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Pushing additional notifications/ringtones to phone

Hi there,
I've got the Hero with a fully functioning 'Fresh' ROM (0.4) on (not using Apps2sd).
My question is how to push additional notification tones and ringtones to the phone in the following folders respectively:
/system/media/audio/notifications
/system/media/audio/ringtones
The reason I want to do this is to try and remove the need to have the following folders present on the sdcard:
/media/audio/notifications
/media/audio/ringtones
When I try to push the files to the phone using ADB, I get a 'failed to copy:....permission denied' error
(FYI, the command I used was: adb push /XXX.wav /system/media/audio/notifications/XXX.wav
Prior to pushing, I did issue the following commands:
adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
chmod 777 /system
chmod 777 /system/app
exit
exit
Tried to give as much detail as possible...appreciate any help!

dom2114 said:
Hi there,
I've got the Hero with a fully functioning 'Fresh' ROM (0.4) on (not using Apps2sd).
My question is how to push additional notification tones and ringtones to the phone in the following folders respectively:
/system/media/audio/notifications
/system/media/audio/ringtones
The reason I want to do this is to try and remove the need to have the following folders present on the sdcard:
/media/audio/notifications
/media/audio/ringtones
When I try to push the files to the phone using ADB, I get a 'failed to copy:....permission denied' error
(FYI, the command I used was: adb push /XXX.wav /system/media/audio/notifications/XXX.wav
Prior to pushing, I did issue the following commands:
adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
chmod 777 /system
chmod 777 /system/app
exit
exit
Tried to give as much detail as possible...appreciate any help!
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I'm a noob, just learning the ropes of Android, but something I learned today is that you will probably need to do a chmod 777 commands to those media directories in order to get r/w access to them, that's what I would try, I hope it helps, you will want to do a chmod for media, audio, ringtones and notifications I'm guessing.

How to get APPS back into system/apps/

I updated my rom and there are some omitted apps that I would like to get back into system/apps/ for example VoiceDialer.apk, but I cannot seem to get them back on. I am using Fresh Rom 0.4 and the phone is obviously rooted. maybe I am doing something wrong in adb shell but I keep getting one of 2 different erors. Either permission denied or adb not found. Thank you in advance for your help.

flaav8r said:
I updated my rom and there are some omitted apps that I would like to get back into system/apps/ for example VoiceDialer.apk, but I cannot seem to get them back on. I am using Fresh Rom 0.4 and the phone is obviously rooted. maybe I am doing something wrong in adb shell but I keep getting one of 2 different erors. Either permission denied or adb not found. Thank you in advance for your help.
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1) Permission denied - make sure that when you do an adb shell, you're root (have the # prompt) and make sure you've mounted /system as rw (adb remount)
2) adb not found - make sure there's only one adb.exe on your computer and that it's the one from the SDK and that the SDK's /tools directory is in your path (to be safe, you can always just run adb from that directory)

jmanley69 said:
1) Permission denied - make sure that when you do an adb shell, you're root (have the # prompt) and make sure you've mounted /system as rw (adb remount)
2) adb not found - make sure there's only one adb.exe on your computer and that it's the one from the SDK and that the SDK's /tools directory is in your path (to be safe, you can always just run adb from that directory)
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1. the procedure I used is this: from the cmd prompt in the androidsdk/tools/ directory:
adb shell
$ su
# mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
# cd /system/app
# adb push VoiceDialer.apk system/app
but its a no go. Can't understand why.
BTW, I have the VoiceDialer.apk file in the androidsdk/tools folder just to make the push easier.

Ok, here is a screen shot from my command prompt window. I know someone knows what the hell I'm doing wrong. Just wanna get the damn voice dialer back on my phone. Please help, thank you.
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\Barry>cd \
C:\>cd androidsdk\tools\
C:\AndroidSDK\tools>adb shell
* daemon not running. starting it now *
* daemon started successfully *
$ su
su
# mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
# adb push VoiceDialer.apk /system/app/
adb push VoiceDialer.apk /system/app/
adb: not found
#

you cant do adb push while in shell ($ or #). Exit out and just try tying the adb push

goku14238 said:
you cant do adb push while in shell ($ or #). Exit out and just try tying the adb push
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When I do that I get permission denied or something to that effect.

Yeah there's a post about this in the Fresh thread.
The most straightforward way is this:
Reboot to the recovery partition.
adb shell into the phone.
Issue the following command to mount the system partition:
mount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
Type exit to exit the shell.
Then do:
adb push c:\directory-with-the-apks /system/app

jonnythan said:
Yeah there's a post about this in the Fresh thread.
The most straightforward way is this:
Reboot to the recovery partition.
adb shell into the phone.
Issue the following command to mount the system partition:
mount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
Type exit to exit the shell.
Then do:
adb push c:\directory-with-the-apks /system/app
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Thank-you, I will give it a try.

how do i move a file to /system/bin ?

i rooted my verizon galaxy tab and i can run Root apps, but i cant move a wpa_supplicant file to my /system/root using Astro.
Is this a root issue or do i need something better than Astro? I also tried OI file manager but it just says "cannot move file here".

By default, /system is (usually) mounted read-only. You probably need to remount it read-write.

