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Busybox

is there a way to install busyboxy with ClockWorkMod recovery?

Well most roms have a version of it what rom are you running?
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no need to install busybox unless your on an older rom/kernel, but for whatever reason you need to there is one in the market

I am running the epic experience v1.2.06 and i have tried the one on the market and it always comes up fails

Try downloading titanium backup and go to the problems section and it will install busybox.
sent from the epic

tried that and it failed

Well I looked and the ee rom has busybox and just wondering what do you need it for?
sent from the epic

Metamorph keeps telling me I need to install it but the installer tells me its installed :-( what location shuld I pick?

HI
Can some one explain what is busy box thank you very much

luvjones305 said:
Can some one explain what is busy box thank you very much
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Search bar! Use it!
Also, in before moved to General.

igotsthemagicinme said:
Metamorph keeps telling me I need to install it but the installer tells me its installed :-( what location shuld I pick?
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Maybe it's already installed. Most of the ROMs have it already built in.

igotsthemagicinme said:
Metamorph keeps telling me I need to install it but the installer tells me its installed :-( what location shuld I pick?
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you need to adb shell or run a terminal on your handset and create a link where metamorph is expecting to find busybox (or simply copy the binary)
i.e.,:
$su
#ln -s /sbin/busybox /system/bin/busybox
- or -
$su
#cp /sbin/busybox /system/bin/busybox
linking saves you the trouble of version mismatching, but some people seem to have issues with it.

Ubuntu install for Xoom any different?

Its only 9.10 but not sure if it is any different then the Ubuntu we had running. Anyone have anymore info?
http://trsohmers.com/2011/03/06/how-to-run-ubuntu-on-the-motorola-xoom/
If it is different, think it would work?

No its not any different, I used the nook color files on my tablet, only mod I had to do was in the bootubuntu file change all the loop1 to loop5. and I updated too the latest busybox.

murkurie said:
No its not any different, I used the nook color files on my tablet, only mod I had to do was in the bootubuntu file change all the loop1 to loop5. and I updated too the latest busybox.
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Interesting!
(1) Could you elaborate a bit on the editing you mentioned? And what about the busybox update?
(2) What kernel/ROM/bootloop etc are you using?
(3) How is your installation via NC files different from e.g.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=909944
or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=894960
??
(4) Does touchscreen work? What about on-screen keyboard? External mouse/keyboard? Sound? Wifi? Access to sdcard? Video acceleration?
THANKS!

I used this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=899037,
I didn't use any of their work from the links you posted, or even know someone had already posted it. I just figured it out from the nookcolor post.
Works on Vegan tab 5.1 with a busybox upgrade to latest, and worked on vegan gingerbeard just fine. I only needed my bootubuntu file with the loops changed.
I attached it below.

murkurie said:
I used this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=899037,
I didn't use any of their work from the links you posted, or even know someone had already posted it. I just figured it out from the nookcolor post.
Works on Vegan tab 5.1 with a busybox upgrade to latest, and worked on vegan gingerbeard just fine. I only needed my bootubuntu file with the loops changed.
I attached it below.
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Thanks! Re busybox: how did you do that? E.g. via the "busybox installer" app on the market? Which version of busybox are you using, and how do I figure out which version I'm using on my gtab?
THANKS!

[HOW TO] Root Acer Aspire One D255 Netbook Dual Boot & Others

Rooting
You will need:
A source of Better Terminal Emulator.apk (3.38 works) (From now on called BTE)
A working android dual-boot
How to:
Somehow get BTE onto your netbook
Install it using the provided file manager. (DON'T WORRY THAT PACKAGE INSTALLER CRASHES. THAT IS NORMAL. JUST CLICK FORCE CLOSE AND PICK BTE FROM THE LAUCHER.)
There's no need to install the plugin, just click OK and open and close BTE until it opens a green text on white background.
Exit BTE for now and download busybox
Re-open bte and type cd /sdcard/downloads then cat busybox > /system/xbin/busybox
Get Root Explorer from somewhere and install it with file manager
Open it. Test whether busybox works by clicking the mount r/w button. If it changes, your netbook is rooted!
Installing Apps that give "application not installed" in the package installer
Get the app you want and find it in root explorer
Long click the APK and click copy
Right click > more > home
Click mount r/w at the top (MUST BE ROOTED AND HAVE BUSYBOX INSTALLED, SEE ABOVE)
Go to /data/app and click paste
Find your apk and long click and click rename. Name it com.publisher.appname
Long click on the apk and click permissions
Tick the 1st two boxes on the first row, the 1st one in the second row and the 1st. one on the third row.
Go to your launcher (I use GO Launcher EX) and see if it's installed. The app may still force close. If it has not installed, wait a while and see if it appears or try copying it to /system/app and back again
Installing Market & GApps Progress
Installing Market & GApps so far progress:
Installing GApps from CyanogenMod 5 (Android 2.1) & Toshiba Tablet's Market
WORKING!!!!!!! Download! (How to is in the .zip). Note: You cannot search or browse categories, so I will include the Appbrain app for those purposes.

