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I thought I'd bricked my NT but it would appear that it is actually alive because it turns up with adb and I can get shell and then issue command su, but what I can't do is replace the old build.prop because file system is not writable. How do I remount it to be writeable from a shell please?
Thanks!
CelticWebSolutions said:
I thought I'd bricked my NT but it would appear that it is actually alive because it turns up with adb and I can get shell and then issue command su, but what I can't do is replace the old build.prop because file system is not writable. How do I remount it to be writeable from a shell please?
Thanks!
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mount -o rw,remount -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p8 /system
Type mount to verify rw, make your changes
mount -o ro,remount -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p8 /system
Type mount to verify ro
Thank you!
hwong96 said:
mount -o rw,remount -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p8 /system
Type mount to verify rw, make your changes .....
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I don't have this tablet but a phone with similar problem.
this does not work for me, although I have ROOTED phone MTK6572, android 4.2.2 ;
"/ root" gets RW, but "/system" stays RO.
I get this message:
error
"the item "system" is read only"
I have tried many apps in phone (remount system RW, FX file expl. ....), and mtkdroid-tools and ADB shell in PC.
I have tried many similar version of that command, too, inc. busybox remount. non of those work.
any ideas, what to try next?
what file or thing or item and where I need to change to get this remounting system to RW done?
it is ext4, and remountable.
I have SuperSU in phone but can't update its binaries: /system stays RO, what ever I try...
I can't change audios, anything in /system.
very annoying...
Jack_Rover said:
I don't have this tablet but a phone with similar problem.
this does not work for me, although I have ROOTED phone MTK6572, android 4.2.2 ;
"/ root" gets RW, but "/system" stays RO.
I get this message:
error
"the item "system" is read only"
I have tried many apps in phone (remount system RW, FX file expl. ....), and mtkdroid-tools and ADB shell in PC.
I have tried many similar version of that command, too, inc. busybox remount. non of those work.
any ideas, what to try next?
what file or thing or item and where I need to change to get this remounting system to RW done?
it is ext4, and remountable.
I have SuperSU in phone but can't update its binaries: /system stays RO, what ever I try...
I can't change audios, anything in /system.
very annoying...
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I understand your frustration, however, you should try to post your question to the MTK6572 or Samsung S4 thread. Anyway, since you have asked I'll answer. The mount point for /system is different on each phone model. There is no one standard /system mount point. On the Nook Tablet and Nook Color it is mmcblk0p8. On your device it is different, so the command you tried will not work.
You need to find out what the /system mount point is for your phone.
Open terminal from phone and type su.
Press enter.
At the # prompt type cat /proc/mtd
Press enter.
Look at the output on the screen and see what the mount point is for /system.
A the the # prompt type mount -o rw,remount -t ext4 /dev/block/enteryoursystemmountpointhere /system
Note: replace enteryourmountpointhere with your mount point from the previous step.
Change /system to ro when done. Hope this works for you.
Also download root checker app to ensure you rooted properly.
hwong96 said:
I understand your frustration, however, you should try to post your question to the MTK6572 or Samsung S4 thread. ......
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thanks for your responce.
with that "cat ..." I got : "no such file or dir"...
I know already that my mnt point is (did try already these earlier):
mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mmcblk0p4 system
mount -o remount,rw -t ext4 /[email protected] /system
but no success, " system read only" stays, and no change.
Jack_Rover said:
thanks for your responce.
with that "cat ..." I got : "no such file or dir"...
I know already that my mnt point is (did try already these earlier):
mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mmcblk0p4 system
mount -o remount,rw -t ext4 /[email protected] /system
but no success, " system read only" stays, and no change.
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Did you use the root checker app to verify for proper root?
hwong96 said:
Did you use the root checker app to verify for proper root?
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yes.
I have many apps (e.g. FX, ATools, TitaniumBup, busybox, ES, mount /system rw, SD maid, root expl., adbd insec., rootAppDel, a.s.o.) that use root rights, and phone's superSU gives the rights to them.
AT:s terminal has # prompt, so it must be root. (?)
adbd insecure's current status = binary: insecure; usb debugging: enabled.
I have earlier version SU's binaries working ok, but updating SU made this binary-update-issue: " binary update failure" and so SU-app won't open (it closes after failing binary update), though otherwise it works ok (and worked earlier until I did let G-play to update it, silly me!).
somehow my /system has been "open" i.e. RW earlier, since busybox and superSU has been installed, but now it is "stuck" to that RO-status. "/" opens, but "/system" not.
