I installed the ubuntu dual boot and now want to get rid if the ubuntu partitions it created.
Anyone know how to do this?
Well, how about opening a terminal under android (terminal emulator by jack pavelich should be fine) and typing "mount" for checking mount points.
Then you could mount the partitions (e.g. "mount -o remount,rw /dev/sda2 /Volumes/useless)
---> This would mount the partition "sda2" as read-write on "/Volumes/useless/" in your android root directory.
Then delete all files on that dir. And google somewhat for further information on how to delete partitions.
Hope this helps.
NVFlashing over everything is probably the easiest
I fixed this by nvflashing the stock rom.
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need a little help here please...
I want for my /system to be mounted as read/write automaticly upon startup of the phone using this command "mount -o,remount rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system"
How can i make this command to be executed as ROOT when my phone starts up.
THanks
vtecpower said:
need a little help here please...
I want for my /system to be mounted as read/write automaticly upon startup of the phone using this command "mount -o,remount rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system"
How can i make this command to be executed as ROOT when my phone starts up.
THanks
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Why do you need this?? Just download droidsans andwhen you need read write just use that.
I need it bc im trying to move my apps to my sd card.....if i have the /system in read only mode then the phone crashed when i try to install a new app but it works fine when my /system is read and write
I doubt you need to mount /system rw. Do ls -l in /system and make sure sd has the same owner/permissions as the other dirs and it should work.
vtecpower said:
I need it bc im trying to move my apps to my sd card.....if i have the /system in read only mode then the phone crashed when i try to install a new app but it works fine when my /system is read and write
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i have followed the instructions in the post titled apps on sdcard and it works fine without mounting the system RW. look at that post and follow those directions.
See: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3386761&postcount=2
Just add the line to The File insted of the Path Part.
The is called after system is mounted so it should work fine
Please note this is my 1st how to so be kind
Machine Archos5 (0e79)
firmware on archos5: 1.7.99
step 1. if you havent rooted your device you will need to do that.
this is how i rooted my archos ( ONLY DO THIS IF YOU DONT CARE ABOUT DRM!!!)
step 2: you will need a SDcard for your device. this is essental. it needs to formatted in ext3.
step 3: download debian image (google debian installer android) onto a linux computer.
step 4. insert your sdcard into your computer. you might want to have a SDcard reader around.
from here we are going to mount the debian image we just downloaded and copy all folders to our ext3 formatted sdcard.
YOU WILL GET SOME ERRORS FROM /DEV. just skip all. the rest will copy over.
btw the mount command used here is mount -o loop debian.img /mnt
step 5. before you unmount your sdcard, grab a chroot and sysctl enabled version of busybox. you can get it here linux.junsun.net android-dream you will need the install-busybox script too.
follow his instructions for installing busybox. you need the chroot and sysctl in that version for debian to load.
I have busybox and all the new commands installed in /data/bin (which is also where su will be when you root the archos you can get in with /data/bin/su btw)
step 6 unmount your sdcard, insert it into your archos and gain root access. you need a peice of information.
once you have root access type in mount. and figure out where your sdcard is mounted to and its /dev device. WRITE THIS INFORMATION DOWN.
note: in my case my sdcard mounts at /sdcard/sdcard and aliases at /storage/sdcard.
step 7: download and modify bootdeb. your probaly going to want
the one ill post. open it and make sure the /dev path is the same as what your sdcard mounts in on android device. the mount point was /sdcard/sd in the original. i made it /sdcard/sdcard. you need to make sure both the /dev block and mount path match where your device is mounted. check the command paths point all busybox commands to /data/bin/busybox instead.
make the ext2 in the mount command ext3 or it wont work
in the busybox commands it will try to launch chroot and sysctl. it will not launch unless you point to the correct busybox with /data/bin/busybox /data/bin/chroot for example.
you need to do the same for the sysctl command .
step 9. copy the bootdeb onto the sdcard
step 10. cd to the sdcard and type in sh bootdeb
you should be in a debian root shell now.
enjoy!
So I have been using Terminal emulator to load new boot loaders on my phone and I use this code:
Code:
su
mount -o remount,rw /system
cp /file location/bootanimation.zip /system/media
My question for you guys is, what does the second line mean? I mean sure I can memorize the code and use it but I'm trying to figure out how to read it and it doesn't really make sense to me.
Code:
mount -o remount,rw /system
We use the mount command, with the option remount (meaning unmount and then mount again), and the desired access rights ( rw = read and write) on the folder /system.
This mean we have a folder /system which is probably mounted as READ ONLY.
To change access rights you have to unmount first and then mount with the new access rights.
We want to change the access rights of system and we don't want to change its mount point. So we use mount command with the option remount and our desired rights.
Does this clarify it for you?
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Code:
mount -o remount,rw /system
We use the mount command, with the option remount (meaning unmount and then mount again), and the desired access rights ( rw = read and write) on the folder /system.
This mean we have a folder /system which is probably mounted as READ ONLY.
To change access rights you have to unmount first and then mount with the new access rights.
We want to change the access rights of system and we don't want to change its mount point. So we use mount command with the option remount and our desired rights.
Does this clarify it for you?
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Yes this helped a lot! so the -o was the "option" part?
yes -(o)ption and then the option you want
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yes -(o)ption and then the option you want
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Thank you so much!
hmm, i logged in as su but did not perform the remout code, ive found a tool to calibrate my xperia x10 mini pro accelerometer but when i executed it and did the required operation, it said the configuration was complete and yet the accelerometer was left unchanged, could this mean that because i did not use the mount remount command before using the tool that is why the program did no changes at all?
I am running stock 4.2.2, and I am trying to mount an ext4 formatted img file and chroot into it. However, no matter how and where I try to mount it (mount -o loop, losetup, ...), I get an error. Naturally, dedicated apps (Linux Installer, Linux Deploy) don't work either.
Has anybody managed to do this?
Hey guys. I have an android tablet (running Android 8.1) that I flashed with a rooted system partition. The tablet has two main storage partitions: user and sdcard. sdcard is 20gb of storage that is immediately accessible via USB if plugged into the computer.
The problem I'm having is, after flashing with the new system partition, the 20gb storage is no longer mounted. I'm able to mount it using the following command:
Code:
$ mkdir /mnt/media_rw/sdcard
$ chmod 777 /mnt/media_rw/sdcard
$ mount -o rw /dev/block/blck27 /mnt/media_rw/sdcard
The problem is, after mounting it, I can't open media files, and I can't access it via USB either. I looked in the /vendor/fstab file to see how this partition is being mounted, which looks like this:
Code:
/dev/block/mmcblk0/mmcblk0p27 auto vfat defaults voldmanaged=sdcard1:auto,noemulatedsd
I'm not sure how to create a mount command that mimics the functionality of this. Any help would be greatly appreciated.