File copy and replacing in /system directory with root permission programmatically? - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Can anyone kind enough show me how to copy files from my app assets folder to /system folder? I know how to get root access and all. For example: I want to copy file from "/assets/lib/libs.so" and check if this file already exist, if it does replace it to new "/system/lib/libs.so".

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I think You could create a script (its language should not be too difficult) and make it start on every boot (every scripter Can do this) But I don't know how much time it would take and if You reboot often... Try to look for an app that runs script programmatically
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tsirhcitna said:
I think You could create a script (its language should not be too difficult) and make it start on every boot (every scripter Can do this) But I don't know how much time it would take and if You reboot often... Try to look for an app that runs script programmatically
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Sorry I haven't been clearly state that I want to write an app that does this, like in java.

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Ooops my fault! I know java for PC but I never studied it for Android (when I tried to program for android the emulator taking twenty minutes to start stopped me). I don't know how to help you but seeing nobody is answering I can suggest you to go on Stack Overflow, it's all about coding, and all the answer I've seen on it where very good (You can also look for file manipulation on some android java tutorial)
Sorry I can't help you more

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tsirhcitna said:
Ooops my fault! I know java for PC but I never studied it for Android (when I tried to program for android the emulator taking twenty minutes to start stopped me). I don't know how to help you but seeing nobody is answering I can suggest you to go on Stack Overflow, it's all about coding, and all the answer I've seen on it where very good (You can also look for file manipulation on some android java tutorial)
Sorry I can't help you more
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can u write java code that wrap around command line that copy file to system folder? this will work, cos i can get su, just need to mount rw /system/lib then copy file from my app assets folder and replace the file in /system/lib

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homi3kh said:
Can anyone kind enough show me how to copy files from my app assets folder to /system folder? I know how to get root access and all. For example: I want to copy file from "/assets/lib/libs.so" and check if this file already exist, if it does replace it to new "/system/lib/libs.so".
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I suppose you're getting Root Permission running su command with Runtime.getRuntime().exec... right?
That's fine, you now need to run another commands:
To check if /assets/lib/libs.so (or any other file) exists:
Code:
ls /assets/lib | grep libs.so
If the file exists, you'll get "libs.so" as output of that command (otherwise, you will not get anything).
To remount /system in RW mode:
Code:
mount -o rw, remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
Ok, now you can copy your file (or files, I dunno):
Code:
cp /assets/lib/libs.so /system/lib/libs.so
And finally, remount /system in RO mode again:
Code:
mount -o ro, remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
Pretty easy, it isn't? :highfive:
Note: I highly recommend you to use RootTools, it's a lib to run commands as root very easily

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RoberGalarga said:
I suppose you're getting Root Permission running su command with Runtime.getRuntime().exec... right?
That's fine, you now need to run another commands:
To check if /assets/lib/libs.so (or any other file) exists:
Code:
ls /assets/lib | grep libs.so
If the file exists, you'll get "libs.so" as output of that command (otherwise, you will not get anything).
To remount /system in RW mode:
Code:
mount -o rw, remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
Ok, now you can copy your file (or files, I dunno):
Code:
cp /assets/lib/libs.so /system/lib/libs.so
And finally, remount /system in RO mode again:
Code:
mount -o ro, remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
Pretty easy, it isn't? :highfive:
Note: I highly recommend you to use RootTools, it's a lib to run commands as root very easily
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yes this is what i'm asking for but can you wrap it with RootTools code for me too? it's a bit confusing cos I don't know much about command line.

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Ok. It's kinda easy, BTW:
To grant root permissions (If you already have root permissions in other way, you don't need to do this again):
Code:
if (RootTools.isAccessGiven()) {
// your device is rooted!! The fun can begin :)
}else{
// Not rooted... no fun here :(
}
Now, an example using 1 command (you'll need to develop the rest). Checking if /assets/lib/libs.so exists:
Code:
try {
List<String> output = RootTools.sendShell("ls /assets/lib | grep libs.so",-1);
if (output.get(0).equals("libs.so")){ //output.get(0) is the way to read 1 line of the command output
//the file exist... you can continue
}else{
//something is wrong, or the file is missing... =/
}
} catch (Exception e) {
// something went wrong, deal with it here
}
Proceed in the same way to run the other commands. Note that there are ways to run several commands using RootTools, you can check them in the Usage Page (I think will be a bit easy, since you don't need to read the output of the other commands).