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[Q] Root access

Hey I was looking around and I couldn't find anything, but is there any way to root our vogues on android? I'm not too experienced, but I know rooting is phone specific, and since ours are a little mixed up, it probably wouldn't work the same. I want a way to do it without using ADB, my computer won't support it. I want to be able to edit/change some system files, I.E. bootanimation, UI components, and removing stock apps. correct me if I'm wrong on any of this, and thanks for any help.

Android on the vogue is rooted

Yes I know our phones are rooted, but the system acts like it's not. I.E. applications that require Root access claim that the phone isn't.

i may be a little behind on all the terms but im pretty sure for the vogue its not root its NAND.
in that case, try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=636024
as a good place to start then move on from there.
good luck and welcome to the club

Strange, programs like root explorer function fine for me, tho the system partition is mounted as read-only by default which may cause problems with some apps?

It's rooted, but my guess is those apps are looking for a feature common on rooted phones and not finding it. they might mean that the system partition is not writable, that can be changed using terminal:
Code:
mount -o rw,remount /system
see if that does it.

mrkite38, I tried using terminal like you said, and it returned" mount: permission denied. (are you root?) "
Also, I can use ES File Explorers' Root Explorer option and edit /system and /data just fine, and that app mounts as writable just fine, but terminal doesn't?

delivery_dragon said:
mrkite38, I tried using terminal like you said, and it returned" mount: permission denied. (are you root?) "
Also, I can use ES File Explorers' Root Explorer option and edit /system and /data just fine, and that app mounts as writable just fine, but terminal doesn't?
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Terminal will, but you have to
Code:
su
first.
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Thanks I'll try that. hey is there any place I could go to find some kind of shortcut/noob/command list for terminal? I have no knowledge whatsoever of code to use

Its stripped out linux shell, you can google busybox and see what commands are available there.
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the phone is rooted, check to see if you have SuperUser.apk installed. you will need that for apps to access root privileges

Here is the SuperUser.apk file from RLS 17
Need to be logged in to download it I think?

[Q] broke my home haptic

I am running GR-11 and liking it....but I recently uploaded an i9000 theme for JVB roms and it seems to have broken my home haptic feedback. Is there any way to fix this without reflashing...preferably with a CWM zip?

erad1 said:
I am running GR-11 and liking it....but I recently uploaded an i9000 theme for JVB roms and it seems to have broken my home haptic feedback. Is there any way to fix this without reflashing...preferably with a CWM zip?
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Grab the android policy jar from your rom zip and use root explorer to put it in your system/framework folder and over write the old one. You must be careful flashing themes as the roms are very modded and if the theme doesnt have the mods then you will lose functions like the feedback

Trying to use astro and it doesn't allow me to copy/paste anything into system/framework...never has, although my system is mounted rw thru SGS toolbox...ill have to try another file manager i guess. unless there is something about astro im not aware of. What i've heard/read is that the only difference in the pro version is its ad-free. Is that true?

erad1 said:
Trying to use astro and it doesn't allow me to copy/paste anything into system/framework...never has, although my system is mounted rw thru SGS toolbox...ill have to try another file manager i guess. unless there is something about astro im not aware of. What i've heard/read is that the only difference in the pro version is its ad-free. Is that true?
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From what I understand Astro will not work as it doesnt have the ability to edit root files. I use Root Explorer and not sure about astro

Thanks for your help but I tried es/file explorer and file expert but neither actually worked....weird? Guess ill just wait for the actual GR release as I am very pleased with my current version.
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you need to mount the system folder r/w outside of astro before you edit anything. you can use terminal emulator for that but you might as well use adb for everything. atleast then you mave a big screen and a keyboard. you can also buy root explorer which lets you mount folders r/w in the app, it is one of the few apps that are worth it for root users.

Dani897 said:
you need to mount the system folder r/w outside of astro before you edit anything. you can use terminal emulator for that but you might as well use adb for everything. atleast then you mave a big screen and a keyboard. you can also buy root explorer which lets you mount folders r/w in the app, it is one of the few apps that are worth it for root users.
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Supermanager mounts RW and is free
This helped me a lot because no ammount of adb shell commands would get my /system to RW

...Root Explorer got me where I needed to be and now my home haptic is back, thanks !

