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Hi all,
Didn't find anything on this, hoping for some clarification.
Shell snippet(terminal on phone):
$su
#reboot
not permitted!
in short - reboot and reboot recovery commands do not work via terminal. want this ability for GScript.
i installed the super boot image from modaco, i've re-installed the superuser.apk and also ran the commands manually from /superboot/superboot.sh on the phone...is any one else having this problem or has anyone found a solution to the issue? please also note that i have in fact reflashed the superboot image twice now, still no resolve. halp!
Same issue
I still have the same issue... I can't do it
check permissions in SuperUSER.apk and see if you have it enable to do so
Hi all,
i get the same issue on my EVO 4G. not permited! when i type reboot or reboot recovery and i know for a fact that supersuer allowed root access to TU. this used to work before on superuser 2.1 now i have SU 2.3.5. anyone ?
i have the same problem -.-
Do you have the toolbox binary in /system/bin as well as a symlink named reboot pointing to it? 'reboot' is not a native command and you'll find that most (if not all) "shell commands" are actually binaries and shell scripts. Even something as simple as 'mv' (move) is a binary, not built into the shell. Ensure that you have a reboot symlink that points to toolbox. It's quite possible that your rom (or superboot) doesn't include it.
You can also download Quick Boot by Sirius Applications Ltd. From the market. It lets you reboot, reboot into recovery and reboot into fastboot, plus you can make shortcuts to each different reboot on your home screen. (market link)
Have busybox installed..(think thats what Chains jus said)
if you do.. try this
Busybox reboot
ilostchild said:
Have busybox installed..(think thats what Chains jus said)
if you do.. try this
Busybox reboot
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I was using the extended controls widget but that stopped working.
running su, reboot, gives not permitted!
running su, busybox reboot, gives no error but doesn't reboot the phone.
trying the quickboot app now ...
*** quickboot works great ... I don't know what the problem is though ..
this command work well!
command : busybox restart -f
i can use this command to restart samsung and htc phone
here's the latest--
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/28338566/Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zip
Had same issue till I flashed this
I forget if I just flashed or extracted the apk and pushed--sorry--just had sugery and not remembering all that well
I flash different roms so hope someone can ok this for any rom--not sure why not
Anything new on this? I am having the same issue with my HTC one. With busy box installed there is a reboot bin in /system/bin that gives the "Not permitted!" Message when ran from the phone.
Busy box installs reboot in /system/xbin and when you disable or remove the reboot binary in /system/bin it executes the one in /system/xbin however it does nothing unless you add a -f to the command' and all you can do is regular reboot (no bootloader or recovery)
Works:
/system/xbin/reboot -f
Reboot recovery command using adb shell on computer
Does not work:
/system/bin/reboot [anything]
/system/xbin/reboot -f recovery (boot loader,etc)
This stinks because rebooting to recovery from apps won't work
There must be a way to hack this into a working reboot recovery command
Ok
Sent from my SGH-M919G using xda premium
orthonovum said:
Anything new on this? I am having the same issue with my HTC one. With busy box installed there is a reboot bin in /system/bin that gives the "Not permitted!" Message when ran from the phone.
Busy box installs reboot in /system/xbin and when you disable or remove the reboot binary in /system/bin it executes the one in /system/xbin however it does nothing unless you add a -f to the command' and all you can do is regular reboot (no bootloader or recovery)
Works:
/system/xbin/reboot -f
Reboot recovery command using adb shell on computer
Does not work:
/system/bin/reboot [anything]
/system/xbin/reboot -f recovery (boot loader,etc)
This stinks because rebooting to recovery from apps won't work
There must be a way to hack this into a working reboot recovery command
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I'm having the same problem. I did notice that my system/xbin folder is missing quite a bit of the files as the system/bin folder, including the reboot file. I assume it doesn't need to mirror it exactly, but should it have the reboot file also? If not, should there be a symbolic link in the xbin folder to link the reboot file in the bin folder? Thanks in advance for any and all help.
By the way, I am rooted, boot unlocked, and s-off running the Android Revolution HD rom.
I had this issue now reboot works (in a way)
This might be naughty of me to bring up an old thread but others have done and its only a few weeks sincle last post...
Anyways I had this issue from what I have read it only happens to people to certain people on certain phones.
I was able to reboot though a mobile terminal emulator, ssh, and though the shell while in usb.
I noticed that only though ADB would it accept reboot (security reasons?) so I read a nifty article on using ADB though tcp and to make it more secure I used it though localhost since only I can use it.
here is the commands that I used:
Code:
stop adbd && stop adb && setprop service.adb.tcp.port 5555 && start adbd && sleep 4 && adb connect localhost && adb reboot
It feels more like a work around but my personal goal was reboot my phone though a remote sms (remote terminal) and it worked within a shell so wohoo. I hope it helps someone and setting ADB to listen on usb is
Code:
setprop service.adb.tcp.port -1
I had to use sleep to make sure ADB started before I tried to connect... you can add reboot bootloader...etc..adb commands....
I guess you can make this into a file called myReboot.sh and link it to make it a "command"
My solution
To root, updated version of Android Gingerbread, from there, I downloaded the same version, but Japanese, walked into the boot, and updated to version japonsa from there to root nexus one and go.
Download quick reboot form the play store
Sent from my Nexus 7 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
SU - Reboot - not permitted! solved
SOLVED:
Not all linux commands r available on andriod(depends upon rooting how u did that), to do that just install BUSYBOX.
After installing busybox u have every command. Enjoy
This will NOT work in CM5.0b4 as JIT has been disabled entirely
It seems like a lot of people are constantly pulling/editing/pushing build.conf in order to turn JIT on and off, so I threw together a short script to toggle it on and off.
It's nothing elaborate, but it gets the job done. This is meant to work with the build.prop that comes stock with cyanogenmod 5.0b2 but will most likely work with other build.props that have JIT.
Steps to run the script:
1) Download jit.txt, rename it jit.sh
2) If you downloaded from your computer, run "adb push jit.sh /sdcard" or mount your device and copy to your sdcard.
