Is it possible to repack a .rfs file? It's easy to extract, but how do you repack?
You can't really repack them...
You can flash them to your, change them and redump them..
Or mount in linux and change... but becareful of permissions this way
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chris41g said:
You can't really repack them...
You can flash them to your, change them and redump them..
Or mount in linux and change... but becareful of permissions this way
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What do you mean by redump? Ill most likely try to change it by mounting in linux like you said...how could the permissions be messed up?
ugothakd said:
What do you mean by redump?
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Code:
mount -ro remount /dev/block/stl9 /system
sync
cat /dev/block/stl9 > /sdcard/system_redump.img
ugothakd said:
Ill most likely try to change it by mounting in linux like you said...how could the permissions be messed up?
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The problem is that rfs is proprietary. The file system can only be properly mounted on the phone.
However, since rfs is a backwards-compatible extension of vfat, you can still mount an rfs image with the vfat driver on any Linux machine. This works well enough to grab some files off it. The problem is that regular vfat doesn't support POSIX permissions (owner, group, mode bits, etc.), those are implemented as a proprietary extension. So if you modify an rfs image under vfat, the permissions may end up being not what you expect them to be when mounted on the phone.
The annoying part about modifying rfs images is that, at least under Eclair, an rfs file system couldn't be loopback mounted. I don't know if they can be mounted on an mmcblkp? device or only over an stl one, or even if this limitation is still there.
I don't know about mounting the rfs image directly on the phone.. but I do it on debian.. and the rest of what he said is correct.. as soon as you start changing things.. the links, and permissions may start getting messed up because vfat doesn't support links or posix permissions.. so you will have to be careful with those sorts of things.. but for small carefully made changes it will work
I get it...so redumping makes a .img file that can be (possibly) restored by cwm? So itd be a yaffs2 file system? Or would it still be an rfs file just renamed to .img.
Related to the permissions...if I wanted to say add a program like su or nano to a stock factoryfs.rfs, I would need to chmod the file in terminal emulator after making and odin'ing a tar file for it to work?
no.. rfs is an img regardless and its an rfs img.. he just put an img file extension, you would put an rfs extension and it would flash in odin.. i actually use a different method using dd, there is a tutorial in general i made called making an odin tar.. check it out..
you cant change the permissions when mounted because vfat doesnt support permissions.. you would need to flash it to the phone to change permissions, or.. add an initscript or something that does it..
i suggest leaving those types of things to the kernel though..
chris41g said:
no.. rfs is an img regardless and its an rfs img.. he just put an img file extension, you would put an rfs extension and it would flash in odin.. i actually use a different method using dd, there is a tutorial in general i made called making an odin tar.. check it out..
you cant change the permissions when mounted because vfat doesnt support permissions.. you would need to flash it to the phone to change permissions, or.. add an initscript or something that does it..
i suggest leaving those types of things to the kernel though..
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I actually have...lol. I think I even thanked you for it. I'm thinking about ways that would help the et4g...they can't pull a stock kernel without root, and they're current method of rooting flashes a different kernel. If rooting can be done by odin'ing a slightly modified factoryfs.rfs, then they can get the kernel, then they hit the holy grail.
If I recall, the SGSII no longer uses rfs.
ugothakd said:
I actually have...lol. I think I even thanked you for it. I'm thinking about ways that would help the et4g...they can't pull a stock kernel without root, and they're current method of rooting flashes a different kernel. If rooting can be done by odin'ing a slightly modified factoryfs.rfs, then they can get the kernel, then they hit the holy grail.
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So it seems someone needs to install a rooted kernel, install some stuff to the /system partition (su, busybox, bash, nano, recovery(?), whatever), and then dump the /system partition to an image.
Unless maybe I'm missing something...
It shouldn't matter what kernel you have installed while dumping /system.
Kind of off-topic, but still slightly relevant...
Does the Epic 4G Touch get fastboot like the Nexus S 4G did?
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mkasick said:
If I recall, the SGSII no longer uses rfs.
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Good point, from what I've been told it uses EXT4, so you should be able to mount and edit as much as you like without worry.
