This is a very simple how-to for disabling that nerve wrecking startup sound that can not be disabled in the parameters:
Method 1 (root required)
1. root your phone with any rooted system.img
2. run the following commands:
adb shell
su
mount -o remount,rw /system
cd /system/media/audio/ui/
mv PowerOn.ogg PowerOn.ogg.disabled
Method 2 (root required)
Alternatively, a file explorer can be used for the same purpose: go to /system/media/audio/ui/, then rename PowerOn.ogg
Method 3 (root required)
As kindly provided by kicker63: "A quicker way is to just untick all the poweron.Ogg permissions boxes and then Reboot your phone, no more annoying startup sound. Just use Root Explorer to do this. "
Method 4 (no root required)
As kindly provided by aavvaallooss: "NO root needed if you use StartUp Manager (Free). Under Settings pick up "Enable Silent Boot"
This method may or may not work depending on your ROM.
A quicker way is to just untick all the poweron.Ogg permissions boxes and then Reboot your phone, no more annoying startup sound. Just use Root Explorer to do this.
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Very clever thanks!
Your welcome m8.
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kicker63 said:
A quicker way is to just untick all the poweron.Ogg permissions boxes and then Reboot your phone, no more annoying startup sound. Just use Root Explorer to do this.
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Thanks for this advice. This post is just to say that i used a free app instead of Root Explorer. In italian it's name is ES Gestore File but of course there are other languages versions.
piccherroll said:
Thanks for this advice. This post is just to say that i used a free app instead of Root Explorer. In italian it's name is ES Gestore File but of course there are other languages versions.
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ES File Explorer
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ES File Explorer
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Yeah, basically the literal translation
Hey,
I'm also trying to disable this sound. It's unclear to me if you MUST have a rooted phone for the 2nd option to work? I heard that rooting your phone voids the guarantee?
I tried ES file explorer, was able to locate the file but I can't rename it/haven't found a way to alter the permissions.
thx,
Sven
Yes you must be rooted, to uncheck them boxes.
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NO root needed if you use StartUp Manager (Free). Under Settings pick up "Enable Silent Boot"
There we go another quick way to disable startup sound.
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NO root needed if you use StartUp Manager (Free). Under Settings pick up "Enable Silent Boot"
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Hey,
Thanks for the hint. Unfortunately, this also doesn't disable the start-up sound. This app disables the sound at shutdown, however this doesn't do the trick on this device.
Seems like a cool app though..
I think it's very strange that disabling start-up sound requires root access, and is not configurable by default.. If you think about it, a start-up sound has no use & can only cause frustration, if you need to start-up in a room full of audience..
Metod #4 WORKS great for me!
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Metod #4 WORKS great for me!
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Are you rooted?
xd.bx said:
Are you rooted?
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Yes, my phone is rooted. But StartUp Manager did not ask for root grant
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If a connect it to the PC, i cannot see the system folder. (is there any trick I am not aware of?)
If i use a folder manager, i cannot put a ringtone in the system/media folder...its probably protected or so.
does it HAVE to be rooted or so?
thank you.
Root is required to make changes to /system
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If you wanna put a ringtone in /system/media use root explorer. That's the easiest way for you, if you're advanced and wanna get familiar with adb, adb push it
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THANK YOU.
I assumed that
but is the ROOT safe at this time? i have red a lot of issues after ROOTing...
Uhh... root is kinda never safe? Haha. Idk what you mean by that
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getting root itself normally isnt a big issue.. normally people run in to more trouble when they have attempted flashes that go awry.
I used to flash my HTC Touch Pro 2 with a CUSTOM Rom almost every month... for more than 1 year..and no issues there...
but the number of topics with problems after booting the D3...made me think again when modding this phone...
With just a root, you should be ok. I feel that just rooting does very little, and as said before, the issues only arise when we try to take advantage of what root enables us to do...freezing, modding, flashing, etc.
i just want to put a custom ringtone (mp3 file) in the ringtones folders.
the ringtones from this phone..are really stupid.
any ideas which does not include root?
Well I use the MIUI music app and when it asks me to choose a ringtone I just chooose it through that
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Use Ringdroid, it's free in market. Ringdroid allows you to crop and edit audio files, turn them in to ringtones and set them as default.
worked perfectly with ringdroid
if i unistall the application, the ringtone will remain?
use root explorer. Thats how i get to it.
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VincentDHam said:
use root explorer. Thats how i get to it.
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nope. if i try to move with root explorer a file in system folder, it says i can not do that. probably because the phone is not rooted.
bogdan_wrc said:
nope. if i try to move with root explorer a file in system folder, it says i can not do that. probably because the phone is not rooted.
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Exactly. Do not be afraid to root it, you can unroot it whenever you like.
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Root explorer isn't nedded anymore. ES file explorer can browse as root, and it's free.
does anyone can tell me how to edit android system file without root?
Sorry for my bad english
Not possible i guess. Only root users will get access to System partition. If not rooted, you'll only able to access the SD-card folder only.
If there is any exceptions, correct me if I'm wrong.
