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Trouble having when pushing files to DDMS?

I'm trying to push one mp3 file to (Emulator) the location /system/media/audio/ui using command adb push But, i'm having 

E:\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>adb push song.mp3 /system/media/audio/ui
failed to copy 'song.mp3' to '/system/media/audio/ui/song.mp3': Read-only file system

this error. How can i change the Permission or how to push the files to this location. Any idea?

Solution

  • Unless you have a really good reason not to, you should stay in the /sdcard/ folder. Except for /sdcard/, most of the file system is read-only for a normal user.

    It is possible, but not recommended, to "root" the phone. After which you would have full access to the whole system. Attempting this on a real phone, could break the phone, or invalidate your warranty.

    If you wish to get root-privileges on the emulator, you can look at the accepted answer to this question: how to root/getroot access on android emulator?