Where does G1 Store the .apk downloaded via marketplace? Ive been using linda file manager to go through all the files but i cant find where it puts them.
/data/app & /data/app-private
when i navigate to that location, nothing shows...just blank. How do i see the contents?
when i got to /data its blank...no other folders....
File Managers don't run with permissions to view /data, so it will show as blank. To view in Terminal Emulator, use su to get superuser access, then you can view the contents of /data with ls.
i thought that was what Astro was for to backup your apps to sdcard so you can copy them to your computer...if im wrong please correct me...i mean when i try it it force closes.
Has anyone found out yet how to run a file manager with root priveleges? If not, I may look at the source of OI File Manager and check out if it just uses the basic commands like ls and cp and try adding a su right before the very first ls command.
I have rooted and installed CWR. I have Supperuser installed also. When I try to change the gps.conf file to point to us.pool.ntp.org, I get an error saying the that /system is read only. Any ideas on how to fix this?
You need to mount /system as read/write before you can write to it.
In Root Explorer, you can click the R/W (or R/O) button at the top to enable writing.
I tried that and it say the file has been saved. However when I open the file again the changes are not there.
From my post the other day at forums.lenovo.com--
Best: ES File Explorer (with root permission and /system writeable checked in settings)
Navigate to file, click, choose text, choose ES Note Editor, edit the file as needed, choose save when prompted.
You can change permissions with ES as well.
I like that it automatically makes a *.bak file of whatever you edit and save.
I have tried changing the permission using root explorer, which resulted with this error "Permissions change was not successful. Please not that some file systems(eg SD card) do not allow permission changes. " I also tried using ES File Explorer but it still will not allow me to edit or delete the file.
@dwilli40 - Did you set root permission and /system writeable in ES settings?
Yes, I did enable root permission and /system writeable in ES settings.
I had a similar Problem on my device, seems that the normal mount doesn't work always. In my case i got write permission with:
busybox mount -o rw,rewrite /system
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if you don't know how to do it manually, use a app !
fasterfix for example....
if it doesn't work, it means that you don't have root
Thanks quyTam . That one did it for me.
Any way to do this without recovery?
It's absolutely no need for recovery !
But root is needed.
I was thinking it did because I couldn't get /system to stay mounted as rw under adb shell or with total commander
What should I be doing?
GPS Monitor Premium is able to do this, too, and more. It's a little heavier, but I don't feel like I need GPS Test anymore. It's a slick little app, and the dev is very kind.
MrKwatz said:
I was thinking it did because I couldn't get /system to stay mounted as rw under adb shell or with total commander
What should I be doing?
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are you root ?
Did the GPS change you made work? Is you tablet actually grabbing satellites over North America?
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quyTam said:
are you root ?
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Yes.
If I mount from adb shell su and then exit (after checking mount) for adb push it does not retain rw.
Doing the mount command from Total Commander fails. Checking the box to mount /system from ES File Explorer does nothing.
Yes, the change to gps made a huge difference. I went from taking 5 minutes or more to find my location to almost instantly.
dwilli40 said:
Yes, the change to gps made a huge difference. I went from taking 5 minutes or more to find my location to almost instantly.
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Did you change the gpsconfig.xml file in /system/etc/gps folder? And if you did, which line(s) did you edit? I'm looking at the file in Notepad++ just trying to comb through it all and I don't see us.pool.ntp.org or asia.pool.ntp.ord anywhere..
Thanks
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Never mind, just found the gps.conf file in the root of /etc. FasterFix did indeed change the Asian setting to a north-american.pool.ntp.org. I'll give this a try today, and if it can't find me in under 3 minutes, i'll try changing it to us.pool.ntp.org and see if that makes a difference.
The instructions for installing 19mountsdboot are found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22858059#post22858059
I unrared 19mountsdboot-rev2.rar, and 19mountsdboot is in /sdcard/Download.
My problem is when I try to copy that file to /etc/init.d. Using Terminal Emulator,
cd /etc/init.d
cp /sdcard/Download/19mountsdboot .
cp: can't create './19mountsdboot': Read-only file system
Using ES File Explorer, I also get a "Read-only file system" error.
What am I missing?
Thanks
OrionNav said:
The instructions for installing 19mountsdboot are found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22858059#post22858059
I unrared 19mountsdboot-rev2.rar, and 19mountsdboot is in /sdcard/Download.
My problem is when I try to copy that file to /etc/init.d. Using Terminal Emulator,
cd /etc/init.d
cp /sdcard/Download/19mountsdboot .
cp: can't create './19mountsdboot': Read-only file system
Using ES File Explorer, I also get a "Read-only file system" error.
What am I missing?
Thanks
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/etc/init.d is a root location. You must have root access and /system set to r/w.
So set terminal emulator in su (root) mode. Type su enter and the prompt will change to a #. Then you can try it. Set /system to r/w.
Also ES File Explorer must also be put in root mode and set /system to r/w before you can do it.
Edit: if you use the flashable zip, it does everything for you. Just put that zip into the boot partition of the SD and boot to SD recovery. It will install automatically. And it puts it in /data so it survives the update to a new ROM. I highly recommend you use that method.
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Would someone please tell me how to change permissions on a read-only system file? I logged into and adb shell, I have root, but I could not execute this command: "chmod 777 HotspotProvision.apk" or "mv HotspotProvision.apk". I get an error saying the file is read-only.
I am trying to follow the instructions in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2456338
I also could not change the file name using Astro file manager.
Root explorer or root browser from the market will let you mount system r/w
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I am trying to flash a touchwiz launcher and it succeeds in flashing in recovery but the files are not getting put into priv-app folder.
also, trying a copy paste using root explorer but it fails.
some files get copied but for some reason touchwiz launcher does not, any idea why?
Does Root Explorer have any option to remount /system with write permission? Nearly all File Managers with root access do it that way.
It looks like your /system is still mounted read-only. What exactly is being copied over?
Also, you can "adb shell" to the phone while on recovery, that way you have full access on the phone.