Rooted but can't edit system tab 3 7.0 - Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So I'm rooted but all the usual apps that I use to edit system files say the system is read only. What gives?
I'm rooted with Busybox installed
I thought only htc had this kind of security
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reg. root no-go
hi,
maybe using aromafm in recovery mode
could help you get around it and fix things,
also sometime a dalvik/cache wipe will trigger cwm
to notify you that you've lost root and ask you if you
wish to fix it.
twrp does it to but, aromafm doesn't work in twrp.
lastlynsearch supersu update .zip and follow
bye

no root
I think that you're not root. Use root check o titanium to verify.

root checker said I'm root and I've been using other forms of root required apps... I just can't write to system... cwm "fixed" root but even after that I couldn't write to system. I even tried re-flashing the universal root but still nothing
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ended up being a mounting issue I hadn't mounted system from recovery,

i still cant get it to stay mounted and even when i force it to mount a lot of apps still cant edit system. i cant use busybox "chmod" because of this i need some help please
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so I figured out that it's not letting any app remount system as rw. even in terminal emulator I would telling system as rw and "mount" shows it as rw but if I exit out of terminal and go back in its still ro even though I never reverted
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root nogo the sequel part deux
reinaldistic said:
so I figured out that it's not letting any app remount system as rw. even in terminal emulator I would telling system as rw and "mount" shows it as rw but if I exit out of terminal and go back in its still ro even though I never reverted
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okay one more time
go online search aromafm, get, boot to cwm then flash aromafm, give it a second to get going
now, the is a terminal emulator built in logged in as root.
now cd directory and chmod file wherever and whatever those may be.
su bin attr is 6754
start there

moonbutt74 said:
okay one more time
go online search aromafm, get, boot to cwm then flash aromafm, give it a second to get going
now, the is a terminal emulator built in logged in as root.
now cd directory and chmod file wherever and whatever those may be.
su bin attr is 6754
start there
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is this a fix it a work around? If it's a fix which files do I need to chmod?
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do this first
reinaldistic said:
is this a fix it a work around? If it's a fix which files do I need to chmod?
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okay you have custom recovery ?
if not goto tab 3 7.0 area of the forum find and follow rooting and recovery
if you do search online right now for supersu update zip, download the latest version [chainfire's website]
get it on your tab reboot into recovery, install then wipe cache goto advanced then wipe dalvik cache and reboot
i' online right now best time to wrk on this

moonbutt74 said:
okay you have custom recovery ?
if not goto tab 3 7.0 area of the forum find and follow rooting and recovery
if you do search online right now for supersu update zip, download the latest version [chainfire's website]
get it on your tab reboot into recovery, install then wipe cache goto advanced then wipe dalvik cache and reboot
i' online right now best time to wrk on this
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Yeah I'm on twrp and fully rooted with the latest universal root directly from chainfire
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okay
reinaldistic said:
Yeah I'm on twrp and fully rooted with the latest universal root directly from chainfire
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okay, be more complete in the description of your current situation
if supersu is installed and groovy start it
in automatic responses set to grant/allow
search for total commander get it from home page or play
a side note ; when youre in terminal youre pretty much in linux
meaning case matters spaces matter foward and backward slash matter, underscore dash, syntax etc

I already use total commander I have had the su app and it works with most everything except writing to system. total comander cant save to system it asks to remount as rw it asks for root and is granted it but then it displays a toast message saying "remount error"
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hmm
reinaldistic said:
I already use total commander I have had the su app and it works with most everything except writing to system. total comander cant save to system it asks to remount as rw it asks for root and is granted it but then it displays a toast message saying "remount error"
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okay if you flashed root/supersu with twrp it might have gone wrong
take a moment to get philz touch cwm flashable zip and twrp recovery's flashable zip [not the odin ones]
i keep both on my tab for specific flashes calling for twrp or cm
now, if you haven't beefed up your rom with apps and stuff yet
reboot into recovery flash/install cwm then reboot recovery, do a factory reset, then reflash supersu
make a back either way
if you want twrp back then cool but let's stick with cwm for now

I started with cwm, I flashed twrp through cwm only after I discovered the problem...both recoveries haven't been able to help
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what rom are you running
reinaldistic said:
I started with cwm, I flashed twrp through cwm only after I discovered the problem...both recoveries haven't been able to help
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it's annoying I know, cwm clean to install new rom might be the cure-all
did you do any .prop mods eith in default.prop or build.prop ?
did you download aromafm yet if not get it from dev-host [use cwm to flash it]
in /system/bin/.ext should be a file named .su it's permissions should also be 6754
also did you get busybox setup and allow root functions everywhere in total commander
i do know that system rw doesn't stick between sessions and it not irregular for tc to need another rw button click
after being closed and cleared from ram
does supersu crash on open?