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Son of a gun. I wrote up this nice guide, and it doesn't use rfs??? Thanks for telling me though. I'm still gonna post it. Check the et4g android development section to see it
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nubecoder said:
So it seems someone needs to install a rooted kernel, install some stuff to the /system partition (su, busybox, bash, nano, recovery(?), whatever), and then dump the /system partition to an image.
Unless maybe I'm missing something...
It shouldn't matter what kernel you have installed while dumping /system.
Kind of off-topic, but still slightly relevant...
Does the Epic 4G Touch get fastboot like the Nexus S 4G did?
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Nope, good ol' odin like us. And they don't have a rooted kernel. The samsung source doesn't build right
ugothakd said:
Son of a gun. I wrote up this nice guide, and it doesn't use rfs??? Thanks for telling me though. I'm still gonna post it. Check the et4g android development section to see it
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Could probably just add in some chmod / chown permission commands in there after the cp commands (where you copy su and superuser into the mounted image) and it should work as expected.
Also, I am required to use sudo whenever I mount a factoryfs.rfs file in my Ubuntu install here.
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Nope, good ol' odin like us. And they don't have a rooted kernel. The samsung source doesn't build right
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Well the NS4G had both Odin and fastboot, I was hoping they would continue on with that. =[
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Could probably just add in some chmod / chown permission commands in there after the cp commands (where you copy su and superuser into the mounted image) and it should work as expected.
Also, I am required to use sudo whenever I mount a factoryfs.rfs file in my Ubuntu install here.
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Well the NS4G had both Odin and fastboot, I was hoping they would continue on with that. =[
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Thanks, I forgot the mount command required root...edited accordingly
Also, you'd have to boot up and chmod because it'l be mounted as a vfat image, which doesn't support permissions.
I also realized you'd need 2 epic touch's for this to work exactly right...
i can confirm the et4g uses ext4.. so you can mount and edit at will.. might need to edit as su on your linux box..
Related
saw this over here...
http://andblogs.net/2009/05/quick-hack-save-tons-of-space/#more-1660
Quick Hack: Save Tons of Space
Posted on May 8th, 2009 in Android Hacking by Disconnect Tagged cupcake, customize, G1 & ADP1, hacking, howto, kernel, space
So I was looking at my phone, and under 1.5 my dalvik cache was 31 megs (!!!). Rather than move apps to SD (I use my sd card for other stuff, and my apps are only 15 megs anyway) I began thinking.. what else could I move? Aha!
Here are the directions for moving dalvik-cache to /cache, which is unused on these images anyway (it is only for OTA updates.)
There is no fancy installer or much support, and there may be bugs (I only just did this today.)
Its pretty easy. And, so far, works well for me This walkthrough isn’t going to be particularly handholding, but if you need more help try the comments.
Just boot up a capable recovery image (such as JF’s) and mount up /cache and /data.
view sourceprint?
1.# cd /cache
2.# mkdir dalvik-cache
3.# chown 1000 dalvik-cache
4.# chgrp 1000 dalvik-cache
5.# chmod 771 dalvik-cache
6.# cd /data
7.# mv dalvik-cache dalvik-cache-orig
8.# ln -s /cache/dalvik-cache dalvik-cache
The other thing you need is a new boot.img. This one is tuned for JF’s 1.5 adp1 image, and it may or may not work with anything else. Boot Image Cache to Cache JF1.5-ADP1 (71)
(All it does is create the /cache/dalvik-cache dir if it is missing and make sure the perms on /cache are 771 instead of 770.)
Tadah! If everything works, you can remove dalvik-cache-orig. If not, just flash the backup (you did take a backup, right?)
Enjoy!
(Big thanks to JF for helping with the boot image since I have no dev tools right now, and for testing it out for me too.)
any one try it yet? be nice to free up 70meg more on the phone...
Has anyone tried this?
I tried to follow it, but I dont know what to do with the boot.img.gz file.
I did everything else but I got an unbootable phone afterwards and was forced to do a wipe.
I'm running JF 1.5 ADP1 image.
Any help is welcome.
