Changing file permissions in adb shell - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Ok so I:
adb shell
su
cd /system/
cd /app/
rm htcblahblahblah.apk
I get something about it being read only.
This is just an example, I think i actually have full privileges in system/app, but i was messing with something else and i didn't, so how do i change privileges ?

skydeaner said:
Ok so I:
adb shell
su
cd /system/
cd /app/
rm htcblahblahblah.apk
I get something about it being read only.
This is just an example, I think i actually have full privileges in system/app, but i was messing with something else and i didn't, so how do i change privileges ?
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you need to mount /system as read/writeable. before you shell in, just use
adb remount

ok cool thanks tim

I get remount failed >.> Help? LOL

skydeaner said:
Ok so I:
adb shell
su
cd /system/
cd /app/
rm htcblahblahblah.apk
I get something about it being read only.
This is just an example, I think i actually have full privileges in system/app, but i was messing with something else and i didn't, so how do i change privileges ?
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Tried chmod?
Example:
Code:
# chmod 0777 This.apk
# rm -f This.apk
EDIT: Also, try sysrw command, if enabled on your ROM or manually remount rw from within adb shell

Related

[THEME] NEW Hero skinning and theme AND Hero Cleanup

There was an older thread started by johnnylicious and I am going to be starting a new one that has the new files to skin/theme the lockscreen, phone, htccontacts, and Rosie. for the lockscreen the credits go to goldenarmz.
He created the batch file, I just edited the apk and the png files in there to make it work on the new roms.
BEFORE GOING ANY FARTHER, YOU NEED ADB OR YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW TO DROP INTO RECOVERY CONSOLE OR RUN COMMANDS IN TERMINAL. If you do not have it, stop, go to the stickies, get it going and then come back here. do not junk this up with questions that you can search for.
"what is adb" - part of the SDK. it is a huge help, check out the stickies to get it.
"how do i get adb" - go to the stickies
"can i run this without root" - no
"can i run this on cyanogen" - no, this is for hero roms
"will you make this for non-rooted phones" - no, not possible.
Before doing any modifications to anything on ANY rom do a switchrom save or a nandroid backup.
-INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS-
Transparent Rosie.apk with wallpapers
adb remount
adb shell rm -r /system/sd/app_s/Rosie.apk
adb push directory\Rosie.apk /system/sd/app_s/
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Ophone Dialer.apk
adb remount
adb push directory\Phone.apk /system/sd/app_s/
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HtcContacts.apk
adb remount
adb push directory\HtcContacts.apk /system/sd/app_s/
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ANOTHER OPTION FOR OPHONE DIALER AND HTCCONTACTS
Launcher Themed to look like Hero
adb remount
adb push directory\Launcher.apk /system/sd/app_s/
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you can either adb shell reboot after each file is pushed or you can wait after all three are pushed to shell reboot
adb shell reboot
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transparent lockscreen
for the lockscreen- unzip and run the .bat file, follow the instructions.
-FOR THOSE NOT USING ADB FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS-
COURTESY OF NOLIMIT78​CHOOSE WHICH OPTION YOU ARE DOING, EITHER TERMINAL OR RECOVERY CONSOLE, AND THEN FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS "FOR BOTH"​
This is to move the Rosie.apk
This is for terminal
Code:
su
This is for Console
Code:
mount /system/sd
mount /sdcard (if you put the Rosie.apk on the root of your SD Card)
This is for both
Code:
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/Rosie.apk #cp (which will copy) or mv (which will move)
cp sdcard/Rosie.apk /system/sd/app_s/
This is to move the Phone.apk
This is for terminal
Code:
su
This is for Console
Code:
mount /system/sd
mount /sdcard (if you put the Phone.apk on the root of your SD Card)
This is for both
Code:
#cp (which will copy) or mv (which will move)
cp /sdcard/Phone.apk /system/sd/app_s/
This is to move the HtcContact.apk
This is for terminal
Code:
su
This is for Console
Code:
mount /system/sd
mount /sdcard (if you put the HtcContacts.apk on the root of your SD Card)
This is for both.
Code:
#cp (which will copy) or mv (which will move)
cp /sdcard/HtcContacts.apk /system/sd/app_s/
This is for Hero CleanUp
This is for terminal
Code:
su
This is for console
Code:
mount /system/sd
This is for both
Code:
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/BizCardReader.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/com.htc.MusicWidget.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/com.htc.WeatherWidget.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/FlashPlayer.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/HtcClockWidget.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/htccontactwidgets.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/htcmailwidgets.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/htcmsgwidgets.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/HtcPhotoWidget.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/HTCSetupWizard.apk <-dont remove this one until you set up your phone!
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/Jbed.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/Launcher.apk <- only delete this if you dont use it! This is what the secondary program looks like on Hero, basically cupcake looks.