I am in the process of downloading all of that
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cool
reinaldistic said:
I am in the process of downloading all of that
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when you have aroma download move to safety like all your flashable stuff [extSdCard]
get cwm recovery up, flash aroma and let me know
dude make sure you use philz cwm
scroll to philz setting and select re-root supersu

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How to change SuperSU to Superuser?

Im currently running JMT which uses SuperSU. I would like to use Superuser. Ive tried just flashing Superuser, but how to remove SuperSU?
I posted this in the ROM's thread, but never got an answer so hoping someone here will know
Delete the Superuser.apk in the ROM (it's really SuperSU) and pull the "real" Superuser.apk from somewhere else.
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android88 said:
Delete the Superuser.apk in the ROM (it's really SuperSU) and pull the "real" Superuser.apk from somewhere else.
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I did so (system-->app), installed superuser, rebooted, cleared dalvik and fixed permissions...still getting the supersu shell message with apps, and still showing up on installed programs...what did I miss?
blackangst said:
I did so (system-->app), installed superuser, rebooted, cleared dalvik and fixed permissions...still getting the supersu shell message with apps, and still showing up on installed programs...what did I miss?
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I'm curious, but would it just be a matter of updating the binaries with Superuser?
treefrog321 said:
I'm curious, but would it just be a matter of updating the binaries with Superuser?
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Well, I downloaded a fresh copy from the market, and when I open it it doesn't update. Just shows no apps are assigned to it..
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blackangst said:
I did so (system-->app), installed superuser, rebooted, cleared dalvik and fixed permissions...still getting the supersu shell message with apps, and still showing up on installed programs...what did I miss?
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There are some /bin and /xbin files too.
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blackangst said:
Im currently running JMT which uses SuperSU. I would like to use Superuser. Ive tried just flashing Superuser, but how to remove SuperSU?
I posted this in the ROM's thread, but never got an answer so hoping someone here will know
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Um, even easier...
Download SuperUser recovery flash zip and while still inside Android on device go to file manager open /system/apps and delete the SuperSU.apk
Now restart to recovery clear the cache and dalvick cache
choose install from SDCard
Find where you downloaded SuperUser.zip and flash
Restart
SuperSU is WAY better at handling Super User requests [for instance, it has a wait state on the pop-up where it does not go quite as fast so some apps that take a min to request super user and another min to display the pop you aren't already at 1 - 2 seconds] and for instance for quite some time Super User was known to seg fault [basically an error happens and it doesn't work to grant access right when that happens] whereas SuperSU was created later to kinda address that and some other issues in SuperUser [not saying SuperUser is bad it is updated and does it's job, it's just SuperSU does it better].
Just if any guide says use SuperUser just replace SuperUser with SuperSU when doing something and in app drawer just look under SuperSU for it's app and not SuperUser.
Thanks for the help and input guys
blackangst said:
Thanks for the help and input guys
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Did you get it working the way you wanted?
RealPariah said:
Did you get it working the way you wanted?
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Im gonna follow the advice that supersu is better and use it for awhile
RealPariah said:
Um, even easier...
Download SuperUser recovery flash zip and while still inside Android on device go to file manager open /system/apps and delete the SuperSU.apk
Now restart to recovery clear the cache and dalvick cache
choose install from SDCard
Find where you downloaded SuperUser.zip and flash
Restart
SuperSU is WAY better at handling Super User requests [for instance, it has a wait state on the pop-up where it does not go quite as fast so some apps that take a min to request super user and another min to display the pop you aren't already at 1 - 2 seconds] and for instance for quite some time Super User was known to seg fault [basically an error happens and it doesn't work to grant access right when that happens] whereas SuperSU was created later to kinda address that and some other issues in SuperUser [not saying SuperUser is bad it is updated and does it's job, it's just SuperSU does it better].
Just if any guide says use SuperUser just replace SuperUser with SuperSU when doing something and in app drawer just look under SuperSU for it's app and not SuperUser.
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Can I do this with replacing Superuser with SuperSU (I'm running Avatar ROM & I miss using SuperSU)?

The weirdest thing is happening...

