Droid Explorer

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I'm trying to use the Droid Explorer app to browse the file system on my phone without using the command line. However, to fully use the browser, busybox needs to be installed on the phone. I was wondering if anyone else has done this? I understand that the Madaco ROM has this pre-installed, but was wondering if there was a way that install busybox without flashing the ROM. Thanks.

I've heard that busybox can be hard to load (nvr done it myself), that's why I just use a custom ROM to get it. Even though it is not mentioned, busybox is in the latest Fresh ROM as well.

Originally Posted by lostnfound53

I'm trying to use the Droid Explorer app to browse the file system on my phone without using the command line. However, to fully use the browser, busybox needs to be installed on the phone. I was wondering if anyone else has done this? I understand that the Madaco ROM has this pre-installed, but was wondering if there was a way that install busybox without flashing the ROM. Thanks.

I think I saw it on this forum... or by a google search... but to install busybox, you download it (again, I think I got the binary from this forum) and put it in a folder like /data/busybox (or on MoDaCo it's in /system/xbin) and then you run busybox --install (or something like that) and it creates all the symlinks.

In order to use the functionality, you have to put into your path the folder where busybox is installed (or at least the symlinks). I found it easier to just install MoDaCo's ROM since you get a lot of other cool things like WiFi tether, apps2sd, superuser whitelist, etc.

Please forgive my "or something like that"'s, but I don't have the exact link to reference... I found the answer (like I said, I think on this forum) just by searching.