3) In terminal on Nexus One:
$ su
# sh /sdcard/jit.sh
JIT toggled ON
JIT enabled upon reboot
#
You can also set it up in GScript or GScript Lite so you can add an icon on your homescreen to toggle JIT more easily:
1) From command line: mv /sdcard/jit.sh /sdcard/gscript/jit.sh
2) Open GScript
3) Go to Menu->Add Script
4) Go to "Load file"
5) Select jit.sh
Then to make an icon on your homescreen:
1) Long press homescreen
2) Select Shortcuts
3) Select GScript(Lite)
4) Select jit
You must reboot for the changes to take effect after running the script. If you prefer, simply put "reboot" (without quotes) on it's own line at the end of the script and it will reboot automatically. Only do this after you have confirmed that the script works for you.
If you are using Windows, make sure you use the attached jit.txt rather than copying the code from this post. Copying/pasting the code will not work because of Windows CR/LF line breaks.
Code:
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
if grep -q fast /system/build.prop ; then
sed -i s/=int:fast/=int:jit/ /system/build.prop
echo "JIT toggled ON"
echo "JIT enabled upon reboot"
else
sed -i s/=int:jit/=int:fast/ /system/build.prop
echo "JIT toggled OFF"
echo "JIT disabled upon reboot"
fi
exit
mhaedo said:
It seems like a lot of people are constantly pulling/editing/pushing build.conf in order to turn JIT on and off, so I threw together a short script to toggle it on and off.
It's nothing elaborate, but it gets the job done. This is meant to work with the build.prop that comes stock with cyanogenmod 5.0b2.
Simply push the script to your phone (sdcard, or wherever you please) and run it. For example, put the quoted text into a file called jit.sh, push it to the root of your sdcard, and run "sh /sdcard/jit.sh" from a terminal. You can also set it up in GScript or GScript Lite so you can add an icon on your homescreen to toggle JIT more easily.
You must reboot for the changes to take effect.
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Nice - been looking for just this, thanks. As a bit of a n00b, any idea why this doesn't seem to run in GScript Lite? I get the SU request OK, but then nothing - don't see the echo'd text at all, nowt. Running CM5b2 .29 kernel.
Ive installed pauls modaco patch wil this turn jlt off? its annoying me
Thanks for this script !
I just pull, nano, and push it back.
I don't think It's 100% stable.
push/pull? Shoot, I just use vi on build.prop from betterterminal. Don't have to mess with adb at all
Since you need to reboot anyway, couldn't we just put "reboot" in place of "exit"? I'm assuming that's not part of the script to save, since you have "fi" at the end of it. Personally, what I did is save 2 versions of build.prop to my sdcard and then built gscripts to swap 'em out. lol A little more crude, but just as effective.
when i try to run the jit.sh file in terminal i get:
failed: no such file or directoryk3 on /system : not found
sdcard/jit.sh : 13: syntax error: end of file unexpected (expecting 'then")
am i completely retarded?
trisl said:
Nice - been looking for just this, thanks. As a bit of a n00b, any idea why this doesn't seem to run in GScript Lite? I get the SU request OK, but then nothing - don't see the echo'd text at all, nowt. Running CM5b2 .29 kernel.
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Yeah, I had the same problem. Remove the su request from superuser.apk. Then, run any script that requires root. Click remember, and allow. It will not work at this point. Back out to the homescreen with the back button, then go back into GScript Lite and run it again. It should work this time.
Guitarfreak26 said:
Ive installed pauls modaco patch wil this turn jlt off? its annoying me
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Not sure. I would assume so, never seen the build.prop that's used but I don't see why it would be any different.
Mi|enko said:
Since you need to reboot anyway, couldn't we just put "reboot" in place of "exit"? I'm assuming that's not part of the script to save, since you have "fi" at the end of it. Personally, what I did is save 2 versions of build.prop to my sdcard and then built gscripts to swap 'em out. lol A little more crude, but just as effective.
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That would be more efficient, but I just enjoy clicking my icon a few times and toggling it on and off Don't ask me why.
[email protected] said:
push/pull? Shoot, I just use vi on build.prop from betterterminal. Don't have to mess with adb at all
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How would I do that? I have betterterminal emulator pro..
Four Fourty Four said:
How would I do that? I have betterterminal emulator pro..
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$ su
# vi /system/build.prop
Proceed to edit (man vi, google vi). Bit of a pain in the ass though if you switch back and forth frequently.
mhaedo said:
$ su
# vi /system/build.prop
Proceed to edit (man vi, google vi). Bit of a pain in the ass though if you switch back and forth frequently.
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Don't forget, you need to remount /system as rw also. it is a tiny bit of a pain, but I don't see much of a reason to switch back and forth all the time. Thus far I have yet to have any problems with JIT.
[email protected] said:
Don't forget, you need to remount /system as rw also. it is a tiny bit of a pain, but I don't see much of a reason to switch back and forth all the time. Thus far I have yet to have any problems with JIT.
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The only time I consistently have problems with JIT is when tethering. Otherwise, I have yet to have any issues. I tether frequently, hence the script.
BTW, thanks for Apps2SD(2) and OpenOverclocker. They were very helpful to me at one point.
blakestimac said:
when i try to run the jit.sh file in terminal i get:
failed: no such file or directoryk3 on /system : not found
sdcard/jit.sh : 13: syntax error: end of file unexpected (expecting 'then")
am i completely retarded?
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+1
I'm getting this message also.
blakestimac said:
when i try to run the jit.sh file in terminal i get:
failed: no such file or directoryk3 on /system : not found
sdcard/jit.sh : 13: syntax error: end of file unexpected (expecting 'then")
am i completely retarded?
