Android Enthusiasts

8:06 AM

@Izzy Luckily, It doesn't know how to cope with them. Shame - I woulda loved to be playing a Rouge-like DOOM out and about.

Izzy

12:38 PM

:)

Anwar

1:01 PM

hi

I want to delete a symlink in /sbin/ but everytime I restart, it reappears!

Mark Yisri

Hi @Anwar :)

You will need to remount your / partition as readwrite. Also, most Android devices use a ramdisk for the root partition

what model device are you using?

Anwar

I remounted and already deleted

Mark Yisri

can you show the output of mount?

Anwar

I'm using Sony Sola (an old phone) with SlimROM custom rom

rootfs on / type rootfs (ro,relatime)
tmpfs on /dev type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,relatime,mode=755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,relatime,mode=600)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,relatime)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,relatime)
none on /acct type cgroup (rw,relatime,cpuacct)
none on /sys/fs/cgroup type tmpfs (rw,relatime,mode=750,gid=1000)
none on /sys/fs/cgroup/memory type cgroup (rw,relatime,memory)
tmpfs on /mnt/asec type tmpfs (rw,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000)
tmpfs on /mnt/obb type tmpfs (rw,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000)

@MarkYisri here^

Mark Yisri

hmm, what is this symlink you want gone?

Anwar

1:05 PM

I remounted / and deleted the symlink which was swapon to a busybox insallation.

Mark Yisri

and it comes back ?

Anwar

which was also in /sbin/ directory.

yes, came back after reboot. twice

Mark Yisri

hmm, I don't know why it does that !! I'm researching now

Anwar

I love the color of this chat room <3

@MarkYisri thanks :)

Mark Yisri

I'd post this as a question on AE in the meantime

Anwar

1:08 PM

Ok, doing...

Mark Yisri

@Izzy know that bounty I was talking about? The guy never awarded it to anyone !

Anwar

here it is android.stackexchange.com/questions/164070/…

Mark Yisri

you can give Root Explorer/Total Commander a try. — Mark Yisri 11 secs ago

Anwar

Why should it succeed in doing so?

Mark Yisri

I just thought of trying it because I've used it before and sometimes works better than terminal.

Anwar

1:16 PM

ok. just done it. rebooting...

Mark Yisri

If that doesn't work, you're going to have some problems.

Because from this latest research, Android devices have boot.img, system.img, userdata.img, etc.

Anwar

what kind of problems?

Mark Yisri

boot.img contains the root file system (but not the /system folder, which is in system.img)

Therefore removing something while Android is running will do nothing

Anwar

It seems there is two busybox in my system. 1 in /sbin another in /system/xbin

hmm.... Can i remove it from recovery?

Mark Yisri

You would have to find an upgrade image or extract the boot.img from your device, then modify the sbin folder, then adb or fastboot it back on.

something like what XDA does over here:

forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2319018

@Anwar read my answer.

Anwar

1:27 PM

oops rebooted my pc while trying to reboot android

Thanks for the answer. I kept that symlink and instead change the call to explicitly call another swapon in /system/bin/swapon in the init script file.

Mark Yisri

@Anwar is it going to be accepted?

Anwar

@MarkYisri I'll do it if I don't get any good answer within a reasonable time. Upped for now :)

Please ping me if I forget. I tend to forget things too easily these days :)

Mark Yisri

okay

Anwar

I was trying to use a swap file. Tried it in external sd card but didn't work well. now I put it in cache partition.

Don't know if it is good practice. do you know anything?

Mark Yisri

Umm, that sounds like swap on flash!! Not a good idea

Izzy

1:37 PM

@MarkYisri That happens. Usually the system the awards 50% of it automatically, if there was an answer posted after the bounty was established, and that answer was accepted, or it was the most upvoted answer.

Mark Yisri

better to do sd card

there was no most upvoted answer @Izzy

what a waste of 50 rep

Izzy

@MarkYisri bad luck. And whether it was a waste, is up to the bounty provider: maybe all he wanted was another answer, and it was OK with him/her that way.

As I've already told you, don't get obsessed with bounties. It's nice to get them awarded, but disappointment might hurt :)

Anwar

@MarkYisri you meant sdcard? why not actually?

Izzy

@MarkYisri I see you also answer non-bountied questions :) Just upvoted one. Good pointer with the boot image :)

Anwar

@MarkYisri which question you were referring to?