THanks
this is potentially dangerous. /cache may be cleared under many occasions, so if a modified init.rc is not used, you may have a loop on boot.
even if you have such init.rc file, it would be painful to boot after /cache is cleared.
the ultimate solution is to use haykuro's new spl.
M0E-lnx said:
Has anyone tried this?
I tried to follow it, but I dont know what to do with the boot.img.gz file.
I did everything else but I got an unbootable phone afterwards and was forced to do a wipe.
I'm running JF 1.5 ADP1 image.
Any help is welcome.
THanks
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if you do not flash the modified boot.img file then you CANNOT move the stuff to /cache .. each time you boot it is mounted non-executable .. the modified boot.img makes it executable each time you boot .. if dalvik-cache cannot execute then your phone doesn't load
LucidREM said:
if you do not flash the modified boot.img file then you CANNOT move the stuff to /cache .. each time you boot it is mounted non-executable .. the modified boot.img makes it executable each time you boot .. if dalvik-cache cannot execute then your phone doesn't load
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Is this the boot.img.gz linked in that howto up top?
If so, how do I go about flashing it?
I really need a solution. I do a lot of online radio streaming and my memory runs out quick. I'd really like to keep my jf 1.5 setup as I have become quite confortablle with it
M0E-lnx said:
Is this the boot.img.gz linked in that howto up top?
If so, how do I go about flashing it?
I really need a solution. I do a lot of online radio streaming and my memory runs out quick. I'd really like to keep my jf 1.5 setup as I have become quite confortablle with it
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that boot.img.gz file is an archive .. extract the boot.img file out of it to the SD card and then it's something like:
flash_image boot /sdcard/boot.img
or something like that in Terminal .. and then just reboot
And is this done in just terminal or do I need to boot the recovery console?
M0E-lnx said:
And is this done in just terminal or do I need to boot the recovery console?
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i can't even justify that line of questioning
LucidREM said:
i can't even justify that line of questioning
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That is the most eloquent response of that nature I've ever seen. I wish I could +1 rep you for that
I gave it a shot, keep getting an error " cannont rename 'dalvik-cache': No such file or directory!
Using RA 1.2.3
ROM
prophetz said:
I gave it a shot, keep getting an error " cannont rename 'dalvik-cache': No such file or directory!
Using RA 1.2.3
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what ROM are you using? if you already have some form of apps2SD running your dalvik-cache may already be moved .. or you may have mistyped something
Basically I just want a stock ROM base with the sprint crap taken out and unrevoked added in with some other app mods.
I've grabbed all the sources for YAFFS2/yaffs2Utils and compiled them using cygwin.
Now when I go to extract the system.img all I get is a fonts folder.
I'm setting up a virtual linux machine to try to mount the image instead, but in the meantime anyone care to assist me?
Do a search for android basic kitchen .53. Made myself a custom rom off the .6 release
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stroths said:
Do a search for android basic kitchen .53. Made myself a custom rom off the .6 release
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Awesome!!!
Since you claim it works, I'll take your word for it and say I can't thank you enough!
(even if it doesn't do what I need, it should one step forward nonetheless)
Neotelos_com said:
Awesome!!!
Since you claim it works, I'll take your word for it and say I can't thank you enough!
(even if it doesn't do what I need, it should one step forward nonetheless)
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It seems to be worthless for EVO, only generates update files...I can't even use it to extract the filesystem from system.img
my experience has been working with rfs and not yaffs2 so far.
i think you'll be needing yaffs2 tools, like unyaffs2, etc.
i googled, android system.img mount. seems like a great place to start:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Android system.img Customization
let us know what works or doesnt work?
If you are rooted with toast, you can flash the custom roms made with that kitchen. you can add or remove apk files before recompiling to the update zip format. I am typing this from my customized rom I made with that kitchen. The kitchen can root the rom for you, add apps2sd (havent tested that) and add wifi tether. I mainly went this routw as io wanted a rooted .6 rom to use after rooting with the Toast method. I am an Android newbie but managed to do this
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joeykrim said:
i googled, android system.img mount. seems like a great place to start:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Android system.img Customization
let us know what works or doesnt work?
