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[Guide] MT4G Remapping Genius button to Google Search

Here is the guide to remap the Genius button to Google search.
A press will give you text search and long press will give you voice search.
Items needed:
Root access (Perm root required as not having perm root will result in changes being undone on reboot)
Root explorer
MT4G
Fingers
If you misspell the word you will lose button functionality. Your Power button and volume buttons won't work. All is not lost though, pull the battery follow the steps again. I would recommend making a backup of the file before you edit it (Root explorer makes a backup, but you can never make too many. That and Root explorer makes a backup of the file before editing).
Steps:
1. Open Root explorer and navigate /system/usr/keylayout/ (That is scroll down and press the system folder. Scroll down again and press the usr folder. Press the keylayout folder)
2. At the top right corner of the screen press mount r/w
3. Long press "glacier-keypad.kl"
4. A screen will pop up, scroll down to "Open in Text Editor"
5. key 183 will say FUNC_4, change this to SEARCH (all caps)
6. Press the menu button
7. Press "Save Changes"
8. Long press power button
9. Press Restart
10.Try it out, and say thank you after it works.
Sorry but I was always told to explain it as if you were 10yrs old to prevent questions. Wasn't trying to offend anyone's intelligence.
Also while you're in there if you want to add WAKE_DROPPED after HOME, your phone will now wake when you press the home button.
If someone wants to make a guide for how to do this with adb, post it and I will update the op.
Update: The google voice search on this phone sucks balls. Go to the market and download Vlingo. The first time you long press search after this it will give you the option to make it the default voice search. Imo it is superior to the native voice search, at least on this phone.
Update: The latest update for Voice Search has fixed whatever the problem may have been. But Vlingo is still a great app so feel free to give it a try.
Update: Mftek has given you another alternative. Please see this post For instruction on how to get Google search on a short press, and the Genius button on a long press.
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Absolutely genius... I will try it soon.
Before I do... we can reverse by simply changing it from SEARCH back to FUNC_4, I assume?

Already tried to change it back and it worked no problem.

You are the man! Thanks
Works perfect
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21productionz said:
Here is the guide to remap the Genius button to Google search.
A press will give you text search and long press will give you voice search.
Items needed:
Root access
Root explorer
MT4G
Fingers
If misspell the word you will lose button functionality. Your Power button and volume buttons won't work. All is not lost though, pull the battery follow the steps again. I would recommend making a backup of the file before you edit it (Root explorer makes a backup, but you can never make too many. That and Root explorer makes a backup of the file before editing).
Steps:
1. Open Root explorer and navigate /system/usr/keylayout/ (That is scroll down and press the system folder. Scroll down again and press the usr folder. Press the keylayout folder)
2. At the top right corner of the screen press mount r/w
3. Long press "glacier-keypad.kl"
4. A screen will pop up, scroll down to "Open in Text Editor"
5. key 183 will say FUNC_4, change this to SEARCH (all caps)
6. Press the menu button
7. Press "Save Changes"
8. Long press power button
9. Press Restart
10.Try it out, and say thank you after it works.
Sorry but I was always told to explain it as if you were 10yrs old to prevent questions. Wasn't trying to offend anyone's intelligence.
Also while you're in there if you want to add WAKE_DROPPED after HOME, your phone will now wake when you press the home button.
If someone wants to make a guide for how to do this with adb, post it and I will update the op.
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OMG this has been bugging me since my first boot! Thank you!!

Tried this while temprooted with visionary and didn't work. Copied the file to sdcard and edited it there, then moved it back to its original location, overwriting the original.
On reboot nothing changed. What'd I do wrong?

Brilliant!

Phateless said:
Tried this while temprooted with visionary and didn't work. Copied the file to sdcard and edited it there, then moved it back to its original location, overwriting the original.
On reboot nothing changed. What'd I do wrong?
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If you only had temproot and have not unlocked then Nand, then when you reboot it likely didn't stick.......

Gr8gorilla said:
If you only had temproot and have not unlocked then Nand, then when you reboot it likely didn't stick.......
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Ah... So is S-OFF required to achieve real permanent root? Or can I just use visionary to temp root --> perm root --> remount system as r/w and then go on my merry way?

Perm root is required, I have updated op to say that. Sorry for the confusion. S-off is required for this to stick, unless someone with S-on figures out a way to make it work.

21productionz said:
Perm root is required, I have updated op to say that. Sorry for the confusion. S-off is required for this to stick, unless someone with S-on figures out a way to make it work.
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Ah ok, this will just have to wait a little then.

