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Help to remove disastrous apk - please android Wizards

I REALLY need some assistance, think I screwed my phone, really want to avoid a hard wipe.
I installed Lockbot the other day, has some issues with dual lock layers (i.e. the lockbot app wasn't disabling my HTC lock so I had two unlocks.). emailed dev and he sent me a beta version to hopefully correct issue. I only received an apk file from him.
FYI I am on fresh 1.1, rooted.
I used the kitchen to puch this file: "LockBotPro_1.10.0_beta.apk" to /system/app.
The install went successfully, but later after a reboot I face a HUGE issue. The lockbot app is hanging upon reboot and will not unlock. At first I thought i would still be okay, I had ATK and Advanced Task manager both running at start up, so I can enter both of them through my notification drop down menu. I used both to kill the task-to no avail it is still locked. I tried to use advanced task manager to uninstall lockbot - to no avail, it cannot be removed.
Then I tried to pull back the file through kitchen, to no avail.
I don't know what to do. I cannot get my phone to unlock and i cannot pull the file off through adb or kitchen. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY IDEA ON HOW TO FIX THIS??????

I would suggest pulling the battery and rebooting into recovery then use adb to cd to system/app and use rm to remove the apk that way and then boot the phone

wtphoto said:
I would suggest pulling the battery and rebooting into recovery then use adb to cd to system/app and use rm to remove the apk that way and then boot the phone
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I have tried to pull the file in both adb and in kitchen. Would it have installed as something other than the name I pushed it under?

Even if the phone is hard locking (kind of rare of android. even in all the stupid f'd up things I've done I've only hard locked my phone to the point that I couldn't even get in to adb once or twice) then the file system is still completely accessible while it's booting up. You can use the "pull any file" from the kitchen and check off that you want it to delete it after it's done. Just get it all queued up in the kitchen and then power on your phone. Once it gets passed the HTC logo wait a few seconds and then run the pull file from the kitchen. Should work just fine for you.
The alternative (if you are comfortable with adb) would be to boot your phone in to recovery (can also be done through the kitchen, even when it's in the middle of booting) and then type the following from a command prompt:
adb shell mount /system
adb shell rm /system/app/your-application.apk
FYI for future reference you should push these types of applications to /data/app. Your hard locks could either be caused by the fact that the beta just broke things, or it could be that you have a copy of it in both /data/app and in /system/app.

the problem is that you dont want to just pull the file all that does is create a copy of the file where ever you pull it to you need to use the rm cmd to actually remove the file and have you tried to do this from the recovery menu before the phone boots? I mean I am by no means an expert but commonsence says that if you do it in the recovery menu that it would be gone when the phone actually boots and the problem would be gone.
edit: sweet im not a complete noob anymore I was right about removing from the recovery. flipz explained it better though.

thanks flipz, I'm going to try this. I will try via adb first, then via kitchen. Last time kitchen gave me a message to "post" but I didn't figure I would catch you online. Hope you're still around in 15-20. thanks for the how-to!

TF1984 said:
thanks flipz, I'm going to try this. I will try via adb first, then via kitchen. Last time kitchen gave me a message to "post" but I didn't figure I would catch you online. Hope you're still around in 15-20. thanks for the how-to!
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I'll be here.

hmmm. I think I've really screwed something up.
I opened CMD, ran adb, here's where I am and what I have (fyi I get the same thing no matter in Recovery, boot or after normal start up)... and I use apps2sd
C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb shell mount /system
mount: cannot read /etc/fstab: No such file or directory
If I use Kitchen to pull file: It says "Files Deleted".
Now on my Hero, after fresh reboot...
Well maybe it's okay. But now many of my apps are giving FC error. AHH Crap!!!
That app is demonic... LockBot, I'm gonna get my moula back!

