ADB Remount Command

mercado79 · #1 (**permalink**) 11-29-2009, 01:07 AM

I asked over at XDA but didn't get any responses, so... I figure I'll ask here as well. Does anyone know how to edit the /default.prop file so that "adb remount" will work? I know you have to change one line in the file from ro.secure=1 to ro.secure=0. I've tried editing it several ways, and each time the file reverts to the original "ro.secure=1" one.

Tonight, I thought to try again and found this site:

http://www.math.ucla.edu/~jimc/g1-htc/debian.shtml

Code:

adb pull /default.prop .     
(Edit it on your real machine)     
adb push ./default.prop /sdcard     
adb shell  . . .  su root     
mount -t rootfs -o remount,rw rootfs /     
dd if=/default.prop of=/default.prop.orig     
dd if=/sdcard/default.prop of=/default.prop     
mount -t rootfs -o remount,ro rootfs /     
Reboot the phone.

The commands worked, but it didn't stick after reboot either.

I know that if I install the MoDaCo ROM (and probably others), this setting will be there by default, but I was hoping to do it on my own...manually.

Any ideas?

**athlet1c** · #2 (**permalink**) 11-30-2009, 04:11 PM

Ask Flipz Im sure he does

mercado79 · #3 (**permalink**) 12-03-2009, 01:32 PM

Thanks athlet1c. Sorry, I hadn't noticed you'd replied. I tracked this down, sort of. Turns out this requires modifying the boot.img/recovery.img and then re-packaging it. Seems somewhat involved. More info here:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=443994

I've come up with a solution though. Posted it on XDA and will add a thread here in a sec.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=593952

**athlet1c** · #4 (**permalink**) 12-03-2009, 02:35 PM

Its Ok im glad you found it