Hmm I just noticed something strange when I did this, my text on my lockscreen disappeared after doing this .. along with when I press the power button, the text for each option was gone .. restoring back to stock the text is back .. weird.

Worked perfectly!!! Home button now wakes screen and Genius button does Google search. Thank you so much.

Just did it without any hitches. Added Home_Dropped as well. THANK YOU DUDE!!! This made my day even better. Rooted and key re-mapping sweet.

wow awesome that was fast

Ok problem figured out, it was the font I replaced in my system it started acting weird thanks again!

I actually went back to the genius button, for some reason the voice search function could not get a single command right, it couldnt understand "call home" in a perfectly quiet environment, let alone any other commands, like texts, but thanks for the write up.

PolishDude said:
I actually went back to the genius button, for some reason the voice search function could not get a single command right, it couldnt understand "call home" in a perfectly quiet environment, let alone any other commands, like texts, but thanks for the write up.
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I haven't rooted yet and I've also noticed that voice search performs surprisingly poorly on this phone. Wonder what's up with that?

I'm looking into a solution. It has nothing to do with changing it though. It's hearing it correctly, but not understanding commands. I say "call blah" and the search box comes up with call blah. Not cool.
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21productionz said:
I'm looking into a solution. It has nothing to do with changing it though. It's hearing it correctly, but not understanding commands. I say "call blah" and the search box comes up with call blah. Not cool.
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA App
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Mine's blatantly missing words. If I didn't know better I'd say the phone is sassing me for not using the genius button.

need help with this ROM Gigajoule(return)

hey ijust downloaded this rom from Gigajoule(return)
i was wondering how i could enable homebutton awake
and also you know when you hold onto the home button you can go to the task manager and remove all? mines isnt there anymore.
can anyone help me get those 2 ? thanks
also whenever i recieve a text message, whenever im on my lockscreen it doesnt show that small bubble to slide to reply? how can i get that back also?

Both those answers are in the thread. Search Home Wake/Awake.

sojuboi69 said:
hey ijust downloaded this rom from Gigajoule(return)
i was wondering how i could enable homebutton awake
and also you know when you hold onto the home button you can go to the task manager and remove all? mines isnt there anymore.
can anyone help me get those 2 ? thanks
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via root explorer
system/usr/keylayout
scroll down to: sec_keys.kl
locate line: key 172 HOME
after home put "wake"

Crisisx1 said:
via root explorer
system/usr/keylayout
scroll down to: sec_keys.kl
locate line: key 172 HOME
after home put "wake"
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it kept saying error occured when trying to save the file. it will not be saved

[Q] How to remap recent apps button to make it a menu button

Before updating to lollipop, Nova launcher would allow me to remap the button to be a menu button instead of recent apps. It no longer does this and it is killing me...I am so used to it the other way! Is there a way to do this on lollipop?

Have you tried long pressing recent button that is how you can get the menu to pop up its been that way since kk
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Thank you for the response... Even on kitkat when you use Nova launcher it allows you to make the soft key open settings instead of recent apps. With lollipop it no longer works like that.

Dunno which keys were for recent apps but here's a guide to get to it.
Use a root explorer.
Go to
/system/usr/keylayout.
Backup file Generic.kl ( copy it as a .bk or something )
Then find the word RECENT_APPS linking with the code number, change RECENT_APPS to MENU.
I don't know how to change long press home as Recent apps though, I tried finding the key but all "SEARCH" keys were something else entirely when I changed to RECENT_APPS, didn't work on touchwiz.

Spark91 said:
Dunno which keys were for recent apps but here's a guide to get to it.
Use a root explorer.
Go to
/system/usr/keylayout.
Backup file Generic.kl ( copy it as a .bk or something )
Then find the word RECENT_APPS linking with the code number, change RECENT_APPS to MENU.
I don't know how to change long press home as Recent apps though, I tried finding the key but all "SEARCH" keys were something else entirely when I changed to RECENT_APPS, didn't work on touchwiz.
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I followed your advice and all i can got was my new brand Doogee x30 (Nougat) being bricked! I restored the Generic.kl and nothing!-All buttons were unresponsive except the touchscreen. I lost all my data and the only solution was to flash the stock rom. Thank you very much!

[How-To][ROOT] Edit/Swap hardware keys on OOS double tap and long press too.

