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Some of you are familiar with the adb install command.
Is there an equivalent of it in the terminal emulator?
Hi,
Adb is used from the computer and terminal emulator is used from the phone.
What are you trying to do?
I'm trying to install an app without using astro.
your best choise would be
cd to the location of the apk file and use
adb install appname.apk
or adb install C:\folder\appname.apk
think thats the correct way im not sure how you can install it in the terminal i knwowho to remove it.. but not install :/
Install .apk via Terminal EMulator
1) Place the .apk on the root of your SD card (for simplicity)
2) Type "su"
3) cd into the destination of your .apk (in this case it will be cd /sdcard)
4) Use "install "name of .apk" /"destination"/"name of .apk"
su
cd /sdcard
install com.makemobile.coursepro.apk /system/app/com.makemobile.coursepro.apk
further example:
install "space" com.makemobile.coursepro.apk "space" /system/app/com.makemobile.coursepro.apk
This will install the app on your phone using the Terminal Emulator. The destination location can change as well.
Additional help: http://www.busybox.net/downloads/BusyBox.html
On the flip side, could you uninstall from the ext2 partition this way?
install on/from ext2
not sure...I'll looks into this. I had my apps and data on my sd however, it seemed a little buggy and inconsistant. It may have been due to using original G1 1gb class 2 card.
-let me know if you find out first.
a1t said:
1) Place the .apk on the root of your SD card (for simplicity)
2) Type "su"
3) cd into the destination of your .apk (in this case it will be cd /sdcard)
4) Use "install "name of .apk" /"destination"/"name of .apk"
su
cd /sdcard
install com.makemobile.coursepro.apk /system/app/com.makemobile.coursepro.apk
further example:
install "space" com.makemobile.coursepro.apk "space" /system/app/com.makemobile.coursepro.apk
This will install the app on your phone using the Terminal Emulator. The destination location can change as well.
Additional help: http://www.busybox.net/downloads/BusyBox.html
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nevermind..........used astro file manager and it worked fine
help
what's 'cd' ? the emulator is already installed on the phone ?
i'm trying to install an app but i don't understand the adb method. someone can help me ?
thanks
MikeMadden said:
what's 'cd' ? the emulator is already installed on the phone ?
i'm trying to install an app but i don't understand the adb method. someone can help me ?
thanks
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cd is a command, meaning "change directory". Which is used to move your location on the system.
MikeMadden said:
what's 'cd' ? the emulator is already installed on the phone ?
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cd is a *nix command , it is short for 'change directory' and it... changes directory
MikeMadden said:
i'm trying to install an app but i don't understand the adb method. someone can help me ?
thanks
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it depends on what the app is
your best bet would be to get an app called 'Astro file manager' from the market
Its quite easy, so I won't go into further detail
Which to be honest is a fair trade
APrinceAmongMen said:
Some of you are familiar with the adb install command.
Is there an equivalent of it in the terminal emulator?
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Some people have mentioned the `install' command from BusyBox, but this won't quite do what you probably want. To invoke the full Android package installation experience--the complete equivalent of `adb install'--you're looking for `pm install'. It takes the same arguments that `adb install' does, checks signatures, creates the appropriate user accounts, etc. so the package is installed the Android way. You can also use `pm uninstall' to remove a package (and as with `adb install', the "-k" option keeps its data around).
The `am' and `pm' commands are both underdocumented, but can be terribly useful. `am' can issue arbitrary Intents, including some Extra values. `pm' has other features not mentioned here, but which are shown in the help text.
olearyp said:
Some people have mentioned the `install' command from BusyBox, but this won't quite do what you probably want. To invoke the full Android package installation experience--the complete equivalent of `adb install'--you're looking for `pm install'. It takes the same arguments that `adb install' does, checks signatures, creates the appropriate user accounts, etc. so the package is installed the Android way. You can also use `pm uninstall' to remove a package (and as with `adb install', the "-k" option keeps its data around).
The `am' and `pm' commands are both underdocumented, but can be terribly useful. `am' can issue arbitrary Intents, including some Extra values. `pm' has other features not mentioned here, but which are shown in the help text.
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'pm install' often fails with [INSTALL_FAILED_INSUFFICIENT_STORAGE]
which used to frustrate me no end ..
simple shell script
Code:
am start -a android.intent.action.VIEW -t application/vnd.android.package-archive -d file://$1
just pass the full path e.g
sh /sdcard/installapk.sh /sdcard/theapp.apk
and it pops up the Android Package installer
Firerat said:
'pm install' often fails with [INSTALL_FAILED_INSUFFICIENT_STORAGE]
which used to frustrate me no end ..
