Why am I getting Permission Denied when trying to push a Sqlite file to my rooted Android device?

Question

So I have a local Sqlite file I am trying to push to my Rooted Android (Nexus 7 2013) device. Which I have confirmed is Rooted by tying adb shell, su and seeing the # displayed instead of $

I am trying to run the following command:

adb push D:\tfs\MyApp\MyDatabase.db3 /data/data/MyApp/files/MyDatabase.db3

But I keep getting

Failed to copy ...MyApp.. to ...MyApp...: Permission denied

I have searched the internet and found answers here and here and have come up with the following:

adb shell su -c "mount -o rw,remount /data"
adb shell su -c "chmod 777 /data"

But even after running these two above commands and running my Push Command I am still getting Permission Denied.

What am I doing wrong?

score 19 · Answer 1 · answered May 18 '16 at 09:49

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'adb push' cannot push to data/data/ directory. However, you can do it by using a transfer station like this:

adb push D:\tfs\MyApp\MyDatabase.db3 ~/sdcard/MyDatabase.db3

adb shell

su

mv /sdcard/MyDatabase.db3 /data/data/MyApp/files/MyDatabase.db3

It works for me,good luck to you.

answered May 18 '16 at 09:49

banking

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You just save me another 30 minutes trying to push a custom APK file to /data/temp folder. – Hao Nguyen May 21 '17 at 19:46
In Linux the command to copy sdcard is `./adb push ~/fastdroid-vnc /sdcard/fastdroid-vnc` – Haris Nov 19 '20 at 10:59

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered May 05 '20 at 15:30

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To push an APK file Eg:"MyApp" to /data/local/tmp/ from my local C:/Apps

adb push C:/Apps/MyApp /data/local/tmp/ is giving Permission Denied error

Steps to make this work (issue these commands in an order)

adb shell
su
chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/
exit
chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/
exit

Now if i give adb push, it worked

adb push C:/Apps/MyApp /data/local/tmp/

answered May 05 '20 at 15:30

Sravya Yellapragada

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Why are steps 3 and 4 repeated? – Kaitlyn Mar 02 '22 at 00:16
One step is for root user and after exiting from it, then the other one is for current user – Sravya Yellapragada Mar 03 '22 at 12:42

User1 · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-22T12:56:34.523

Ok so heres my solution.

My phone was already Rooted but for some reason this isnt enough to do anything you want.

I had to go and download the apk onto my device named adbd insecure mentioned here which you can download on that thread or from the google play store. I then had to open the App on my device and click "Enable Insecure adbd" and I also clicked "Enable at boot"

After this running my normal command:

adb push D:\tfs\MyApp\MyDatabase.db3 /data/data/MyApp/files/MyDatabase.db3

worked

Why am I getting Permission Denied when trying to push a Sqlite file to my rooted Android device?

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