Hi all, i've jumped from OOS to CM12.1 and CM13 (and cm13 based roms) for some time, but today i wanted to give another shot to OOS 2.2.0 (and wanted to try boeffla's kernel as CM isn't official yet).
And i remembered why i could not stay on OOS after a few seconds... i really hate the hardware keys setup (recents-home-back).
I'm used to have Menu-Home-Back (and recents access from long press home, or press home from nova launcher).
I've been reading and then learning many things in the past few weeks, so i though i should try to edit those keys just like we did on CM, even if before switching to CM i've looked around and didn't find anything working to change these.
So, here it is.
What you need:
Rooted phone and file manager with root access (there are many but i love FX file explorer, and the root add-on is free).
You need to go to /system/usr/keylayout
Then make a backup of the Generic.kl file (to make it easier i make an archive of it by long press on the file, then archive, but a simple copy and paste will do).
After that, don't forget to unlock the system partition if needed (tap the little lock and accept to open it on fx file explorer).
Open Generic.kl with file editor.
What you need to know is that left key is key number 139, middle one is number 172 and right one is 158.
Functions that can be affected are: MENU HOME BACK APP_SWITCH VOICE_ASSIST.
But for some obscure reason, MENU acts like APP_SWITCH in oxygen OS, so the trick is to replace MENU with MENU VIRTUAL (this will emulate Menu button from on screen navbar, but you don't need to activate the navbar).
So, if you want for example this layout: Menu-Home-Back
You'll need to edit the Generic.kl and replace the Line
key 139 MENU
with
key 139 MENU VIRTUAL
(key 158 BACK and key 172 HOME don't need to change).
Another interesting point is that if you use xposed installer and Gravity Box LP, you can assign different functions to double press or long press on buttons, but it's working only with on screen navbar buttons... you see where i'm trying to get ?
If you modify the generic.kl file and replace MENU with MENU VIRTUAL and BACK with BACK VIRTUAL... then you'll be able to add custom actions with Gravity Box... like the one I really miss, hold back to kill.
I didn't try to replace HOME with HOME VIRTUAL as i can configure long press and double tap home from oxygen OS, but it may work exactly the same if you want something special from Gravity box.
For exemple, my setup is like that:
Menu-home-back
Menu long press => Switch last app
Home long press => Recent apps
Back long press => Kill foreground app
Double Tap Menu => Google Now
Double Tap Home => Screen off
Double Tap Back => Nothing
To sum up, on the phone, keys are:
key 139 - key 172 - key 158
You can affect different general functions to these, like:
MENU
HOME
BACK
APP_SWITCH
VOICE_ASSIST
and maybe more
You can add VIRTUAL behind the function to emulate the on screen navbar buttons (and it seems required for the menu, as it still calls the recent apps in OOS), and then you can add double tap or long press functions with gravity box.
You don't need to enable the navbar to get them working.
I don't know if i've been clear enough, as i'm not used to this kind of things (i wonder if that's not my first thread on XDA...), but i just hope this will be useful to some of you,
have a great day.
[Edit: Forgot to mention you need to reboot the device when it's done]

Great thread. Will test

Got a bit of an issue... I just experimented with this and it was providing very odd results. So, I copied the backup generic file back to the location... restarted the phone. Now, no buttons do anything. There's no way for me to get home so a restart is the only option I have by forcefully turning off the phone. I'm not sure what to do, the file looks absolutely fine. Any help please? I don't know what to do... I don't want to reflash the rom..

If you restored the original file, at the original place, I don't know why this would not get you back...
Did you try to change the behavior of key in settings?
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J0kker said:
If you restored the original file, at the original place, I don't know why this would not get you back...
Did you try to change the behavior of key in settings?
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Thanks for your help, but unusually it eventually sorted itself out. After 3 reboots the buttons began to work again... weird!

can you change hardware keys to [L-R] Recent Menu Back on CM13 using this method?

sphoenixp said:
can you change hardware keys to [L-R] Recent Menu Back on CM13 using this method?
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Yes you can, but the file isn't the same, you should edit:
system/usr/keylayout/synaptics-rmi.kl
If you want to swap keys, simply switch the numbers (139 with 158), it's exactly the same as modifying the functions, but easier to type, especially on a phone.

It doesn't work for me. I added virtual at menu and back. Changed gravitybox back long press and double tap to kill foreground app. Single tap of back still not working.
Have i missed out anything? Oss 2.20 here.