MTK Droid Root & Tools v2.5.3 (from here xdadevs) gets root shell ok, but fails when trying to install SU, busybox a.s.o. ("read-only system") - and it "crashes".
maybe kernel related? or boot loader, or .... what?
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btw, my apologises, that I wrote this issue to this thread, but I found my "problem" here with the search, and after posting I realized that this is "tablet area..."
so this part can be moved to better place by those who know best where to - though not to trash, anyway....
Jack_Rover said:
yes.
I have many apps (e.g. FX, ATools, TitaniumBup, busybox, ES, mount /system rw, SD maid, root expl., adbd insec., rootAppDel, a.s.o.) that use root rights, and phone's superSU gives the rights to them.
AT:s terminal has # prompt, so it must be root. (?)
adbd insecure's current status = binary: insecure; usb debugging: enabled.
I have earlier version SU's binaries working ok, but updating SU made this binary-update-issue: " binary update failure" and so SU-app won't open (it closes after failing binary update), though otherwise it works ok (and worked earlier until I did let G-play to update it, silly me!).
somehow my /system has been "open" i.e. RW earlier, since busybox and superSU has been installed, but now it is "stuck" to that RO-status. "/" opens, but "/system" not.
MTK Droid Root & Tools v2.5.3 (from here xdadevs) gets root shell ok, but fails when trying to install SU, busybox a.s.o. ("read-only system") - and it "crashes".
maybe kernel related? or boot loader, or .... what?
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btw, my apologises, that I wrote this issue to this thread, but I found my "problem" here with the search, and after posting I realized that this is "tablet area..."
so this part can be moved to better place by those who know best where to - though not to trash, anyway....
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Don't know what else to suggest, except maybe contact Chainfire on G+.
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Has any one been able to set SElinux to permissive from enforcing?
I have tried this
Code:
[email protected]:/ $ su
[email protected]:/ # pm disable com.sec.knox.seandroid
[email protected]:/ # setenforce 0
[email protected]:/ #
With the output of
Code:
[email protected]:/ $ su
[email protected]:/ # pm disable com.sec.knox.seandroid
pm disable com.sec.knox.seandroid
Package com.sec.knox.seandroid new state: disabled
[email protected]:/ # setenforce 0
setenforce 0
[email protected]:/ #
But SElinux is still showing enforcing.
Other methods I was trying was editing /etc/selinux/. This location does not exists.
I have also searched other sources, and non work for this particular build of S4.
I do not believe i can edit the md5 file and get it to flash after the mods.
Rippey574 said:
Has any one been able to set SElinux to permissive from enforcing?
I have tried this
Code:
[email protected]:/ $ su
[email protected]:/ # pm disable com.sec.knox.seandroid
[email protected]:/ # setenforce 0
[email protected]:/ #
With the output of
Code:
[email protected]:/ $ su
[email protected]:/ # pm disable com.sec.knox.seandroid
pm disable com.sec.knox.seandroid
Package com.sec.knox.seandroid new state: disabled
[email protected]:/ # setenforce 0
setenforce 0
[email protected]:/ #
But SElinux is still showing enforcing.
Other methods I was trying was editing /etc/selinux/. This location does not exists.
I have also searched other sources, and non work for this particular build of S4.
I do not believe i can edit the md5 file and get it to flash after the mods.
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try
Code:
su
cd /system
set enforce 0
getenforce
Didn't work
[email protected]:/ $ su
[email protected]:/ # cd /system
[email protected]:/system # set enforce 0
[email protected]:/system # getenforce
Enforcing
[email protected]:/system #
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I found this in the int.rc file, I believe if I # these out, it would stop the setenforce lockout. I tried editing SElinux to 0, but it won't keep the saves. Even with permission changes on the file. Any thoughts on this?
Code:
# Configure SEAndroid booleans and enforcing mode
setsebool debugf# Configure SEAndroid booleans and enforcing mode
setsebool debugfs 1s 1
# create mountpoints
mkdir /mnt 0775 root system
# Allow system UID to setenforce and set booleans.
chown system system /selinux/enforce
chown system system /sys/fs/selinux/enforce
chown -R system system /selinux/booleans
chown -R system system /sys/fs/selinux/booleans
chown system system /selinux/commit_pending_bools
chown system system /sys/fs/selinux/commit_pending_bools
on init
sysclktz 0
loglevel 3
Rippey574 said:
I found this in the int.rc file, I believe if I # these out, it would stop the setenforce lockout. I tried editing SElinux to 0, but it won't keep the saves. Even with permission changes on the file. Any thoughts on this?