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Awesome, I figured I would need linux (why I installed it)
stroths said:
If you are rooted with toast, you can flash the custom roms made with that kitchen. you can add or remove apk files before recompiling to the update zip format.
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I already said it's useless and I said why, it generates update files...
I need to actually extract/mount the original system, that is precisely what the thread title is about.
From the command line you can create a system dump using the following command
tar -cvf /sdcard/system.tgz /system
assuming both /sdcard and /system are mounted. you may have to use "busybox tar" instead.
You can run it from recovery mode.
To mount the filesystems while in adb shell use
"mount /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system" to mount system
and
"mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /sdcard" to mount sdcard
if needed
As for making an update.zip you can take an existing one and replace the system directory inside it with your own custom one. Rezip it, no need to resign it for the EVO recovery, and flash away. Oh, and you'll have to delete any symlinks from the /system/bin directory inside the zip before flashing.
So I flashed the MikShift ROM onto my phone a few days ago, but I noticed that sprint tv, and also sprint navigator are missing. I found the .apk files in the mikshift folder, but when I try to install them, it says application not installed. I also tried installing it using the android sdk with no luck.
My next thought, which I am afraid to try (unless its right) is to unzip the rom on my comp, copy the sprint tv and navigator .apks into the system folder, re-compress is, then try flashing that rom. (I can't copy the files with it compressed)
What is the correct way to do this? I know it can be done, or the .apk wouldn't still be in the file, right?
Please help a noob out.
7zip will allow you to move files into the archive without extracting. Not 100%, but on my moment files needed to be zipped in a special way. If you absolutely have to extract it then I'm pretty sure you have to change compression settings to no compression. I'm also fairly sure that if you mess up CWM won't let you flash it.
Mount your /system as rw
Download terminal emulator and type
Su
Mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk3p26 /system
Then install
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i believe i did everything as instructed, but the file still didn't install.
I can't get the files moved with 7zip either. I'm pretty sure thats not the correct way of doing it anyway.
Follow the remount command above, then copy it to system, don't install
cp /sdcard/whateverFolder/blah.apk /system/app/
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IT LIVES!!! Thank you very much.
I understand the the copy command that I did through terminal emulator, but what is the first command? I can at least figure out that i'm telling the emulator to mount the phone as r/w, then remounting it for edit i think, but i'm not sure what the "ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk3p26 /system" part means. Could someone explain that? I really want to get more involved in my phone, so i'm trying to learn all I can.
I'll walk you through it.
mount = the base command
-o = with options
rw, remount = add the read/write option, and remount
-t = using file system type
ext3 = the file system type
/dev/block/mmcblk0p26 = the absolute path to the special device file that points to that partition
/system = when you mount that partition call it /system (which it already was, hence the remount option earlier)
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Awesome, thank you very much.
Where did you find the mikshift folder you are talking about on here? I would like to install Sprint TV as well. Thanks.
J_Mod45 said:
So I flashed the MikShift ROM onto my phone a few days ago, but I noticed that sprint tv, and also sprint navigator are missing. I found the .apk files in the mikshift folder, but when I try to install them, it says application not installed. I also tried installing it using the android sdk with no luck.
My next thought, which I am afraid to try (unless its right) is to unzip the rom on my comp, copy the sprint tv and navigator .apks into the system folder, re-compress is, then try flashing that rom. (I can't copy the files with it compressed)
What is the correct way to do this? I know it can be done, or the .apk wouldn't still be in the file, right?
Please help a noob out.
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Sorry about that wished I'd seen this post earlier. Was busy most of the morning . But if your on MikShifted and want the Stock Sprint apps, go HERE. The thread should have the ones your looking for .
I remember downloading this and saving it when I still had the SK4G. It works great, just replace the update.zip on the / of your sdcard to use. Click the THANKS button if you D/L'ed/Used/Referred To/So on...
Just because of the nature of this mod, I cannot and will not be held responsible for any mishaps to your devices and or any of its accessories (SDCards) that in this weird world of ours may just happen. This should not discourage you to use it, just saying.. You break it, You fix/replace it.