[Q] need help with r/w permissions

Hello
I recently picked up a HD Fire which is on the newest update 7.2.1 and rooted it with the "Qemu automated root" method, which it said was successful. I see the SU app, thing is "ES file explorer" wont let me turn on root explorer and another app "root explorer" wont let me change system permissions to R/W to move apps around.. I am stuck, and I am assuming that I am not rooted if I cant change permissions?
Thanks..

Barhen said:
Hello
I recently picked up a HD Fire which is on the newest update 7.2.1 and rooted it with the "Qemu automated root" method, which it said was successful. I see the SU app, thing is "ES file explorer" wont let me turn on root explorer and another app "root explorer" wont let me change system permissions to R/W to move apps around.. I am stuck, and I am assuming that I am not rooted if I cant change permissions?
Thanks..
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Permissions must be changed in the root partition
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dank101 said:
Permissions must be changed in the root partition
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is there a guide to do that, because I don't know how to do that.

Barhen said:
is there a guide to do that, because I don't know how to do that.
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Lol its easier to do it then it sounds copy it with root explorer to the directory / and that's the root partition
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dank101 said:
Lol its easier to do it then it sounds copy it with root explorer to the directory / and that's the root partition
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.... I cant change anything with Read only and I am not able to enable r/w, including moving files to root directory with the app.
Edit: Weird.. I redid the root process for the 5th time and it finally worked.

Barhen said:
.... I cant change anything with Read only and I am not able to enable r/w, including moving files to root directory with the app.
Edit: Weird.. I redid the root process for the 5th time and it finally worked.
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Glad you got it working....In My experience (which isnt great) Id Just sack ES Explorer and use Root Explorer....Its quite simple in there. There is a button at the top that is for read only or read write.....It says Mount R/W to get read write or when your in RW it says Mount R/O for read Only. Im a massive fan of Root Explorer ....And no I dont have anything to do with it......Its the best Stat! for less than £4 I also have their SQL database editor....Which actually lets you edit stuff...Unlike some Ive had to get refunds for!

thedeester1 said:
Glad you got it working....In My experience (which isnt great) Id Just sack ES Explorer and use Root Explorer....Its quite simple in there. There is a button at the top that is for read only or read write.....It says Mount R/W to get read write or when your in RW it says Mount R/O for read Only. Im a massive fan of Root Explorer ....And no I dont have anything to do with it......Its the best Stat! for less than £4 I also have their SQL database editor....Which actually lets you edit stuff...Unlike some Ive had to get refunds for!
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Hello,
when I try to switch Root Explorer I got message:
Sorry, test failed!. This feature cannot run on your device.
What I have to do?
I have Kindle Fire HD 7", Serial Number D025 AOAO**** ****
Current version : 7.5.1

mount -o remount,rw /system mount: Read-only file system

Im on Android M preview 2 with Desparis 3.3 kernel, rooted.
I would like to update build.prop and change user -> userdebug.
Before on Lollipop all I had to do is remount /system in rw and change the file.
Android M doesn't allow me to remount /system in rw.
adb push fails to overwrite the file.
Any solutions please ?

jodvova said:
Im on Android M preview 2 with Desparis 3.3 kernel, rooted.
I would like to update build.prop and change user -> userdebug.
Before on Lollipop all I had to do is remount /system in rw and change the file.
Android M doesn't allow me to remount /system in rw.
adb push fails to overwrite the file.
Any solutions please ?
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I dont think you can write to system at all anymore, even with root. I do it all in recovery for right now.

Thanks! At least it's one possible solution !

david279 said:
I dont think you can write to system at all anymore, even with root. I do it all in recovery for right now.
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Actually, can you elaborate how do you do it ?
I've just tried booting into TWRP, then connected the phone to PC, did adb push of changed build.prop into /system, reboot the phone and realized that the phone still has the old build.prop.

jodvova said:
Actually, can you elaborate how do you do it ?
I've just tried booting into TWRP, then connected the phone to PC, did adb push of changed build.prop into /system, reboot the phone and realized that the phone still has the old build.prop.
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First in twrp make sure you mount system in the mount menu then you should be able to push and pull. You probably pushed the file nowhere even though I think you should've got a error message. I pulled the build.prop straight from twrp edited it then pushed it right back. Did it for the tethering hack. ? ?

david279 said:
I dont think you can write to system at all anymore, even with root. I do it all in recovery for right now.
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sure you can. all i use is root explorer. i change what i need, save it, then reboot for it to take affect. works every time.

