Installing Busybox on Micromax Andro A60 Andriod Phone
In order to install Busybox, your android device should be rooted.
Root your android device first by the method posted here : How to Root Micromax Andro A60 Android Phone
Alternate rooting method below method :
This method works for the phones which has physical keyboard attached to the phone.
- Restart your Android Phone.
- When your phone starts up completely, press "Enter" key twice, then type "telnetd" and then again press "Enter".
- Now telnetd command starts the telnet daemon on your Android device and your device acts as a telnet server.
- Download an Android Telnet client, which can be easily downloaded from Android Market.
- Connect the android telnet client to the telnet daemon.
- Type address as "localhost"
- Now have root access to your phone!
- Other method if to root the device if you have Android SDK and adb installed.
- You can tell adb to forward a private port on your linux based android host to a port on the same phone. This will also let you root without having to install terminal on your android phone.
- On your phone close everything and come to Home Screen and press "Enter" and press 1 key [number 1] twice and then again type "telnetd" and again press Enter, then on your desktop computer open command prompt and navigate to Android SDK's Tools folder and type the following command :
Code:
adb forward tcp:9988 tcp:23
telnet localhost 9988
If ADB doesn't find your phone then you need to turn on USB Debugging Mode on your Android phone. - On your Android go to Menu > Settings > Applications > Development and now check USB Debugging option.
- Again connect the USB cable and open notifications. Check if is shows that USB Debugging mode is detected.
- Installing BusyBox
- Firstly you will need busybox tweaked for android devices. Download the tweaked busybox image from this link : Download Busybox
- Now we will have to remount file-system as read-write so that we can make changes to it.
- Use the following command to remount the file-system as read-wrte:
Code:
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
- Now unzip the busybox file that is downloaded to android's Memory card.
- Now copy th busybox file to device at /system/bin/busybox location.
- Use the following command to copy busybox to android :
Code:
dd if=/sdcard/download/busybox of=/system/bin/busybox
- Now we need permissions to run the busybox installer. Lets change the permission on busxbox file. Run the following command to change the busybox permission :
Code:
chmod 4755 /system/bin/busybox
- Now navitage to the folder where busybox is copied. Use the following command :
- Now lets give cp permissions to busybox, which is used for creating symlinks. Do it by executing the following command :
Code:
busybox cp -s busybox cp
- Now finally lets install busybox by running the busybox installer shell script. Run the following command :
Code:
./busybox --install /system/xbin
- You will not need to establish component more symlinks if you vivacity on installing moiety half-formed JF look up as he has done this owing to you.
- One more alternate method to install Busybox on your android :
- Connect your phone to the desktop computer and make sure USB Debugging is on.
- Open command prompt and navigate to tools folder placed in Android's SDK folder
- Now run the following commands one by one to install busybox, make a close note on the device and sure if your device aks for any permission, allow it :
Code:
adb shell
su
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
dd if=/sdcard/download/busybox of=/system/bin/busybox
chmod 4755 /system/bin/busybox
cd /system/bin/
busybox cp -s busybox cp
sh ./busybox –install /system/xbin
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