LINK: CLICK MEEEEEE
I'll still help you with your device (tech help mostly), if you need anything PM me. (probably only/fastest response)
dude your a life saver im on att and a flashaholic unfourtunatly while me and some pantech flex users are hard at work getting recovery after we successfully rooted our device about 5 days ago i havent been able to flash anything because the new cwm for the sk4g had been taken down everywhere and the koush one is so buggy and wont let me backup or flash i been looking everywhere for this
this doesnt work for me. Invalid signature. How do you install CWM when you have none after stock odin?
rpmccormick said:
this doesnt work for me. Invalid signature. How do you install CWM when you have none after stock odin?
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I have the same problem. My sidekick is just rooted. I wanted to instal your cwm, but it writes Invalid signature. How can I install it?
dudanko said:
I have the same problem. My sidekick is just rooted. I wanted to instal your cwm, but it writes Invalid signature. How can I install it?
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I may be wrong, but I think its due to not replacing the stock binary file with the modded binary file. I'm trying to find it online but krylon's site no longer hosts the file...
dudanko said:
I have the same problem. My sidekick is just rooted. I wanted to instal your cwm, but it writes Invalid signature. How can I install it?
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Make sure you guys are extracting the the zip and putting the extracted recovery into the system/bin, not the whole zip.
You can also use the search and find where I reposted sduvicks fakeflash utility. It will install CWM for you.
In V2 eXDialer have force closes
shadowscott said:
I may be wrong, but I think its due to not replacing the stock binary file with the modded binary file. I'm trying to find it online but krylon's site no longer hosts the file...
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His page on Android Spin? I used to download it from there .. don't know if its stopped working now :/
I tried sduvick's script but it wasn't working for me so I had to push the files myself.
rpmccormick said:
this doesnt work for me. Invalid signature. How do you install CWM when you have none after stock odin?
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dudanko said:
I have the same problem. My sidekick is just rooted. I wanted to instal your cwm, but it writes Invalid signature. How can I install it?
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replace the update.zip on the /root of the SD. No Odin required. Rename to update.zip, and place it straight on your SD.
That did not work until after I rooted it using RageAgainstTheCage
Re-upped by me here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?hn5ikyt6xpn8d9x
After doing that, then it allows the update.zip to work without failing signature check.
EDIT: Then I also used SuperOneClick to shell-root.
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Ok guys the actual problem here is that there is a file missing that you need to push through to your "/system/bin" folder in your SK's root directory.
The missing file is the custom "recovery" binary file that krylon360 created. After doing so, either by ADB pushing the file or copy pasting it with a root file manager, you may boot into recovery then run the 'reinstall packages' command in the stock recovery. This in turn loads the new recovery.....
ALWAYS CHECK YOUR MOUNTS IN CUSTOM RECOVERY. It will save you an accidental pain in the ass. Trust me.
Mounts should look as follows:
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-unmount /cache
-mount /data
-mount /sdcard (this sometimes says it is mounted-- not important)
-unmount /system (MOST IMPORTANT. IF IT DOES NOT READ AS THIS SAYS- THEN FIX THAT AND MOUNT IT BEFORE ANY BACKUPS OR WIPES. YOU WILL GET STUCK IN THE SCRIPT)
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I will see if I can host the file in my Dropbox. As for the help, it is available in many older posts already. But a hitting that thanks button couldn't hurt ;D
Zydrate_blue said:
Ok guys the actual problem here is that there is a file missing that you need to push through to your "/system/bin" folder in your SK's root directory.
The missing file is the custom "recovery" binary file that krylon360 created. After doing so, either by ADB pushing the file or copy pasting it with a root file manager, you may boot into recovery then run the 'reinstall packages' command in the stock recovery. This in turn loads the new recovery.....
ALWAYS CHECK YOUR MOUNTS IN CUSTOM RECOVERY. It will save you an accidental pain in the ass. Trust me.