TF1984 said:
hmmm. I think I've really screwed something up.
I opened CMD, ran adb, here's where I am and what I have (fyi I get the same thing no matter in Recovery, boot or after normal start up)... and I use apps2sd
C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb shell mount /system
mount: cannot read /etc/fstab: No such file or directory
If I use Kitchen to pull file: It says "Files Deleted".
Now on my Hero, after fresh reboot...
Well maybe it's okay. But now many of my apps are giving FC error. AHH Crap!!!
That app is demonic... LockBot, I'm gonna get my moula back!
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You have a nandroid backup... don't you? Actually what you can try doing is flashing fresh right on top of itself. You won't lose any settings and it will overwrite everything in /system/app.

I haven't made a recent Nandroid backup.
All of my third party apps are giving FC upon trying to execute any action within them. I think I might just reinstall each. I think something happened with my sdcard through this process trying to get rid of lockbot. Not sure.
If I flash fresh it wouldn't remove any data right, will anything change? I think I remember last time I flashed it I even retained my scenes and all, but I have a bad memory. I guess I'll give it a go.

TF1984 said:
I haven't made a recent Nandroid backup.
All of my third party apps are giving FC upon trying to execute any action within them. I think I might just reinstall each. I think something happened with my sdcard through this process trying to get rid of lockbot. Not sure.
If I flash fresh it wouldn't remove any data right, will anything change? I think I remember last time I flashed it I even retained my scenes and all, but I have a bad memory. I guess I'll give it a go.
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Yea so in general when it comes to the phone /system should remain untouched and /data is where all saved settings and market apps go. Obviously we change that by rooting the phone and creating custom roms. But that concept still applies when flashing a rom. It will only wipe /system and not /data (unless the rom dev does something wrong heh).

Flipz I swear one day I am going to make a sizeable donation to you. If I can only find some extra money.
I think you have helped in every issue I have had after rooting, there haven't been many but you are always helpful when I run into trouble.

Well I flashed 1.1 again, but it didn't help to fix the FC on every app.
Guess I will just remove and install each one by one. This will make for a good time to review each app and decide which I should part with for non-use.
Thanks again, my lock issue is resolved!
Maybe I'll try the lockbot again but install to app/data as you suggested in earlier posting.

TF1984 said:
Well I flashed 1.1 again, but it didn't help to fix the FC on every app.
Guess I will just remove and install each one by one. This will make for a good time to review each app and decide which I should part with for non-use.
Thanks again, my lock issue is resolved!
Maybe I'll try the lockbot again but install to app/data as you suggested in earlier posting.
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Might be worth it for you to try clearing your dalvik-cache to see if it fixes your FC's. If that doesn't work then my guess is you are using apps2sd and the symlink got broken somewhere along the way.
And no problem.

Yes I am using apps2sd. I tried the davlik clear cache in kitchen earlier today in attempt to fix the lockbot (I don't know, figured maybe it would work since i have no idea what that does to begin with).
Question, I did pull my sd card out earlier while the phone was off. Then booted and it only went into a boot loop, is that likely to have caused the FCs?
Does that mean that I cannot ever remove the sd card at all or will always cause this problem...cause that would friggin suck a big one!

flipzmode said:
Yea so in general when it comes to the phone /system should remain untouched and /data is where all saved settings and market apps go. Obviously we change that by rooting the phone and creating custom roms. But that concept still applies when flashing a rom. It will only wipe /system and not /data (unless the rom dev does something wrong heh).
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4942088&postcount=2 -- post #2 from the fresh rom thread from back in november.
The reason I don't like it is because it puts your phone at a huge risk of having problems once anything goes wrong. If you install a program that causes issues, a nandroid backup will not resolve the issue because the application is installed on your SD card not your phone. If your phone starts going crazy as reported here and here, then even just a restore possibly won't fix it. You might need to go as far as to wipe your SD card too. If you are lucky enough to have a restore fix your problems you will still need to reinstall every app, even if you didn't wipe your card. And on top of that when you try to reinstall any app it will think it's still installed, even though you restored your phone. But when you click "uninstall" it will just freeze half the time because there's nothing on the phone for it to actually install. I have also read many threads that say if you happen to boot the phone up without the SD card in then it will screw everything up.
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yikes.
I guess it is a gamble, do I want the space provided while keeping apps on my card (I do have A LOT of apps) or do I go the safe route?
Hmmm. thanks again. Quick question, earlier you said I needed to install that apk in data/app, not system/app. I pushed it back via kitchen to data/app and it isn't showing up anywhere. Was there an additional step I am not aware of?