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Interesting. I wonder if that's related to A2SD or a particular implementation, and pm getting confused as a result? Still, I like the idea of sending the VIEW intent to bring up the package installer. Good snippet.
I just cp the files to /system/sd/app/
from Windows Command prompt, and after switching to the folder containing the .apk file, type:
adb install filename.apk
if it is a reinstall:
adb install -r filename.apk
you could also push the file to the app folder. I use this method to push system apk:
adb remount <<<< you have to remount since you're going to mess with a sys folder
adb push filename.apk /system/app
seriously useful thread... especially after for some weird reason certain apps fail to install using the default Android installer. *cough* Radiant *cough*
Thanks for the help guys. Btw install command doesn't work. To clear things out for some clueless person like I am :
1. Open Terminal Emulator
2. Type -
su
cd /dir
pm install appname.apk
3. Done!
Example -
su
cd /sdcard
pm install AstroFileManager.apk
Hope that can help!
rajasyaitan said:
Thanks for the help guys. Btw install command doesn't work. To clear things out for some clueless person like I am :
1. Open Terminal Emulator
2. Type -
su
cd /dir
pm install appname.apk
3. Done!
Hope that can help!
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This is very helpful, thanks!
rajasyaitan said:
Thanks for the help guys. Btw install command doesn't work. To clear things out for some clueless person like I am :
1. Open Terminal Emulator
2. Type -
su
cd /dir
pm install appname.apk
3. Done!
Example -
su
cd /sdcard
pm install AstroFileManager.apk
Hope that can help!
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Thanks big time. Installed perfectly although apk won't open...just got to find one that will.
Posting this here because I think it will be of more interest to the tinkerers/devs than general users, if not, feel free to move it. I cobbled all of this together from various places on the web, but I think the credit for the binaries goes to Paul @ MoDaCo.
Nandroid before going any further!
Files you'll need:
For WiFi and CDMA SSH access - QuickSSHD (Download this from the Market. $1.50). I'm just going to assume if you're still reading, you know what this is for and how to use it. It's braindead simple. I think dropbear can be installed and configured manually, but for the $1.50...meh.
adb for tethered access.
The rest are zipped up here: terminfo, nano, bash, profile**
Unzip bashnano.zip onto your SDCard.
adb remount
From adb shell:
Install Terminfo:
cp -r /sdcard/terminfo /system/etc
Setup Bash:
cp /sdcard/bash /system/bin/bash_new
mv /system/bin/sh /system/bin/sh.old
ln -s /system/bin/bash_new /system/bin/sh
mv /sdcard/profile /sdcard/bash_profile (Thanks to jjvcuyler for finding adb bash profile location.)
Setup Nano:
cp /sdcard/nano /system/bin
I'm not sure if this setup will have any impact on sh scripts being used in the various ROMs, so use this at your own risk. I think it would kick ass to see this type of bash functionality baked into the custom ROMs.
If anybody would like to make this a flashable.zip, please do. I don't know how to do that yet.
Anyway, hope y'all find it useful.
**profile reflects a few personal choices for aliases and colors, but you can edit to your personal taste.
So I just did this. Is there any way to get this functionality into a local terminal?
Also I was able to do everything from a local terminal without adb. Just do the following first:
su
remount rw
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adb shell fires off bash, but it doesn't read profile from /etc. It's going to be a simple matter of figuring out where bash is looking for it. I just haven't found that out yet.
How do you like having full bash capabilities on EVO? Arrows/tab completion/color prompts, etc...
J
jmxp69 said:
adb shell fires off bash, but it doesn't read profile from /etc. It's going to be a simple matter of figuring out where bash is looking for it. I just haven't found that out yet.
How do you like having full bash capabilities on EVO? Arrows/tab completion/color prompts, etc...
J
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Copy profile to /sdcard/bash_profile
jjvcuyler said:
Copy profile to /sdcard/bash_profile
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WooT! There it is. I'll update the OP. Thanks jjvcuyler.
Edit: /sdcard/bash_profile works for ssh and adb. OP updated to reflect the change.
jmxp69 said:
Posting this here because I think it will be of more interest to the tinkerers/devs than general users, if not, feel free to move it. I cobbled all of this together from various places on the web, but I think the credit for the binaries goes to Paul @ MoDaCo.
Nandroid before going any further!
Files you'll need:
For WiFi and CDMA SSH access - QuickSSHD (Download this from the Market. $1.50). I'm just going to assume if you're still reading, you know what this is for and how to use it. It's braindead simple. I think dropbear can be installed and configured manually, but for the $1.50...meh.
adb for tethered access.
