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[Q] Market still force-closing (CM 6.1.1+Pershoot)

Opening the Market installed from update.zip here on the foum, it just force-closes immediately.
Running CM 6.1.1 + Pershoot's 1.5ghz kernel.
Might it be Pershoot? Or the .zip? Is .apk better?

What file manager are you using?
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dynamikd said:
What file manager are you using?
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The one pre-installed with CM. Just "File Manager".

Halp!
This makes mt G2 almost unusable...

adrienspawn said:
The one pre-installed with CM. Just "File Manager".
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Use Root Explorer. It has a button on top that all you have to do is press to change the folder you are in to Read/Write and when you done modifying it, press the button to change it back to Read/Only

dynamikd said:
Use Root Explorer. It has a button on top that all you have to do is press to change the folder you are in to Read/Write and when you done modifying it, press the button to change it back to Read/Only
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It won't let me change the permissions on /system (rest works).
Probably because I don't have the latest due to not having the market lol...
Can someone upload a newer Root Explorer?

"SU File Manager and Terminal". Best file manager you can buy, and it allows /system and /data to mount as rw in file explorer mode.
Sent from a Western Union telegram.

From adb shell or a term session on the phone, makes no difference:
Code:
su
mount -o rw,remount /system

If you still need the latest one let me know and I'll upload it to dropbox.
adrienspawn said:
It won't let me change the permissions on /system (rest works).
Probably because I don't have the latest due to not having the market lol...
Can someone upload a newer Root Explorer?
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Alright, I removed it, but update.zip for the Market, once installed, still force-closes...
Does someone have a DEFINITE link to a working Market for 6.1.1?
I know there are at least 5 uploaded on this forum, and I'll start to try each one one by one since I can delete them now.
OK it failed again, but I installed the modded Gapps (was hoping to avoid having to install all Gapps, they waste resources) and the Market works.
Now to remove all the other crap...
edit: nevermind lol.....

Spoke too soon. It was working fine for a few minutes, then started force-closing constantly. Won't start now.

Clear dalvik cache?

dadewy said:
Clear dalvik cache?
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Yeah, I do that every time I do anything in CWM now just because everyone's been recommending it.

Were on the same boat but mine's working on Cyanogen 6.1.1+pershoot what I idid is clear market then reboot the zip file that I download change it top update.zip boot to recovery clear dalvik then update the file.. BAM working
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Adfree Gingerbread

COURTESY OF MODOCO
currently if you try adfree on gingerbread you get some java error to solve this do the following
1. uninstall Adfree
2. download this apk file
3
PHP:
adb remount
adb push AdFree.MCR.apk /system/app

Thanks, I have been trying to get adfree to work all night... Works perfect!

I'm on GingerVillian 1.4. Getting an "Application not installed" message.

Not to hijack but you could also download a hosts file (google one) and put it in /system/etc. This is what that program does for you.
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any chance of a .zip? i dont know how to use adb

ADB Works/Copy+Paste, Normal Install Does NOT Work
I’m running GingerVillain 1.4 and it worked for me, but let me venture a guess here: you tried to put the apk into system/app via Root Explorer/ES File Manager/Whatever. Either that or you tried installing the apk as you would install any other apk. Am I right?
I did the same thing, and I ran into the same problem you did. I have no idea why, though I’m sure there is good reason. However, if you uninstall AdFree and then use ADB as directed above it will work just fine. You won’t have to install it or anything; it just magically appears in the application drawer as if you had never uninstalled it in the first place.
ADB works, but RootExplorer-style Copy/Paste does not.
Hope that helps,
-Newbie

I got a mT4G with gingy and adfree works fine. I think one of the updates they did, some ppl were having problems with
4gCM7

I followed the instructions on a G2 with Gingervillain 1.4 and it worked perfectly.

FYI: copying and pasting with Root Explorer doesn't work.
I was lazy, but ended up having to use the adb method.

xomikronx said:
FYI: copying and pasting with Root Explorer doesn't work.
I was lazy, but ended up having to use the adb method.
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Hmmn...I was able to copy/paste it with ES File Explorer though I didn't uninstall the Market version first. Fixed the issue for me though, so it must have worked.