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Hm, strange. I can't duplicate this error. The steps I take are as follows:
1) Cut/paste the quoted code in the original post and save it in a document called jit.sh
2) On computer, adb push jit.sh /sdcard
3) In terminal on Nexus One:
$ cd sdcard
$ su
# sh jit.sh
JIT toggled ON
JIT enabled upon reboot
#
I'm sorry I can't be more help, but I'm not sure why you'd see that error.
mhaedo said:
Hm, strange. I can't duplicate this error. The steps I take are as follows:
1) Cut/paste the quoted code in the original post and save it in a document called jit.sh
2) On computer, adb push jit.sh /sdcard
3) In terminal on Nexus One:
$ cd sdcard
$ su
# sh jit.sh
JIT toggled ON
JIT enabled upon reboot
#
I'm sorry I can't be more help, but I'm not sure why you'd see that error.
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Ok, I didn't do the whole adb push thing, I just copied it to my SDcard root from windows. Is that the problem?
BoostedSR20 said:
Ok, I didn't do the whole adb push thing, I just copied it to my SDcard root from windows. Is that the problem?
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Ah, it's the line breaks. Windows uses a pair of CR and LF characters to terminate lines. Unix based system use an LF character only.
You can get a utility to convert the line breaks to unix style line breaks. I'm sure it will come in handy. I'll also upload the jit.sh with proper line breaks to the original post.
BoostedSR20 said:
Ok, I didn't do the whole adb push thing, I just copied it to my SDcard root from windows. Is that the problem?
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Just tried pushing it to the sdcard, that went thru ok.
Still cant get it to run, same error. I've tried your command in the OP, and the what you wrote out a couple posts up. Same error on each one.
mhaedo said:
Ah, it's the line breaks. Windows uses a pair of CR and LF characters to terminate lines. Unix based system use an LF character only.
You can get a utility to convert the line breaks to unix style line breaks. I'm sure it will come in handy. I'll also upload the jit.sh with proper line breaks to the original post.
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Ahhh, so it had to do with me making the file in the Windows Notepad. Got it..
Hi,
this thread is meant as a starting point for every kind of questions. I will write everything I know into this thread and update it (hopefully) frequently
Here are the topics handled for now (if you have any other questions you want to have answered you can PM me, so I can try to handle it if I know the solution and add this to my to do list in point 5!!! ):
1. How can I root my phone
1.1 General information/Basic adb-commands
1.2 Do I have to create a goldcard?
1.3 Tools you need
1.4 The automated way
1.5 The manual way (recommended by the author)
1.6 Problems and (hopefully good) solutions
1.7 References
2. Flashing images/ROMs
2.1 What is a recovery image
2.2 What is a boot image
2.3 How to flash/tools needed
2.3.1 Creating a Goldcard
2.4 Where can I get an overview of the existing ROMs?
2.5 Problems during flashing and solutions
2.6 References
3. Information about the Tattoo/Useful stuff
3.1 How to install busybox?
3.2 Can it perform multitouch?
3.3 How to increase battery life?
3.4 Using own ringtones for calls/sms
3.5 How to disable data transfer with a custom ROM?
3.6 How to make the Tattoo ring louder?
3.7 How to replace the home screen?
3.8 Disabling xxx-synchronisation with Google-servers
3.9 Backing up apk's and data to your PC
3.10 How to enable more languages on my mobile?
3.11 How to manually delete system apks? Alternatively with GUI?
4. Dev-Goodies
4.1 Modifying update.zips and resigning them
4.2 Modifying resources in apk-files and resigning them
4.3 Installing apks via adb for getting exact error codes if installation fails
4.4 Everything related to ROM cooking
5. Things I will do better in this thread due to user request
Please note: I won't be giving tutorials about Android-apps usage beside the one mentioned in my tutorial!
Let's start now:
1. How can I root my phone?
1.1 General information/Basic adb-commands
Rooting a phone enables you to do things, which normally aren't possible for the average user like:
- Removing apps which were preinstalled by the provider (like Orange, Vodafone, etc.). My Tattoo had Vodafone apps for buying music and other sh*t, which was installed on the system partition (to which a "normal" user has no rights to write to, including deleting).
The Tattoo was successfully rooted by a bunch of guys here, namely -bm-, mainfram3 and Coburn64 (maybe, I don't remember quite correctly ). Also the Tattoo was the first phone having a security mechanism hindering a user to mount the filesystems as read/write, which had to be overridden by remapping the read only memory region to a read/write one. This is done by the module Tattoo-hack.ko, also made by mainfram3. He also created the first boot.img, which enabled su directly from adb and loading Tattoo-hack directly from boot on.
A few words about adb:
ADB is a tool for communicating from the PC with the mobile phone. For this a service is running on the phone enabling the communication via Terminal Emulator. Here are the most useful adb-commands:
Code:
adb push localFileFromPC /path/on/mobilephone
-> pushes a file "localFileFromPC" to a specified location on the phone
adb pull /path/to/file pathFromPC
-> receives a file from the phone and stores it to "pathFromPC"
adb remount
-> This is only possible in custom ROMs, remounts the file system to r/w automatically
adb shell "command"
-> executes "command" and returns to the computer shell
adb shell
-> opens a shell session on the phone (from here on you have to be very careful! Also you can execute now normal linux commands like rm, mv, ls, chmod and so on, but not cp (this can done through busybox)). You will have to use this more often, so get used to it ;)
1.2 Do I have to create a goldcard?
I read this question quite often. For rooting, you don't need it, but for SIM-locked phones you can't flash custom unbranded ROMs (I think).
A guide to create a goldcard follow this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5179788&postcount=1 (thanks to MiSSigNNo to this point)
1.3 Tools you need
A complete set of tools can be found here Feel free to mirror it:
http://rapidshare.com/files/403766494/Tattoo.rar.html
This package contains:
- adb binaries for Windows (sorry Linux users )
- su (Please note: use the su-binary attached in this post, not the one in the archive!!!!!)
- m7 exploit
- Amon_RA recovery.img
- mainfram3 boot.img
- flash_image binary
- tattoo-hack.ko
1.4 The automated way
This method was created by maverixx and can be found here. This basically consists of a package doing everything you need by itself. It roots the phone and flashes maverixx recovery.img, which (no offense) I don't like as much as I like Amon_RA's one!). Just click the batchfile and it does the rest (you have to connect your phone via USB to your PC though ).
