I'm planning on using the UpdatezipCreator from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1274736 to build an update script for some APK updates I want to package up. It appears this app has the ability to build a update-binary file for you.
I have APK files in both the system/app and data/app that I want to be copied to my phone. I'm confused on a few things.
First thing, can I have multiple destinations for the files in the script? I haven't found any examples with two destinations and there doesn't seem to be a spot to configure the source which makes me think it just takes everything in the zip and puts it in the folder you specifiy in the package_extract_dir function and that adding a second "package_extract_dir" function would confuse it.
The second question is I keep running across scripts that us busybox instead of the built in commands. Why would you need to/want to do that?
This is what I would think would work for my script:
Code:
ui_print("Preparing to update");
ui_print("Copying files..");
package_extract_dir("system", "/system");
package_extract_dir("data", "/data");
ui_print("Done! You can reboot your system now!");
I know I need a mount command before the package_extraction but I don't know which I should use and if I need a second mount for the /data/app folder as well.
"run_program("/sbin/busybox", "mount", "/system");"
or
"mount("/dev/block/stl6", "system", "/system", "rw");"
The folder structure of my zip is;
Zip
/system/app/apk files
/data/app/apk files
/META-INF
Do this in your updater-script:
Code:
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "mount", "/data");
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "mount", "/system");
ui_print("Preparing to update");
ui_print("Copying files..");
package_extract_dir("system", "/system");
package_extract_dir("data", "/data");
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "umount", "/data");
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "umount", "/system");
ui_print("Done! You can reboot your system now!");
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I decided to give this a try.
Its a very simple flash and I guess an easy beginner task.
All I'm doing is adding S_opener.ogg to the notifications directory.
It's not in FJs AOSP rom and I just want to flash it after flashing his updates.
I found a tool that makes creating the zip pretty easy AFAIK
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1248486
I want to mount the system, copy the file, unmount.
The default script is below.
I have three questions before I create and flash this....don't wanna brick it
1)What's our mount point?
2)On the extract directory, can I use the parent like it is or do I have to specify by drilling down? (/system/media/audio/notifications)
3)Does it unmount? Is that part of the extract command?
THANKS!
Here's the script:
ui_print("Preparing to update");
# mounting system as r/w - ATTENTION - set the the mount point
# to the proper for your device! Example mountr command is
# mounting system for Samsung GT-I5800 aka Galaxy 3
mount("/dev/block/stl6", "system", "/system", "rw");
ui_print("Copying....");
# copy system content to the system directory on your device
package_extract_dir("system", "/system");
ui_print("Done! You can reboot your system now!");
Cool project. Good luck.
Yea. I thought it would be a cool way to get a better idea of what it takes for these developers.
Any developers able to lend me a hand here?
I think my questions are clear....
I'd appreciate it.
Thanks!
Why not team up with Jessooca. She wants to learn too. Plus I think she will get more attention than you.
1) I find it easiest to use the "busybox" mount
-- this will always be compatible with just about any custom ROM. (no need to know the mount partition)
2) Yes, just use the parent directory
3) No, it doesn't unmount automatically (not that it really needs to anyway)
If copying system apps, you can also save some time by wiping dalvik-cache and rebooting right here in the script.
Here is a generic script good for just about anything you might want to throw into system/
Code:
ui_print("Updating System...");
show_progress(0.1, 0);
ui_print(" ");
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "mount", "/system");
package_extract_dir("system", "/system");
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "umount", "/system");
ui_print(" ");
ui_print("Wiping Cache & Rebooting...");
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "mount", "/data");
delete_recursive("/data/dalvik-cache");
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "umount", "/data");
run_program("/sbin/reboot");
Hope this is helpful for you
Thanks! I found busy box in xbin. I also looked at fjs rom script and that's what he uses. I'll give it a shot
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using xda premium
Bummer. I feel like I'm so close...
I have flashed three times and luckily no side effects but the file isn't there....
sbin doesn't have busybox in it but system/xbin does
So I did this:
Code:
ui_print("Preparing to update");
ui_print("Updating System...");
show_progress(0.1, 0);
ui_print("Coying Opener Notification");
run_program("/system/xbin/busybox", "mount", "/system");
package_extract_dir("system", "/system");
run_program("/system/xbin/busybox", "umount", "/system");
ui_print(" ");
ui_print("Done! You can reboot your system now!");
And that doesn't work either...