Worked without a problem, thanks
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JustAnotherNewbie said:
I’m running GingerVillain 1.4 and it worked for me, but let me venture a guess here: you tried to put the apk into system/app via Root Explorer/ES File Manager/Whatever. Either that or you tried installing the apk as you would install any other apk. Am I right?
I did the same thing, and I ran into the same problem you did. I have no idea why, though I’m sure there is good reason. However, if you uninstall AdFree and then use ADB as directed above it will work just fine. You won’t have to install it or anything; it just magically appears in the application drawer as if you had never uninstalled it in the first place.
ADB works, but RootExplorer-style Copy/Paste does not.
Hope that helps,
-Newbie
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You nailed it! I used ADB and it's working now. Thanks!

You can put the apk in the root of your sd card and run these commands in terminal if you don't want to use adb:
Su
cd /sdcard
mount -o remount, rw /system
install AdFree.MCR.apk /system/app
You can also make a gscript script with those commands if you constantly flash the GB updates like me. =P

Yay! Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou.
So happy to have this back on gingerbread.

Thanks very much

Works perfectly thank you
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Thanks a lot! Been tryin' to fix this the whole day. God bless you

rUsTyRuSs said:
You can put the apk in the root of your sd card and run these commands in terminal if you don't want to use adb:
Su
cd /sdcard
mount -o remount, rw /system
install AdFree.MCR.apk /system/app
You can also make a gscript script with those commands if you constantly flash the GB updates like me. =P
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thank you!

Adb pushing or installing from terminal did not work for me. As in, after uninstall of original and following steps, AdFree did not show up in the app list
However,
What I did was this...
su
mount -o remount,rw /system
rm /system/app/AdFree.MCR.apk
install /sdcard/download/AdFree.MCR.apk /system/app/
reboot
Then I installed from market
Not only did it show back up in the app list but no errors were given when updating the hosts file...
Hope this helps!
Sent from me HTC Vision using CM7 Nightly

Final Fix!
AdFree has been upgraded. Uninstall your previous version of AdFree, go to Market and download the new version and it will work just fine. (Supposedly trying to update an old AdFree to the new version won't fix it.)
Troggie81 said:
You nailed it! I used ADB and it's working now. Thanks!
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^.^ Anytime, I'm happy to help.
rUsTyRuSs said:
You can put the apk in the root of your sd card and run these commands in terminal if you don't want to use adb:
Su
cd /sdcard
mount -o remount, rw /system
install AdFree.MCR.apk /system/app
You can also make a gscript script with those commands if you constantly flash the GB updates like me. =P
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I think that will be my job for today, looking into gscripts.
Just out of curiosity though, why is it that using RootExplorer/etc to move the .apk to /system/apps work?
I figure I could have installed it after the movie to make up for the install command. (And ES File Manager generally has no problem moving things to root areas.)
Always good to know -why- something is the way it is. I have a tendency to ignore reasons without explanations, and that has backfired a few times.
Or I can dig around XDA to find the answer; there be knowledge in these here forums.
Either way, thanks!
-Newbie

[Q] Acer A100 on ICS and Rooted but unable to rename files

Hello, I was recently able to upate my A100 to ICS. I followed the root instructions in the developer section and it worked great. Both Titanium Backup and Superuser say I'm rooted but I can't move/rename the wpa_supplicant file. I really need to be able to use ad hoc to tether to my phone. Did I do something wrong in rooting my tablet? Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks.

You need to mount system as r/w. Which file manager are you using?
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How do I enable that? I'm using Root Browser, I never had to do that before in HC...it just worked lol. Thanks for the help.