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/PDFViewer.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/Quickoffice_HTC_1.0.1.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/teeter.apk
DISCLAIMER- I take no responsibility for what happens to your phone, as the screenshots show, it works for me but that does not mean it will work for you. I will be glad to help if you run into problems.
These files have been tested are on working on the newest jacxhero builds from 1.8 on up so far. they should work on most of the other roms as well since they are all using jacxski newest kernel. enjoy.
credits to go goldenarmz for the lockscreen .bat file. if you seek credits just ask, i will be glad to give credit where necessary
-Clean up Hero-
Before doing any modifications to anything on ANY rom do a switchrom save or a nandroid backup.
Since I started running hero roms, i have come to realize that most of the stuff is junk and is not needed. Thus, I have removed many widgets, and many extra .apks that i do not use such as quickoffice, pdfviewer, java, flash, photo album widget, weather widget, music widget, contacts widget, messages widget, mail widgets. I am going to post the commands you can run in ADB to remove these items and speed up hero a little bit. rather than just do a .bat file, i will post them here so the n00bs can just copy and paste into ADB.
TO COPY AND PASTE INTO ADB, HIGHLIGHT THE LINE OF THE ITEM YOU WANT TO REMOVE, PRESS CTRL+C, GO TO THE CMD WINDOW RUNNING ADB AND CLICK IN THE WINDOW AND NOW PRESS ALT+SPACE ADN NOW "E" "P" (WITHOUT THE QUOTES) AND THE LINE SHOULD PASTE OVER. NOW PRESS ENTER AND IT SHOULD RUN.
COMMANDS TO REMOVE FILES
THESE COMMANDS ARE CASE SENSITIVE
adb remount
adb shell rm -r /system/sd/app_s/BizCardReader.apk
adb shell rm -r /system/sd/app_s/com.htc.MusicWidget.apk
adb shell rm -r /system/sd/app_s/com.htc.WeatherWidget.apk
adb shell rm -r /system/sd/app_s/FlashPlayer.apk
adb shell rm -r /system/sd/app_s/HtcClockWidget.apk
adb shell rm -r /system/sd/app_s/htccontactwidgets.apk
adb shell rm -r /system/sd/app_s/htcmailwidgets.apk
adb shell rm -r /system/sd/app_s/htcmsgwidgets.apk
adb shell rm -r /system/sd/app_s/HtcPhotoWidget.apk
adb shell rm -r /system/sd/app_s/HTCSetupWizard.apk <-dont remove this one until you set up your phone!
adb shell rm -r /system/sd/app_s/Jbed.apk
adb shell rm -r /system/sd/app_s/Launcher.apk <- only delete this if you dont use it! This is what the secondary program looks like on Hero, basically cupcake looks.
adb shell rm -r /system/sd/app_s/PDFViewer.apk
adb shell rm -r /system/sd/app_s/Quickoffice_HTC_1.0.1.apk
adb shell rm -r /system/sd/app_s/teeter.apk
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When removing widgets and some applications, the screen may flash and do the loading screen, this is normal.
Hope this helps you guys running hero roms get things going a little speedier, once again any questions, just let me know, I am working on removing other things here and there to pick up speed, if I find things that can be removed I will post them here.
here is a video of my g1 running my phone as is with all these edits
Console/terminal?
Is it possible to run commands from recovery/terminal? if so, could you please post them in this thread as well? Looks very nice, and i would love to give this a try!
Im gonna try using terminal when i get a minute. Im sure it should work.
Thanks palosjr
akycia said:
Is it possible to run commands from recovery/terminal? if so, could you please post them in this thread as well? Looks very nice, and i would love to give this a try!
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I'm at work right now, I will post terminal commands when I get home.
Docavelli said:
Im gonna try using terminal when i get a minute. Im sure it should work.
Thanks palosjr
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Sounds good. If you get to it before I do feel free to post the command here.i will then add them to the OP.
palosjr said:
Sounds good. If you get to it before I do feel free to post the command here.i will then add them to the OP.
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Not trying to be rude or butt in.. but I had some time and typed it up
EDIT: And I like what you're doing here. Looking good!
EDIT:2 Did that lockscreen come from goldenarmZ? If it did you may want to give a shoutout. Alot of people have been getting all up in arms about stuff like that. Not being a ***** just keeping an eye out
Code:
su
mount /system/sd
mount /sdcard (if you put the HtcContacts.apk on the root of your SD Card)
#cp (which will copy) or mv (which will move)
cp /sdcard/HtcContacts.apk /system/sd/app_s/
Code:
su
mount /system/sd
mount /sdcard (if you put the Phone.apk on the root of your SD Card)
#cp (which will copy) or mv (which will move)
cp /sdcard/Phone.apk /system/sd/app_s/
Code:
su
mount /system/sd
mount /sdcard (if you put the Rosie.apk on the root of your SD Card)
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/Rosie.apk
#cp (which will copy) or mv (which will move)
cp sdcard/Rosie.apk /system/sd/app_s/
Code:
su
mount /system/sd
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/BizCardReader.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/com.htc.MusicWidget.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/com.htc.WeatherWidget.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/FlashPlayer.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/HtcClockWidget.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/htccontactwidgets.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/htcmailwidgets.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/htcmsgwidgets.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/HtcPhotoWidget.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/Jbed.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/PDFViewer.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/Quickoffice_HTC_1.0.1.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/teeter.apk
