Hi all,
I am in MS2GINGER3.0 RTM and when I am trying to replace a system file (eg SystemUI.apk) I always get "system is write protected".Also,when I give adb remount,I get an answer operation not permitted.Can anyone help?
You should use root explorer and make sure browsing files with read/write ready. Putting systemUI apk would freeze your phone if the modded file have different configuration. I would suggest you put the apk into a flash able zip and flash it under CWM.
Sent from my awesome Moto Defy: Rooted Gingerbread 2.3.6 - XDA Premium
The strange thing is that with previous versions of MS2GINGER I could do anything I wanted with Android Commander.Now I have the problem that I mentioned before.I ask for what changed and there is problem now.
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Hi All,
I deleted the default browser a while ago and now want to use it again for testing. I cant find it in the market, so is there a download link to add it back to my device?
Also, I have removed most of the bloatware from the device but would like to know if there is an official ROM I can download in case I need to restore the device.
Can anyone point me to some links.
Thanks
Ian
Have you tried resetting the device to default? That could solve the problem.
Download a custom rom like Leedroids, extract it somewhere, navigate ti system/app and browser. Copy it and using root explorer mound r/w and paste it into system/app of your running rom.
Sent from my LeeDroided Desire HD
iancrowther said:
Hi All,
I deleted the default browser a while ago and now want to use it again for testing. I cant find it in the market, so is there a download link to add it back to my device?
Also, I have removed most of the bloatware from the device but would like to know if there is an official ROM I can download in case I need to restore the device.
Can anyone point me to some links.
Thanks
Ian
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This has a list of RUU that you can use for restoring to stock firmware
Welcome to my guide to help you with every thing android related to your defy!Your defy is hard on the outside but it can be damaged on the inside, so I take no responsibility if you mess up but it is very hard to brick the defy
Any questions feel free to ask and we will try to help you
Have fun modding!
If you have a gide you want to add pm me! (i will link every thing to xda pages soon)
Contents
First up are some tools you should become familiar with if you want to start modding your device
how to root the defy
- Gain admin access ----------Use super one click and just press a button (very easy)
how to over clock the defy
- increase processor speed ---------- just download milestone over clock from market (easy)
how to install recovery
- allow installation of custom roms ---------- install app that allows recovery mode to work (easy)
Using rds lite
- allow installation motorola roms ---------- and application that allows you to re-flash your phone (medium)
How to install 2nd init
- use 2nd init bypass bootloader ---------- use an app to install 2nd init (Hard)
How to factory reset / unbrick
- reset you phone to complete stock ---------- use RSD Lite to flash a stock SBF (medium)
Next up is how to upgrade you device to newer versions of android. Their are a few different ways to do this and its down to how you choose to go about it.
If you are familiar with RSD lite you can flash a Motorola signed rom quite easily.A list of SBF's can be found here at xda. I would check the thread first to make sure every thing is ok with it and it is downloadable to save your self a lot of trouble
Official UK froyo 2.2 Upgrades
For the official Vodaphone uk Froyo update Look here
For the official T-Mobile uk Froyo update Look over here
Non official (but probably better) Upgrades
2.1how to install an éclair custom rom
- custom version of android 2.1 ---------- downlaod revover image and restore in reovery (easy)
2.2how to install a froyo custom rom
- custom version of android 2.2 ---------- flash image with RDS lite and then use recovery (medium)
2.3how to install a gingerbread custom rom
- custom version of android 2.3.4 ---------- use 2nd init to flash a new kernel and new rom(hard)
any tips you have share below
any questions feel free to ask below
I will link every thing to xda soon
Nice Post !!!!
please update rooting with superoneclick instead of z4root
A nice guide! I hope you keep updating it! Thanks for all your efforts!
Looking forward to reading all this when I get time!
lanfearxt said:
please update rooting with superoneclick instead of z4root
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o yeah thanks
Add how to decompile sbf file, and recompile them and know their versions every each of them.
Add how to make custom.zip and update.zip which can be flash only in custom recovery.
Add how to editor apk files and tools needed to make it work.
Add how to use root explorer to copy, move and fix permission in the system folders.
Add how to recover from semi brick, full brick and known its way around.
Make a fully complete guide would surely push your guide an ultimate thread..
