JesusFreke auto-updater in the works.

Darkrift · Jan 26, 2009

OK, here is the latest. This thread topic has changed a lot since I started it so I deleted it all and am cleaning it up.

A few weeks ago I wrote a .sh script that would check a file to find if there was a new version of the JF roms available. Updating is a pain and I wanted to make it easier. Not knowing Java I decided to write a .sh script which worked but was not very easy to use itself. To make it easier I asked for help here in making a frontend Android app to go with it. Since then, [RiS] has written a nice client that not only does what my script did, but does it without needing my script. The whole process is taken care of within the application. This makes it easier to use, faster and able to do a lot more than my script ever. The app is still in beta at this time but is coming along nicely.

The app name is JFupdater and currently it read a text file on my server (http://android-dls.com/up.txt). The info in that file tells the app if there is a new JF Rom available. I update this file whenever JesusFreke releases a new rom. There are fields for US G1, UK G1 and ADP1 which allows roms for all 3 to be tracked and updated. The version, description, md5sum and a list of mirrors to download. The application checks your phone type (or the phone type you select in the settings) and then checks this file to see if a newer version is available. IF there is it will let you know which are ready for download and give you a download button. Once downloaded the file can be applied by rebooting into recovery.

I believe he is working on making the reboot to recovery/apply update more automates so that after download you would be asked if you want to apply it now, and by choosing yes it would reboot and auto install the update like an official OTA would do.

There is currently a service set that allows you to set it to look for an update ever 1 hour, 24 hours or on boot.

The url where this project is located is: jfupdater.googlecode.com

LPChris · Jan 26, 2009

I'm not sure how to run shell commands through an app. If anyone knows how I can definitely write the service to do this.

Darkrift · Jan 26, 2009

I know its possible because someone in #android wrote one. Also another thing that might need to be done would be to copy this file to /cache and chmod it (if its on sdcard it cannot be executed). I will try to ask around how to run a shell command for you.

Darkrift · Jan 26, 2009

ok, not sure if this helps, but this is from the source of Koush's superuser whitelist (thanks for making that available for us):

String command = String.format("echo \"mount -oremount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system\" | %s\nexit\n", suCommand);
Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("sh");
OutputStream writer = p.getOutputStream();
writer.write(command.getBytes("ASCII"));
Thread.sleep(500);

and

if (superuser.exists())
{
// return device to original state
Process process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("superuser");
DataOutputStream os = new DataOutputStream(process.getOutputStream());

os.writeBytes("busybox cp /system/bin/superuser /system/bin/su\n");
os.writeBytes("busybox chown 0:0 /system/bin/su\n");
os.writeBytes("chmod 4755 /system/bin/su\n");
os.writeBytes("rm /system/bin/superuser\n");
os.writeBytes("exit\n");
os.flush();
}

Hopefully the info you need is in this (i dont know java, but that looks like the code to me)

[RiS] · Jan 26, 2009

What about "running" the script code directly in the service? I mean, translate the script into java code.
This would remove the need of executing a shell script, and you wouldn't rely on system tools (that may change or crash in future updates / new devices).
Moreovew, it would also allow to add more options (Like check for updates, and when an update is found, ask the user if they want to download it or not. This could be useful if he is on a slow connetion, or it has not an unlimited data plan...)

I can start/work with LPChris on this.

APrinceAmongMen · Jan 26, 2009

I was just looking at your update.sh script.
Just to clean it up a little, you can use a split function.
myString = jlatest.split("|")
That would split the text at everyone and give you
myString(0) = "version"
mystring(1) = "md5sum"
mystring(2) = "mirror1"
mystring(3) = "mirror2"
etc...
So yeah. I'm glad that you're doing this though.
I'm not any good at java so I can't help sadly enough.
I should start learning though.

ido · Jan 26, 2009

I'm also interested in an app the can run scripts (which I can make shortcuts for..)

