Rooting/Hacking BlueStacks - BETA information added! (Updated 12/6/2013)

matury · Oct 14, 2011

speed??

sorry about this but since I have a *****ty netbook I cannot test the speed or the fps of the app... you ppl with good cpu/gpu/ram, how does it looks? fast? slow? choppy?

ok I was able to enlarge SDcard.fs to 1GB or to any size desire. On the log file SDcard is a ext3 format by rename it to ext3 and resize it with resize2fs, after that goto settings (in android) and format SD card, then you can even have a 28GB ++ size SD card.... not much but its progress....

aDigitalPhantom · Oct 14, 2011

I found out that root.fs is a ext4 image and in that there is a file named system.sfs that is a squashfs image holding another ext4? image that is afaik the system image. With that info i have removed every preloaded app from bluestacks because i could.

edit: and i also edited the gadget

ilendemli · Oct 14, 2011

@chevyowner please make a tut

methodbeat · Oct 14, 2011

matury said:
sorry about this but since I have a *****ty netbook I cannot test the speed or the fps of the app... you ppl with good cpu/gpu/ram, how does it looks? fast? slow? choppy?

ok I was able to enlarge SDcard.fs to 1GB or to any size desire. On the log file SDcard is a ext3 format by rename it to ext3 and resize it with resize2fs, after that goto settings (in android) and format SD card, then you can even have a 28GB ++ size SD card.... not much but its progress....

ICS -> youtube.com/watch?v=WSx2HR9-jEc&hd=1
HC -> youtube.com/watch?v=z-aLaFcxslQ&hd=1
sorry about the videos at being a non-standard resolution

488 x 724 px

and yeah, how were you able to edit the fs to get more space? share some light please

sagerox · Oct 14, 2011

methodbeat said:
got both ics and honeycomb launchers running perfectly

ICS -> imgftw.net/img//193712949.jpg
HC -> imgftw.net/img//678130062.png

Were you able to get the carousel apps to work properly? My other problem is resolution also, because I have a 23 in its a little grainy and it kind of splits a little in the middle. Also live wallpaper I'd really slow, and the image gets cut off.

Sent from my MB860 using XDA App

methodbeat · Oct 14, 2011

chevyowner said:
I found out that root.fs is a ext4 image and in that there is a file named system.sfs that is a squashfs image holding another ext4? image that is afaik the system image. With that info i have removed every preloaded app from bluestacks because i could.

edit: and i also edited the gadget

this perhaps? -> imgf.tw/965042860.png

aDigitalPhantom · Oct 14, 2011

methodbeat said:
this perhaps? -> imgf.tw/965042860.png

yes that is what is looks like unpacked

methodbeat · Oct 14, 2011

chevyowner said:
yes that is what is looks like unpacked

Can you edit kernels?
should i post the kernel files?

here you go : mediafire.com/?v8bnwdx0e10zmmc

xkwwwx · Oct 14, 2011

matury said:
sorry about this but since I have a *****ty netbook I cannot test the speed or the fps of the app... you ppl with good cpu/gpu/ram, how does it looks? fast? slow? choppy?

ok I was able to enlarge SDcard.fs to 1GB or to any size desire. On the log file SDcard is a ext3 format by rename it to ext3 and resize it with resize2fs, after that goto settings (in android) and format SD card, then you can even have a 28GB ++ size SD card.... not much but its progress....

Could you explain this process for nubes?

TonyTekInsights · Oct 14, 2011

Android development emulator

Here's how you can use it as your alternate Android development emulator.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1303563

matury · Oct 14, 2011

Yes let me get home and I will make a lil tut on how to enlarge SD partition with the . exe file attached to tut.

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xkwwwx · Oct 14, 2011

matury said:
Yes let me get home and I will make a lil tut on how to enlarge SD partition with the . exe file attached to tut.

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Thanks, i did increase the size using toporsize ,but there is no option in settings>storage>
For format.