Sent from my awesome Moto Defy: Stock Rooted Gingerbread 2.3.3 - XDA Premium
how to downgrade ?
it would be better if you provide some links how to downgrade from froyo 2.2 - eclair 2.1 (either to 2.51 or 2.59)
and also to gingerbread (2.3.4 or 2.3.3) to froyo 2.2 or else eclair 2.1 (either 2.51 or 2.59)
if someone has flashed with full sbf . as of now not talking about them. but if someone has flashed gingerbread 2.3.3/2.3.4 with nanodroid backup of 2.3.3 or 2.3.4 (shadows rom) ... they arent able to find any solution to downgrade as of now . can you please provide a proper link which works for downgrade in the above mentioned scenario ?
do i need the 2nd init to restore a backup from recovery?
thanx
This is a very old thread! Check the Beginners guide in this forum, its very first post
Gesendet von meinem CM7 Defy
guinnes.s said:
do i need the 2nd init to restore a backup from recovery?
thanx
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2init will in install CMW Mode which helps in recovery. So what i knw is
"2init in needed to make a recovery option in booting menu which helps to recover from a nanroid backup"..
seems no other method is avaliable as Defy has a locked boot loader and u can edit it easily..
bt u can also try RSDLite to restore from a .SBF file using PC
Apologies if this has been answered somewhere but I couldn't find it.
I have an unlocked S-On wildfire S which has Stock 2.3.5 on it although I've uninstalled a fair bit since I unlocked the bootloader.
Basically, I want to use the Miui_JxMatteo_Alpha |CM7.2| ROM but I'm not a fan of the keyboard it has. Can I extract the keyboard from the stock ROM and load it into the Custom ROM? I think it would be a case of using ROOT explorer to locate the relevant files in the backup and then to copy them to the relevant root directory and then probably flash them but I don't know which files, where they are, where they go or how to flash them properly!
Any help would be appreciated.
Use this mate: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1436624
Don't forget to hit the thanks button if it helped.
Hello,
Im currently using the Jelly Sandwich 8.0 rom. Very new to all these stuff and took me a couple of tries before I succeed in installing this ROM.
But I went ahead and try to play around with defaultthemes.apk and tried installing custom themes (copy paste using root explorer, mounted as r/w and all). After following the proper instructions and rebooting it seems like the themes cant be found in settings>display>themes.
Can anyone help me point out where I did wrong?
Or is Jelly Sandwich not supportive of custom themes?
Thanks in advance and please inform if I am in the wrong section/part of the forums.
Using ARC S, locked bootloader, stock kernel, Jelly Sandwich 8.0 ROM, tried installing themes from: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1481769
Kaedy92 said:
Hello,
Im currently using the Jelly Sandwich 8.0 rom. Very new to all these stuff and took me a couple of tries before I succeed in installing this ROM.
But I went ahead and try to play around with defaultthemes.apk and tried installing custom themes (copy paste using root explorer, mounted as r/w and all). After following the proper instructions and rebooting it seems like the themes cant be found in settings>display>themes.
Can anyone help me point out where I did wrong?
Or is Jelly Sandwich not supportive of custom themes?
Thanks in advance and please inform if I am in the wrong section/part of the forums.
Using ARC S, locked bootloader, stock kernel, Jelly Sandwich 8.0 ROM, tried installing themes from: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1481769
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Have you set the correct permissions for defaultthemes.apk? make sure you tick the necessary permission boxes to get the combination r-w-r-r
no need reboot
i change the defaulttheme and it's work.
i change picture size with PhotoCap
copy and paste.....done
move to /system/apk
permissions 211
go settings>display>themes. choose your custom theme. no need reboot your phone.
caution:
1.permissions need change to 211
2.picture size must to be the same (very important)
3.picture's name must to be the same(just copy the old one's name and paste to the new one)
Hello
I have a rooted Samsung Note 10.1 2014, with lollipop 5.1.1 installed. I have tried the give ES file explorer root access, (in the tools drop down menu), but it gives me error : "Sorry, test failed. This feature cannot run on your device".
Secondly, when i go to the toolbox in ES file explorer it gives me error " Failed to update data" and nothing shows up.
I've a rooted Samsung Note 3, with 4.4.2, and ES file explorer works fine in that.