The market opens, but crashes on search or clicking apps. If you click on a recommended app and click install it doesn't download. Does anyone want a tutorial or know how to stop it crashing?
Sent from my Acer Aspire One D255 Netbook with dual-boot Android 2.1 - Rooted

I'm about to try ripping a whole /system/app folder from LG's official GT540 2.1 and see if the market will install
Sent from my Acer Aspire One D255 Netbook with dual-boot Android 2.1 - Rooted

Help
Hi thanks for the guide I've come across a problem though. I've installed BTE and got to the stage
Re-open bte and type cd /sdcard/downloads then cat busybox > /system/xbin/busybo
But when I type in the second line it says that it cannot create the directory because it is read only.
Any thoughts on why it is doing this?
Thanks

nunbean said:
Hi thanks for the guide I've come across a problem though. I've installed BTE and got to the stage
Re-open bte and type cd /sdcard/downloads then cat busybox > /system/xbin/busybo
But when I type in the second line it says that it cannot create the directory because it is read only.
Any thoughts on why it is doing this?
Thanks
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This page seems to show you how to mount system r/w, so this should work. Just do the checking from the page first.
Sorry I was late, I only got back from Spain yesterday and had no internet in Spain

Hi,
Thanks that guide fixed the problem. Tried to install Angry Birds though and it installs through the method given but when I run it it forces close. Have i done something wrong or will it never work on the Acer netbook?
Thanks again

nunbean said:
Hi,
Thanks that guide fixed the problem. Tried to install Angry Birds though and it installs through the method given but when I run it it forces close. Have i done something wrong or will it never work on the Acer netbook?
Thanks again
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It won't work, I've tried also. By the way, don't update to the newest patch, it kills half the apps.
Sent from my GT540 using XDA App

Edited startpost with MARKET!
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D257
Quinny899, thank you for writing this up. I just bought a Acer Aspire One D257 which dual boots into Android 2.3.1. I tried to follow your instructions but I ran into the same Read-only file system error as nunbean. I tried his solution but i don't seem to have adb, su permission, or applications>developer>usb debugging available to me.
Any suggestions? Have you had any luck hooking your D255 to another computer and running adb?
Thanks

szimman said:
Quinny899, thank you for writing this up. I just bought a Acer Aspire One D257 which dual boots into Android 2.3.1. I tried to follow your instructions but I ran into the same Read-only file system error as nunbean. I tried his solution but i don't seem to have adb, su permission, or applications>developer>usb debugging available to me.
Any suggestions? Have you had any luck hooking your D255 to another computer and running adb?
Thanks
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With me su is provided. Skip that step and try copying it to/ system/ xbin using root explorer
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Sadly, that doesn't work either. Acer/Insyde must have locked it down a bit in between versions. System/xbin is rwxr-xr-x

szimman said:
Sadly, that doesn't work either. Acer/Insyde must have locked it down a bit in between versions. System/xbin is rwxr-xr-x
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Try putting with on /sdcard and running:
cd /sdcard
su
In bte
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cd /sdcard
Permission denied
When I "ls -la" it says that sdcard -> /mnt/sdcard
sdcard is lrwxrwxrwx and mnt is d---------
When booted in Windows the Android partition shows up as D: but only gives me access to /qdisk (which is drwxrwxrwx). I have a SD Card in the netbooks SD Card slot and a USB thumbdrive plugged in. Both are accessible via the File Manager that shipped with the OS and apps such as Gallery, but I haven't been able to find them through BTE.
Thank you so much for helping out with this process. I'm still trying to figure out what Acer/Insyde changed between our two computer models.

szimman said:
cd /sdcard
Permission denied
When I "ls -la" it says that sdcard -> /mnt/sdcard
sdcard is lrwxrwxrwx and mnt is d---------
When booted in Windows the Android partition shows up as D: but only gives me access to /qdisk (which is drwxrwxrwx). I have a SD Card in the netbooks SD Card slot and a USB thumbdrive plugged in. Both are accessible via the File Manager that shipped with the OS and apps such as Gallery, but I haven't been able to find them through BTE.
Thank you so much for helping out with this process. I'm still trying to figure out what Acer/Insyde changed between our two computer models.
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They changed the mount points as you're using 2.2/2.3 & I'm using 2.1
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D257
I've been thinking about getting a D257. Am is reading this thread right?
i.e.,
as things stand, I would not be able to get root and I would not be able to install google apps and google market?
Thanks

