In need of help remounting

[Jamesbossmod]

I'm using terminal, stuck on "read only file system" trying to put xionia recovery system on. Help please I'm so lost!!

 

[the_maplebar]

I assume you are trying to run these commands from the terminal

# mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /system
# cat /sdcard/flash_image > /system/bin/flash_image
# chmod 755 /system/bin/flash_image
# mv /system/etc/install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh.bak
# mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /system
# flash_image recovery /sdcard/xionia_cwma_12518.6.img
# reboot recovery

You need to enter su first to get a root terminal

# su

To make sure you are root enter

# whoami
whomami: unknown uid 0

uid 0 means you are root.

 

[Jamesbossmod]

It says not found. But I know I'm rooted.

 

[the_maplebar]

oops, my bad. The links to whomai are part of the a custom rom. You can do

busybox whoami

You should have busybox installed it is part of the rooting instructions.

 

[Jamesbossmod]

What's the terminal command?? I used gingerbreak, then installed z4root for back up root I don't think I have busybox..

 

[the_maplebar]

I fixed the terminal command. You should have busybox installed. It's part of the rooting process when you use gingerbreak. Step 11 has you install busybox along with su

11) Copy su and busybox to /system/bin

cat su > /system/bin/su
cat busybox > /system/bin/busybox
cat Superuser.apk > /data/app/Superuser.apk