Hi All,
we all know we can't access the \system partition with our Root method up to today.
other than building an entire system image, has anyone found a way to change system fonts in our Droid Turbo?
thanks in advance
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Hi there, I have a question for you all: I am trying to install Metamorph on my Desire with pinkydesire on but when the app starts with checks says that I don't have enough space on my /system partition. Same error with any other mod I tried. Do you know why, and how can I resolve the problem? Thx
unfortunatly metamorph can't work because we don't have access to the system partition while android is booted. We can only change roms and themes in recovery.
However full root access is close with a script someone cooked in the desire forum
crowstar said:
unfortunatly metamorph can't work because we don't have access to the system partition while android is booted. We can only change roms and themes in recovery.
However full root access is close with a script someone cooked in the desire forum
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that sounds nice Do you have a specific date or maybe you can refer me to a thread where I can read more about it?
I just got my Noot touch rooted following the guide on nookdev and installed certain apps via adb as well.
I would like to change one of my system font but seems using adb pull directly with a local font file to /system/font/ it is rejected as the destination is readonly.
I installed rootexplorer and try but still it said readonly and also notified me that the device is not 'properly' rooted.
I am a bit confused. Is there any thing I did wrong or missing?
Thanks a lot in advance.
I just discard a new thread because found this one.
I hope that find a way to change the font on a rooted N2E. I want to apply what is written here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19889207&postcount=3
Hey i tried remapping some buttons and it didn't work out and my backups were wiped when i wiped my phone to flash ICS on my droid 4. So i need the keylayout file from system/usr/. Also how should i put this in?
There have been full dumps of /system from the Droid 4 posted on various forums. It should just take a quick google search to find one.
Hello
I've got the Note 5 SM-N9208 and I am trying not to root (tripped Knox tho as I but Phillippines system.img on it) it as the annoying Barclays App doesn't work.
I am however, trying to add my custom CA certificate into the /system/etc/security/cacerts folder. This is what I used to do in my rooted devices before and worked fine.
I have flashed TWRP and taken a full backup (thank God!) and then mounted the system as RW, copied the file, rebooted and voila, boot loop on the Samsung Note 5 screen.
The only fix is to reflash the system partition from the original TAR file which makes me wonder - is there a mechanism that prevents system from being modified if the device is unrooted? Something like Samsung's system protection or something.
Could anyone try to reproduce the issue on an unrooted phone just to see if it's just me being unlucky? Or is is simply not possible to modify system without root? If so, how come TWRP allows me to do so?
Let me know what you think guys
Looking forward to hear someone else's opinion.
mateuszd said:
Hello
Let me know what you think guys
Looking forward to hear someone else's opinion.
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You must be rooted to make system changes.
You need to make some changes in ramdisk : remove support_scfs,verify from the fstab files for system partition
So I have been rooting phones for years. I have taken a stab at rooting the S8 tab. I used many Root Explorers. I cannot delete system files or modify them. I paid for Root Explorer since im familiar with that app. Still no luck. Any idea what I can do? Thanks for your help in advance.
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So I have been rooting phones for years. I have taken a stab at rooting the S8 tab. I used many Root Explorers. I cannot delete system files or modify them. I paid for Root Explorer since im familiar with that app. Still no luck. Any idea what I can do? Thanks for your help in advance.
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Have you tried using Magisk?? Or using Traditional Root? And for what reason do you want to Delete System files, If you do by mistake delete some Critical System files, device can be in fatal situation to restore again..
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Have you tried using Magisk?? Or using Traditional Root? And for what reason do you want to Delete System files, If you do by mistake delete some Critical System files, device can be in fatal situation to restore again..
Yes, im currently rooted. I tried replacing the splash screen in System/media I have tried about 5 different root explorers and gave root permission to all of them. I am very limited with this root.
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Since Android 11+ Google has been enforcing RO partitions only. So, what that basically means is that your partitions are only RO = Read Only, which means even if you have ROOT access there is no way of deleting anything from those partitions.
In order to be able to delete files from Partitions like System/Vendor/Product, etc... You would need to modify them by flashing certain scripts that repack/modify all the partitions and make them RW instead of RO. RW = Read/Write permission, so that means you would be able to delete files from those partitions.
There are certain scripts/mods floating around XDA that you could try to flash and make partitions RW but it's not guaranteed it would work especially if you're on the A13 currently since you would require TWRP to flash those scripts/mods and access to internal storage (You would need to force disable encryption so you can always access the storage inside TWRP.
I run a Magisk-less root on one device. I use a custom recovery to mount system and vendor r/w.
One thing that I learned is that (at least on mine) they were using FEC which is error correction.
I'd write a file and the changes would not be visible! They would be "corrected".
If you are root, look at the last 4096 bytes of the system or vendor partition.
If you see FECFECFE than that's what you have.
I'm only running Android 10 and I don't have a super partition.
(Note that to brute force modify system or vendor you need to modify your dtb, your fstab, maybe vbmeta.)
Thank you everyone for the help. Im glad I have some clarification now.