J0kker said:
Yes you can, but the file isn't the same, you should edit:
system/usr/keylayout/synaptics-rmi.kl
If you want to swap keys, simply switch the numbers (139 with 158), it's exactly the same as modifying the functions, but easier to type, especially on a phone.
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Thanks so much it worked.
Saved and rebooted the phone

Tiongkia said:
It doesn't work for me. I added virtual at menu and back. Changed gravitybox back long press and double tap to kill foreground app. Single tap of back still not working.
Have i missed out anything? Oss 2.20 here.
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Strange, i'm on OSS 2.2.0-X and it's working perfectly.
Maybe try to activate Master switch under Navigation Bar tweaks in gravity box ?
I'm almost sure this won't help, but you need to write it all in uppercase letters.

J0kker said:
Strange, i'm on OSS 2.2.0-X and it's working perfectly.
Maybe try to activate Master switch under Navigation Bar tweaks in gravity box ?
I'm almost sure this won't help, but you need to write it all in uppercase letters.
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Its already in caps. Don't work
Also try enabling master switch under navigation bar tweaks. Also don't work.
I just updated to 2.2.0-x too

Tiongkia said:
Its already in caps. Don't work
Also try enabling master switch under navigation bar tweaks. Also don't work.
I just updated to 2.2.0-x too
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I can try to upload my generic.kl file if you want, just to see if it works for you as it does for me (this way we will know if it's this file related or not).
You should have menu-home-recents.
Rename the file (remove the .txt, i could not join a .kl file, invalid).
Maybe check the permissions too.
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J0kker said:
I can try to upload my generic.kl file if you want, just to see if it works for you as it does for me (this way we will know if it's this file related or not).
You should have menu-home-recents.
Rename the file (remove the .txt, i could not join a .kl file, invalid).
Maybe check the permissions too.
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I appreciate it buddy. But don't work

Tiongkia said:
I appreciate it buddy. But don't work
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Sorry to ear that, if you ever manage to get it working, let us know (and why/how).

Tiongkia said:
I appreciate it buddy. But don't work
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You should check if A you have a text editor that supports editing in system partition and B if you have root file explorer that supports writing in system partition (and permissions). I would recommend es file explorer, just for this particular task. Afterwards just delete the file explorer.
The easy way is to delete the file in keylayout and write the file (with es file explorer) from OP couple of posts ago in keylayout direction. Reboot and also enable masterswitch in gravitybox. Voila, this method can't go wrong and works always.

I have es explorer and root browser. I am able to change permission too. Also reboot but no effect.
Anyone else tried?

Tiongkia said:
I have es explorer and root browser. I am able to change permission too. Also reboot but no effect.
Anyone else tried?
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I tried and it worked perfect. Can you look up what your generic file says under 139 and 158 ?

Tiongkia said:
I have es explorer and root browser. I am able to change permission too. Also reboot but no effect.
Anyone else tried?
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Just wondering, do you have navbar enabled ?
If it is, try to disable it and reboot... i've never tried with navbar enabled, so who knows !

Tried all. Don't work. I give up. Thanks buddies. Appreciate it

Hi,
Applied without problem, just I can't set double tap action on the Home button.
I don't know why double tap doesn't work just for the home button. No problem with menu or back settings or on long press.
I think that Nova breaks this setup.
My conf :
OOS 2.2X, Xposed 80, Gravity Box 5.3.3, Nova lastest release
Edit : When I revert to the original file, the default setting (Settings > Buttons) Double tap for the Home buton is ignored.

Remap funcionality of POWER-Button to physical CAMERA-Button

Hello everyone,
the Power button of my Sony Z1 Compact is broken and only works when pressed very very intensely. Since I don't use the camera button at all, I would like to use it as my new power button - I'd like to remap the physical camera button to the funcionality of the POWER-Button.
I've read a few posts on this issue, so I started out with rooting my Z1C today (KingRoot and SuperSume). Then I tried a number of possible solutions, all of which have failed so far:
- ButtonRemapper. I read about it on LifeHacker and thought this would be a quick and easy tool. It seems to basically do what I want, BUT it doesn't offer the Camera button as one to connect functionality to. Neither can I add a button ID (I'm pretty sure the camera button is #212).
- Buttons remapper (no root). This program recognizes the button I'd like to use and offers a number of connectible actions - but none equal to what the Power button does (wake up from sleep, go to sleep, Power-Menu on long press). It only offers the Power-Menu-funcionality, but that won't help me with my broken Power-Button.
- Xposed Additions. I installed the Xposed Installer first, then went for Xposed Additions. It seems that I also need the Xposed framework, but since I don't use a custom ROM, as far as I understand, I cannot install it.
- Manual edit of the keymap. There have been a number of tutorials online on how to change the keymap. I'm pretty sure the one I'd have to change is the /system/usr/keylayout/mhl-rcp.kl. When I try to save any edits though, it tells me that I can't. I guess that this is because it's a kind of system file, but I imagined I'd be able to edit it after having rooted my device.
I'm a little frustrated after all this work just for one tiny change that I still couldn't achieve so fat. But if you have a possible solution, I will try it. I would however like to keep my current (non-custom) firmware if possible (never change a running system...).
I'm very thankful for your suggestions!