Code:
# Configure SEAndroid booleans and enforcing mode
setsebool debugf# Configure SEAndroid booleans and enforcing mode
setsebool debugfs 1s 1
# create mountpoints
mkdir /mnt 0775 root system
# Allow system UID to setenforce and set booleans.
chown system system /selinux/enforce
chown system system /sys/fs/selinux/enforce
chown -R system system /selinux/booleans
chown -R system system /sys/fs/selinux/booleans
chown system system /selinux/commit_pending_bools
chown system system /sys/fs/selinux/commit_pending_bools
on init
sysclktz 0
loglevel 3
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What exactly are you trying to achieve? The information you want shouldn't be publicly posted. Well not yet anyways, because the ability to set SElinux to Permissive longer than just temporarily is probably needed to get safestrap working.
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I need it to be on when I want, as I want. It to be. It's preventing my customization of my rom. It really limits what you can do in fine detail. And quite frankly that destroys the beauty of Android!
Besides the fact it will controls my ability to slightly change something I own. If I wanted that I would go with Apple. But that's a completely different rant lol.
I use Linux, raptor and c, never dabbled in java so some of the things are different to me.
I would even take a working way to disable it temporarily.
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I've been a "rooter" for years now. Had 3 HTC Ones, all rooted and one S-Off. Never had an issue like this. I can seem to get BusyBox to install. When I do get it to install it eventually uninstalls itself for some odd reason. Any suggestions?
What I had to do, is flash busybox from TWRP, installing from playstore did not work at all. It has something to do with HTC security.
I just tried that and couldn't seem to find where it's stored.
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Added a couple edits, explained at the end of some paragraphs in case someone comes across this, don't like leaving things incorrect if I know it. I strongly recommend enabling xtrace in the shell to check what's actually being executed, you see your functions and aliases expanded too. With all (busybox ash)|mksh|bash|zsh you can do 'set -x' at any time, append it when calling the shell: 'sh -x' or 'sh -o xtrace' with 'sh' being a symlink to any of the mentioned shells; sh runs the shell in posix mode.
Diesel321 said:
I've been a "rooter" for years now. Had 3 HTC Ones, all rooted and one S-Off. Never had an issue like this. I can seem to get BusyBox to install. When I do get it to install it eventually uninstalls itself for some odd reason. Any suggestions?
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This sounds like SELinux shenanigans. I don't have the HTC One, but I've experienced similar oddities with a SELinux enforced system. (latest TWRP includes SELinux which might be why a twrp doesn't make a difference) With the addition of the SELinux filesystem, a new "file context" permission is attributable to each file/process. The context defines a user, basic function, that it's in the right place, and a sensitivity parameter. There's some good basic info on the SELinux wiki page with commands.
If your system is using enforced SELinux, a program like busybox installed without setting context is going to be denied to exist/run by default, but this depends on how SELinux is configured. I'm guessing it's context is not being set, so it's getting purged on reboot. Another possible SELinux related issue : a custom kernel that doesn't support SELinux is installed on a rom with SELinux --> bad mix, so if that's the case don't be surprised if more issues like this crop up or a data wipe in your sleep randomly occurs out of nowhere --This happened to me twice actually after disregarding this warning-- You can check your SELinux status with
Code:
getenforce
-in adb or terminal emu. This should also be displayed in phone info menu in settings. Make sure it's "permissive" or "enforced". Permissive logs warnings of what SELinux would do if enforced. You can change SELinux to permissive with:
Code:
setenforce 0
This only works if both your kernel and rom are Selinux compatible. Btw you'll probably find all your SELinux command tools in /system/bin symlinked from toolbox. There's also runcon (run with a context), chcon(change context), restorecon (restore original context), and updates have started integrating a flag (usually -Z) to **filter in** SELinux permissions, e.g. toolbox ls -Z. Busybox does not seem to have updated its tools that could support this, at least on Android. *Even Vanirs busybox 1.22.1.awesome doesn't have the ls -Z function. I was shocked to find out "Toolbox!" was actually useful for something, had a mental breakdown over it a couple months ago. [edit: After reading up on some busybox technical stuff, I found that busybox in its rarely seen full version can in fact be compiled with SELinux extended functions. The reason that almost every rom dev out there uses a busybox that doesn't include every function is portability, case rom to rom ;; older to newer vice versa ;& so that problems will be minimized ;; esac.