DravenAcer said:
How do I enable that? I'm using Root Browser, I never had to do that before in HC...it just worked lol. Thanks for the help.
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I personaly used Root Explorer, its free and it has a friendly little buttong that has R/o R/W which allows you to read only to read and write

I redid the root and reinstalled Superuser, Root Browser, Titanium and Terminal...they all I'm rooted but when I try to move or rename the wpa_supplicant file it says failed. When I try to mount on Terminal it says it can't because I don't have root. What's going on lol? Did I do something wrong or is my version of ICS incompatible with the rooting method? Please help...

DravenAcer said:
I redid the root and reinstalled Superuser, Root Browser, Titanium and Terminal...they all I'm rooted but when I try to move or rename the wpa_supplicant file it says failed. When I try to mount on Terminal it says it can't because I don't have root. What's going on lol? Did I do something wrong or is my version of ICS incompatible with the rooting method? Please help...
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I noticed the same problem with Root Browser. It is probably not using the standard /system/bin/mount or /system/xbin/mount. Also it may be ZeroNulls mount script not taking in account for all possible mount scenarios. You could try my mount script in this thread forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1512787 and replace your /system/bin/mount and /system/xbin/mount.
If you are sure it's rooted then remounting from a terminal will work. Are you typing su before trying to remount?
If you are and it still doesn't work try this instead
Code:
$ su
# mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /system/
BTW root explorer is not free

eww245 said:
I noticed the same problem with Root Browser. It is probably not using the standard /system/bin/mount or /system/xbin/mount. Also it may be ZeroNulls mount script not taking in account for all possible mount scenarios. You could try my mount script in this thread forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1512787 and replace your /system/bin/mount and /system/xbin/mount.
If you are sure it's rooted then remounting from a terminal will work. Are you typing su before trying to remount?
If you are and it still doesn't work try this instead
Code:
$ su
# mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /system/
BTW root explorer is not free
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Thanks for your help. I didn't know I had to type 'su' first lol. That worked...kinda. Because I have to retype that everytime I rename or move something. Is that some kind of bug in the script?

DravenAcer said:
Thanks for your help. I didn't know I had to type 'su' first lol. That worked...kinda. Because I have to retype that everytime I rename or move something. Is that some kind of bug in the script?
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Yes that is a bug in the script. Using my mount script Root Browser is able to modify /system files.

Looks like the old wpa_supplicant file isn't working. I did a search but haven't found any yet that work. Has anyone been able to activate ad-hoc on their A100 with ICS?

eww245 said:
Yes that is a bug in the script. Using my mount script Root Browser is able to modify /system files.
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Yes, that worked great! Thank you.

need help with "mount system RW"

hi
i am using aokp 28/9/2013 previous version was 20/8.
Now when i try to use metamorph to change the softkeys, it gives the error "/system could not be mounted as RW". Can someone help me what this is and how to fix this? it worked on my previous rom
btw, its given permission by superuser so thats not the problem. And i also went to recovery > mounts and storage > and tapped mount /system
Sry, dont know much about this stuff so can someone help me?
Thanks
EDIT: also tried this app. still doesnt work
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.beansoft.mount_system&hl=en

bump..... anyone??

rollerdyke44 said:
bump..... anyone??
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try from pc
Code:
adb shell
su
mount -o remount,rw -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /system
or in terminal emulator
Code:
su
mount -o remount,rw -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /system

samersh72 said:
try from pc
Code:
adb shell
su
mount -o remount,rw -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /system
or in terminal emulator
Code:
su
mount -o remount,rw -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /system
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tried from pc.... didnt work
What exactly is the error supposed to mean btw?
edit: used root explorer to change permissions of /system to all. still didnt work :/

rollerdyke44 said:
tried from pc.... didnt work
What exactly is the error supposed to mean btw?
edit: used root explorer to change permissions of /system to all. still didnt work :/
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Why not just click the "remount r/w" button in Root Explorer (navigate to /system, then click it)? From my experience, whenever another app can't mount /system by itself, Root Explorer always helps it outta trouble.
Sent from Google Nexus 4 @ CM10.2

nop
that also didnt work

rollerdyke44 said:
nop
that also didnt work
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If Root Explorer doesn't remount, there's a good chance you aren't properly rooted. You can verify this by 1) flashing the latest SuperSU zip or 2) flash another ROM and see if things work.
Sent from Google Nexus 4 @ CM10.2

thanks for reply
I CAN mount/remount system as r/w and then r/o using root explorer and i also get a notificatioin that superuser granted to root explorer. But Metamorph still doesnt work. It worked on my previous version as said in 1st post so dont know what the problem is.
i guess its a app specific problem then?