The rest are zipped up here[/URL]: terminfo.zip, nano, bash, profile**
Unzip bashnano.zip onto your SDCard.
Unzip terminfo.zip (from inside bashnano.zip) onto your SDCard.
adb remount
From adb shell:
Install Terminfo:
cp -r /sdcard/terminfo /system/etc
Setup Bash:
cp /sdcard/bash /system/bin/bash_new
mv /system/bin/sh /system/bin/sh.old
ln -s /system/bin/bash_new /system/bin/sh
mv /sdcard/profile /sdcard/bash_profile (Thanks to jjvcuyler for finding adb bash profile location.)
Setup Nano:
cp /sdcard/nano /system/bin
I'm not sure if this setup will have any impact on sh scripts being used in the various ROMs, so use this at your own risk. I think it would kick ass to see this type of bash functionality baked into the custom ROMs.
If anybody would like to make this a flashable.zip, please do. I don't know how to do that yet.
Anyway, hope y'all find it useful.
**profile reflects a few personal choices for aliases and colors, but you can edit to your personal taste.
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there is no terminfo.zip and there is nothing in terminfo directory from within the original zip... help?
Sorry, I missed the recurse flag zipping the terminfo directory. It's fixed now. Go ahead and re-download.
Here's a link for just terminfo.zip
J
I modified the bash_profile to get rid of the colors since the window's cmd.exe doesnt support ansi colors. probably a better way to do this but it works for me.
also found this useful for setting PS1 to my liking http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-linux-unix-bash-shell-setup-prompt.html
jmxp69 said:
adb shell fires off bash, but it doesn't read profile from /etc. It's going to be a simple matter of figuring out where bash is looking for it. I just haven't found that out yet.
How do you like having full bash capabilities on EVO? Arrows/tab completion/color prompts, etc...
J
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is there a way to get tab completion through adb shell?
Yes. This works with adb shell. Just follow the directions in the OP.
jmxp69 said:
Yes. This works with adb shell. Just follow the directions in the OP.
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i have and i do have everything done as stated in the OP, when i try tab completion via adb shell (phone tethered with usb) from my pc, it just puts in a tab, it doesn't complete.
Hmm....could be a dos thing with cmd.exe. I haven't tried on a PC, I'm on a Mac. adb shell via OSX works fine with tab completion. Try ssh'ing in instead with something like putty? Once you get ssh going, you don't need a cable.
Edit: Confirmed...tab completion doesn't work over Win cmd.exe and adb shell.
jmxp69 said:
Hmm....could be a dos thing with cmd.exe. I haven't tried on a PC, I'm on a Mac. adb shell via OSX works fine with tab completion. Try ssh'ing in instead with something like putty? Once you get ssh going, you don't need a cable.
Edit: Confirmed...tab completion doesn't work over Win cmd.exe and adb shell.
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Thanks for looking into it... I'll try getting it to work via linux instead. I guess ssh would be a solution, but i never turn wifi on.
Is anyone able to do a NAND backup/restore after doing this? With Amon Ra's recovery I was unable to NAND backup.
EDIT:
I think this is a big negatory. I was just able to do a NAND backup, so maybe the error I got was a coincidence after applying these changes.
Anyone else noticing that the time is always displayed as GMT in the prompt? The date command gives the correct time for my timezone but the bash prompt always shows GMT
Vinny75 said:
Anyone else noticing that the time is always displayed as GMT in the prompt? The date command gives the correct time for my timezone but the bash prompt always shows GMT
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Change PS1 line: \A to `date +%H:%M`
jmxp69 said:
Posting this here because I think it will be of more interest to the tinkerers/devs than general users, if not, feel free to move it. I cobbled all of this together from various places on the web, but I think the credit for the binaries goes to Paul @ MoDaCo.
Nandroid before going any further!
Files you'll need:
For WiFi and CDMA SSH access - QuickSSHD (Download this from the Market. $1.50). I'm just going to assume if you're still reading, you know what this is for and how to use it. It's braindead simple. I think dropbear can be installed and configured manually, but for the $1.50...meh.
adb for tethered access.
The rest are zipped up here: terminfo, nano, bash, profile**
Unzip bashnano.zip onto your SDCard.
adb remount
From adb shell:
Install Terminfo:
cp -r /sdcard/terminfo /system/etc
Setup Bash:
cp /sdcard/bash /system/bin/bash_new
mv /system/bin/sh /system/bin/sh.old
ln -s /system/bin/bash_new /system/bin/sh
mv /sdcard/profile /sdcard/bash_profile (Thanks to jjvcuyler for finding adb bash profile location.)