TF1984 said:
yikes.
I guess it is a gamble, do I want the space provided while keeping apps on my card (I do have A LOT of apps) or do I go the safe route?
Hmmm. thanks again. Quick question, earlier you said I needed to install that apk in data/app, not system/app. I pushed it back via kitchen to data/app and it isn't showing up anywhere. Was there an additional step I am not aware of?
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Make sure you aren't forgetting the leading slash. /data/app not data/app. But no, nothing special. That should work. Although if using apps2sd you might want to push to /data/sd/app. It should work regardless because a2sd sets up a symlink but if your stuff is messed up then it might not be working right.

TF1984 said:
hmmm. I think I've really screwed something up.
I opened CMD, ran adb, here's where I am and what I have (fyi I get the same thing no matter in Recovery, boot or after normal start up)... and I use apps2sd
C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb shell mount /system
mount: cannot read /etc/fstab: No such file or directory
If I use Kitchen to pull file: It says "Files Deleted".
Now on my Hero, after fresh reboot...
Well maybe it's okay. But now many of my apps are giving FC error. AHH Crap!!!
That app is demonic... LockBot, I'm gonna get my moula back!
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Type this command in to mount:
mount -o rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
That will mount the /system volume and put it in read-write mode.
Once you are finished deleting the file, type:
umount /system
Then reboot the phone.
Edit: If you want to mount the /data volume, type: mount -o rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /data

please help me here

outa boredem i decied to try apps 2 sd and i did the partion stuff (with ext2 to 3) and then went to dconfig(damge control) and did the apps2sd save and all now i wont to use my apps but i dont know how and dont have android sd installed because i keep getting errors and dont know how to get my apps back or cant download from market and nadroid wont let me nadroid soooooo what do i do??

Yeah the DCconfig is kinda buggy right now. What I would suggest is set the DCconfig back to the no A2SD and then get anything off of your SD that you need then wipe the SD and then reformat it to FAT. Hope that helps

Thomas1218 said:
Yeah the DCconfig is kinda buggy right now. What I would suggest is set the DCconfig back to the no A2SD and then get anything off of your SD that you need then wipe the SD and then reformat it to FAT. Hope that helps
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how...lol(oblivious expanding my knowledge AND NOT WORKING lol)

try to do UID fix in Recovery under Other

1.Plug your phone into your computer and copy all of your essential files to your desktop.
2.Set the DCconfig back to the default with no A2SD enabled
3.Go to Menu-settings-sd card & phone storage-press then press unmount sdcard then "Format SD card"

Jus10o said:
try to do UID fix in Recovery under Other
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didnt work now i have market as THIS APP IS NO LONGER INSTALLED ON YOUR PHONE...

rulyskull said:
didnt work now i have market as THIS APP IS NO LONGER INSTALLED ON YOUR PHONE...
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This happened to me i ended up just formating my sd and reflashing my rom(i was using fresh)

rulyskull said:
didnt work now i have market as THIS APP IS NO LONGER INSTALLED ON YOUR PHONE...
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cuz market moves to sdcard when using a2sd, I dont know why..
Something definitely went wrong when moving the files to your sd card.
Type this on the computer
adb shell
cd /system/sd/app
ls
If you see a list of apps, then your apps are on your sdcard.
If your Apps are there, then in Recovery you can move apps to fat32 sdcard.
You can then format your sdcard, just repartition it using Recovery, just repeat the process, it erases everything of the card. So do Usb toggle in Recovery, move all your stuff and apps you just backed up to your computer and then after you format it, move all of it back and then do the Restore apps back to ext partition or whatever it says.
If your apps are not there or you dont have the directory /system/sd/app then create the folder yourself. Reboot your phone and see if anything works
adb shell
mkdir /system/sd/app