rollerdyke44 said:
i guess its a app specific problem then?
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Did the update change OS, by that I mean 4.2.2 to 4.3? Perhaps metamorph doesn't work properly with 4.3. Have you tried uninstalling it and reinstalling the app?
If all you are doing is changing softkey images, I am pretty sure AOKP has options to do that within the ROM

metamorph has not been updated lately and therefore has not been made compatible with 4.3+ hence why you receive the /system rw error . if you check busybox and run the script or manually thru terminal you can verify if /system is RW or not.

rollerdyke44 said:
thanks for reply
I CAN mount/remount system as r/w and then r/o using root explorer and i also get a notificatioin that superuser granted to root explorer. But Metamorph still doesnt work. It worked on my previous version as said in 1st post so dont know what the problem is.
i guess its a app specific problem then?
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I have the same freaking problem with adblock app.....
Can change it in root explorer but still got the error flashed new superuser ap but didnt work
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kjax said:
metamorph has not been updated lately and therefore has not been made compatible with 4.3+ hence why you receive the /system rw error . if you check busybox and run the script or manually thru terminal you can verify if /system is RW or not.
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Yeah it might be an app issue then. Thanks
demon2112 said:
I have the same freaking problem with adblock app.....
Can change it in root explorer but still got the error flashed new superuser ap but didnt work
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You also use aokp??

Nooe on cataclysm
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Have you got the solution ...??

Saskai1 said:
Have you got the solution ...??
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Assuming you have a similar problem, how exactly is it going? This thread is a bit 'outdated' now because OP had trouble with an app intended for earlier Android versions. Apparently he was trying to use Stericson's Metamorph on a wrong Android version, thus it wasn't able to mount system R/W...
Sent from my Motorola XT1563 using XDA Labs

Es file explorer issue ,

On my op3 , I get an error when I try to use it for root explorer
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks .
I tried reinstall the app as well as super su.
No luck

is your phone rooted?

Same here. Use an older version of ES File Explorer. It works

Did the spyware scandal not put you off using es ?

What scandal?
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Es products where sending info to a server in China, TBH the addition of crap I didn't want had put me off before then.
https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/security-es-file-explorer-privacy-concerns.305336/

ghostofcain: Thanks for the link! Which file explorer would you recommend then? I've used ES for years and just came back to Android and read this.

PhoenixAG said:
ghostofcain: Thanks for the link! Which file explorer would you recommend then? I've used ES for years and just came back to Android and read this.
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I'm currently using Fx Explorer

Cool thanks! I just remembered, I used to use Total Commander as well. Giving that and Fx Explorer a try!

just like ghostofcain, I use fx (with plus package). Perfect for me (even if there could be more clouds available tho).

Solid Explorer is awesome, too!
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the same exact issue i encounter with my nexus 6.. not allowing me to select the root option.. workaround is to use solid explorer

Here u go this works, u may have to re flash su if it does not work after reboot
Download terminal and then enter the following
Attention!!!!! May break Android pay
su
mount -o remount,rw /system
touch /sbin/su
touch /system/bin/su
touch /system/xbin/su
mount -o remount,ro /system
exit
reboot

Doesn't work on my device.
The rw remount command is accepted without error message; but when I input "touch /sbin/su", an error comes up which says that the file system is read-only.

hasenbein1966 said:
Doesn't work on my device.
The rw remount command is accepted without error message; but when I input "touch /sbin/su", an error comes up which says that the file system is read-only.
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same to me

Simply use another root explorer app for access to system files.