Rooted but can't edit system tab 3 7.0

reinaldistic · May 16, 2014

So I'm rooted but all the usual apps that I use to edit system files say the system is read only. What gives?

I'm rooted with Busybox installed

I thought only htc had this kind of security

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moonbutt74 · May 16, 2014

reg. root no-go

hi,
maybe using aromafm in recovery mode
could help you get around it and fix things,
also sometime a dalvik/cache wipe will trigger cwm
to notify you that you've lost root and ask you if you
wish to fix it.
twrp does it to but, aromafm doesn't work in twrp.
lastlynsearch supersu update .zip and follow

bye

manuas · May 16, 2014

no root

I think that you're not root. Use root check o titanium to verify.

reinaldistic · May 17, 2014

root checker said I'm root and I've been using other forms of root required apps... I just can't write to system... cwm "fixed" root but even after that I couldn't write to system. I even tried re-flashing the universal root but still nothing

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reinaldistic · May 17, 2014

ended up being a mounting issue I hadn't mounted system from recovery,

reinaldistic · May 18, 2014

i still cant get it to stay mounted and even when i force it to mount a lot of apps still cant edit system. i cant use busybox "chmod" because of this i need some help please

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reinaldistic · May 18, 2014

so I figured out that it's not letting any app remount system as rw. even in terminal emulator I would telling system as rw and "mount" shows it as rw but if I exit out of terminal and go back in its still ro even though I never reverted

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moonbutt74 · May 18, 2014

root nogo the sequel part deux

reinaldistic said:
so I figured out that it's not letting any app remount system as rw. even in terminal emulator I would telling system as rw and "mount" shows it as rw but if I exit out of terminal and go back in its still ro even though I never reverted

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okay one more time
go online search aromafm, get, boot to cwm then flash aromafm, give it a second to get going
now, the is a terminal emulator built in logged in as root.
now cd directory and chmod file wherever and whatever those may be.
su bin attr is 6754
start there

reinaldistic · May 18, 2014

moonbutt74 said:
okay one more time
go online search aromafm, get, boot to cwm then flash aromafm, give it a second to get going
now, the is a terminal emulator built in logged in as root.
now cd directory and chmod file wherever and whatever those may be.
su bin attr is 6754
start there

is this a fix it a work around? If it's a fix which files do I need to chmod?

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moonbutt74 · May 18, 2014

do this first

reinaldistic said:
is this a fix it a work around? If it's a fix which files do I need to chmod?

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okay you have custom recovery ?
if not goto tab 3 7.0 area of the forum find and follow rooting and recovery
if you do search online right now for supersu update zip, download the latest version [chainfire's website]
get it on your tab reboot into recovery, install then wipe cache goto advanced then wipe dalvik cache and reboot
i' online right now best time to wrk on this

reinaldistic · May 18, 2014

moonbutt74 said:
okay you have custom recovery ?
if not goto tab 3 7.0 area of the forum find and follow rooting and recovery
if you do search online right now for supersu update zip, download the latest version [chainfire's website]
get it on your tab reboot into recovery, install then wipe cache goto advanced then wipe dalvik cache and reboot
i' online right now best time to wrk on this

Yeah I'm on twrp and fully rooted with the latest universal root directly from chainfire

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moonbutt74 · May 18, 2014

okay

reinaldistic said:
Yeah I'm on twrp and fully rooted with the latest universal root directly from chainfire

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okay, be more complete in the description of your current situation

if supersu is installed and groovy start it
in automatic responses set to grant/allow
search for total commander get it from home page or play

a side note ; when youre in terminal youre pretty much in linux
meaning case matters spaces matter foward and backward slash matter, underscore dash, syntax etc

reinaldistic · May 18, 2014

I already use total commander I have had the su app and it works with most everything except writing to system. total comander cant save to system it asks to remount as rw it asks for root and is granted it but then it displays a toast message saying "remount error"

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moonbutt74 · May 18, 2014

hmm

reinaldistic said:
I already use total commander I have had the su app and it works with most everything except writing to system. total comander cant save to system it asks to remount as rw it asks for root and is granted it but then it displays a toast message saying "remount error"

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okay if you flashed root/supersu with twrp it might have gone wrong
take a moment to get philz touch cwm flashable zip and twrp recovery's flashable zip [not the odin ones]
i keep both on my tab for specific flashes calling for twrp or cm
now, if you haven't beefed up your rom with apps and stuff yet
reboot into recovery flash/install cwm then reboot recovery, do a factory reset, then reflash supersu
make a back either way
if you want twrp back then cool but let's stick with cwm for now

reinaldistic · May 18, 2014

I started with cwm, I flashed twrp through cwm only after I discovered the problem...both recoveries haven't been able to help

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moonbutt74 · May 18, 2014

what rom are you running

reinaldistic said:
I started with cwm, I flashed twrp through cwm only after I discovered the problem...both recoveries haven't been able to help

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it's annoying I know, cwm clean to install new rom might be the cure-all
did you do any .prop mods eith in default.prop or build.prop ?
did you download aromafm yet if not get it from dev-host [use cwm to flash it]
in /system/bin/.ext should be a file named .su it's permissions should also be 6754
also did you get busybox setup and allow root functions everywhere in total commander
i do know that system rw doesn't stick between sessions and it not irregular for tc to need another rw button click
after being closed and cleared from ram

does supersu crash on open?

reinaldistic · May 18, 2014

I am in the process of downloading all of that

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moonbutt74 · May 18, 2014

cool

reinaldistic said:
I am in the process of downloading all of that

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when you have aroma download move to safety like all your flashable stuff [extSdCard]
get cwm recovery up, flash aroma and let me know

dude make sure you use philz cwm
scroll to philz setting and select re-root supersu

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