I'm not an java developer, however I've started writing something that could do that using a code similar to the above.

any other developers that can assist ?

LPChris · Jan 26, 2009

ido said:
I'm also interested in an app the can run scripts (which I can make shortcuts for..)

I'm not an java developer, however I've started writing something that could do that using a code similar to the above.

any other developers that can assist ?

I'm actually building out the service now, I'll work on it more after I get home from work tonight. If you're good with building services too, by all means have a crack at it.

n1kon · Jan 26, 2009

this will be awesome. can you make it for uk versions too please

neerhaj · Jan 26, 2009

I have started working on this, hopefully will have a working version by tommorow.

Also, we have some bandwidth available at modmygphone.com which we can use for the mirror.

Darkrift · Jan 26, 2009

As I said I am a n00b when it comes to .sh scripts, and this is probably my third. If you have a way to make it work better, by all means let me know. As for making a java app that does all of this, if you can do it, great! I do not really care about the script other than the fact that I couldnt do this any other way and didn't want to be begging for a developers help unless I had already done what I could myself.

Datruesurfer · Jan 26, 2009

I have been working on a similar concept myself. I even got the /cache/recovery/command stuff working. Just write the following commands to that file:

Code:

boot-recovery
--update_package=partition:file

Then you can run 'reboot recovery' from the terminal and the phone will automatically reboot into recovery mode and apply the update. It won't go back into user mode on its own though (you have to hold home+back to do so).

I would much prefer this to be a GUI based utility, instead of a shell script that just runs in the background. We could apply ROM updates, themes etc right on the phone by simply giving a URL to the location of the file and have the phone do the rest

Darkrift · Jan 27, 2009

Datruesurfer said:
Then you can run 'reboot recovery'

Thanks for this, we were looking into how to do this. How did you find that out? I guess the android app that does all this can now force the reboot also

JesusFreke · Jan 27, 2009

Datruesurfer said:
I have been working on a similar concept myself. I even got the /cache/recovery/command stuff working. Just write the following commands to that file:

Code:

boot-recovery --update_package=partition:file

Then you can run 'reboot recovery' from the terminal and the phone will automatically reboot into recovery mode and apply the update. It won't go back into user mode on its own though (you have to hold home+back to do so).

I would much prefer this to be a GUI based utility, instead of a shell script that just runs in the background. We could apply ROM updates, themes etc right on the phone by simply giving a URL to the location of the file and have the phone do the rest

That's too easy! good find

Darkrift · Jan 27, 2009

Any word on the progress?

[RiS] · Jan 27, 2009

Darkrift said:
Any word on the progress?

LPChris and myself have started a project on google code, we expect to have some working code soon.

Anyone who wants to contribute with ideas, testing, etc.. is welcome!

LPChris · Jan 27, 2009

For some reason my Subclipse isn't playing nice with the Google Code repository right now so I haven't been able to get any of my code up there yet, but hopefully we'll have something going fairly soon. I'm going to rewrite as much of it as I can in Java so that the user can be notified and authorize the download in two separate steps.

Darkrift · Jan 27, 2009

[RiS] said:
LPChris and myself have started a project on google code, we expect to have some working code soon.

Anyone who wants to contribute with ideas, testing, etc.. is welcome!

Any details for this?

JesusFreke · Jan 28, 2009

[RiS] said:
LPChris and myself have started a project on google code, we expect to have some working code soon.

Anyone who wants to contribute with ideas, testing, etc.. is welcome!

I had actually registered a domain with this type of thing in mind in the past. androidupdatetracker.com. I would be happy to donate it to the cause

LPChris · Jan 28, 2009

Darkrift said:
Any details for this?

So far we have an empty Google Code project going. Like I said before, I haven't been able to connect my environment to the google code cvs. I'm hoping to be able to spend some time on it tonight if I can. If anyone else wants to help out here that has some free time then I'm open to it. I've just been busy with work and my GasBot application.

JesusFreke auto-updater in the works.

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