so im using adb on my phone and I did adb shell ls /system/lib and it shows up with a bunch of copys and its using up all my system memory and when I go to delete them it says write only is there anyway to delete them I pushed the wrong lib folder to my phone and now its in a bootloop
You need root permission to delete anything in /system/
try adb root
adb remount
then delete.
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hi
how does one change folder permissions? i have read that you cam do it with the root explorer app but is there a way to do it on the pc using the sdk? i connected my phone to the pc and issued the adb shell command and then attempted to use the chmod command but got a read only file system message.
dsMA said:
hi
how does one change folder permissions? i have read that you cam do it with the root explorer app but is there a way to do it on the pc using the sdk? i connected my phone to the pc and issued the adb shell command and then attempted to use the chmod command but got a read only file system message.
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1) If you have ADB setup on your computer, hook your phone into the computer and connect into it via ADB.
2) Once in, "chmod" the directory or file(s) you wish to change permissions for.
IF you don't have ADB:
1) Download a terminal
2) su - to root
3) Change your directory
4) "chmod" to whatever pemissions you want
it means that folder/file you're chmod'ing was mounted ro. you cant change anything if its mounted as ro. to check just enter "mount" and you can see what are mounted as rw, ro etc
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I would also suggest changing it back when you're done. This helps prevent you from accidently overwriting or deleting something and have to reflash if you're rooted.
Please bare with me because i am a complete noob at this... but not stupid.
i have been trying to adb push .apk files to the phone, and the adb devices command shows that it is connected correctly, i get this error when i attempt to push: Permission denied
does anyone know what to do? ive tried seaching google and these forums and couldnt find anything. but that might be just because im a noob.
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does anyone know what to do???
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self-bump....
does anyone know what to do???
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Try not pushing it to read only memory and see if that works for you.
adb push FILE.apk /sdcard/
If that works
adb shell
su
mv /sdcard/FILE.apk /system/app/
I don't think my Vibrant will let me push to /system & that's what I did to work around (or just put the file on the sd card in mass storage mode & root explorer it over to where I want it to go).
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adb push FILE.apk /sdcard/
If that works
adb shell
su
mv /sdcard/FILE.apk /system/app/
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i tried to push to the sd card and still got the same error.... : Permission denied
Mounted and added the apk to the sd card normally and then tried to move it with adb shell, and gives this error:
Failed on /sdcard/FILE.apk - cross-device link
I tried using the rm and mv command to remove the coresponding app from the system/app/ folder and I get an error that the file/directory does not exist.
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Hi there
I was messing with my build.prop to tweak and test it on my ROM and I got bootloop. I had to flash system again via ftf as I didnot make a backup on my PC. However, there are many ways to edit/flash build.prop again and thus if anyone of you have a problem while editing build.prop you can write it back to your device using ADB Shell commands.
Run Command Prompt where you have adb. You must have drivers installed properly. For drivers check into my forum :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2493042
adb pull /system/build.prop C:\Users\user\Desktop
User is your user name on PC. You may copy it anywhere else by changing the location of the file.
"build.prop" on your desktop should appear. Open it with using a wordpad. Change what ever you want to.
adb push C:\Users\user\Desktop\build.prop /sdcard/build.prop
This will copy the build.prop on your sd card
ADB remount
ADB push c:\build.prop /system/ depending where your file is. In this case, I am trying to mount directly from C:/ to phone. If this doesnot work, you should use the above command to copy it in sdcard and then try to push it from sd card.
If suppose that doesnot work either, use adb shell
adb shell
A shell is used to run commands.
su mount -o remount,rw none /system
busybox cp /sdcard/build.prop /system/build.prop
mount -o remount,ro none /system
You are done ! Good Luck
UPDATE
I am unable to reach device using adb commands. Anyone who knows how can i push build.prop when my adb is not working and my phone is bootlooped
Hey Guys,
Whenever I push files to my device for example:
Code:
adb push C:\Users\Hy\Desktop\GoogleLGNexus4 /sdcard/
It pushes the files correctly but I am then unable to delete or move the files, it has some weird permission the only way I can delete the folders is to reboot into recovery and do
Code:
rm -rf /dir/
Any ideas how to fix this?
Thanks
EDIT: I've tried to use Recovery's "Fix Permissions" but it doesnt solve it
For example i pushed these files via adb and here Is me trying to move them http://i.imgur.com/akIAets.png and deleting http://i.imgur.com/L3WE9f7.png
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Hi,
I recently pushed a folder (Download) to the sdcard of my OnePlus One via ADB in recovery. Now, I can't delete any of the files inside that folder via any (root) browser.
How can I fix that?
Thanks.
If you are unlocked, install Root Explorer, or the like, and check the directory permissions. Mine is set to 777, and I can delete it if I wish. Or you can change the permission of the files inside, and delete those, as you wish.
There are likely adp commands, as well. Perhaps someone will show with that know-how.
I tried that, though it unfortunately doesn't work via root browser.
I'll try it via adb later today.
adb remount (to gain rw-access to root partition)
adb shell rm -f <path to file> (to delete the apk)