Code:
adb remount /system
adb push [path-to-file] /system/bin
If remount doesn't work, try
Code:
adb shell mount -t yaffs2 -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

Requesting for a ONE CLICK AUTO APK INSTALLER thanks

Requesting for a ONE CLICK AUTO APK INSTALLER, i just want to make it short like selecting in my SD CARD the apps and games that i want to install after that i will automatically install those files that i choose after i confirm those to install.
i already used apps like this in my HTC last time. thanks in advance

ES File Explorer

wierzbik said:
ES File Explorer
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i dont want to always press INSTALL.
its like this i will select the apks to install and then i will confirm to install them all after that it will install all the APKS with no more press "YES TO INSTALL"

adb install name.apk

#!/system/bin/sh
mount -o remount, -rw /sbin
mount -o remount, -rw /system
mount -o remount, -rw /system/xbin
mount -o remount, -rw /system/bin
# enable the adbd daemon and busybox
mount -o remount, -rw -t rootfs rootfs /
chmod 777 /sbin/adbd
chmod 777 /system/xbin/busybox
chmod 777 /system/bin/pm
cd /storage/sdcard1/apps;
for app in *.apk; do pm install -r $app; done
chmod 750 /sbin/adbd
chmod 750 /system/xbin/busybox
chmod 750 /system/bin/pm
mount -o remount, -ro /sbin
mount -o remount, -ro /system
mount -o remount, -ro /system/xbin
mount -o remount, -ro /system/bin
put apps in folder apps on external.
should you have different location then you can change line accordingly
I got this in tasker, source is xda, not me...
I can export as app, just reply with locations adbd, busybox pm, and route of external sd card.
but using this code in terminal should do it
You need root busybox and such. and permissions, set as you like
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Lidroid Toolbox.
Choose your apks and it installs them all by ome click. Google it.
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[Q] Mounting /system read-write fails under adb shell, CM11

Hi! My problem is that I want to mod /system/etc stuff. But problem is: I can't mount /system rw in adb shell!
I'm using CM11 20140622 Nightly
What i've tried:
- sysrw command(alias sysrw='mount -o remount,rw /system')
- by hand(mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system /system)
None of those commands produce output and they exit 0
- ES File Explorer and CM File Manager
I don't know how, but mounting rw in UI always works, but not over adb.
Can anyone tell me a solution how to mount /system rw successfully over shell?

mikroskeem said:
Hi! My problem is that I want to mod /system/etc stuff. But problem is: I can't mount /system rw in adb shell!
I'm using CM11 20140622 Nightly
What i've tried:
- sysrw command(alias sysrw='mount -o remount,rw /system')
- by hand(mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system /system)
None of those commands produce output and they exit 0
- ES File Explorer and CM File Manager
I don't know how, but mounting rw in UI always works, but not over adb.
Can anyone tell me a solution how to mount /system rw successfully over shell?
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Code:
adb root
adb shell
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system /system
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rootSU said:
Code:
adb root
adb shell
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system /system
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Still same thing, no rw, no output

mikroskeem said:
Still same thing, no rw, no output
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Windows or Linux? Are you using an outdated adb?
That's definitely correct, I tested it.

rootSU said:
Windows or Linux? Are you using an outdated adb?
That's definitely correct, I tested it.
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Linux, adb version 1.0.31
Yeah it's correct but problem is it doesn't work.

mikroskeem said:
Linux, adb version 1.0.31
Yeah it's correct but problem is it doesn't work.
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remove and reinstall your adb
Works fine with that command on both windows and linux for me.
Does adb devices even work?
Can you screenshot the error?

rootSU said:
remove and reinstall your adb
Works fine with that command on both windows and linux for me.
Does adb devices even work?
Can you screenshot the error?
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No error output, i'm in adb shell so "[email protected]:~ #" will appear
I run commands there.
adb itself works fine.

mikroskeem said:
No error output, i'm in adb shell so "[email protected]:~ #" will appear
I run commands there.
adb itself works fine.
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Screenshot please
Of this:
Code:
H:\>adb root
adbd is already running as root
H:\>adb shell
[email protected]:/ # mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system /system
platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system /system <
[email protected]:/ #

rootSU said:
Screenshot please
Of this:
Code:
H:\>adb root
adbd is already running as root
H:\>adb shell
[email protected]:/ # mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system /system
platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system /system <
[email protected]:/ #
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sorry can't make screenshot atm, but i copyed terminal contents to here: http://hastebin.com/dicuhiyema.hs
EDIT: 6th line is the mount command, it wrapped badly

mikroskeem said:
sorry can't make screenshot atm, but i copyed terminal contents to here: http://hastebin.com/dicuhiyema.hs
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Ah yeah that's as good as a screenshot.
Theres no option in CM11 dev options for adb root is there? I have on in SlimKat where I must enable ADB root.
mikroskeem said:
EDIT: 6th line is the mount command, it wrapped badly
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Yeah my ubuntu terminal does that too.

rootSU said:
Ah yeah that's as good as a screenshot.
Theres no option in CM11 dev options for adb root is there? I have on in SlimKat where I must enable ADB root.
Yeah my ubuntu terminal does that too.
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There is actually and it's set to "Apps and ADB", but I might try out next nightly. It might doesn't have that problem anymore. Prolly some SELinux conflict or kernel blocks something

Now it works.
I think it was CM problem.

mikroskeem said:
Now it works.
I think it was CM problem.
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At first I was thinking it was your computer but everything you were doing was right so I agree. It seems it was.
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using bin/mount rather than xbin/mount
mikroskeem said:
I can't mount /system rw in adb shell!
What i've tried:
- sysrw command(alias sysrw='mount -o remount,rw /system')
...
Can anyone tell me a solution how to mount /system rw successfully over shell?
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For posterity, I'm adding what worked for me on LolliKat (which is cm11) for doing this from the phone's console/shell: I had to use the command `/system/bin/mount` rather than just `mount`. Once that had been done once, the other methods would work fine until reboot. (I was doing this because somehow link2sd had lost its ability to "update mount scripts" and "integrate system app updates".
These all worked for me:
/system/bin/mount -o remount,rw /system
/system/bin/mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /system
/system/bin/mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /system /system
/system/bin/mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock8 /system
More info (in my own context) here and here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=61068974&postcount=3
http://android.stackexchange.com/a/110883/109855