Jus10o said:
cuz market moves to sdcard when using a2sd, I dont know why..
Something definitely went wrong when moving the files to your sd card.
Type this on the computer
adb shell
cd /system/sd/app
ls
If you see a list of apps, then your apps are on your sdcard.
If your Apps are there, then in Recovery you can move apps to fat32 sdcard.
You can then format your sdcard, just repartition it using Recovery, just repeat the process, it erases everything of the card. So do Usb toggle in Recovery, move all your stuff and apps you just backed up to your computer and then after you format it, move all of it back and then do the Restore apps back to ext partition or whatever it says.
If your apps are not there or you dont have the directory /system/sd/app then create the folder yourself. Reboot your phone and see if anything works
adb shell
mkdir /system/sd/app
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my computer wont let me install sdk (it wont show packages availe for download)

rulyskull said:
my computer wont let me install sdk (it wont show packages availe for download)
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You have to go to setting and click on force download.. Or whatever the check box says.. Ill double check
Edit: Its "force htt://blah blah" it should then show up in downloads.

Jus10o said:
You have to go to setting and click on force download.. Or whatever the check box says.. Ill double check
Edit: Its "force htt://blah blah" it should then show up in downloads.
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now what? were do i type the commands?

rulyskull said:
now what? were do i type the commands?
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In to command prompt (assuming you run windows)
go to start at the bottom left (i hope you know start on windows)
run "cmd"
when that comes up type
cd\
cd /android-sdk/tools (Or the folder you installed everything to and names)
adb remount
blah blah and everything else i said to type, i dont remember
One question? how did you root your phone without having android/tools? Im guessing using the flash app on the phone??

Jus10o said:
In to command prompt (assuming you run windows)
go to start at the bottom left (i hope you know start on windows)
run "cmd"
when that comes up type
cd\
cd /android-sdk/tools (Or the folder you installed everything to and names)
adb remount
blah blah and everything else i said to type, i dont remember
One question? how did you root your phone without having android/tools? Im guessing using the flash app on the phone??
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used very first kitchen (pre-kitchen) and did auto root from there on been flashing and playing with EVERYTHING but thanks for this this really helped if theres anything eles ill pm you one of my ims and sorry for the headack i probally gave you!

No headache.. I used to not know what everything meant also.
But im the type to never ask for help and try to figure it out on my own. Yet im always willing to help the best i can. Im no expert though so I cant answer everyones questions.

Jus10o said:
No headache.. I used to not know what everything meant also.
But im the type to never ask for help and try to figure it out on my own. Yet im always willing to help the best i can. Im no expert though so I cant answer everyones questions.
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ok well thank you and i don't like to ask either but this one got me and this is giving me a headache it keeps saying the path can not be found i tried many different ways (folder paths) but it keeps saying that and im on vista and i seen what it said when i clicked on all including tools and typed thaT and still no

rulyskull said:
ok well thank you and i don't like to ask either but this one got me and this is giving me a headache it keeps saying the path can not be found i tried many different ways (folder paths) but it keeps saying that and im on vista and i seen what it said when i clicked on all including tools and typed thaT and still no
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Well go to start > computer> c:/ drive
Find the android folder you created.. You can rename it to "android".
When typing in cmd when it first opens type
cd/
then type
cd /android/tools/
If you renamed your folder to android.

wait so if i go to dconfig and turn off a2sd do the apps auto go back to the phone, or what happs there cause i feel like when i use a2sd i feel like my phone is kinda laggy

Jus10o said:
Well go to start > computer> c:/ drive
Find the android folder you created.. You can rename it to "android".
When typing in cmd when it first opens type
cd/
then type
cd /android/tools/
If you renamed your folder to android.
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ok so i had a retard move and didnt place it in the c drive lol sorry my bad but now when i do it it says phone not found so do i do htc sync(because i cant mine got infected by a virus so if i luge my phone it idk what will happen) but if i do ll need to do it on a freinds computer BUT I FIGURED IT OUT!!....sorta

[Q] installation error unknown reason-18

HELP!!! every time i try to download and install an app from the market it says "installation error
unknown reason-18"
what could be causing this, and how do i fix it?