EyeTech said:
I've been thinking about getting a D257. Am is reading this thread right?
i.e.,
as things stand, I would not be able to get root and I would not be able to install google apps and google market?
Thanks
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No, this only works for D255s, sorry
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All done and sorted.
However when trying to install another app I have run out of system disk space (135.17MB Used, 396k free)
Is there any way to make the system disk larger without having to prune it? Or install to sdcard?
Cheers

stevefwt said:
All done and sorted.
However when trying to install another app I have run out of system disk space (135.17MB Used, 396k free)
Is there any way to make the system disk larger without having to prune it? Or install to sdcard?
Cheers
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I'm working on an apps2sd method.
You can move to /x-root/app or /sdcard/app (make the folders and move the app apk into it first)
The main code is:
ln -s /data/app/com.whatever.app.apk /x-root/app/com.whatever.app.apk
-or-
ln -s /data/app/com.whatever.app.apk /sdcard/app/com.whatever.app.apk

I've been looking to port newer android versions (possibly honeycomb) to the various android netbook devices, but I need the imgs from the 2.3 devices. Can anyone help by posting the imgs in their downloads for android drive (from windows)
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Any news for d257 ?
I stuck on 2.3.1 ;/
All what i can without root is looking desktop and mozilla, no app's ;/

One click root app!

Hello guys, as you know, the latest one click root that worked on the Transformer was SparkyRoot. Well, with the newest EeePad update (9.2.1.21), it is impossible to root without PC. Well, I have completely cracked the EeePad code. You will be amazed with the options included in my new one click root app. Try it and see for yourself! (Also works on TF201 and SF101 slide) Here is the download link. http://depositfiles.com/files/jp4hcc5ze

That's great to hear. To bad I'm already rooted so I can't try it.
Should make it easy for those needing to root if it work.

Didn't work set cpu and titanium back up didn't work
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk 2

First off..thanks for giving it a go..
Looking forward to hearing some solid reports.
You might want to put a little more detail into your OP..
As your post count is not up and your other threads are still feely new..
I am looking at picking up a new TF B60 next week and if this works as it should,of course will be willing to give it a go..
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk

Yes, there are problems with it. It seems to give partial root access, but not full root. I am working hard to fix the bugs. For some reason, root apps aren't detecting the root, but I was able to edit system files with no problems. The undetected installation for apps works, and transforming the tablet into Linux and MAC work. For some reason, windows is glitching up. Any ideas on how to get apps to detect root?

When i see partial root usually the su is not getting install to system/xbin but it is in system/bin. See that with the OTA root keeper sometimes.

Any movement or progress on this?
Sent from my SGH-I897 using XDA

baseballfanz said:
When i see partial root usually the su is not getting install to system/xbin but it is in system/bin. See that with the OTA root keeper sometimes.
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Can you move it manually via terminal from bin to xbin? If so does that get you a full root?
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bsoplinger said:
Can you move it manually via terminal from bin to xbin? If so does that get you a full root?
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I don't know how this apps work but with OTA Rootkeeper you can copy su from system/bin to system/xbin and that solved it most of the times.

There is still bugs in this app. I am working hard to fix them. The su is in xbin, but still not full access. I heard undetected installation is known to glitch up and corrupt files. Maybe I need to remove undetected installation and do normal installation. But when you do normal installation for superuser (through app) it says "There was a problem parsing the package". Maybe use an alternative package installer?

Have you gotten any further in developing your app?

Yes, I got the windows transformation working. Few apps are detecting root, though. Screenshot apps detect it, and a few root managers work as well. Most arent detecting it, though. Also, syncing files doesnt work...

I have my one-click done, it's in my sig and called PERI.
Uses symlinking as found by wolf to grant root.
I'll be making an on tf app too soon. This is all completely open source and 100% working on the 3 tf101 based tfs. You can take a look at the code if you like, it's very simple.

Yes, I am familiar with PERI. PERI isnt an app, though. My Asus Root Menu is a one-click from the device-No PC required.

