Root directory - TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello I'm looking to play some gameloft games on my TP,so I need to change build.prop file. But there isn't any files in root category. How to get these files?

The built-in file explorer doesn't let you see the root directory. You can use something like Root Explorer (paid app from the Market), or an equivalent, to see it.
Besides, build.prop is located in /system

gtx680 said:
Hello I'm looking to play some gameloft games on my TP,so I need to change build.prop file. But there isn't any files in root category. How to get these files?
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If you're rooted, you can use es file explorer (along with some other ones). In settings, click on the 'rooted' box and also on the mount box. Free in Google play. The build.prop file is in /system

+1 on ES
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You can simply flash the supreme modpack it has alot of feautures check it out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1519161

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[Q] how to view system files

i like to now how to view the system files on the nexus one i tried andexplorer on the android market it works but it will not let me delete any files is there a why to delete the files another why ?!?!
Root Explorer works, but its not free.
futango said:
Root Explorer works, but its not free.
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ill test it out
You have to have root for one. Then you have to mount /system/ as rw.
Does anyone know how to view driver files? I have root explorer and I can copy all system files to view on the computer. But drivers just do nothing when I try to grab them and they won't copy and paste.

[Q] Root Explorer can't paste file to system

Hi guys, I have a problem with my I9000, when I try to copy a MOD or someting to System/app for example, I can't paste bcoz I don't have enought space to paste in that folder...
Sorry for my english.. and I hope someone help me..
Best thing to use root explorer and go to that folder.You can see if the folder is mounted as read only(ro) or read write (rw).And you can see how much space do you have in that folder.If you have enough space mount system/app as rw and you can copy files to it.
Find root explorer on market best for working with files.
malcho said:
Best thing to use root explorer and go to that folder.You can see if the folder is mounted as read only(ro) or read write (rw).And you can see how much space do you have in that folder.If you have enough space mount system/app as rw and you can copy files to it.
Find root explorer on market best for working with files.
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And when I am running Root explorer, in folder /system/app when I want to copy a file, I have 275mb used and 64k free.. how I can free more space ?
An that not is one issue, Root explorer on the Gingerbread. Try delet file, and yes make it, but go another folder, and back on , you will see again deleted file, is not deleted !???
Regards
SaniM said:
And when I am running Root explorer, in folder /system/app when I want to copy a file, I have 275mb used and 64k free.. how I can free more space ?
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You will have to delete some unused system apps like aldiko or whatever you dont't use.
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[Q] Tethering on HTC Vivid (Rooted, stock rom)

I tried many apps and none of them seems to work. Right now I have Titanium Backup installed, but I can't find any app that seems to be a Tethering blocker. What would be some possible names for that app? Also is there any other stealth Wifi app out there that I can try? Thanks.
If you search before you post... you'd find a thread with the fix...
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I tried freezing restartapp and resetnotify, but it still didn't work. if anyone knows which app I need to freeze please help. There are too many to try one at a time.
Gah
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1904145
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I downloaded that zip file in that thread and got the ext.jar file, but I can't seem to delete the ext.jar file in the /system/framework directory. My phone is rooted, and I have super user permission. Is there any way to trick it to allow me to delete it? Thanks.
awdrifter said:
I downloaded that zip file in that thread and got the ext.jar file, but I can't seem to delete the ext.jar file in the /system/framework directory. My phone is rooted, and I have super user permission. Is there any way to trick it to allow me to delete it? Thanks.
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get a root file browser and mount system r/w then it should let you. i personally use es file explorer and enable root settings

[Q] How can I change the hangouts emoticons (emoji) back to Google ones?