Setup Nano:
cp /sdcard/nano /system/bin
I'm not sure if this setup will have any impact on sh scripts being used in the various ROMs, so use this at your own risk. I think it would kick ass to see this type of bash functionality baked into the custom ROMs.
If anybody would like to make this a flashable.zip, please do. I don't know how to do that yet.
Anyway, hope y'all find it useful.
**profile reflects a few personal choices for aliases and colors, but you can edit to your personal taste.
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I followed the steps exactly, but end up with "- exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: Permission denied (13) -" while typing "adb shell" in a windows or linux terminal. I cannot recover the original sh because the root is lost, and I cant root my phone anymore probably because something wrong with the new sh. Any idea how to fix this?
EDIT: Acutally nevermind. adb shell works in recovery mode. but still, not sure why the modified sh doest work for me
The Downloadlink is dead!
So the thread is useless.
francwalter said:
The Downloadlink is dead!
So the thread is useless.
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Yeah.....no.
A simple google search would have shown you that the files are here: http://66.197.42.222/bashnano.zip
or here http://androidforums.com/attachment...ide-installing-bash-nano-android-bashnano.zip.
EDIT: I've also attached it in case the links above ever die, there will still be one which does not.
ya this is great and all but any decent busybox installer will setup bash for you.
This link will download bash, setup for the Epic 4g.
http://www.elkins.org/epic.bash.tar.gz
1. adb push or scp the file to data/local
2. Login as root
3. cd to /data/local
4. tar xvf epic.bash.tar.gz
5. ./mkbash.sh
Now when you su to root, you'll have a nice bash shell. For some reason, if you ssh in, you'll have to issue the command 'bash' to get the shell.
What is bash?
Whosdaman said:
What is bash?
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Bash is a command shell, quite a bit more powerful than the simple sh we have on the Epic. If you don't use the command-line, you probably don't need it.
Awesome! I was looking for this earlier today!
Geniusdog254 said:
Awesome! I was looking for this earlier today!
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I got dropbear working if your interested. It's posted here http://www.speedyshare.com/files/24310799/dropbear.tar.gz
Hi,
I have made a little .sh script as a test.
But when i use terminal emulator to run it i get the 'permission denied' error even though my phone is rooted. Please tell me what to do to run a .sh file on my phone.
Script:
#!/bin/sh
echo hi
Thanks in advance. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
i think that if you do:
su (to get superuser privileges)
sh your_script.sh
might work....
alternative is to install gscript and put your script in the gscript folder on sdcard....
The console needs to be granted superuser access, then ran as sh script.sh or bash script.sh. afaik at least. Youll probably have to use su like the person above said.
I did the su command. But i still can't open it. All other commands work.
Ok so it sorta worked.
I used the cd command to get to the file.
I used su command.
Then i typed sh script.sh .
Nothing happened, no echo or anything, just a new line with # on it.
What's happening.
Btw thanks for the replies.
krutle said:
I did the su command. But i still can't open it. All other commands work.
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Maybe stating the obvious, but did you CHMOD the file to be +X ? Use Root Explorer or chmod at a SU capable command line to change the file mods to allow execute.
krutle said:
I did the su command. But i still can't open it. All other commands work.
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Maybe stating the obvious, but did you CHMOD the file to be +X ? Use Root Explorer or chmod at a SU capable command line to change the file mods to allow execute.
ryocoon said:
Maybe stating the obvious, but did you CHMOD the file to be +X ? Use Root Explorer or chmod at a SU capable command line to change the file mods to allow execute.
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This should be the solution. X is the execute bit. Basically without that bit set on the file permissions, the OS won't allow that file to be executed as a program.
chmod +x filename.sh
Try running that command in terminal emulator and it should clear things up.
Sent from my Inspire 4G using XDA App
I used that command and it said 'bad mode'.
It still doesn't work.
If you are running the script with this:
Code:
sh script.sh
then the executable bit doesn't need to be set in order to execute it, since you are specifying 'sh'. If you were trying to run it with this:
Code:
./script.sh
then it would require the executable bit to be set.
In an attempt to answer the question, where abouts is your script saved and which user owns it? Just as a quick test on mine, I made a script named test.sh (containing the same lines as yours) on the root of my sd card, cd'd to it and ran sh test.sh, and that seemed to work. That script ended up being owned by 'system'.
As a test to make sure sh is behaving, can you run the following from the terminal:
Code:
sh -c 'echo hello'
EDIT: note that all of the above was run as a regular user, not root.