Mark Yisri

1:47 PM

@Anwar this question:

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A: Install OpenGApps in Android Studio Emulator (Marshmallow)

I had the exact same problem before. I solved it by adding this simple option and running the emulator through the command line: Note: you may need to adjust the slashes and .exe part if you use Linux, but the command args are the same. <PATH_TO_EMULATOR>\emulator.exe -avd <YOUR_AVD> -parti...

You shouldn't swap on flash because if flash wears out, it can't be written and your phone will be useless due to it's read-only nature. It will probably give you a thousand errors about writing

Anwar

hmm.... So my only option is sdcard?

Mark Yisri

You can do flash... but I really wouldn't recommend it !

Anwar

Ok. Thank you.

Mark Yisri

this kind of junk gets me annoyed:

-1

Q: How to retive photos from stolen phone

My phone got stolen last Friday I never used to backup my photos or anything like that. Is there any possible way I can retrieve my photos?

0

Q: How do I configure grub for triple booting Remix OS with Ubuntu and Windows?

I have dell 5559 core i3 laptop with dual booting windows 10 and ubuntu 16.04 uefi on gpt hard disk on different partition.I want to setup remix os on a different partition that will be available on grub menu is it possible?? sorry for my bad english

dual-boot remix-os

@Izzy some people these days !! Your help please

^

Anwar

I don't have 125 rep to DV it :)

Mark Yisri

1:55 PM

now you do :)

Anwar

yeah!

DV + Flag

Izzy

2:07 PM

Yupp. I'm not sure to close it OT (it's not directly an Android thing, but closing as "Android independent" might raise eyebrows as Remix is Android). AskUbuntu doesn't want it either.

OK, closed.

Ravi Rajput

5:44 PM

hi anyone here ??? I seriously need help. I am really stuck

I wasted my whole day on AlertDialog Bx

I wanna get back the text intered in editbox inside AlertDialog

Kritixi Lithos

Try SO

Ravi Rajput

i tried

can you help me?

Kritixi Lithos

link?

Ravi Rajput

not asked

Kritixi Lithos

Maybe, I'm a noob with Android Development, I haven't done anything with AlertDialogs

Ravi Rajput

5:48 PM

because people will mark it as duplicate...

Kritixi Lithos

Could you give more information about your problem?

Ravi Rajput

there is dialog box with EDITEXT filed

Kritixi Lithos

Maybe you can give a screenshot, it will be easier to understand

Ravi Rajput

how can i?

Kritixi Lithos

Is it on phone or emulator?

Ravi Rajput

5:51 PM

phone

Kritixi Lithos

Try sending it to computer and then upload it so I can see what's happening

can i upload here?

Ok, go ahead

there is no option?

Try doing it on a computer

Mark Yisri

9:37 PM

@Izzy I offer you some gold: :D

-1

Q: privacy features of Maru OS (mixes a custom ROM with a dockable Debian desktop) vs. stock Android

I am very much interested in Maru OS. I consider buying a Nexus 5 because of this project. Maru makes personal computing more context-aware by giving you the best interface for your environment. That means when you're on the go, Maru is your phone; when you're at your desk, Maru is your d...

custom-roms linux privacy ads

Android-independent ??

Dan Brown

@MarkYisri I'd say opinion-based (he's asking for it be compared to stock)

Izzy

10:10 PM

Maru is, AFAIK, a kind of "custom ROM", so it's not Android independent at least. I saw that one already, and decided not to take any action.

@MarkYisri Accepted. Do you need a postal address now? :D

Dan Brown

10:22 PM

@Izzy Nah, he'll bend space and time to replace you front door with a gold bar.

Izzy

@DanBrown No good that. Leaves a big gap – unless the size of the bar fits exactly. And even then, it only attracts criminals. He'd better replace an empty space inside my flat instead :)

Dan Brown

@Izzy Ah, but s the rules! An object has to replaced with a solid gold equivalent! Its Midas touch rules.

Izzy

@DanBrown OK then. How about my trash bin? Not asking about the bathroom, I don't wand all shit converted #D

Dan Brown

@Izzy Ah, would be bad lol.

Barroom it is then! On another note, I hate Google Notes.

Uploaded a rough draft of some stuff today, any entire notes have been wiped!

Izzy

@DanBrown Yeah, it might break the ceramics...

Dan Brown

10:32 PM