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Commands executed in an attempt to manually install SuperSU 2.82 SR5 on AndroidThings 1.0.4. The resulting su binary is unable to write to the filesystem after adb remount.
cd ~/Downloads/SuperSU-2.82-SR5
adb connect [IP_ADDRESS]:5555
adb root
adb remount
adb push common/install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
adb shell chmod 0755 /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
adb shell chcon u:object_r:toolbox_exec:s0 /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
adb shell ln -s /system/etc/install-recovery.sh /system/bin/install-recovery.sh
adb shell chcon -h u:object_r:toolbox_exec:s0 /system/bin/install-recovery.sh
cd armv7
# adding as `su_next` to prevent any issues before dropping it in
adb push su /system/xbin/su_next
adb shell chmod 0755 /system/xbin/su_next
adb shell chcon u:object_r:system_file:s0 /system/xbin/su_next
adb push su /system/xbin/daemonsu
adb shell chmod 0755 /system/xbin/daemonsu
adb shell chcon u:object_r:system_file:s0 /system/xbin/daemonsu
adb push supolicy /system/xbin/supolicy
adb shell chmod 0755 /system/xbin/supolicy
adb shell chcon u:object_r:system_file:s0 /system/xbin/supolicy
adb push libsupol.so /system/lib/libsupol.so
adb shell chmod 0644 /system/lib/libsupol.so
adb shell chcon u:object_r:system_file:s0 /system/lib/libsupol.so
adb shell cp /system/bin/app_process32 /system/bin/app_process32_original
adb shell cp /system/bin/app_process32 /system/bin/app_process_init
adb shell rm /system/bin/app_process
adb shell ln -s /system/xbin/daemonsu /system/bin/app_process
adb shell rm /system/bin/app_process32
adb shell ln -s /system/xbin/daemonsu /system/bin/app_process32
adb shell chmod 0755 /system/bin/app_process
adb shell chmod 0755 /system/bin/app_process32
adb shell chcon u:object_r:system_file:s0 /system/bin/app_process
adb shell chcon u:object_r:zygote_exec:s0 /system/bin/app_process32
# Swapping new su binary in
adb shell cp /system/xbin/su /system/xbin/su_original
adb shell rm /system/xbin/su
adb shell mv /system/xbin/su_next /system/xbin/su
adb shell /system/xbin/su --install
adb reboot
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