Yeh it said hello when i did the command you said.
It must be a problem with the file in some way then. Can you run the following from the folder that your script is in and give the output?
Code:
ls -l | grep script.sh
Also, what did you use to make the script - terminal in Android, or adb'd it from your PC etc?
(Aside: just a thought, you probably can't do chmod's on sdcard files if it's formatted to FAT32 since FAT32 doesn't understand Linux permissions)
you can also try an app i found some time ago. SL4A
I made the file with silveredit. Just renamed .txt to .sh.
Btw i got it working with gscript, thanks for everyone's help
Run a reverse tethering shell script
I am trying to run a reverse tethering shell script using Android terminal Emulator(ATE). The script is saved as tether.unicode.sh under /sbin/. Its content is as follows:
Code:
ifconfig usb0 192.168.137.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
route add default gw 192.168.137.1 dev usb0
setprop net.dns1 8.8.8.8
setprop "net.grps.http-proxy" ""
I executed the following command in ATE and got error.
Code:
$su
#sh /sbin/tether.unicode.sh
ifconfig: not found
netmask: not found
255.255.0: not found
..
#
Excuse me posting in this very old thread. I hope its better to continue here instead of opening a new thread.
P.S: I am able to execute all this statements by copying and pasting line by line in ATE.
nok2626 said:
I am trying to run a reverse tethering shell script using Android terminal Emulator(ATE). The script is saved as tether.unicode.sh under /sbin/. Its content is as follows:
Code:
ifconfig usb0 192.168.137.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
route add default gw 192.168.137.1 dev usb0
setprop net.dns1 8.8.8.8
setprop "net.grps.http-proxy" ""
I executed the following command in ATE and got error.
Code:
$su
#sh /sbin/tether.unicode.sh
ifconfig: not found
netmask: not found
255.255.0: not found
..
#
Excuse me posting in this very old thread. I hope its better to continue here instead of opening a new thread.
P.S: I am able to execute all this statements by copying and pasting line by line in ATE.
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it's because android doesn't know about these command, this is a native linux command, try to install busybox, edit your script like this
Code:
busybox ifconfig usb0 192.168.137.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
busybox route add default gw 192.168.137.1 dev usb0
busybox setprop net.dns1 8.8.8.8
busybox setprop "net.grps.http-proxy" ""
I hope these helpfull
krutle said:
Hi,
I have made a little .sh script as a test.
But when i use terminal emulator to run it i get the 'permission denied' error even though my phone is rooted. Please tell me what to do to run a .sh file on my phone.
Script:
#!/bin/sh
echo hi
Thanks in advance. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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Even though your device is rooted, android environment won't allow applications to execute 'sh' commands.
As android security architecture says, applications run within a secured execution space inside Application Sandbox, sh execution can bypass this security.
If there are any exceptional cases where few devices allow 'sh' execution, well... OEM's needs to be reviewed again.
Answer
Maybe you can try the method that I have specified and check whether it works
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2620394
krutle said:
Ok so it sorta worked.
I used the cd command to get to the file.
I used su command.
Then i typed sh script.sh .
Nothing happened, no echo or anything, just a new line with # on it.
What's happening.
Btw thanks for the replies.
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the script is already run and no need to type the command again, note: some script files can damage your system if run twice
krutle said:
Hi,
I have made a little .sh script as a test.
But when i use terminal emulator to run it i get the 'permission denied' error even though my phone is rooted. Please tell me what to do to run a .sh file on my phone.
Script:
#!/bin/sh
echo hi
Thanks in advance. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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You have to put the script somewhere that it has permission to execute from, copy it to /data/local/tmp first. Then in your terminal run each of these commands;
su
cd /data/local/tmp/
chmod 0755 MyScriptName.sh
./MyScriptName.sh
Hey there folks!
I found something out recently that is pretty useful.
Many of you surely use the Terminal Emulator.
Most actions require root privilegies and you always have to type in 'su' to aquire them.
It is possible to run it as root automatically.
Just follow this easy steps:
1. In the app, press the menu button and click on preferences.
2. Scroll down to the command line option and click on it.
3. Now remove the old line and enter this:
Code:
/system/xbin/su
If you prefer bash over the standard sh, add this line:
Code:
-s /system/xbin/bash
That's it, you now have a rooted terminal without any interaction.
I hope this is useful to you and have a nice day!
working fine
this work fine on my gt-s5303b
ohmpsy said:
this work fine on my gt-s5303b
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ohmpsy said:
this work fine on my gt-s5303b
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By the way, this depends not on the device. The su binary just has to exist in the described location, that's all.