A terminal command for a rooted Android to remount /System as read/write

Question

I\'m writing an android app that needs to copy a file to the \"/system\" partition at runtime. I\'ve got the commands to run \"su\" and can successfully request SuperUser pe

Answer 1

This is what works on my first generation Droid X with Android version 2.3.4. I suspect that this will be universal. Steps:

1. root system and install su.

2. Install busybox

3. Install a terminal program.

4. to mount system rw first su then

   busybox mount -o rw,remount system
   

5. To remount ro

   busybox mount -o ro,remount system
   

Note that there are no slashes on "system".