**(filters not a good way to put it at 2nd glance, sounds confusing. I mean 'test' or read ACLs<extended perms)
So I would check busybox' context after installing it:
Code:
ls -Z "$(which busybox)"
If it's undefined or unconfined, we will change it to this:
Code:
u:object_r:busybox_exec:s0
.. We can fix it ourselves over adb or in a su'd mksh/bash shell, (use supersu since cwm superuser does not pass arguments correctly or at all in most situations):
Code:
su --shell mksh exec -c mksh -x --
First try to restore original context from file_contexts and see if it works:
Code:
restorecon "$(which busybox)"
Then set busybox' context:
Code:
sync && mount -w -o remount -t ext4 /system /system
chcon u:object_r:busybox_exec:s0 "$(which busybox)"
sync && mount -r -o remount -t ext4 /system /system
*** added "-t ext4" to mount command- it should then work with toolbox or busybox no errors
The other thing I might guess besides all this SELinux file context stuff is that the installation of the busybox binary didn't write to disk. If you run fsync off in your kernel, a fast reboot soon after busybox installation could very possibly lead to data loss of recent files. Similarly, but without a huge risk of collateral damage, recent changes to files could be lost if you have writeback journaling enabled for /system and you rebooted within (dirty expire + dirty writeback) / 100 seconds. A normal reboot that spends 5-10 seconds dumping and getting everything written to disk should be fine though. IF the new busybox' "mount" applet/function is incompatible or broken or outdated, a mount failure could occur leading to data loss. Backup toolbox mount in /system/bin should be enough to save this though, so I'm sticking with my diagnosis of a "SELinux gotcha".
Hope this helps, nothing worse than losing busybox or su functionality. As a side note, in case this problem takes a few days to figure out, check out Terminal IDE if you haven't before. It is definitely a nice busybox replacement to say the least if you need backup/better primary tools, at least temporarily. It's probably the most valuable app/terminal/busybox/Java/c/c++/ide/apkbuilder I've ever seen. ZERO ads, no net connection. You can get the latest apk off Google code, and there's a thread on xda by the creator Spartacus Rex. The tools and configurations are much more heavy duty than anything I've seen for Android. It has great well written tutorials to walk anybody through java, c, some shell stuff and utilizing ssh,telnet,iirc,git to make using android more like a linux machine. I've really gotten into this so I thought I would mention it.
7175 said:
... Busybox does not seem to have updated its tools that could support this, at least on Android. *Even Vanirs busybox 1.22.1.awesome doesn't have the ls -Z function. I was shocked to find out "Toolbox!" was actually useful for something, had a mental breakdown over it a couple months ago. [edit: After reading up on some busybox technical stuff, I found that busybox in its rarely seen full version can in fact be compiled with SELinux extended functions. The reason that almost every rom dev out there uses a busybox that doesn't include every function is portability, case rom to rom ;; older to newer vice versa ;& so that problems will be minimized ;; esac.
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This must be the only sensible post on XDA, that has both Busybox and SELinux in the same post! Thanks.
Any ideas where to get a fully context featured Busybox? Tried to look in those tips you gave, but they're all outdated, i.e Busybox versions lower than 1.22.1.
Alright, finally we have CIFS support on MJO.
Cross compiled on ArchLinux from the sources posted by Rich, config pulled from /proc/config.gz and just compiled the CIFS+md4 module.
Works great here:
Code:
//10.0.0.11/vault 3.6T 2.9T 709.1G 81% /mnt/shell/emulated/0/vault
Make sure you have root, insmod md4.ko, insmod cifs.ko and enjoy! I'm using this to access my MP3s for aMPD so that my Mojo can act as my stereo too.
*edit* also make sure you have busybox installed in order to mount, and pass a username option. ie:
Code:
busybox mount -ousername=guest //1.1.1.1/share /sdcard/share
vostok4 said:
Alright, finally we have CIFS support on MJO.
Cross compiled on ArchLinux from the sources posted by Rich, config pulled from /proc/config.gz and just compiled the CIFS+md4 module.
Works great here:
Code:
//10.0.0.11/vault 3.6T 2.9T 709.1G 81% /mnt/shell/emulated/0/vault
Make sure you have root, insmod md4.ko, insmod cifs.ko and enjoy! I'm using this to access my MP3s for aMPD so that my Mojo can act as my stereo too.
*edit* also make sure you have busybox installed in order to mount, and pass a username option. ie:
Code:
busybox mount -ousername=guest //1.1.1.1/share /sdcard/share
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That's a good idea.. just updating the modules rather then the actual kernel.
By any chance, would you know how to approach updating the kernel on the mojo?
Thank you! These modules worked for me. However I was getting an "invalid parameter" error message. Finally I had to work around it as:
Code:
busybox mount -o unc=\\\\192.168.0.2\\share name,username=myself,password=password1 -t cifs none /mnt/point
It may depend on the version of busybox..
