Rooted, yet cannot delete file from \system

[wildetudor]

Hello everyone,

I've rooted my Samsung S2 and am thus able to do much more with it, however when I tried deleting a file from the system folder (specifically, the file that contains the O2 splash screen that appears at startup), I get an "access" denied error. Could it be that I haven't rooted my phone properly, or is it just that some system files simply cannot be deleted?

Anticipated thanks for any replies!

 

[aysiu]

If you're in the terminal, you have to type in

su

first to switch to the root user before using

rm

to delete the file.

 

[dots]

You also may need to mount /system as r/w (read/write) in order to delete files.

 

[wildetudor]

Hey guys, thanks for your replies. I"m afraid I'm still new to Android and I don't quite know how to follow your suggestions. I have Superuser installed, and Total Commander - which is the file manager app that I use - has superuser rights, but when I try to delete that file with it, I get the access denied error. So what is it exactly that I need to do?

 

[dots]

You need to make the /system directory r/w (read/write) to be able to delete files. As by default the /system directory is r/o (read only). I have no idea if Total Commander can do this or not.

 

[aysiu]

I also know nothing about Total Commander.

ES File Explorer has in its settings the option to browse as root and mount the system directories as read/write.

http://www.psychocats.net/wpimages/browseasroot.png

 

[El Presidente]

If that's one of the files accessed on startup, I would be very wary of deleting it. Have you read anywhere that it's safe to delete?

 

[ardchoille]

If that's one of the files accessed on startup, I would be very wary of deleting it. Have you read anywhere that it's safe to delete?

Agreed. Removing that file could very well cause a boot-related problem.

 

[wildetudor]

Got it. ES File Explorer did the job. Many thanks for your help everyone.