If you want to use the automated way, but flashing Amon_RA's recovery, just replace the recovery.img from maverixx' package with the recovery.img provided in my archive file (see 1.3 for the link).
In my time here I noticed quite a few users experiencing problems either with a fully functional su or with the recovery image not flashing certain update.zip packages. It seems to be a matter of luck.
1.5 The manual way (recommended by the author)
I personally like what is done when and how, that's why I recommend the manual way. So let's get down to business Let's see if you know all the adb-commands I wrote here:
1. Let's say you have everything unpacked into C:\Tattoo
2. In your terminal (on your PC) type:
- adb shell "mkdir /data/local/bin" (if it returns an error it means that the directory already exists, just proceed)
- adb push m7 /data/local/bin/
- adb push su /data/local/bin/
- adb push flash_image /data/local/bin/
- adb push tattoo-hack.ko /data/local/bin/
- adb push recovery.img /sdcard
- adb push boot.img /sdcard
3. We have every needed file on the phone now. Type now (we are still in your terminal):
- adb shell
$ cd /data/local/bin
$ chmod 766 m7 (I don't retain this step as mandatory, so if this process fails, just proceed)
$ while ./m7 ; do : ; done
lots of text until you see something like "wrote shell code", press enter 2 or 3 times enter to see:
#
4. Then perform this:
- # export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/system/lib
- # export PATH=/system/bin
- # insmod ./tattoo-hack.ko
- # mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock5 /data
- # mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
- # cat ./su > /system/bin/su
- # chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
- # chmod 755 ./flash_image
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Questions?
1.6 Problems and (hopefully good) solutions
Q: How do I execute my command line tool?
A: On your Windows host, go to Start->Run...->type "cmd"
Q: Where is my adb? When I type it in my shell it says that it was not found!
A: The adb binary is found in the archive I supplied above or in the Google SDK. As my archive-file is quite smaller than the Google SDK you should take mine. Let's suppose your adb binary is unpacked in C:\Tattoo, then type:
Code:
Your\Current\Location> cd C:\Tattoo
C:\Tattoo> adb <command>
Q: adb says "error: device not found" when I try to launch the shell on the phone!
A: Connect the phone with the usb cable and make sure the sd card is not mounted as drive on your PC!!!
Q: When I want to copy something the phone returns that "cp" is not found! Also when I try to move a file, it says "cross-link device".
A: Well, copying from one partition to another is only possible either via busybox or via
Code:
cat file > /location/filename
Example:
cp /data/su /system/bin
is realized by typing
cat /data/su > /system/bin/su
Also make sure that system is r/w!!!
Q: flash_image returns write errors when flashing recovery/boot image!
A:
For boot: Try to redo the flash procedure
For recovery: Note that you can't flash the same recovery.img as the one already installed, so install another recovery.img first (like maverixx) and then Amon_RA's again. If it still doesn't work reboot, remount the partitions r/w, insmod tattoo-hack.ko and retry flashing.
Q: How can I unroot my device?
A: Just delete su from /system/xbin and restore the old boot.img. Alternatively see here for retrieving a stock ROM to flash it on your phone.
PM me with more questions and I'll post them with the possible solution.
1.7 References
- Zecanilis EXCELLENT Root-Recovery-Flash images thread
- maverixx' One-click root method+recovery thread
- Coburn64's Newbie guide for manual rooting (recommended reading!)
2. Flashing images/ROMs
2.1 What is a recovery image
A recovery image is not only useful to flash custom ROMs on your device. It also enables you to backup your entire phone contents to restore it completely in case of a brick, if anything should happen...especially SIM-locked mobiles should be backed up as soon as possible. Also many recovery image modders add several non-standard features like mounting the SD card while in recovery mode or enabling adb support, etc.
2.2 What is a boot image
The boot image not only contains the kernel which brings up your Tattoos, it only can be modified to load up modules enabling ext2/3 support, loading camera, remapping read only code to an r/w area (tattoo-hack.ko), etc. Without a working boot.img, don't even bother trying to boot the phone (maybe if you do a logcat it returns something useful to solve this problem )
2.3 How to flash/tools needed
Execute steps 1 to 4 in topic 1.5 first!
5. Now comes the hard part:
- # ./flash_image boot /sdcard/boot.img
- # ./flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
it can be that flash_image reports errors in the last step (recovery.img step), but another user said it would be still working to boot to recovery...but to be sure (if you got the error!!!) flash maverixx recovery.img and then again the one I supplied in my archive (Amon_RA)
Reboot once and when you connect with adb to your phone you should see the difference
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2.3.1 Creating a Goldcard
This is a post I took from MiSSigNNo, kudos to him:
Creating the Gold Card:
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4. We need the android-sdk tools, we can find them here: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html download them, and unzip in a folder maybe in C:\androidtools
5. Go the the Command line (Start->Execute->write cmd and OK), and there you should find where you unzip the android-sdk tools, example cd c:\androidtools\tools
6. Run this command "adb shell cat /sys/class/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc1:*/cid" if you had the microSD in the drive you will find a long number like:
532600bd227d9c0347329407514d5402
7. Go to this page to reverse it: http://hexrev.soaa.me/ and copy the code reversed:
In our example it will be: 00544d5107943247039c7d22bd002653
8. Go to this page to generate your GoldCard image: http://revskills.de/pages/goldcard.html
And put your reversed number and you email. You will receive an email with a file called "goldcard.img"
9. Now you need an Hex editor like HXD. Download it from: http://download.cnet.com/HxD-Hex-Edi...html?tag=mncol
10. Exactly the same as the instructions I pasted above:
11. Install and launch HxD Hex Editor program. (make sure you use "Run as Administrator" under Vista and win 7)
12. Go to Extra tab > Open Disk. Under Physical disk, select Removable Disk (Must be your SD card), uncheck “Open as Readonly), click OK. (BEWARE, MUST BE UNDER PHYSICAL DISK NOT LOGICAL DISK, THIS MISTAKE MADE ME BIG PROBLEMS)
13. Go to Extra again, Open Disk Image, open up goldcard.img which you’ve saved/unzipped earlier.
Now, you should have two tabs, one is your removable disk, the other is goldcard.img. Press OK when prompted for “Sector Size” 512 (Hard disks/Floppy disks), click OK.