I get the same thing. Cyanogenmod 6 RC3. Apps installing to external.
I've tried:
1) rebooting
2) deleting the market data
3) wiping cache
4) wiping dalvik cache
5) nandroid/wipe/restore
6) BART/wipe/restore
7) wipe/reflash
I've heard that installing to internal, and then moving them to external will work. I've also heard that installing one app by adb will fix it to make market work.
And finally I've heard that the following works.
Code:
rm /mnt/secure/asec/smdl2tmp1.asec
I'll be trying a few of these out, starting with the last.
*****::::::EDIT::::::*****
The above code should read:
Code:
su
rm /mnt/secure/asec/smdl2tmp1.asec
Note that in normal text, that's "rm /mnt/secure/asec/smdl2tmp1.asec". For some reason, the CODE tag makes a lower case l look like the number 1.
l
Code:
l
1
Code:
1

I should also mention that I also tried to fix permissions.
The code shown above didn't work. Terminal said that the file didn't exist.
I set it to install apps to "automatic" and that has been working since my first reply.

On the Terminal, enter first "su" and only after that run the command.

hello, i have a Desire NON-rooted and have changed too automatic install on external trough ADB, but i have this problem now suddenly i got unknown reason 18 and nothing will install on external !!! is there any solution i have maybe 20 apps on the external. thanks

yerand said:
HELP!!! every time i try to download and install an app from the market it says "installation error
unknown reason-18"
what could be causing this, and how do i fix it?
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I had the exact same error message when trying to install the Google Maps update today and it turned out that it was because Google Maps was on the SD Card. I had moved maps to SD yesterday, then when I tried to update it, I got the error you got. I had to
1) switch the install location back to internal
2) move maps back to internal
3) clear market cache
After those 3 steps, I was able to install the update without issue. I guess some apps can not be updated if the are either on the card or maybe if they have been moved to the card.

I have the same error. None of the tips here have worked for me. It seems to be only Angry Birds that wont install...
**EDIT** Just found this -
it's smdl2tmp1.asec (with the letter L before the 2) not smd12tmp1.asec (with the number 1)
Oops!
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/...all-around-failures/page__p__24608#entry24608

AndyCr15 said:
Just found this -
it's smdl2tmp1.asec (with the letter L before the 2) not smd12tmp1.asec (with the number 1)
Oops!
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Nice! That's perfect! Spread the word!

AndyCr15 said:
I have the same error. None of the tips here have worked for me. It seems to be only Angry Birds that wont install...
**EDIT** Just found this -
it's smdl2tmp1.asec (with the letter L before the 2) not smd12tmp1.asec (with the number 1)
Oops!
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/...all-around-failures/page__p__24608#entry24608
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Hi
Tried with exactly that text (l and not 1) but terminal says "such directory or file does not exist".
Please help...

I love this Forum endless amount of help. Thanks a million, worked like a charm.

I definitely have the same issue, can not browse file smdl2tpm1.aces. Anybody can help me, so that my android on HD2 can be perfect.hic
kiowa79 said:
Hi
Tried with exactly that text (l and not 1) but terminal says "such directory or file does not exist".
Please help...
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kenhuynh said:
I definitely have the same issue, can not browse file smdl2tpm1.aces. Anybody can help me, so that my android on HD2 can be perfect.hic
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Solved deleting .adroid_secure folder. It's hidden in SD root.

