(Guide) Editing Root Explorer to work with Perma-Temp Root!

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First off: This is a Paid app so I will not Post the App its self, This is just a Guide to make Root Explorer Work with our Perma-Temp Root so you never Lose Root Access via Root Explorer!

You need to know how to use smali & able to resign apk's, I wont be covering a how-to for those steps..


Step 1.).. De-compile Root Explorer using smali

Step 2.).. Open the File CommandShell.smali located at > \smali\com\speedsoftware\rootexplorer\CommandShell .smali

Step 3.).. Find the Strings

    const-string v8, "/system/xbin/su"

    const-string v7, "/system/bin/su"

    const-string v6, "/data/bin/su"

Step 4.).. We now change those string to match these

    const-string v8, "/sbin/su"

    const-string v7, "/vendor/bin/su"

    const-string v6, "/system/bin/su"

Step 5.).. baksmali it & resign the apk

Step 6.).. Unistall the current version of Root Explorer

Step 7.).. Now we can install via adb install or off the sdcard

That's it.. Hope that helps everyone with Root Explorer!
~Eugene

adb shell ln -s /vendor/bin/su /system/bin/su

Think it will work? I'll try it tonight and let you know.
Method:
Set system to rw.
Do the symlink : adb shell ln -s /vendor/bin/su /system/bin/su

Results:
Rootexplorer Works as root:
The real unknown is how long will this last.
Thanks for the symlinks.

Originally Posted by willy900wonka

adb shell ln -s /vendor/bin/su /system/bin/su

Think it will work? I'll try it tonight and let you know.
Method:
Set system to rw.
Do the symlink : adb shell ln -s /vendor/bin/su /system/bin/su

Results:
Rootexplorer Works as root:
The real unknown is how long will this last.
Thanks for the symlinks.

I think everyone has already tried that... I know I have, when the symlinks fail you are left with no Root for Root Explorer though.
~Eugene

weird but my i downloaded root explorer and it works so does es explorer. i can see my root items. weird.

Originally Posted by kaos420

weird but my i downloaded root explorer and it works so does es explorer. i can see my root items. weird.

But can you edit those items, or any items in your root folders?

Not sure what the issue is with Root Explorer, but ES File Explorer can edit system files just fine for me without having to jump through any hoops, I've been using Eugene's old Perma-Temp Root from last Saturday (thanks Eugene!).

I've edited the SD card read-ahead buffer value in /sys/devices/virtual/bdi/170:0/read_ahead_kb to 4096 and it's stayed there all week.

Been rooted nearly all week, and just tried it... Root explorer still works. Just added a comment on build.prop to test. Made the change and created the backup file, then erased the backup file

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