Can someone help or guide me here?
thanks
tahrang said:
Hello
I have a rooted Samsung Note 10.1 2014, with lollipop 5.1.1 installed. I have tried the give ES file explorer root access, (in the tools drop down menu), but it gives me error : "Sorry, test failed. This feature cannot run on your device".
Secondly, when i go to the toolbox in ES file explorer it gives me error " Failed to update data" and nothing shows up.
I've a rooted Samsung Note 3, with 4.4.2, and ES file explorer works fine in that.
Can someone help or guide me here?
thanks
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Same problem with Samsung S4 mini i9195 with Android 6.0.1 AICP rom. It works fine with Note 10.1 2014 P600 and stock rom 5.1.1.
Have you verified your properly rooted with a root checker? I was having similar issues with both ES and Titanium Backup a few months ago and it turned out I had lost root access somehow. I re-rooted it and everything worked perfectly again.... no problems since then.
If you have 5.1.1 you need a modified kernel for root access... Don't have the modified kernel then you can flash root until it kills your tablet but you might as well smash your head against the wall to get rid of a headache.
ultramag69 said:
If you have 5.1.1 you need a modified kernel for root access... Don't have the modified kernel then you can flash root until it kills your tablet but you might as well smash your head against the wall to get rid of a headache.
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How or where can this modified kernel be found?
My 5.1.1 LL is rooted, but somehow i cant write changes to system folder....i tried using 3rd-app to enable all apps to run in multiwindow on stock 5.1.1 but it keeps saying my sytem its read only,this happens even if i enable rw permisions from drop down menu of file managers like solid explorer!
Has anyone managed to write and save changes to system folder?
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How or where can this modified kernel be found?
My 5.1.1 LL is rooted, but somehow i cant write changes to system folder....i tried using 3rd-app to enable all apps to run in multiwindow on stock 5.1.1 but it keeps saying my sytem its read only,this happens even if i enable rw permisions from drop down menu of file managers like solid explorer!
Has anyone managed to write and save changes to system folder?
<<<New World Order (NWO)>>>
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Yes, I have root access that can write to system files and modify them..
Here is a link tomodified P605 Kernel - http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...rnel-stock-selinux-permissive-kernel-t3232814
And, if by some miracle you havent had Knox go to 0x1, this will do that. Be aware...
Does Any one know how to add all installed apps to the multiwindow function?
ie. Patch the framework to allow this!
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[email protected] said:
Does Any one know how to add all installed apps to the multiwindow function?
ie. Patch the framework to allow this!
<<<New World Order (NWO)>>>
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.xperiacle.mwappsmanager
I'm not sure if this app works on lollipop as I'm not running a stock rooted lollipop ROM, but it worth a try. I do know it does work with a stock rooted kit kat rom though. Hope that helps
thebadwrench said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.xperiacle.mwappsmanager
I'm not sure if this app works on lollipop as I'm not running a stock rooted lollipop ROM, but it worth a try. I do know it does work with a stock rooted kit kat rom though. Hope that helps
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I tried that one and it aint working....im using mw spen enabler,this works but ive got to enable each app individually and if the app its updated then ive got to repeat the process!
Thats why im looking for ideas on patching framework to have this funtion without modifying apps separately, thanks for replying
Hi Guys, this is a known problem as it is doing it to my Xperia Z5 DUAL(using MM) as well.
I found this: https://disqus.com/home/discussion/mjdseo/how_to_enable_root_browsing_in_es_file_explorer/newest/
But the guy who found the solution by repatching the actual app is of no help to me. I want ES File Explorer to fix this!! As i dont like any other file explorer.
tahrang said:
Hello
I have a rooted Samsung Note 10.1 2014, with lollipop 5.1.1 installed. I have tried the give ES file explorer root access, (in the tools drop down menu), but it gives me error : "Sorry, test failed. This feature cannot run on your device".
Secondly, when i go to the toolbox in ES file explorer it gives me error " Failed to update data" and nothing shows up.
I've a rooted Samsung Note 3, with 4.4.2, and ES file explorer works fine in that.
Can someone help or guide me here?
thanks
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I had the same problem with es file explorer. Flashing super su 2.68 with with twrp solved the problem on my p600.
Newer super su versions are maybe not compatible with file explorer.
Stogie87 said:
I had the same problem with es file explorer. Flashing super su 2.68 with with twrp solved the problem on my p600.
Newer super su versions are maybe not compatible with file explorer.
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Works, thank you.