, bin directory formatting /system reflashing CM10 yet busybox is not installing.
PS: Busybox was installed successfully on stock ROM it was for a brief period was installed successfully on CM 10 as well. But when I reflash my rom (due to some reason) and tried to install busybox since then I am having problems
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks!

Nikhil_android said:
Hello,
I am unable to install busybox
it says that "it looks like the installation of busybox was not successful.." and asks to install in some other location.
I tried Xbin and Bin but it could not be installed properly.
All app which need root permission are working fine.
I tried to uninstall and re install ..re install using busybox installer.
Also I re-flash CM 10 beta 6 ( Format /System ) deleted xbin , bin directory and reflashed rom) but nothing works
Its confusing that even after deleting xbin, bin directory formatting /system reflashing CM10 yet busybox is not installing.
PS: Busybox was installed successfully on stock ROM it was for a brief period was installed successfully on CM 10 as well. But when I reflash my rom (due to some reason) and tried to install busybox since then I am having problems
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks!
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Htc? if so then: S-off?
Check the space on the /system partition.
Do you have read and write permissions for root on /system/xbin?
Deleting xbin and bin will make you unable to install busybox for sure.
What application are you using to install busybox?
Run the commands below on your phone or through adb.
Code:
su
df
chmod /system/xbin/
chown 0:0 /system/xbin/
ls -l /system
Post the output from the commands above here.

Lgrootnoob said:
Htc? if so then: S-off?
Check the space on the /system partition.
Do you have read and write permissions for root on /system/xbin?
Deleting xbin and bin will make you unable to install busybox for sure.
What application are you using to install busybox?
Run the commands below on your phone or through adb.
Code:
su
df
chmod /system/xbin/
chown 0:0 /system/xbin/
ls -l /system
Post the output from the commands above here.
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Yes HTC - S-off rooted and running on CM10
I have tried busybox Stephen (Stericson) latest version
and when it was not getting installed I have trued busybox installer as well
while installing /system/xbin has R/W permission
I deleted files in xbin as coz I didnt know what to do .. I deleted only those files which were created by busybox and then I immediately flashed the ROM, but even after flashing (and wiping /system through cwm) those files were still there.
Here is the output:
/system/xbin mounted as R/W as usual
Code:
[email protected]:/ $ su
[email protected]:/ # df
Filesystem Size Used Free Blksize
/dev 206.4M 48K 206.4M 4096
/mnt/asec 206.4M 0K 206.4M 4096
/mnt/obb 206.4M 0K 206.4M 4096
/system 235.3M 229.6M 5.7M 4096
/cache 59M 2.3M 56.7M 4096
/data 554.1M 447.8M 106.4M 4096
/data/misc 150M 2.5M 147.5M 4096
/data/property 150M 2.5M 147.5M 4096
/data/radio 150M 2.5M 147.5M 4096
/storage/sdcard0 6.8G 4.7G 2.1G 4096
/mnt/secure/asec 6.8G 4.7G 2.1G 4096
/mnt/asec/com.startv.gumrah-1 4M 2.3M 1.7M 4096
[email protected]:/ # chmod /system/xbin/
Usage: chmod [OPTION] <MODE> <FILE>
-R, --recursive change files and directories recursively
--help display this help and exit
10|[email protected]:/ # chown 0:0 /system/xbin/
[email protected]:/ # ls -1 /system
ls: Unknown option '-1'. Aborting.
1|[email protected]:/ #
/system/xbin mounted as r/o purposely
Code:
[email protected]:/ $ su
[email protected]:/ # df
Filesystem Size Used Free Blksize
/dev 206.4M 48K 206.4M 4096
/mnt/asec 206.4M 0K 206.4M 4096
/mnt/obb 206.4M 0K 206.4M 4096
/system 235.3M 229.6M 5.7M 4096
/cache 59M 2.3M 56.7M 4096
/data 554.1M 447.5M 106.7M 4096
/data/misc 150M 2.5M 147.5M 4096
/data/property 150M 2.5M 147.5M 4096
/data/radio 150M 2.5M 147.5M 4096
/storage/sdcard0 6.8G 4.7G 2.1G 4096
/mnt/secure/asec 6.8G 4.7G 2.1G 4096
/mnt/asec/com.startv.gumrah-1 4M 2.3M 1.7M 4096
[email protected]:/ # chmod /system/xbin/
Usage: chmod [OPTION] <MODE> <FILE>
-R, --recursive change files and directories recursively
--help display this help and exit
10|[email protected]:/ # chown 0:0 /system/xbin/
Unable to chown /system/xbin/: Read-only file system
10|[email protected]:/ # ls -1 /system
ls: Unknown option '-1'. Aborting.
1|[email protected]:/ #
Thanks