@gwaldo if you wanted to flash a custom kernel this is what I would do:
Code:
[email protected]:/ # ls -al /dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name
ls -al /dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2014-04-13 18:31 APP -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p4
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2014-04-13 18:31 CAC -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p5
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2014-04-13 18:31 DTB -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2014-04-13 18:31 LNX -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p3
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2014-04-13 18:31 MDA -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p8
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2014-04-13 18:31 MSC -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p6
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2014-04-13 18:31 SOS -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2014-04-13 18:31 TMP -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p9
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2014-04-13 18:31 UDA -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p10
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2014-04-13 18:31 USP -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p7
[email protected]:/ #
key line:
Code:
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2014-04-13 18:31 LNX -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p3
grab the boot image:
Code:
cat /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 > /sdcard/boot.img
load it in archikitchen: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2597220
create a barebones project, put the boot.img in the project folder, unpack. gives us:
Code:
./kernel
./kernel/boot.img-cmdline
./kernel/boot.img-kerneloff
./kernel/boot.img-zImage
./kernel/ramdisk
./kernel/ramdisk/ueventd.goldfish.rc
./kernel/ramdisk/init.nv_dev_board.usb.rc
./kernel/ramdisk/proc
./kernel/ramdisk/data
./kernel/ramdisk/init.rc
./kernel/ramdisk/init.mojo.rc
./kernel/ramdisk/ueventd.mojo.rc
./kernel/ramdisk/system
./kernel/ramdisk/sys
./kernel/ramdisk/init.usb.rc
./kernel/ramdisk/init
./kernel/ramdisk/default.prop
./kernel/ramdisk/sbin
./kernel/ramdisk/sbin/watchdogd
./kernel/ramdisk/sbin/ueventd
./kernel/ramdisk/sbin/adbd
./kernel/ramdisk/init.trace.rc
./kernel/ramdisk/fstab.mojo
./kernel/ramdisk/dev
./kernel/ramdisk/init.qvs.rc
./kernel/ramdisk/init.tf.rc
./kernel/ramdisk/init.goldfish.rc
./kernel/ramdisk/ueventd.rc
./kernel/boot.img-tagsoff
./kernel/boot.img-ramdiskoff
./kernel/boot.img-ramdisk.gz
./kernel/boot.img-base
./kernel/boot.img-pagesize
./META-INF
./META-INF/com
./META-INF/com/google
./META-INF/com/google/android
./META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary
./META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script-85_USER
./META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script-10_SYMLINKS
./META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script-99_TAIL
./META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script-90_KERNEL
./META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script-80_EXEC
./META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script-91_MODEM
./META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script-00_HEAD
./META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script-20_PERMISSIONS
./META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script
./system
./boot.img
Replace
Code:
./kernel/boot.img-zImage
with a new built kernel, repack the boot image, and you can try to boot it with fastboot without killing anything:
Code:
fastboot boot newboot.img
Should work. I will experiment in a few days when I get more time, perhaps.
vostok4 said:
@gwaldo if you wanted to flash a custom kernel this is what I would do:
...
Should work. I will experiment in a few days when I get more time, perhaps.
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Hi vostok4, thanks for the reply.
I used the zip config from the mojo and use my kernel with the extracted initramfs from the boot.img in mojo-signed-ota-MO0202-WW.zip firmware update.
./fastboot-linux -i 0x0738 boot zImage.gwald initramfs.cpio.gz
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It boots fine and can confirm it booted the kernel via google's setting.
I add more FS (NTSF/exfat write) support in the kernel but I'm not familiar with androids permissions.
Just cautious with it.
It would be nice if there was a system recovery image so if we made a mistake we can reset it to factory.
I kinda left it there for a while.. not sure what else to add
From a recovery standpoint with the kernel, you already have the boot.img from the update, so you can always boot that... And the device auto goes into fastboot for you, so I think a recovery from every brick should be possible.
Words are cheap though
vostok4 said:
From a recovery standpoint with the kernel, you already have the boot.img from the update, so you can always boot that... And the device auto goes into fastboot for you, so I think a recovery from every brick should be possible.
Words are cheap though
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Oh I meant doing something wrong on the filesystem, there's no rom/image for it , NAND I think it's called, the Android OS partition.
Like the guy that changed his permissions and made his entire MOJO readonly.. I think the only fix is the reflashing.
I did post about a guy who found the recovery menu on the MOJO
http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.php?12075-FOUND-MAD-CATZ-M-O-J-O-RECOVERY-MENU
So, that could work, haven't tried..
gwaldo said:
Oh I meant doing something wrong on the filesystem, there's no rom/image for it , NAND I think it's called, the Android OS partition.
Like the guy that changed his permissions and made his entire MOJO readonly.. I think the only fix is the reflashing.