If you are 100% sure you found the right file to change manually, copy that file to your sd card and modify it there.
After you are done, backup your original file and replace it with the new one. Don't forget to change permissions after copying in!!
Then reboot and try.

thekryz said:
Hello everyone,
the Power button of my Sony Z1 Compact is broken and only works when pressed very very intensely. Since I don't use the camera button at all, I would like to use it as my new power button - I'd like to remap the physical camera button to the funcionality of the POWER-Button.
I've read a few posts on this issue, so I started out with rooting my Z1C today (KingRoot and SuperSume). Then I tried a number of possible solutions, all of which have failed so far:
- ButtonRemapper. I read about it on LifeHacker and thought this would be a quick and easy tool. It seems to basically do what I want, BUT it doesn't offer the Camera button as one to connect functionality to. Neither can I add a button ID (I'm pretty sure the camera button is #212).
- Buttons remapper (no root). This program recognizes the button I'd like to use and offers a number of connectible actions - but none equal to what the Power button does (wake up from sleep, go to sleep, Power-Menu on long press). It only offers the Power-Menu-funcionality, but that won't help me with my broken Power-Button.
- Xposed Additions. I installed the Xposed Installer first, then went for Xposed Additions. It seems that I also need the Xposed framework, but since I don't use a custom ROM, as far as I understand, I cannot install it.
- Manual edit of the keymap. There have been a number of tutorials online on how to change the keymap. I'm pretty sure the one I'd have to change is the /system/usr/keylayout/mhl-rcp.kl. When I try to save any edits though, it tells me that I can't. I guess that this is because it's a kind of system file, but I imagined I'd be able to edit it after having rooted my device.
I'm a little frustrated after all this work just for one tiny change that I still couldn't achieve so fat. But if you have a possible solution, I will try it. I would however like to keep my current (non-custom) firmware if possible (never change a running system...).
I'm very thankful for your suggestions!
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You can use Xposed on stock with root. You'll need root for sure. Also, button savior pro...

thekryz said:
Hello everyone,
the Power button of my Sony Z1 Compact is broken and only works when pressed very very intensely. Since I don't use the camera button at all, I would like to use it as my new power button - I'd like to remap the physical camera button to the funcionality of the POWER-Button.
!
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Button savior free from Play Store gives you on-screen power menu functionality. Pro version can remap.

einfachgaer said:
If you are 100% sure you found the right file to change manually, copy that file to your sd card and modify it there.
After you are done, backup your original file and replace it with the new one. Don't forget to change permissions after copying in!!
Then reboot and try.
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I tried, but it wouldn't let me paste the file back into the system-directory... am I doing something fundamentaly wrong here?
levone1 said:
You can use Xposed on stock with root. You'll need root for sure. Also, button savior pro...
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How? When I want to download the Xposed framework it gives me the following information:
Code:
xposed*.zip from [url]http://dl-xda.xposed.info/framework/:[/url] Must be flashed with a custom recovery (e.g. TWRP) to install the framework.
SDK21 is Android 5.0 (Lollipop), SDK22 is Android 5.1 (also Lollipop) and SDK23 is Android 6.0 (Marshmallow).
I only support the latest Xposed version!
levone1 said:
You can use Xposed on stock with root. You'll need root for sure. Also, button savior pro...
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levone1 said:
Button savior free from Play Store gives you on-screen power menu functionality. Pro version can remap.
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I just tried Button savior Pro - it can remap the buttons to a specified action / app, but not to an internal funcionality like the Power button funcionality, it seems.

thekryz said:
How? When I want to download the Xposed framework it gives me the following information
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Right, custom recovery, not necessarily custom ROM. If you're rooted, just flash NUT dual recovery pc installer, then download Xposed SDK22 and flash.
Btw - I'm not sure that there is an Xposed module that will remap, but there are some that can provide power button funcionality on-screen.

thekryz said:
I tried, but it wouldn't let me paste the file back into the system-directory... am I doing something fundamentaly wrong here?
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Seems like the file explorer you are using doesn't have proper root rights. Otherwise you should be able to do that.

You have to set the file system to read/write. If you're using Root Explorer, you can toggle this at the top, with the little "Mount R/W" button.