Help Need Help Getting Rid Of Write Protect In /system

[sjoerdtop]

I'm using a Huawei g7 and i'm trying to install busybox but i keep getting an error

i'm a 100% sure this is because there is some wierd write protection on /system. i know this because everytime i try to change it to rw in es explorer it changes back to ro when i close to app.

I also tried some terminal commands but with no luck so far.

Any help would be appreciated

 

[eshieldsvx4]

I'm using a Huawei g7 and i'm trying to install busybox but i keep getting an error

i'm a 100% sure this is because there is some wierd write protection on /system. i know this because everytime i try to change it to rw in es explorer it changes back to ro when i close to app.

I also tried some terminal commands but with no luck so far.

Any help would be appreciated

Based on your request, I'm assuming you have root access. Otherwise you wouldn't be able to access the EStrongs Root Explorer.

Is this what you meant?

Huawei devices require an extra step to unlock read write abilities. You can flash an add-on atop your ROM installation.

I suggest if this continues to give you trouble, try packing the busybox binaries in a flashable zip file. You can also manually mount /system during a recovery boot. If it fails there, you did not install an up to date SU binary.

If it DOES mount, you can try the zip. Then I suggest you try enabling su requests at boot.

 

[sjoerdtop]

Yes my device is rooted and i'm using the root explorer. Could you give me a bit more info on how to flash an add-on atop my ROM installation?

 

[sjoerdtop]

Based on your request, I'm assuming you have root access. Otherwise you wouldn't be able to access the EStrongs Root Explorer.

Is this what you meant?

Huawei devices require an extra step to unlock read write abilities. You can flash an add-on atop your ROM installation.

I suggest if this continues to give you trouble, try packing the busybox binaries in a flashable zip file. You can also manually mount /system during a recovery boot. If it fails there, you did not install an up to date SU binary.

If it DOES mount, you can try the zip. Then I suggest you try enabling su requests at boot.

And with the recovery boot i only get the option to update from sd or to reboot the device.
Unless you mean a recovery boot that isn't holding down the Volume+ and Power button?

 

[Bg260]

Did you try disabling mount namespace separation?

 

[sjoerdtop]

Did you try disabling mount namespace separation?

No, Could you please explain how to do that?

Thanks!

 

[Bg260]

Do you have SuperSu installed?

 

[Bg260]

Did you use a "one-click" app to root by any chance?

 

[eshieldsvx4]

And with the recovery boot i only get the option to update from sd or to reboot the device.
Unless you mean a recovery boot that isn't holding down the Volume+ and Power button?

I don't or haven't owned a Huawei device. I don't know how to access Recovery or Bootloader upon power up.

 

[eshieldsvx4]

No, Could you please explain how to do that?

Thanks!

I cropped that option but its in the screenshot I put up. It directs where su binaries are installed.

So instead of it being a bad install, it's just in a bad spot. Check or uncheck the "Mount Namespace Separation" and see what works better when you replicate your situation each time.

 

[sjoerdtop]

Did you use a "one-click" app to root by any chance?

Yes i used Kingroot.

I cropped that option but its in the screenshot I put up. It directs where su binaries are installed.

So instead of it being a bad install, it's just in a bad spot. Check or uncheck the "Mount Namespace Separation" and see what works better when you replicate your situation each time.

So i tried to use SuperSu but the Binary install failed. I'm not sure what went wrong since it doesn't give any other error messages. The thing is though could it be that SuperSU isn't installing because of the fact that i can't write any data to /system?

 

[Bg260]

The problem is that I suspect you have a locked bootloader, still. Did you remove Kinguser? Did you send for the bootloader unlock key? Sounds like you need to be careful about what you do next.

Here is a thread from yesterday with an almost identical issue. I still don't think they solved it.

http://androidforums.com/threads/cant-remount-system-as-r-w-huawey-y6.1048625/#post-7337042

I think Kingroot is a scourge, BTW. Not your fault. It is very misleading.