The commands can be run On-Tf, and I'm in progress of developing an app to put on the TF right now. Should work with 100% success. Then finally out of beta. If you need any assistance with building yours too I'm willing to help.
EDIT:
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And dude, you're running into problems I almost GUARANTEE, because you're using andromo. Those 'make apps no coding required' wysiwyg tools are total junk. Code it the old-fashioned way :]
What method are you using too Root? I couldn't find any actual commands that are run by your app, just a bunch of invoke pages to text with nothing really attached too it except some ads stuff.. I apologize if I missed it.
And how in the world did you get linux/mac and windows 7 on there if the apk is only ~276KB A system image installer for the Ubuntu ARM image mabye, but there isn't an image for windows or mac (and both are closed-source).
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Superuser needs to be flashed via recovery/bootloader/adb in a non-locked environment. This is probably where the problem parsing package error comes from.
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Has anyone sides the OP gotten this too work even partially?

Yes, it has partially rooted a few people, and some people got full root. I have recieved many pm's about it. How is your app coming along?

[Q] Editing /system/build.prop doesn't seem to work

I'm trying to edit my build.prop to fool market making it believe tf101 is a Xoom (practically the same hardware). When I boot the system the settings for Manufacturer and some other works, but the ones for model and device doesn't work (it's ok on buiuld.prop but running getprop command returns still TF101), why?
What can i do to change there?

what kind of file editor are you using?
what kind of file editor are you using?and what is your purpose for changing build.prop? if for games just pm me..if for something else use es file explorer and click settings then check UP-TO-ROOT,ROOT EXPLORER,AND MOUNT FILE SYSTEM. so you could change variables

Yeps, its for games, specially the gameloft ones, which i have bought on market. I'm using vi as text editor, but that is not the problem. The editing/save is working fine. I can change ro.product.brand, ro.product.manufacturer just fine. The problem is, even being correctly saved on build.prop the properties ro.product.model and ro.product.device doesn't take effect on reboot. So, when i reboot, the build.prop file has all changed values i added but when i run (via adb shell) the getprop commands i get the following:
getprop ro.product.model ---> Transformer TF101 (should show Xoom)
getprop ro.product.manufacturer ----> Motorola (Ok)
Why is it happening?

is your ro.secure (I think that's what it's called, please correct me) set too 1 or 0. if it's 1 then it can cause problems with editing certain system files sticking.

If you're trying to bypass the device check for gameloft games, I posted a link for how in the themes and apps section for the TF101. Look at the order and chaos 1.1.2 thread.
Sent from my HTC Glacier using Tapatalk 2

Yeps, main reason is order and chaos. I can play the game on my tablet, but it doesn't run smooth. I was hoping to fool gameloft servers making it think it's a Xoom (cause we're almost the same hardware) to download the right files for Tegra. Currently I'm using the version for Milestone2 phone. I just backup the game with titanium backup on phone (app + data), restore backup on tablet, and copy downloaded content from phone sdcard to tablet internal sdcard. It works and game runs, but not smooth. My intention was to download content for xoom on this tablet, making it run smooth (hopefully). Checking your thread now. Thanks.

Thing O Doom said:
is your ro.secure (I think that's what it's called, please correct me) set too 1 or 0. if it's 1 then it can cause problems with editing certain system files sticking.
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How does ro.secure work? And where can i change its value?

I2IEAILiiTY said:
If you're trying to bypass the device check for gameloft games, I posted a link for how in the themes and apps section for the TF101. Look at the order and chaos 1.1.2 thread.
Sent from my HTC Glacier using Tapatalk 2
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Great tip about editing game directly, I'm going to try that as I've done it many times before on other applications. Will post report soon
UPDATE: Doesn't seem to work on version 1.1.3 of the game. Apktool throws NullPointerException when trying to compile game back.

forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193737
Change ro.secure from 1 to 0. I think also flashing a ROM or stock rooted-deodexed/modded works. I've always had 0 though since I rooted.

r2beta0 said:
Great tip about editing game directly, I'm going to try that as I've done it many times before on other applications. Will post report soon
UPDATE: Doesn't seem to work on version 1.1.3 of the game. Apktool throws NullPointerException when trying to compile game back.
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Not sure if you saw it later in that thread, but for version 1.1.3 you don't have to edit the apk. They took device check out, so all you need to do is pull the apk from your other device, install it, and then let the app download the files itself.
Someone else did manage to edit 1.1.3 and got it working, but I was lazy and decided to see if it works w/o editing the apk lines and it did.
Also, I personally use virtuous ten studio to edit apks. I actually waited til it was released before I started messing with stuff like that, I've never used apktool by itself.

You may have another line in /default.prop forcing ro.secure=1
If this is the case (verify with any text editor) the easiest way to solve is to flash another compatible kernel. The root filesystem "/" is the ramdisk, and is loaded from an image file at boot up, and thus any changes you make to any files in the ramdisk will just be reverted after a period of time or after a reboot.
Flashing a new kernel will essentially create a new image for the ramdisk, and the default.prop in any ramdisk with a custom kernel will definitely have ro.secure=0