Mounts should look as follows:
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-unmount /cache
-mount /data
-mount /sdcard (this sometimes says it is mounted-- not important)
-unmount /system (MOST IMPORTANT. IF IT DOES NOT READ AS THIS SAYS- THEN FIX THAT AND MOUNT IT BEFORE ANY BACKUPS OR WIPES. YOU WILL GET STUCK IN THE SCRIPT)
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I will see if I can host the file in my Dropbox. As for the help, it is available in many older posts already. But a hitting that thanks button couldn't hurt ;D
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IIRC, I believe this is the file that everyone wants..
http://www.4shared.com/file/BqnNCX3K/recovery.html
Thank you
I would like to say thanks to you all helping out with this. My lack of signing in here has to do with me not even having an Android-powered device anymore. I sold my SideKick and MyTouch together for about $250. I still come back here and look around every now and then, but see that a lot of you guys have it under control. So, once again thank you.:good:
I think I'm starting to go slightly insane here.
Can't for the life of me mount /system as rw, it's only ro.
Ways I've tried:
- using mount command in terminal emulator
- using rw remount button in total commander
- using adb shell to do the same thhing as terminal emulator
i have supersu and all of the above were granted superuser but still no luck
here's relevant part of console output, but it doesn't do anything.
Code:
D:\Downloads\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20131030\sdk\platform-tools>adb shell
[email protected]:/ $ su
su
[email protected]:/ # mount
mount
/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system /system ext4 ro,seclabel,relatime,data=ordered 0 0
[email protected]:/ # mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system /system
the directory stays read-only.
the whole reason i'm trying to do this is so i can stick in a boot animation (link) into system/media ...is there an easier way? i've tried 3 different file explorers with super but they all fail because it's not rw.....
and adb cant push to it either because it's rw.......
mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mmcblk0p25 /system
Or put it in /data/local
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rootSU said:
mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mmcblk0p25 /system
Or put it in /data/local
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well after trying some more (the terminal command still didnt want to do anything) i managed to get antek explorer to mount it as rw and was able to copy in the new bootanimation.zip
except that now it's unreadable file-
as in, if i try to open the zip in /system/media it just says cannot read file, if i copy it back out to a different folder it opens fine again.
and the boot animation itself, well, it just plays a tiny one with the word 'android' across it, which i guess is the default if it cant find one.
putting the file into /data/local doesn't change anything (doesnt overwrite the nexus one, doesnt overwrite the little word android)
since i'm new to all this stuff i can think probably i missing something simple, but do i have to somehow initialise new bootanimation or something? its the right file in the right place, dont know why it dont work.......
edit: here's an imgur album showing this stuff, maybe you can spot something there? http://imgur.com/a/l9sXa
edit2: just to test, i installed https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.klpu.android.bootanimation and it did indeed change the animation. so it's just a problem with doing it manually. unfortunately that app doesn't let you load in a custom one, only the preinstalled ones, so it's not much use to me overall...
DryEagle said:
well after trying some more (the terminal command still didnt want to do anything) i managed to get antek explorer to mount it as rw and was able to copy in the new bootanimation.zip
except that now it's unreadable file-
as in, if i try to open the zip in /system/media it just says cannot read file, if i copy it back out to a different folder it opens fine again.
and the boot animation itself, well, it just plays a tiny one with the word 'android' across it, which i guess is the default if it cant find one.
putting the file into /data/local doesn't change anything (doesnt overwrite the nexus one, doesnt overwrite the little word android)
since i'm new to all this stuff i can think probably i missing something simple, but do i have to somehow initialise new bootanimation or something? its the right file in the right place, dont know why it dont work.......
edit: here's an imgur album showing this stuff, maybe you can spot something there? http://imgur.com/a/l9sXa
edit2: just to test, i installed https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.klpu.android.bootanimation and it did indeed change the animation. so it's just a problem with doing it manually. unfortunately that app doesn't let you load in a custom one, only the preinstalled ones, so it's not much use to me overall...
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hint, look at the bootanimation.zip file permissions once you moved it to /system/media
rootSU said:
hint, look at the bootanimation.zip file permissions once you moved it to /system/media
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thank you!! this solved it!
No worries
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