moving apk by adb problem

[Guest feckineejit]

Hello, wonder if anyone can help me out here, been trying to move an app to system with adb, but i keep getting this ERROR. I know i can download from the market and put it in, but want to know why i can't get it to move with adb, its not just that app, i also tried to move ringtones and notification tones, ogg format. but they wont move either, and i can't delete files etc. I have no problems doing this on my san francisco using adb. any help greatly appreciated

P.s the arrow is only to show that i'm typing in the app name properly

Edited April 29, 2012 by feckineejit

[Guest bumps]

you have it in adb root mode?

[Guest feckineejit]

you have it in adb root mode?

Not sure what you mean when you say "adb root mode" if you mean is USB debugging ticked, then yes it is. If not can you explain what i need to do to put it in adb root mode. cheers

[Guest bumps]

type adb root

it reboots the deamon with root permissions

[Guest feckineejit]

All that happens is this

Also notice that remount don't do anything just get this Error

Edited April 22, 2012 by feckineejit

[Guest Modifoid]

All that happens is this

Also notice that remount don't do anything just get this Error

try typing

adb remount

then push the file.

[Guest feckineejit]

try typing

adb remount

then push the file.

I already tried that Modifoid but still no luck remount don't seem to do anything/or work Link

I'm stumped as to whats up!!

Edited April 22, 2012 by feckineejit

[Guest Modifoid]

I already tried that Modifoid but still no luck remount don't seem to do anything/or work Link

I'm stumped as to whats up!!

Apparently remount won't work on a stock ROM and you need to modify the default.prop file. To do that you need to unpack the boot.img edit the build.prop file and repack it and flash it. I don't know how to do that, think i'll wait for a custom ROM.

Edited April 22, 2012 by Modifoid

[Guest feckineejit]

Don't know how to do that either so I think I'll have to wait :(

[Guest Frankish]

Can try this one. I just modified it and flash it and my device still boots which is a good sign...make a nandroid backup if your not sure though.

abootimage.zip

[Guest FlatPackPete]

A better way of doing it would be something like

adb push whatsapp.apk /sdcard

adb shell

su

mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p12 /system

cd /sd card

cp whatsapp.apk /system/app

Unless that is you just want to install the app, in which case you can just do

adb install whatsapp.apk

Edited April 22, 2012 by FlatPackPete