Tried all the above hints, still not working
Hello all
Market is still not installing anything on my N1.
There is no such file in /mnt/secure/asec, and yes, got a rooted phone.
The only file there that starts with s is smpxg.jewelxmas_lite-1.asec.
Any other hints ?
I experienced this on Froyo (2.2), Froyo 2.2.1, CyanogenMod 6.0 and now also on nightly CM 6.1.
Cheers.
UPDATE: Never mind, was able to unmount
tmpfs on /mnt/sdcard/.android_secure type tmpfs (ro,relatime,size=0k,mode=000)
Then rm'd it safely. After a reboot I am back in the game.

is this problem solvable for people who dont know what to do with the code or what a terminal is?

removing smdl2tmp1.asec did it for me on my evo. Thanks guys.

kiowa79 said:
Solved deleting .adroid_secure folder. It's hidden in SD root.
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YES, it worked for me! Thanks.

Ok, so I'm having problems with installing Angry Birds (installation error - 18) and I have read the posts, but I honestly have no idea what to do. Someone said that this code works, but where am I suppose to type it in or alter it?

I'm with thenapster3, not got a clue! Running MUIU Build 5 and can't find anything mentioned or delete the secure folder. Soz Any help would be gratefully received.

Solved on hd2
kenhuynh said:
I definitely have the same issue, can not browse file smdl2tpm1.aces. Anybody can help me, so that my android on HD2 can be perfect.hic
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found this on other forum... thought i would share with you
(1) unmount your SD CARD
(2) download and install the app
(3) mount back your SD CARD
worked for me...

try this
I got an error saying 'unknown error 18', I Google'd the error and found a possible fix, which was un-mounting the SD card. I tried, and was able to install the apps ! I then have to mount the SD card and move the apps across! It works, but its a real pain to have to keep un-mounting and mounting the sd card!
giv it a shot

HTC One M7 - App will not stick on /system

Hi everyone
I'm trying to get the infamous GPS Location Spoofer installed as a system app on my rooted HTC phone, but so far no luck, so I figured I would try to ask for help here, in case anyone went through a similar situation, or knows what I've been doing wrong. This is what I tried so far:
Installed the app from Google App store, and using File Explorer with root , tried to move the app folder to /system/app or /system/priv-app, , but pasting the folder there would result in an instant reboot and the app would not be there.
So I installed lucky patcher , and using apk downloader, downloaded the apk file from the App Store, copied it over to the phone, and used the "Rebuild and Install" option, choosing the option to install it as a system app , and it would process it and say that the installation was sucessfull, needs to reboot to complete, but after the reboot the app would not be there (not only not showing on the apps list, but navigating to the /system folder with File Explorer and checking app and priv-app I could verify that it was not installed).
SO I tried to use adb shell to do the work , and this is what I did:
mount -o remount /dev/block/mmcblk0p35 /system
to mount the /system filesystem as read write , and it did
cp /sdcard/Download/com.incorporateapps.fakegps.fre-55.apk /system/app
to copy the file under /system/app
chmod 644 com.incorporateapps.fakegps.fre-55.apk
to set the permissions as required
and reboot the phone, but after the reboot, the file would not be there. I tried also to create a folder under /system/app named com.incorporateapps.fakegps.fre-55, move the apk inside; installing normally , changing the mount point to read-write and moving it from /data/app to /system/app or /system/priv-app using the shell and chaning ownership / permissions , but the app will not stick , either rebooting or just re-mounting the filesystem as read-only again will cause everything that was done to be lost; and after trying any of the above one time, doing it for a second time would cause the phone to reboot.
I figure that there must be an image of the /system mount point somewhere , which gets installed every time there is a remount to read-only or reboot , or something of that nature, that will cause any changes made under /system to be lost. Maybe I'm wrong but it seems to be related to HTC phones, since there's load of people doing it on other models without issues, or maybe I'm doing something wrong, since I'm no android expert
Does anyone knows what could be the issue, or what can I do ? I searched the net quite a bit for a solution to no avail (here as well), any help is appreciated
Thanks