And please consider us windows 7 users

Thanks

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There has to be some crafty dev that can figure out how to replace the system image with a custom rom. Honeycomb maybe??????

matury · Oct 15, 2011

Resize TUT

sorry for the mess in pictures... but I had a hard time remembering what I did last night

but you'll be ok

and remember if I helped you say Thanks

Ok first you need to install Bluestacks Cloud in your phone, after u set it up and all, you need to install AWD Launcher and sync it with BC (Bluestacks Cloud), install it in ur computer... and open it, after that B will ask you to set a default launcher, choose AWD, then you have a full home Android... done with that.

Un rar DATA.IMG Maker.rar to desktop

(remember to stop any progress with Task Manager related to Bluestacks, even sidebar.exe)

Next step. navigate to "C:\ProgramData\BlueStacks\Android" and make a backup of SDCard.fs like this SDCard.fs.bak - then rename the SDCard.fs to SDCard.ext3

Next: open Resize SD.bat, as seen in picture inside the folder " DATA.IMG Maker"

Next: check " fine file" and navigate to "C:\ProgramData\BlueStacks\Android" and open SDCard.ext3

In the pic I didn't check "resize file only no rezide2fs", but you have to check it or click it on...
Next: check the "resize file only no rezide2fs" " you can resize it to 100GB ++ if want it

and click "Resize File" ... wait till done. PIC

Next: after finishing the process... and drag amd drop on top of "mke2fs.exe" and type " Y " and Enter... wait for it to finish as seen in PIC and then.... just change the extension back to .fs like this SDCard.ext3 to -----> SDCard.fs

Next start the Bluestacks Gadget in start menu... wait for it to load and open AWD launcher .. PIC 6 and PIC 7

Next: you gonna see in top Notification bar a lil SD card... that's what we want! just click it and format your sd card and your done@! PIC 10 thru 13

just click format

deleting...

and done! 10GB SD Card

In logs theres alot of information about what the process does and when, also info on the kernel and staff like that, I think I can edit the HD-Service.exe ... it handles kernel loads and much more... I think can be edited with Restorator 64bits witch I have ....but like I said before I have a 32bit *****ty netbook.. I cant run Restorator.. till next week (getting Alienware) and I can continue the Development of Hacking Bluestacks. I dont know much about Andoid Linux, but I know alot about Windows, I can provide my help on anything, count on me with that

Oh, and ext2explore.exe is an ext2 (I think ext3 too) partition explorer for windows

Hope I helped you all

cccy · Oct 15, 2011

xkwwwx said:
Thanks, i did increase the size using toporsize ,but there is no option in settings>storage>
For format.

And please consider us windows 7 users

Thanks

---------- Post added at 04:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:37 PM ----------

There has to be some crafty dev that can figure out how to replace the system image with a custom rom. Honeycomb maybe??????

Seems to be pretty much stock. Just need root, a homescreen (Already done, but does not come with the rom by default) and a home button (Perhaps CM7 too?). Anyone know of any hacks to change the device info (Device name, manufacturer, rom version, etc)? Any method, even if it requires root are welcomed. Looking to hack this to allow apps which the market blocked to be installed.

aDigitalPhantom · Oct 15, 2011

i got root, i have tested this by running a few apps that need it and the ones that don't crash work.

i got the su/busybox binarys from
http://www.android-x86.org/download out of the android-x86-2.3-RC1-asus_laptop.iso and added them to the root.fs>system.sfs>system.img

midtown2 · Oct 15, 2011

great job

great job guys. i am using bluestacks since the first day the alpha was released

the only problem i faced was being not able to use Whatsapp, any body knows a workaround to use it?

aDigitalPhantom · Oct 15, 2011

see here for rw mounting the system partition

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=18562346&postcount=61

compchick813 · Oct 15, 2011

chevyowner said:
How to Root BlueStacks alpha
1. Navigate to C:\ProgramData\BlueStacks\Android
2. Use Task Manager stop any process related to Bluestacks.
3. Rename Root.fs to Root.fs.bak
4. Extract Root.fs from RootMod.zip to C:\ProgramData\BlueStacks\Android
5. You Should Have Root, Enjoy

Note: The su binary I used auto grants root access.