nolimit78 said:
Not trying to be rude or butt in.. but I had some time and typed it up
EDIT: And I like what you're doing here. Looking good!
EDIT:2 Did that lockscreen come from goldenarmZ? If it did you may want to give a shoutout. Alot of people have been getting all up in arms about stuff like that. Not being a ***** just keeping an eye out
Code:
su
mount /system/sd
mount /sdcard (if you put the HtcContacts.apk on the root of your SD Card)
#cp (which will copy) or mv (which will move)
cp /sdcard/HtcContacts.apk /system/sd/app_s/
Code:
su
mount /system/sd
mount /sdcard (if you put the Phone.apk on the root of your SD Card)
#cp (which will copy) or mv (which will move)
cp /sdcard/Phone.apk /system/sd/app_s/
Code:
su
mount /system/sd
mount /sdcard (if you put the Rosie.apk on the root of your SD Card)
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/Rosie.apk
#cp (which will copy) or mv (which will move)
cp sdcard/Rosie.apk /system/sd/app_s/
Code:
su
mount /system/sd
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/BizCardReader.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/com.htc.MusicWidget.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/com.htc.WeatherWidget.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/FlashPlayer.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/HtcClockWidget.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/htccontactwidgets.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/htcmailwidgets.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/htcmsgwidgets.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/HtcPhotoWidget.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/Jbed.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/PDFViewer.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/Quickoffice_HTC_1.0.1.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/teeter.apk
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thanks for butting in. im home now. about to to add rosie and lock screen. i love the transparent look.
I actually like the lockscreen from Drizzy's 1.4r1 rom. If you want that, just grab the com.htc.resources.apk from his build, push it to yours and...no more arc .
The Phone.apk does not change the theme of the phone app on the 1.5.1 rom(link in sig).
nolimit78 said:
Not trying to be rude or butt in.. but I had some time and typed it up
EDIT: And I like what you're doing here. Looking good!
EDIT:2 Did that lockscreen come from goldenarmZ? If it did you may want to give a shoutout. Alot of people have been getting all up in arms about stuff like that. Not being a ***** just keeping an eye out
Code:
su
mount /system/sd
mount /sdcard (if you put the HtcContacts.apk on the root of your SD Card)
#cp (which will copy) or mv (which will move)
cp /sdcard/HtcContacts.apk /system/sd/app_s/
Code:
su
mount /system/sd
mount /sdcard (if you put the Phone.apk on the root of your SD Card)
#cp (which will copy) or mv (which will move)
cp /sdcard/Phone.apk /system/sd/app_s/
Code:
su
mount /system/sd
mount /sdcard (if you put the Rosie.apk on the root of your SD Card)
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/Rosie.apk
#cp (which will copy) or mv (which will move)
cp sdcard/Rosie.apk /system/sd/app_s/
Code:
su
mount /system/sd
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/BizCardReader.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/com.htc.MusicWidget.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/com.htc.WeatherWidget.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/FlashPlayer.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/HtcClockWidget.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/htccontactwidgets.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/htcmailwidgets.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/htcmsgwidgets.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/HtcPhotoWidget.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/Jbed.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/PDFViewer.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/Quickoffice_HTC_1.0.1.apk
rm -r /system/sd/app_s/teeter.apk
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Thanks for loading those commands on here! Ill add them to the OP and give you the credit! Also the lockscreen did come from goldenarmZ, credit has been given both at the beginning and the end of the OP. I will edit it and make more obvious.
What else would you guys like to see skinned/themed? I am going to work with market and peep. Anything else in particular?
palosjr said:
Thanks for loading those commands on here! Ill add them to the OP and give you the credit! Also the lockscreen did come from goldenarmZ, credit has been given both at the beginning and the end of the OP. I will edit it and make more obvious.
What else would you guys like to see skinned/themed? I am going to work with market and peep. Anything else in particular?
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What a difficult question! Because cupcake wants to be hero.. but since we're on hero.. hmmmmmm
..for the lockscreen the credits go to goldenarmz.
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well sir, thats just me not reading! lol
harpreet1988 said:
