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Guest Loccy
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Have successfully rooted my device via Paul's guide, but was surprised to find no Busybox included.

Before I go through this and try to add it the really old manual way, is there a quicker way out there, or am I missing something elementary?

Guest geek78
Posted
Have successfully rooted my device via Paul's guide, but was surprised to find no Busybox included.

Before I go through this and try to add it the really old manual way, is there a quicker way out there, or am I missing something elementary?

Install titanium from thé market, open it, click thé button "problem" and the app Will download and install busybox for you :huh:

Guest Loccy
Posted (edited)
Install titanium from thé market, open it, click thé button "problem" and the app Will download and install busybox for you :huh:

Nice tip, thanks - but where's it installed it, though? Obviously not /system/bin as we don't have system write privs.

Edit: found it, it's in Titanium's /data/data dir. Thanks again.

Edited by Loccy
Guest StrongOneX
Posted
Have successfully rooted my device via Paul's guide, but was surprised to find no Busybox included.

Before I go through this and try to add it the really old manual way, is there a quicker way out there, or am I missing something elementary?

Install titanium from thé market, open it, click thé button "problem" and the app Will download and install busybox for you :huh:

Nice tip, thanks - but where's it installed it, though? Obviously not /system/bin as we don't have system write privs.

Edit: found it, it's in Titanium's /data/data dir. Thanks again.

thanks, but still, i cant batch delete apps with apex uninstaller

help?

Guest geek78
Posted

yes. If you want it in /system/bin you have to install it from adb :

download busybox from http://benno.id.au/android/busybox on your sdcard

enter in recovery mode (see paul rooting method)

from your pc :

adb shell

mount /sdcard

mount /system

mount -o remount,rw /system

dd if=/sdcard/busybox of=/system/bin/busybox

chmod 4755 /system/bin/busybox

mkdir /data/busybox

/system/bin/busybox --install -s /system/bin/

Guest Loccy
Posted
yes. If you want it in /system/bin you have to install it from adb :

download busybox from http://benno.id.au/android/busybox on your sdcard

enter in recovery mode (see paul rooting method)

from your pc :

adb shell

mount /sdcard

mount /system

mount -o remount,rw /system

dd if=/sdcard/busybox of=/system/bin/busybox

chmod 4755 /system/bin/busybox

mkdir /data/busybox

/system/bin/busybox --install -s /system/bin/

Actually, what I did was use Titanium's busybox:

* install Titanium

* run Titanium

* click the "problems" button and install Busybox

* boot into recovery

* adb shell from my Mac

* mount /system

* cp /data/data/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup/files/busybox /system/bin

* cd /system/bin

* ./busybox --install -s .

* ....

* PROFIT!

  • 2 weeks later...
Guest Bokaj
Posted
Actually, what I did was use Titanium's busybox:

* install Titanium

* run Titanium

* click the "problems" button and install Busybox

* boot into recovery

* adb shell from my Mac

* mount /system

* cp /data/data/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup/files/busybox /system/bin

* cd /system/bin

* ./busybox --install -s .

* ....

* PROFIT!

Do you just typ in this comds in the terminal? or how do you do it? I´am a dumb terminal newbie:)

Guest purple74
Posted

I also installed busybox from titanium in /system/xbin, because i wanted to try droid explorer. all Linux command were there and functional

Go back on windows, and surprise!!! , i had "the device not found" error.

Do i missed something to install busybox ?

I reroot my phone, and now everything works again, whitout busybox.