RootMod.zip

Credit goes to http://www.android-x86.org/ for compiling the su/busybox binarys

I followed these steps but I don't have root access. Are there any other steps required?

cracksmurf · Oct 15, 2011

compchick813 said:
I followed these steps but I don't have root access. Are there any other steps required?

I am probably running into the same issue as you. Ran "Root Check" application from market and got the following results stating that I have root, however when I open up a root required app such as "Titanium Backup" it states I don't have root. I followed the above steps, as well as installed superuser.

Code:

Congratulations! You have root access!

Superuser.apk - com.noshufou.android.su - version 3.0.5 is installed!

System Environment PATH: /sbin /vendor/bin /system/sbin /system/bin /system/xbin

The adb binary is set to default shell user access as root

Standard su binary location: ls -l /system/bin/su:
/system/bin/su: No such file or directory

Standard su binary location: ls -l /system/xbin/su:
-rwsr-sr-x root     root       110572 2011-10-08 18:37 su

Alternate su binary location: ls -l /sbin/su:
/sbin/su: Permission denied

Alternate su type binary location: ls -l /system/xbin/sudo:
/system/xbin/sudo: No such file or directory

Root user id:
uid=0(root)

Root group id:
gid=0(root) groups=3003(inet)

Code:

System Environment PATH: /sbin /vendor/bin /system/sbin /system/bin /system/xbin

BusyBox binary location: /system/xbin/busybox

Installed BusyBox Version:
1.16.2androidfull

BusyBox supports the following applets:
[, [[, arp, ash, awk, basename, bbconfig, brctl, bunzip2, bzcat, bzip2, cal, cat, catv, chgrp, chmod, chown, chroot, chvt, cksum, clear, cmp, cp, cpio, cut, date, dc, dd, deallocvt, depmod, devmem, df, diff, dirname, dmesg, dnsd, dos2unix, du, echo, ed, egrep, env, expr, false, fdisk, fgrep, find, fold, free, freeramdisk, fuser, getopt, grep, gunzip, gzip, halt, head, hexdump, id, ifconfig, insmod, install, ip, kill, killall, killall5, length, less, ln, losetup, ls, lsmod, lspci, lsusb, lzmacat, lzop, lzopcat, md5sum, mkdir, mke2fs, mkfifo, mkfs.ext2, mknod, mkswap, mktemp, modprobe, more, mount, mountpoint, mv, nc, netstat, nice, nohup, nslookup, ntpd, od, openvt, patch, pgrep, pidof, ping, pkill, poweroff, printenv, printf, ps, pwd, rdev, readlink, realpath, reboot, renice, reset, rm, rmdir, rmmod, route, run-parts, sed, seq, setsid, sh, sha1sum, sha256sum, sha512sum, sleep, sort, split, stat, strings, stty, swapoff, swapon, switch_root, sync, sysctl, tac, tail, tar, tee, telnet, test, tftp, time, top, touch, tr, traceroute, true, tty, tune2fs, umount, uname, uniq, unix2dos, unlzma, unlzop, unzip, uptime, usleep, uudecode, uuencode, vi, watch, wc, wget, which, whoami, xargs, yes, zcat

compchick813 · Oct 15, 2011

cracksmurf said:
I am probably running into the same issue as you. Ran "Root Check" application from market and got the following results stating that I have root, however when I open up a root required app such as "Titanium Backup" it states I don't have root. I followed the above steps, as well as installed superuser.

Yeah, same here. Root check says I have root, but I can't mount r/w on system with Root Explorer.

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