I actually like the lockscreen from Drizzy's 1.4r1 rom. If you want that, just grab the com.htc.resources.apk from his build, push it to yours and...no more arc .
The Phone.apk does not change the theme of the phone app on the 1.5.1 rom(link in sig).
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Did you get this to work on jacxheroski 2.1??
bigchi2000 said:
Did you get this to work on jacxheroski 2.1??
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Gotten what to work? Phone.apk?
I've used 2.1 for a day, but then flashed back to 1.5.1. 1.5.1 is faster, at least in my experience it has been. But pushing Phone.apk to 1.5.1 ROM doesn't work.
Though pushing com.htc.resources.apk from Drizzy's 1.4r1 to 1.5.1 ROM got rid of the ARC in the lockscreen.
bigchi2000 said:
Did you get this to work on jacxheroski 2.1??
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As far as I know it should work. The thing that was keeping these mods from working before was the kernel changes. I am going to keep up with these and when the kernels change i will edit the files accordingly. If you want to be safe, just do this
adb remount
adb pull /system/framework/com.htc.resources.apk
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This will pull your stock lockscreen, now run the .bat file and let your phone reboot. If it reboots and you cant get past the htc screen do this
adb remount
Adb push (the com.htc.resources.apk file you pulled\com.htc.resources /system/sd/app_s/
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This will get you back to where you were before. Hope this helps, but like i said it should work just fine.
harpreet1988 said:
I actually like the lockscreen from Drizzy's 1.4r1 rom. If you want that, just grab the com.htc.resources.apk from his build, push it to yours and...no more arc .
The Phone.apk does not change the theme of the phone app on the 1.5.1 rom(link in sig).
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I will make a different phone.apk and htccontacts.apk when i get home that will work with those builds. Its drizzys 1.5.1 right? Sorry im at work still and am trying to keep up with you guys on the fly. For a quicker response hit me up on gtalk - [email protected]
palosjr said:
I will make a different phone.apk and htccontacts.apk when i get home that will work with those builds. Its drizzys 1.5.1 right? Sorry im at work still and am trying to keep up with you guys on the fly. For a quicker response hit me up on gtalk - [email protected]
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nope it's the MoDaCo 1.5.1 but Drizzy's 1.4
harpreet1988 said:
Gotten what to work? Phone.apk?
I've used 2.1 for a day, but then flashed back to 1.5.1. 1.5.1 is faster, at least in my experience it has been. But pushing Phone.apk to 1.5.1 ROM doesn't work.
Though pushing com.htc.resources.apk from Drizzy's 1.4r1 to 1.5.1 ROM got rid of the ARC in the lockscreen.
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try this file for phone.apk ... i took the Phone.apk directly from that build and edited it. If it works i will do the HtcContacts.apk as well. follow same instructions as in the OP
1.5.1 Phone.apk
before pushing, rename the file to Phone.apk
ok guys so after messing with peep.apk i got it to be white and transparent, but for some reason, as soon as the app actually starts and shows the tweets, it goes back to normal, i know it has something to do with .9.png and thats fine, i can mess with them, its just going to take more time. so in the meantime, what else would you guys like to see?
palosjr said:
ok guys so after messing with peep.apk i got it to be white and transparent, but for some reason, as soon as the app actually starts and shows the tweets, it goes back to normal, i know it has something to do with .9.png and thats fine, i can mess with them, its just going to take more time. so in the meantime, what else would you guys like to see?
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Just pushed the edits thru on jacxheroskiv2.1, everything but the lockscreen worked perfectly, did everything exactly as mentioned, don't know where I could've went wrong... the arc is still there, and when i personalize my phone it gives me the option of the transparent theme, i chose it and and my lockscreen is now a solid black picture with an arc over it...
pushed everything else first,
pulled my lockscreen to C:\
extracted zip to my sdcard, ran bat file...
files were copied and then i get the above mentioned.
Wassup palos? Nice to see you getting your hero theming on. Awesome work
bigchi2000 said:
Just pushed the edits thru on jacxheroskiv2.1, everything but the lockscreen worked perfectly, did everything exactly as mentioned, don't know where I could've went wrong... the arc is still there, and when i personalize my phone it gives me the option of the transparent theme, i chose it and and my lockscreen is now a solid black picture with an arc over it...
pushed everything else first,
pulled my lockscreen to C:\
extracted zip to my sdcard, ran bat file...
files were copied and then i get the above mentioned.
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dont zip the files to the sdcard, just zip them to the directory you downloaded them from, and then run the .bat, i think maybe when you put it on your sd it isnt finding the new files. also, if you push everything and then pull the lockscreen, there arent going to be any new images there because you pulled them off the phone.
Wassup palos? Nice to see you getting your hero theming on. Awesome work
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whats going on bro, yea its nice to be able to know enough to give back now