I did post about a guy who found the recovery menu on the MOJO
http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.php?12075-FOUND-MAD-CATZ-M-O-J-O-RECOVERY-MENU
So, that could work, haven't tried..
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I think working with similar key combinations to enable nvidia recovery mode is more important. That way with nvflash we can make a copy of a clean install, and always be able to flash it back. My mojo always goes to this mode when I try the fastboot method, but it might be a special unit
Can I ask you which toolchain you used / which guide you followed? I'm following the guide at http odroid.us/mediawiki/index.php?title=Step-by-step_Cross-compiling_a_Kernel but I'm having some problem (the compiled modules wind up being armv5 instead of armv7) and I'm noob at cross compiling.
paulatz said:
Can I ask you which toolchain you used / which guide you followed? I'm following the guide at http odroid.us/mediawiki/index.php?title=Step-by-step_Cross-compiling_a_Kernel but I'm having some problem (the compiled modules wind up being armv5 instead of armv7) and I'm noob at cross compiling.
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Looks like how I did it, I use mint linux
i don't have much of a cheap sheet, but I'll post it when I get on my PC.
gwaldo said:
Looks like how I did it, I use mint linux
i don't have much of a cheap sheet, but I'll post it when I get on my PC.
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Don't worry, I have managed to do it using the official ndk from google (I'll post the details if someone ask for them when I can find the time).
I have compiled uvcvideo.ko, but it still is not working (uvcvideo: Unknown symbol _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_ (err 0)), but I do not want to hijack you thread. I'll open a specific one if I can find the time to work on the issue for real.
Just for more information here, I compile on ArchLinux and use the following make line:
Code:
$ CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabi- ARCH=arm make
With the following packages from the AUR (kernel headers package was modified to get the correct version):
Code:
arm-linux-gnueabi-binutils 2.24-1
arm-linux-gnueabi-eglibc 2.18-1
arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc 4.8.2-1
arm-linux-gnueabi-linux-api-headers 3.4.35-1
paulatz said:
Don't worry, I have managed to do it using the official ndk from google (I'll post the details if someone ask for them when I can find the time).
I have compiled uvcvideo.ko, but it still is not working (uvcvideo: Unknown symbol _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_ (err 0)), but I do not want to hijack you thread. I'll open a specific one if I can find the time to work on the issue for real.
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It's not my thread, but here's what I do:
Mint Linux 14 (i know its old)
I downloaded the build chains:
https://github.com/DooMLoRD/android_prebuilt_toolchains/
Install extra utils:
sudo apt-get install -y build-essential kernel-package libncurses5-dev bzip2
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Export env vars:
export CROSS_COMPILE=/home/-USER-/-DIR-/android_prebuilt_toolchains-master/arm-eabi-linaro-4.6.2/bin/arm-eabi-
export ARCH=arm
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Prepare the kernel
make clean && make mrproper
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extract the kernel from your MOJO kernel.zip and place in the kernel folder.
make your changes:
make menuconfig
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Compile it:
make -j5
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how to install cifs module
vostok4 said:
Alright, finally we have CIFS support on MJO.
Cross compiled on ArchLinux from the sources posted by Rich, config pulled from /proc/config.gz and just compiled the CIFS+md4 module.
Works great here:
Code:
//10.0.0.11/vault 3.6T 2.9T 709.1G 81% /mnt/shell/emulated/0/vault
Make sure you have root, insmod md4.ko, insmod cifs.ko and enjoy! I'm using this to access my MP3s for aMPD so that my Mojo can act as my stereo too.
*edit* also make sure you have busybox installed in order to mount, and pass a username option. ie:
Code:
busybox mount -ousername=guest //1.1.1.1/share /sdcard/share
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sorry, bui I don't understand how install the cifs module -cifs-module-kernel-3.4.35.zip-
Could anyone support me, please
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sorry, bui I don't understand how install the cifs module -cifs-module-kernel-3.4.35.zip-
Could anyone support me, please
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What are you doing exactly? Which result do you expect? Which result do you get instead?
cheers
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What are you doing exactly? Which result do you expect? Which result do you get instead?
cheers
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I want connect my mojo with my nas through cifs and mount a specific folder.
I rooted mojo whit MMM MoDaCo Mod.
but I dont have any idea how use the cifs-module-kernel-3.4.35.zip file
Thanks in advance
You need to put the archive somewhere on your MOJO, and run the following as root:
insmod md4.ko
insmod cifs.ko
Then you can mount using either mine or gwaldo's mount line.