simms22 said:
sure you can. all i use is root explorer. i change what i need, save it, then reboot for it to take affect. works every time.
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I didn't think write to system was working in the M builds. Must be something wrong with his root method.

david279 said:
I didn't think write to system was working in the M builds. Must be something wrong with his root method.
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maybe. im using despair and sometimes elementalx kernels. does everything else root work for you? all is working here.
edit.. i should ask him, not you

simms22 said:
maybe. im using despair and sometimes elementalx kernels. does everything else root work for you? all is working here.
edit.. i should ask him, not you
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Root works great in all apps.
The only problem I have is with RO system. Before M I would use ES explorer to modify and save build.prop and Android Terminal to remount system as RW. But it doesn't work like that anymore in M.
Ive never tried root explorer.

jodvova said:
Root works great in all apps.
The only problem I have is with RO system. Before M I would use ES explorer to modify and save build.prop and Android Terminal to remount system as RW. But it doesn't work like that anymore in M.
Ive never tried root explorer.
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it works exactly like it did before over here. and ive manuslly changed my build.orop several times already.

I'm on Preview 2, rooted, Despair kernel 3.3.
Still confused as to how to enable mounting /system r/w from within Android and not TWRP. Trying FX file explorer as well as Terminal Emulator with no success. I have Busybox installed and under Applet Manager it shows the "Mount" applet as installed and symlinked to /system/bin/toolbox.

KnifeSkills said:
I'm on Preview 2, rooted, Despair kernel 3.3.
Still confused as to how to enable mounting /system r/w from within Android and not TWRP. Trying FX file explorer as well as Terminal Emulator with no success. I have Busybox installed and under Applet Manager it shows the "Mount" applet as installed and symlinked to /system/bin/toolbox.
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Haven't tried M as it buggy but have used Root Explorer the grand father of file explorers on everything since TBolt.

prdog1 said:
Haven't tried M as it buggy but have used Root Explorer the grand father of file explorers on everything since TBolt.
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root explorer since 2009 here

simms22 said:
root explorer since 2009 here
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Root Explorer FTW. Always works and same file system as shows on PC.

Well Root Explorer wasn't the answer, surprisingly enough haha...
Needed insecure boot.img obtained here flashed with help from this thread, with further reading here for better understanding or doing it yourself.
Also I apparently forgot that adbd insecure by chainfire exists until just now, which could have potentially been another solution.

[Solved] Adaway doesn't work

Hi @all. Adaway doesn't work for me. It can't copy the host files. I don't know why. Root is okay, checked with root checker. Adaway has permission to write on the storage. Can anybody help me?
OOS Nougat

Crazy32 said:
Hi @all. Adaway doesn't work for me. It can't copy the host files. I don't know why. Root is okay, checked with root checker. Adaway has permission to write on the storage. Can anybody help me?
OOS Nougat
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Is /system mounted r/w?
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dustin_b said:
Is /system mounted r/w?
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I don't know. How can I check this?

dustin_b said:
Is /system mounted r/w?
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Solid Explorer shows this:

Crazy32 said:
Solid Explorer shows this:
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Sorry for new post, but with xda app I can't edit posts and add a picture.
And this for system:

Crazy32 said:
Solid Explorer shows this:
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That's just for the hosts file. You want to know if /system is mounted rw. If you have an app like terminal emulator, open it and type: mount Then look for /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/system on /system type ext4. In parentheses it will either have ro (read-only) or rw(read-write).
Also, I don't use Solid explorer but it probably has a way to mount the system rw. Someone else would have to help you with that.
Edit: You would have to be rooted to change permissions with a file manager like Solid.
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Download version 3.2 or higher and activate "enable systemless mode" in preferences. Then you won't get that error.

gok90 said:
Download version 3.2 or higher and activate "enable systemless mode" in preferences. Then you won't get that error.
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Thx, this works

I have a problem too looks like this and it cannot load it... help

Check your host sources, too. Here's what I use.

Heloo the same problem herr tried all means mentioned above no help bad enough i don't see systemless in Adaway 3.3

Image

Solution - go to twrp, go to wipe then advanced wipe, select system and then tap on increase size.
The problem is because the partition has no space left to accommodate files. You will not be able to write host files nor change font via ifont because both files need space ~5mb. Hope this solves your problem.