Uninstalling WaveSecure from Modaco ROM

I just installed the Modaco ROM on my Desire (It is awesome BTW) but i don't like the WaveSecure program and i can't seem to be able to find it in /system/app to remove it!
Is there a way to delete this program off the phone!?
I would like to learn how to do this also
Don't think you can unless you use the online kitchen (I don't like it so removed it from mine)
I believe:
adb remount
adb shell rm /system/app/com.wsandroid.apk
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Doesn't seem to work mate.
Code:
C:\DevTools\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb remount
remount succeeded
C:\DevTools\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb shell
# rm /system/app/com.wsandroid.apk
rm /system/app/com.wsandroid.apk
rm: can't remove '/system/app/com.wsandroid.apk': Directory not empty
#
plasmafire said:
Doesn't seem to work mate.
Code:
C:\DevTools\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb remount
remount succeeded
C:\DevTools\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb shell
# rm /system/app/com.wsandroid.apk
rm /system/app/com.wsandroid.apk
rm: can't remove '/system/app/com.wsandroid.apk': Directory not empty
#
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Running as admin?
Same here. Running as admin - nevertheless "Directory not empty"
Edit: solved. Run SUBFS on phone and mounted /system RW. After that tried again in cmd - voila!
Insomnious said:
Same here. Running as admin - nevertheless "Directory not empty"
Edit: solved. Run SUBFS on phone and mounted /system RW. After that tried again in cmd - voila!
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+1
For noobs like me: It's actually SUFBS, not SUBFS. Google for the apk, install the app, in the menu there's an option "mount /system RW". Activate and then run the adb commands above in a cmd window on your PC. Et voila!
(Just realised this is a Desire thread, this worked for me on my Nexus too)

How to root manually/without Windows

There is already an excellent write-up on how to use SuperOneClick to root your Optimus V.
Unfortunately, you may not have a Windows machine available to run the util, or your PC hates the LG drivers, or you may wish to control how you go about rooting your device.
Hence this short write-up which, obviously, relies on pieces I got from that other write-up.
I. Rooting your device
1. You still need ADB!
2. Download the LG Optimus V Tools package from http://nexus.zteo.com/projects/tools/
3. Unzip it
4. Command-line:
Code:
adb push psneuter /data/local/tmp/
adb push su /data/local/tmp/
adb shell
cd /data/local/tmp
chmod 777 psneuter
chmod 777 su
./psneuter
5. You should be kicked out of the shell
6. Command-line:
Code:
adb shell
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /system
cat /data/local/tmp/su > /system/bin/su
mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /system
(Oh look you are root!)
That's it. You now have permanent root access.
After rebooting your phone, adb should be back to logging you in as a regular user but typing "su" will do the trick.
Note: I realize that the version of SuperUser.apk that comes with SuperOneClick might be re-usable here. I haven't had any success with it but you may.
II. Flashing a new ROM
1. After rooting your device, obviously...
2. Get an image for the ROM you wish to flash...
Currently, my favourite one is a fairly recent version of Zefie's CM7.
You can find it by googling "update-cm-7-04282011-NIGHTLY-thunderc-Xionia-signed.zip" -- I will refer to it, below, as <your_rom_zip_file>
3. Get a minimum Google Apps package for flashing as well.
Here, I would google "gapps-gb-20110325-signed.zip" -- I will refer to it, below, as <your_gapps_zip_file>
3. Command-line:
Code:
adb push flash_recovery /data/local/tmp/
adb push recovery.img /sdcard/
adb push Debug-FormatSYSTEM.zip /sdcard/
adb push <your_rom_zip_file> /sdcard/
adb push <your_gapps_zip_file> /sdcard/
adb shell
su
chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/flash_recovery
/data/local/tmp/flash_recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
reboot recovery
4. In recovery: Flash Debug-FormatSYSTEM.zip
5. In recovery: Wipe cache and dalvik-cache
6. In recovery: Flash <your_rom_zip_file> -- this will take a while
7. Do not reboot!
8. In recovery: Flash <your_gapps_zip_file>
9. Now, reboot.
10. Let your phone think about life for a few minutes
11. Select "Skip" when your phone asks you to create/enter your account info
12. Launch the market; now, enter your main account information
Hey first of all let me tell you that I appreciate this guide. Now my problem is that I am such a noob that I may be doing this wrong.I download the file to my optimus.Then in an explorer I extract it, correct? After that once I put in the first line of command on terminal emulator I get an error that says "adb: permission denied". Please help this guide is my last resort.Whatever I do I can not root through windows.It would be nice if you could explain in more detail every step. Thanks!
help
can u please add a little more detail thank u very much appreciated.