So im trying to flash a zip in TWRP and I go to where the zip is and it isnt there. So i reboot my phone and its in the folder that i looked at in twrp. So I go back to twrp and see several old files are there that i deleted a long time ago... Its like twrp isnt seeing that i changed anything in my file systems, like its looking at a snapshot from a week ago... I even reinstalled twrp via GooManager and that didnt do anything either.
Install stock recovery via cf auto root then reflash twrp
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Android The Greek said:
Install stock recovery via cf auto root then reflash twrp
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What is cf auto root?
http://download.chainfire.eu/280/CF...t-t0lteatt-samsungsghi317.zip?retrieve_file=1
Android The Greek said:
Install stock recovery via cf auto root then reflash twrp
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Well that didn't work anyways :l, and I know it's a problem with TWRP because when I install CWM everything is fine, I just prefer TWRP
Oh okay I figured it out, TWRP is reading all my data from a /sdcard/0 instead of just /sdcard. So how can I change it to read from /sdcard so then I can get rid of /sdcard/0
Use the link at the bottom of the op called restore sd card after downgrade. Flash via any custom recovery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2105917
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Android The Greek said:
Use the link at the bottom of the op called restore sd card after downgrade. Flash via any custom recovery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2105917
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You're a saint. Thank you so much!
Wait now TWRP is still reading off of the 0 folder, ughh its like the 0 folder switched with what I had previously
Did you reflash aosp?
After you flash the link I sent you wipe your caches the reboot back into recovery
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In TWRP, change the permissions of the '0' folder to 755. Reboot. Move anything you want to keep out of the 0 folder. In Root Explorer, delete the 0 folder. Reboot to recovery. See that everything is back in the /sdcard folder as it should be.
This is the result of having run a 4.2.2 based ROM. Running the file previously pointed to will reset to use /sdcard, but you still have to delete the 0 folder for it to take.
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meatlocker said:
In TWRP, change the permissions of the '0' folder to 755. Reboot. Move anything you want to keep out of the 0 folder. In Root Explorer, delete the 0 folder. Reboot to recovery. See that everything is back in the /sdcard folder as it should be.
This is the result of having run a 4.2.2 based ROM. Running the file previously pointed to will reset to use /sdcard, but you still have to delete the 0 folder for it to take.
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Nevermind I figured it out! You're the man! Thanks so much to everyone who has replied in this thread, you've all been such a huge help!
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I had the 0 file problem, there were all my files, but zero data in them, deleted with file explorer, no more problems. Frustrating and mystifying when it happens.

[Q] this device does not have proper root access

hi,
I just rooted my HOX, and installed cynagenmod 10.1 , i unlocked the boot loader and install the custom rom through CWM as given on the internet everywhere , but when i try to run titanium backup it says not properly rooted, and when i checked from a root checker it says DEVICE NOT PROPER ROOT ACCESS, i read some where and download the SU bin and arm file and flashed them through CWM in recovery mode , and also flashed the bin first and then the other other file , but when i run TB it gives the same error.
Please help
Thanks in advance
hellzangel said:
hi,
I just rooted my HOX, and installed cynagenmod 10.1 , i unlocked the boot loader and install the custom rom through CWM as given on the internet everywhere , but when i try to run titanium backup it says not properly rooted, and when i checked from a root checker it says DEVICE NOT PROPER ROOT ACCESS, i read some where and download the SU bin and arm file and flashed them through CWM in recovery mode , and also flashed the bin first and then the other other file , but when i run TB it gives the same error.
Please help
Thanks in advance
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You need to uninstall SuperSU if you were rooted before installing cyanogenmod, as CM comes with another superuser app... SO go into your apps find superSU and uninstall it
desmond1303 said:
You need to uninstall SuperSU if you were rooted before installing cyanogenmod, as CM comes with another superuser app... SO go into your apps find superSU and uninstall it
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i tried uninstalling it but it only gives a option to disable it and not uninstall it , the superuser app intaslled is SUPERUSER by CHAINSDD(when i go to play store it says installed)
hellzangel said:
i tried uninstalling it but it only gives a option to disable it and not uninstall it , the superuser app intaslled is SUPERUSER by CHAINSDD(when i go to play store it says installed)
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Wipe /system and /data before installing.
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treebill said:
Wipe /system and /data before installing.
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what data will i loose if i do that, asking this coz im new to this , u want me to wipe the data through CWM in recovery mode ??
hellzangel said:
what data will i loose if i do that, asking this coz im new to this , u want me to wipe the data through CWM in recovery mode ??
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You lose installed apps, settings that you set when you started the phone, WiFi, wallpaper, texts/phone log, contacts
If you pick to back up to Google when you first set up the rom you can restore all the above apart from texts and call logs.
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treebill said:
You lose installed apps, settings that you set when you started the phone, WiFi, wallpaper, texts/phone log, contacts
If you pick to back up to Google when you first set up the rom you can restore all the above apart from texts and call logs.
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well i can manage to loose all that no worries what i dont want to loose is the back up of the stock rom through CWM, okie once i wipe the data in recovery mode then ??
hellzangel said:
well i can manage to loose all that no worries what i dont want to loose is the back up of the stock rom through CWM, okie once i wipe the data in recovery mode then ??
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Well its solved now the device is rooted properly, i flashed it with TWRP and it works fine now

