Android does not boot because of missing apk files in system/app folder I moved the question from https://stackoverflow.com/q/15872848/1665807


I have a rooted Huawei u8825d phone.I want to know if there were no apk files in "/system/app/" folder.

So,I moved these apk files from /system/app/ to internal sd-card.When I tried to reboot the phone,it didn't succeed.I hanged up with a white screen.

Then I tried to push the apk files from the internal sd-card into the /system/app/ folder by using "adb".

D:\MTH\update&gt;adb devices

List of devices attached

78F5FD6420D5 device

D:\MTH\update&gt;adb remount

remount failed: Operation not permitted


Then,in another way,

D:\MTH\update&gt;adb shell mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

mount: Operation not permitted


This is another way.

D:\MTH\update&gt;adb shell

shell@android:/ $ su

su

Segmentation fault

139|shell@android:/ $
Root access or SuperUser is an apk that resides in /system/app. If you remove it with the rest of the apps, you lose root. As a possible workaround, you can try to run:

&gt; adb root
&gt; adb shell


And see if the shell that adb opens is $ (normal user) or # (root). If you're logged as a normal user, I'm afraid you will need to reinstall root in your phone.

Also, /system/app is like C:\Windows or /bin (in Linux), if you remove the files there, don't expect the device to run, as it won't have the necessary files to do so.