SouthParkFan15:
adb is a tool that you run on your computer; it is available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. It is part of the Google SDK.
thizizjohnny:
Could you give me a little more detail regarding what detail you are interested in?
How do I unzip?.. is extract the same thing? I'm running Linux mint 10. How do I get adb? Excuse my noobness.
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Oh and one last thing.. does this work on android version 2.2.1?
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Yes this works with 2.2.1.
On Linux Mint, you can use the package manager or the unzip command in a terminal window.
apk:
Download the SDK at http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Install it, then run "android" and select "Install platform tools"
I finally got adb on my system, but when I type in "adb devices" nothing comes up and when I do any command that involves the phone i get "error:device not found".Yes I have usb debugging on and yes I have all the right drivers installed and yes I have tried rebooting a million times, and no my computer has never recognized my phone the way it should.Let me also point out that though pdanet or droid explorer they can't find my device. Help please I'm desperate!
Oh, my. Sorry to read that.
Problem is, in 2.2.x, the exploits that give you root access rely on ADB itself so you couldn't be more out of luck.
On second thought...this may seem a bit weird but there may be a way. I have to think about it. It would involve using a file manager that agrees to "see" /data/local/tmp, running psneuter from there and keeping our fingers crossed. I'll keep you updated.
Alright thanks cyansmoke! Keep me informed.
I ran all of the steps for rooting and I didn't get one error. It didn't seem to work though. When I launch adb again after rebooting my phone I get permission denied when I try to run su.
Here is the cap from my command line. I have no idea why it didn't take.
C:\phone\LGOptimusVTools>adb shell
$ cd /data/local/tmp
cd /data/local/tmp
$ chmod 777 psneuter
chmod 777 psneuter
$ chmod 777 su
chmod 777 su
$ ./psneuter
./psneuter
property service neutered.
killing adbd. (should restart in a second or two)
C:\phone\LGOptimusVTools>adb shell
# mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /system
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /system
# cat /data/local/tmp/su > /system/bin/su
cat /data/local/tmp/su > /system/bin/su
# mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /system
mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /system
# exit
exit
C:\phone\LGOptimusVTools>adb shell
$ su
su
su: permission denied
$
It's possible that you have another su in your path that takes precedence.
Please try typing:
/system/bin/su
Hey, do you know if there is a way to upgrade my device to froyo 2.2.2? It's currently 2.2.1 and whenever I go to update system it says something like "Your system is up to date".Incase you have forgotten I have the optimus v that can't establish connections with the computer.So what I could do?I'm thinking that If I do that then maybe it could fix all of my problems (or some of them).Thanks
I don't think that it will help you no.
OK it's taking longer than I thought because my wife's LGV, after I restored it to stock, decided that it would not allow psneuter anymore.
Thus, I will need you to run these commands for me and let me know how that went:
1. First, copy psneuter to the root of your SD Card.
2. Then, download Terminal Emulator from the market
3. Run Terminal Emulator, type:
Code:
cp /sdcard/psneuter /data/local/tmp/
chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/psneuter
/data/local/tmp/psneuter
Now, if we are lucky, you should get kicked out of the terminal app (I know it's weird but there is a claim that it goes through adb(!))
Restart the terminal emulator. If we are double-lucky, your prompt should have changed from '$' to '#'
Fingers crossed. Still surprised to hear that terminal emulator would go through adb. No, let me rephrase that: I am moderately surprised, in fact, considering the limitations put on non-rooted apps.
After I put psneuter on the root of my sdcard.I go to terminal emulator and put in the first code and it says "cp: permission denied".Any suggestions?
SouthParkFan15 said:
After I put psneuter on the root of my sdcard.I go to terminal emulator and put in the first code and it says "cp: permission denied".Any suggestions?
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Ah, my bad, no "cp" by default.
New instructions:
Code:
cat /sdcard/psneuter > /data/local/tmp/
chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/psneuter
/data/local/tmp/psneuter
After I put in the first code I get an error message saying "cannot create /data/local/tmp/: is a directory".
*facepalm*
Of course I should have written:
Code:
cat /sdcard/psneuter > /data/local/tmp/psneuter
I put in "cat /sdcard/psneuter > /data/local/tmp/psneuter" and I get an error message saying "cannot create /data/local/tmp/psneuter: directory nonexistent".
Any suggestions?