The cool thing is that I'm learning quite a bit with all these failures
That's why I chose a 'simple' task
Tried this to but it didn't work.
It flashed and said it went but the file isn't there....
Guess I'll try again tomorrow.
Code:
ui_print("Preparing to update");
ui_print("Updating System...");
show_progress(0.1, 0);
mount("/dev/block/mmcblk0p24", "system", "/system");
ui_print("Copying files Opener Notification");
package_extract_dir("system", "/system");
unmount("/system");
ui_print("Done! You can reboot your system now!");
You see /system/xbin/busybox while booted normally; however
when booted in recovery it sees /sbin -- trust me on this.
If you still want to use standard partition mounting try this:
Code:
mount("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p24", "/system");
Thanks for your help on this. I'll try sbin today. I trust ya
I did try that string but it threw an error and said I had four variables and it only wanted three.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using xda premium
hmm yeah well I just plucked that one out of a ROM installer
the /sbin/busybox mount has worked well for me over lots of zip and lots of different ROMs
Yep, that did it! Thanks
My first successful zip
Now to figure out how to make that the default notification.
It looks like it's in the build.prop but I haven't searched enough on xda yet.
I found the default notification for the ROM in build.prop but can't find where the current default notification is.
Is that in a file similar to build.prop?
I need some help.....well, more like some confirmation, on how to do this.
This is what I came up with:
For just SystemUI
Code:
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "mount", "/system");
delete("/system/app/SystemUI.apk");
package_extract_dir("app", "/system/app");
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "umount", "/system");
This for SystemUI, framework and lidroid
Code:
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "mount", "/system");
delete("/system/app/SystemUI.apk");
delete("/system/framework/framework-res.apk");
delete("/system/framework/lidroid.apk");
package_extract_dir("app", "/system/app");
package_extract_dir("framework", "/system/framework");
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "umount", "/system");
Am I off here? I've been able to get it to flash fine but then it seems like nothing actually flashed. I'm not sure if the script is wrong or if my compile was bad.
Thanks in advance.
EDIT- Also, how do the updater-binaries get generated? I'm not really sure how I get those. I'd just used one the Battery Mod Tool creates.
Just try removing all mounting lines and mount them manually in recovery and then flash and see if it works
varun.chitre15 said:
Just try removing all mounting lines and mount them manually in recovery and then flash and see if it works
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Mount system in recovery then script it
Code:
delete("/system/app/SystemUI.apk");
package_extract_dir("app", "/system/app");
?
uoY_redruM said:
Mount system in recovery then script it
Code:
delete("/system/app/SystemUI.apk");
package_extract_dir("app", "/system/app");
?
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Yes
uoY_redruM said:
Mount system in recovery then script it
Code:
delete("/system/app/SystemUI.apk");
package_extract_dir("app", "/system/app");
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I think he means keep the script like this:
Code:
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "mount", "/system");
delete("/system/app/SystemUI.apk");
delete("/system/framework/framework-res.apk");
delete("/system/framework/lidroid.apk");
package_extract_dir("app", "/system/app");
package_extract_dir("framework", "/system/framework");
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "umount", "/system");
But manually mount /system in recovery before flashing.
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Moving to Q&A
Every time I flash a ROM I'm playing with, using the clear data options I added, it clears the sdcard too?
I'm using this code with the AROMA installer:
Code:
# Clear Data
if file_getprop("/tmp/aroma/clear.prop","selected.1") == "1"
then
ui_print("@Wiping Data...");
delete_recursive("/system");
delete_recursive("/data");
delete_recursive("/preload");
endif;
ui_print("@Clearing Cache and Dalvik...");
delete_recursive("/cache");
delete_recursive("/data/dalvik-cache");
delete_recursive("/dalvik/dalvik-cache");
The only instance of format I have is here:
Code:
format("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p9", "0");
mount("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p9", "/system");
mount("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p12", "/data");
mount("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p7", "/cache");
run_program("/sbin/mount", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p12", "/dalvik");
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "mount", "/sdcard");
Which is confusing me a lot
Bump
Can someone please shed some sort of light as to why this deletes the contents of the SD card?
