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I have root access and am able to remount. I created a folder in /system/lib/ named rfsa, but I don't know why I cannot see or open that folder.

When I type ls, it is there. But when I type ls -l, I get this error

lstat './rfsa' failed: I/O error.

The first time I get this error, I have to reboot and root and remount again. Also, if I try rmdir /system/lib/rfsa/ (I created this folder myself), I get this error

rmdir: rfsa: Read-only file system

Any ideas what can I try?

Here it is before the ls -l command:

/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/system /system ext4 rw,seclabel,relatime,discard,data=ordered 0 0

After ls -l and getting the error, it changes to:

/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/system /system ext4 ro,seclabel,relatime,discard,data=ordered 0 0

I don't have busybox, but the first time I try mount -w -o remount -t ext4 /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/system /system, nothing is changed. After I get the file I/O error, this time I get:

mount: Read-only file system

Here is the cat /proc/mounts output, before I try to access the bad folder:

rootfs / rootfs ro,seclabel 0 0
tmpfs /dev tmpfs rw,seclabel,nosuid,relatime,size=949072k,nr_inodes=237268,mode=755 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,seclabel,relatime,mode=600 0 0
proc /proc proc rw,relatime 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs rw,seclabel,relatime 0 0
selinuxfs /sys/fs/selinux selinuxfs rw,relatime 0 0
debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs rw,seclabel,relatime 0 0
none /acct cgroup rw,relatime,cpuacct 0 0
none /sys/fs/cgroup tmpfs rw,seclabel,relatime,size=949072k,nr_inodes=237268,mode=750,gid=1000 0 0
tmpfs /mnt tmpfs rw,seclabel,relatime,size=949072k,nr_inodes=237268,mode=755,gid=1000 0 0
none /dev/cpuctl cgroup rw,relatime,cpu 0 0
pstore /sys/fs/pstore pstore rw,seclabel,relatime 0 0
adb /dev/usb-ffs/adb functionfs rw,relatime 0 0
/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/system /system ext4 rw,seclabel,relatime,discard,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/cache /cache ext4 rw,seclabel,nosuid,nodev,relatime,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/persist /persist ext4 rw,seclabel,nosuid,nodev,relatime,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/dsp /dsp ext4 rw,seclabel,nosuid,nodev,relatime,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/modem /firmware vfat ro,context=u:object_r:firmware_file:s0,relatime,uid=1000,gid=1000,fmask=0337,dmask=0227,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=lower,errors=remount-ro 0 0
/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/tctpersist /tctpersist ext4 rw,seclabel,nosuid,nodev,relatime,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/hdcp /persist/data ext4 rw,seclabel,nosuid,nodev,relatime,data=ordered 0 0
tmpfs /storage tmpfs rw,seclabel,relatime,size=949072k,nr_inodes=237268,mode=755,gid=1000 0 0
/dev/block/dm-0 /data ext4 rw,seclabel,nosuid,nodev,relatime,discard,noauto_da_alloc,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/fuse /mnt/runtime/default/emulated fuse rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,user_id=1023,group_id=1023,default_permissions,allow_other 0 0
/dev/fuse /storage/emulated fuse rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,user_id=1023,group_id=1023,default_permissions,allow_other 0 0
/dev/fuse /mnt/runtime/read/emulated fuse rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,user_id=1023,group_id=1023,default_permissions,allow_other 0 0
/dev/fuse /mnt/runtime/write/emulated fuse rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,user_id=1023,group_id=1023,default_permissions,allow_other 0 0
root@idol4:/ # cat /proc/mounts | grep system
/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/system /system ext4 rw,seclabel,relatime,discard,data=ordered 0 0
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  • what is the output of mount | grep system when it says rmdir: rfsa: Read-only file system? – Yasser Zamani Jan 19 '16 at 15:32
  • How do you remount? please try mount -o rw,remount,rw /system. – Yasser Zamani Jan 19 '16 at 16:03
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    Might have to do with the seclabel, see: What does the 'seclabel' mount option do? Can you check what extended attributes are set (xattrs should do that)? – Izzy♦ Jan 19 '16 at 16:03
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    PS: Using the @ in question/answer posts doesn't work. To get the attention of those addressed, you must use it in a comment of the same chain those addressed have posted. – Izzy♦ Jan 19 '16 at 16:05
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    @Vahid as per Izzy's comment, you can't use @ in the question/answer, but you need to use @ in comment to reply to specific user. – Andrew T.♦ Jan 20 '16 at 2:21
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If you have a busybox you can try

busybox mount /system -o rw,remount

or use system mount command:

mount -w -o remount -t ext4 /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/system /system
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  • There is no busbox. But The system mount does not change anything at first (cause I already have rw access). But once I try to access the folder I had created (rfsa), the access is changed to ro and typing the command above too, returns: "mount: Read-only file system" – Vahid Jan 19 '16 at 16:09
  • Please paste output of 'cat /proc/mounts' command. – QkiZ Jan 19 '16 at 17:33
  • I eddited the question and added it. Thanks a lot.. – Vahid Jan 19 '16 at 22:01
  • I think you have filesystem error, like @ott-- says. I would run recovery and try repair filesystem. When custom recovery boots, try adb shell from PC, mount /system partition and delete bad directory. Or try repair filesystem. – QkiZ Jan 19 '16 at 22:52
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It is a mount-option that the fs is remounted readonly if an error occurs.

But for you problem with the folder:

Could it be that the foldername contains special characters (that includes spaces or backspaces)? Check it with ls -b * or ls -q * if your ls supports it.

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  • I did try, but these options are not supported for ls. Any other suggestions? I tried adb reboot recovery but the phone reboots in a screen that has a graphic showing volume up/down, but I can not do anything there. – Vahid Jan 20 '16 at 15:24

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