[Q] Run script on FireTV boot

I have a very simple script to mount my NAS to a specific path that I want executed every time my FireTV boots.
I have read about pointing to it in the install-recovery-2.sh, however that is not available on my FireTV. I have also read about placing the script in system/etc/init.d/ however that path doesn't exist on the fireTV either.
Would prefer to do this at the system level and not rely on a manager (Tasker, Script Manager, etc).
Anyone have any experience?
Update w/ solution:
I was able to get this working by placing a script called install-recovery.sh in /system/etc/ . Make sure that permissions are set appropriately (at least 755). If creating the script on a Windows machine, make sure there aren't any hidden whitespace characters (I personally verified the script using SManager on my Fire TV).
Code:
[B]sleep 15[/B]
mkdir /mnt/obb/nas
chmod 777 /mnt/obb/nas
[B]sleep 20[/B]
mount -o noperm,unc=\\\\192.168.1.147\\Public,username=xxxxxx,password=xxxxxx -t cifs none /mnt/obb/nas
The sleep command is necessary as the script may run before the network is initialized.
Thanks rbox and ECEXCURSION!
patrickorr said:
I have a very simple script to mount my NAS to a specific path that I want executed every time my FireTV boots.
I have read about pointing to it in the install-recovery-2.sh, however that is not available on my FireTV. I have also read about placing the script in system/etc/init.d/ however that path doesn't exist on the fireTV either.
Would prefer to do this at the system level and not rely on a manager (Tasker, Script Manager, etc).
Anyone have any experience?
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/system/etc/install-recovery.sh
rbox said:
/system/etc/install-recovery.sh
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That file does not exist in /system/etc/ on my FireTV
patrickorr said:
That file does not exist in /system/etc/ on my FireTV
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Yes... you have to create it...
rbox said:
Yes... you have to create it...
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Ahh, sorry a little dense
Will give that a shot and report back on the results
Ok, I have placed install-recovery.sh (which houses my mounting script) in /system/etc/
I reboot and it doesn't appear that the script has run. Is there anything else I would need to do in order to get it to run on boot?
If it matters here are the details on my FireTV
Custom Recovery 6.0.5.1.4a
Pre-rooted 51.1.4.1_514013920
patrickorr said:
Ok, I have placed install-recovery.sh (which houses my mounting script) in /system/etc/
I reboot and it doesn't appear that the script has run. Is there anything else I would need to do in order to get it to run on boot?
If it matters here are the details on my FireTV
Custom Recovery 6.0.5.1.4a
Pre-rooted 51.1.4.1_514013920
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And you're sure the script works?
rbox said:
And you're sure the script works?
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That is a very good question How can I test that my script is functioning?
From adb shell or Terminal emulator I type the following commands to mount my NAS:
Code:
su
cd /mnt/obb/
mkdir nas
chmod 777 nas
mount -o noperm,unc=\\\\192.168.1.147\\Public,username=xxxxxx,password=xxxxxx -t cifs none /mnt/obb/nas
To turn this into a script I just dumped it into notepad and added #!/system/bin/sh to the top and saved it as install-recovery.sh.
patrickorr said:
That is a very good question How can I test that my script is functioning?
From adb shell or Terminal emulator I type the following commands to mount my NAS:
Code:
su
cd /mnt/obb/
mkdir nas
chmod 777 nas
mount -o noperm,unc=\\\\192.168.1.147\\Public,username=xxxxxx,password=xxxxxx -t cifs none /mnt/obb/nas
To turn this into a script I just dumped it into notepad and added #!/system/bin/sh to the top and saved it as install-recovery.sh.
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Run it from adb, but right off the bat, I can tell you you need to chmod 755 it atleast before that will work.
rbox said:
Run it from adb, but right off the bat, I can tell you you need to chmod 755 it atleast before that will work.
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Ok, was able to run the script, but got the following error(s):
Code:
127|[email protected]:/system/etc # sh ./install-recovery.sh
sh ./install-recovery.sh
: not foundecovery.sh[2]:
: not foundecovery.sh[3]: su
: No such file or directoryd: /mnt/obb/
, Read-only file system
: No such file or directory
mount: No such file or directory
patrickorr said:
Ok, was able to run the script, but got the following error(s):
Code:
127|[email protected]:/system/etc # sh ./install-recovery.sh
sh ./install-recovery.sh
: not foundecovery.sh[2]:
: not foundecovery.sh[3]: su
: No such file or directoryd: /mnt/obb/
, Read-only file system
: No such file or directory
mount: No such file or directory
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Well first of all, don't run it with sh... it needs to have #!/system/bin/sh at the top, and you need to run it directly. Second, don't put su in it because it's already running in the root context.
rbox said:
Well first of all, don't run it with sh... it needs to have #!/system/bin/sh at the top, and you need to run it directly. Second, don't put su in it because it's already running in the root context.
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How would I run it directly?
Here is my current script (with su removed):
Code:
#!/system/bin/sh
cd /mnt/obb/
mkdir nas
chmod 777 nas
mount -o noperm,unc=\\\\192.168.1.147\\Public,username=xxxxxx,password=xxxxxx -t cifs none /mnt/obb/nas
patrickorr said:
How would I run it directly?
Here is my current script (with su removed):
Code:
#!/system/bin/sh
cd /mnt/obb/
mkdir nas
chmod 777 nas
mount -o noperm,unc=\\\\192.168.1.147\\Public,username=xxxxxx,password=xxxxxx -t cifs none /mnt/obb/nas
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Just type:
/system/etc/install-recovery.sh
rbox said:
Just type:
/system/etc/install-recovery.sh
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I am attempting to run that in adb shell, but am getting the following errors:
Code:
[email protected]:/ $ cd /system/etc/
cd /system/etc/