sasteck said:
Hi everyone
I'm trying to get the infamous GPS Location Spoofer installed as a system app on my rooted HTC phone, but so far no luck, so I figured I would try to ask for help here, in case anyone went through a similar situation, or knows what I've been doing wrong. This is what I tried so far:
Installed the app from Google App store, and using File Explorer with root , tried to move the app folder to /system/app or /system/priv-app, , but pasting the folder there would result in an instant reboot and the app would not be there.
So I installed lucky patcher , and using apk downloader, downloaded the apk file from the App Store, copied it over to the phone, and used the "Rebuild and Install" option, choosing the option to install it as a system app , and it would process it and say that the installation was sucessfull, needs to reboot to complete, but after the reboot the app would not be there (not only not showing on the apps list, but navigating to the /system folder with File Explorer and checking app and priv-app I could verify that it was not installed).
SO I tried to use adb shell to do the work , and this is what I did:
mount -o remount /dev/block/mmcblk0p35 /system
to mount the /system filesystem as read write , and it did
cp /sdcard/Download/com.incorporateapps.fakegps.fre-55.apk /system/app
to copy the file under /system/app
chmod 644 com.incorporateapps.fakegps.fre-55.apk
to set the permissions as required
and reboot the phone, but after the reboot, the file would not be there. I tried also to create a folder under /system/app named com.incorporateapps.fakegps.fre-55, move the apk inside; installing normally , changing the mount point to read-write and moving it from /data/app to /system/app or /system/priv-app using the shell and chaning ownership / permissions , but the app will not stick , either rebooting or just re-mounting the filesystem as read-only again will cause everything that was done to be lost; and after trying any of the above one time, doing it for a second time would cause the phone to reboot.
I figure that there must be an image of the /system mount point somewhere , which gets installed every time there is a remount to read-only or reboot , or something of that nature, that will cause any changes made under /system to be lost. Maybe I'm wrong but it seems to be related to HTC phones, since there's load of people doing it on other models without issues, or maybe I'm doing something wrong, since I'm no android expert
Does anyone knows what could be the issue, or what can I do ? I searched the net quite a bit for a solution to no avail (here as well), any help is appreciated
Thanks
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Are you using stock kernel?

donkeykong1 said:
Are you using stock kernel?
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Yes, kernel is the default that comes with the phone (3.4.10.g96cae32 , android 5.0.2)

sasteck said:
Yes, kernel is the default that comes with the phone (3.4.10.g96cae32 , android 5.0.2)
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And there's your problem. Stock kernel has system write protection, so you can't mount system as writeable. You can, but after reboot, it comes back to read only, and nothing will stick into system partition. You have 2 choices now - disable system write protection on stock kernel, or flash a custom kernel

donkeykong1 said:
And there's your problem. Stock kernel has system write protection, so you can't mount system as writeable. You can, but after reboot, it comes back to read only, and nothing will stick into system partition. You have 2 choices now - disable system write protection on stock kernel, or flash a custom kernel
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oh I see.. didn't know about that , thanks! I'll check about disabling system write protection , otherwise look for a custom kernel, never did it before but will give it a try

donkeykong1 said:
And there's your problem. Stock kernel has system write protection, so you can't mount system as writeable. You can, but after reboot, it comes back to read only, and nothing will stick into system partition. You have 2 choices now - disable system write protection on stock kernel, or flash a custom kernel
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Shhhhhh, don't help him, he's going to steal everyone's pokemons
Sent from my HTC One using XDA Labs

alray said:
Shhhhhh, don't help him, he's going to steal everyone's pokemons
Sent from my HTC One using XDA Labs
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Ooooohhh... That's why he's trying the spoofer.... If I knew, I wouldn't help at all [emoji6]

