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I have Micromax A57 android 2.3.5 rooted phone, I have installed font using "Font Installer Root" application , after installing successfully I realize that font is not good, then after I delete that font from /system/fonts directory, and I install DroidSans.ttf font from that application, while installing process device get hanged, so I remove battery and place it again and start the device , Now my phone is not started,

when I attach cable with device I can see in Eclipse that in /system/fonts folder DroidSans.ttf has o bytes that means by mistake that font has been deleted, now wants to copy that font in /system/fonts directory, i have tried with Eclipse but it has read only permission so I am failed, If I can copy that file then issue can be solved,

Please help me to change permission of /system/fonts directory so that I can copy that fonts and get my device data back

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As it seems you can access your device via ADB, you should be able to remount /system read/write to repair that file, using

adb remount

After that, you can copy the intact DroidSans.ttf to /system/fonts, overwriting the 0-byte-file. Following a reboot, /system will be mounted read-only again, and everything should be working.

In case that adb remount should fail with a "permission denied", you might wish to read How to remount /system as read-write in Android, which explains the manual remount process step-by-step. That would basically be:

  1. get a shell on the Android device using either adb shell or a terminal app
  2. become root using su
  3. find out how and where /system is mounted, using mount | grep system
  4. mount /system read/write using the information obtained, e.g. mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/<device> /system (make sure to use the device obtained in the previous step instead of /dev/block/<device>)
  5. verify whether your remount was successful, again using mount | grep system
  6. now copy your DroidSans.ttf to /system/fonts
  7. either reboot, or simply remount /system read-only using the parameters obtained in step 3, e.g. /dev/block/<device> /system ext4 rw,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0

Always make sure to use the device and parameters obtained from step 3, or you might completely mess up.

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  • Hello Izzy, Thanks for answer, but when I write "adb remount" in command prompt, it says "remount failed: Operation not permitted"
    – Jayesh
    Sep 23, 2013 at 9:05
  • Exactly for that case I wrote the second part of my answer, below the horizontal ruler. Have you read the part In case that adb remount should fail...?
    – Izzy ♦
    Sep 23, 2013 at 9:52
  • when I enter su after in adb shell it says "su: permission denied"
    – Jayesh
    Sep 23, 2013 at 10:07
  • Then either your device is not rooted, or you have denied the shell in SuperUser/SuperSU. First time you execute "su", you have to confirm the SuperUser/SuperSU popup on the device itself. If you don't, it will simply timeout and reject the requestor.
    – Izzy ♦
    Sep 23, 2013 at 10:17
  • But how can I see popup on device although my device is not being switch on.
    – Jayesh
    Sep 23, 2013 at 10:23

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