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He is right not Possible ..
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Yea root dude. Wont hurt you
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It's simply not possible ..
and if you are on xda then your device should be rooted .. ! ! So that you can take the full advantage of being a member of it
Go ahead and root your device
Cheers
root ur devices to take control on system files...
It's impossible.
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Yes, it's impossible, you have to root......may I suggest you this: Universal Gingerbread Root & Unroot 2.3.3 -> 2.3.7+ ?
actually it is possible with abd it is like a temp root
what you need is a stock kernel in which ro.debuggable is set to 1 and you can use adb root command to push and pull files to system dont know about deleting
but still it is far better to root the device.
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actually it is possible with abd it is like a temp root
what you need is a stock kernel in which ro.debuggable is set to 1 and you can use adb root command to push and pull files to system dont know about deleting
but still it is far better to root the device.
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...-.-'...dhlalit11...temp root=root...but only temporary, but is always root...then the answer is always the same...it's impossible without root.
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...-.-'...dhlalit11...temp root=root...but only temporary, but is always root...then the answer is always the same...it's impossible without root.
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i said like temp root and temp root
Download astro file manager go to manage my files > preferences > directory options > home directory > press UP from the top until you see / > then scroll a little bit and there will be an "Ok or Cancel" > press OK then restart astro > DONE!
One problem just ROOT your phone root wont hurt right?
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kenjilucas19 said:
It is possible open astro file manager and set home directory (i dont know what is called) to /
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Yes...and then?!? also if you can see the system folders without root you can't do nothing.
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EVIL THOR said:
Yes...and then?!? also if you can see the system folders without root you can't do nothing.
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yes thats right, we need to mount system to r/w and thats need root, if not then we'll just in r/o state and we can only see and do nothing about it
I think it's possible
I have the same problem. I want to change the system sounds.
Today I was looking in my files with astro file manager. I noticed a little phone icon in the path. I tapped it and i got in the system partition.
P.S I have a galaxy nexus. It has no sd card. I don't know if it works with other phones.
I'd use adb, as dheerai said. I think u mean with 'root' that u flash sth with loosing warranty. But using adb doesnt void warranty, i think, cause if it would, no single developer using adb (and they do use it!) would loose his phones warranty and this might not be googles intention.
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what if the phone don't have root....?
If you just want to view them then just flash TWRP flashing doesn't require root and you can view them and if you want to edit them then sorry there's no way to edit them without rooting
Can you please elaborate the process about how to edit the system files through adb commands?
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...-.-'...dhlalit11...temp root=root...but only temporary, but is always root...then the answer is always the same...it's impossible without root.
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How to temporarily root using adb
I tried to copy the jb boot animation on my ics rom but got an error. I know that others would like have it too both on ics and other job roms. thanks in advance..
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darius0519 said:
I tried to copy the jb boot animation on my ics rom but got an error. I know that others would like have it too both on ics and other job roms. thanks in advance..
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Already done it mate, here you go:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1773329
If you're looking to integrate this into your ROM, just drop it into /system/media (without unzipping it)
Hope this helps.
Tried to copy but got an error. Is there anything I missed? Thanks
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Tried to copy but got an error. Is there anything I missed? Thanks
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Your file manager needs to have root access. This looks like it should work, if not try Root Explorer, which whilst it is paid for, is well worth the money and you'd be amazed at how often it comes in handy.
You must make the /system directory read/write. You can do this is ES File Explorer (assuming you have root) by hitting the menu button, click on "Settings", and scroll to the very bottom. The second option from the bottom is "Mount File System", and the subtext shows this is to "Mount / , /system as writable." Check this option, then try copying your file.
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You must make the /system directory read/write. You can do this is ES File Explorer (assuming you have root) by hitting the menu button, click on "Settings", and scroll to the very bottom. The second option from the bottom is "Mount File System", and the subtext shows this is to "Mount / , /system as writable." Check this option, then try copying your file.
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Thanks it worked!!
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No problem. Glad to hear it worked.
If you don't want to mess with /system/media and possibly lose the boot animation that is baked in your rom, drop the bootanimation.zip in /data/local and fix permissions.
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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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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!
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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!
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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
Hi guys, I'm scratching my head as to why I can't add build.prop values in the build.prop even though I am rooted. I'm using Root Explorer and every time I try to push the edited build.prop in the /system/ directory, it doesn't overwrite the original. I used the RockMyMoto to root. Is there something I should do to fix this or is this somehow locked by Motorola?
Make sure you have the system set for read/write not read only. When you're in root explorer there should be a tab at the top of the page with the option for r/w or r/o.
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Rhiannon224 said:
Make sure you have the system set for read/write not read only. When you're in root explorer there should be a tab at the top of the page with the option for r/w or r/o.
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Thanks. That worked but now it won't stick on boot. It reverts back to default build.prop. Permissions were set correctly. I'm lost lol
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To get it to stick on boot, you have to boot into the write protect disabled mode. To do this, boot into bootloader, then select recovery. It will boot Android, but this time with write protect disabled. Make your changes, then reboot as normal.