I can write up how I got it to automount later, in order for the mount to be accessible to every application it has to be outside of /sdcard, I did mine in /mnt/share, and have it mounting on boot (in an ugly method).
darkodarko said:
I want connect my mojo with my nas through cifs and mount a specific folder.
I rooted mojo whit MMM MoDaCo Mod.
but I dont have any idea how use the cifs-module-kernel-3.4.35.zip file
Thanks in advance
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You need to extract the content of the zip file onto a usb drive/MICROSD and copy the files to the MOJO.
Then follow vostok4's instructions
in busybox (with root permission)
cd to-where-you-put your .ko files (you need to know linux command line)
then run
insmod md4.ko
insmod insmod cifs.ko
Then you need to mount it as below:
vostok4 said:
Alright, finally we have CIFS support on MJO.
Make sure you have root, insmod md4.ko, insmod cifs.ko and enjoy! I'm using this to access my MP3s for aMPD so that my Mojo can act as my stereo too.
*edit* also make sure you have busybox installed in order to mount, and pass a username option. ie:
Code:
busybox mount -ousername=guest //1.1.1.1/share /sdcard/share
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PS: you'll need to do this EVERYTIME you reboot/restart MOJO.
PS2: I haven't done this my self but that's my understanding.
OK, in order to not do it everytime manually, I have something like this (note the sleep 30 is ugly but I didn't bother writing a method to trigger on network connectivity). This requires busybox installed (I use this one: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=stericson.busybox)
If you aren't comfortable with manually mucking around, then I'm not sure what to tell you to This is assuming you have root and busybox installed.
In order to create files under /system and /etc you need to mount /system as read-write:
Code:
$ su
# mount -orw,remount /system
# cp /sdcard/install-recovery.sh /etc/
# chmod 777 /etc/install-recovery.sh
# mount -oro,remount /system
That would copy install-recovery.sh from the sdcard (we need to do this because we have a secure boot and can't adb push to /etc). It also sets the file as executable (we want that). SO, these are the files you need:
/etc/install-recovery.sh (needs chmod 777)
Code:
#!/system/bin/sh
# fake init.d support
/system/bin/sysinit
/system/bin/sysinit (needs chmod 777)
Code:
#!/system/bin/sh
# fake init.d support
# the script below is what i use to mount my cifs share
/system/bin/sh '/system/etc/init.d/99vault'
# these are commented out, but run-parts would be the proper way to use the init.d folder
# however I couldn't get it to work on my mojo, so i just call the script directly
#export PATH=/sbin:/system/sbin:/system/bin:/system/xbin
#run-parts /system/etc/init.d
/etc/init.d/99vault (or /system/etc/init.d/99vault if you expand the symlink) (needs chmod 777)
Code:
#!/system/bin/sh
/system/xbin/busybox mount -orw,remount /
# sometimes disappears on reboot, lets just create the mount folder to be safe
/system/xbin/busybox mkdir /mnt/vault
/system/xbin/busybox mount -oro,remount /
# mount our cifs module
/system/xbin/busybox insmod /system/etc/cifs/md4.ko
/system/xbin/busybox insmod /system/etc/cifs/cifs.ko
# wait for network to come online
sleep 30
# mount the actual share
/system/xbin/busybox mount -ousername=guest //10.0.0.11/vault /mnt/vault
That will get you mounted after each reboot without fail, at least in my experience.
did someone managed to make it work on cm 12.1?
I can't edit build prop ,i have rooted my device android 10 , i try to edit my build prop and it doesn't save any change , tried to change premission to rw using root explorer and terminal doesn't change
I tried build prop apk ,it says can't saving !!
What is the problem and how can i slove it!?
build.prop is in /system which is always read-only, probably protected by vbmeta, maybe FEC, possibly packed in super.
So, the question is, what do you actually want to do?
Do you want to change the file just for the fun of it or change a property for some reason?
How did you root your device? With Magisk or without?
Renate said:
build.prop is in /system which is always read-only, probably protected by vbmeta, maybe FEC, possibly packed in super.
So, the question is, what do you actually want to do?
Do you want to change the file just for the fun of it or change a property for some reason?
How did you root your device? With Magisk or without?
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I want to add line(persist.sys.clipboard.max_items=10)
I have rooted it by Magisk
You can just setprop persist.sys.clipboard.max_items 10
Can't you? One time should do it?
Renate said:
Renate said:
You can just setprop persist.sys.clipboard.max_items 10
Can't you? One time should do it?