14. Click on goldcard.img tab. Go to Edit tab > Select All, edit tab again > copy.
15. Click on the “removable disk” tab. Select offset (line) 00000000 till offset (line) 00000170 (including the 00000170 line), click on Edit tab and then Paste Write.
16. Click on File > Save. now you can exit the program. You now have a gold card.
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2.4 Where can I get an overview of the existing ROMs?
Look it up here (Excellent work liderzre)
2.5 Problems during flashing and solutions
Q: HEEEEELLLPPP! flash_image says that it couldn't write to some memory addresses! What can I do?
A: Don't panic. First make sure to have loaded tattoo-hack.ko, remounted system and data to r/w and then try again with another recovery.img (either maverixx or Amon_RA). Flashing the same recovery.img again WON'T WORK!!!! That's why you have to take a little detour by first flashing another recovery image.
Q: How do I boot to recovery??
A: Type in your command line while the phone is plugged in:
Code:
adb shell "reboot recovery"
. If this doesn't work, turn off your phone, hold down the home-button and press the power-button. Then when the Tattoo logo can be seen, release the home button and the recovery screen should be seen
2.6 References
- Zecanilis EXCELLENT Root-Recovery-Flash images thread
- maverixx' One-click root method+recovery thread
3. Information about the Tattoo/Useful stuff
3.1 How to install busybox?
Load the busybox binary here (select the one with arm6 at the end). Put this binary onto your data or system partition (I suggest /system/xbin) and now there are two ways to install/enable it. See below
Method 1 (will extract EVERY FEATURE, but consumes A LOT of your disk space so be careful or switch to method 2)
Do this in your command line:
Code:
adb remount (make it r/w if not done already)
adb shell "mkdir /system/xbin" (create dir if it doesn't exist)
adb push busybox /system/xbin (please make sure to have busybox in the same directory as adb ;) )
adb shell
cd /system/xbin
./busybox --install
Method 2 (saves your precious disk space )
Do this in your command line
Code:
/system/xbin/busybox --install -s /system/xbin
3.2 Can it perform multitouch?
Nope, the Tattoo has a resistive touch screen, which is known to be NON-multitouch...newer generation or high-end phones usually have capacitative screens. My suggestion is not taking the Nexus One anymore, since their touch screen type supports only 2 fingers at once, while phones like the Samsung Galaxy S have a SUPER responsiveness and sensibility (and of course 10 fingers support).
3.3 How to increase battery life?
Okay, here are little tips how to increase battery life - mine holds 7 to 8 days and I surf, call ppl and sms almost every day:
1. Flash either fyodor 0.6.4.2 or Abyzou 2.1.9 - my favourite is fyodor ones (if I still would have a Tattoo, of course )
2. Download APNd roid from the market or here and disable your 3G Internet connection (for activating it, just start the program again!)
3. If you see that you have NO RECEPTION AT ALL in one place (at work for instance), turn off your phone as this will DRASTICALLY decrease battery life because the phone tries constantly to search for a network it can log on to.
4. Try to keep your phone in normal temperature areas (between 20 and 27 degrees celsius = 68 - 80.6 degrees fahrenheit)
5. Kill unneeded apps automatically (there are quite a few apps doing this)
3.4 Using own ringtones for calls/sms
Create a folder called "media" on the root of your SD card and a sub-folder called "audio" there you have to create one folder called "notifications" for SMS and "ringtones" for call sounds. Place every desired track into these folders and reboot your phone. You should see the entries now when choosing ringtones. Alternatively just load "Ringo Pro", a really powerful tool also able to display SMS pop-ups and much more.
3.5 How to disable data transfer with a custom ROM?
As already explained above, load APN droid from the market or here.
3.6 How to make the Tattoo ring louder?
There is a little app called "Louder Volume Hack" enabling your phone to ring much louder than normally. You can load it on any popular w*rez-site Unfortunately I cannot enter the link to the app here or PM it. Any questions requesting a link to this app will be deleted instantly, so don't bother trying and use Google. There are several buttons displayed, but for better visibility I suggest enabling the Widget and hacking the system there. Also please note that ROOT access is required!! Refer to section 1 to root your phone.
3.7 How to replace the home screen?
There are two ways to do it. Method 1 is the easier one, but runs the Google Launcher and the replacement laucher in parrallel, which implies more CPU usage and battery drain. Method 2 is the more brutal one, but enables you to run just one launcher.
Method 1:
Install the replacement home app and press the home button. A dialog should appear asking you which Home Launcher should be used.
Method 2:
Put your home replacement apk onto the root of your SD and make sure you have busybox installed and /system mounted as writeable. Rename the Home replacement apk to Launcher.apk and fire up adb shell:
Code:
mv /system/app/Launcher.apk /system/app/Launcher.apk.old && mv /system/app/Launcher.odex /system/app/Launcher.odex.old && cp /sdcard/Launcher.apk /system/app && chmod 755 /system/app/Launcher.apk
Should be a pretty generic approach
3.8 Disabling xxx-synchronisation with Google-servers
Go to settings, data synchonisation and disable the entries you don't want to have synch'ed with Google. Since it's long time ago since I did this (remember that I don't own a Tattoo anymore) the procedure can be slightly different from ROM to ROM.
