Root adb permissions issue

[plissje]

Hi,
I've just upgraded my phone to jc4 & recovery 4.6.1
Now im trying to install busybox so i can get the sense theme, but i cant seem to get it to work.

when i use adb push it says permission denied even though i had su enabled via the recovery.

any suggestions?

 

[Broomfundel]

Hi there,

Make sure you are in the recovery menu when you try, and make sure you have typed "adb remount" to get rw permissions.

Only glaxo roms alow full adb access while the phone is up and running properly.

 

[plissje]

Hi there,

Make sure you are in the recovery menu when you try, and make sure you have typed "adb remount" to get rw permissions.

Only glaxo roms alow full adb access while the phone is up and running properly.

ok seems to be working now, thanks.

But a new issue rised: when i try to install busybox with busybox --install, i get tons of msg's about directory not exists..
any clue? :>

 

[Broomfundel]

The instructions I use, and worked fine on JC4 are

Remount the mount points with read/write access by typing into the command line "adb remount"

"adb push busybox /system/bin/busybox"
"adb shell chmod 4755 /system/bin/busybox"
"adb shell rm /system/bin/cp"
"adb shell ln -s /system/bin/busybox /system/bin/cp"
"adb shell /system/bin/busybox --install -s /system/bin"

Try this and if you have problems say at which piont.

 

[plissje]

ok we're advancing. now i have a new error:

"failed to copy 'busybox' to '/system/bin/busybox': No space left on device"

suggestions? =)

p.s.
To remove any obvious doubt, i have no space problem on the device AFAIK =)

 

[Rastaman-FB]

this is refering to system space not standard device space
its likely you have some apps that have large databases in the system storage which has a maximum of 1gb for everything including the os

 

[plissje]

this is refering to system space not standard device space
its likely you have some apps that have large databases in the system storage which has a maximum of 1gb for everything including the os

I've tried the wipe from the recovery and it didnt seem to help either.
So what exactly do i have to do? :\

 

[Broomfundel]

Launch a shell from ADB ( adb shell )
Then run the command df -k
It will show you the amount of space you have in the various partitons. In this case your interested in /system

That is where you are short of space. (Not sure why if its a clean build.)

One way to free up space would to move some apps from
\system\apps\ to \data\apps\

But what do you have installed?? As you should have enough space. I would be tempted to start again from Odin.

 

[plissje]

Launch a shell from ADB ( adb shell )
Then run the command df -k
It will show you the amount of space you have in the various partitons. In this case your interested in /system

That is where you are short of space. (Not sure why if its a clean build.)

One way to free up space would to move some apps from
\system\apps\ to \data\apps\

But what do you have installed?? As you should have enough space. I would be tempted to start again from Odin.

Currently i got these progs installed:
- Waze
- Touchdown
- Advanced TaskKiller
- Bonsai Blast
- Evernote
- Gscript
- Shazam
- Anysoftkeyboard

I haven't tried the command yet, i will report when i do.
How exactly do i move the apps?

 

[MichaelW]

You could always delete the google maps APK then reinstall from the Market.

 

[plissje]

You could always delete the google maps APK then reinstall from the Market.

And how do i do that?
I've tried using DroidExplorer for it but it just seem to crash no metter what action i perform..

 

[Broomfundel]

To move or delete files, it is best to do it from the ADB Shell. Standard linux shell commands so for example

CD = Change Directory
LS = List Files in current directory

etc....

If you are not familier with them, there many guides on the web.

 

[droidzone]

ok we're advancing. now i have a new error:

"failed to copy 'busybox' to '/system/bin/busybox': No space left on device"

It is not a space issue at all. It seems to be a permissions issue. Try the following instructions, substituting the busybox file itself with one for your Samsung (I use an HTC Desire):

download busybox for your device
enter in recovery mode
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/

That should work.