Hi,
I have updated my HTC One to android 4.4, sense 5.5 (latest update from HTC). After the update I see that the emoticons in the Google hangouts app have been changed to HTC emoticons.
I was used to the emoticons in my hangouts app and now they have been changed and I am very disappointed.
Is there a way to get the Google emoticons back? I don't like the ones that HTC provides.
I have attached a screen shot.
If I could also change the emoticons/emojis to Google system-wide I would be more glad.
183.amir said:
Hi,
I have updated my HTC One to android 4.4, sense 5.5 (latest update from HTC). After the update I see that the emoticons in the Google hangouts app have been changed to HTC emoticons.
I was used to the emoticons in my hangouts app and now they have been changed and I am very disappointed.
Is there a way to get the Google emoticons back? I don't like the ones that HTC provides.
I have attached a screen shot.
If I could also change the emoticons/emojis to Google system-wide I would be more glad.
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I'd like to know this as well. I much prefer the Google emoticons in Hangouts.
imminentwill said:
I'd like to know this as well. I much prefer the Google emoticons in Hangouts.
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I think this should either be provided by Google Hangouts app or we need to use a custom framework.
Finally figured it out myself and thought I should share! You need root for this to work.
Get a file browser app that can browse system files. I suggest Root Browser or ES File Explorer.
Navigate to /system/fonts/
While in the fonts folder, you should see a font named "AndroidEmoji-htc.ttf" and a "AndroidEmoji.ttf".
Rename "AndroidEmoji-htc.ttf" to "AndroidEmoji-htc.ttf.nothankyou" or whatever file extension you prefer. Just make sure it's not .ttf or any other font file extension or the system will still read it.
Doing this will make the system fall back to "AndroidEmoji.ttf" which contains the hangous emojis.
Reboot and you will see the results.
Enjoy!
Okay, so you changed the Emoji in your conversation to match your keyboard. What if I wanted to go the other way ’round and skin my keyboard Emoji to match what’s in the conversation?
Musenkishi said:
Finally figured it out myself and thought I should share! You need root for this to work.
Get a file browser app that can browse system files. I suggest Root Browser or ES File Explorer.
Navigate to /system/fonts/
While in the fonts folder, you should see a font named "AndroidEmoji-htc.ttf" and a "AndroidEmoji.ttf".
Rename "AndroidEmoji-htc.ttf" to "AndroidEmoji-htc.ttf.nothankyou" or whatever file extension you prefer. Just make sure it's not .ttf or any other font file extension or the system will still read it.
Doing this will make the system fall back to "AndroidEmoji.ttf" which contains the hangous emojis.
Reboot and you will see the results.
Enjoy!
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do you think there is a way to get the emoticons used in whatsapp for hangouts also?
herwegan said:
do you think there is a way to get the emoticons used in whatsapp for hangouts also?
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Well... I don't know. In my post, I basically just remove the emojis that HTC put in the Android system and let it fall back on the original emojis in KitKat, which is the same as the Hangouts.
If there is an emoji font inside the whatsapp APK, then it might be possible to rename it to "AndroidEmoji-htc.ttf", and put it in /system/fonts/. This way, your phone would think it's loading the HTC emojis, but in reality it would be the whatsapp emojis. Might be possible with any emoji font pack actually.
thank you this worked perfectly!
Musenkishi said:
Finally figured it out myself and thought I should share! You need root for this to work.
Get a file browser app that can browse system files. I suggest Root Browser or ES File Explorer.
Navigate to /system/fonts/
While in the fonts folder, you should see a font named "AndroidEmoji-htc.ttf" and a "AndroidEmoji.ttf".
Rename "AndroidEmoji-htc.ttf" to "AndroidEmoji-htc.ttf.nothankyou" or whatever file extension you prefer. Just make sure it's not .ttf or any other font file extension or the system will still read it.
Doing this will make the system fall back to "AndroidEmoji.ttf" which contains the hangous emojis.
Reboot and you will see the results.
Enjoy!
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is there a way to do this without having root?
Any ideas on making this work without root?
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robgee789 said:
Any ideas on making this work without root?
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I'd love to find a non rooted solution as well. Anyone got any ideas?
IIIMik3 said:
I'd love to find a non rooted solution as well. Anyone got any ideas?
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I also need a non rooted solution for my HTC One M8. This is driving me crazy.
Musenkishi said:
Finally figured it out myself and thought I should share! You need root for this to work.
Get a file browser app that can browse system files. I suggest Root Browser or ES File Explorer.
Navigate to /system/fonts/
While in the fonts folder, you should see a font named "AndroidEmoji-htc.ttf" and a "AndroidEmoji.ttf".
Rename "AndroidEmoji-htc.ttf" to "AndroidEmoji-htc.ttf.nothankyou" or whatever file extension you prefer. Just make sure it's not .ttf or any other font file extension or the system will still read it.
Doing this will make the system fall back to "AndroidEmoji.ttf" which contains the hangous emojis.
Reboot and you will see the results.
Enjoy!
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Obviously I have not rooted yet. What type of root does this require to have permissions to do this? Thanks in advance.
Musenkishi said:
Finally figured it out myself and thought I should share! You need root for this to work.
Get a file browser app that can browse system files. I suggest Root Browser or ES File Explorer.
Navigate to /system/fonts/
While in the fonts folder, you should see a font named "AndroidEmoji-htc.ttf" and a "AndroidEmoji.ttf".
Rename "AndroidEmoji-htc.ttf" to "AndroidEmoji-htc.ttf.nothankyou" or whatever file extension you prefer. Just make sure it's not .ttf or any other font file extension or the system will still read it.
Doing this will make the system fall back to "AndroidEmoji.ttf" which contains the hangous emojis.
Reboot and you will see the results.
Enjoy!
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I have a rooted M7, I've granted ES File Explorer SuperUser, and I get "task failed" when i try to rename it, and "Read only file system" when I try to delete it. Nothing is working
EDIT: Using Root Explorer instead of ES File Explorer worked. Not sure why, but I'm glad I know Root Explorer will work for me.
JMB2772 said:
I have a rooted M7, I've granted ES File Explorer SuperUser, and I get "task failed" when i try to rename it, and "Read only file system" when I try to delete it. Nothing is working
EDIT: Using Root Explorer instead of ES File Explorer worked. Not sure why, but I'm glad I know Root Explorer will work for me.
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still hoping for a non-root solution to this. :fingers-crossed:
Me too mate but I don't think it's gonna happen
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Just run the weaksauce root for your HTC One M8 guys and you'll have no problems following the OP's instructions- literally takes 1 minute to root, 30 seconds to change the emoticons and you are good to go!
I rooted on my first day picking up the M8 and it's been awesome since
JMB2772 said:
I have a rooted M7, I've granted ES File Explorer SuperUser, and I get "task failed" when i try to rename it, and "Read only file system" when I try to delete it. Nothing is working
EDIT: Using Root Explorer instead of ES File Explorer worked. Not sure why, but I'm glad I know Root Explorer will work for me.
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Just an FYI for anyone else who gets the "read only file system error" in ES File Explorer. There are actually two steps required to configure ES to be able to access and modify files on the system partition.
Step one, you've done, is grant ES superuser access. But all this does is give ES read-only access to the protected system partition. In order to actually make changes to any files on system, you also need to enable read-write access to system.
Step two, In the same place you enable superuser access in ES, you can tap the option to open up another menu, choose Mount R/W, and then select /system.
Now you will be able to actually modify files on the system partition. This is essentially what root explorer does in the background, it just starts up with system mounted as readwrite. But since ES can be used by users without root, it defaults to read-only for system, and must be specifically configured for read-write.
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IIIMik3 said:
still hoping for a non-root solution to this. :fingers-crossed:
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Well, there's no way for a non-root device to modify files on the system partition. This is what root gives you, access to modify /system. So without root, there's just no way to accomplish this modification. If the emoji files were stored on /data, then you'd be able to make some changes. But they're stored on /system, which the user on a non-root device is blocked from accessing.
A little background on the "why" this is:
If the user had full read-write to /system by default on a stock device, then any app in the Play Store or sideloaded could compromise your security and make unauthorized changes to your device. This is why /system is protected. By rooting your device, you are removing this protection. You the user are essentially taking on the responsibility to ensure that anything you install from that point forward is safe and trusted. If you install something and grant it root access, it then has access to every file on your device. Because of the very real security dangers involved with rooting, no device will ever come rooted from the factory, and no Play Store app will be able to access /system without being rooted.
trjlive said:
Just an FYI for anyone else who gets the "read only file system error" in ES File Explorer. There are actually two steps required to configure ES to be able to access and modify files on the system partition.
Step one, you've done, is grant ES superuser access. But all this does is give ES read-only access to the protected system partition. In order to actually make changes to any files on system, you also need to enable read-write access to system.
Step two, In the same place you enable superuser access in ES, you can tap the option to open up another menu, choose Mount R/W, and then select /system.
Now you will be able to actually modify files on the system partition. This is essentially what root explorer does in the background, it just starts up with system mounted as readwrite. But since ES can be used by users without root, it defaults to read-only for system, and must be specifically configured for read-write.
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Well, there's no way for a non-root device to modify files on the system partition. This is what root gives you, access to modify /system. So without root, there's just no way to accomplish this modification. If the emoji files were stored on /data, then you'd be able to make some changes. But they're stored on /system, which the user on a non-root device is blocked from accessing.
A little background on the "why" this is:
If the user had full read-write to /system by default on a stock device, then any app in the Play Store or sideloaded could compromise your security and make unauthorized changes to your device. This is why /system is protected. By rooting your device, you are removing this protection. You the user are essentially taking on the responsibility to ensure that anything you install from that point forward is safe and trusted. If you install something and grant it root access, it then has access to every file on your device. Because of the very real security dangers involved with rooting, no device will ever come rooted from the factory, and no Play Store app will be able to access /system without being rooted.
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Ah, thanks for this! I'm glad I was able to get it to work with root explorer before this, but I'm glad I know how ES works now.
Hello everyone
I just want to get feedback on something... I use Go SMS Pro, but people using hangouts that I speak with, because I use the emoji provided by the app (iPhone emoji), they don't get most of them, which is very annoying... has anyone faced this? Is this happening just because of the emojis not being integrated? (If I press the button for emojis on the app, I get iPhone' s emojis, but not if i use the SwiftKey shortcut...)
Btw, I tried sending about 50 emoji. Hangouts got 25... :S
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[Q] read write permission

Hello,
i am using ixperia 8s rom. i was trying to add some fonts in system folder but i am unable to change permission. i already used Root Explorer, ES explorer, root browser bt still can't able to copy fonts in system folder. can any one help....plz
harnit8889 said:
Hello,
i am using ixperia 8s rom. i was trying to add some fonts in system folder but i am unable to change permission. i already used Root Explorer, ES explorer, root browser bt still can't able to copy fonts in system folder. can any one help....plz
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What error are u facing while copying??
Its solved. i was nt using correct root explore nw i found it. thnx for replying

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