3.9 Backing up apk's and data to your PC
By popular request, here a topic about how to backup apk's and their corresponding data manually (can be done separately, too if you want just one of the two). Doing it with the tar command HOPEFULLY preserves also all permissions!!! Check it:
Hit up adb shell and make sure have busybox:
Code:
for the apks
# tar -cvf /sdcard/dataAppsBackup.tar /data/app
for the data
# tar -cvf /sdcard/dataDataBAckup.tar /data/data
If you want to decompress these files again do:
Code:
# tar -xvf /sdcard/dataAppsBackup.tar -C /data
# tar -xvf /sdcard/dataDataBackup.tar -C /data
Note that these files won't be compressed! If you want to save some disk space on your SD then add the parameter 'z' (without the quotes) in the tar arguments (e.g. tar -cvfz for compressing and tar -xvfz for decompressing)
3.10 How to enable more languages on my mobile?
There is an app called MoreLocale in the market enabling you to select more languages. Download it, it's free
3.11 How to manually delete system apks? Alternatively with GUI?
For deleting manually you only need root-access. With GUI you need RootExplorer (buy it or do what you need to do to get this app-but with these features I would suggest to buy the app ).
Note: I do not take any responsibility if you delete the wrong apk and you lose any functionality of the phone. Do this only if you know what you're doing!
The manual way:
Connect the phone via USB, fire up adb shell and type:
Code:
insmod /LOCATION TO [URL="http://TATTOOHACK.KO/tattoo-hack.ko"]TATTOOHACK.KO/tattoo-hack.ko[/URL]
mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
cd /system/app
rm NAMEOFAPK.apk
The GUI way:
Install RootExplorer, open it, navigate to /system/app and press the little "Mount R/W" button at the top of the screen and begin deleting
4. Dev-Goodies
4.1 Modifying update.zips and resigning them
See this thread and get enlightened
4.2 Modifying resources in apk-files and resigning them
Same procedure as above:
1. Extract the file with WinRAR/WinZIP, delete the contents of META-INF and start modifying what you have to modify
2. Pack everything again into a ZIP file and sign it with the signapk.jar file (can be found somewhere in the forum or here). The syntax of how to use this can be found in the last link (yes, it's only 10 KB ).
4.3 Installing apks via adb for getting exact error codes if installation fails
Prerequisites: Either know the exact path to the apk or put it into the same directory as your adb executable and hit up your command line:
Code:
adb install /path/to/apk/file.apk
OR
adb install file.apk (implies that apk is located in same dir as adb)
4.4 Everything related to ROM cooking
Check this link (thanks to Decad3nce) and this one (thanks to mxlaser).
5. Things I will do better in this thread due to user request
- Nothing
The end for now.
Note: If you think that my thread is good, then please rate it with 5 stars
Changelog:
Version 1.0
- Initial draft
Version 1.1
- Added complete topic 1 now
- Fixed layout and some typos
Version 2.0
- Added complete topic 2 and half of 3
Version 2.1
- First prototype with all topics finished (will rework parts which are not quite understandable)
Version 2.2
- Added new question to 1.6
Version 2.3
- Added section 4.4 -> Everything related to ROM Cooking DUDEEEESSSSS
Version 2.4
- Added 3.11 How to manually delete system apks? Alternatively with GUI?
Version 2.5
- attached working su file - thanks to lovenemesis for this
Version 2.6
- added some mirrors for the Tattoo.rar archive - thanks to emb0re for providing some space
Version 3
- added topic about creating gold cards (2.3.1)
hi
very good initiative stuck
Great work
Very intuitive guide for beginner.
Though as an experienced and new android application developer, it really took me a whole afternoon to understand every step of the whole process. I am sure this guide would save many others wonderful Saturday afternoon.
Nice Work
Great Work From You Sir. This Will Be Useful for Beginners I Think This Will Save Lot Of Our Time's. And Mods Too
Thanks for the feedback...I hope that I can fill many topics tomorrow
P.S.: Indeed this is meant for the many unexperienced users who desperately want to flash custom ROMs but don't know how to do it...this also spares a lot senseless thread-posts I hope...^^
Dude
SSj Man Can You Add Tutorial Abt How to get the Apk file which i download from market in my mobile. if that is possible
3. We have every needed file on the phone now. Type now (we are still in your terminal):
- adb shell
$ cd /data/local/bin
$ while ./m7 ; do : ; done
lots of text until you see something like "wrote shell code", press enter 2 or 3 times enter to see:
#
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For me I need to add execute permission for m7 before expolit, with
Code:
chmod 766 m7
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jagan_3400 said:
SSj Man Can You Add Tutorial Abt How to get the Apk file which i download from market in my mobile. if that is possible
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You mean getting the apk from your mobile on your PC for example?
lovenemesis said:
For me I need to add execute permission for m7 before expolit, with
Code:
chmod 766 m7
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Hm, normally when you push the file via adb it will have user permissions, which includes execution...but I will add it to exclude any possible error...thanks for the info.
It might be worth to mention this in 3.1 Busybox installation:
Code:
adb push busybox /system/xbin/
I accidentallly use "adb push busybox /system/xbin" without the ending "/". Well, you know the rest part of the story...
Hmm, probably this one first, at least for the stock HTC ROM
Code:
adb shell "mkdir /system/xbin"
PS: Kind of weird for its name xbin, not the usual sbin on desktop linux. ;-)
TheSSJ said:
You mean getting the apk from your mobile on your PC for example?
Hm, normally when you push the file via adb it will have user permissions, which includes execution...but I will add it to exclude any possible error...thanks for the info.
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Maybe it's because I am using a Fedora box, which the default permission for files in $HOME does not include execution.
lovenemesis said:
Hmm, probably this one first, at least for the stock HTC ROM
Code:
adb shell "mkdir /system/xbin"
PS: Kind of weird for its name xbin, not the usual sbin on desktop linux. ;-)
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You're right, I added it already in the guide, thanks for the feedback. Well, /system/xbin isn't a "normal" directory indeed, but it was created for extra executables which normally aren't shipped in stock ROMs (like busybox).
4. Then perform this:
- # export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/system/lib
- # export PATH=/system/bin
- # insmod ./tattoo-hack.ko
- # mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock5 /data
- # mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
- # cat ./su > /system/bin/su
- # chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
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I suppose after this step the stock ROM is rooted. Right?
