/system

[Guest Spykeuk]

Should a rooted phone have the /system writeable, when its turned on? or does this get locked out when, the phone boots?

[Guest goatee]

Should a rooted phone have the /system writeable, when its turned on? or does this get locked out when, the phone boots?

Hi Spyke, so that changes can't be made to /system, it's mounted as read only. Check this post, which lists two ways of making it writeable (though easiest is to download "mount system" from the marketplace.

[Guest The-One]

You have to do a mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system in the terminal to have the write permisions in the system folder.

[Guest MDCFan]

You have to do a mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system in the terminal to have the write permisions in the system folder.

mount -o remount,rw /system

should be enough if it is already mounted

[Guest spences10]

mount -o remount,rw /system

should be enough if it is already mounted

RootExplorer on the market you have to pay for it but its well worth the money

That is all

:rolleyes:

[Guest The-One]

mount -o remount,rw /system

should be enough if it is already mounted

Tried that and it didnt work so had to do it that way.

Edited November 11, 2010 by The-One

[Guest belgotux]

You have to do a mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system in the terminal to have the write permisions in the system folder.

Do this commande carefully! Exemple : for me, it isn't /dev/block/mtdblock4 but /dev/block/mtdblock5 !

Before do that, check mounted points :

# mount

Check the line with "/system"

SYS,

Gaetan

[Guest jasonXXx]

Should a rooted phone have the /system writeable, when its turned on? or does this get locked out when, the phone boots?

Nope you need to make it RW with root explorer or via a terminal emulator and after you close the app or reboot phone it will be RO again.

[Guest Spykeuk]

Thankyou, i will try the suggestions later, but the mount command didnt work, with Wireless Adb app:( do not have my cable at work:(

[Guest ritterkeks]

>mount -o remount,rw /system

did not work for me ON THE PHONE...

wanted to remove some of the shipped (useless) system-apps and found this command in a tutorial...

but it seems that the mount command doesn't know the "remount" option

[Guest The-One]

>mount -o remount,rw /system

did not work for me ON THE PHONE...

wanted to remove some of the shipped (useless) system-apps and found this command in a tutorial...

but it seems that the mount command doesn't know the "remount" option

of course and thats because its mount -o rw, remount

[Guest MDCFan]

>mount -o remount,rw /system

did not work for me ON THE PHONE...

wanted to remove some of the shipped (useless) system-apps and found this command in a tutorial...

but it seems that the mount command doesn't know the "remount" option

try this:

busybox mount -o remount,rw /system

I guess it depends on the ROM.

[Guest ritterkeks]

hm... found an easier way, i think....

when using launcher pro, or anycut, one can make a shorcut to an activity:

somewhere in the huge list of activities i found "testing" and some other (hidden) apps.

i think "testing" was also included in the drawer on the android ports for the tytn II,

and shows only enhanced phone information.

but the other one is simply a list of buttons, the last one says plainly "sys_rw".

i pressed it and then tried again to rm [stupid system apps] and this time it worked!

[Guest tom619]

using adb cant you just do ./adb remount, and that mounts sytem to read and write? thats what ive been using to push/pull and edit files in my /system

[Guest El Nino9]

use adb remount :rolleyes:

(even though you solved it)

[Guest tom619]

on another note does anyone know what the command is to see all the partitions on the sd card and internal space?

[Guest goatee]

on another note does anyone know what the command is to see all the partitions on the sd card and internal space?

Hi - not sure with adb, but get a terminal emulator, and type "mount"

[Guest ritterkeks]

using adb cant you just do ./adb remount, and that mounts sytem to read and write? thats what ive been using to push/pull and edit files in my /system

jep, but adb still does not work for me under linux even with the appropriate udev-rules :-(

eventually i will then use adb-wireless, as soon as i get the AP.

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concerning partitions:

"mount -l" lists all partitions "in use"

you can also try "df -h" for this, it also shows the free space on each.

to show unmounted partitions, "parted -l" could work, but i dunno if it is built in...

i just tried, does not seem so..

[Guest kendon]

jep, but adb still does not work for me under linux even with the appropriate udev-rules :-(

eventually i will then use adb-wireless, as soon as i get the AP.

use sudo adb, or setuid the adb binary.

[Guest ritterkeks]

shure, I tried this at first,

since flashing clockwork with fastboot-linux worked without problems...

however..adb doesnt, not even with sudo :-(

(not on linux mint debian, not on linux mint ubuntu, two different computers)