Exit factory mode on SM-217S

How do you get this thing out of Factory Mode, don't know what I did to get it there .
I've searched here and other forums, found instructions for other Samsung devices but, nothing worked for this device.
Tried editing with terminal emulator using Echo and Chown commands. Tried accessing through efs. Nothing.
Any help would be apreciated.
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stesul411 said:
How do you get this thing out of Factory Mode, don't know what I did to get it there .
I've searched here and other forums, found instructions for other Samsung devices but, nothing worked for this device.
Tried editing with terminal emulator using Echo and Chown commands. Tried accessing through efs. Nothing.
Any help would be apreciated.
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Fix the EFS partition then:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My_g28MrlwU
Or try clearing all caches and reinstalling a custom rom.
If that wont work, tell us why/what didnt work.
Did a full wipe including extsd and internal storage. Odin installed Bennys stock rooted rom and Twrp. Showed factory mode on first boot, did it all again, no love. Installed paid version of root explorer, it shows EFS as empty folder. Tried mounting EFS in Twrp, will not allow me to check the box.
Tab works in factory mode, it's mostly just annoying.
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stesul411 said:
Did a full wipe including extsd and internal storage. Odin installed Bennys stock rooted rom and Twrp. Showed factory mode on first boot, did it all again, no love. Installed paid version of root explorer, it shows EFS as empty folder. Tried mounting EFS in Twrp, will not allow me to check the box.
Tab works in factory mode, it's mostly just annoying.
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Does Wi-Fi, Mobile Data connection still work, I thought if EFS gets messed up you lose some functions?
I messed mine up but luckily had a working backup.
Gilly10 said:
Does Wi-Fi, Mobile Data connection still work, I thought if EFS gets messed up you lose some functions?
I messed mine up but luckily had a working backup.
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Yes both still work but, have to restart Wi-Fi after a reboot.

[Q] How to delete system apps [4.4.2]

Well, a very simple question, but one which is bugging me.
My phone has kitkat and is rooted.
So, how do I remove the unnecessary System apps preloaded in the firmware? Link2sd, Titanium Backup Pro, and NoBloat free are some of the apps which I've tried. They are NOT working.
I've even tried using root explorer to delete the system apps, but I kitkat is not allowing me to mount system to read-write mode. I use fx file explorer.
Any type of help would be appreciated.
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sohailferdous said:
Well, a very simple question, but one which is bugging me.
My phone has kitkat and is rooted.
So, how do I remove the unnecessary System apps preloaded in the firmware? Link2sd, Titanium Backup Pro, and NoBloat free are some of the apps which I've tried. They are NOT working.
I've even tried using root explorer to delete the system apps, but I kitkat is not allowing me to mount system to read-write mode. I use fx file explorer.
Any type of help would be appreciated.
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that means that you are not correctly rooted
flash ftf again
dont wipe anything
and try the root tool for kitkat again
Ashwin Prabhunerurkar said:
that means that you are not correctly rooted
flash ftf again
dont wipe anything
and try the root tool for kitkat again
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Tried it. Not working
Ps - Can it be a problem with my rooting method? Here's what I did---
-> Flash a 4.3 kernel which has recovery.
-> Boot into recovery and flash SU binary zip file.
-> Flash the original 4.4.2 kernel and boot into system.
I trierd root checker and it shows I have root access. Greenify works perfect too.
Here's a screenshot of the error link2sd shows when I try to uninstall Sketch app.
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sohailferdous said:
Tried it. Not working
Ps - Can it be a problem with my rooting method? Here's what I did---
-> Flash a 4.3 kernel which has recovery.
-> Boot into recovery and flash SU binary zip file.
-> Flash the original 4.4.2 kernel and boot into system.
I trierd root checker and it shows I have root access. Greenify works perfect too.
Here's a screenshot of the error link2sd shows when I try to uninstall Sketch app.
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ya the 4.3 methoed wont give you access to rw
do a clean install and root via tool
Ashwin Prabhunerurkar said:
ya the 4.3 methoed wont give you access to rw
do a clean install and root via tool
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A BIG THANKS !!! Your solution worked like a charm !!!:good::good::good:
Please unlock your bootloader
sohailferdous said:
Well, a very simple question, but one which is bugging me.
My phone has kitkat and is rooted.
So, how do I remove the unnecessary System apps preloaded in the firmware? Link2sd, Titanium Backup Pro, and NoBloat free are some of the apps which I've tried. They are NOT working.
I've even tried using root explorer to delete the system apps, but I kitkat is not allowing me to mount system to read-write mode. I use fx file explorer.
Any type of help would be appreciated.
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Please unlock your bootloader to enjoy full rooting experience.

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