But in Android Terminal Emulator gives me $ still. "su" reports an link_image error, which basically said about missing libbinder.so library.
Is it normal or I need to push an libbinder.so to /system/lib as well?
BTW: "adb shell " gives me # straightly.
Regards,
Hmm, I pushed another "su" binary to overwrite the one in Tattoo.rar. And now it works fine in Android Terminal Emulator.
Here is the su binary I use:
View attachment su.zip
Oops, Titanium Backup still refuses to work despite of working "su" binary.
What else should I do?
market not working
hi
i dont know why but the Market does not work for me can u give any solutions for the same im just not able to log in it keeps saying error i also tried with google mail and gmail id but no luck any suggestion pls
few questons kindly answer
hi
i have afew questions can u kindly answer
1. is wipe a must before flashing a new rom
i have flashed the Modoco rom and it was mentioned that this was not needed but i have read in many threads asking to do the same before flashing
2.to bring back contacts after flashing new rom can i use
a. backup pro or titanium backup
b. can i just use the out look sync and get back my contacts from my PC
3. if i restore the stock rom and latter on want to try one of the cooked roms do i need to do the rooting again ie does flashing stock rom remove the rooting
Note : i have been a WM user new to AM is why im asking such questions in the WM i have one app pim backup which would get back all my contacts in 1 min and when flashing any WM it will automatically wipe all the data from the phone this does not seem to be the case with AM is why i have asked above Questions
thanks in advance
lovenemesis said:
Oops, Titanium Backup still refuses to work despite of working "su" binary.
What else should I do?
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Titanium Backup needs Busybox and su to work. If Titanium Backup tells you that it found BusyBox, then try to copy "su" to the following to locations:
/system/bin and /system/xbin
I think with the first it should work then.
haree said:
hi
i dont know why but the Market does not work for me can u give any solutions for the same im just not able to log in it keeps saying error i also tried with google mail and gmail id but no luck any suggestion pls
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Do you use MoDaCo ROM or did u switch now to another? Normally the phone asks for log-in credentials when going online. When you enter them correctly, the login window should disappear and you should be able to access market...I know this sounds stupid, but check if you entered you PW correctly!
haree said:
hi
i have afew questions can u kindly answer
1. is wipe a must before flashing a new rom
i have flashed the Modoco rom and it was mentioned that this was not needed but i have read in many threads asking to do the same before flashing
2.to bring back contacts after flashing new rom can i use
a. backup pro or titanium backup
b. can i just use the out look sync and get back my contacts from my PC
3. if i restore the stock rom and latter on want to try one of the cooked roms do i need to do the rooting again ie does flashing stock rom remove the rooting
Note : i have been a WM user new to AM is why im asking such questions in the WM i have one app pim backup which would get back all my contacts in 1 min and when flashing any WM it will automatically wipe all the data from the phone this does not seem to be the case with AM is why i have asked above Questions
thanks in advance
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1. As I told you via PM already: If the ROM is based on the same source ROM (HTC stock in your case) then a wipe is NOT required, but if you switch android version (AOSP, Vanilla, FroYo, Eclair) then you HAVE TO wipe.
2.
a) I had only problems with Titanium backup concerning restoring contacts. I would suggest using MyBackup Pro
b) Well, if you can sync to outlook, then I suppose yes, but I really doubt that these features are implemented in custom ROMs...
3. Well, if you mean restoring the NAND-backup and then flashing another cooked ROM (which are all rooted by default ), then no - you don't need to re-root. Only if you would flash the original/official HTC ROM which comes shipped as exe-file, but I don't see the sense in flashing this one...use your NAND-backups
TheSSJ said:
Titanium Backup needs Busybox and su to work. If Titanium Backup tells you that it found BusyBox, then try to copy "su" to the following to locations:
/system/bin and /system/xbin
I think with the first it should work then.
hi
thanks buddy for patiently answering all my Q
i got it now but i dont know why this Bl***dy market does not work what every i try ie when the net is on and ur browsing u see the E on ur phone screen and then the 2 white arrows flash this it self does not happen when i try to log in to market
just dont know what is wrong
right now im using Modoco and happy with it seems to be real fast and everything is working on this ROM
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Don't know if this has been mentioned anywhere, but I'll post it anyway...
This utility will come in handy for those who use terminal emulators. "Bash" features command completion (by holding the center button on the directional pad) and can execute previous commands from history (by pressing Up on the direction pad).
Simply unzip the attachment to anywhere on your SD card, and, using a terminal emulator like ConnectBot do the following:
Code:
cd sdcard/[I]<folder where bash was saved>[/I]
su
sh bash.sh
Or, if you want to run from OpenRecovery, then unzip the files under /sdcard/OpenRecovery/scripts, then edit "bash.sh" so that the "cp bash/bash /system/bin" line is changed to "cp /sdcard/OpenRecovery/scripts/bash/bash /system/bin". To install it, use the "Miscellaneous->Run Script" option from OpenRecovery.
It will automatically take effect as your default shell the next time you start a terminal session or reboot. Or just type 'bash'
Thanks for the script , I havent had a chance to use it just yet but it would be extremely useful
~PsyCl0ne
PsyCl0ne said:
Thanks for the script , I havent had a chance to use it just yet but it would be extremely useful
~PsyCl0ne
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No problem! It's a time saver for me... no more need to re-type commands or type out the long folder names.
Isnt busybox sh acting the same way ? whats advantage over busybox sh ?
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/shell/shell-differences/
Scroll down till you see a table...
zewelor1 said:
Isnt busybox sh acting the same way ? whats advantage over busybox sh ?
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I think the most visible is the permanent history.
Busybox has the permanent history as compile option but nobody cares to enable it.
For the rest the busybox's shell is more than enough for the limited usage on a cellphone.
oh this is awesome.