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Thank you for your replay
Itjust to increasing the capacity of clipboard of gboard
No i can't add any thing to build prop
It does not save changes
Or doesn't accept to change the permission to read-write
Or even in. Build prop editor it shows error saving build prop
I don't know how to edit or what should i do or where is the problem
Code:
C:\>adb shell
$ su
# setprop persist.sys.clipboard.max_items 10
# getprop persist.sys.clipboard.max_items
10
Renate said:
Code:
C:\>adb shell
$ su
# setprop persist.sys.clipboard.max_items 10
# getprop persist.sys.clipboard.max_items
10
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Thank you very much I will try it
But there is any way to edit it on my android
Or What is the problem that prevents me from modifying it
rab33h said:
Or what is the problem that prevents me from modifying it?
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I wouldn't know. You don't actually say anything about what it prints out.
build.prop is a file. You shouldn't care what's in there.
In any case, you haven't demonstrated that persist.sys.clipboard.max_items is actually in there.
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I wouldn't know. You don't actually say anything about what it prints out.
build.prop is a file. You shouldn't care what's in there.
In any case, you haven't demonstrated that persist.sys.clipboard.max_items is actually in there.
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Thank you and orry for the inconvenience
That's what show for me when I try to change the permission using root explorer :
Warning Permissions change was not successful . Please note that some file systems ( e.g. SD card ) do not allow permission changes .
When i try to add code and exit with save then reopen it doesn't change in build prop
And when i edit the file using buildprop editor :
Error Saving build prop
This is in terminal:
:/ $ su
:/ # mount -o rw,remount /system
mount: '/system' not in /proc/mounts
1|:/ #
I don't believe that I advised you to do anything with mounts.
Why don't you just try what I actually did advise?
@rab33h Magisk is a systemless root method. Renate has explained the reason(s) in post #2 already. any questions left?
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alecxs said:
@rab33h Magisk is a systemless root method. Renate has explained the reason(s) in post #2 already. any questions left?
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No thank you
for systemless method to change build.prop entries you may interested in Magisk resetprop or more advanced MagiskHidePropsConf module.
the easiest way is to create a startup script yourself and place it in service.d
/data/adb/service.d/script.sh
Code:
#!/system/bin/sh
resetprop ro.build.product dandelion
you can also control the behavior with -n and -p flags (refer to documentation)
alecxs said:
for systemless method to change build.prop entries you may interested in Magisk resetprop or more advanced MagiskHidePropsConf module.
the easiest way is to create a startup script yourself and place it in service.d
/data/adb/service.d/script.sh
Code:
#!/system/bin/sh
resetprop ro.build.product dandelion
you can also control the behavior with -n and -p flags (refer to documentation)
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Thank you very much
But sorry for this stupid question
In this situation of magisk
Can i change the permission by terminal or termux?
Using this command
mount -o rw,remount /system
first you need to understand /system is a directory inside system partition. the partition is mounted read-only, that has nothing to do with permissions. if you want to remount the partition read-write do it with it's proper mount point / (rootdir) and not with containing directory.
second, android doesn't allow modifications of system files, avb/dm-verity prevents that. you need to disable it in vbmeta partition first.
and third, the file system itself has deduplicated blocks + ro flag to prevent any rw mount attempts. if it is ext4 file system, you can unshare blocks (will expand memory) and remove the ro flag. for other file systems (erofs/f2fs) it needs recreation of the whole partition as ext4.
the usual method for modifying dynamic partitions is offline, means you create your own super.img with lpmake and flash it into device. there exist various helper scripts here to automate this.
it's absolutely possible to do this so you can remount rw afterwards.
but it will break OTA and is not worth the hassle. Magisk is a systemless root solution, system partition is not modified and remain completely stock.
if you want to add/delete/replace files in /system go with the time and use the proper Magisk systemless solution.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/4537601
alecxs said:
first you need to understand /system is a directory inside system partition. the partition is mounted read-only, that has nothing to do with permissions. if you want to remount the partition read-write do it with it's proper mount point / (rootdir) and not with containing directory.
second, android doesn't allow modifications of system files, avb/dm-verity prevents that. you need to disable it in vbmeta partition first.
and third, the file system itself has deduplicated blocks + ro flag to prevent any rw mount attempts. if it is ext4 file system, you can unshare blocks (will expand memory) and remove the ro flag. for other file systems (erofs/f2fs) it needs recreation of the whole partition as ext4.
the usual method for modifying dynamic partitions is offline, means you create your own super.img with lpmake and flash it into device. there exist various helper scripts here to automate this.
it's absolutely possible to do this so you can remount rw afterwards.
but it will break OTA and is not worth the hassle. Magisk is a systemless root solution, system partition is not modified and remain completely stock.
if you want to add/delete/replace files in /system go with the time and use the proper Magisk systemless solution.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/4537601
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Thank you very much