How do I change read-only files on Android?

Replies (13) 

1. Open the Word document from the File Explorer of your Android tablet, right-click on it.
2. Select Properties.
3. Under General tab, check on Attributes.
4. Uncheck the option for Read-only if it is checked.
5. Click Apply then OK.
6. Try to access the Word document again and see if you can now edit it.

How can I make my Android system writable?

How to: Mount System RW in Android

1. Turn on your phone and unlock the screen.
2. Press the “Search” button.
3. Press the “Home” button.
4. Hold down the “Menu” button if you don’t see the Android keyboard.
5. Type the following text inside the quotation marks exactly: “mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system”.

How do I fix a read-only file system?

Another way to solve read-only file system error is rebooting the system. Rebooting the system make a fresh start where prevous error are cleared which may be related libraries, configuration, temporary changes etc.

How do I make an emulator writable?

interference-security/writable-avd.md

1. List created Android AVDs:
2. Start an AVD (without Play Store) with writable “/system”:
3. Start ADB daemon as root:
4. Remount “/system” because it is by default mounted as “read-only” even if “-writable-system” is used:
5. Get shell access on AVD and change current user to “root”:

How do I change a file from read only to edit?

Read-only Files

1. Open Windows Explorer and navigate to the file you want to edit.
2. Right-click the file name and select “Properties.”
3. Select the “General” tab and clear the “Read-only” check box to remove the read-only attribute or select the check the box to set it.

How do I change permissions on Android?

Change app permissions

1. On your phone, open the Settings app.
2. Tap Apps.
3. Tap the app you want to change. If you can’t find it, tap See all apps.
4. Tap Permissions. If you allowed or denied any permissions for the app, you’ll find them here.
5. To change a permission setting, tap it, then choose Allow or Don’t allow.

How do I mount a writable system?

somehow my /system has been “open” i.e. RW earlier, since busybox and superSU has been installed, but now it is “stuck” to that RO-status. “/” opens, but “/system” not. MTK Droid Root & Tools v2.

How do I make a read only drive writable?

You can simply set the device to read and write state via its Properties settings with the following steps:

1. Open Windows File Explorer in Windows 10/8/7.
2. Connect the read-only drive to PC, right-click on the drive, and select “Properties”.
3. Under the Security tab, tick “Read” and “Write” in the Allow column.

How do I change a read only drive?

Open the Command Prompt as administrator, and then run the diskpart command. Type list disk and press Enter. Next type select disk #, where # is the number of the disk you want to make read-only. To set your chosen disk read-only, type attributes disk set readonly and press Enter.

How do I make a system writable?

Method 2:

1. Open terminal on your android phone (download here):
2. Type this in the terminal : su. Choose one: (for security mount /system back to RO when finished) Mount system RW: mount -o rw,remount /system. Mount system RO: mount -o ro,remount /system.

What is adb remount?

adb remount put /system partition in writable mode. By default /system is only readable. It could only be done on rooted device. It must be done before pushing file on /system partition.