Gonna come in real handy for ro/rw mounting. I'd been cheating by throwing a bunch of common commands into the 'first command' line and saving different connection profiles in ConnectBot
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*edit*
bummer, couldn't get Terminal Emulator to initialize the session. Attached is a zip with sh.sh to restore your shell to sh - actually, it just redirects the sym. link from bash to sh (sh0 binary), so you could use it to swap back and forth if you want - bash is left on the system.
As mentioned here and here:
adding "echo ro.HOME_APP_ADJ=1" to /data/local.prop fixes the launcher redraw lag.
Documentation:
http://code.google.com/p/sipdroid/wiki/FAQ
Due to limited memory home screen often takes several seconds to load. Luckily these phones allow root access. Issue the command "echo ro.HOME_APP_ADJ=1 >/data/local.prop" and reboot, to lock home screen in memory.
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update:
it does seem to made a difference
Here are the commands: (batch file to do this here,post#5)
Code:
adb remount
adb pull /system/build.prop .
edit build.prop with a decent text editor and add these two lines a the end
#fix for screen redraw lag
ro.HOME_APP_ADJ=1
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Code:
adb push build.prop /system/
adb reboot
you could try
Code:
adb shell stop
adb shell setprop ro.HOME_APP_ADJ=1
adb shell start
if it works you just have to add ro.HOME_APP_ADJ=1 to build.prop.
g4rb4g3 said:
you could try
Code:
adb shell stop
adb shell setprop ro.HOME_APP_ADJ=1
adb shell start
if it works you just have to add ro.HOME_APP_ADJ=1 to build.prop.
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tried:
Code:
adb shell stop
adb shell setprop ro.HOME_APP_ADJ 1
adb shell start
My phone hot rebooted after the last command.
After it rebooted I ran
Code:
C:\Users\meeee>adb shell getprop ro.HOME_APP_ADJ
4
Since its 4. I guess it did not stick.
Also tried setting it and immediately reading it, did not stick.
Code:
C:\Users\meeee>adb shell setprop ro.HOME_APP_ADJ 1
C:\Users\meeee>adb shell getprop ro.HOME_APP_ADJ
4
The setting stuck after putting it in build.prop, time to check if it made any difference...
Code:
C:\Users\meeee\Desktop>adb shell getprop ro.HOME_APP_ADJ
1
Don't reboot, try the commands and watch out if your problem got fixed. If it works like that you can add the line to build.prop.
g4rb4g3 said:
Don't reboot, try the commands and watch out if your problem got fixed. If it works like that you can add the line to build.prop.
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It did it on its own.
seems to be working, updated op with the commands.
britoso said:
seems to be working, updated op with the commands.
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Added this cmd to build.prop but see no changes... what lags you talking about btw?
For me my home screens were sluggish. There was a delay when I tried to switch desktops.
I made a little bat.file, which adds those 2 lines to your build.prop.
- put "Launcher_lag_fix.bat" in ..Android/tools/
- doubleklick
- and wait till reboot.
rori~ said:
I made a little bat.file, which adds those 2 lines to your build.prop.
- put "Launcher_lag_fix.bat" in ..Android/tools/
- doubleklick
- and wait till reboot.
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thanks rori.
No one has posted yet what the command actually does. All it does is tell Android to try to keep the launcher in memory.
Shouldn't affect anything like the scrolling or any response while actually using the launcher, but will fix some lag for when going back home from any other app, as it doesn't have to re-launch the launcher if it was kicked out of memory.
Various options like this exist in some launchers, and I think Cyanogenmod has this option in the settings too. They are not all the same as this command though, so this may work better for some people while the other ways to do it may work better for others.
Clarkster said:
No one has posted yet what the command actually does. All it does is tell Android to try to keep the launcher in memory.
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As per this it locks the 'screen' in memory. (maybe they mean the screen buffer)
Due to limited memory home screen often takes several seconds to load. Luckily these phones allow root access. Issue the command "echo ro.HOME_APP_ADJ=1 >/data/local.prop" and reboot, to lock home screen in memory.
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Makes sense as I always have had launcher locked in memory before this and was still having my home screen redraw very slowly when I switched to it.
A good find
Btw just for info there were issues in apps from pre release system dump of arc
However if u r using apps from the retail dump 'they don't lag'
Sent from my U20i using XDA App
rori~ said:
I made a little bat.file, which adds those 2 lines to your build.prop.
- put "Launcher_lag_fix.bat" in ..Android/tools/
- doubleklick
- and wait till reboot.
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can you specify where is the android/tools mentioned, can it be found in all android phones?
Btw, I have seen ">>" and ">" then "space" /data/local.prop in other websites, while in the sipdroid article, it is exactly
"echo ro.HOME_APP_ADJ=1 >/data/local.prop".
otivaeey said:
can you specify where is the android/tools mentioned, can it be found in all android phones?
Btw, I have seen ">>" and ">" then "space" /data/local.prop in other websites, while in the sipdroid article, it is exactly
"echo ro.HOME_APP_ADJ=1 >/data/local.prop".
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adb comes with the sdk, for my windows machine its at
C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools
in unix ">" sends text to a file (deletes whatever was there) and ">>" appends at the end of a file. If you're not familiar its easiest to just add the one line manually at the end of build.prop.
Hey y'all, wondering if anybody can help me with this:
I'm at work and don't have access to ADB. Can I use Root Explorer to copy the file to the sdcard, mount the card on a PC, edit it, and then use Root Explorer to copy it back again? Or will that cause issues with permissions or something?
EDIT: Well it's intellectual now, I nandroided back to my previous ROM due to some other issues. I'd still like to know though.
Ya the root explorer thing should work but just to be safe I would nandroid first cause worst case scenario your phone freezes you pull battery boot into recovery restore nandroid. But seriously I don't think it will be a problem.
Just out of curiosity I wanted to see if I could do this without a computer at all and turns out all you really need to do is download estrong (or any other root explorer), turn root explorer option on, mount /system and go and edit build.prop through the the built in note editor in estrong. So that might be an alternate solution for you kippswanson.