[email protected]:/system/etc $ stat -c "%a %n" install-recovery.sh
stat -c "%a %n" install-recovery.sh
777 install-recovery.sh
[email protected]:/system/etc $ /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
/system/etc/install-recovery.sh
/system/bin/sh: /system/etc/install-recovery.sh: No such file or directory
1|[email protected]:/system/etc $ ./system/etc/install-recovery.sh
./system/etc/install-recovery.sh
/system/bin/sh: ./system/etc/install-recovery.sh: not found
127|[email protected]:/system/etc $
It seems like the permissions are correct on the file, and I also tried adding ./ before the path to see if that made any differences.
I made a slight "upgrade" to my script to see if it would help (but as you can probably already see, I am not exactly sure what I am doing!):
Code:
#!/system/bin/sh
mkdir /mnt/obb/nas
chmod 777 /mnt/obb/nas
busybox mount -o noperm,unc=\\\\192.168.1.147\\Public,username=xxxxxx,password=xxxxxx -t cifs none /mnt/obb/nas
patrickorr said:
I am attempting to run that in adb shell, but am getting the following errors:
Code:
[email protected]:/ $ cd /system/etc/
cd /system/etc/
[email protected]:/system/etc $ stat -c "%a %n" install-recovery.sh
stat -c "%a %n" install-recovery.sh
777 install-recovery.sh
[email protected]:/system/etc $ /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
/system/etc/install-recovery.sh
/system/bin/sh: /system/etc/install-recovery.sh: No such file or directory
1|[email protected]:/system/etc $ ./system/etc/install-recovery.sh
./system/etc/install-recovery.sh
/system/bin/sh: ./system/etc/install-recovery.sh: not found
127|[email protected]:/system/etc $
It seems like the permissions are correct on the file, and I also tried adding ./ before the path to see if that made any differences.
I made a slight "upgrade" to my script to see if it would help (but as you can probably already see, I am not exactly sure what I am doing!):
Code:
#!/system/bin/sh
mkdir /mnt/obb/nas
chmod 777 /mnt/obb/nas
busybox mount -o noperm,unc=\\\\192.168.1.147\\Public,username=xxxxxx,password=xxxxxx -t cifs none /mnt/obb/nas
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That sounds strange... but you'll need to run su before running it, because it needs root. It could be that its not in UNIX file format. If you edited it on Windows you need to use an advanced editor that has the ability to save as UNIX format.
rbox said:
That sounds strange... but you'll need to run su before running it, because it needs root. It could be that its not in UNIX file format. If you edited it on Windows you need to use an advanced editor that has the ability to save as UNIX format.
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Unix file format appears to have been the issue. When I opened it with SManager I saw some nasty whitespace characters. Removed those and the script works as expected:
Code:
[email protected]:/data/media/0 # ./install-recovery.sh
./install-recovery.sh
[email protected]:/data/media/0 # cd /mnt/obb/nas
cd /mnt/obb/nas
[email protected]:/mnt/obb/nas # ls
ls
Games
Photos
Shared Music
Shared Videos
eBooks
key.txt
[email protected]:/mnt/obb/nas #
After confirming the script worked as expected, I moved it to /system/etc/ and verified permissions were acceptable (777). Upon reboot I see that the /mnt/obb/nas is created, however the NAS is not mapped.
Can you comment, when is the install-recovery.sh called in the boot up process? Is it possible that the CIFS module isn't fully loaded when this is called? Alternatively, is there a log that I could reference to see if any error occurred while running the script at startup?
patrickorr said:
Unix file format appears to have been the issue. When I opened it with SManager I saw some nasty whitespace characters. Removed those and the script works as expected:
Code:
[email protected]:/data/media/0 # ./install-recovery.sh
./install-recovery.sh
[email protected]:/data/media/0 # cd /mnt/obb/nas
cd /mnt/obb/nas
[email protected]:/mnt/obb/nas # ls
ls
Games
Photos
Shared Music
Shared Videos
eBooks
key.txt
[email protected]:/mnt/obb/nas #
After confirming the script worked as expected, I moved it to /system/etc/ and verified permissions were acceptable (777). Upon reboot I see that the /mnt/obb/nas is created, however the NAS is not mapped.
Can you comment, when is the install-recovery.sh called in the boot up process? Is it possible that the CIFS module isn't fully loaded when this is called? Alternatively, is there a log that I could reference to see if any error occurred while running the script at startup?
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It's probably running before the network comes up. There might be maybe some kind of regular android apk that will run a script when the network comes up. There might be a way to just stick a loop in your current script waiting for something, not sure.
You could probably just add "sleep 30" to the beginning of the script.
rbox said:
It's probably running before the network comes up. There might be maybe some kind of regular android apk that will run a script when the network comes up. There might be a way to just stick a loop in your current script waiting for something, not sure.
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ECEXCURSION said:
You could probably just add "sleep 30" to the beginning of the script.
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Thanks, will give that a try when I get back home.
Edit: It worked! Thanks to the both you for your input.
Just wondering since I'm a newbie when it comes to this one. Does mounted folder have to be in /mnt/obb or can I choose any directory I want?

Remove Hands Free Activation (Android nougat)

Hi,
To Remove Hands Free Activation you should remove Spirint apps in system directory follow by commands below:
Code:
adb shell su -c mount -o rw,remount /system
adb shell
su
cd system
cd priv-app
rm -r SprintAndroidExtension2
rm -r SprintDM
rm -r SprintSetupWizard
rm -r SprintSyncMLPhoneIF
rm -r SprintSyncMLSvc
touch like button if this thread helps you.
Thank you for this!
why i am getting read only file error??
crixus190 said:
why i am getting read only file error??
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becuase you need root permision
This worked. Thank you!

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