donkeykong1 said:
Ooooohhh... That's why he's trying the spoofer.... If I knew, I wouldn't help at all [emoji6]
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Sorry you feel that way, but I appreciate the help anyway. This is something that I never tampered with before, so I still had some doubts about the process, but I am liking the whole thing and will install a custom rom on my own phone, been reading about the Ressurection rom and it looks very nice, will try it as soon as I'm better informed

sasteck said:
Sorry you feel that way, but I appreciate the help anyway. This is something that I never tampered with before, so I still had some doubts about the process, but I am liking the whole thing and will install a custom rom on my own phone, been reading about the Ressurection rom and it looks very nice, will try it as soon as I'm better informed
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That was a joke mate. I don't care what you do with your phone, but I'm here to help if I can [emoji6]

OBB folder locked.

It seems my android\OBB folder is write protected. I can't install certain apps that need to write to this folder. I can't seem to unlock it and have been trawling Google for solutions.
I can delete the folder, then create a new OBB folder, but I still can't copy a folder into it. I'm using a rooted EU rom if this helps. Thanks
It is rooted device with EU rom on it

Can someone check on their phone if they can copy a file or folder into the obb folder? I'm getting very desperate for a fix

perryano said:
It seems my android\OBB folder is write protected. I can't install certain apps that need to write to this folder. I can't seem to unlock it and have been trawling Google for solutions.
I can delete the folder, then create a new OBB folder, but I still can't copy a folder into it. I'm using a rooted EU rom if this helps. Thanks
It is rooted device with EU rom on it
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no problem at all..
any magisk modules installed? maybe disable and check

perryano said:
Can someone check on their phone if they can copy a file or folder into the obb folder? I'm getting very desperate for a fix
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Yes, it works.
I can read/copy/delete every file/folder inside /Android/Obb directory.
Stock MIUI 10 Global.

matchung said:
no problem at all..
any magisk modules installed? maybe disable and check
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No magisk modules installed. Thank you

I have faced this exact problem a few weeks ago. It started after I flashed a ROM, MiRum if I'm not mistaken. Tried deleting it via TWRP and make a new folder, changing the folder permission, no luck. I don't know how exactly I got my issue resolved, but I think wiping your data (storage) will do. Just backup your data, wipe your device clean, reflash your ROM, restore everything, and you'll be good to go...I guess.
I'm sorry if I can't be of more help to you in this regard.

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I have faced this exact problem a few weeks ago. It started after I flashed a ROM, MiRum if I'm not mistaken. Tried deleting it via TWRP and make a new folder, changing the folder permission, no luck. I don't know how exactly I got my issue resolved, but I think wiping your data (storage) will do. Just backup your data, wipe your device clean, reflash your ROM, restore everything, and you'll be good to go...I guess.
I'm sorry if I can't be of more help to you in this regard.
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Thanks for the suggestion. I guess this might have to be the last resort as I can't seem to find any other fix. I have tried the permission stuff in twrp file explorer also and this doesn't help. Cheers

hope this may help: -> http://en.miui.com/thread-2950541-1-1.html

matchung said:
hope this may help: -> http://en.miui.com/thread-2950541-1-1.html
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Thank you for this. I have seen this and unfortunately on miui 10 this option is not there. The only option for mock sd card is to formal it. There is nowhere to enable/disable it. Not that I can find with developer options also enabled.

have you ever try to toggle "MIUI Optimization"？ will it help?
or you may check the group/permission of the folder, here is mine
6815767 drwxrwx--x 72 root sdcard_rw 4.0K 2019-06-13 10:12 data
6815746 drwxrwx--x 4 root sdcard_rw 4.0K 2019-06-06 18:10 obb
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matchung said:
have you ever try to toggle "MIUI Optimization"？ will it help?
or you may check the group/permission of the folder, here is mine
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I will check that now. Where can I check the group/permissions for the holder?
Thank you

I am going with a wipe and reinstall of everything. Hope this works

And a fresh wipe and install fixed it