Nikhil_android said:
Yes HTC - S-off rooted and running on CM10
I have tried busybox Stephen (Stericson) latest version
and when it was not getting installed I have trued busybox installer as well
while installing /system/xbin has R/W permission
I deleted files in xbin as coz I didnt know what to do .. I deleted only those files which were created by busybox and then I immediately flashed the ROM, but even after flashing (and wiping /system through cwm) those files were still there.
Here is the output:
/system/xbin mounted as R/W as usual
Code:
[email protected]:/ $ su
[email protected]:/ # df
Filesystem Size Used Free Blksize
/dev 206.4M 48K 206.4M 4096
/mnt/asec 206.4M 0K 206.4M 4096
/mnt/obb 206.4M 0K 206.4M 4096
/system 235.3M 229.6M 5.7M 4096
/cache 59M 2.3M 56.7M 4096
/data 554.1M 447.8M 106.4M 4096
/data/misc 150M 2.5M 147.5M 4096
/data/property 150M 2.5M 147.5M 4096
/data/radio 150M 2.5M 147.5M 4096
/storage/sdcard0 6.8G 4.7G 2.1G 4096
/mnt/secure/asec 6.8G 4.7G 2.1G 4096
/mnt/asec/com.startv.gumrah-1 4M 2.3M 1.7M 4096
[email protected]:/ # chmod /system/xbin/
Usage: chmod [OPTION] <MODE> <FILE>
-R, --recursive change files and directories recursively
--help display this help and exit
10|[email protected]:/ # chown 0:0 /system/xbin/
[email protected]:/ # ls -1 /system
ls: Unknown option '-1'. Aborting.
1|[email protected]:/ #
/system/xbin mounted as r/o purposely
Code:
[email protected]:/ $ su
[email protected]:/ # df
Filesystem Size Used Free Blksize
/dev 206.4M 48K 206.4M 4096
/mnt/asec 206.4M 0K 206.4M 4096
/mnt/obb 206.4M 0K 206.4M 4096
/system 235.3M 229.6M 5.7M 4096
/cache 59M 2.3M 56.7M 4096
/data 554.1M 447.5M 106.7M 4096
/data/misc 150M 2.5M 147.5M 4096
/data/property 150M 2.5M 147.5M 4096
/data/radio 150M 2.5M 147.5M 4096
/storage/sdcard0 6.8G 4.7G 2.1G 4096
/mnt/secure/asec 6.8G 4.7G 2.1G 4096
/mnt/asec/com.startv.gumrah-1 4M 2.3M 1.7M 4096
[email protected]:/ # chmod /system/xbin/
Usage: chmod [OPTION] <MODE> <FILE>
-R, --recursive change files and directories recursively
--help display this help and exit
10|[email protected]:/ # chown 0:0 /system/xbin/
Unable to chown /system/xbin/: Read-only file system
10|[email protected]:/ # ls -1 /system
ls: Unknown option '-1'. Aborting.
1|[email protected]:/ #
Thanks
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Ok, it looks like your system partition does not have enough space on this rom.
Please remove some unneeded system apps with something like titanium backup to make /system space.
Looks like we are making progress.

Lgrootnoob said:
Ok, it looks like your system partition does not have enough space on this rom.
Please remove some unneeded system apps with something like titanium backup to make /system space.
Looks like we are making progress.
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Done. It got installed successfully thanks

Nikhil_android said:
Done. It got installed successfully thanks
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Glad to see it worked.
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Have a good day.