  • 4 months later...
Guest androidfanta
Posted
yes. If you want it in /system/bin you have to install it from adb :

download busybox from http://benno.id.au/android/busybox on your sdcard

enter in recovery mode (see paul rooting method)

from your pc :

adb shell

mount /sdcard

mount /system

mount -o remount,rw /system

dd if=/sdcard/busybox of=/system/bin/busybox

chmod 4755 /system/bin/busybox

mkdir /data/busybox

/system/bin/busybox --install -s /system/bin/
It seemed like I could install Busybox with these instructions. At least I didnt get any errors now. I used to with alternate methods.
C:\Software\htc\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb shell

~ # mount /sdcard

mount /sdcard

~ # mount /system

mount /system

~ # mount -o remount,rw /system

mount -o remount,rw /system

~ # dd if=/sdcard/busybox of=/system/bin/busybox

dd if=/sdcard/busybox of=/system/bin/busybox

3408+1 records in

3408+1 records out

1745016 bytes (1.7MB) copied, 0.804909 seconds, 2.1MB/s

~ # chmod 4755 /system/bin/busybox

chmod 4755 /system/bin/busybox

~ # mkdir /data/busybox

mkdir /data/busybox

~ # /system/bin/busybox --install -s /system/bin/

/system/bin/busybox --install -s /system/bin/

~ #

I installed busybox so that ROM Manager could fix permissions on files to correct my forced close problems. But ROM Manager still gives me the stock reply "An error occured while trying to run privileged commands!"

Does anyone know if there is a script or alternate program which can use busybox to fix permissions on files?

  • 2 weeks later...
Guest Hampa_D
Posted
It seemed like I could install Busybox with these instructions. At least I didnt get any errors now. I used to with alternate methods.

C:\Software\htc\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb shell

~ # mount /sdcard

mount /sdcard

~ # mount /system

mount /system

~ # mount -o remount,rw /system

mount -o remount,rw /system

~ # dd if=/sdcard/busybox of=/system/bin/busybox

dd if=/sdcard/busybox of=/system/bin/busybox

3408+1 records in

3408+1 records out

1745016 bytes (1.7MB) copied, 0.804909 seconds, 2.1MB/s

~ # chmod 4755 /system/bin/busybox

chmod 4755 /system/bin/busybox

~ # mkdir /data/busybox

mkdir /data/busybox

~ # /system/bin/busybox --install -s /system/bin/

/system/bin/busybox --install -s /system/bin/

~ #

I installed busybox so that ROM Manager could fix permissions on files to correct my forced close problems. But ROM Manager still gives me the stock reply "An error occured while trying to run privileged commands!"

Does anyone know if there is a script or alternate program which can use busybox to fix permissions on files?

i would really like to know this to? i can't fix permissions on files through ROM manager

Posted

If you want busybox in /system/xbin, you can install attached zip with ROM Manager (Install ROM from SD Card).

Do not check "wipe data and cache"!!!

busybox_signed.zip

Guest vinodis
Posted
If you want busybox in /system/xbin, you can install attached zip with ROM Manager (Install ROM from SD Card).

Do not check "wipe data and cache"!!!

how to download this file?

I am not able to!

  • 2 months later...
Posted
If you want busybox in /system/xbin, you can install attached zip with ROM Manager (Install ROM from SD Card).

Do not check "wipe data and cache"!!!

I tried the method using ROM Manager, but it failed. When I checked the log-file it said that there was no room in the System folder. The System folder shows 0 bytes free and I don't know how to change it, which is why I thought I would use the ROM Manager method.

I know I am missing something obvious, but I don't know what, as I am new to rooting and I am going through the learning curve

  • 1 month later...
Guest jurafxp
Posted
If you want busybox in /system/xbin, you can install attached zip with ROM Manager (Install ROM from SD Card).

Do not check "wipe data and cache"!!!

Awesome! Working for me :huh:

  • 4 months later...
Guest TrentSe7en
Posted

Just wanted to add another thank you for this ZIP file

  • 3 weeks later...
Guest ludagad
Posted

If you want busybox in /system/xbin, you can install attached zip with ROM Manager (Install ROM from SD Card).

Do not check "wipe data and cache"!!!

The binary inside the ZIP has busybox 1,083,568 bytes. the post(s) above show it as 1,745,016. Seems theirs is a newer one .. or?

Any ideas where to get the lates busybox that is "signed" and can be installed by recovery CWM or other?

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