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How to Write Permission to System/app in Android

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how to give write permission to system/app folder i have rooted my android device i want to download the app and install in system/app folder

Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec( "su" );

i had tried this command it ask for user permission and then it throws exception system/app is read only file system

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Arul Avatar asked Mar 04 '13 04:03

Arul


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1 Answers

First go to shell using

adb shell

Then remount the system folder as writable using following commands

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

Then change the permission of system folder to Read, Write and Execute using

# chmod 777 /system/app
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VishalKale Avatar answered Sep 28 '22 03:09

VishalKale