Is it possible to clear system and data within an updater-script WITHOUT killing my internal sd card?
I think its the
Code:
delete_recursive("/preload");
line thats doing it - i don't have that line, neither do any of the other Roms updater scripts that ive looked at
Remove it and see what happens
MattBooth said:
Every time I flash a ROM I'm playing with, using the clear data options I added, it clears the sdcard too?
I'm using this code with the AROMA installer:
Code:
# Clear Data
if file_getprop("/tmp/aroma/clear.prop","selected.1") == "1"
then
ui_print("@Wiping Data...");
delete_recursive("/system");
delete_recursive("/data");
delete_recursive("/preload");
endif;
ui_print("@Clearing Cache and Dalvik...");
delete_recursive("/cache");
delete_recursive("/data/dalvik-cache");
delete_recursive("/dalvik/dalvik-cache");
The only instance of format I have is here:
Code:
format("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p9", "0");
mount("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p9", "/system");
mount("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p12", "/data");
mount("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p7", "/cache");
run_program("/sbin/mount", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p12", "/dalvik");
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "mount", "/sdcard");
Which is confusing me a lot
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Such an old thread, just trying my luck.
How were you able to run the function "delete_recursive" in updater-script?
I dont see it as part of the official functions list.
Nikil07 said:
How were you able to run the function "delete_recursive" in updater-script?
I dont see it as part of the official functions list.
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Write such a function at your own
Syntax
delete_recursive <file-or-dir1> [... <file-or-dirN>]
Example
Code:
delete_recursive()
{
for d in "[email protected]"; do rm -rf "$d" 2>/dev/null; done
}
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Write such a function at your own
Syntax
delete_recursive <file-or-dir1> [... <file-or-dirN>]
Example
Code:
delete_recursive()
{
for d in "[email protected]"; do rm -rf "$d" 2>/dev/null; done
}
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Hey, thanks for the response.
But how will I be able to run these functions as part of the updater-script?
And also, regular unix commands like ls, rm are not available in recovery.
1. You add these lines of code to the very beginning of the updater script, but after the line #!/sbin/sh or similar one
2. Recovery ( at least the Stock Recovery ) merely is a menu what offers you some options, it's not an Android terminal
i would like to add apk files into the gapps zip that will install into /data/app on a persons phone, but every time i do it, i get status 6 error. i have a modified gapp file that i am working with and it puts apps into /system/app and i tried to mimic the updater-script to put files into /data/app but it isnt working for me
here is what i have. in the gapps zip file i have put all the apk files into extra/data/app
Code:
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "mount", "/data");
show_progress(1, 15);
package_extract_dir("extra/data", "/data");
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "umount", "/data");
So as I see in a flashable zip there is:
META-INF\com\google\android\
where you have updater-script.
Mine contains this:
ui_print("text_to_write");
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "mount", "/cache");
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "mount", "/data");
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "mount", "/system");
ui_print("");
package_extract_dir("cache", "/cache");
package_extract_dir("data", "/data");
package_extract_dir("system", "/system");
unmount("/cache");unmount("/data");
unmount("/system");
ok, basically this mounts the cache, data, system partition.
Now I want to do something like:
got a file in /system/media/sounds/ui/lock.ogg
I want it to rename it to /system/media/sounds/ui/lock.ogg.back
as I searched the forum, I need to run a bash script, something like:
for file in *.html; do
mv "$file" "`basename $file .html`.txt"
or simply
mv Lock Lock_old
now my question
what to write in update script to rename these files before copying the actual files.
What to write in the the update-script to run the bash.
as I understand I should paste a new line
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "mount", "/system");
ui_print(""); <-right here the script line
package_extract_dir("cache", "/cache");
the main goal is this:
copy for example Lock.ogg to system/media/ui/
but before copying rename the existing Lock.ogg to Lock.ogg.back or Lock_old.ogg.
Please help