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Root What I Have Done With a Droid Now That It's Rooted

atlien003 said:
so i think i'm rooted. Followed directs from droidipedia @ gaining root access - droidipedia and now i have a root folder when looking at my system folders. Downloaded terminal emulator in market and typed su then enter to see if i had root access and heres the msg i got:

Su request

process #4251 (app_10082:app_10082)
/system/bin/sh -

wants to run:
/system/bin/sh
as
root:root


then gives me the choice whether i want to allow/deny. Should i allow?
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yes
 
"mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system"

Is there an easy way to type in the above command? I do not know how to write scripts, if that is what they are called.

Jim
 
jsm562 said:
"mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system"

Is there an easy way to type in the above command? I do not know how to write scripts, if that is what they are called.

Jim
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No way to copy, no way to easily type it other than typing it into a terminal app
 
Jarek said:
I think it would be useful to compile all the things we could do now with the rooted Droid, with procedures, in one place, so other people can decide whether it's worth the hassle.

I finally got rid of Amazon MP3, Visual Voicemail, Corporate Calender and Email applications, by downloading Terminal Emulator from the App Store and typing the following into my droid into the terminal emulator:

su

mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

cd /system/app

mv Email.apk Email.bak

mv VVMStub.apk VVMStub.bak

mv com.amazon.mp3.apk com.amazon.mp3.bak

mv CorpCal.apk CorpCal.bak

mount -o ro,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

sync

reboot



As you can see, I only renamed the file extension, so if I ever need those apps, or something goes wrong, I can always just rename them back.

What else have you guys done (please post with procedures/download links/etc)
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Apologies if this i completely wrong but im trying to wrap my head around all this droid business, and im a bit confused. I already have firmware version 2.0.1 so i've been looking aorund and this is what i've concluded to be the steps for me to root my phone. Let me know if im right pleasee

first off, to root a droid i would need to follow the steps here.

after that, look for the terminal emulator on the rooted market, and type in those commands and i get rid of the annoying apps that come on the phone like amazon mp3.

that correct?
 
Siz3.thr33 said:
first off, to root a droid i would need to follow the steps here.

after that, look for the terminal emulator on the rooted market, and type in those commands and i get rid of the annoying apps that come on the phone like amazon mp3.

that correct?
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Actually, there is a WAY easier way to "remove" those stock apps, once you have root. Download "Root Explorer" from the Market. With that app, you can simply navigate to that directory (/system/app), tap "Remount as R/W" at the top, rename the apps, then tap "Remount as R/O" at the top. Done!

It doesn't get any easier than that. :)
 
messenger13 said:
Actually, there is a WAY easier way to "remove" those stock apps, once you have root. Download "Root Explorer" from the Market. With that app, you can simply navigate to that directory (/system/app), tap "Remount as R/W" at the top, rename the apps, then tap "Remount as R/O" at the top. Done!

It doesn't get any easier than that. :)
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Sounds good! And then I can get started tweaking every little thing about my droid??
 
Does "Root Explorer" app eliminate the need to root the device? Or the need to type "mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system"?
 
Keebs said:
Do you actually change the name of the app? If so what do I change it to?[/QU

See the first post of this thread for a step by step... Basically just rename the offending files so that you can re-enable them again if you need them later.
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Right in front of my face.. My brain was registering it as wm not vvm.. Thanks again.. This process only hides the icons on the app screen.. Doesn't really free up any mem space.. correct?
 
By renaming the files, you are preventing the process from starting when the droid boots up. The OS looks in the /system/app folder for applications to start during bootup (someone correct me if I'm wrong). By renaming the extension, the OS won't start the app and therefore won't use the associated memory.

So yes, it does free up memory space, albeit a very small amount. You will see the reclaimed memory using Advanced Task Killer or Advanced Task Manager.
 
we should have a place where people can go and see a list of the locations of things in the rooted files and their "responsibilities" on the phone.

for example, i was tinkering with the fonts, and /system/fonts/DroidSans.ttf is the font for:

-The date on the lock screen
-Text message readouts
-Application labels
-the font in web browsing
-the font on the on-screen keypad
(Most phone fonts)
 
jsm562 said:
"mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system"

Is there an easy way to type in the above command? I do not know how to write scripts, if that is what they are called.

Jim
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Yep, though you'll have to type them one more time. ;) Make the system writable, then,,
Code: 
# cd /system/bin
# vi rewritable
Then type an i then paste, or write,
Code: 
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/mtdblock3 /system
Then hit esc or if you're using the terminal emulator it's Right-Alt 1.
Code: 
# vi readonly
Then type an i then paste, or write,
Code: 
mount -o ro,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/mtdblock3 /system
Then hit esc or if you're using the terminal emulator it's Right-Alt 1.
Make the system readonly, then type sync, then type reboot. After this when you open up a terminal and you're root (su) just type rewritable. Do whatever you need to do, then type readonly. Sync, reboot.

This works for me, so if doing this gets your wife/significant other/daughter, pregnant it's not my fault. :D
 
Alright, I'm having trouble replacing Clockopia.ttf in my /system/fonts. I'm following the instructions posted a few pages back, but run into a problem
Code: 
Cd c:\android-sdk\tools
Adb push fontfile /local/data
-terminal-
Su
Cd /local/data
[B]Cat fontfile > /system/fonts[/B]
I get an error saying "failed on fontfile: cross-device link". I really want to change the clock font here. I've got other stuff customized/hacked, and so far this is the only thing giving me real trouble.
 
Alright, I got it figured out, and without too much fiddling around with the abd shell. I moved the font I wanted to use to my sdcard, renamed Clockopia.

su

mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system

cd /system/fonts

mv Clockopia.ttf Clockopia.bat

dd if=/sdcard/Clockopia.ttf of=/system/fonts/Clockopia.ttf

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So I rooted my droid with the update.zip found in the tutorial Obtaining Root | Root Your Droid

And i have the little ninja icon with superuser permission app.

I installed Root Explorer but now every time I go to open Root Explorer I keep coming up with the same error. It tells me Root Explorer still hasn't gained root access. It says that may happen the first time I open the program because of issues with Superuser but after that it shouldn't be an issue. But yet the issue continues...
 
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